EP1919717A2 - Method for making mailing covers and machine implementing said method - Google Patents

Method for making mailing covers and machine implementing said method

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EP1919717A2
EP1919717A2 EP06778907A EP06778907A EP1919717A2 EP 1919717 A2 EP1919717 A2 EP 1919717A2 EP 06778907 A EP06778907 A EP 06778907A EP 06778907 A EP06778907 A EP 06778907A EP 1919717 A2 EP1919717 A2 EP 1919717A2
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Prior art keywords
documents
envelope
envelopes
fold
mail
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French (fr)
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Hubert Freyburger
Thierry Frebourg
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Megaspirea Production Sas
MEGASPIREA PRODUCTION
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
    • B43M—BUREAU ACCESSORIES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B43M3/00—Devices for inserting documents into envelopes
    • B43M3/02—Devices for inserting documents into envelopes equipped with documents-folding means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
    • B43M—BUREAU ACCESSORIES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B43M3/00—Devices for inserting documents into envelopes
    • B43M3/04—Devices for inserting documents into envelopes automatic
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
    • B43M—BUREAU ACCESSORIES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B43M5/00—Devices for closing envelopes
    • B43M5/04—Devices for closing envelopes automatic
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H35/00—Delivering articles from cutting or line-perforating machines; Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices, e.g. adhesive tape dispensers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H39/00—Associating, collating, or gathering articles or webs
    • B65H39/10—Associating articles from a single source, to form, e.g. a writing-pad
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H39/00—Associating, collating, or gathering articles or webs
    • B65H39/10—Associating articles from a single source, to form, e.g. a writing-pad
    • B65H39/115—Associating articles from a single source, to form, e.g. a writing-pad in juxtaposed carriers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2511/00—Dimensions; Position; Numbers; Identification; Occurrences
    • B65H2511/10—Size; Dimensions
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2511/00—Dimensions; Position; Numbers; Identification; Occurrences
    • B65H2511/30—Numbers, e.g. of windings or rotations
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2801/00—Application field
    • B65H2801/78—Mailing systems

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  • the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing mail folds from a width of material, especially paper or the like, to closed mail folds, each fold consisting of at least one printed document and a printed envelope , the number and the format of the documents and envelope that can vary from one fold to another, as well as a machine implementing this method.
  • Courier mailing machines are widely used in companies that have to produce a large volume of mail, that is to say a few thousand items a day. This is particularly the case with banks, insurance companies, public bodies, mail-order companies, routing companies, and so on. It is commonly referred to as “routing”, “transaction mail” or “hybrid mail”.
  • routineting the documents sent are identical for a given advertising campaign and generally personalized with the identification of the recipient.
  • transactional mail each letter is unique, the documents it contains being personal and confidential for each recipient, such as statements of account, invoices, insurance policies, etc.
  • each fold is unique since the content is generated by the person himself through the Internet through a company publishing and sending mail.
  • the data to be sent are printed on a roll of paper, such as the identification of the sender, his logo, identification of the recipient, text, tables and / or images.
  • the width of paper is unwound, printed by any known printing means, such as laser, inkjet, offset, etc. then rewound in reel.
  • the printed paper reel then feeds an enveloping machine which cross-cuts the width of paper into sheets, for example in A4 format, to form the documents to be enveloped.
  • the various sheets composing the fold are grouped and sent to an insertion station.
  • the envelopes stored in a store are routed to the insertion station. These envelopes are manufactured separately and then printed with the sender's identification and logo.
  • window envelopes for viewing the recipient identification printed on the documents, or windowless envelopes requiring specific labeling to identify the recipient.
  • the envelope is opened to insert the document or documents previously folded in the envelope format.
  • the envelope is then closed, glued and stamped.
  • the mail fold thus manufactured is then placed on an outlet conveyor in ears or vertically before being shipped.
  • Mail-in envelopes can be supplemented by any type of additional documents, such as leaflets and other advertising material printed in large numbers and stored in additional magazines supplying the insertion station. It is also possible to add a coding, by printing numbers, barcodes or the like on the envelope, to allow the tracking of the delivery of mail fold.
  • the current techniques are not optimal given the number of preparatory operations to be carried out to manufacture a closed mail fold ready to be shipped, namely to prepare and collect the documents to be sent on the one hand and the envelopes on the other hand. In addition, they do not guarantee the integrity of the folds thus manufactured, the documents inserted into the envelope are not necessarily the right ones, which pose confidentiality problems.
  • Some techniques propose to print the documents and the envelopes after each other in the order of their enveloping, but the courier folds obtained are all identical, as in US 4,071,997; US 4,189,895; US 2003/0222127. No existing method makes it possible to make single mail folds, which differ from each other as well in terms of the format as the number of documents contained.
  • the present invention aims at overcoming these disadvantages by proposing such a method of manufacturing personalized and unique mailpieces, capable of offering a complete solution of the paper reel with a closed fold, integrating the manufacture of the envelopes with that of the documents, which allows to work at speeds higher than those currently possible, to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of the folds thus manufactured and reduce the overall unit cost of these mail folds.
  • the invention relates to a manufacturing method of the kind indicated in the preamble, in which the documents to be enveloped and the envelopes intended to hold the documents are printed on the same width of material, one after the the other in the order of enveloping, each envelope being preceded or followed by the document or documents which it must contain, the longitudinal edges of the width of material are cut to bring the documents to the correct width and to form the flaps of the envelopes, the width of the material is transversely cut to separate the documents and the envelopes from each other by putting them to the right length, the documents are assembled with the envelope which corresponds to them, the mail fold is closed thus obtained and at least the cutting steps are piloted as a function of the number and format of the documents and the envelope of the mailpieces to be manufactured.
  • the printing step of documents and envelopes can be carried out separately from the other steps or on the contrary in a continuous manner.
  • Two parallel strips of documents and envelopes can be printed on the same width of material to double the production.
  • the documents of the envelopes are advantageously separated into two separate circuits and the documents intended to be contained in the same envelope are superimposed in a package.
  • the document or documents are superimposed on the corresponding envelope and folded simultaneously or folded first, in the envelope format, the document or documents intended to be contained in the same envelope. envelope and fold the envelope around folded documents.
  • Documents and envelopes may also be supplemented with additional documents prepared separately.
  • the invention relates to a machine of manufacture of the kind indicated in the preamble, characterized in that it comprises at least one printing device arranged to print on the same width of material the documents to put under fold and envelopes for containing the documents, one after the other in the order of enveloping, each envelope being preceded or followed by the document or documents it must contain, a longitudinal cutting device arranged to to put the said documents to the right width and to form the flaps of the envelopes, a transverse cutting device arranged to separate the documents and .
  • a document assembly device with the envelope that corresponds to them a gluing and folding device to close the mail fold obtained and a central control unit arranged to control at least the cutters according to the number and the format of the documents and the envelope of the courier folds to be manufactured.
  • the printing device can be separated from other devices or on the contrary integrated and in line with the other devices.
  • the assembly device preferably comprises at least one accumulator device arranged to separate the documents from the envelopes into two separate accumulation circuits and to superimpose the documents on the envelope that corresponds to them. If several documents are intended to be contained in the same envelope, then they are previously superimposed in a package.
  • the assembly device comprises at least one folding device arranged to fold the documents and the envelope simultaneously.
  • the accumulator device comprises a folding system arranged to fold the envelope of said documents in the format of the envelope and the assembly device comprises at least one folding device arranged for folding the envelope around said documents. plaice.
  • the enveloping device comprises at least one additional document store prepared separately, arranged to add at least one additional document to the documents and the envelope that corresponds to them.
  • the manufacturing machine may be completed by a franking device closed mail folds, integrity control device or other.
  • FIG. 1 schematically represents the manufacturing machine according to the invention
  • FIGS. 2A and 2B are top views of two widths of paper on which a strip and two strips of documents and envelopes are printed after each other.
