Classifications

• • 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
  • B42D3/00—Book covers
  • B42D3/12—Book covers combined with other articles

Definitions

• Insertion element serving as support for an object releasably associated with said element.
• the invention relates to a inserting element intended to be inserted between the sheets of a printed work, and serving as a support for an object releasably associated with said inserting element.
• a writing support of different types which are equipped with a tab or strip folded back on itself to form a cylindrical housing receiving a pencil or a pen.
• Document DE-U-88 04 669 describes a writing medium whose cover has an edge to which is fixed the end of a band looped in the manner of a slip knot. The opposite end of this loop band is connected (by sewing) to an elastic band exerting a tension thereon in order to maintain an object slipped into the loop.
• Documents GB-A-504 741 and US-A-5 029 899 describe a palette or a writing medium whose edge is extended by a strip or tab folded back on itself to receive a pen.
• the aforementioned documents are however relatively distant from the insert elements.
• the traditional technique for producing the inserting elements consists in effect of providing a cardboard whose dimensions are generally smaller than those of the pages of the printed work, said cardboard supporting an object on one of its faces, said object being releasably attached to the cardboard.
• the cardboard is generally associated with the printed work by stapling, or by gluing.
• the type of object concerned is de facto limited to relatively flat objects, such as sachets or pouches, so as not to excessively increase the thickness of the work, especially in the case of magazines, which would complicate the routing problems.
• the invention aims precisely to solve this problem, by designing an inserting element whose structure allows the support of larger objects than traditional sachets or sleeves, without significant increase in the thickness of the printed work, while allowing easy access to the supported object which must be recoverable as a free sample associated with the printed work.
• an inserting element intended to be inserted between the sheets of a printed work, and serving as a support for an object releasably associated with said inserting element, characterized in what it is made from a sheet of heat-shrinkable plastic, being made up of a main portion intended to be solida ⁇ rised to the printed work, and of a terminal portion connecting to this main portion in extending beyond a slice of the printed work when said main portion is secured to said work, said portion terminal being folded and glued or welded on itself to form a housing external to said wafer, to receive the object to be supported, said object being tightly held in its housing as a result of heat shrinking of this terminal portion, a means being further associated with the insert element to be able to release the object from its housing by opening said terminal portion.
• the inserting element is equipped with its object, and after heat-shrinking of the terminal portion around the object, the latter is perfectly held in place in its housing, and it then suffices to insert the inserting element for its association with the printed work, thanks to the main portion of said inserting element.
• the supported object is then apparent by protruding from the edge concerned of the printed work, so that the extra thickness caused is limited to that of the only main portion of the inserting element.
• the housing formed by the terminal portion extends in a main direction parallel to the edge of the structure, over a length equal to or less than that of said edge.
• the terminal portion is welded to itself by a weld line parallel to the main direction of the housing.
• the end portion is bonded to itself by a thin bonding line parallel to the main direction of the housing, said bonding line being defined by two parallel strips previously printed on one or the other of the facing faces. concerned and which delimit between them an effective bonding zone.
• the opening means making it possible to release the object from its housing, by opening the terminal portion of the inserting element, may take several types of structures, while ensuring the same function.
• the means for opening the terminal portion is constituted by a line of perforations formed on said terminal portion, extending in the main direction of the housing, and by a gripping tab allowing the tearing of the housing wall along this line.
• the means for opening the terminal portion consists of a tear strip associated with said terminal portion, extending in the main direction of the housing, said strip having a gripping end allowing tearing of the housing wall.
• the means for opening the terminal portion is advantageously constituted by the thin bonding line constituting a detachable connection, and by an associated gripping tab extending beyond this thin bonding line.
• the housing formed by the terminal portion has, in its main direction, a length less than that of the object to be supported, so that at least one of the ends of said object protrudes from the edges of the housing.
• the housing formed by the terminal portion could be made to have, in its main direction, a length greater than that of the object to be supported, so that at least one of the ends of said object is enclosed by the wall thermo-retracted terminal. This then ensures extremely reliable maintenance of the object in its housing.
