Patent Grant
9415624
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to printed matter and more particularly to the improved moving step article and method of making.
2. Background of the Invention
The history of printing started with the duplication of images around 3000 BC. It evolved from the use of round cylinder seals to impress clay tablets in Mesopotamia. Block printing on cloth preceded printing on paper, which became common by the mid 1400's. The origin of moveable type is credited to the Chinese around 1040, with metal moveable type appearing around 1230. These systems were not widely used due to the extensive set of characters. In 1439 the development of moveable type printing technology firmly established modern moveable type printing. Lithographic printing appeared in the late 1700's. Color printing, offset printing, screen printing, and flexography were further developments in the printing art. In the 1960's and 1970's, photocopiers, thermal, dot matrix, inkjet, and laser printers were introduced. The quality and desired appearance of the printed product is controlled by many criteria. A several considerations include printing press to be used and substrate type. Substrate determinations must consider the weight, density, opacity, paper grain, coating, moisture content, porosity and ink absorbency.
Coincident with the evolution and development of printing technology graphic design developments and improvements also progressed. Binding and finishing developments enhanced the appearance of the final primed product. The processes of cutting, collating, folding, and mechanical, chemical and thermal fastening enable the graphic designer to produce a wide variety of printed products. Many styles and designs of multi-page graphic design pieces have appeared. The uniqueness of print media styles provides an attraction to the viewer. This is especially true of advertising media, where each significant difference from the media produced by the advertiser's competition, provides an advertising advantage. Examples of these improvements include a brochure or card wherein upon opening the card, an interior portion of a card moves relative to the base card. A three dimensional variation of the movement effect includes so called “pop ups” whereby upon opening a folded card or brochure, a three dimensional pylon rises from the surface of the card, These effects are achieved through proper cutting folding and mounting and binding of the moveable piece or pylon on the interior surfaces of the card or brochure. Although these effects are well known to those skilled in the art, there still exists the challenge to produce print media pieces having unique motions or effects in order to achieve a competitive advantages over other print pieces.
There have been many in the prior art who have attempted to solve these problems with varying degrees of success. None, however completely satisfies the requirements for a complete solution to the aforestated problem. The following U.S. Patents are attempts of the prior art to solve this problem.
U.S. Pat. No. 864,894 to McPhee discloses a magazine card folder comprising a case of having a suitable back and cover joined together and a plurality of leaves formed of a length of suitable material arranged in folds. The folds form two sets of sections of different lengths and alternatively occur in the same length. The adjoining sections have their inner surfaces joined together to form leaves. The inner leaf is mounted on the back. Means engage the uppermost section and displaying the pages of the various leaves in turn, as and for the purpose specified.
U.S. Pat. No. 958,582 to Bodine discloses a signature for combination fashion and simple books comprising two or more pairs of stiff sheets joined together by binding tape to provide stitching and binding means. One or more flexible fashion sheet interleaves are interposed between each two pairs of thick sheets. Stitching threads extend through the stitching and binding tapes of the thick sheets and interposed flexible sheets.
U.S. Pat. No. 1,415,429 to Ceuny discloses a display album having in combination a plurality of leaves, a pair of covers comprising rectangular frames hinged together and having, panels fitted therein to provide recesses at both the inner and outer sides of the covers. The construction being such that the inner recesses will receive the leaves and the inner faces of the frames will abut each other when the album is closed so that the edges of the leaves will then be entirely enclosed within the frames. An expandable binder secures the leaves to the covers. A thickened pedestal centrally located beneath the lower side of each frame firmly supports the album in upright position whether the same is opened or closed. A clasp positively secures the covers in close position.