  • the manufacturing machine 1 of mailpieces 100 is designed to implement a new manufacturing process which mainly consists of: a) printing on the same width of material 10, in particular paper or similar, documents 13 to be enveloped and envelopes 14 intended to contain these documents 13, one after the other in the order of enveloping, each envelope 14 being preceded or followed by the documents it must contain, the number and the format of the documents and the envelope may vary from one fold to another, b) cut the longitudinal edges of this width of material 10 to put the documents 13 to the correct width and to form the side flaps 16 of the envelopes 14, c) crosswise cut the width of material 10 to separate the documents 13 and the envelopes 14 each other by putting them to the right length, the length of the documents 13 may be different from that of the envelopes 14, d) assemble the documents 13 with the envelope 14 which corresponds to them, e) close the mail fold 100 thus obtained to be ready for dispatch, and f) to control at least the cutting steps according to the number and format of the documents and
  • Each mail fold 100 consists of at least one document 13 printed in the form of a sheet in A4 format for example and a 14 envelope format
  • this manufacturing machine 1 comprises at least the following working areas: a printing zone A in which is printed, in black and white as well as in colors, on a width of paper 10 running continuously documents 13 and the envelopes 14 in a predefined order, a cutting area B in which is formatted, in width and length, documents 13 and envelopes 14 having different dimensions, an assembly area C in which one or several documents 13 are assembled with a corresponding envelope 14 and folded simultaneously or not, a closing zone D in which the lateral flaps 16 and closing flaps 17 of the envelope 14 are glued and folded to close the closure envelope 14 around the documents 13, a storage area E in which the closed courier folds 100 are stored, checked and / or franked, before being dispatched, and a central control unit (not shown) arranged to steer at least the cutting steps according to the number and the format of the documents and the envelope of the courier folds to be manufactured.
  • a printing zone A in which is printed, in black and white as well as in colors, on a width of paper 10 running continuously documents 13 and the envelopes 14
  • the printing area A comprises in particular a printing device 2 fed by a blank paper reel carried by a reel (not shown) and delivering a width of printed paper 10 to the cutting area B.
  • This device printing 2 is of known type based for example on a laser printing technique, jet ink, offset or the like, in black and white or in colors.
  • This printing device 2 can be dissociated from the rest of the manufacturing machine 1 or on the contrary integrated as in the example illustrated. If it is disassociated, the width of printed paper is then re-conditioned in a reel by a winder, to feed the cutting zone B.
  • the cutting zone B comprises in particular a longitudinal cutting device 3 and a transverse cutting device 4. It can be completed by a creasing device 5 and a suction device 6.
  • the longitudinal cutting device 3 mainly comprises two cutting tools 30 cooperating with a counter-piece (not shown), arranged on each side of the paper web 10 and arranged to cut the longitudinal edges or selvedges of the paper web 10 for forming a strip of paper 11 in which the documents 13 are set to the correct width and the side flaps 16 of the envelopes 14 are created, the latter exceeding the width of the documents 13.
  • This paper strip 11 is, therefore, defined by a longitudinal profile 12 variable, non-rectilinear and non-repetitive, the number and size of documents 13 and / or envelopes 14 may vary from one mail fold 100 to another.
  • the longitudinal cutting device 3 is controlled by the central control unit driven according to the profiles 12 to be cut, the cutting width of the envelopes 14 being different from that of the documents 13, likewise these cutting widths may be different from one mail fold to another .
  • FIG. 2A illustrates a first sample of a width of paper 10 in which is cut a web 11 having two envelopes 14 and three documents 13.
  • FIG. 2B illustrates a second sample of a width of 10 'paper in which are cut two strips 11, 11 'each comprising two envelopes 14 and three documents 13, offset with respect to each other, each strip 11, 11' having its profile 12, 12 'clean.
  • the longitudinal cutting device 3 is doubled, as are the creasing and suction devices 6.
  • the cross-cutting device 4 mainly comprises a rotary cylinder with a knife 40 cooperating with a counter cylinder 41, or any other similar cutting tool, arranged to separate the documents 13 from the envelopes 14 in order to feed the assembly zone C
  • the transverse cutting device 4 is controlled by the central control unit driven according to the formats to be cut, the cutting length of the envelopes 14 being different from that of the documents 13, likewise these cutting lengths may be different from one fold mail to another.
  • the creasing device 5 located upstream of the longitudinal cutting device 3 mainly comprises two disks 50 cooperating with a counterpart 51, or any other similar system, arranged on either side of the paper web 10 and arranged to mark pre-fold 15 side flaps 16 envelopes 14 facilitating the subsequent folding operation.
  • the suction device 6 mainly comprises suction nozzles 60 arranged near the cutting tools 30 for automatically discharging the waste paper generated by the longitudinal cutting device 3 towards a storage container via a central station. suction (not shown).
  • the printing zones A and B are supplemented by roller tensioner systems arranged to control both the tension and the positioning of the width of paper 10 to ensure good cutting accuracy.
  • the assembly zone C includes in particular an accumulator device 7 followed by an insertion device 8.
  • the storage device 7 comprises mainly two accumulation circuits 71, 72 dissociated and superimposed, powered by a sorting flap 70 arranged to separate the documents 13 envelopes 14 and direct each to an accumulation circuit.
  • the documents 13 for a mail fold 100 are superimposed in a packet in the upper accumulation circuit 71 for example, while the corresponding envelope 14 is waiting in the accumulation circuit 72 below.
  • the upper accumulation circuit 71 is, in the example shown, completed by a folding system 73 of the document 13 or of the superimposed document stack 13 to put them in the envelope 14 format.
  • the two accumulation circuits 71 , 72 meet in the inserting device 8 where documents 13 folds are deposited on the envelope 14 not yet formed.
  • the folding device 8 mainly comprises a folding system 80 of the envelope 14 around the documents 13 folds. It may be supplemented by one or more magazines 81, 82 in which are stored additional documents 18, 19 which are added to documents 13 folds before closing envelope 14, circulating from one station to another by a conveyor belt 83. Of course, these stores 81, 82 may be located at other places of the manufacturing machine 1.
  • the accumulator device 7 does not include a document folding system 13 and the folding device 8 is arranged to simultaneously fold the documents 13 and the envelope 14, with or around possible additional documents 18, 19.
  • the closure zone D comprises in particular a device for gluing and folding 9 flaps 16, 17 of the envelope 14 to close the mail fold 100.
  • This gluing and folding device 9 mainly comprises gluing nozzles 90 arranged to depositing glue on the side flaps 16 of the envelope 14 followed by folding ramps 91, 92 arranged to fold these side flaps 16 on or under the back of the envelope 14. It also comprises a gluing nozzle 93 arranged for depositing glue on the closure flap 17 followed by folding ramps 94, 95 arranged to fold the closure flap 17 on the back of the envelope 14 sealing the mail fold 100.
  • the mail fold 100 being glued and The bender is transported from one station to the other by conveyor belt 96 and is conveyed to storage area E where it is stored before being shipped or directly routed to a shipping area (not shown).
  • a franking device (not shown) of the mailpieces 100 combined with a weighing device can be integrated in the storage area E.
  • a control device (not shown) can complete this manufacturing machine 1 to verify the the integrity of the mailpieces 100, for example by means of a camera arranged to read codes printed on the envelope 14, of the OMR type, OCR, barcodes, etc.
  • These working areas A to E preferably consist of independent modules facilitating their construction and assembly in a configuration adapted to each user, which gives the entire manufacturing machine 1 a great flexibility of adaptation.
  • these modules can be assembled one after the other to form a continuous manufacturing line as shown in Figure 1 or some modules can be separated from the others, thus forming a discontinuous line, such as the print area module A.
