JP2004131116A - Sheet for envelope - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sheet for an envelope which can be simply and rapidly sealed, fully satisfies a request of rationalization of office works required as a business form (a slip), and can be simply prepared. <P>SOLUTION: The envelope 2 is formed from the sheet 1 for the envelope by folding it at specified folds and sticking specified positions. The sheet has a pair of envelope main body pieces 3a and 3b, and a sealing piece 4 continuously provided on one end part of a pair of the envelope body pieces 3a and 3b through a fold 21. Adhesive parts 9 for forming the envelope are continuously provided on both edge parts in the width direction of mutually piled-up faces under a specified folded condition. An adhesive part 10 for sealing an opening of the envelope 2 is provided on the mutually piled-up faces between the sealing piece 4 and the envelope body piece 3a. Adhesives with which each of the adhesive parts 9 and 10 for forming the envelope is coated, are such a pressure-sensitive adhesive that sticks the adhesive parts by pressing them under a condition where the adhesive parts are piled up together. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention forms an envelope for forming an envelope used for notifying a customer or the like of personal information of the customer or the like managed and input by a computer, for example, a bank account statement or a telephone bill. The present invention relates to an envelope sheet that can be used.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In this type of envelope sheet, for example, address information such as an address and a destination is displayed, and a pair of envelope body pieces continuously provided through a fold, and one end of the pair of envelope body pieces through a fold. A long sheet for an envelope having a constant width is known, which has a sealing piece continuously provided by an operator and an information sheet piece continuously provided via a fold at the other end of the envelope body piece (for example, Patent Document 1). 1).
[0003]
This long sheet for envelopes is folded in the longitudinal direction in a state where the information sheet piece is folded inward, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive is applied to both longitudinal edges that are overlapped in this folded state, By pressing in the folded state, both edges in the longitudinal direction are sealed to form an envelope. On the other hand, the sealing piece of the long sheet for the envelope is superimposed on the main body piece of the envelope in a state where the long sheet is folded, and a rewet adhesive is applied to the overlapped surface, and the rewet adhesive is used. The sealing piece is sealed and adhered to the envelope body piece by hand.
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-11-147541 [0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the above-mentioned envelope long sheet, since the adhesive applied to the sealing piece is a re-wet adhesive, when the envelope formed by this envelope long sheet is sealed, the re-wet process and the adhesion are performed. And the process cannot be performed easily and quickly.
[0006]
In addition, the long sheet for envelopes has an adhesive applied to both edges thereof and an adhesive applied to a sealing piece, that is, an adhesive for forming an envelope opened to the side of the sealing piece, and the adhesive for forming the opening. Since the adhesive used for sealing the sheet is different, a step of applying a pressure-sensitive adhesive and an application step of a re-wet adhesive are required even at the stage of manufacturing the sheet itself, and the problem is that it cannot be easily manufactured. there were.
[0007]
The present invention relates to an improvement of the above-mentioned conventional envelope sheet, and can easily and quickly seal, sufficiently satisfying a demand for business rationalization required as a business form (form), and easily. An object is to provide an envelope sheet that can be manufactured.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, an envelope sheet according to the present invention is an envelope sheet that is folded along substantially parallel folds and forms an envelope by bonding a predetermined portion, and a pair of the envelope sheets forming the envelope. And a sealing piece connected to one end of the pair of envelope body pieces via a fold, and left and right sides of surfaces overlapping each other when folded between the pair of envelope body pieces. Adhesive portions for forming an envelope are continuously or intermittently provided at both end edges, while a sealing adhesive for sealing the opening of the envelope on a surface overlapping with the envelope body piece in a state where the sealing piece is folded. A pressure-sensitive adhesive that can be bonded to each of the adhesive portions by applying pressure in a state where the adhesive portions are overlapped with each other in advance, and the pair of envelope body pieces and the sealing pieces are applied. And rolled up In by pressurizing, and is characterized in that it has to be sealed by bonding the adhesive portion.
[0009]
According to the above configuration, since a pressure-sensitive adhesive that can be bonded by applying pressure in a state where the adhesive portions are overlapped with each other is applied to the sealing adhesive portion for sealing the opening of the envelope in advance. , And can be sealed in one step of pressurizing, and simple and quick sealing can be performed. In addition, since the pressure-sensitive adhesive that can be bonded only when the adhesive applied to each bonding portion is pressed in a state where the bonding portions are overlapped is used, the sealing piece is used as the envelope body piece. By applying pressure in a non-overlapping state, it is possible to form an envelope which is open to the sealing piece side by bonding the bonding portions without interfering with the sealing bonding portion. Further, since the adhesive applied to the adhesive portion and the sealing adhesive portion is the same, it can be manufactured by a series of application operations, and can be easily manufactured.
[0010]
In the present invention, perforations for separating the adhesive portion for the envelope are provided inside the adhesive portion for the envelope at the left and right end edges of the piece of the envelope main body, or the pair of the envelope main body piece and the sealing piece are provided. It is preferable that the fold between the two is formed by a perforation. With this configuration, the adhesive portion for forming the envelope can be cut off along the perforation, or the pair of envelope body pieces and the sealing piece can be separated along the perforation, thereby improving the work efficiency in the opening operation. It can be opened without breaking the information sheet piece which is the enclosed matter.
