EP0132905B1 - Improvements on webs for continuous business forms assemblies - Google Patents

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EP0132905B1
EP0132905B1 EP84301500A EP84301500A EP0132905B1 EP 0132905 B1 EP0132905 B1 EP 0132905B1 EP 84301500 A EP84301500 A EP 84301500A EP 84301500 A EP84301500 A EP 84301500A EP 0132905 B1 EP0132905 B1 EP 0132905B1
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Edmund G. Van Malderghem
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Moore Business Forms Inc
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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
    • B65D27/00—Envelopes or like essentially-rectangular flexible containers for postal or other purposes having no structural provision for thickness of contents
    • B65D27/04—Envelopes or like essentially-rectangular flexible containers for postal or other purposes having no structural provision for thickness of contents with apertures or windows for viewing contents
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D5/00—Sheets united without binding to form pads or blocks
    • B42D5/02—Form sets
    • B42D5/023—Continuous form sets
    • B42D5/025—Mailer assemblies

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  • This invention relates to continuous business form assemblies and webs for the same having windows for address information and the like.
  • continuous assembles and assembly webs with windows are fed through slits in equipment shields and the like.
  • the assemblies and webs are positioned by air vacuums, and travel at speeds from about 9.6 feet (3 metres) per minute (fpm) and less to about 25 fpm (8 metres per minute) and more, with a paper weight of about 32 pounds (14.5 kg).
  • the assemblies and webs travel well.
  • lower paper weights, such as 28 pounds (12.7 kg) the windows frequently snag the shields adjacent the slits, and are frequently torn. The equipment is sometimes jammed.
  • the invention is an improvement in a web, the web (a) being continuous in both of two longitudinal directions along a longitudinal axis, (b) having a series of business forms thereon, the series being continuous in the longitudinal directions, (c) defining a series of cut windows in the web on the forms, the series of windows being continuous in the longitudinal directions, and (d) being adapted to be fed and high speed impact printed in a first of the two longitudinal directions, the first longitudinal direction thereby being a direction of travel of the web during feeding and printing, (e) the web having at least two distinct window edges along each window extending generally transverse to the longitudinal axis, one of the at least two window edges being a leading window edge and the other of the two window edges being a trailing window edge trailing the leading window edge when the web is moved in
  • the preferred embodiment of the invention is an improvement in a continuous business form assembly of a web 10 being continuous in both directions along a longitudinal axis 12.
  • the assembly 10 has a continuous series of business forms 14 which extend transversely across the assembly 10 and are joined longitudinally end-to-end across a series of perforation lines 16.
  • the assembly 10 has feed strips 18, 20 along transversely opposite edges 22, 24.
  • the strips 18, 20 include continuous rows 26, 28, respectively, of spaced tractor holes.
  • Each form 14 defines a window 30 for displaying address information (not shown) to be printed on the form 14 at a location 31.
  • the location 31 is equidistant with the window 30 from a continuous, longitudinal fold line 32.
  • the assembly 10 is fed and printed in a first longitudinal direction 34 along the axis 12, away from the second longitudinal direction 35.
  • the direction 34 is the direction of travel, and components of the assembly 10 which precede other components in the direction of travel 34 lead such other components, or are, in relation to the other components, leading components.
  • the other components are, then, trailing components.
  • Each window 30 is an area cut from a form 14. The area is covered with a transparent sheet 36 as in Fig. 2. The sheet 36 is adhered to the form 14 by an encircling adhesive 38.
  • the web 10 and each form 14 have, along each window 30, four distinct window edges 40, 42, 44, 46. Two of the edges 40, 42 extend generally transversely across the form 14. The other two edges 44, 46 extend generally longitudinally along the form 14. The first transverse edge 40 is the leading edge of the window, while the opposite transverse edge 42 is the trailing edge. The two edges 44, 46 are opposed side edges of the window.
  • edges 40, 44, 46 are substantially completely straight, geometrically.
  • the edge 40 is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 12, while the edges 44, 46 are paralllel to the axis 12.
  • the edges 44, 46 are perpendicular to the edge 40.
  • Small, rounded, or partially circular corners 50, 52 join the edges 44, 46 to the edge 40 in a smooth transition therefrom.
  • the edge 42 is unique.
  • the edge 42 is bowed in the trailing direction.
  • the center 54 of the edge 42 trails the sides 56, 58 of the edge 42.
  • the edge 42 is nowhere straight, but continuously curved throughout its extent.
  • the degree, rate or amount of curvature of the edge 42 does not substantially vary across its extent; the degree of curvature is substantially uniform.
  • the sides 56, 58 are longitudinally even with each other, and lead the center 54 by about one-eighth inch (3.2 mm). Small, rounded corners 60, 62 join the edge 42 to the edges 44, 46 in smooth transitions.
  • the bow (longitudinal distance from the sides 44, 46 to the center 54) of the edge 42 could be greater or less than one-eighth inch (3.2 mm) without effect on freedom from snagging or otherwise. It is also believed a bow of less than one-sixteenth inch (1.6 mm) would not be any more free of snagging than no bow. Points along the edge 42, as with a V-cut edge, are disfavoured due to die wear.

