Offset folded newspaper stabilization method and product
View Patent ↗A newspaper is provided. The newspaper includes printed materials. The printed materials have an off-center cross-fold which defines a longer part and a shorter part and an outermost page and an innermost page of the newspaper. The newspaper also includes an adhesive closure for securing the off-center cross-fold. The adhesive closure contacts a short part of the outermost page of the newspaper and a long part of the innermost page of the newspaper. A method for producing a newspaper is also provided.
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.
2. The method for producing a newspaper recited in claim 1 wherein the cross-fold is located 10.5 inches from a top edge of the signatures.
3. The method for producing a newspaper recited in claim 1 wherein the longer part has a height of 10.5 inches.
4. The method for producing a newspaper recited in claim 3 wherein the shorter part has a height of approximately 4.17 inches.
5. The method for producing a newspaper recited in claim 1 wherein the shorter part has a height of approximately 8.0 inches.
6. The method for producing a newspaper recited in claim 1 wherein the step of cross-cutting includes cutting the web into signatures having a height of approximately 18.5 inches.
7. The method for producing a newspaper recited in claim 1 wherein the signatures are cross-folded at a height of 33% or less or 67% or more.
8. The method for producing a newspaper recited in claim 1 further comprising the step of depositing inserts into the newspaper.
9. The method for producing a newspaper recited in claim 1 wherein the adhesive closure is a preprinted sticker.
10. The method for producing a newspaper recited in claim 1 wherein the outermost page is a front page of the newspaper.
11. The method for producing a newspaper recited in claim 1 wherein the innermost page is a back page of the newspaper.
12. The method for producing a newspaper recited in claim 1 further comprising the step of transporting the newspaper on a conveyor located downstream of the folder.
13. The method for producing a newspaper recited in claim 12 wherein the conveyor is a gripper conveyor, pocket conveyor or belt conveyor.
14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the step of applying comprises applying with the machine applicator while the newspaper is on the conveyor.
15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of applying comprises applying with the machine applicator while the newspaper is in a lapped stream of newspapers on a conveyor, the conveyor located downstream of the folder.
16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of applying comprises applying with the machine applicator while the newspaper is gripped by grippers of a gripper conveyor system, the gripper conveyor system located downstream of the folder.