• the terminal portion is connected to the main portion by a line of punctures allowing the two to be separated. portions by tearing along said line
• a main portion may be provided which is at least partly double-walled, so as to define an additional flattened housing allowing a second flat object to be inserted such as a sheet or a wafer. inserting then makes it possible to simultaneously support two objects, without occa ⁇ ing significant extra thickness for the printed work.
• the attachment of the inserting element to the printed work can be ensured by different means, using techniques well known in the art. printing industry.
• the main portion has, on the back side, connecting elements by light bonding, for its attachment to a page of one printed work.
• the housing of the object to be supported extends beyond the lateral edge parallel to the back of the printed work, and the main portion extends at least to the back of said work to ensure the fixing of the insert element.
• the main portion may extend beyond the back of the printed work to form a flap allowing a fixing of the insert element by pinching or stapling
• the main portion is printed on at least one of its two faces.
• the printed work it may prove to be advantageous for the printed work to be equipped with several objects which cannot be supported by traditional encar ⁇ tage techniques.
• the insert element previously defined can solve this problem, by providing that the insert element is combined in the same printed work with at least one other insert element, these inserting elements being arranged in such a way that the objects which they support are juxtaposed along the edge of the printed work, without telescoping between them. Again, the extra thickness caused by the inserting elements is limited to the thickness of only the main portions of these elements, without the supported objects being in any way concerned.
• FIG. 1 illustrates an open printed work, equipped with an insert element according to the invention, which supports a cylindrical object such as a perfume sample or a mini vaporizer;
• FIG. 2 is an end view of the aforementioned printed work, in the closed state, showing that the presence of the object supported by the casing element does not significantly interfere with the closure ⁇ ture of the printed work;
• FIG. 3 is a plan view of the front side of the aforementioned inserting element, in the developed state, before the shaping of the terminal portion intended to constitute an object receiving housing;
• FIG. 4 is a partial view illustrating another variant in which the object release means is constituted by a tear strip
• FIG. 5 illustrates another variant in which the end portion is glued on itself to form a housing, in accordance with a particular concept allowing a thin bonding line to be created creating a separable connection;
• FIG. 6 is a section along VI-VI of Figure 5, to better distinguish the arrangement of the abovementioned bonding line
• FIG. 7 is a partial developed view of the inserting element of FIGS. 5 and 6, before the terminal portion of the latter is shaped to define the receiving housing of the object to be supported,
• FIG. 8 is a partial view illustrating another variant in which the housing formed by the terminal portion has a length greater than that of the object, so that the ends of the object are capped as a result of heat shrinking •
• FIG. 9 is a view to be compared to Figure 1, illustrating another variant in which the main portion of the insert element has substantially the format of the pages of the printed work, and moreover this main portion is double wall, so as to define an additional housing for inserting a sheet or a plate, which is visible here by transparen ⁇ ce,
• FIG. 10 is a cross section illustrating the insert element of Figure 9, with the two objects it supports;
• FIG. 11 illustrates in perspective a printed work equipped with three inserting elements, making it possible to support three objects which are juxtaposed without telescoping along a section of the work, without causing appreciable excess thickness for the work printed when it is closed.
• Figures 1 and 2 illustrate a printed work 1, which can for example be a magazine, the back of which is noted 2, and the sections 3, 4, 5.
• the hinge zone of the work which is shown in the open position in Figure 1 and in the closed position in Figure 2.
• the structure 1 is equipped with an inserting element 10 serving as a support for an object 50 associated so releasable to said insert element.
• the inserting element 10 which is here inserted between the sheets of the printed work 1, is produced from a sheet of heat-shrinkable plastic material, and this inserting element consists of 'a main portion 11 secured to the printed work 1, and a terminal portion 12 connecting to this main portion extending beyond a slice of the printed work when the main portion 11 is secured to said book, as shown here.
• the main portion 11 serves both as a means for securing the inserting element 10 to the printed work, and also as an information medium when this main portion is itself printed on at least one of its two sides, as shown briefly in Figure 1 by capital letters. In this case, the main portion 11 extends beyond the back 2 of the printed work 1 to form a flap marked 13 allowing attachment of the insert element 10 by pinching or stapling.
