EP1964665A2 - Verfahren zum Herstellen individueller Briefe mit Umschlägen - Google Patents

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EP1964665A2
EP1964665A2 EP08151412A EP08151412A EP1964665A2 EP 1964665 A2 EP1964665 A2 EP 1964665A2 EP 08151412 A EP08151412 A EP 08151412A EP 08151412 A EP08151412 A EP 08151412A EP 1964665 A2 EP1964665 A2 EP 1964665A2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D5/00—Sheets united without binding to form pads or blocks
    • B42D5/02—Form sets
    • B42D5/023—Continuous form sets
    • B42D5/025—Mailer assemblies
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B2150/00—Flexible containers made from sheets or blanks, e.g. from flattened tubes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B2160/00—Shape of flexible containers
    • B31B2160/10—Shape of flexible containers rectangular and flat, i.e. without structural provision for thickness of contents
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B2170/00—Construction of flexible containers
    • B31B2170/20—Construction of flexible containers having multi-layered walls, e.g. laminated or lined

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  • the invention relates to a method defined in the preamble of claim 1 for forming individual letters provided with envelopes.
  • the first three publications describe methods and apparatuses for producing sealed envelopes, wherein the envelope and the inserted letters are produced separately and from different source webs and then folded in a suitable manner and sealed mechanically inside the envelopes.
  • the fourth publication describes a method for cutting, folding and gluing identical envelopes from a paper web.
  • the fifth publication describes a method which is the closest to the invention, wherein an envelope form and the letters, coupons and the like to be inserted in the envelope are printed on the same paper web.
  • the sixth publication describes a method in which mail pieces of different sizes are made from the same paper web by cutting different-size envelopes of the web according to need.
  • the greatest problems with this application are the complexity of the method, many oblique cuts in different directions and turns of the envelopes and the letters, many flaps and their gluing and folding, etc. This makes the entire method slow and susceptible to malfunctions and not suitable for efficient processing of large mass deliveries.
  • the objective of the invention is to eliminate the drawbacks referred to above.
  • One specific objective of the invention is to disclose a new kind of method which allows completely individual letters which may vary freely in their number in a single envelope, allowing at the same time printing of the envelopes and the inserted letters either on the same continuous paper web of which they are cut and sorted in a suitable manner, or on equally sized sheets with a page printer.
  • a further objective of the invention is to disclose a method in which the paper web or the sheets are cut as little as possible, the cuts being as quick and straight as possible, so that the entire process becomes as quick and reliable as possible.
  • one objective of the invention is to disclose a method in which the paper is utilized as efficiently as possible, so that the waste percentage of the paper is reduced to less than 10% and preferably less than 5%.
  • the method in accordance with the invention relates to forming individual letters provided with envelopes from a printed web comprising pre-printed envelope forms and letter forms, or from a set of same-size printed sheets in which a part comprises envelope forms and the other part letter forms.
  • the envelopes are made from the envelope forms and the letter or letters which are inserted in the corresponding envelope are made from one or more letter forms positioned in the immediate vicinity of each envelope form.
  • the envelope forms of the pre-printed same-size sheets are led as such to envelope formation.
  • the letter forms are cut at least on one side into letters which are smaller than the letter forms and which are brought to contact with the envelope form corresponding to the letter.
  • the envelope form is first led to a holding stage, whereupon the letters are led one by one to the holding stage directly onto the envelope form.
  • the envelope form is folded together with the letters in two to form an envelope including the folded letters.
  • Another embodiment of the invention comprises leading the letters to an intermediate stage where the letters for the same envelope are stacked, whereupon they are folded and led folded onto the envelope form. In this manner it is possible that the letters, one or more, are folded in two, three or even more, always according to need.
  • the envelope forms and the letter forms are printed successively on a paper web which is substantially equally wide as the envelope form so that the envelope form comes first in the processing, i.e. web cutting, order, followed by the corresponding letter forms.
  • the envelope form comes first in the processing, i.e. web cutting, order, followed by the corresponding letter forms.
  • the order may also be opposite, in which case the envelope forms and the letter forms are printed successively on a paper web which is substantially equally wide as the envelope form, the letter forms first and the corresponding envelope form last.
  • the envelope form cut last of the web is brought to contact with the awaiting letters, either under or onto them, whereupon they can be folded to form the sealed envelope.
  • all cuts of the web and the letter forms are realized in the invention by only cutting in the parallel or perpendicular direction to the movement of the web and the letter forms.
