EP1437234A1 - Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Herstellung von temporären Platten - Google Patents

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EP1437234A1
EP1437234A1 EP20040394001 EP04394001A EP1437234A1 EP 1437234 A1 EP1437234 A1 EP 1437234A1 EP 20040394001 EP20040394001 EP 20040394001 EP 04394001 A EP04394001 A EP 04394001A EP 1437234 A1 EP1437234 A1 EP 1437234A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B44—DECORATIVE ARTS
    • B44C—PRODUCING DECORATIVE EFFECTS; MOSAICS; TARSIA WORK; PAPERHANGING
    • B44C1/00—Processes, not specifically provided for elsewhere, for producing decorative surface effects
    • B44C1/16—Processes, not specifically provided for elsewhere, for producing decorative surface effects for applying transfer pictures or the like
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B44—DECORATIVE ARTS
    • B44C—PRODUCING DECORATIVE EFFECTS; MOSAICS; TARSIA WORK; PAPERHANGING
    • B44C5/00—Processes for producing special ornamental bodies
    • B44C5/04—Ornamental plaques, e.g. decorative panels, decorative veneers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
    • B65C9/0006—Removing backing sheets
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F7/00—Signs, name or number plates, letters, numerals, or symbols; Panels or boards

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  • This invention relates to a simple and cost efficient apparatus and method for producing a temporary plaque.
  • the act of engraving the plaque is a skilled task that requires a significant amount of time to ensure that the engraving is evenly spaced on the plaque as well as being aligned correctly.
  • the task of engraving may be carried out in some instances by the funeral directors themselves, however this requires the purchase of expensive engraving equipment and otherwise detracts the undertakers from their other duties.
  • the engraving of plaques is particularly time consuming for an undertaker who is not sufficiently skilled in this task.
  • the known engraving machines used by undertakers are often limited in the number of characters that they will allow to be engraved on a plaque which will force the undertaker to seek other means of engraving the plaque.
  • the funeral directors usually employ a local jeweller who will have the appropriate equipment to engrave the plaque but this has numerous disadvantages.
  • the main disadvantage of having a local jeweller carry out the engraving is that this is expensive to do and adds to the overall costs of the undertaker thereby reducing their profit margins.
  • Another disadvantage of having the local jeweller carry out the engraving is that the engraving will often have to be done at unsociable hours thereby increasing the inconvenience to both the local jeweller and the undertaker and increasing the cost to the undertaker.
  • a temporary plaque making apparatus comprising a two part body, one part being a substantially rigid mounting plate and the other part being a flexible sheet having indicia printed on one face thereof and an adhesive on the other face thereof suitable for affixing to a front face of the mounting plate, the apparatus comprising a plaque support frame having a pair of substantially parallel slots formed therein, the first slot having a plaque support member and a pressing member housed therein and located on opposite sides thereof, the pressing member further comprising an elongate flap one edge of which is mounted on the plaque support frame and another edge thereof lying adjacent to the plaque support member and biasing means urging the flap towards the plaque support member, the plaque support member being for engagement of one of the mounting plate and the flexible sheet and the pressing member being for engagement of the other of the mounting plate and the flexible sheet so that on a mounting plate and a flexible sheet being passed between the plaque support member and the pressing member, the flexible sheet is brought into engagement with the plaque mounting plate and secured thereto, the second slot being suitably dimensione
  • a temporary plaque may be produced in a fraction of the time and at a fraction of the expense than the previously known ways.
  • a plaque may be constructed by simply printing the information about the deceased onto the flexible sheet and then affixing the flexible sheet to a mounting plate which may in turn be mounted onto a coffin. This obviates the need for the funeral director to engrave a plaque and instead the same effect is achieved by simply printing the details of the deceased onto the flexible sheet and then sticking the flexible sheet onto the mounting plate. There will no longer be any need for the undertaker to employ the services of a jeweller and the undertakers costs will be reduced significantly.
  • the flexible sheet may be connected very evenly onto the mounting plate which will reduce the possibility of having any trapped air bubbles between the flexible sheet and the mounting plate or the flexible sheet being misaligned with respect to the mounting plate thereby greatly enhancing the realistic engraving effect produced by the plaque.
  • the plaque will last a sufficient length of time so that it will not degrade in quality prior to the coffin being buried or cremated as the case may be and therefore the apparatus allows a plaque to be produced that will substitute the need to engrave the plaque.
