JP2002046376A - Sheet for folding envelope - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To protect information to be described on a return/reply postcard b forming an envelope from a sheet for a folding envelope having a concealing member and enabling a simple concealing of the information such as a return item or the like described on the postcard by an envelope recipient. SOLUTION: The sheet 1 for the folding envelope comprises a return/reply postcard form 19 provided on a predetermined sheet surface, and a concealing label 11 detachably provided at a side to become an inside of the envelope at a winding and folding time of the sheet surface except the sheet surface having the form 19 to conceal an information describing part 21 of the form 19.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sheet whose envelope can be obtained by folding.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a financial institution or department store, when a new product or various services are notified to a customer, a postcard-shaped guide letter is sent or an envelope is used for notification. And so on. When the content of notification is large, it is common to create notification information as a catalog or a pamphlet, such as direct mail, and send it in an envelope. In addition, in the case of using an envelope, it is possible to notify a relatively large amount of information as described above, and to make it easy for a recipient who has viewed a catalog or pamphlet to submit a return (for example, an order form or an application form). To
A postcard for reply can be enclosed in advance, and a pamphlet or the like is often sent in a form enclosing the postcard.

[0003] By the way, catalogs and pamphlets to be put in envelopes are often made in the form of booklets, and because the shape of the envelopes is limited, the area when opening the catalogs and pamphlets is made so large. Can not do. In addition, when sending to a customer, it is necessary to set a catalog or pamphlet and the postcard for reply in an envelope and set the catalog and pamphlet in the envelope. This requires labor and easily forgets to insert the postcard. In this regard, the applicant of the present invention has proposed a folded letter sheet in which a letter can be formed into a letter form by folding, and a postcard for reply is arranged on the paper separated by the folding part. (For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-181259
Reference). Regarding the folded envelope sheet, when the envelope recipient opens the envelope, separates the postcard for reply, describes the predetermined reply items, and then replies, the information such as the reply items described in the postcards is the There was a request to keep them out of the eyes of the three. Therefore, the present invention is to form a letter from a folded letter sheet with a concealing member, the folded letter into a letter form by folding and having a postcard for reply, the recipient letter in the reply letter was described in the reply postcard It is an object of the present invention to easily conceal information such as reply items, and to protect information described in a postcard for reply.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned problems, and has a laterally folded portion extending in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. A vertical folded portion that intersects the horizontal folded portion over at least, the sheet body is divided into at least four sides by the vertical folded portion and the horizontal folded portion, and the sheet body is horizontally folded in the second direction from the horizontal folded portion. After being folded, it is provided so as to be able to be wound and folded in the first direction from the vertical folding portion, and the sheet surface located at the end of the winding and folding is used as an envelope paper and connected to the envelope paper via the vertical folding portion. A sheet having a sheet surface as an envelope lower sheet, wherein a sealing piece is provided between the upper edge and the lower edge of the sheet body facing each other in the second direction via the easy-opening means over the upper edge. It is connected, and the area to be coated with the adhesive is In addition, one of the opposing portions located at the side folding portion side and facing at the time of winding folding is provided with an adhesive application application area, and the other of the opposing portions is provided with a peeling portion coated with a release agent. A sealing means for folding over the envelope base paper and sealing is provided on the edge side of the sheet body at the end of winding and folding, and a predetermined sheet surface of the sheet surface divided by the vertical folding portion and the horizontal folding portion is provided. And a concealing label for concealing the informational part of the reply postcard on the side of the sheet other than the surface on which the reply postcard is provided, and inside the sealed letter when folded It is an object of the present invention to provide a folding envelope sheet characterized by being provided so as to be able to solve the above-mentioned problem.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in FIGS. In the drawing, reference numeral 1 denotes a folded letter sheet for obtaining a folded letter, which will be described later. Address information A and notification information B to the recipient are printed and printed. The sheet body 2 is provided with a folding portion so that the sheet body 2 can be folded from a predetermined position to form a sealed form. As shown in FIG.
A horizontal folded portion 3 is provided at a substantially central portion of the sheet body 2 over a first direction X which is a width direction (short side direction of the obtained letter), and a vertical direction (the obtained letter) of the sheet body 2. (Long side direction) in the second direction Y. The first and second directions X and Y are orthogonal to each other, and three vertical folded portions 4 intersect one horizontal folded portion 3. As described above, the sheet body 2 has the three vertical folds 4 and the one horizontal fold 3 and is divided into eight surfaces, and folds from the horizontal fold 3 in the second direction Y to fold. From the vertical folding section 4, the paper can be folded in the first direction X. In the example shown in the drawing, the sheet is divided into eight sides. In order to fold and fold the sheet after folding (horizontal folding) as described above, the upper side of the horizontal folding part 3 is used. The sheet surface on the end side of the winding and folding is referred to as an envelope paper 5, and the sheet surface connected to the envelope paper 5 in the first direction X via the vertical folding section 4 is referred to as an envelope paper sheet 6. In the envelope paper 5, the address information A is provided on a surface which is exposed outward when the paper is folded.
The notification information B is provided on a predetermined side of the envelope formed by the envelope upper sheet 5 and the envelope lower sheet 6 when the sheet is folded.