  • the web is cut using only straight cross-cuts, and the sheets, whether provided from the web or from the page printer, are narrowed or shortened using only straight cuts in parallel to the straight edges.
  • the cutting blades do not have to be turned in different angles in the separate cutting steps; instead the cutting blades can either be constantly in the cutting position, or they can be, at the most, raised and lowered relative to the path along which the processed paper passes. In this manner, a further cutting of the web and the cut sheets does not slow down the process in any way or add stages that are susceptible to malfunctions to the process.
  • the method in accordance with the invention can be controlled in many ways.
  • the process control is easy, because for example the first envelope form is always followed by the same number of letters, for example three.
  • the envelope forms and the letter forms can be coded by many different visible or invisible methods known per se.
  • the coding can also be realized in the system in the electrical form.
  • an optical identifier or other remotely scanned identifier such as a bar code or the like, is printed in conjunction with the printing of the web or the sheets at least on one of the letter forms and the envelope forms of the same mail piece, so that they can be processed based on the identifier.
  • each sheet cut of the web or printed separately comprises the individual information of whether it is an envelope form or a letter form, whether it should be cut on some of the sides, where it shall be led and in what manner it shall be folded.
  • the method in accordance with the invention provides considerable advantages compared to the prior art.
  • the invention allows printing of envelopes and letters on the same paper web or on one large printed stack of sheets, and their mechanical processing into finished and sealed letters.
  • the invention provides individual mail pieces in which the number of letters in the envelopes may vary freely.
  • the invention provides, in the production of the mail pieces, fast and simple processes which enable the quick and efficient realization of large and yet individual mass deliveries.
  • the invention provides an automatic mailing system in which the paper webs or the sheets of paper can be used efficiently and without large losses.
  • Fig. 1 schematically represents one embodiment of the method in accordance with the invention.
  • envelope forms E1, E2, E3,... and letter forms L1, L2, L3, ... which are to be formed into sealed mail pieces, are printed on a paper web 1.
  • the method of printing the envelope forms and the letter forms on the paper web may vary, and the alternatives have been described in more detail in Fig. 2 and 3 .
  • the envelope form may come first, followed by the letter forms which are made into letters and inserted in the envelope formed of the envelope form.
  • the envelope form 6 is cut with a cutter 2 of the paper web acquired from the unwound web reel and is led to a holding stage 3. It is also possible that the paper web used is wider, i.e. comprising two printed forms side by side.
  • the cutter 2 preferably cuts the web first in two in the longitudinal direction, and the forms are then cut of the acquired two webs and led forward in the process successively in a suitable manner.
  • the system identifies the envelope form from an optically scanned code printed on it.
  • one or more letter forms for the envelope form waiting in the holding stage 3 have been printed on the web, the letter forms being also identified by the system from the codes printed on them.
  • the letter forms are cut of the web by the cutter 2 to be suitably of the same size with the envelope forms.
  • the letter forms are then led through a suitable cross-cutter (not shown in the figure) and a slitter 4 which narrows the letter forms into letters 5 which are narrower than the envelope form and which are then led one above the other to the holding stage 3 onto the envelope form 6.
  • the envelope form 6 together with the letters 5 on top of it are led to a folding machine 7 which also accommodates glue spreaders 8 for spreading suitable glue on the longitudinal edges of the envelope form 6.
  • the envelope form folded in two is glued at the edges in the folding machine 7 to form an open envelope 9 including the letters folded with it.
  • the glued edges of the letter are then pressed tight with pressure rollers 10.
  • a closing flap 11 is formed in the open envelope 9, the flap being then die-cut 12, glued 13 and finally folded 14 such that a sealed envelope 15 including the letters 5 which are folded in two is provided.
  • the method described above also allows production of envelopes in which the letters are folded in three inside the envelope.
  • an intermediate stage 16 followed by another folding machine 17 is positioned between the slitter 4 and the holding stage 3.
  • the envelope form 6 is led as usual directly from the cutter 2 to the holding stage 3, but the letters 5 for the same mail piece which have been pre-cut in width are first collected one above the other in the intermediate stage 16, whereupon they are folded in three in a stack with the other folding machine 17 and are only then led to the holding stage 3 onto the envelope form 6.
  • the letters are folded in three, it is possible to use same-size envelope forms and letter forms, in which case the letter forms only need to be narrowed slightly in order to fit folded in the envelope formed by the envelope form.