U.S. Pat. No. 1,603,362 to Erskine discloses a receptacle display means comprising a series of foldable and expansible paper receptacles of varying site arranged one upon the other in face-to-face relation with the mouth portions of the receptacles contained in the same plane to facilitate individual expansion of the receptacles. The contacting sides of the receptacles are united for mutual support and to enable all of the receptacles to be expanded and collapsed in unison.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,105,696 to Lewis discloses an apparatus comprising a base, a swinging leaf having a free edge and an opposite heel edge, a swinging anchoring member hingedly connecting a base with the leaf at a point on the latter between the edges and adjacent to the heel edge and means connected with the heel edge of the leaf for swinging the latter.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,253,858 to Lucas et al. discloses an automatic page turning block comprising a plurality of stiff sheets of like sides stacked in staggered formation, the rear margin of each but the top sheet protruding to the back from under the overlying sheet. A pocket has a bottom, rear and top wall. The top wall extends short of the back edge of the top sheet of the plurality of sheets. When the plurality of sheets are inserted in the stacked staggered formation into the pocket and the rear edge of the bottom sheet of the plurality of sheets substantially abuts against the rear wall. A flexible tape extends over and is attached upon the protruding rear margins of the sheets and upon a corresponding rear margin of the top one of the plurality of stiff sheets and folded back from the rear margin of the top sheet onto and attached upon the top wall so that the sheets will be successively swung up when the stacked plurality of sheets are pulled out from the pocket. A guide means extends from the bottom wall and confines the bottom one of the plurality of sheets bottomwise and transversely went the plurality of sheets are pulled out from the pocket.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,595,972 to Naurison discloses a device including a pair of substantially coextensive members fixed in relation to each other. A slide is movable between the members. A strip extends between and is secured to the slide and a selected one of the members and a plurality of leaves. The leaves when the slide is positioned substantially wholly between the members are superimposed one upon the other and then positioned between the slide and the selected number. The leaves when the slide is moved out from a positioned substantially wholly between the members is rotated in spaced radial relationship to a positioned substantially on top of the selected member.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,008,248 to Steinthal discloses a sample swatch display book comprising front and back covers to form retaining material. An accordion pleated sheet of flexible material extending between and secured at opposite ends to the front and back covers respectively. The sheet contains a plurality of hinge folds form expandable traverse pleats. Each pleat has an inside hinge fold and a pair of leaves extending from the hinge fold towards respective outside hinge folds integrally connected the pleat to adjacent flanking pleats. One leaf of each pleat is nearer to the front cover than the other leaf of the pleat in close position of the book. Reinforcing strips of rigid material are secured to and line the leaves respectively of the pleats to impart form retaining rigidity to the leaves between hinge folds. A plurality of sample backing sheets. A different sample swatch is secured flat to each of the backing sheets. The backing sheets are large enough to support substantially the entire area of the swatches. The covers are large enough to cover substantially the entire area of the backing sheets in the closed position of the book. Snap fasteners means are near one end of each backing sheet. Snap fastener means are secured to each of those reinforcing strips which are secured to the nearer leaves of the pleats and constitute mates to the snap fastener means on the corresponding backing sheet. Each backing sheet has its snap fastener means releasably engaging the snap fastener means on the corresponding reinforcing strip with the backing sheet flat against the reinforcing strip and with the sample swatch disposed on the side of the backing sheet facing towards the front cover in close position of the book. The leaves in between the nearer leaves are free from attachments to swatch backing sheets and the fastener means on each backing sheet and on the corresponding reinforcing strip being protectively sandwiched in close position of the book between a pair of the in between strip reinforcing leaves located on opposite sides of and adjacent to the leaf supporting the latter backing sheet and the latter reinforcing strip.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,441,270 to Crowell, et al. discloses a multi-page folder having a staggered array of interleaved pages successively flipped by manual actuation of a drawstrip. The folder includes a back cover panel bounded by a right fold line joining it to an overlying contiguous base panel. A central slot formed near the fold line joins the back panel and the base panel. A distal segmented tab extends from the base panel away from the right fold line. A plurality of substantially parallel fold lines traverses and subdivides the tab into plural segments. An elongated drawstrip joins the last tab segment most remote from the right fold line and extends between the back cover panel and the base panel through the central slot. Longitudinally movable from a retracted position substantially flattening the segmented tab to an extended position protruding through the central slot beyond the right fold line and curling the segmented tab under the base panel toward the slot. The individual separate pages are respectively secured to individual segments of the segmented tab and interleaved in staggered array protruding alternately toward opposite sides of the elongated drawstrip and the segmented tab, whereby progressive movement of the drawstrip from its retracted position towards its extended position causes progressive curling movement of the segmented tab, successively flipping over the individual staggered interleaved pages, while at all times displaying to view at least one full page and a substantial area of an underlying staggered page, thereby changing only part of the indicia displayed during each successive stage of the page-flipping operation.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,809,453 to Morgan discloses a invention relating to a folding card that displays one picture when closed and another picture when opened, comprising three hinged panels which form a front cover, a rear cover and an inside panel. Positioned partially in upper and lower channels formed by flanges hinged to the inside cover are a stationary picture unit and a movable picture unit. The picture units are each made of two subunits formed with slots and strips which are fitted together with the strips partially overlapping. The two picture units are mated together, and an extension of the moving picture unit is attached to the front cover. When the assembled picture card is in a closed position, the strips of the movable unit are displayed; when opened, the extension pulls the movable picture unit to the left causing its strips to smoothly slide behind the now displayed strips of the stationary unit as a result of the overlapping construction.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,246,461 to Hinsberg discloses an image positioning device including surface elements having front and back sides and images on the front and/or the back sides. An end of a first surface element and a front side of a second surface element are turnably coupled along a first axis of rotation and an end of the second surface element and a front side of a third surface element are turnably coupled along a second axis of rotation. The first and second rotational axes are approximately parallel with one another. Successive flipping of the surface elements animates the images.
