EP0268410B1 - Konstruktion einer Dichtungsklappe beim Rückumschlag - Google Patents
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- EP0268410B1 EP0268410B1 EP87309824A EP87309824A EP0268410B1 EP 0268410 B1 EP0268410 B1 EP 0268410B1 EP 87309824 A EP87309824 A EP 87309824A EP 87309824 A EP87309824 A EP 87309824A EP 0268410 B1 EP0268410 B1 EP 0268410B1
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- envelope
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- return envelope
- closure flap
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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 present invention relates to an envelope construction including an outer envelope and a return envelope, the latter of which has a unique sealing flap arrangement.
- envelope constructions incorporating return envelopes for recipients to mail back bills with checks for payment.
- These envelope constructions are prepared continuously in bulk on high-speed collating machines. Speeds at which collators run are dependent upon the form of the envelope construction being assembled. Typically, a complicated form could run at only 20 feet per minute while a simple form might run as high as 350 feet per minute.
- Such envelope constructions usually use a so-called transfer tape having a release overlay to protect the pressure sensitive adhesive prior to sealing. Remoistenable or self-sealing adhesives are also presently applied to the back of flaps for sealing closed the return envelope before it is mailed back to the sender.
- Adhesive applied to the closure flap for the return envelope must have quick drying times and this requirement necessarily limits the type of usable adhesives to hot melt water remoistenables or fast drying solvent types.
- the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could impose limits upon or ban the use of these types of adhesives because of the chemicals used during the manufacturing process of the adhesives, in particular the solvent types, in the future.
- U.S. Patent No. 3,990,627 to Olson discloses an adhesive closure for a plastic bag used for protecting a sandwich or another food product.
- a part of the bag has a strip of release tape which overlies and protects the adhesive until the bag is ready to be used to store food therein.
- a user pulls the release tape away from the pressure-sensitive adhesive which is then pressed to close the bag.
- Patent Specification no 3942714 describes a two way mailer comprising a plurality of sheets with one of the sheets having a part constituting a return envelope flap with an adhesive layer thereon to enable the flap to be folded onto a minor stub to seal the return envelope.
- the mailer includes a sheet constituting a customer's bill.
- European Patent Specification no 0058248 describes a contininuous mailer with a tab with a free flap so that the tab portion can be grasped and stripped from the mailer. Removal of the tab portion exposes a return mailer envelope.
- One embodiment includes an insert ply. The flap of the back ply is folded against the front face of the body portion of the intermediate sheet and sealed by activiation of adhesive blocks.
- an envelope construction includes an outer envelope 14, a return envelope 22 having a front sheet and a back sheet both provided with marginal edges bonded together except along one edge, said front sheet extending beyond the back sheet at said one edge to define a closure flap 30, and having means 34 for adhesively sealing said closure flap 30 to said back sheet to seal the return envelope 22; characterised in that the return envelope 22 is contained within the outer envelope 14 and in that there is provided one insert sheet 20 arranged inside the outer envelope 14 and juxtaposed over the back sheet of the return envelope and said one insert sheet 20 includes an end strip 24 provided with a release agent 28 on its back side, said end strip 24 overlying the adhesive sealing means 34.
- a primary object of the present invention is to provide a simplified envelope construction which can be prepared continuously in bulk at a very high speed on a conventional collating machine.
- Another object of the present invention is to eliminate the need for a protective transfer tape affixed to the adhesive on the closure flap of the return envelope. Thus, an inventory of transfer tapes need not be maintained and down time required for changing reels of transfer tapes is saved.
- One advantage of the present invention is that only two chemical mixtures or solutions are required, viz. an adhesive mixture which is extruded onto the closure flap of the return envelope and a release agent which is extruded onto the back side of the end strip of the insert sheet that is superimposed over the back side of the return envelope.
- the ahesive mixture and the release agent can be applied as the web of papers making up the envelope construction is running in the longitudinal direction, ie in a running extruded stream as the web runs in-line.
- the adhesive mixture and release agent can be applied in an across-the-web pattern which must be placed in certain positions when return envelopes having top flap openings are used.
- a recipient of apiece of mail is holding an envelope construction 10 and tearing off a left margin 12 thereof.
- Fig 2 the recipient is holding the envelope construction 10 at one end while the contents are partially removed from an outer envelope 14 at the other end.
- Fig 3 the contents are completely removed from the outer envelope 14 which has its margins sealed at the far end, the top edge, and the bottom edge. Thumb notches 16, which have been detached from the other end of the outer envelope 14, are about to be discarded.
- the contents removed from the outer envelope 14 are shown to include, in this particular embodiment, inserted sheets in the nature of a bill or statement 18, a copy sheet 20 of the bill sheet 18 juxtaposed over the bill sheet 18, and a return envelope 22 comprising a front sheet and a back sheet provided with marginal edges bonded together except along one edge with the front sheet extending beyond the back sheet to form a closure flap 30.