  • the flexible sheet Once the flexible sheet has been affixed to the mounting plate, it will be virtually indistinguishable from an engraved plate. Since the indicia on the plate do not have to last for any particular length of time as burial takes place relatively quickly and the plate will not be exposed to the elements for any great time, this is a more than satisfactory arrangement and leads to a higher quality of plate on the coffin. It also gets over all the problems for the funeral director.
  • a temporary plaque making apparatus in which the first and second slots are offset in a front and back direction with respect to each other and there is further provided an inclined guide surface therebetween for guiding the mounting plate and flexible sheet towards the first slot.
  • This is seen as particularly useful as this configuration encourages the flexible sheet to be drawn across the mounting plate in a steady and even manner.
  • the side of the flexible sheet having an adhesive located thereon will preferably have a disposable paper covering that must be peeled away to expose the adhesive. This orientation of the two slots will help to ensure that the paper covering is peeled off automatically by the motion of the mounting plate and flexible sheet as they pass through the first slot in a controlled manner without exposing the adhesive before it is ready to be applied to the mounting plate. This will in turn prevent the flexible sheet from becoming attached to any other surfaces other than the mounting plate.
  • a temporary plaque making apparatus in which the pressing member comprises a resiliently deformable flap.
  • the pressing member comprises a resiliently deformable flap.
  • a temporary plaque making apparatus in which there are provided a plurality of resiliently deformable flaps arranged in a staggered orientation with respect to each other, forming a series of flaps arranged in the direction of travel of the plaque through the slot, the plurality of resiliently deformable flaps partially overlapping in an orientation transverse to the direction of travel of a plaque through the slot.
  • a temporary plaque making apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim in which there is provided a friction reducing plate, mounted on the plaque support member to facilitate through passage of the plaque intermediate the plaque support member and the pressing member.
  • a roller could be mounted on the plaque support member to facilitate through passage of the plaque intermediate the plaque support member and the pressing member. It is envisaged that the pressing member could be coated with a friction reducing coating.
  • a temporary plaque of the type comprising a two part body, one part being a substantially rigid mounting plate (5) and the other part being a flexible sheet (7) having indicia printed on one face thereof and an adhesive on the other face thereof suitable for affixing to a front face of the mounting plate (5), the method comprising the steps of:
  • plaque This is seen as a useful way of producing a temporary plaque that will save the undertaker a significant amount of time and expense when it is necessary to provide a plaque. There is no further need to engrave a plaque and therefore the costs associated with engraving are avoided. A high degree of skill to produce the plaque is no longer required.
  • the plaque may be produced in a matter of minutes as opposed to the previous methods which could take several hours to arrange and execute.
  • the template may be created in a quick and efficient manner with the minimum of difficulty.
  • a plaque is produced that is highly realistic yet much quicker to provide. By creating the plaque in this manner, there will be no air bubbles between the flexible sheet and the mounting plate and furthermore the indicia on the plaque will be in alignment with the plaque thereby creating a plaque of very high standard.
  • a method of producing a temporary plaque in which the step of creating a template containing the information to be displayed on a plaque further comprises the step of entering the information into a word processor.
  • a method of producing a temporary plaque in which the step of transmitting the template to a printing means further comprises transmitting the template to a fax machine.
  • a fax machine This is seen as a highly desirable way of printing the template onto a sheet as the majority of undertakers will have access to a fax machine on their premises already and no further equipment will be required by the undertaker to print out the template.
  • the flexible sheet preferably a vinyl sheet having adhesive on one side thereof protected by a disposable paper covering, will pass easily through a fax machine and is particularly suitable for use with this method.
  • a method of producing a plaque in which the step of printing the template onto a flexible sheet further comprises the step of transmitting the template of the information to be printed on a plaque to a computer printer. This is seen as an alternative to using the fax machine.
  • a method of producing a temporary plaque in which the step of creating a template of the information to be printed on the plaque further comprises the steps of:
  • the information could be related to the third party by telephone, fax or email and the third party could thereafter relate the information back to the individual creating the plaque by fax, email or any other suitable means.
  • the undertaker will not have to provide any further specialist equipment and can simply relate the information to a third party who has a word processor or other suitable apparatus at their disposal.
  • the third party may then create the template using their skill and experience for the undertaker before transmitting the template to the undertaker.