  • the control of the manufacturing machine 1 is provided by a central control unit (not shown) by means of a computer program corresponding to the profile 12 of paper web to be processed, supplemented or not by signals delivered by sensors arranged to detect markers printed on the width of paper 10 or on the paper strip 11 in order to identify the documents 13 and the envelopes 14.
  • This computer program thus makes it possible to create any type of personalized and unique mail folds, the number and the format documents and envelope for each mail fold being variable and programmable data, which allows a great flexibility of creation.

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Abstract

The invention concerns a method for making personalized and unique mailing covers, providing a complete solution, integrating the manufacture of envelopes with that of documents to be enclosed, allowing work at high production rates, and ensuring integrity and confidentiality of the enclosures and reducing overall unit cost. The machine for manufacturing (1) mailing covers (100) comprises in particular a printing device (2) designed to print on a common paper web (10) the documents (13) to be enclosed and the envelopes (14) designed to contain the documents (13), in succession in the order of enclosing, each envelope being preceded or followed by the documents which it is meant to contain, a longitudinally cutting device (3) designed to place said documents (13) at the right width and to form the flaps (16) of the envelopes (14), a transversely cutting device (4) designed to separate the documents (13) and the envelopes (14) by placing them at the right length, a device for assembling (7, 8) the documents (13) with the envelope (14) corresponding thereto, a glueing and folding device (9) for closing the resulting mailing cover (100) and a central control unit which monitors the cutting devices based on the number and the format of the documents and the envelope of the mailing covers to be manufactured. The invention is applicable to batch mailing such as routing, transactional, hybrid mailing.

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PROCEDE DE FABRICATION DE PLIS COURRIERS ET MACHINE METTANT EN ŒUVRE LEDIT PROCEDEMETHOD OF MANUFACTURING COURT FOLDERS AND MACHINE USING THE SAME
Domaine technique :Technical area :
La présente invention concerne un procédé de fabrication de plis courriers à partir d'une laize de matériau, notamment du papier ou similaire, jusqu'aux plis courriers fermés, chaque pli étant constitué d'au moins un document imprimé et d'une enveloppe imprimée, le nombre et le format des documents et de l'enveloppe pouvant varier d'un pli à l'autre, ainsi qu'une machine mettant en œuvre ce procédé.The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing mail folds from a width of material, especially paper or the like, to closed mail folds, each fold consisting of at least one printed document and a printed envelope , the number and the format of the documents and envelope that can vary from one fold to another, as well as a machine implementing this method.
Technique antérieure :Prior art:
Les machines de fabrication de plis courriers, plus ou moins automatisées, sont largement répandues dans les entreprises devant produire un gros volume de courrier, à savoir quelques milliers d'envois par jour. Tel est le cas notamment des banques, des sociétés d'assurance, des organismes publics, des sociétés de vente par correspondance, des sociétés de routage, etc. On parle communément de « routage », de « courrier transactionnel » ou de « courrier hybride ». Dans le cas du « routage », les documents envoyés sont identiques pour une campagne publicitaire donnée et généralement personnalisés avec l'identification du destinataire. Pour le « courrier transactionnel », chaque pli est unique, les documents qu'il contient étant personnels et confidentiels pour chaque destinataire, comme par exemple des extraits de compte, des factures, des polices d'assurance, etc. Dans le cas du « courrier hybride », chaque pli est unique étant donné que le contenu est généré par la personne elle-même au travers du réseau Internet via une société d'édition et d'envoi de courriers.Courier mailing machines, more or less automated, are widely used in companies that have to produce a large volume of mail, that is to say a few thousand items a day. This is particularly the case with banks, insurance companies, public bodies, mail-order companies, routing companies, and so on. It is commonly referred to as "routing", "transaction mail" or "hybrid mail". In the case of "routing", the documents sent are identical for a given advertising campaign and generally personalized with the identification of the recipient. For "transactional mail", each letter is unique, the documents it contains being personal and confidential for each recipient, such as statements of account, invoices, insurance policies, etc. In the case of "hybrid mail", each fold is unique since the content is generated by the person himself through the Internet through a company publishing and sending mail.
Dans les procédés habituellement mis en oeuvre, les données à envoyer sont imprimées sur une bobine de papier, telles que l'identification de l'expéditeur, son logo, l'identification du destinataire, du texte, des tableaux et/ou des images. La laize de papier est déroulée, imprimée par tout moyen d'impression connu, tel que le laser, le jet d'encre, l'offset, etc. puis ré-enroulée en bobine. La bobine de papier imprimée alimente ensuite une machine de mise sous pli qui coupe transversalement la laize de papier en feuilles, par exemple au format A4, pour former les documents à mettre sous pli. Les différentes feuilles composant le pli sont regroupées puis envoyées dans une station d'insertion. En parallèle, les enveloppes stockées dans un magasin sont acheminées jusqu'à la station d'insertion. Ces enveloppes sont fabriquées séparément, puis imprimées avec l'identification de l'expéditeur et son logo. Il s'agit soit d'enveloppes à fenêtre permettant de visualiser l'identification du destinataire imprimée sur les documents, soit d'enveloppes sans fenêtre nécessitant un étiquetage spécifique pour identifier le destinataire. Dans la station d'insertion, l'enveloppe est ouverte pour y introduire le ou les documents préalablement plies au format de l'enveloppe. L'enveloppe est ensuite fermée, collée et affranchie. Le pli courrier ainsi fabriqué est alors posé sur un convoyeur de sortie en épis ou verticalement avant d'être expédié. Les plis courriers peuvent être complétés par tout type de documents additionnels, tels que des prospectus et autres documents publicitaires imprimés en nombre et stockés dans des magasins additionnels alimentant la station d'insertion. On peut également ajouter une codification, par l'impression de numéros, de codes à barres ou similaires sur l'enveloppe, pour permettre le suivi de l'acheminement du pli courrier.In the methods usually used, the data to be sent are printed on a roll of paper, such as the identification of the sender, his logo, identification of the recipient, text, tables and / or images. The width of paper is unwound, printed by any known printing means, such as laser, inkjet, offset, etc. then rewound in reel. The printed paper reel then feeds an enveloping machine which cross-cuts the width of paper into sheets, for example in A4 format, to form the documents to be enveloped. The various sheets composing the fold are grouped and sent to an insertion station. In parallel, the envelopes stored in a store are routed to the insertion station. These envelopes are manufactured separately and then printed with the sender's identification and logo. These are either window envelopes for viewing the recipient identification printed on the documents, or windowless envelopes requiring specific labeling to identify the recipient. In the insertion station, the envelope is opened to insert the document or documents previously folded in the envelope format. The envelope is then closed, glued and stamped. The mail fold thus manufactured is then placed on an outlet conveyor in ears or vertically before being shipped. Mail-in envelopes can be supplemented by any type of additional documents, such as leaflets and other advertising material printed in large numbers and stored in additional magazines supplying the insertion station. It is also possible to add a coding, by printing numbers, barcodes or the like on the envelope, to allow the tracking of the delivery of mail fold.
Les techniques actuelles ne sont pas optimales étant donné le nombre d'opérations préparatoires à effectuer pour fabriquer un pli courrier fermé prêt à être expédié, à savoir pour préparer et rassembler les documents à envoyer d'une part et les enveloppes d'autre part. De plus, elles ne permettent pas de garantir l'intégrité des plis ainsi fabriqués, les documents insérés dans l'enveloppe n'étant pas forcément les bons, ce qui posent des problèmes de confidentialité. Certaines techniques proposent d'imprimer les documents et les enveloppes à la suite les uns des autres dans l'ordre de leur mise sous pli, mais les plis courriers obtenus sont tous identiques, comme dans les publications US 4,071,997 ; US 4,189,895 ; US 2003/0222127. Aucun procédé existant ne permet de réaliser des plis courriers uniques, qui diffèrent les uns des autres aussi bien au niveau du format que du nombre de documents contenus.The current techniques are not optimal given the number of preparatory operations to be carried out to manufacture a closed mail fold ready to be shipped, namely to prepare and collect the documents to be sent on the one hand and the envelopes on the other hand. In addition, they do not guarantee the integrity of the folds thus manufactured, the documents inserted into the envelope are not necessarily the right ones, which pose confidentiality problems. Some techniques propose to print the documents and the envelopes after each other in the order of their enveloping, but the courier folds obtained are all identical, as in US 4,071,997; US 4,189,895; US 2003/0222127. No existing method makes it possible to make single mail folds, which differ from each other as well in terms of the format as the number of documents contained.
