Patent ID: 8544832
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: B41F,B42D,B42P,B65H

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a newspaper having a secure off-center cross-fold comprising the step of: printing an image on a web with a printing section of a printing press; longitudinally folding the web with a former located downstream of the printing section to form a half-fold; cross-cutting the web to form signatures; cross-folding the signatures with a folder so the cross-fold is off-center so as to define a longer part and a shorter part and an outermost page and an innermost page; and applying an adhesive closure with a machine applicator to the outermost page only on a short part of the outermost page of the newspaper and to the innermost page only on a long part of the innermost page of the newspaper below a top edge of the long part of the innermost page to secure the cross-fold, the machine applicator located downstream of the folder.