Method and apparatus for making books

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF CONTINUOUSLY AUTOMATICALLY MAKING SEWN BOOKLETS FROM ROLLS OF SHEET MATERIAL IN WEB FORM WHICH COMPRISED THE STEPS OF SIMULTANEOUSLY AND CONTINUOUSLY FEEDING SHEET MATERIAL FROM A PLURALITY OF ROLLS TO FORM A FLAT MULTI-LAYER WEB WITH THE LAYERS IN PREDETERMINED LONGITUDINAL REGISTRY, CONTINUOUSLY ADVANCING SAID WEB LONGITUDINALLY AT A CONSTANT SPEED TOWARD A STITCHING STATION, WHILE MAINTAINING SAID REGISTRY AND PROVIDING A SLACK LENGTH IN SAID WEB IN ADVANCE OF SAID STITCHING STATION, MOMENTARILY ADVANCING SUCCESSIVE LONGITUDINAL SECTIONS OF SAID WEB FROM SAID SLACK LENGTH INTO SAID STITCHING STATION AT A SPEED IN EXCESS OF SAID CONSTANT SPEED, MOMENTARILY ARRESTING SUCCESSIVE LONGITUDINAL SECTIONS OF SAID WEB AT THE STITCHING STATION, APPLYING A ROW OF STITCHES TRANSVERSELY ACROSS THE CENTER OF EACH SAID SECTION WHILE IT IS ARRESTED, MOMENTARILY ADVANCING SUCCESSIVE STITCHED SECTIONS FROM THE STITCHING STATION AT SAID SPEED IN EXCESS OF SAID CONSTANT SPEED AND CREATING A SLACK LENGTH IN SAID WEB AT THE DELIVERY END OF SAID STITCHING STATION, CONTINUOUSLY ADVANCING THE WEB OF STITCHED SECTIONS FROM SAID LAST-MENTIONED SLACK LENGTH AT SAID CONSTANT SPEED, SUCCESSIVELY SEVERING EACH OF SAID SECTIONS FROM THE LEADING END OF THE WEB AS IT IS CONTINUOUSLY ADVANCED, AND CONTINUING THE ADVANCE OF EACH SEVERED SECTION AHEAD OF THE WEB WITHOUT INTERRUPTION WHILE AUTOMATICALLY FOLDING SAID SEVERED SECTION ALONG THE TRANSVERSE ROW OF STITCHES THEREIN.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF CONTINUOUSLY AUTOMATICALLY MAKING SEWN BOOKLETS FROM ROLLS OF SHEET MATERIAL IN WEB FORM WHICH COMPRISED THE STEPS OF SIMULTANEOUSLY AND CONTINUOUSLY FEEDING SHEET MATERIAL FROM A PLURALITY OF ROLLS TO FORM A FLAT MULTI-LAYER WEB WITH THE LAYERS IN PREDETERMINED LONGITUDINAL REGISTRY, CONTINUOUSLY ADVANCING SAID WEB LONGITUDINALLY AT A CONSTANT SPEED TOWARD A STITCHING STATION, WHILE MAINTAINING SAID REGISTRY AND PROVIDING A SLACK LENGTH IN SAID WEB IN ADVANCE OF SAID STITCHING STATION, MOMENTARILY ADVANCING SUCCESSIVE LONGITUDINAL SECTIONS OF SAID WEB FROM SAID SLACK LENGTH INTO SAID STITCHING STATION AT A SPEED IN EXCESS OF SAID CONSTANT SPEED, MOMENTARILY ARRESTING SUCCESSIVE LONGITUDINAL SECTIONS OF SAID WEB AT THE STITCHING STATION, APPLYING A ROW OF STITCHES TRANSVERSELY ACROSS THE CENTER OF EACH SAID SECTION WHILE IT IS ARRESTED, MOMENTARILY ADVANCING SUCCESSIVE STITCHED SECTIONS FROM THE STITCHING STATION AT SAID SPEED IN EXCESS OF SAID CONSTANT SPEED AND CREATING A SLACK LENGTH IN SAID WEB AT THE DELIVERY END OF SAID STITCHING STATION, CONTINUOUSLY ADVANCING THE WEB OF STITCHED SECTIONS FROM SAID LAST-MENTIONED SLACK LENGTH AT SAID CONSTANT SPEED, SUCCESSIVELY SEVERING EACH OF SAID SECTIONS FROM THE LEADING END OF THE WEB AS IT IS CONTINUOUSLY ADVANCED, AND CONTINUING THE ADVANCE OF EACH SEVERED SECTION AHEAD OF THE WEB WITHOUT INTERRUPTION WHILE AUTOMATICALLY FOLDING SAID SEVERED SECTION ALONG THE TRANSVERSE ROW OF STITCHES THEREIN.