United States Patent Application 2011/0047839 to Ross, et al. discloses a method for manufacturing a pop-up article from one or more continuous webs of material using an inline printing press. The article comprises a curved or generally semi-cylindrical pop-up device enclosed within a base piece, such that when the base piece is in a closed position, the pop-up device lies flat therein, but when the base piece is moved to an open position, the pop-up device is forced outwardly from the base piece to form a curved or generally semi-cylindrical shape. The method comprises processing a first web or ribbon to define a base piece having a front and back cover, processing a second web or ribbon to define a pop-up device, separating the pop-up device from the second web or ribbon, adhering a tab of the pop-up device to the front cover, adhering a front flap of the pop-up device to the rear cover, and separating the article from the first web or ribbon.
Although the aforementioned prior art have contributed to the development of the art of binding printed materials, none of these prior art patents have solved the needs of this art.
Another object of this invention is to provide an improved method for producing unique specialty printing pieces.
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improved method for producing a fanning effect for multi-page printed material.
Another object of this invention is to provide an improved method that provides a product that is cost effectively produce.
The foregoing has outlined some of the more pertinent objects of the present invention. These objects should be construed as being merely illustrative of some of the more prominent features and applications of the invention. Many other beneficial results can be obtained by modifying the invention within the scope of the invention. Accordingly other objects in a full understanding of the invention may be had by referring to the summary of the invention, the detailed description describing the preferred embodiment in addition to the scope of the invention defined by the claims taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
The present invention is defined by the appended claims with specific embodiments being shown in the attached drawings. For the purpose of summarizing the invention, the invention relates to an improved printed matter construction and method of making including a moving step article. The moving step article comprises an exterior cover having a hinge fold positioned between a front cover and a rear cover for pivoting the front cover between a closed position and an open position. The front cover has an obverse side and a reverse side. The rear cover has an obverse side and a reverse side. An interior leaf has an obverse side, a reverse side, an inner edge and an outer edge. The interior leaf defines a leaf width. A second interior leaf has an obverse side, a reverse side, an inner edge and an outer edge. The second interior leaf defines a second leaf width. The second leaf width has a greater width dimension than the leaf width. A spine sheet has an upper side, a lower side, an primary edge and an secondary edge. A primary hinge couples the primary edge of the spine sheet with the inner edge of the interior leaf. A secondary hinge couples the secondary edge of the spine sheet with the inner edge of the second interior leaf. The spine sheet, the interior leaf and the second interior leaf defines an integral one piece unit. A binder couples the lower side of the spine sheet with the reverse side of the front cover for defining a leaf offset dimension between the hinge fold and the inner edge of the interior leaf and a second leaf offset dimension between the hinge fold and the inner edge of the second interior leaf. The leaf offset causes the interior leaf to be displaced relative to the rear cover during pivoting the front cover between the closed position and the open position. The second leaf offset causes the second interior leaf to be displaced relative to the rear cover during pivoting the front cover between the closed position and the open position. The leaf offset dimension has a greater offset dimension than the second leaf offset dimension. The greater width dimension and the greater offset dimension create a step display tab area on the obverse side of the second interior leaf that is progressively revealed adjacent to the outer edge of the interior leaf during pivoting the front cover between the closed position and the open position.
In a more specific embodiment of the invention, a symbol is imprinted on the step display tab identifying a subject matter imprinted on the reverse side of the interior leaf and the obverse side of the second interior leaf.
In one embodiment of the invention, a back interior leaf has an obverse side, a reverse side, an inner edge and an outer edge. The back interior leaf defines a back leaf width. A back binder couples the inner edge of the back interior leaf with the obverse side of the rear cover for defining a back leaf offset dimension between the hinge fold and the inner edge of the back interior leaf. The back leaf offset causes the back interior leaf to be non-displaced relative to the rear cover during pivoting the front cover between the closed position and the open position. The back leaf offset creates a rear step display tab area on the obverse side of the back interior leaf that is progressively revealed adjacent to the outer edge of the second interior leaf during pivoting the front cover between the closed position and the open position.
