EP0230796A1 - Zweiweg-Umschlag - Google Patents

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EP0230796A1
EP0230796A1 EP86401509A EP86401509A EP0230796A1 EP 0230796 A1 EP0230796 A1 EP 0230796A1 EP 86401509 A EP86401509 A EP 86401509A EP 86401509 A EP86401509 A EP 86401509A EP 0230796 A1 EP0230796 A1 EP 0230796A1
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envelope
window
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return
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Pascal Herbaut
Jacques Lapierre
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Herve Et Fils SA SA
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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 containers for postal or other purposes having no structural provision for thickness of contents
    • B65D27/06—Envelopes or like essentially-rectangular containers for postal or other purposes having no structural provision for thickness of contents with provisions for repeated re-use

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  • the invention relates to the structure of a window envelope reusable by the first recipient, for the return of documents.
  • a mail fold It is common for a mail fold to contain an envelope, known as a "return envelope” intended to be redirected by the recipient of the "one way envelope” for the delivery of a completed document (order form, request for information) or a payment voucher (payment of an invoice, a contribution, an insurance premium, a tax, etc.).
  • a return envelope intended to be redirected by the recipient of the "one way envelope” for the delivery of a completed document (order form, request for information) or a payment voucher (payment of an invoice, a contribution, an insurance premium, a tax, etc.).
  • the invention provides a window envelope, arranged in such a way that its opening leaves a return envelope with the same window in the hands of the recipient.
  • the envelope provided with a window arranged in a conventional manner, is remarkable in that its face and its back each have a transverse line of rupture, or line of perforations called "snap", in such a way that 'A sudden pull exerted in the height direction of the envelope determines the detachment of the upper part, the lower part then forming an open envelope provided with a window.
  • This arrangement firstly has the advantage of simplicity, but it is also advantageous in terms of cost price, thanks to the significant saving in paper, the return envelope being in some way cut in the envelope. go. Finally, if the return envelope is less high than the outward envelope, it has the same width as the latter, which makes it possible in particular to accommodate the document to be returned there, without having to fold it, at least in the direction of its width.
  • the sealing of the return envelope is obtained by any suitable means such as exfoliation of one of the edges of the opening, adhesive with protective strip, or other, when the breaking lines formed respectively on the back and the face of the go envelope overlap.
  • the breaking lines are offset with respect to each other, so that one of the walls of the return envelope is higher than the other, its projecting part then constituting a closure flap whose free edge comprises the sealing means.
  • the highest wall of the return envelope will generally be the face, that is to say that comprising the window, so that the closure tab folds down, in the traditional way, on the back of the envelope.
  • the return envelope is a T envelope (postage paid by the recipient)
  • the back of the envelope must be the highest, the tab then folds down on the face to reveal the T at the usual location of the franking, the latter being printed upside down and on the back of the forward envelope and therefore cannot cause any confusion.
  • each unit envelope of the set must have a window, which is not incompatible with most known mailers, but which is encountered more particularly on mailers in which the interior documents, or inserts, are free.
  • the example shown is that of an envelope detached from a continuous strip assembly and therefore sealed on its four sides, making it possible to obtain a return envelope with flap.
  • Figure 1 On the back of the envelope ( Figure 1) is indicated the mode of opening by "bursting" of two rupture lines, respectively 10, formed on the back of the envelope, and 11, formed on the face of said envelope .
  • the breaking lines 10 and 11 are offset so that after tearing off their upper parts (FIG. 2A), the two walls have unequal heights, in this example, the wall corresponding to the back is the highest.
  • the upper part detached from the face of the envelope is high enough so that with it disappears any trace 12 of postage and cancellation (Figure 2A).
  • the recipient can then remove the interior document or documents 13 a , 13 b and, at the same time, remove the coincidence of the window 14 with his address 15 (FIG. 2B), keeping in hand an open envelope 16 with a flap 17 formed here. by the part of the back comprised between lines 10 and 11. Later, by reintroducing into the envelope 16 the document 13 b to be returned, it displays the return address 18, readable through the window 14 (FIG. 2C).
  • the return envelope is sealed by folding the flap 17 on the face of the envelope, a strip 19 being provided along the line 10 and may be a scrub or an adhesive with protective film or a self-adhesive strip, intended for cooperate with a conjugate strip carried by the face of the envelope above the window 14, or any other means (FIG. 2D).
  • the return envelope is a T envelope.
  • the regulatory notices 20 are printed, upside down, on the back of the outward envelope, between line 10 and a line corresponding to line 11, of so as to appear on the face of the return envelope, at the usual postage location, when the flap 17 is folded (Figure 2D).
  • lines 10 and 11 can be reversed between the front and back of the outward envelope, the sealing of the return envelope then being carried out by folding the flap over the back of said envelope, which is the traditional method of closing an envelope, or one can provide lines 10 and 11 in superposition.
  • the bands intended to form the continuous assembly of envelopes, or this assembly itself can be subjected to longitudinal pulling on the collator and / or the uniting machine which follows it more or less strong, which would risk tearing the breaking lines if they were transverse in the direction of travel. This is particularly the case for the assembly obtained on the machine which is the subject of patent EP 0051099 in the name of the same holder. It is then necessary to provide an edition at 90 degrees.
  • the envelope assemblies according to the invention are particularly advantageous when a company or an administration sends messages centrally, but the returns of which are intended for several different addresses. With traditional mailers, you then have to either pre-print the return envelopes and insert them into the assembly, which is expensive and above all insecure, or edit a label on one of the inserts adhesive intended to be affixed on the return envelope, by the initial recipient.
  • the invention makes it possible to provide for the printing of the return address on the zone of the basic document to be returned which will be located directly opposite the window.

