EP0119412A1 - Unité postale pour l'envoi sous couvert et procédé de fabrication de celle-ci - Google Patents

Unité postale pour l'envoi sous couvert et procédé de fabrication de celle-ci Download PDF

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EP0119412A1
EP0119412A1 EP84100887A EP84100887A EP0119412A1 EP 0119412 A1 EP0119412 A1 EP 0119412A1 EP 84100887 A EP84100887 A EP 84100887A EP 84100887 A EP84100887 A EP 84100887A EP 0119412 A1 EP0119412 A1 EP 0119412A1
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Thomas Otto
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D73/00—Packages comprising articles attached to cards, sheets or webs
    • B65D73/0007—Packages comprising articles attached to cards, sheets or webs the articles being attached to the plane surface of a single card
    • B65D73/0014—Packages comprising articles attached to cards, sheets or webs the articles being attached to the plane surface of a single card by means of separate fixing elements, e.g. clips, clamps, bands
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B11/00—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
    • B65B11/50—Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, by disposing contents between two sheets, e.g. pocketed sheets, and securing their opposed free margins
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B9/00—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages
    • B65B9/02—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material between opposed webs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D73/00—Packages comprising articles attached to cards, sheets or webs
    • B65D73/0007—Packages comprising articles attached to cards, sheets or webs the articles being attached to the plane surface of a single card
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/28—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in composite wrappers, i.e. wrappers formed by associating or interconnecting two or more sheets or blanks
    • B65D75/30—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding

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  • the invention relates to a letter unit for mailing in envelopes, consisting of a carrier sheet, the dimensions of which are matched to the envelope and a plastic card attached to the carrier sheet, such as a credit, check or identification card, which covers only part of the surface of the carrier sheet .
  • the invention also relates to a method for producing such a letter unit.
  • This packaging method requires relatively stiff, coated and air-permeable cardboard underlays.
  • the articles to be packaged are placed artonunterlagen to the K and covered with a thermoplastic film, for example hard PVC or cellulose acetate.
  • the film section is then heated by hot air or radiant heating and the cardboard base is pressed slightly against the heated film from below by stamps.
  • a vacuum acting through the porous base sucks in the film, which wraps itself tightly around the object to be packaged and, at the same time, is heat-sealed to the base.
  • the known method is not applicable in the present case if only because the relatively stiff cardboard underlays required would increase the postage costs considerably. Furthermore, the plastic cards used would be damaged by the heat treatment.
  • plastic cards are primarily to be understood to mean those identification cards which correspond to DIN 9781 - part 1 or ISO standard 2894. Such cards have a length of about 85mm, a height of 54mm and a thickness of 0.76mm.
  • the cards generally consist of a plurality of plastic layers laminated together, it being possible for one or more of the intermediate layers to be formed from paper, preferably a printed security paper.
  • plastic cards which have a stiffness, thickness and size like the cards above.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of providing a packaging or a method for packaging plastic cards which can pass through the known automatic sorting and franking machines without problems in corresponding envelopes.
  • the weight of the packaging should be low in terms of postage and the plastic card should be arranged on the front of an unfolded carrier sheet for cost reasons and reasons of advertising effectiveness.
  • this object is achieved by the in Character of the main claim specified features solved. It is based on the knowledge that it is of crucial importance to conceal the sharp edges of the plastic card by means of a self-adhesive plastic film which is correspondingly placed over the card. A type of ramp or inclined plane is thereby formed which, when the letter unit passes through the sorting or franking machines, prevents the free edges of the plastic card from bumping into corresponding machine parts, so that there is practically no risk of damage to the envelope.
  • the letter unit according to the invention is particularly advantageous in the case of so-called embossed cards, ie cards in which the embossed areas are used as a printing block.
  • the plastic foil covering the embossing smoothes out the raised areas and compensates for the relief-like contour, so that it is possible, for example, to transport the enveloped letter unit through nips without the embossing being pressed through the envelope.
  • the plastic cards carry a magnetic track and / or a signature strip
  • they are arranged on the carrier sheet so that the magnetic track and signature strips come to rest on the unprepared carrier sheet so that the self-adhesive film cannot damage or contaminate these areas.
  • the letter unit can be used particularly advantageously when the card bears the user's postal address.
  • the card is then arranged on the carrier sheet such that it can be read through the window after being inserted into a corresponding window envelope. A separate, ie individual printing of the carrier sheet can thus be omitted.
  • the plastic film with which the card is attached to the carrier sheet must be transparent.
  • the method according to the invention is the subject of further subclaims. It has the particular advantage that it is much faster than known methods, in which either a complicated and time-consuming insertion of the card into corresponding pocket slots or in which the carrier sheet has to be glued before the cards are stuck on.
  • the method according to the invention is structurally easy to implement, since the cards are simply glued onto the endless self-adhesive film fed from a roll, where they are fixed in position, so that separate transport means and positioning aids can be omitted.
  • the letter unit consists of a carrier sheet 10, a plastic card 12 placed on the carrier sheet and a portion of a self-adhesive plastic film 14 covering the plastic card 12.
  • the plastic film 14 overlaps the card 12 on all sides , the film being glued directly to the carrier sheet 10 in the overlap area and to the card 12 in the area thereof. It is obvious that the size of the section of the plastic film must be chosen so that the area of the overlap area is sufficient to securely attach the card to the carrier sheet.
  • Fig. 1 the ramps 16 are clearly visible, which prevent the side edges of the actual card 12 from hitting corresponding machine parts and counter edges.
  • the double arrow in FIG. 1 indicates the direction of transport of the inserted letter unit in automatic sorting and franking machines. It is crucial that the ramps 16 cover or conceal those edges that are transverse to the transport direction of the inserted letter unit.
  • the longitudinal edges, i.e. those edges of the card that are parallel to the transport direction of the inserted letter unit do not have to be covered by ramps 16 in every case. In the case shown in FIG. 2, however, all four edges are covered, which, as will be discussed later, is particularly simple in terms of manufacture.
  • the carrier sheet 10 is preferably a paper sheet which is as thin or light as possible for cost reasons.
  • the possibility of making the carrier sheet relatively thin is understandably a particular advantage of the method according to the invention, known methods such as skin packaging or insertion pockets in the carrier require cardboard-like documents from the outset.
  • the self-adhesive film 14 is commercially available, it is sold under the trade names Tesa adhesive tape, Scotchtape etc. Their thickness and tear or tensile strength must of course be matched to the thickness of the plastic card to be stuck on. If the film becomes too thin, the ramps 16 that are essential to the invention are not formed.
  • Fig. 1 be arranged on the upper side, so that the film 14 covers this embossing and thus smoothes or compensates.
  • the plastic card 12 is equipped with a magnetic track and / or a signature strip, these would be on the side of the carrier sheet 10 so that they do not come into contact with the adhesive film.
  • a particularly economical letter unit is achieved when the plastic cards show the user's postal address.
  • the card is positioned on the carrier sheet so that it can be read through the window of a conventional window envelope, making additional addressing of the letter unnecessary.
  • the letter unit according to the invention also differs in this respect from known solutions in which the card cannot be placed at this point in a window envelope.
  • the method for manufacturing the letter unit will now be explained with reference to FIGS. 3A and 3B.
  • the self-adhesive film 14 is pulled off the supply roll 18, and at the same time a cover film protecting the adhesive side of the adhesive film is wound on the roll 20.
  • the adhesive film runs over the deflection roller 24, where the plastic cards 12 are pressed onto the adhesive side of the film at a suitable pitch.
  • the cards 12 are stored in the card magazine and are identified by a corresponding reading unit 26 before being pressed onto the film.
  • Adhesive film and cards then run into the area of the press roller 28 without additional support by means of moving transport means.
  • the carrier tape is fed from the magazine 30.
  • the carrier tape is preferably stored in a fan fold and provided with an endless print.
  • a comparator (not shown) is used to determine whether the carrier sheet and the card belong together. In the event that the test is negative, the device must be stopped and the assignment changed. If the assignment is correct, however, the carrier tape is deflected around a correspondingly arranged edge and guided onto a table, above which the pressure roller 28 is arranged.
  • This roller which is preferably elastically coated, now brings the carrier sheet, card and self-adhesive film into an intimate connection.
  • the carrier tape is cut into individual blanks by slitters 34 and cross cutters 36. Additional sheets can be added to the letter unit before the actual inserting. For example, in the station 38, a loading could g leitbrief and be attached to a payment card in the station 40, then takes place in the station 42, the enveloping and the envelope is added with.
  • the self-adhesive film 14 can also be punched out around the card with corresponding overlap areas before it reaches the pressure roller 28, this punched-out area is then glued onto the carrier tape, a division of the carrier tape by longitudinal and cross cutters can then be omitted because only the appropriately pre-perforated carrier tape has to be separated.
  • a particular advantage of the method is the fact that there is no need for a separate transport and positioning system for the cards 12, since these are applied directly to the self-adhesive film 14 away from the magazine 22 sticks and can be transported by it.
  • the self-adhesive film could also be guided directly over the card magazine 22 and individually lift the cards off the stack.