• a fixing technique is well known in the printing field.
• the end portion 12 is folded and here welded to itself along a line denoted 14 to form a housing denoted 15 outside the section concerned (here the lateral section 3 which is parallel to the back 2 of the printed work 1), for receive an object to be supported denoted 50, said object being tightly held in its housing 15 as a result of heat shrinking of the terminal portion 12.
• the terminal portion 12 mainly extends beyond the edge 3 of the printout 1, so that the object 50 maintained in its housing 15 extends outside the edge of opening, without causing any extra allowance.
• the only additional thickness is in fact that which corresponds to the main portion 11 of the inserting element 10. It therefore becomes possible to provide an inserting element supporting a cylindrical object whose diameter is close to 1 cm, for example a sample perfume bottle or mini spray bottle, or a tube or bottle of cream, or a sample pen.
• Such a method of inserting is radically different from traditional inserts, according to which the supported object is associated with a cardboard by being arranged in the very thickness of the printed work.
• FIG. 1 There is shown in Figures 1 and 2 a structure of insert element according to which the housing 15 formed by the end portion 12 extends in a main direction denoted X parallel to the edge 3 of the structure, but it will It is obvious that a different arrangement could be provided with a housing extending in a direction parallel to another section 4 or 5 of the same structure. In this case, of course, we cannot take advantage of the fixing of the inserting element at the back of the work, by gluing, stapling or pinching, as is the case here. Then, on the back side, light bonding connecting elements will be used for securing to a page of the printed work, as will be described for another alternative embodiment with reference to FIG. 5.
• the housing 15 formed by the end portion 12 extends in this main direction X over a length less than that of the wafer 3, but it goes without saying that we can provide an insert element which the terminal portion has a comparable dimensioning to that of the sheets of the printed work (variant not shown here).
• the end portion 12 is welded to itself, at the weld line 14, which is parallel to the main direction X of the housing 15.
• the inserting element 10 comprises means for being able to release the object 50 from its housing 15 by opening the terminal portion 12 of this inserting element.
• the opening means of the terminal portion 12 is constituted by a line of perforations denoted 16, formed on this terminal portion, which line extends in the main direction X of the housing 15, and also by a gripping tab 17 allowing the wall of the housing to be torn along this line 16. It suffices therefore to grip the gripping tab 17, and to pull on this tab towards the outside of the edge, to cause the wall of the terminal portion 12 to tear, which then opens along line 16, thus making it possible to recover the object 50.
• the grip tab 17 can naturally be placed either at the top or at the bottom of the accommodation receiving the object 50.
• FIG. 3 makes it possible to distinguish the arrangement of the inserting element 10 which has just been described.
• a and A ' denote the two zones corresponding to the weld 14, these two zones being arranged one on the other to form the abovementioned housing 15.
• the welding is carried out by bringing two portions of the back of the insert element, but it goes without saying that one can plan to weld a front area on a back area of said element.
• FIG. 4 illustrates a variant of the means for opening the terminal portion 12.
• the opening means consists of a tear strip 19 associated with the terminal portion 12, which strip extends in the direction main X of the housing 15.
• the tear strip 19 also has a gripping end 20 allowing the wall of the housing to be torn.
• a tear strip is well known in the field of packaging of objects.
• the tear strip 19 extends along a generatrix of the cylinder, as illustrated here.
• the main portion 12 of the inserting element 10 has, on the back side, connecting elements by light bonding 24, here in the form of two parallel strips, allowing to ensure the joining of the inserting element 10 to a page of the printed work 1.
• Such a joining method is well known in the field of inserting.
• the main portion 12 has a length less than the width of the pages of the printed work.
• the end portion 12 is no longer welded on itself, but glued on itself to form the housing 15, in accordance with a particular process which makes it possible to obtain a detachable connection at the level of this gluing.
