CA945415A - Method and apparatus for folding a closure flap of an envelope - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for folding a closure flap of an envelope

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Publication number
CA945415A
CA945415A CA112,115A CA112115A CA945415A CA 945415 A CA945415 A CA 945415A CA 112115 A CA112115 A CA 112115A CA 945415 A CA945415 A CA 945415A
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CA
Canada
Prior art keywords
envelope
folding
closure flap
flap
closure
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired
Application number
CA112,115A
Other versions
CA112115S (en
Inventor
Eliot S. Smithe
Herbert W. Helm
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
FL Smithe Machine Co Inc
Original Assignee
FL Smithe Machine Co Inc
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Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by FL Smithe Machine Co Inc filed Critical FL Smithe Machine Co Inc
Priority to CA176,603A priority Critical patent/CA943381A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of CA945415A publication Critical patent/CA945415A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
    • B43M—BUREAU ACCESSORIES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B43M5/00—Devices for closing envelopes
    • B43M5/04—Devices for closing envelopes automatic
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/24—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by air blast or suction apparatus
    • B65H29/241—Suction devices
    • B65H29/243—Suction rollers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/38—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by movable piling or advancing arms, frames, plates, or like members with which the articles are maintained in face contact
    • B65H29/40—Members rotated about an axis perpendicular to direction of article movement, e.g. star-wheels formed by S-shaped members
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B2150/00—Flexible containers made from sheets or blanks, e.g. from flattened tubes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B2160/00—Shape of flexible containers
    • B31B2160/10—Shape of flexible containers rectangular and flat, i.e. without structural provision for thickness of contents
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B70/00—Making flexible containers, e.g. envelopes or bags
    • B31B70/26—Folding sheets, blanks or webs
    • B31B70/261—Folding sheets, blanks or webs involving transversely folding, i.e. along a line perpendicular to the direction of movement

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Making Paper Articles (AREA)
  • Folding Of Thin Sheet-Like Materials, Special Discharging Devices, And Others (AREA)
CA112,115A 1970-05-06 1971-05-04 Method and apparatus for folding a closure flap of an envelope Expired CA945415A (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CA176,603A CA943381A (en) 1970-05-06 1973-07-17 Method and apparatus for folding a closure flap of an envelope

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US3519070A 1970-05-06 1970-05-06

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
CA945415A true CA945415A (en) 1974-04-16

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Family Applications (1)

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CA112,115A Expired CA945415A (en) 1970-05-06 1971-05-04 Method and apparatus for folding a closure flap of an envelope

Country Status (3)

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US (1) US3641883A (en)
CA (1) CA945415A (en)
DE (1) DE2122493A1 (en)

Families Citing this family (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4202150A (en) * 1973-05-25 1980-05-13 Ab Sture Ljungdahl Device for producing envelopes in a continuous operation
US4138933A (en) * 1977-05-19 1979-02-13 F. L. Smithe Machine Company, Inc. Apparatus for gumming and folding open end envelopes
US4504260A (en) * 1982-11-08 1985-03-12 Champion International Corporation Method and apparatus for scoring and folding envelopes
US5125885A (en) * 1990-09-28 1992-06-30 National Service Industries, Inc. Bonded envelope stack and method and apparatus for making same
US5524876A (en) * 1994-12-22 1996-06-11 F. L. Smithe Machine Company, Inc. Method and apparatus for delivering and stacking envelopes in an envelope machine
US6095961A (en) * 1998-05-14 2000-08-01 F. L. Smithe Machine Company, Inc. Radial aligner and folding mechanism
GB9828608D0 (en) * 1998-12-23 1999-02-17 Printed Forms Equip Pressure sealing apparatus & method

Family Cites Families (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3088382A (en) * 1959-07-01 1963-05-07 Berkley Machine Co Flap folding apparatus
US3116668A (en) * 1960-11-15 1964-01-07 Smithe Machine Co Inc F L Rotary envelope machine

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Publication number Publication date
US3641883A (en) 1972-02-15
DE2122493A1 (en) 1971-11-25

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