Production of books and the like

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCING BOUND MULTILEAVED PRINTED PRODUCTS SUCH AS BOOKS AND THE LIKE, WHICH COMPRISES CONTINUALLY OPERATING AT LEAST ONE ROTARY WEB PRINTING APPARATUS ON SUCCESSIVE RUNS OF CONTINUOUS WEB MATERIAL TO REPETITIVELY PRINT ON SAID WEB MATERIAL INDICIA FOR RESPECTIVE LEAVES OF SAID PRINTED PRODUCTS, CONTINUALLY WINDING THE PRINTED MATERIAL OF EACH OF SAID RUNS AS IT IS PRINTED INTO AT LEAST ONE ROLL THEREOF SEPARATE FROM THE ROLLS OF THE PRINTED MATERIALS OF THE OTHER RUNS, AND CHANGING THE INDICIA PRINTED ON SAID SUCCESSIVE RUNS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PREDETERMINED SEQUENCE SO THAT, AT THE CONCLUSION OR EACH SAID SEQUENCE, THERE IS FORMED AT LEAST ONE SET OF SAID ROLLS OF WEB MATERIAL BEARING DIFFERENT REPETITIVE INDICIA CORRESPONDING TO ALL OF SAID LEAVES OF SAID PRINTED PRODUCTS; WHEN AT LEAST ONE OF SAID SETS HAS BEEN FORMED, UNWINDING CONTINUOUSLY AND SIMULTANEOUSLY THE DIFFERENT PRINTED WEBS OF ALL OF THE ROLLS OF ONE OF SAID SETS AND, AS THEY ARE UNWOUND, CONTINOUSLY FORMING THEM LENGTHWISE INTO A MULTIPLICITY OF RIBBONS HAVING INDICIA THEREON CORRESPONDING TO ALL OF SAID LEAVES OF THE PRINTED PRODUCTS AND CONTINUOUSLY MOVING SAID RIBBONS LENGTHWISE AT A COMBINED RATE APPROXIMATING THE RATE OF PRODUCTION OF THE RUNS OF WEB MATERIAL BY SAID PRINTING APPARATUS, AND, DURING THE CONTINUOUS LENGTHWISE MOVEMENT OF SAID RIBBONS, SUCCESSIVELY ASSEMBLING SAID RIBBONS TOGETHER WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE INDICIA IN REGISTER, BINDING THE ASSEMBLED CONTINUOUS RIBBINS AND SEVERING THE BOUND ASSEMBLY INTO A SUCCESSION OF SAID PRINTED PRODUCTS; AND WHEN THE WEBS OF THE SET OF ROLLS BEING UNWOUND ARE ABOUT TO EXPIRE SPLICING THEM RESPECTIVELY TO THE CORRESPONDINGLY PRINTED WEBS OF ANOTHER OF SAID SETS OF ROLLS AND CONTINUING THE UNWINDING, RIBBON FORMING, ASSEMBLING, BINDING AND SEVERING OPERATIONS ON THE WEBS OF SAID OTHER SET; WHEREBY SAID PRINTED PRODUCTS ARE PRODUCED CONCURRENTLY WITH AND AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE RATE OF THE PRODUCTION OF THE PRINTED WEB MATERIALS.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCING BOUND MULTILEAVED PRINTED PRODUCTS SUCH AS BOOKS AND THE LIKE, WHICH COMPRISES CONTINUALLY OPERATING AT LEAST ONE ROTARY WEB PRINTING APPARATUS ON SUCCESSIVE RUNS OF CONTINUOUS WEB MATERIAL TO REPETITIVELY PRINT ON SAID WEB MATERIAL INDICIA FOR RESPECTIVE LEAVES OF SAID PRINTED PRODUCTS, CONTINUALLY WINDING THE PRINTED MATERIAL OF EACH OF SAID RUNS AS IT IS PRINTED INTO AT LEAST ONE ROLL THEREOF SEPARATE FROM THE ROLLS OF THE PRINTED MATERIALS OF THE OTHER RUNS, AND CHANGING THE INDICIA PRINTED ON SAID SUCCESSIVE RUNS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PREDETERMINED SEQUENCE SO THAT, AT THE CONCLUSION OR EACH SAID SEQUENCE, THERE IS FORMED AT LEAST ONE SET OF SAID ROLLS OF WEB MATERIAL BEARING DIFFERENT REPETITIVE INDICIA CORRESPONDING TO ALL OF SAID LEAVES OF SAID PRINTED PRODUCTS; WHEN AT LEAST ONE OF SAID SETS HAS BEEN FORMED, UNWINDING CONTINUOUSLY AND SIMULTANEOUSLY THE DIFFERENT PRINTED WEBS OF ALL OF THE ROLLS OF ONE OF SAID SETS AND, AS THEY ARE UNWOUND, CONTINOUSLY FORMING THEM LENGTHWISE INTO A MULTIPLICITY OF RIBBONS HAVING INDICIA THEREON CORRESPONDING TO ALL OF SAID LEAVES OF THE PRINTED PRODUCTS AND CONTINUOUSLY MOVING SAID RIBBONS LENGTHWISE AT A COMBINED RATE APPROXIMATING THE RATE OF PRODUCTION OF THE RUNS OF WEB MATERIAL BY SAID PRINTING APPARATUS, AND, DURING THE CONTINUOUS LENGTHWISE MOVEMENT OF SAID RIBBONS, SUCCESSIVELY ASSEMBLING SAID RIBBONS TOGETHER WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE INDICIA IN REGISTER, BINDING THE ASSEMBLED CONTINUOUS RIBBINS AND SEVERING THE BOUND ASSEMBLY INTO A SUCCESSION OF SAID PRINTED PRODUCTS; AND WHEN THE WEBS OF THE SET OF ROLLS BEING UNWOUND ARE ABOUT TO EXPIRE SPLICING THEM RESPECTIVELY TO THE CORRESPONDINGLY PRINTED WEBS OF ANOTHER OF SAID SETS OF ROLLS AND CONTINUING THE UNWINDING, RIBBON FORMING, ASSEMBLING, BINDING AND SEVERING OPERATIONS ON THE WEBS OF SAID OTHER SET; WHEREBY SAID PRINTED PRODUCTS ARE PRODUCED CONCURRENTLY WITH AND AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE RATE OF THE PRODUCTION OF THE PRINTED WEB MATERIALS.