Patent ID: 8534661
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: B42C,B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A system for preparing a collation of sheets for folding, the collation having a plurality of sheets including an inner sheet which folds upon itself about a fold axis, and at least one outer sheet which folds about the fold axis, comprising: a cutting device for receiving sheet material from the web and cutting each sheet based upon a length dimension of each of the inner and outer sheets, an accumulating device for receiving the sheets from the cutting device and stacking the sheets to form the collation; a registration device for registering at least one edge of the collation in preparation for folding, a conveyance device for conveying the sheet material along a feed path to the cutting, accumulating and registration devices; a processor, operatively coupled to, and controlling, the cutting, accumulating, registration and conveyance devices, the processor determining a fold configuration of the collation, and a length dimension of each sheet of the collation based upon the fold configuration, the length dimension of at least one of the outer sheets being greater than the length dimension of the inner sheet; means for binding the collation at a location proximal to an aligned edge of the collation which aligned edge is opposite from the at least one edge that is registered by the registration device; and wherein the registration device registers the at least one edge of the collation to be misaligned relative to a vertical plane.