  • the third party could transmit the template to the party producing the plaque by facsimile. This will allow the template to be printed directly onto a flexible sheet in the undertaker's premises without the need for further printing to be undertaken.
  • the third party transmits the template to the party producing the plaque by email.
  • the undertaker could thereafter print the template on a computer printer or by other suitable means.
  • a temporary plaque making apparatus comprising a plaque support frame 3 having a pair of substantially parallel slots 5, 7 formed therein.
  • the top face of the first slot 5 forms a plaque support member 9, while mounted on the bottom face of the first slot 5 there is a pressing member, here provided in the form of a pair of flaps 11, 13.
  • One edge of the flaps is mounted on the plaque support frame while the other edge 15, of the flaps lies adjacent the plaque support member 9.
  • the first and second slots 5, 7 respectively, are offset in a front and back direction with respect to each other and there are further provided an inclined guide surface 17 therebetween for guiding a mounting plate 19 and flexible sheet 21 towards the first slot 5.
  • the flaps 11, 13 and the plaque support member 9 cooperate so that when a mounting plate 19 and a flexible sheet 21 are passed therebetween, the flaps 11, 13 act on one of the flexible sheet 21 and the mounting plate 19 while the plaque support member 9 acts on the other of the flexible sheet 21 and the mounting plate 19 to bring the flaps 11, 13 and the mounting plate 19 into engagement with each other and secure them together.
  • the flaps 11, 13 are formed from a resiliently deformable material and therefore will be biased towards the plaque support member.
  • the edges 15 of the flaps will deform and deflect away from the plaque support member 9 to allow a mounting plate and flexible sheet to pass therebetween and will return to their rest position once the mounting plate and flexible sheet have passed through the slot.
  • Figs 3(a) to 3(f) inclusive there is shown a cross sectional view of the sequential steps involved while using the apparatus.
  • indicia which may include writing, icons or other information is printed onto the flexible sheet in a manner that will be more fully described later in this specification.
  • the flexible sheet having indicia printed thereon is taken and a part of the side of the flexible sheet which has adhesive thereon is exposed by peeling away part of a backing strip.
  • the backing strip will have been pre-scored to allow portion of the backing strip to be removed cleanly.
  • the exposed part of the flexible sheet is aligned carefully with the edge of the mounting plate.
  • the remainder of the flexible sheet is then bent back upon itself into the position where the flexible sheet and the mounting plate are substantially in line with each other, as shown in Fig 3(a).
  • the flexible sheet is inserted into slot 7 as far as possible until the mounting plate 19 comes into contact with the inclined surface 17 (Fig 3(b)).
  • the mounting plate is then gradually slid upwards along the inclined surface 17 towards the slot 5 and the flaps 11, 13 located therein (Fig 3(c)) until the mounting plate and the flexible sheet abut against the plaque support member 9 and the resiliently deformable flap 11 respectively (Fig 3(d)).
  • the backing strip 23 gradually peels off from the side of the flexible strip having the adhesive thereon.
  • the mounting plate and the flexible sheet are pushed against the flap 11 which deforms while at the same time maintaining pressure against the flexible material pressing it against the mounting plate (Fig 3(e)). Finally, at Fig 3(f), the mounting plate and the flexible sheet are pulled completely through the slot 5 with the mounting plate and the flexible sheet in engagement thereby forming the temporary plaque.
  • the temporary plaque formed in this way will be robust and there will be no air bubbles between the mounting plate and the flexible sheet thereby further enhancing the appearance of the plaque.
  • Fig 4 of the drawings there is shown a block diagram of a system in which the method according to the invention may be performed.
  • the undertaker will have at their disposal the use of a temporary plaque making apparatus 1, a telephone 41, and a facsimile machine 43.
  • the undertaker is additionally provided with a personal computer 45 and computer printer 47.
  • the telephone 41, the personal computer 45 and the facsimile machine 43 are connected through communications network 49 to a template creation agent 51 who will also have at his disposal a telephone 53, a personal computer 55, a computer printer 57 and a facsimile machine 59.
  • the undertaker will obtain the information to be displayed on the plaque from a relative (not shown) of the deceased.
  • the undertaker will then contact the template creation agent by telephone, email or facsimile if preferred and will relay the details to be displayed on the plaque to the template creation agent.
  • the template creation agent will then create a suitable template containing the information to be displayed on the temporary plaque using a suitable word processor loaded on personal computer 55.