• the bonding zone 20 has been noted, arranged in a strip extending parallel to the direction X of the object, and a thin line of bonding 21 parallel to the aforementioned direction X is thus distinguished, which bonding line is defined by two parallel strips 22 previously printed on one or the other of the opposite faces concerned, and which delimit between them an effective bonding zone.
• the two strips 22 which are parallel and adjacent thus form two rails delimiting between them a channel of constant small width, and determined in a completely reliable manner, width which corresponds to the gluing line obtained during the formation of the inset element. ⁇ floor before the retraction thereof.
• These two parallel strips can be produced from a varnish with a thickness of the order of a millimeter, the two strips delimiting between them a linear bonding area whose width is less than a millimeter.
• the end portion 12, folded back on itself, is glued at the thin gluing line 21 defined as it comes to be explained, and it extends slightly beyond the bonding line to form a gripping tab 23 on which it suffices to pull to remove the bonded connection which closes the terminal portion 12 by forming a cylindrical housing.
• the opening means of the terminal portion is therefore in this case constituted both by the bonding line 21 and by the associated gripping tab 23.
• the developed view makes it possible to clearly distinguish the two zones denoted C, C which will come to be superimposed to form the bonding zone 26.
• the inserting element 10 has a line of stitching 18 making it possible to detach by tearing the two portions 11, 12 constituting the inserting element.
• a housing 15 having, in the main direction X, a length less than that of the object 50 to be supported. In this way, at least one of the ends of the object 50 protrudes from the edges of the housing 15. This makes it possible in particular to provide an object 50 that is relatively elongated, without having to modify the insert element available.
• the housing formed by the terminal portion to have a length greater than that of the object 50 to be supported.
• This variant is illustrated in FIG. 8, and the representation makes it possible to illustrate the fact that, thanks to this greater length of the terminal portion, at least one of the ends of the object 50 is encapsulated by the heat-shrunk end wall 25 .
• This hooding ensures extremely reliable maintenance of the object in its housing, without the risk of slipping in the direction X of the housing.
• the inserting element 110 comprises a main portion 111 and a terminal portion 112 which is welded to itself at the level of a weld line 114, and an object 50 is held in the associated housing. 115 defined by this terminal portion 112. There is also a means for opening the terminal portion 112, here constituted by a line of perforations 116 formed on this terminal portion, extending in the main direction X of the housing 115, and a gripping tab 117 allowing the wall of the housing to be torn along this line.
• the inserting element 110 differs mainly from the inserting element 10 previously described by the fact that the main portion 111 is at least partially double-walled, so as to define an additional flattened housing, noted 128 , allowing to insert a second flat object denoted 51, such as a sheet or a plate.
• the housing 128 is here delimited by the aforementioned weld line 114 and an additional weld line denoted 127 which is arranged in the vicinity of the interior end of the inserting element 110, in the vicinity of the back of the printed work.
• the main portion m also has a height which is comparable to that of the pages of the printed book, while the terminal portion 112 has a lower height.
• the weld lines 114 and 127 then extend over the entire height of the main portion 111.
• the housing 115 of the object to be supported extends beyond the lateral edge 3 of the printed work 1, as for the embodiment previously described, and that the main portion 111 extends at least to the back 2 of said work to ensure the fixing of the inserting element 110.
• the fixing is done by the very binding of the printed work, that is to say by gluing or stapling at the level of said work.
• insert element according to the invention can even be used repeatedly for the same printed work.
• FIG. 11 where there is a printed work 1, in the closed position, which is equipped with three inserting elements of the type described at the start, each element having a terminal portion 12 equipped with an object. 50.
• the inserting elements 10 are arranged in such a way that the objects 50 that they support are juxtaposed along the edge 3 of the printed work 1, without telescoping between them.
• the number of objects illustrated in Figure 11 is only an indication, and we can use a different number.
• the main portion of the insert element of the printed work may be secured indirectly, by means of a conventional cardboard insert, the main portion then being fixed to this insert by bonding (as would for example be the case with an inserting element of the type illustrated in FIG. 5), or by stapling, and the encar ⁇ tage itself being secured directly to the printed work

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