- the copy sheet 20 has an end strip 24 separable from the copy sheet 20 along a perforated line 26.
- a release agent 28 is applied to the back side of the end strip 2.4 and the end strip 24 overlies the adhesive sealing means 34.
- the return envelope 22 contained within the outer envelope 14 includes the closure flap 30 foldable along a fold line 32,
- the closure flap 30 is provided with an adhesive sealing means 34 which seals the closure flap 30 of the return envelope 22 when the closure flap 30 is folded along the fold line 32 to seal the closure flap 30 to the back sheet to seal the return envelope.
- the adhesive sealing means 34 on the closure flap 30 is protected by the overlaying release agent 28 on the strip 24 of the copy 20 which is superimposed over the return envelope 22.
- Fig 5 when the recipient desires to pay the bill 18, he or she folds the bill 18 and encloses a check 36 or similar negotiable instrument into the one end of the return envelope 22.
- the copy 20 of the bill 18 is retained by the recipient. If desired, the person may detach the end strip 24 containing the protective release agent 28 by tearing along the perforated line 26 of the copy 20 and then may discard the end strip 24. Once the folded bill 18 and the check 36 are completely inserted into the back side of the return envelope 22, the closure flap 30 carrying the adhesive sealing means 34 may be folded along the fold line 32 so that the closure flap 30 seals the one end of the return envelope 22.
- Fig 6 the return envelope 22 is turned over and the front side is shown.
- the closure flap 30, folded along fold line 32, is shown in phantom lines.
- the adhesive sealing means 34 (not shown in Fig 6) on flap 30 seals the return envelope 22 shut with the folded bill 18 and the check 36 (also not shown in Fig 6) contained inside.
- suitable pressure sensitive chemicals which may be used for the adhesive strip 34 are SBR, SIS (styrene isoprene styrene), acrylates, etc.
- Mixtures which may be selected for use as the release agent 28 on the back side of the end strip 24 are wax, silicone, polyethylene, etc.
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Priority Applications (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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AT87309824T ATE57664T1 (de) | 1986-11-17 | 1987-11-06 | Konstruktion einer dichtungsklappe beim rueckumschlag. |
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
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US93105986A | 1986-11-17 | 1986-11-17 | |
US931059 | 1992-08-17 |
Publications (3)
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EP0268410A2 EP0268410A2 (de) | 1988-05-25 |
EP0268410A3 EP0268410A3 (en) | 1989-05-31 |
EP0268410B1 true EP0268410B1 (de) | 1990-10-24 |
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EP87309824A Expired - Lifetime EP0268410B1 (de) | 1986-11-17 | 1987-11-06 | Konstruktion einer Dichtungsklappe beim Rückumschlag |
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EP (1) | EP0268410B1 (de) |
AT (1) | ATE57664T1 (de) |
BR (1) | BR8706158A (de) |
CA (1) | CA1305454C (de) |
DE (1) | DE3765752D1 (de) |
ES (1) | ES2018272B3 (de) |
Families Citing this family (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US4895297A (en) * | 1988-07-07 | 1990-01-23 | Moore Business Forms, Inc. | Business form set with closable envelope |
JP3026549B2 (ja) | 1996-05-02 | 2000-03-27 | ダイナボット株式会社 | クロマトグラフィ免疫分析装置の製造方法 |
US7201305B1 (en) * | 1999-02-16 | 2007-04-10 | Correa Manuel A | Postal outgoing and reply envelope form system |
Family Cites Families (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US3942714A (en) * | 1974-11-15 | 1976-03-09 | Federal Business Products, Inc. | Two-way mailer |
US4384670A (en) * | 1981-02-17 | 1983-05-24 | Transkrit Corporation | Peel back mailer |
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- 1987-11-06 ES ES87309824T patent/ES2018272B3/es not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1987-11-06 AT AT87309824T patent/ATE57664T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1987-11-06 DE DE8787309824T patent/DE3765752D1/de not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1987-11-06 CA CA000551232A patent/CA1305454C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1987-11-06 EP EP87309824A patent/EP0268410B1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1987-11-16 BR BR8706158A patent/BR8706158A/pt not_active IP Right Cessation
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ES2018272B3 (es) | 1991-04-01 |
DE3765752D1 (de) | 1990-11-29 |
CA1305454C (en) | 1992-07-21 |
EP0268410A2 (de) | 1988-05-25 |
EP0268410A3 (en) | 1989-05-31 |
ATE57664T1 (de) | 1990-11-15 |
BR8706158A (pt) | 1988-06-21 |
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