The invention is also incorporated into the method of manufacturing a moving step article from a plurality of continuous ribbons of material using a line printing press. The method comprising the steps of inputting a first ribbon into the line printing press to define an obverse side of a front cover (A) and a reverse side of a rear cover (L) on a primary ribbon side and a reverse side of the front cover (B) and an obverse side of the rear cover (K) on a secondary ribbon side. A second ribbon is inputted into the line printing press to define a lower side of a spine sheet positioned between an obverse side of an interior leaf (C) and a reverse side of a second interior leaf (F) on a primary ribbon side and an upper side of the spine sheet positioned between a reverse side of the interior leaf (D) and an obverse side of the second interior leaf (E) on a secondary ribbon side. The second ribbon is perforated between the spine sheet and the interior leaf to define a primary hinge and a leaf width in the interior leaf. The second ribbon is folded between the spine sheet and the second interior leaf to define a secondary hinge and a second leaf width in the second interior leaf that is a greater width than the leaf width and positioning the reverse side of the interior leaf (D) adjacent to the obverse side of the second interior leaf (E). The lower side of the spine sheet is bound to the reverse side of the front cover (B) to define a step display tab area on the obverse side of the second interior leaf wherein the first ribbon is a non-folded position. The first ribbon is folded to define a hinge fold and positioning the interior leaf and the second interior leaf between the front cover and the rear cover. The first ribbon and the second ribbon is cut to length.
The foregoing has outlined rather broadly the more pertinent and important features of the present invention in order that the detailed description that follows may be better understood so that the present contribution to the art can be more fully appreciated. Additional features of the invention will be described hereinafter which form the subject of the claims of the invention. It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the conception and the specific embodiments disclosed may be readily utilized as a basis for modifying or designing other structures for carrying out the same purposes of the present invention. It should also be realized by those skilled in the art that such equivalent constructions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.
For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention, reference should be made to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:
Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several Figures of the drawings.
The moving step article 10 comprises an exterior cover 20 having a hinge fold 22 positioned between a front cover 30 and a rear cover 40 for pivoting the front cover 30 between a closed position 14 as shown in
An interior leaf 50 has an obverse side 52, a reverse side 54, an inner edge 56 and an outer edge 58. The interior leaf 50 defines a leaf width 59. A second interior leaf 60 has an obverse side 62, a reverse side 64, an inner edge 66 and an outer edge 68. The second interior leaf 60 defines a second leaf width 69. The second leaf width 69 has a greater width dimension 70 than the leaf width 59.
A spine sheet 80 has an upper side 82, a lower side 84, a primary edge 86 and a secondary edge 88. A primary hinge 90 couples the primary edge 86 of the spine sheet 80 with the inner edge 56 of the interior leaf 50. A secondary hinge 92 couples the secondary edge 88 of the spine sheet 80 with the inner edge 66 of the second interior leaf 60. The spine sheet 80, the interior leaf 50 and the second interior leaf 60 define an integral one piece unit 94. As best shown in
A third interior leaf 110 has an obverse side 112, a reverse side 114, an inner edge 116 and an outer edge 118. The third interior leaf 110 defines a third leaf width 119. A fourth interior leaf 120 has an obverse side 122, a reverse side 124, an inner edge 126 and an outer edge 128. The fourth interior leaf 120 defines a fourth leaf width 129. The third leaf width 119 has a second greater width dimension 130 than the second leaf width 69. The fourth leaf width 129 has a third greater width dimension 132 than the third leaf width 119.
A second spine sheet 140 has an upper side 142, a lower side 144, an primary edge 146 and an secondary edge 148. A primary hinge 150 couples the primary edge 146 of the second spine sheet 140 with the inner edge 116 of the third interior leaf 110. A secondary hinge 152 couples the secondary edge 148 of the second spine sheet 140 with the inner edge 126 of the fourth interior leaf 120. The second spine sheet 140, the third interior leaf 110 and the fourth interior leaf 120 define an integral one piece unit 154. As best shown in
The third leaf offset 158 causes the third interior leaf 110 to be displaced relative to the rear cover 40 during pivoting the front cover 30 between the closed position 14 and the open position 16. The fourth leaf offset 159 causes the fourth interior leaf 120 to be displaced relative to the rear cover 40 during pivoting the front cover 30 between the closed position 14 and the open position 16. The second leaf offset dimension 99 has a second greater offset dimension 160 than the third leaf offset dimension 158. The third leaf offset dimension 158 had a third greater offset dimension 162 than the fourth leaf offset dimension 159. The second greater width dimension 130 and the second greater offset dimension 160 create a second step display tab area 170 on the obverse side 112 of the third interior leaf 110 that is progressively revealed adjacent to the outer edge 68 of the second interior leaf 60 during pivoting the front cover 30 between the closed position 14 and the open position 16. The third greater width dimension 132 and the third greater offset dimension 162 create a third step display tab area 172 on the obverse side 122 of the fourth interior leaf 120 that is progressively revealed adjacent to the outer edge 118 of the third interior leaf 110 during pivoting the front cover 30 between the closed position 14 and the open position 16.