In the folded postcard sheet 1 obtained by folding as described above to obtain a folded envelope, a predetermined portion of the sheet main body 2 is set as a portion where the bonding means is provided. First, the sealing piece 7 is provided over the edge of the sheet body 2 facing the second direction Y, that is, over the upper edge of the upper edge and the lower edge. The sealing piece 7 is exposed without overlapping when the sheet main body 2 is horizontally folded into two from the horizontal folding part 3, and is formed on the first sheet surface at the time of the above-mentioned winding folding (vertical folding). An adhesive application scheduled area 8 is provided on each side of each of the sealing pieces 7 except for the opposite side and the exposed side of the sealing piece 7 that is exposed outward in the sealed state. further,
Easy opening means 9 having a perforation for cutting along the upper end edge so that the sealing piece 7 can be wound and folded as described later and removed in a state sealed with an adhesive.
Is provided.

Further, in the sheet body 2, there is also a place where a bonding means is provided in order to be able to perform winding and folding so as to perform bonding for sealing a side edge side facing the sealing piece 7 side. It is set so that, on the side of the horizontal folding portion 3, each of the facing portions facing outward when folded in the second direction Y and facing each other at the time of winding folding (see FIG. 2) can be peeled off. An adhesive structure is obtained. As shown in the drawing, in an opposing area a and an opposing area b which are opposed to each other at the beginning of winding, an anti-adhesion application area 10 for applying an adhesive is provided in the opposing area a. Is provided with a peeling portion 11 in which a release agent is applied in advance, and a structure that can be brought into contact and separated even when the adhesive is applied to the adhesive application planned area 10 in a state where the adhesive is applied is provided. In an opposing portion c and an opposing portion d that face each other in the next fold (roll folding), an adhesive application planned area 10 is provided in the opposing portion c, and a peeling portion 11 is provided in the opposing portion d.
Is provided. Further, between the opposing part e and the opposing part f that face each other in the last winding folding, the adhesive application scheduled area 10 is provided at the opposing part e, and the peeling part 11 is provided at the opposing part f. As described above, the adhesive application scheduled area 10 is provided on one of the opposed parts, and the peeling part 11 formed by applying a release agent in advance is provided on the other of the opposed parts. By applying an adhesive to the area 10 and winding and folding the area, the opposing parts are attached to each other, and the opposing parts are easily separated at the time of opening a later-described sealed letter.

[0008] In this folded envelope sheet 1,
A sealing piece 12 serving as a sealing means for folding over and sealing the envelope base paper 6 at the time of winding is connected to a side edge of the envelope upper paper 5 which is a side edge of the sheet body 2 at the end of winding. ing. Further, an opposing piece 13 is connected to the sealing piece 12 via the laterally folded portion 3, and the opposing piece 13 itself is
It is also connected to the sheet surface connected to the envelope upper paper 5 via the horizontal folding portion 3. The sealing piece 12 is provided with an adhesive application scheduled area 14 for applying an adhesive for winding and folding to adhere to the envelope base paper 6,
In the facing piece 13, the width dimension in the first direction X is adjusted from the adhesive application area 14 of the sealing piece 12 to the envelope paper 5.
When the sealing piece 12 is folded on the envelope base paper 6 side as described later,
The adhesive application planned area 14 of the sealing piece 12 is configured to directly face the envelope base paper 6. That is, when the sealing piece 12 serving as the sealing means is folded on the envelope paper 6 side, the opposing piece 13 is provided so as not to contact the adhesive applied to the adhesive application scheduled area 14. Further, the sealing piece 1
2 and the opposing piece 13 are provided with opening means 15 formed by perforating two perforations 15a in the second direction Y, and the two perforations 1 constituting the opening means 15 are provided.
A folding portion 16 is provided so as to pass between 5a, and the sealing piece 12 and the opposing piece 13 overlapped by the lateral folding are folded from the folding portion 16 with the opposing piece 13 being inward, It can be folded to the envelope lower paper 6 side. Then, the two perforations 15a are aligned on the outer side of the vertical folding part 4 by folding from the folding part 16 between the opening means 15;
At the time of opening, the sealing piece 12 and the opposing piece 13 are cut by cutting from the perforation 15a of the opening means 15 (see FIGS. 4 and 5).

