FR2790419A1 - Method of making book of detachable tickets uses sheet of paper of set dimensions compared to finished book - Google Patents

Abstract

The method of making a book of detachable tickets has a sheet of paper (10) with the same width as the book and a length which is the sum of the lengths of the tickets (16) and an opening (24,30). The book is formed similarly to a book of matches

Description

PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A SHEET NOTEBOOK

DETACHABLES AND CARNET SO OBTAINED

  The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a book of detachable sheets, as well as the books produced by carrying out this process. Notebooks of this type, which are very common in everyday life (check books, restaurant ticket books, notepads, etc.), are generally produced in the same way by superimposition of detachable sheets and gluing of these sheets along one of their ends in the vicinity of a pre-cut line formed in each sheet, this sizing making it possible to link the sheets together by their glued end to form a bundle and to fix the bundle inside a protection and presentation cover. This known process is suitable for mass production, but is not suitable for the production of small series notebooks and in particular "personalized" notebooks which may differ from other notebooks of the same type, for example by the number of sheets.

and their dimensions.

  The object of the invention is in particular to provide a simple, effective and inexpensive solution to this problem. It relates to a process for manufacturing a notebook with detachable sheets, making it possible to manufacture these notebooks at low prices in a simple and executable manner at high speed on machines.

currently available.

  The invention also relates to a process of this type, which makes it possible to manufacture notebooks.

"personalized".

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  It proposes, for this purpose, a method of manufacturing a notebook of detachable sheets, characterized in that it consists in making the notebook by transversely folding a sheet of paper whose width is that of the notebook and detachable sheets and the length of which is at least equal to the sum of the lengths of said sheets and of a cover inside which the sheets are placed. The method according to the invention makes it possible to produce a book of detachable sheets essentially by transverse folding of a single sheet of paper and is therefore considerably simpler and more economical than the methods known in the art.

anterior.

  According to another characteristic of the invention, this method consists in folding the above-mentioned sheet of paper alternately in one direction and in the other along parallel transverse lines to obtain a series of accordion folds forming the aforementioned sheets, and in folding said sheet always in the same direction around other parallel transverse lines to form the cover at

  the interior of which the sheets are placed.

  Advantageously, this cover comprises two front flaps, one of which is free and the other is connected to the series of aforementioned sheets, and a rear flap formed between the two front flaps, the method further comprising applying the series of sheets to the rear flap, to fix at least one sheet of this series on the rear flap in the vicinity of a longitudinal end of this sheet, and to fold the front flaps one over the other and on the series of sheets.

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  In a first embodiment of the invention, only the sheet connected to the front flap

  above is fixed on the rear flap and the fold lines between the flaps are pre-cut lines.

  In another embodiment of the invention, all the sheets of the series are fixed to the rear flap in the vicinity of one of their ends, along the same fixing line and these sheets are cut transversely at their end not attached to the

  rear flap, to be separated from each other.

  A precut line can advantageously be formed on the sheets at their attachment to the rear flap, to facilitate

the use of these sheets.

  The invention also provides a leaflet made by carrying out this process and characterized in that the leaflets are advertising coupons, vouchers, bonus tickets, loyalty vouchers or the like, of the type giving entitlement to advantages such as bonuses,

  price reductions and / or gifts.

  In the preferred embodiment of the invention, this notebook has substantially the shape of a matchbook, its cover serving as an advertising medium and / or identification of a company, a store or other, in particular of

  the issuer of the aforementioned coupons, tickets or vouchers.

  The invention will be better understood and other characteristics, details and advantages thereof will appear more clearly on reading the

  description which follows, given by way of example in

  reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

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  - Figure 1 schematically shows a sheet of paper having fold lines for the manufacture of a notebook by the method according to the invention; - Figures 2, 3 and 4 are side views, on a larger scale, showing essential steps of this process; - Figure 5 is a side view of an alternative embodiment of the invention; - Figures 6 and 7 are side views illustrating another alternative embodiment of the invention. We first refer to Figures 1 to 3, which schematically illustrate a first mode of

realization of the invention.