  • a suitable cutter not shown in the figure, instead of the intermediate stage 16 and the folding machine 17.
  • the crosswise web cutter 2 is naturally not necessary; instead the letter forms from the sheets can be led directly to the next required cutters and the envelope forms can be led in accordance with the invention to the holding stage suitable as such or they can be brought to contact with the folding machine.
  • the page printer 19 can be directly connected to the start of the cutting or processing line, or stacks 20 of sheets can be printed with the page printer and then moved in a suitable manner to the starting point of the processing line.
  • Fig. 2 represents one way of printing the envelope forms and the letter forms on the paper web.
  • the web comprises a bar code C1 which is used by the system for identifying the corresponding envelope form E1 and at the same time the position of the envelope form so that it can be cut of the web at the right position.
  • the bar code C2 which is used for identifying the first letter form L1 for the envelope form E1.
  • the next code is used for identifying the following letter form L2 for the same envelope.
  • each form is provided with a code for identifying it, and the system is able to cut it of the web at the suitable position and direct it to the right site to be processed further according to need.
  • draw strips 18 for the web for moving the web in a manner known per se, with the possibility that the draw strips can be cut off at a suitable stage of the process. Without the draw strips, the envelope form is ready just by a straight cross-cut of the web, while the letter form must be narrowed, shortened or both, depending on the way the letters are intended to be folded inside the envelope.
  • Fig. 2 and 3 do not show this printed information, which may be any text or image material sent to the customer.
  • the crosswise cutting lines of the webs which are used for cutting the webs into separate envelope forms and letter forms and which are not actually visible, have been added to the figures for illustrative purposes.
  • Fig. 3 presents a printed web structure in which the envelope forms E1, E2, E3, E4, ... and the corresponding letter forms L1, L2, L3, L4, ... have been printed on a web which is twice as wide as the envelope form, i.e. two forms positioned side by side.
  • all forms have been coded, and therefore each form is identified separately based on its code and processed, such as cut in the longitudinal and cross-direction, stacked and folded, according to the instructions of the code.
  • each form, when cut of the web is equally long in the longitudinal direction of the web. Normally, the web is cut such that it is first divided in the longitudinal direction into two separate webs which are then passed substantially at the same time and one upon the other, and led alternately to common further processing.
  • the envelope form E1 cut of the web is in this embodiment first led as such to the holding stage, and the following letter forms L1, L2 and L3 are led onto or under it, depending on the embodiment, the letter forms being cut, however, at least at one straight side to be smaller than initially before bringing them to contact with the envelope form.
  • the letter forms L1 and L2 following the envelope form E2 are brought to contact with it, and further the letter forms L1, L2, L3 and L4 to contact with the envelope form E3, etc.
  • the process advances one envelope at a time, using straight cuts only in the longitudinal direction of the paths of the paper or perpendicularly to it as scarcely as possible, without any oblique or curving cuts whatsoever.

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EP0297843A1 (de) 1987-06-30 1989-01-04 Iseto Shiko Co. Limited Apparat zum Herstellen von verschlossenen Post- oder Briefsendungen
EP0447183A2 (de) 1990-03-12 1991-09-18 Pitney Bowes Inc. Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur seitlichen Ausrichtung eines Blattstapels
US6266944B1 (en) 1996-08-19 2001-07-31 R.C.P. Di Riccardo Consiglio Machine and process for the automatic enveloping of messages with a variable number of sheets
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US20040016210A1 (en) 1996-03-06 2004-01-29 Luc Mertens Continuous strip of detachably interconnected folded products
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EP0297843A1 (de) 1987-06-30 1989-01-04 Iseto Shiko Co. Limited Apparat zum Herstellen von verschlossenen Post- oder Briefsendungen
EP0447183A2 (de) 1990-03-12 1991-09-18 Pitney Bowes Inc. Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur seitlichen Ausrichtung eines Blattstapels
US20040016210A1 (en) 1996-03-06 2004-01-29 Luc Mertens Continuous strip of detachably interconnected folded products
US6266944B1 (en) 1996-08-19 2001-07-31 R.C.P. Di Riccardo Consiglio Machine and process for the automatic enveloping of messages with a variable number of sheets
US20030222127A1 (en) 2002-05-31 2003-12-04 Katz Robert E. Inline formed crossfold package and method
EP1693185A2 (de) 2005-02-18 2006-08-23 Pitney Bowes Inc. Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Herstellen von Briefen aus einer einzigen ununterbrochenen Folie aus gedrucktem Material

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