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DE4020210A1 (de) * 1989-06-28 1991-01-10 Osaka Sealing Label Print Kartentransportbehaelter
DE4109859A1 (de) * 1991-03-26 1992-10-01 Guenter Baumann Brief fuer werbezwecke
WO1998031536A1 (fr) * 1997-01-17 1998-07-23 Britton Polyian Limited Procede de fabrication d'une enveloppe postale a fenetre
DE19828178A1 (de) * 1998-03-04 1999-09-09 Schreiner Etiketten Hülle zur Einsiegelung eines flachen Wertgegenstandes sowie Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Herstellung einer solchen Hülle
FR2817832A1 (fr) * 2000-12-12 2002-06-14 Schlumberger Systems & Service Supports d'informations en forme de plaques emballes en lot, procede et installation d'emballage

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FR2273719A1 (fr) * 1974-06-05 1976-01-02 Harrison Et Sons Ltd Methode et sachet permettant d'attacher des timbres, des jetons a des recipients
DE2727391A1 (de) * 1977-06-18 1978-12-21 Franco Toss Verfahren zum herstellen, fuellen und allseitigem schliessen von warenpackungen
DE2746345A1 (de) * 1977-10-14 1979-04-19 Knecht Druck Gmbh Postkarte
US4279113A (en) * 1979-11-16 1981-07-21 Immanuel Halm Coin guard for coin protection

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US3508702A (en) * 1968-11-01 1970-04-28 Wells Fargo Bank National Ass Credit card mailing assembly
DE1903260A1 (de) * 1969-01-23 1970-08-13 Dynamit Nobel Ag Verpackungsmaschine fuer blattfoermige Gegenstaende
LU66857A1 (fr) * 1972-01-19 1973-03-19
FR2273719A1 (fr) * 1974-06-05 1976-01-02 Harrison Et Sons Ltd Methode et sachet permettant d'attacher des timbres, des jetons a des recipients
DE2727391A1 (de) * 1977-06-18 1978-12-21 Franco Toss Verfahren zum herstellen, fuellen und allseitigem schliessen von warenpackungen
DE2746345A1 (de) * 1977-10-14 1979-04-19 Knecht Druck Gmbh Postkarte
US4279113A (en) * 1979-11-16 1981-07-21 Immanuel Halm Coin guard for coin protection

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE4020210A1 (de) * 1989-06-28 1991-01-10 Osaka Sealing Label Print Kartentransportbehaelter
DE4109859A1 (de) * 1991-03-26 1992-10-01 Guenter Baumann Brief fuer werbezwecke
WO1998031536A1 (fr) * 1997-01-17 1998-07-23 Britton Polyian Limited Procede de fabrication d'une enveloppe postale a fenetre
DE19828178A1 (de) * 1998-03-04 1999-09-09 Schreiner Etiketten Hülle zur Einsiegelung eines flachen Wertgegenstandes sowie Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Herstellung einer solchen Hülle
FR2817832A1 (fr) * 2000-12-12 2002-06-14 Schlumberger Systems & Service Supports d'informations en forme de plaques emballes en lot, procede et installation d'emballage
WO2002047981A1 (fr) * 2000-12-12 2002-06-20 Schlumberger Systèmes Supports d'enregistrement de donnees et procede et installation d'emballage de ceux-ci

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