  In FIG. 1, the reference 10 designates a sheet of paper of very elongated rectangular shape, the width of which is equal to the width of the notebook and of the detachable sheets to be produced and the length of which is at least equal to the sum of the lengths of the different sheets detachable and the cover inside which these sheets should be placed. Is formed or is provided, in the usual way, transverse fold lines 12 on the sheet, which extend over the entire width of the sheet and delimit between them and with the ends of the sheet 10 sheets and flaps described more

in detail in the following.

  Starting from the right end 14 of the sheet 10 in FIG. 1, one forms or provides on this sheet as many fold lines 12 equidistant as one wishes from detachable sheets 16, the distance between the end 14 of

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  the sheet 10 and the first fold line 12 being equal to the length of a sheet 16, and the distance between two consecutive lines 12 being equal to this length. 5 Following these lines 12 which delimit the sheets 16, we successively provides on the sheet 10 two transverse fold lines 18 to form a first front flap 20 of the cover, which is attached to the last detachable sheet 16 by the last fold line 12, then a transverse fold line 22 at a short distance from the second fold line 18, another transverse fold line 22 spaced from the first by a distance equal to the length of the rear flap 15 of the cover, and a last transverse fold line 26 which is spaced a short distance from the second fold line 22 and which is at a distance from the other end 28 of the sheet 10 equal to the desired length of the second front flap 30 of the cover. The small flaps 32 and 34 formed between the first front flap 20 of the cover and the rear flap 24 and between this rear flap 24 and the second front flap 30 of the cover, will make it possible to give a certain thickness to this cover when it will be folded around the detachable sheets 16, which facilitates the use of the book of detachable sheets and

also improves its appearance.

  The sheet 10 can be folded as follows: We start at its end 14 and we fold the sheet 10 around the first line 12 in a direction shown diagrammatically by the arrow 36 in FIG. 1, then we fold it in the other direction around the second line 12 as shown by arrow 37, and so

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  immediately, to obtain a series of accordion folds as shown schematically in Figure 2, the folding of the sheet 10 around the last line 12 being in the same direction as the folding around the penultimate line 12, the bundle of sheets 12 before then be under sheet 10 by

  relative to the position shown in figure 1.

  The sheet 10 is then folded around the first line 18 in the opposite direction (to that of folding around the last line 12) and then four times in a row in the opposite direction around the second line 18, the first and the second line 22 and line 26, as shown diagrammatically by the arrows in FIG. 1, to obtain a first front flap 20 formed of two superimposed thicknesses for more rigidity, a small flap 32, the rear flap 24, a small flap 34 and the second part before 30

of the cover (Figure 2).

  The next step consists (figure 3) in fixing the last sheet 16 of the bundle on the rear flap 24 of the cover, advantageously by stapling as shown in 38, the fixing taking place in the vicinity of the fold line 12 which connects the last sheet 16 at the first front flap 20 of the cover, any means other than stapling which may

  be used for the above attachment.

  It only remains to fold the second front flap 30 of the cover onto the bundle of sheets 16 and to slide its free edge under the first flap 20 of the cover, to arrive at the configuration.

shown in figure 4.

  When the book thus obtained is given to a user, it suffices for the latter to lift the flap 30 of the cover to gain access to the first sheet 16 of the bundle. This first leaflet, for

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  be used, must be separated from the following sheets, which can be done by cutting along the fold line 12 connecting the first sheet to the second.5 Advantageously, the fold lines 12 between the sheets 16 are precut lines of so that the user just has to pull on the first sheet 16 to separate it without difficulty from the second sheet.10 The user can then fold the flap 30 of the cover over the bundle of remaining sheets

  and store the notebook until the next sheet 16 is used.

  Of course, the sheet 10 is printed before folding, the sheets 16, the flaps 20, 24, 30 as well as possibly the small flaps 32 and 34 can be printed on one side or on two sides, depending

cases.

  In the alternative embodiment shown in FIG. 5, the flaps 24, 34 and 30 of the cover are formed with a double thickness of paper, for more rigidity. To do this, it suffices to extend the sheet 10 beyond its end 28 shown in FIG. 1 and to provide an additional fold line 40 at the end 28, which allows this part of the sheet to be folded down on itself. even around the line 40 before folding it around the lines 26 and 22. The second thickness of paper folded inside the flaps 24, 34 and 30 can be held in place by stapling 38 of the last sheet 16 on the rear cover 24 of the cover. In the alternative embodiment shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, it is the entire bundle of sheets 16 which is fixed, advantageously by stapling, on

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  the rear flap 24 of the cover as indicated at 38, that is to say in the vicinity of the fold line

  12 connecting the last sheet 16 of the bundle to the first front flap 20 of the cover.