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EP86401509A 1985-12-18 1986-07-07 Zweiweg-Umschlag Withdrawn EP0230796A1 (de)

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FR8518782A FR2591567B1 (fr) 1985-12-18 1985-12-18 Enveloppe postale avec enveloppe de retour incorporee
FR8518782 1985-12-18

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Cited By (8)

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GB2241689A (en) * 1990-03-09 1991-09-11 Roy Gilbert Talbot Packaged card
EP0547785A1 (de) * 1991-12-19 1993-06-23 Moore Business Forms, Inc. Rückumschläge und Versandstücke mit solchen Rückumschlägen
US7726548B2 (en) 2004-02-25 2010-06-01 Ecoenvelopes, Llc Reusable envelope structures and methods
US7815099B2 (en) 2005-04-05 2010-10-19 Ecoenvelopes, Llc Reusable envelope structures and methods
US8191763B2 (en) 2006-08-18 2012-06-05 Delavergne Carol A Reusable envelopes
US8763891B1 (en) 2004-02-25 2014-07-01 Carol A. DeLaVergne Reusable envelope structures and methods
US8875985B1 (en) 2009-02-19 2014-11-04 eco Envelopes, LLC. Conversion envelopes
US9878825B1 (en) 2015-06-02 2018-01-30 Ecoenvelopes, Llc Reusable top flap envelope with dual opposing seal flaps

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US4984733A (en) * 1989-09-07 1991-01-15 Uarco Incorporated Dual mailer construction
US5282568A (en) * 1992-08-21 1994-02-01 Moore Business Forms, Inc. Reuseable mailer meeting postal requirements

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FR1484517A (fr) * 1966-06-24 1967-06-09 Uarco Inc Ensemble d'enveloppe de retour
US3747837A (en) * 1971-08-25 1973-07-24 D Wilson Mailing and return envelope
EP0097421A2 (de) * 1982-06-22 1984-01-04 Moore Business Forms, Inc. Zweiwegbriefumschlageinheit

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FR1484517A (fr) * 1966-06-24 1967-06-09 Uarco Inc Ensemble d'enveloppe de retour
US3747837A (en) * 1971-08-25 1973-07-24 D Wilson Mailing and return envelope
EP0097421A2 (de) * 1982-06-22 1984-01-04 Moore Business Forms, Inc. Zweiwegbriefumschlageinheit

Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2241689A (en) * 1990-03-09 1991-09-11 Roy Gilbert Talbot Packaged card
EP0547785A1 (de) * 1991-12-19 1993-06-23 Moore Business Forms, Inc. Rückumschläge und Versandstücke mit solchen Rückumschlägen
US7726548B2 (en) 2004-02-25 2010-06-01 Ecoenvelopes, Llc Reusable envelope structures and methods
US8763891B1 (en) 2004-02-25 2014-07-01 Carol A. DeLaVergne Reusable envelope structures and methods
US7815099B2 (en) 2005-04-05 2010-10-19 Ecoenvelopes, Llc Reusable envelope structures and methods
US8191763B2 (en) 2006-08-18 2012-06-05 Delavergne Carol A Reusable envelopes
US8875985B1 (en) 2009-02-19 2014-11-04 eco Envelopes, LLC. Conversion envelopes
US9878825B1 (en) 2015-06-02 2018-01-30 Ecoenvelopes, Llc Reusable top flap envelope with dual opposing seal flaps

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FR2591567A1 (fr) 1987-06-19

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