En conclusion, il n'existe à ce jour aucun procédé de fabrication de plis courriers proposant une solution complète, s' étendant de la bobine de papier au pli courrier fermé, permettant la fabrication de plis courriers personnalisés et uniques.In conclusion, there is to date no method of manufacturing mail folds offering a complete solution, extending from the paper reel to mail fold closed, allowing the manufacture of personalized and unique mail folds.
Exposé de l'invention :Presentation of the invention
La présente invention vise à pallier ces inconvénients en proposant un tel procédé de fabrication de plis courriers personnalisés et uniques, capable d'offrir une solution complète de la bobine de papier au pli fermé, intégrant la fabrication des enveloppes à celle des documents, ce qui permet de travailler à des vitesses supérieures à celles actuellement possibles, de garantir l'intégrité et la confidentialité des plis ainsi fabriqués et de réduire le coût global unitaire de ces plis courriers.The present invention aims at overcoming these disadvantages by proposing such a method of manufacturing personalized and unique mailpieces, capable of offering a complete solution of the paper reel with a closed fold, integrating the manufacture of the envelopes with that of the documents, which allows to work at speeds higher than those currently possible, to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of the folds thus manufactured and reduce the overall unit cost of these mail folds.
Dans ce but, l'invention concerne un procédé de fabrication du genre indiqué en préambule, dans lequel on imprime sur une même laize de matériau les documents à mettre sous pli et les enveloppes destinées à contenir les documents, l'un à la suite de l'autre dans l'ordre de la mise sous pli, chaque enveloppe étant précédée ou suivie du ou des documents qu'elle doit contenir, on coupe les bords longitudinaux de la laize de matériau pour mettre les documents à la bonne largeur et pour former les rabats des enveloppes, on coupe transversalement la laize de matériau pour séparer les documents et les enveloppes les uns des autres en les mettant à la bonne longueur, on assemble les documents avec l'enveloppe qui leur correspond, on ferme le pli courrier ainsi obtenu et on pilote au moins les étapes de coupe en fonction du nombre et du format des documents et de l'enveloppe des plis courriers à fabriquer.For this purpose, the invention relates to a manufacturing method of the kind indicated in the preamble, in which the documents to be enveloped and the envelopes intended to hold the documents are printed on the same width of material, one after the the other in the order of enveloping, each envelope being preceded or followed by the document or documents which it must contain, the longitudinal edges of the width of material are cut to bring the documents to the correct width and to form the flaps of the envelopes, the width of the material is transversely cut to separate the documents and the envelopes from each other by putting them to the right length, the documents are assembled with the envelope which corresponds to them, the mail fold is closed thus obtained and at least the cutting steps are piloted as a function of the number and format of the documents and the envelope of the mailpieces to be manufactured.
On peut effectuer l'étape d'impression des documents et des enveloppes séparément des autres étapes ou au contraire de manière continue.The printing step of documents and envelopes can be carried out separately from the other steps or on the contrary in a continuous manner.
On peut imprimer sur une même laize de matériau deux bandes parallèles de documents et d'enveloppes pour doubler la production.Two parallel strips of documents and envelopes can be printed on the same width of material to double the production.
Avant l'étape d'assemblage, on sépare avantageusement les documents des enveloppes en deux circuits distincts et on superpose en paquet les documents destinés à être contenus dans une même enveloppe.Before the assembly step, the documents of the envelopes are advantageously separated into two separate circuits and the documents intended to be contained in the same envelope are superimposed in a package.
Dans l'étape d'assemblage, on superpose le ou les documents à l'enveloppe correspondante et on les plie simultanément ou on plie tout d'abord, au format de l'enveloppe, le ou les documents destinés à être contenus dans une même enveloppe puis on plie l'enveloppe autour des documents plies.In the assembly step, the document or documents are superimposed on the corresponding envelope and folded simultaneously or folded first, in the envelope format, the document or documents intended to be contained in the same envelope. envelope and fold the envelope around folded documents.
On peut également superposer, aux documents et à l'enveloppe, des documents additionnels préparés séparément.Documents and envelopes may also be supplemented with additional documents prepared separately.
Dans ce but également, l'invention concerne une machine de fabrication du genre indiqué en préambule, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comporte au moins un dispositif d'impression agencé pour imprimer sur une même laize de matériau les documents à mettre sous pli et les enveloppes destinées à contenir les documents, l'un à la suite de l'autre dans l'ordre de la mise sous pli, chaque enveloppe étant précédée ou suivie du ou des documents qu'elle doit contenir, un dispositif de coupe longitudinale agencé pour mettre lesdits documents à la bonne largeur et pour former les rabats des enveloppes, un dispositif de coupe transversale agencé pour séparer les documents et .For this purpose also, the invention relates to a machine of manufacture of the kind indicated in the preamble, characterized in that it comprises at least one printing device arranged to print on the same width of material the documents to put under fold and envelopes for containing the documents, one after the other in the order of enveloping, each envelope being preceded or followed by the document or documents it must contain, a longitudinal cutting device arranged to to put the said documents to the right width and to form the flaps of the envelopes, a transverse cutting device arranged to separate the documents and .
les enveloppes en les mettant à la bonne longueur, un dispositif d'assemblage des documents avec l'enveloppe qui leur correspond, un dispositif de collage et de pliage pour fermer le pli courrier obtenu et une unité centrale de commande agencée pour piloter au moins les dispositifs de coupe en fonction du nombre et du format des documents et de l'enveloppe des plis courriers à fabriquer.the envelopes by putting them to the right length, a document assembly device with the envelope that corresponds to them, a gluing and folding device to close the mail fold obtained and a central control unit arranged to control at least the cutters according to the number and the format of the documents and the envelope of the courier folds to be manufactured.
Le dispositif d'impression peut être séparé des autres dispositifs ou au contraire intégré et en ligne avec les autres dispositifs.The printing device can be separated from other devices or on the contrary integrated and in line with the other devices.
Le dispositif d'assemblage comporte, de préférence, au moins un dispositif accumulateur agencé pour séparer les documents des enveloppes en deux circuits d'accumulation distincts et assembler par superposition les documents sur l'enveloppe qui leur correspond. Si plusieurs documents sont destinés à être contenus dans une même enveloppe, alors ils sont préalablement superposés en paquet.The assembly device preferably comprises at least one accumulator device arranged to separate the documents from the envelopes into two separate accumulation circuits and to superimpose the documents on the envelope that corresponds to them. If several documents are intended to be contained in the same envelope, then they are previously superimposed in a package.
Selon une première variante de réalisation, le dispositif d'assemblage comporte au moins un dispositif de mise sous pli agencé pour plier les documents et l'enveloppe simultanément.According to a first variant embodiment, the assembly device comprises at least one folding device arranged to fold the documents and the envelope simultaneously.
Selon une seconde variante de réalisation, le dispositif accumulateur comporte un système de pliage agencé pour plier au format de l'enveloppe lesdits documents et le dispositif d'assemblage comporte au moins un dispositif de mise sous pli agencé pour plier l'enveloppe autour desdits documents plies.According to a second variant embodiment, the accumulator device comprises a folding system arranged to fold the envelope of said documents in the format of the envelope and the assembly device comprises at least one folding device arranged for folding the envelope around said documents. plaice.