As described above, the opposing piece 13 is
Is provided in a rectangular shape having a shorter width in the first direction X than in the first direction X, so that the facing piece 13 is overlapped with the sealing piece 12 and the sealing piece 12 is 2D, the side edge 17 of the opposing piece 13 does not appear outside the envelope as shown in FIG. 2D, and the appearance of the folded envelope 24 may be impaired. Absent. The side edge 17 of the facing piece 13 is the sealing piece 1.
2 has a certain width dimension so as not to cover the adhesive application scheduled area 14, but the present invention is not limited to this, and corresponds to the vertical folded portion 4 in FIG. As shown by the imaginary line 17a at the portion where the opening is to be made, the width may be further reduced so as to eliminate the opening means, and the opposing piece 13 itself can be eliminated.

[0010] Of the plurality of sheet surfaces divided by the horizontal folding portion 3 and the vertical folding portion 4 in the folded letter-sealing sheet 1, one of the sheet surfaces located on the starting end side at the time of winding and folding is provided.
Reply postcard paper 19 which can be separated by the perforations 18 reaching the side edge of the sheet body 2 across the sheet surface at the position where the postcard shape can be obtained from along the vertical folding portion 4 and the easy-opening means 9. Is provided. Since the reply postcard 19 is provided in such a manner as to be separable, the recipient who has received the folded envelope 24 made of the folded envelope sheet 1 expands the folded envelope 24,
If the reply postcard sheet 19 is separated, a reply postcard can be easily obtained. The reply address is printed on the reply postcard 19 in advance so that the recipient of the folded envelope 24 does not have to write the reply address when sending the reply postcard. That is, as shown in FIG. 1B, the reply address information 20 is printed on one side of the reply postcard 19 in advance. On the other side of the reply postcard 19, as shown in FIG. 1 (a), a concealment information writing section 21 for writing information such as reply items and personal information is provided. When the recipient opens the folded envelope 24 composed of the envelope sheet 1 and looks at the notification information B written on the folded envelope sheet 1 or the like, and then writes predetermined information in the concealment information recording section 21. Become.

As described above, the concealed information writing section 21 is provided on the reply postcard sheet 19 serving as a reply postcard. In the present invention, the information described here is used by a third party in the course of sending the reply postcard. A member for preventing the sheet from being exposed to the sheet is provided in the folded letter-sealing sheet 1 in advance, and as shown in FIG. A concealing label 22 having a size capable of covering the concealing information description portion 21 is attached so as to be peelable. The concealing label 22 is shown in FIG.
Adhesive 23 of low adhesive strength that is peelably adhered as shown in FIG.
Is attached to the sheet surface through the cover, and when necessary, it is peeled off from the sheet surface and attached so as to cover the concealment information recording portion 21 on which information is described. As a result, in the process of sending the reply postcard, the information described in the concealment information writing unit 21 is not exposed to the eyes of a third party. Then, the side receiving the reply postcard peels off the concealing label 22 to confirm the information. The concealing label 22 is not limited to a label having an adhesive 23 having a weak adhesive force so that the concealing label 22 can be peeled off from the reply postcard paper 19. That is,
The role of the concealment label 22 is to prevent the information described in the concealment information recording unit 21 from being exposed to the eyes of a third party in the process of sending the reply postcard, and to provide the concealment information description unit 21 with the side receiving the reply postcard. Since it is sufficient that the described information can be confirmed, concealment labels of various types can be used as long as the requirements are satisfied. One such example is a two-layer film configuration in which an upper layer film having a concealing layer and a transparent lower layer film are pseudo-adhered, and a concealing label in which a strong adhesive is applied to the lower film side may be used. In this case, the sheet surface on which the concealing label 22 is provided is subjected to a peeling treatment, or a release sheet is fixed thereto, and the concealing label 22 having the above-described configuration is releasably disposed at this portion. Then, by peeling off the upper layer film on the recipient side of the reply postcard, the information described in the concealment information description section 21 can be confirmed.

In the above embodiment, the reply postcard sheet 19 and the concealing label 22 are positioned on the sheet surface which is the starting end side when winding and folding. However, the present invention is not limited to this. In the case of the paper 19, it is located on the sheet surface excluding the sheet surfaces serving as the envelope upper paper 5 and the envelope lower paper 6, and in the case of the concealment label 22, the sheet surface other than the sheet surface on which the reply postcard paper 19 is provided Therefore, when the paper is folded and folded, it can be positioned on the side that is inside the sealed letter. Also, a plurality of reply postcards 19 may be present, and a plurality of concealment labels 22 may be provided corresponding to the concealment information description portions 21 of the plurality of reply postcards 19. Further, in the above embodiment, the reply postcard paper 19 is formed by dividing the sheet surface by the easy-opening means 9 and the perforations 18, but the reply postcard paper 19 is formed separately from the sheet main body 2. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which it is detachably attached to the surface via an adhesive having a weak adhesive force.