  • the template is transmitted to the undertaker by fax or email if desired.
  • the fax machine will have been preloaded with a suitable vinyl applicator sheet having an adhesive on one side thereof covered with a backing sheet.
  • the template will be printed onto the vinyl sheet by the fax machine.
  • the vinyl sheet will then be attached to the mounting plate in the manner as previously described above.
  • the undertaker could have either of the fax machine and the personal computer and printer combination at their disposal. What is important is that they have some way of printing out a template onto a flexible sheet. It will be further understood that in certain cases, such as when the undertaker has the use of a personal computer they may decide that they wish to produce the template themselves and they will not have to relay the details of the deceased to a template creation agent to create the template for them. In some instances, they may have the personal computer at their disposal but still would prefer to have the template creation agent who is familiar with creating templates carry out this operation for them.
  • the flaps are described as being resiliently deformable. This allows the flaps to be biased towards the plaque support member. It will be understood by the person skilled in the art that instead of having resiliently biased flaps, alternative flaps having a separate biasing means to bias the flaps towards the plaque support member could be provided and would function adequately.
  • the edges 15 of the flaps are further said to lie adjacent to the plaque support member 9 and it is envisaged that the flaps may be long enough so that they may in fact be in contact with the plaque support member.
  • the flaps will be sufficiently long enough to ensure that the distance between the edges of the flaps will be less than the width of the mounting plate, this will ensure that there is a firm engagement of the flexible sheet and the mounting plate as they pass between the flaps and the plaque support member.
  • a pair of flaps in series in the direction of travel of the plaque through the slot 5. It is envisaged that a single flap may be used or alternatively, more than two flaps may be used depending on how much pressure is required to ensure a firm and clean engagement between the flexible sheet and the mounting plate.
  • the edges 15 of the flaps are preferably parallel to each other and may be perpendicular to the direction of travel of the plaque through the slot 5 or could be offset at an acute angle to the perpendicular to assist in a clean application of the flexible sheet onto the mounting plate and obviate the possibility of having trapped air bubbles formed therebetween.
  • the flaps may be formed in a staggered configuration with the inner ends of the flaps overlapping with the inner end of the other flap.
  • the first flap 11 encountered by a temporary plaque passing through the slot will be located centrally in the slot and will not extend the entire distance across the slot whereas the second flap 13 will extend across the entire slot. This will help to ensure that the center of the flexible sheet is attached to the mounting plate before the remaining edges as this will help avoid any air bubbles from appearing between the flexible sheet and the mounting plate.
  • the inclined guide surface 17 extends upwardly from the second slot 7 and projects into the first slot 5.
  • the inclined guide surface may terminate once it reaches the first slot.
  • the first flap may be positioned substantially flush with the inclined surface thereby acting as a continuation of the inclined surface to guide the mounting plate and flexible sheet upwardly to a position intermediate the flap 11 and the plaque mounting plate 9.
  • the plaque support member could be provided with a friction reducing plate to facilitate through passage of the plaque intermediate the plaque support member and the pressing member.
  • a friction reducing plate As an alternative to the friction reducing plate a roller could be provided.
  • the flaps could themselves be provided with a friction reducing coating.

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WO2021260055A1 (en) 2020-06-23 2021-12-30 Daniel Morning A temporary plaque and a method of manufacture of a temporary plaque

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US20010007620A1 (en) * 2000-01-12 2001-07-12 Elvira Edenlund Printer with improved label dispensing
US6457507B1 (en) * 1999-03-01 2002-10-01 Casio Computer Co. Ltd. Separator for a printing laminate

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GB1098039A (en) * 1964-05-12 1968-01-03 Easco Leasing Corp Method of and machine for removing backing sheets from an applique
EP0383157A1 (de) * 1989-02-13 1990-08-22 Mei Services, Inc. Vorrichtung zum Gebrauch mit abnehmbaren selbstklebenden Etiketten
US6457507B1 (en) * 1999-03-01 2002-10-01 Casio Computer Co. Ltd. Separator for a printing laminate
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US7828034B2 (en) * 2008-07-21 2010-11-09 Daniel Morning Temporary plaque manufacturing apparatus
WO2021260055A1 (en) 2020-06-23 2021-12-30 Daniel Morning A temporary plaque and a method of manufacture of a temporary plaque

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