Preferably, the primary hinges 90 and 150 include a primary linear perforation 180 for promoting the interior leaf 50 to maintain a parallel orientation relative to the exterior cover 20 during the open position 16. The secondary hinge 92 includes a secondary linear perforation 182 for promoting the second interior leaf 60 to maintain a parallel orientation relative to the exterior cover 20 during the open position 16. Similarly, the primary hinge 150 include a primary linear perforation 180 for promoting the third interior leaf 110 to maintain a parallel orientation relative to the exterior cover 20 during the open position 16. The secondary hinge 152 includes a secondary linear perforation 182 for promoting the fourth interior leaf 60 to maintain a parallel orientation relative to the exterior cover 20 during the open position 16.
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The subject invention further incorporates the method of manufacturing the moving step article 10.
A chills unit 244 includes large rollers with chilled water circulating through them to cool the web and “set” the ink. A pattern perf unit 246 applies perforations to the web using litho perf tape. The plate cylinders are customized to use same plates as the press. Features include 360° motorized circumferential register as well as on-the-run depth-of-perf adjustment. A ink jet tower unit 248 applies variable data to the web as it passes under the 4.25 inch heads and dried via the IR lights. A 90 degree turn bar unit 250 is used to turn the web towards the in line portion of the press. A die cutter unit 252 may be utilized for use with etched steel plate dies mounted on a magnetic plate cylinder. The unit includes cylinder. The unit includes cylinders mounted in preloaded tapered roller bearings with precise adjustment of pressure between cylinders in increments of 0.0001″. A ribbon deck(s) unit 254 are custom configured to slit web into multiple ribbons and realign the ribbons including the ability to reverse ribbons. Motorized movement of angle bars and compensators with position indicators for each enable quick make ready. A seam gluer unit 256 may be used to apply glues, scratch off coatings, encapsulated fragrance and UV Coatings.
A plurality of Plow folding stations 258 are used for making running folds in the web or ribbons. Plow Stations contain two rotary plow shoes, mounted on cross slide with horizontal and vertical movement. Each station contains a driven pull roller with nip wheels and two movable roller assemblies, one before and one after the plow. These rollers are easily movable by a hand-wheel and enable quick set up of the plow fold geometry. A hot melt glue application(s) 260 apply either permanent glue or fugitive glue. A rotary cutter unit 262 enables cutting and bleed trimming folded products. Rotary cutters permit the creation of rounded edges, sculpted edges and contour cuts. Each of the plow folding stations 258 may include a banana roller 264, a roller shoe 266 and a brush shoe 268.
A further cut includes a second separation split 290 into the continuous ribbon to define a second ribbon 292 and a third ribbon 294. The second ribbon 292 has the lower side 84 of a spine sheet 80 positioned between an obverse side 52 of an interior leaf 50(C) and a reverse side 64 of a second interior leaf 60(F) on a primary ribbon side 296 and an upper side 82 of the spine sheet 80 positioned between a reverse side 54 of the interior leaf 50 (D) and an obverse side 62 of the second interior leaf 60 (E) on a secondary ribbon side 298.
The third ribbon 294 has a lower side 144 of a second spine sheet 140 positioned between an obverse side 112 of an third interior leaf 110 (G) and a reverse side 124 of a fourth interior leaf 120 (J) on a primary ribbon side 300 and an upper side 142 of the second spine sheet 140 positioned between a reverse side 114 of the third interior leaf 110 (H) and an obverse side 122 of the fourth interior leaf 120 (I) on a secondary ribbon side 302.
