| 摘要 |
A device for cutting a web of material into signatures and folding the signatures comprising a first set of movable elements and a second set of movable elements, the web moving between the first and second sets of movable elements in a signature formation area. The first set of movable elements includes a first cutting element and a second cutting element variably-spacable with respect to the first cutting element and the second set of movable elements includes a first gripping element for interacting with the first cutting element and a first tucking element variably-spacable with respect to the first gripping element. Also provided is a method for cutting a web into signatures and folding the signatures comprising the steps of spacing a plurality of cutting elements along a first side of the web to set a signature length, spacing a plurality of gripping elements on a second side of the web opposite the plurality of cutting elements, the web traveling between the cutting elements and the gripping elements in a signature formation area, and spacing a plurality of tucking elements on the second side of the web, one of the tucking elements being spaced in between two of the plurality of gripping elements.
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