Le dispositif de mise sous pli comporte au moins un magasin de documents additionnels préparés séparément, agencé pour ajouter au moins un document additionnel aux documents et à l'enveloppe qui leur correspond. La machine de fabrication peut être complétée par un dispositif d'affranchissement des plis courriers fermés, un dispositif de contrôle d'intégrité ou autre.The enveloping device comprises at least one additional document store prepared separately, arranged to add at least one additional document to the documents and the envelope that corresponds to them. The manufacturing machine may be completed by a franking device closed mail folds, integrity control device or other.
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La présente invention et ses avantages apparaîtront mieux dans la description suivante d'un mode de réalisation donné à titre d'exemple non limitatif, en référence aux dessins annexés, dans lesquels :The present invention and its advantages will appear better in the following description of an embodiment given by way of non-limiting example, with reference to the appended drawings, in which:
- la figure 1 représente schématiquement la machine de fabrication selon l'invention, etFIG. 1 schematically represents the manufacturing machine according to the invention, and
les figures 2A et 2B sont des vues de dessus de deux laizes de papier sur lesquelles sont imprimées respectivement une bande et deux bandes de documents et d'enveloppes à la suite les uns des autres.FIGS. 2A and 2B are top views of two widths of paper on which a strip and two strips of documents and envelopes are printed after each other.
Illustrations de l'invention et meilleure manière de la réaliser :Illustrations of the invention and best way to achieve it:
En référence aux figures, la machine de fabrication 1 de plis courriers 100, selon l'invention, est conçue pour mettre en œuvre un nouveau procédé de fabrication qui consiste principalement à : a) imprimer sur une même laize de matériau 10, notamment du papier ou similaire, des documents 13 à mettre sous pli et des enveloppes 14 destinées à contenir ces documents 13, l'un à la suite de l'autre dans l'ordre de la mise sous pli, chaque enveloppe 14 étant précédée ou suivie du ou des documents 13 qu'elle doit contenir, le nombre et le format des documents et de l'enveloppe pouvant varier d'un pli à l'autre, b) couper les bords longitudinaux de cette laize de matériau 10 pour mettre les documents 13 à la bonne largeur et pour former les rabats latéraux 16 des enveloppes 14, c) couper transversalement la laize de matériau 10 pour séparer les documents 13 et les enveloppes 14 les uns des autres en les mettant à la bonne longueur, la longueur des documents 13 pouvant être différente de celle des enveloppes 14, d) assembler les documents 13 avec l'enveloppe 14 qui leur correspond, e) fermer le pli courrier 100 ainsi obtenu pour qu'il soit prêt à être expédié, et f) piloter au moins les étapes de coupe en fonction du nombre et du format des documents et de l'enveloppe des plis courriers à fabriquer.With reference to the figures, the manufacturing machine 1 of mailpieces 100, according to the invention, is designed to implement a new manufacturing process which mainly consists of: a) printing on the same width of material 10, in particular paper or similar, documents 13 to be enveloped and envelopes 14 intended to contain these documents 13, one after the other in the order of enveloping, each envelope 14 being preceded or followed by the documents it must contain, the number and the format of the documents and the envelope may vary from one fold to another, b) cut the longitudinal edges of this width of material 10 to put the documents 13 to the correct width and to form the side flaps 16 of the envelopes 14, c) crosswise cut the width of material 10 to separate the documents 13 and the envelopes 14 each other by putting them to the right length, the length of the documents 13 may be different from that of the envelopes 14, d) assemble the documents 13 with the envelope 14 which corresponds to them, e) close the mail fold 100 thus obtained to be ready for dispatch, and f) to control at least the cutting steps according to the number and format of the documents and the envelope of the mailpieces to be manufactured.
Chaque pli courrier 100 est constitué d'au moins un document 13 imprimé sous la forme d'une feuille au format A4 par exemple et d'une enveloppe 14 au formatEach mail fold 100 consists of at least one document 13 printed in the form of a sheet in A4 format for example and a 14 envelope format
110x220, 162x229 par exemple ou tout autre format.110x220, 162x229 for example or any other format.
A cet effet, cette machine de fabrication 1 comporte au moins les zones de travail suivantes : une zone d'impression A dans laquelle on imprime, aussi bien en noir et blanc qu'en couleurs, sur une laize de papier 10 défilant en continu les documents 13 et les enveloppes 14 dans un ordre prédéfini, une zone de coupe B dans laquelle on met au format voulu, en largeur et en longueur, les documents 13 et les enveloppes 14 ayant des dimensions différentes, une zone d'assemblage C dans laquelle on assemble un ou des documents 13 avec une enveloppe 14 correspondante et on les plie simultanément ou non, une zone de fermeture D dans laquelle on encolle les rabats latéraux 16 et de fermeture 17 de l'enveloppe 14 et on les replie pour fermer l'enveloppe 14 autour des documents 13, une zone de stockage E dans laquelle les plis courriers 100 fermés sont stockés, contrôlés et/ou affranchis, avant d'être expédiés, et une unité centrale de commande (non représentée) agencée pour piloter au moins les étapes de coupe en fonction du nombre et du format des documents et de l'enveloppe des plis courriers à fabriquer.For this purpose, this manufacturing machine 1 comprises at least the following working areas: a printing zone A in which is printed, in black and white as well as in colors, on a width of paper 10 running continuously documents 13 and the envelopes 14 in a predefined order, a cutting area B in which is formatted, in width and length, documents 13 and envelopes 14 having different dimensions, an assembly area C in which one or several documents 13 are assembled with a corresponding envelope 14 and folded simultaneously or not, a closing zone D in which the lateral flaps 16 and closing flaps 17 of the envelope 14 are glued and folded to close the closure envelope 14 around the documents 13, a storage area E in which the closed courier folds 100 are stored, checked and / or franked, before being dispatched, and a central control unit (not shown) arranged to steer at least the cutting steps according to the number and the format of the documents and the envelope of the courier folds to be manufactured.
La zone d'impression A comporte notamment un dispositif d'impression 2 alimenté par une bobine de papier vierge portée par un dévidoir (non représenté) et délivrant une laize de papier 10 imprimée à destination de la zone de coupe B. Ce dispositif d'impression 2 est de type connu basé par exemple sur une technique d'impression laser, à jets d'encre, offset ou similaire, en noir et blanc ou en couleurs. Ce dispositif d'impression 2 peut être dissocié du reste de la machine de fabrication 1 ou au contraire intégré comme dans l'exemple illustré. S'il est dissocié, la laize de papier 10 imprimée est alors re-conditionnée en une bobine par un bobinoir, pour alimenter la zone de coupe B.The printing area A comprises in particular a printing device 2 fed by a blank paper reel carried by a reel (not shown) and delivering a width of printed paper 10 to the cutting area B. This device printing 2 is of known type based for example on a laser printing technique, jet ink, offset or the like, in black and white or in colors. This printing device 2 can be dissociated from the rest of the manufacturing machine 1 or on the contrary integrated as in the example illustrated. If it is disassociated, the width of printed paper is then re-conditioned in a reel by a winder, to feed the cutting zone B.
La zone de coupe B comporte notamment un dispositif de coupe longitudinale 3 et un dispositif de coupe transversale 4. Elle peut être complétée par un dispositif de rainage 5 et un dispositif d'aspiration 6.The cutting zone B comprises in particular a longitudinal cutting device 3 and a transverse cutting device 4. It can be completed by a creasing device 5 and a suction device 6.
