Spinning wheel format
View Patent ↗A spinning wheel format having a wheel rotatable about an axle, both carried within a substrate, wherein the substrate, the wheel, and the axle are made from the same stock, created in a continuous, single-pass finishing system, is described. The format is manufactured by adhering a first ribbon to a second ribbon to form a multi-ply ribbon, cutting the multi-ply ribbon to form a plurality of wheels and axles within the wheels, marrying the multi-ply ribbon to a third ribbon, folding the third ribbon to enclose the multi-ply ribbon within the folded third ribbon; and transversely cutting the third ribbon into a plurality of spinning wheel formats. A mass distributable packet can be created by marrying a plurality of spinning wheel formats to a fourth ribbon, and manufacturing a plurality of mass distributable packets from the fourth ribbon.
1. A method of making spinning wheel formats in a continuous, single-path finishing system, comprising:
permanently adhering a first ribbon to a second ribbon to form a multi-ply ribbon;
cutting Mid multi-ply ribbon to form a plurality of multi-ply wheels and a plurality of multi-ply axles within mid wheels;
marrying said multi-ply ribbon to a third ribbon;
folding said third ribbon to enclose said multi-ply ribbon within said folded third ribbon; and
transversely cutting said third ribbon into a plurality of spinning wheel formats.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising applying a coating to at least one of said first ribbon, said second ribbon, said third ribbon, and said multi-ply ribbon.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising printing personalized information on at least one of mid first ribbon, said second ribbon, said third ribbon, said multi-ply ribbon, and said spinning wheel formats.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said cutting said multi-ply ribbon step comprises die cutting said cutting said multi-ply ribbon to create an outside portion.
5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising removing said outside portion.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein said removing step comprises pulling said outside portion with a pulling miler.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said cutting Mid multi-ply ribbon step comprises kiss-cutting said mold-ply ribbon to create an outside portion.
8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising removing said outside portion.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein said removing step comprises pulling said outside portion with a pulling roller.
10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising finishing at least one of said first ribbon, said second ribbon, said third ribbon, and said multi-ply ribbon, before mid marrying step.
11. The method of claim 1 further comprising finishing said first ribbon, said second ribbon, said third ribbon, said multi-ply ribbon, and said spinning wheel formats after said marrying step.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein said cutting step creates die cuts with tabs.
13. A method of manufacturing mass distributable packets, comprising the method of claim 1 and further comprising the steps of:
marrying said plurality of spinning wheel formats to a fourth ribbon, and
manufacturing a plurality of mass distributable packets from said fourth ribbon.