Patent ID: 7175586
Filing Date: 2007-02-13
Classification: B42D,B65H

Abstract:
1. A method of forming an outsert having exactly 170 outsert panels from a sheet of paper having information printed thereon by making exactly 16 folds in a first direction using a folding apparatus having a plurality of folding rollers to form a first intermediate folded item having exactly 17 sheet panels and by making folds at nine points along said first intermediate folded item to form said outsert, said method comprising: (a) making exactly 16 folds in said sheet of paper in a first direction using a folding apparatus comprising a plurality of pairs of folding rollers and a plurality of stop members to form a first intermediate folded item having a first end and a second end, said exactly 16 folds dividing said first intermediate folded item into exactly 17 elongate sheet panels, each of said elongate sheet panels having a length and a width, said lengths of said elongate sheet panels being parallel to said first direction; (b) making a cross-fold in said first intermediate folded item in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction using a folding apparatus having a plurality of folding rollers and a stop member to form a second intermediate folded item having a first end and a second end, said cross-fold being made at a point in said first intermediate folded item between said first end of said first intermediate folded item and said second end of said first intermediate folded item, said cross-fold dividing said first intermediate folded item into a first portion having a length corresponding to five outsert panels and a second portion having a length corresponding to five outsert panels, said second end of said second intermediate folded item comprising said cross-fold; (c) making a cross-fold in said second intermediate folded item in said second direction using a folding apparatus having a plurality of folding rollers and a stop member to form a third intermediate folded item having a first end and a second end, said cross-fold referred to in (c) being made at a point in said second intermediate folded item between said first end of said second intermediate folded item and said second end of said second intermediate folded item, said cross-fold referred to in (c) dividing said second intermediate folded item into a first portion having a length corresponding to three outsert panels and a second portion having a length corresponding to two outsert panels, said first end of said third intermediate folded item comprising said cross-fold referred to in (c); (d) making a cross-fold in said third intermediate folded item in said second direction using a folding apparatus having a plurality of folding rollers and a stop member to form a fourth intermediate folded item having a first end and a second end, said cross-fold referred to in (d) being made at a point in said third intermediate folded item between said first end of said third intermediate folded item and said second end of said third intermediate folded item, said cross-fold referred to in (d) dividing said third intermediate folded item into a first portion having a length corresponding to two outsert panels and a second portion having a length corresponding to one outsert panel, said first end of said fourth intermediate folded item comprising said cross-fold referred to in (d); and (e) making a cross-fold in said fourth intermediate folded item in said second direction using a folding apparatus having a plurality of folding rollers and a stop member to form said outsert having 170 outsert panels, said outsert having a first end and a second end, said cross-fold referred to in (e) being made at a point in said fourth intermediate folded item approximately midway between said first end of said fourth intermediate folded item and said second end of said fourth intermediate folded item.