Le dispositif de coupe longitudinale 3 comporte principalement deux outils de coupe 30 coopérant avec une contre-pièce (non représentée), disposés de chaque côté de la laize de papier 10 et agencés pour découper les bords longitudinaux ou lisières de la laize de papier 10 pour former une bande de papier 11 dans laquelle les documents 13 sont mis à la bonne largeur et les rabats latéraux 16 des enveloppes 14 sont créés, ces derniers dépassant la largeur des documents 13. Cette bande de papier 11 est, par conséquent, définie par un profil 12 longitudinal variable, non rectiligne et non répétitif, le nombre et la taille des documents 13 et/ou des enveloppes 14 pouvant varier d'un pli courrier 100 à l'autre. Le dispositif de coupe longitudinale 3 est commandé par l'unité centrale de commande pilotée en fonction des profils 12 à découper, la largeur de coupe des enveloppes 14 étant différente de celle des documents 13, de même ces largeurs de coupe pouvant être différentes d'un pli courrier à l'autre.The longitudinal cutting device 3 mainly comprises two cutting tools 30 cooperating with a counter-piece (not shown), arranged on each side of the paper web 10 and arranged to cut the longitudinal edges or selvedges of the paper web 10 for forming a strip of paper 11 in which the documents 13 are set to the correct width and the side flaps 16 of the envelopes 14 are created, the latter exceeding the width of the documents 13. This paper strip 11 is, therefore, defined by a longitudinal profile 12 variable, non-rectilinear and non-repetitive, the number and size of documents 13 and / or envelopes 14 may vary from one mail fold 100 to another. The longitudinal cutting device 3 is controlled by the central control unit driven according to the profiles 12 to be cut, the cutting width of the envelopes 14 being different from that of the documents 13, likewise these cutting widths may be different from one mail fold to another .
La figure 2 A illustre un premier échantillon d'une laize de papier 10 dans laquelle est découpée une bande 11 comportant deux enveloppes 14 et trois documents 13. La figure 2B illustre un second échantillon d'une laize de papier 10' double dans laquelle sont découpées deux bandes 11, 11' comportant chacune deux enveloppes 14 et trois documents 13, décalés les uns par rapport aux autres, chaque bande 11, 11' ayant son profil 12, 12' propre. Dans le cas d'une laize de papier 10' double, le dispositif de coupe longitudinale 3 est doublé, de même que les dispositifs de rainage 5 et d'aspiration 6.FIG. 2A illustrates a first sample of a width of paper 10 in which is cut a web 11 having two envelopes 14 and three documents 13. FIG. 2B illustrates a second sample of a width of 10 'paper in which are cut two strips 11, 11 'each comprising two envelopes 14 and three documents 13, offset with respect to each other, each strip 11, 11' having its profile 12, 12 'clean. In the case of a double width of paper 10 ', the longitudinal cutting device 3 is doubled, as are the creasing and suction devices 6.
Le dispositif de coupe transversale 4 comporte principalement un cylindre rotatif à couteau 40 coopérant avec un contre-cylindre 41, ou tout autre outil de coupe similaire, agencé pour séparer les documents 13 des enveloppes 14 en vue d'alimenter la zone d'assemblage C. Le dispositif de coupe transversale 4 est commandé par l'unité centrale de commande pilotée en fonction des formats à découper, la longueur de coupe des enveloppes 14 étant différente de celle des documents 13, de même ces longueurs de coupe pouvant être différentes d'un pli courrier à l'autre.The cross-cutting device 4 mainly comprises a rotary cylinder with a knife 40 cooperating with a counter cylinder 41, or any other similar cutting tool, arranged to separate the documents 13 from the envelopes 14 in order to feed the assembly zone C The transverse cutting device 4 is controlled by the central control unit driven according to the formats to be cut, the cutting length of the envelopes 14 being different from that of the documents 13, likewise these cutting lengths may be different from one fold mail to another.
Le dispositif de rainage 5 situé en amont du dispositif de coupe longitudinale 3 comporte principalement deux disques 50 coopérant avec une contre-pièce 51, ou tout autre système similaire, disposés de part et d'autre de la laize de papier 10 et agencés pour marquer d'un pré-pli 15 les rabats latéraux 16 des enveloppes 14 facilitant l'opération de pliage ultérieure. Le dispositif d'aspiration 6 comporte principalement des buses d'aspiration 60 disposées à proximité des outils de coupe 30 pour évacuer automatiquement les déchets de papier générés par le dispositif de coupe longitudinale 3 en direction d'un container de stockage via une centrale d'aspiration (non représentée).The creasing device 5 located upstream of the longitudinal cutting device 3 mainly comprises two disks 50 cooperating with a counterpart 51, or any other similar system, arranged on either side of the paper web 10 and arranged to mark pre-fold 15 side flaps 16 envelopes 14 facilitating the subsequent folding operation. The suction device 6 mainly comprises suction nozzles 60 arranged near the cutting tools 30 for automatically discharging the waste paper generated by the longitudinal cutting device 3 towards a storage container via a central station. suction (not shown).
Bien entendu, les zones d'impression A et de coupe B sont complétées par des systèmes de tendeurs à rouleaux agencés pour contrôler à la fois la tension et le positionnement de la laize de papier 10 permettant de garantir une bonne précision de coupe.Of course, the printing zones A and B are supplemented by roller tensioner systems arranged to control both the tension and the positioning of the width of paper 10 to ensure good cutting accuracy.
La zone d'assemblage C comporte notamment un dispositif accumulateur 7 suivi d'un dispositif de mise sous pli 8.The assembly zone C includes in particular an accumulator device 7 followed by an insertion device 8.
Le dispositif accumulateur 7 comporte principalement deux circuits d'accumulation 71, 72 dissociés et superposés, alimentés par un volet de triage 70 agencé pour séparer les documents 13 des enveloppes 14 et les diriger chacun vers un circuit d'accumulation. Les documents 13 destinés à un pli courrier 100 sont superposés en paquet dans le circuit d'accumulation 71 supérieur par exemple, tandis que l'enveloppe 14 correspondante est en attente dans le circuit d'accumulation 72 inférieur. Le circuit d'accumulation 71 supérieur est, dans l'exemple représenté, complété par un système de pliage 73 du document 13 ou du paquet de documents 13 superposés pour les mettre au format de l'enveloppe 14. Les deux circuits d'accumulation 71, 72 se rejoignent dans le dispositif de mise sous pli 8 où les documents 13 plies sont déposés sur l'enveloppe 14 non encore formée.The storage device 7 comprises mainly two accumulation circuits 71, 72 dissociated and superimposed, powered by a sorting flap 70 arranged to separate the documents 13 envelopes 14 and direct each to an accumulation circuit. The documents 13 for a mail fold 100 are superimposed in a packet in the upper accumulation circuit 71 for example, while the corresponding envelope 14 is waiting in the accumulation circuit 72 below. The upper accumulation circuit 71 is, in the example shown, completed by a folding system 73 of the document 13 or of the superimposed document stack 13 to put them in the envelope 14 format. The two accumulation circuits 71 , 72 meet in the inserting device 8 where documents 13 folds are deposited on the envelope 14 not yet formed.
Le dispositif de mise sous pli 8 comporte principalement un système de pliage 80 de l'enveloppe 14 autour des documents 13 plies. Il peut être complété par un ou plusieurs magasins 81, 82 dans lesquels sont stockés des documents additionnels 18, 19 qui sont ajoutés aux documents 13 plies avant la fermeture de l'enveloppe 14, circulant d'un poste à l'autre par un tapis transporteur 83. Bien entendu, ces magasins 81, 82 peuvent être situés à d'autres endroits de la machine de fabrication 1.The folding device 8 mainly comprises a folding system 80 of the envelope 14 around the documents 13 folds. It may be supplemented by one or more magazines 81, 82 in which are stored additional documents 18, 19 which are added to documents 13 folds before closing envelope 14, circulating from one station to another by a conveyor belt 83. Of course, these stores 81, 82 may be located at other places of the manufacturing machine 1.