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Handling Of Sheets (AREA)
  • Window Of Vehicle (AREA)
  • Preliminary Treatment Of Fibers (AREA)
  • Sheet Holders (AREA)
  • Undergarments, Swaddling Clothes, Handkerchiefs Or Underwear Materials (AREA)
  • Unwinding Webs (AREA)
  • Refuse Collection And Transfer (AREA)
  • Wing Frames And Configurations (AREA)
  • Diaphragms For Electromechanical Transducers (AREA)
  • Crystals, And After-Treatments Of Crystals (AREA)
  • Image-Pickup Tubes, Image-Amplification Tubes, And Storage Tubes (AREA)
  • Polysaccharides And Polysaccharide Derivatives (AREA)
  • Nonmetallic Welding Materials (AREA)
  • Management, Administration, Business Operations System, And Electronic Commerce (AREA)
  • Accessory Devices And Overall Control Thereof (AREA)
  • Outside Dividers And Delivering Mechanisms For Harvesters (AREA)
  • Magnetic Heads (AREA)
  • Containers And Plastic Fillers For Packaging (AREA)
  • Glass Compositions (AREA)
  • Supplying Of Containers To The Packaging Station (AREA)
  • Advancing Webs (AREA)
  • Controlling Rewinding, Feeding, Winding, Or Abnormalities Of Webs (AREA)
  • Heterocyclic Carbon Compounds Containing A Hetero Ring Having Oxygen Or Sulfur (AREA)
  • Pharmaceuticals Containing Other Organic And Inorganic Compounds (AREA)
  • Woven Fabrics (AREA)
  • Absorbent Articles And Supports Therefor (AREA)
EP84301500A 1983-06-28 1984-03-07 Improvements on webs for continuous business forms assemblies Expired EP0132905B1 (en)

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NZ207006A (en) 1987-03-31
FI842594L (fi) 1984-12-29
AU2374884A (en) 1985-01-03
DE3465056D1 (en) 1987-09-03
EP0132905A3 (en) 1985-12-18
PT78352A (en) 1984-04-01
PT78352B (en) 1986-04-30
FI842594A7 (fi) 1984-12-29
FI842594A0 (fi) 1984-06-27
ATE28610T1 (de) 1987-08-15
CA1219015A (en) 1987-03-10
EP0132905A2 (en) 1985-02-13
JPH0238395B2 (enExample) 1990-08-30
ES289502U (es) 1986-03-01
IE54853B1 (en) 1990-02-28
DK88484D0 (da) 1984-02-22
ES289502Y (es) 1988-07-01
DK88484A (da) 1984-12-29
ZA839685B (en) 1985-02-27
JPS61112696A (ja) 1986-05-30
MX158685A (es) 1989-02-27

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