A first perforation 304 is perforated into the second ribbon 292 between the spine sheet 80 and the interior leaf 50 to define a primary hinge 90 and a leaf width 59 in the interior leaf 50. A second perforation 306 is perforated into the second ribbon 292 between the spine sheet 80 and the second interior leaf 60 to define a secondary hinge 92 and a second leaf width 69 in the second interior leaf 60. A third perforation 308 is perforated into the third ribbon 294 between the second spine sheet 140 and the third interior leaf 110 to define a primary hinge 150 and a third leaf width 119 in the third interior leaf 110. A fourth perforation 310 is perforated into the third ribbon 294 between the second spine sheet 140 and the fourth interior leaf 120 to define a secondary hinge 152 and a fourth leaf width 129 in the fourth interior leaf 120.
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A second continuous ribbon of material 332 is inputted into the line printing press 230. The second ribbon is defined by a sequential positioning of an obverse side 52 of an interior leaf 50 (C), a lower side 84 of a spine sheet 80, a reverse side 64 of a second interior leaf 60 (F), an obverse side 112 of an third interior leaf 110 (G), a lower side 144 of a second spine sheet 140, and a reverse side 124 of a fourth interior leaf 120 (J) on a primary ribbon side 278 and a reverse side 54 of the interior leaf 50 (D), an upper side 82 of the spine sheet 80, an obverse side 62 of the second interior leaf 60 (E), a reverse side 114 of the third interior leaf 110 (H), an upper side 142 of the second spine sheet 140, and an obverse side 122 of the fourth interior leaf 120 (I) on a secondary ribbon side 280 and wherein each of the leafs have an progressive increasing width.
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Moving Steps Book Features:
Unlike any other spine glued book with conventional stepped pages, the Moving Steps Book features an automatic fanning of the pages as the book is opened. The reader actually observes as a portion (step) of each of the following pages is being revealed on the right hand side, ultimately creating a series of equally spaced page tabs. The movement of the pages is quite engaging to the reader since it is an unexpected, intriguing occurrence which encourages additional involvement. Also, the stepped pages are ideal for indexing the book's contents to facilitate the description of products or services.
Only two pages are attached to the multiple, widened glued seams which enable them to conveniently lay flat rather than having the usual and annoying tendency to close shut on the reader. This feature also eliminates most image loss found in other glue bound books. The appeal and function of this book can be further enhanced by die cutting with either a common to all pages (contour) or a page specific shaped die.
Manufacturing a Moving Steps Book is similar to producing conventional spine glued, static pages books and therefore should be comparable in cost. Traditional books are produced by gluing all pages to the center spread or fold line. Whereas this can necessitate more than one line of glue, depending on page count, all seams are placed on the same axis. The departure for a Moving Steps Book is to provide a gap between the glue streams at a distance of one half the desired page travel and resulting step size. Adding a perforation to each page parallel to, but not touching the glue stream, enables the pages to “break” (lay flat) rather than “fly” when the book is opened. Possible prior art with any in-line finishing plant: Web Craft, R R Donnelley, Lehigh, Vertis Communications, Concord Litho, etc.
The present disclosure includes that contained in the appended claims as well as that of the foregoing description. Although this invention has been described in its preferred form with a certain degree of particularity, it is understood that the present disclosure of the preferred form has been made only by way of example and that numerous changes in the details of construction and the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
This application claims benefit of U.S. Patent Provisional application Ser. No. 61/627,622 filed Oct. 13, 2011. All subject matter set forth in provisional application Ser. No. 61/627,622 is hereby incorporated by reference into the present application as it fully set forth herein.
| Number | Name | Date | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 864984 | McPhee | Sep 1907 | A |
| 958582 | Bodine | May 1910 | A |
| 1415429 | Cueny | May 1922 | A |
| 1431714 | Wilking | Oct 1922 | A |
| 1603362 | Stewart | Oct 1926 | A |
| 2105696 | Lewis | Jan 1938 | A |
| 2177071 | Klein et al. | Oct 1939 | A |
| 2253858 | Lucas et al. | Aug 1941 | A |
| 2287365 | Widder et al. | Jun 1942 | A |
| 2595972 | Naurison | May 1952 | A |
| 3008248 | Steinthal | Nov 1961 | A |
| 4150844 | Yoshizawa | Apr 1979 | A |
| 4441270 | Crowell et al. | Apr 1984 | A |
| 4706396 | Nomura | Nov 1987 | A |
| 5630626 | Harper | May 1997 | A |
| 6246461 | Hinsberg | Jun 2001 | B1 |
| 20120112449 | Engel et al. | May 2012 | A1 |
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61627622 | Oct 2011 | US |
