Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
  • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
  • B41F13/00—Common details of rotary presses or machines
  • B41F13/54—Auxiliary folding, cutting, collecting or depositing of sheets or webs
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
  • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
  • B65H45/00—Folding thin material
  • B65H45/12—Folding articles or webs with application of pressure to define or form crease lines
  • B65H45/28—Folding in combination with cutting

Definitions

• U.S. Patent No. 6,935,234 discloses a newspaper printing press and is hereby incorporated by reference herein described below.
• a jaw cylinder or folding rollers to receive the cross-folded broadsheet newspapers from the tucker cylinder at the cross-fold, the gripper being located with respect to the tucking blade so that the cross-fold is located at between 33% and 45% or 55% and
• variable format broadsheet newspapers with a longer side can be created which permit inserts even with smaller sized broadsheet newspapers.
• FIG. 2 shows the Hopkins format broadsheet newspaper according to the present invention
• FIG. 6 shows a side view of the folder of the present invention
• a controller 90 can set the phasing between the grippers and tuckers of the cylinder 60, and control the phasing of jaws of cylinder 70, so that the cross-fold distance can be set. Owing to the phasing control, the cross-fold can be set between 33% and 45% or 55% and 67% of the height of the newspaper.
• the offset of at least 5% advantageously can permit smaller format newspapers to still receive standard inserts for example by providing a longer side.
• folder spiders can provide this phasing, while further off-center cross folds may be difficult to achieve with current folder technology.
• Fig. 2 shows a Hopkins format broadsheet newspaper 92 folded at the dashed line with the folder of the present invention.
• Hl is at 10.5 inches or 56.8% and H2 at 8 inches or 43.2% of the newspaper height.
• the width may be between 12 and 12.5 inches for example.
• the edge 95 may be for example the pinned or gripped lead edge, the edge 93 the longitudinally folded edge, and the edge 94 the edge opposite the longitudinally folded edge.
• the newspaper could be printed such that the Hl section appears with the headline, with for example inserts behind. However, the H2 section could appear with the headline, i.e. the extra 2.5 inches would be at the rear and provide for example advertising space. However, 10.5 inch inserts would cover the advertising space in that embodiment.
• Fig. 3 shows possible pin cut positions for a tucker cylinder 60 with two grippers and two tuckers.
• This cylinder for example may have a circumference of approximately 37 inches, so that the grippers and tuckers could be located at the angles notes. For example, the phasing of 78 degrees would provide the 8 inch/10.5 inch fold for a Kirk newspaper.
• the controller 90 can adjust the phasing between the grippers and tuckers as shown in Fig.4 to adjust the fold between 33% and 45% or 55% and 67%, and also can adjust the folder back to 90 degree offsets if the folder were to be used again for normal 50% folds as shown in Fig. 5.
• Fig. 7 shows the folder of Fig. 6 with the jaw 74 receiving newspaper 92 via tuckers 67.
• the controller 90 can control the phasing of tuckers 67, 66 via servomotor 103 and support 62 to match the phasing of jaws 72, 74 via servomotor 102.
• Servomotor 101 can be set by controller 90 and control pins or other grippers 68, 69 via support 64.
• Controller 90 can also control the fan, any subsequent conveyors and an inserter feeder 110 and pocket conveyor 98. Inserts from feeder 110 for example preferably include 10.5 inch inserts. Thus, a Kirk format newspaper with 10.5 inch inserts 193 can be formed.

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