  The sheets 16 must then be cut transversely at their opposite end, located on the

  side of the small flap 34 of the cover, along a line shown diagrammatically at 46 in FIG. 6, so as to be separated from each other as shown in FIG. 7.

  Each sheet 16 is then detachable by

  pull away from stapling line 38.

  For convenience, each sheet may include a pre-cut line in the vicinity of the stapling line 38, these pre-cut lines can be formed on the fold lines 12 as in the first embodiment described in FIGS. 1 to 4. The embodiment of FIGS. 6 and 7 allows the detachable sheets 16 to be used in any order, which is not necessarily that of

  their succession in the wad of sheets.

  In general, the invention makes it possible to present a notebook with detachable sheets in the same form as a matchbook, the detachable sheets being able to be advertising coupons, vouchers, reward tickets, vouchers loyalty, etc., and in particular all slips giving the right to any advantage such as a bonus, a price reduction, a gift, etc.

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Claims (9)

  1 - Method for manufacturing a notebook of detachable sheets, characterized in that it consists in making the notebook by transverse folding of a sheet of paper (10) whose width is that of the notebook and detachable sheets (16) and the length of which is at least equal to the sum of the lengths of the sheets (16) and of a blanket   the interior of which the sheets are placed.   2 - Method according to claim 1, characterized in that it consists in folding the sheet of paper (10) alternately in one direction and in the other along parallel transverse lines (12) to obtain a series of accordion folds forming the aforesaid sheets (16), and folding said sheet (10) always in the same direction around other parallel transverse lines (18, 22, 26) to form the cover inside which the sheets (16) are placed.   3 - Method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it consists in folding the sheet (10) in the same direction along at least three transverse lines (18, 22, 26) from one end to form three cover flaps (30, 24, 20) and folding the sheet (10) in the other direction around another transverse line (18) to connect a cover flap (20) to the series of sheets (16).   4 - Method according to one of claims   previous, characterized in that said cover has two front flaps, one of which (30) is free 2790419   and the other (20) of which is connected to the series of sheets (16), and a rear flap (24) formed between the two front flaps (20, 30), this method consisting in applying the series of sheets (16) on the rear flap (24), to fix at least one sheet (16) of this series on the rear flap (24) in the vicinity of a longitudinal end of this sheet, and to fold down the front flaps (20, 30) l one on top of the other and on the series of sheets (16).   - Method according to claim 4, characterized in that the front flap (20) connected to the series of sheets (16) has a length less than that of the other front flap (30).   6 - Method according to one of claims   previous, characterized in that the fold lines between the sheets (16) are precut lines.   7 - Method according to one of claims 4 to   6, characterized in that it consists in fixing all the sheets (16) on the rear flap (24) in the vicinity of one of their ends, along the same line fixing (38).   8 - Method according to claim 7, characterized in that the front flap (20) connected to the sheets (16) is fixed to the rear flap (24) at the same time as the sheets (16) and along the same fixing line.   9 - Method according to one of claims 4 to   8, characterized in that the above-mentioned attachment is made by stapling.   - Method according to one of claims 7 to   9, characterized in that it consists in cutting transversely the sheets (16) at their end which is not fixed on the rear flap (24) in order to separate them one another.   11 - Method according to one of claims 4 to   , characterized in that, in order to form the free front flap (30) and the rear flap (24), it consists in folding over itself the corresponding end of the sheet of paper (10) in order to obtain part of the sheet double thickness, then fold this part around the aforementioned transverse lines (26, 22) delimiting the front flap (30) and the rear flap (24). 12 - Book of sheets produced by execution of the   process described in one of the claims   previous, characterized in that the sheets (16) are printed on at least one side to constitute advertising coupons, vouchers, bonus tickets, loyalty vouchers or the like, of the type giving entitlement to advantages such for example as price reductions, bonuses and / or gifts. 13 - Notebook according to claim 12, characterized in that it has substantially the shape of a matchbook, its cover serving as an advertising medium and / or identification of a business, store or other.