In order to form a folded envelope 24 from the folded envelope sheet 1 having the above-mentioned structure and predetermined information printed thereon, as shown in FIG. Is folded horizontally in the second direction Y. Next,
An adhesive is applied to the adhesive application area 8 of the exposed sealing piece 7 and the adhesive application area 10 on the side of the horizontal fold 3, and FIG.
In (a), the right-side sheet surface side (the sheet surface side opposite to the envelope paper 5) in the figure is wound in the first direction X from the vertical folding portion 4 with the winding-folding start end (FIG. 2
(B)). In this way, the sealing pieces 7 are adhered to each other by applying the adhesive to the adhesive application planned areas 8 and 10 and winding and folding the same, and the opposing portions a and b,
C and d, and e and f are bonded in a state where they can be peeled off. Thereafter, an adhesive is applied to the adhesive application planned area 14 of the sealing piece 12, and then the sealing piece 12 and the opposing piece 13 are overlapped and adhered to the envelope sheet 6. In this way, a predetermined folded portion is attached, and a sealed folded letter 24 is obtained (see FIG. 2 (d)). In order to open the folded envelope 24 made of the illustrated folded envelope sheet, the sealing piece 12 is opened from the opening means 15 and the sealing piece 7 is separated from the easy-opening means 9. If the sheet main body 2 is opened by returning the winding and folding state while separating the scheduled application area 10 and the peeling portion 11 from each other, the entire surface of the sheet main body 2 can be seen, and the reply postcard paper 19 and the concealment label 22 are also displayed. It can be removed and removed. Thereafter, as described above, the reply postcard sheet 19 is separated and used as a reply postcard, and predetermined items are described in the concealment information writing section 21 and then covered with the concealment label 22 to provide the reply postcard.

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention, after the sheet body is folded horizontally, the sheet is folded as a vertical fold orthogonal to the transverse fold, and the sealing means on the last side of the roll fold is attached to the envelope base paper. A sheet in which a sealed letter is obtained, and a reply postcard is provided on a predetermined sheet surface among the sheet surfaces separated by the vertical folding portion and the horizontal folding portion,
Since the concealing label for concealing the information entry portion of the reply postcard is detachably provided on the side of the sheet other than the sheet on which the reply postcard is provided and becomes the inside of the sealed letter when folded and folded, The information written on the reply postcard obtained separately from the sheet body can be covered with the concealment label sent integrally with the folded envelope, and the information described in the concealment information description section is sent as a reply postcard In the process, the reply postcard is not exposed to the eyes of a third party, and can eliminate the psychological resistance of the sender of the reply postcard and contribute to the protection of privacy. And since the concealment label is detachably attached to the sheet body, the concealment label does not fall off alone even when the folded envelope is expanded, so that the concealment label can be prevented from being lost. It has an effect excellent in practicality.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an example of a folded letter-sealing sheet according to the present invention, wherein (a) is an explanatory diagram showing one surface, and (b) is an explanatory diagram showing the other surface.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a folding step in an example of a folded envelope sheet.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing an example in a cross section of a concealing label attaching portion.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing opening.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a sealed portion of a sealed letter in a cross section.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Folding envelope sheet 2 ... Sheet body 5 ... Envelope upper paper 6 ... Envelope lower paper 19 ... Reply postcard paper 21 ... Concealment information description part 22 ... Concealment label 24 ... Folding envelope

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A sheet body comprising: a sheet body having a horizontal fold portion extending in a first direction and a vertical fold portion intersecting the horizontal fold portion in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The main body is divided into at least four sides by the vertical fold and the horizontal fold, and is provided so as to be foldable in the first direction from the vertical fold after being folded horizontally in the second direction from the horizontal fold. A sheet surface located at the end of the winding and folding, and a sheet surface connected to the envelope sheet via a vertical folding portion as an envelope sheet. A sealing piece is connected via an easy-opening means over the upper edge of the upper edge and the lower edge which are opposed to each other in the direction of, and an adhesive is applied to a facing portion when the sealing piece is wound and folded. It has a planned area and is located on the side of the horizontal folding part and faces when winding and folding. One of the opposing portions is provided with an area to be coated with an adhesive, and the other of the opposing portions is provided with a peeling portion formed by applying a release agent. Provided on the edge side of the sheet body to be formed, of the sheet surface divided by the vertical folded portion and the horizontal folded portion,
A reply postcard sheet is provided on a predetermined sheet surface, and the information entry portion of the reply postcard sheet is concealed on the side of the sheet surface other than the sheet surface on which the reply postcard sheet is provided and becomes the inside of the sealed letter when folded. A folding envelope sheet, wherein a concealing label is provided detachably.