Dans une forme de réalisation non représentée, le dispositif accumulateur 7 ne comporte pas de système de pliage des documents 13 et le dispositif de mise sous pli 8 est agencé pour plier simultanément les documents 13 et l'enveloppe 14, avec ou autour d'éventuels documents additionnels 18, 19.In an embodiment not shown, the accumulator device 7 does not include a document folding system 13 and the folding device 8 is arranged to simultaneously fold the documents 13 and the envelope 14, with or around possible additional documents 18, 19.
La zone de fermeture D comporte notamment un dispositif de collage et de pliage 9 des rabats 16, 17 de l'enveloppe 14 pour fermer le pli courrier 100. Ce dispositif de collage et de pliage 9 comporte principalement des buses d'encollage 90 agencées pour déposer de la colle sur les rabats latéraux 16 de l'enveloppe 14 suivies de rampes de pliage 91, 92 agencées pour plier ces rabats latéraux 16 sur ou sous le dos de l'enveloppe 14. Il comporte également une buse d'encollage 93 agencée pour déposer de la colle sur le rabat de fermeture 17 suivie de rampes de pliage 94, 95 agencées pour plier ce rabat de fermeture 17 sur le dos de l'enveloppe 14 scellant le pli courrier 100. Le pli courrier 100 en cours de collage et de pliage est transporté d'un poste à l'autre par un tapis transporteur 96 puis est acheminé vers la zone de stockage E où il est emmagasiné avant d'être expédié ou directement acheminé vers une zone d'expédition (non représentée). Un dispositif d'affranchissement (non représenté) des plis courriers 100 combiné à un dispositif de pesée peut être intégré dans la zone de stockage E. De même, un dispositif de contrôle (non représenté) peut compléter cette machine de fabrication 1 pour vérifier l'intégrité des plis courriers 100, par exemple au moyen d'une caméra agencée pour lire des codes imprimés sur l'enveloppe 14, du type OMR, OCR, codes à barres, etc.The closure zone D comprises in particular a device for gluing and folding 9 flaps 16, 17 of the envelope 14 to close the mail fold 100. This gluing and folding device 9 mainly comprises gluing nozzles 90 arranged to depositing glue on the side flaps 16 of the envelope 14 followed by folding ramps 91, 92 arranged to fold these side flaps 16 on or under the back of the envelope 14. It also comprises a gluing nozzle 93 arranged for depositing glue on the closure flap 17 followed by folding ramps 94, 95 arranged to fold the closure flap 17 on the back of the envelope 14 sealing the mail fold 100. The mail fold 100 being glued and The bender is transported from one station to the other by conveyor belt 96 and is conveyed to storage area E where it is stored before being shipped or directly routed to a shipping area (not shown). A franking device (not shown) of the mailpieces 100 combined with a weighing device can be integrated in the storage area E. Similarly, a control device (not shown) can complete this manufacturing machine 1 to verify the the integrity of the mailpieces 100, for example by means of a camera arranged to read codes printed on the envelope 14, of the OMR type, OCR, barcodes, etc.
Possibilités d'application industrielle : Ces zones de travail A a E sont de préférence constituées de modules indépendants facilitant leur construction et leur assemblage selon une configuration adaptée à chaque utilisateur, ce qui confère à l'ensemble de la machine de fabrication 1 une grande souplesse d'adaptation. De même, ces modules peuvent être assemblés l'un à la suite de l'autre pour former une ligne de fabrication continue comme illustrée à la figure 1 ou certains modules peuvent être séparés des autres, formant ainsi une ligne discontinue, comme par exemple le module de la zone d'impression A.Possibilities of industrial application: These working areas A to E preferably consist of independent modules facilitating their construction and assembly in a configuration adapted to each user, which gives the entire manufacturing machine 1 a great flexibility of adaptation. Similarly, these modules can be assembled one after the other to form a continuous manufacturing line as shown in Figure 1 or some modules can be separated from the others, thus forming a discontinuous line, such as the print area module A.
Le pilotage de la machine de fabrication 1 est assurée par une unité centrale de commande (non représentée) au moyen d'un programme informatique correspondant au profil 12 de bande de papier à traiter, complété ou non de signaux délivrés par des capteurs agencés pour détecter des repères imprimés sur la laize de papier 10 ou sur la bande de papier 11 en vue d'identifier les documents 13 et les enveloppes 14. Ce programme informatique permet ainsi de créer tout type de plis courriers personnalisés et uniques, le nombre et le format des documents et de l'enveloppe pour chaque pli courrier étant des données variables et programmables, ce qui autorise une grande souplesse de création.The control of the manufacturing machine 1 is provided by a central control unit (not shown) by means of a computer program corresponding to the profile 12 of paper web to be processed, supplemented or not by signals delivered by sensors arranged to detect markers printed on the width of paper 10 or on the paper strip 11 in order to identify the documents 13 and the envelopes 14. This computer program thus makes it possible to create any type of personalized and unique mail folds, the number and the format documents and envelope for each mail fold being variable and programmable data, which allows a great flexibility of creation.
La présente invention n'est pas limitée à l'exemple de réalisation décrit mais s'étend à toute modification et variante évidentes pour un homme du métier tout en restant dans l'étendue de la protection définie dans les revendications annexées. The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described but extends to any modification and variation obvious to a person skilled in the art while remaining within the scope of protection defined in the appended claims.

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1. Procédé de fabrication de plis courriers (100) à partir d'une laize de matériau (10, 10'), notamment du papier ou similaire, jusqu'aux plis courriers fermés, chaque pli courrier (100) étant constitué d'au moins un document (13) imprimé et d'une enveloppe (14) imprimée, le nombre et le format des documents et de l'enveloppe pouvant varier d'un pli à l'autre, procédé dans lequel on imprime sur une même laize de matériau (10, 10') les documents (13) à mettre sous pli et les enveloppes (14) destinées à contenir les documents, l'un à la suite de l'autre dans l'ordre de la mise sous pli, chaque enveloppe étant précédée ou suivie du ou des documents qu'elle doit contenir, on coupe les bords longitudinaux de la laize de matériau (10, 10') pour mettre les documents (13) à la bonne largeur et pour former les rabats des enveloppes (14), on coupe transversalement la laize de matériau (10, 10') pour séparer les documents (13) et les enveloppes (14) les uns des autres en les mettant à la bonne longueur, on assemble les documents (13) avec l'enveloppe (14) qui leur correspond, on ferme le pli courrier (100) ainsi obtenu et on pilote au moins les étapes de coupe en fonction du nombre et du format des documents et de l'enveloppe des plis courriers à fabriquer.A method of manufacturing mail folds (100) from a width of material (10, 10 '), especially paper or the like, to closed mail folds, each mail fold (100) consisting of at least one printed document (13) and a printed envelope (14), the number and the format of the documents and of the envelope being able to vary from one fold to another, a process in which one prints on the same width of material (10, 10 ') the documents (13) to be enveloped and the envelopes (14) intended to contain the documents, one after the other in the order of enveloping, each envelope being preceded or followed by the document or documents it is to contain, the longitudinal edges of the width of material (10, 10 ') are cut to bring the documents (13) to the correct width and to form the flaps of the envelopes (14). transversely cutting the width of material (10, 10 ') to separate the documents (13) and the envelopes (14) from one another by placing them at the correct length, the documents (13) are assembled with the envelope (14) corresponding to them, the mail fold (100) thus obtained is closed and at least the cutting steps are piloted according to the number and the format of the documents and the envelope of the courier folds to be manufactured.
2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'on effectue l'étape d'impression des documents et des enveloppes séparément des autres étapes de coupe, d'assemblage et de fermeture, formant un procédé discontinu.2. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the step of printing documents and envelopes separately from the other steps of cutting, assembling and closing, forming a batch process.
3. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'on effectue l'étape d'impression des documents et des enveloppes de manière continue avec les autres étapes de coupe, d'assemblage et de fermeture, formant un procédé continu. 3. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the step of printing documents and envelopes is carried out continuously with the other steps of cutting, assembling and closing, forming a continuous process.
4. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'on imprime sur une même laize de matériau (10') deux bandes (11, 11') parallèles de documents (13) et d'enveloppes (14).4. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that one prints on the same width of material (10 ') two parallel strips (11, 11') of documents (13) and envelopes (14).
5. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que, avant l'étape d'assemblage, l'on sépare les documents (13) des enveloppes (14) en deux circuits distincts.5. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that, before the assembly step, the documents (13) are separated from the envelopes (14) into two separate circuits.
6. Procédé selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que l'on superpose en paquet les documents (13) destinés à être contenus dans une même enveloppe (14).6. Method according to claim 5, characterized in that the documents (13) intended to be contained in the same envelope (14) are superimposed in a package.
7. Procédé selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que, dans l'étape d'assemblage, l'on superpose le ou les documents (13) à l'enveloppe (14) correspondante et en ce que l'on plie simultanément les documents et l'enveloppe.7. Method according to claim 6, characterized in that, in the assembly step, the document or documents (13) are superimposed on the corresponding envelope (14) and in that the documents and the envelope.
8. Procédé selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que l'on plie, au format de l'enveloppe, le ou les documents (13) destinés à être contenus dans une même enveloppe (14).8. A method according to claim 6, characterized in that one folds, the format of the envelope, the document or documents (13) intended to be contained in the same envelope (14).
9. Procédé selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que, dans l'étape d'assemblage, l'on superpose le ou les documents (13) plies à l'enveloppe (14) correspondante et en ce que l'on plie l'enveloppe (14) autour des documents (13).9. Process according to claim 8, characterized in that, in the assembly step, the folded document or documents (13) are superimposed on the corresponding envelope (14) and that the envelope (14) around the documents (13).
10. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 5 à 9, caractérisé en ce que l'on superpose, aux documents (13) et à l'enveloppe (14), des documents additionnels (18, 19) préparés séparément.10. Method according to one of claims 5 to 9, characterized in that it superimposes, to the documents (13) and the envelope (14), additional documents (18, 19) prepared separately.
11. Machine de fabrication (1) de plis courriers (100) à partir d'une laize de matériau (10), notamment du papier ou similaire, jusqu'aux plis courriers fermés, chaque pli courrier (100) étant constitué d'au moins un document (13) imprimé et d'une enveloppe (14) imprimée, le nombre et le format des documents et de l'enveloppe pouvant varier d'un pli à l'autre, cette machine mettant en œuvre le procédé de fabrication selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comporte au moins un dispositif d'impression (2) agencé pour imprimer sur une même laize de matériau (10) les documents (13) à mettre sous pli et les enveloppes (14) destinées à contenir les documents, l'un à la suite de l'autre dans l'ordre de la mise sous pli, chaque enveloppe étant précédée ou suivie du ou des documents qu'elle doit contenir, un dispositif de coupe longitudinale (3) agencé pour mettre lesdits documents (13) à la bonne largeur et pour former les rabats (16) des enveloppes (14), un dispositif de coupe transversale (4) agencé pour séparer les documents (13) et les enveloppes (14) en les mettant à la bonne longueur, un dispositif d'assemblage (7, 8) des documents (13) avec l'enveloppe (14) qui leur correspond, un dispositif de collage et de pliage (9) pour fermer le pli courrier (100) obtenu et une unité centrale de commande agencée pour piloter au moins les dispositifs de coupe en fonction du nombre et du format des documents et de l'enveloppe des plis courriers à fabriquer.11. Machine for manufacturing (1) mail folds (100) from a width of material (10), including paper or the like, to closed mail folds, each mail fold (100) consisting of least one printed document (13) and one envelope (14) printed, the number and the format of the documents and envelope may vary from one fold to another, this machine implementing the manufacturing method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises at least one printing device (2) arranged to print on one and the same width of material (10) the documents (13) to be enveloped and the envelopes (14) intended to contain the documents, one following each other in the order of enveloping, each envelope being preceded or followed by the document or documents it must contain, a longitudinal cutting device (3) arranged to put said documents (13) to the right width and to form the flaps (16) of the envelopes (14), a transverse cutting device (4) arranged to separate the documents (13) and the envelopes (14) by putting them to the right length, a device for assembly (7, 8) of the documents (13) with the envelope (14) which ur corresponds, a gluing and folding device (9) for closing the mail fold (100) obtained and a central control unit arranged to control at least the cutting devices according to the number and format of the documents and the envelope courier folds to manufacture.
12. Machine selon la revendication 11, caractérisée en ce que le dispositif d'impression (2) est séparé des autres dispositifs, formant une machine de fabrication discontinue.12. Machine according to claim 11, characterized in that the printing device (2) is separated from other devices, forming a batch machine.
13. Machine selon la revendication 11, caractérisée en ce que le dispositif d'impression (2) est intégré et en ligne avec les autres dispositifs, formant une machine de fabrication continue.13. Machine according to claim 11, characterized in that the printing device (2) is integrated and in line with the other devices, forming a continuous manufacturing machine.
14. Machine selon la revendication 11, caractérisée en ce que le dispositif d'assemblage comporte au moins un dispositif accumulateur (7) agencé pour séparer les documents (13) des enveloppes (14) en deux circuits d'accumulation (71, 72) distincts et assembler par superposition les documents (13) avec l'enveloppe (14) qui leur correspond.Machine according to claim 11, characterized in that the assembly device comprises at least one accumulator device (7) arranged to separate the documents (13) from the envelopes (14) in two accumulation circuits (71, 72). separate and superimposed the documents (13) with the envelope (14) which corresponds to them.
15. Machine selon la revendication 14, caractérisée en ce que le dispositif accumulateur (7) est agencé pour superposer en paquet les documents (13) destinés à être contenus dans une même enveloppe (14).15. Machine according to claim 14, characterized in that the accumulator device (7) is arranged to pack superimposed documents (13) to be contained in the same envelope (14).
16. Machine selon l'une des revendications 14 ou 15, caractérisée en ce que le dispositif d'assemblage comporte au moins un dispositif de mise sous pli (8) agencé pour plier les documents (13) et l'enveloppe (14) simultanément.16. Machine according to one of claims 14 or 15, characterized in that the assembly device comprises at least one folding device (8) arranged to fold the documents (13) and the envelope (14) simultaneously .
17. Machine selon l'une des revendications 14 ou 15, caractérisée en ce que le dispositif accumulateur (7) comporte un système de pliage (73) agencé pour plier au format de l'enveloppe lesdits documents (13) et en ce que le dispositif d'assemblage comporte au moins un dispositif de mise sous pli (8) agencé pour plier l'enveloppe (14) autour desdits documents (13) plies.17. Machine according to one of claims 14 or 15, characterized in that the storage device (7) comprises a folding system (73) arranged to fold the format of the envelope said documents (13) and in that the assembly device comprises at least one folding device (8) arranged to fold the envelope (14) around said documents (13) folded.
18. Machine selon la revendication 11, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comporte au moins un magasin (81, 82) de documents additionnels (18, 19) préparés séparément, agencé pour ajouter au moins un document additionnel aux documents (13) et à l'enveloppe (14) qui leur correspond.18. Machine according to claim 11, characterized in that it comprises at least one store (81, 82) of additional documents (18, 19) prepared separately, arranged to add at least one additional document to the documents (13) and to the envelope (14) corresponding to them.
19. Machine selon la revendication 11, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comporte au moins un dispositif complémentaire choisi dans le groupe comprenant un dispositif d'affranchissement des plis courriers (100) fermés, un dispositif de contrôle de l'intégrité des plis courriers (100) fermés. 19. Machine according to claim 11, characterized in that it comprises at least one complementary device selected from the group comprising a franking device courier folds (100) closed, a device for checking the integrity of mail folds ( 100) closed.
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