[0011]
Further, in the present invention, one of the pair of envelope body pieces is provided with a translucent window portion for reading address information such as an address displayed on an envelope enclosed in the envelope and an address. It is preferred that the With such a configuration, the address information such as the address and the address and the personal information of the addressee specified by the address information are both enclosed in the envelope enclosed in the envelope formed by the envelope sheet. Since the address information can be described on the same side of the object and the address information can be read from the outside of the envelope through the translucent window, erroneous transmission due to a mismatch between the address information and the personal information can be reliably prevented. .
[0012]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
An envelope sheet according to the present invention will be described based on an embodiment shown in the drawings.
[0013]
FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an envelope sheet according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a rear view of the envelope sheet. Here, the surface of the envelope sheet 1 refers to a surface including the outer surface of the envelope 2 in a folded state.
[0014]
The envelope sheet 1 is a band-like sheet having a fixed width made of paper such as coated paper, high-quality paper, etc., and is folded in a predetermined direction and bonded at a predetermined position to form an envelope. The width of the envelope sheet 1 of the present embodiment is set to the length of the long side of the standard mail, and a plurality of sheets (two in the present embodiment) extending in the width direction of the sheet at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction. The folds 20 and 21 are provided substantially in parallel to form a rectangular envelope 2 of a standard postal size in a folded state.
[0015]
FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an envelope formed by the envelope sheet 1 according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG. FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line VV in FIG.
[0016]
In this embodiment, the envelope sheet 1 is a long sheet having the width of the long side of the standard mail, but the long sheet having the short side of the standard mail as the width. May be used. The envelope 2 formed by the envelope sheet 1 has a standard postal size, that is, a long side of 14 to 23.5 cm (23.5 cm in the present embodiment) and a short side of 9 to 12 cm (12 cm in the present embodiment). ), The size of the envelope 2 is not limited to this. However, it is preferable to use the fixed-size mail envelope 2 as described above from the viewpoint of versatility and ease of use such as shipping cost.
[0017]
The envelope sheet 1 is composed of a pair of envelope body pieces 3a and 3b which constitute the envelope 2 and are continuously provided via a fold 20, and a fold 21 is formed at one end of the pair of envelope body pieces 3a and 3b. , And a plurality of sealing pieces 4 are provided in series, and these envelope body pieces 3a, 3b and the sealing pieces 4 are provided integrally in a series.
[0018]
As shown in FIG. 4, the envelope body pieces 3a and 3b and the sealing piece 4 are formed by folding each of the folds 20 and 21 in the same direction (for example, mountain fold or valley fold), that is, winding. It is formed.
[0019]
The length of the pair of envelope body pieces 3a and 3b corresponding to the longitudinal direction of the envelope sheet 1 is set to the short side length of the standard mail, and as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. It is designed to be a standard postal size. At a predetermined position on the front surface (outer surface of the envelope 2 in the folded state) of one of the pair of envelope body pieces 3a and 3b, an address information column 6 in which address information such as an address and a destination is described is provided. ing. This address information column 6 is shown in a state where address information is described by printing or the like in the address information column 6 as a blank portion. The address information column 6 may be provided on the surface of the envelope bodies 3a and 3b by printing or the like.
[0020]
On the surface of the other envelope body piece 3b, for example, information about an advertisement or a sender may be printed.
[0021]
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the sealing piece 4 is for sealing an opening of the envelope 2 formed by the pair of envelope body pieces 3 a and 3 b, and is provided at one end in the longitudinal direction of the envelope sheet 1. It is located in. That is, the sealing piece 4 is connected to one of the edges of the pair of envelope main bodies 3a and 3b via the fold 21, and is wound and folded together with the pair of envelope main bodies 3a and 3b. The sealing piece 4 is affixed to the upper edge portion of the envelope main body piece 3a which is not provided continuously.
[0022]
As shown in FIG. 1, the envelope sheet 1 has an envelope-forming adhesive portion formed by applying a pressure-sensitive adhesive to both edges in the width direction of the envelope sheet 1 on the front side thereof. 9 is provided in the shape of an elongated strip along the longitudinal direction, and the sealing adhesive portion 10 in which a pressure-sensitive adhesive is applied to the edge of the surface of the envelope body piece 3 on which the sealing piece 4 is overlapped is used for the envelope. The sheet 1 is provided along the width direction.
[0023]
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, the envelope sheet 1 is provided with an envelope-forming adhesive portion 9 coated with a pressure-sensitive adhesive over the entire length at both edges in the width direction, as shown in FIG. 2. A sealing adhesive portion 10 in which a pressure-sensitive adhesive is applied to an edge portion of the sealing piece 4 opposite to an edge portion side on which the envelope body piece 3b is continuously provided extends along the width direction of the envelope sheet 1. It is provided.
[0024]
That is, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the adhesive portion 9 for forming an envelope is continuously provided on both left and right edges of surfaces of the envelope sheet 1 that overlap each other when the envelope 2 is formed. By bonding the corresponding portions of the bonding portion 9 that overlap with each other, all of the left and right short sides are sealed to form the envelope 2 in which one side of the long side is open. On the other hand, the sealing adhesive portion 10 is folded back so that the sealing piece 4 is overlapped with the envelope body piece 3 different from the envelope body piece 3 in which the sealing piece 4 is continuously provided. 3, the sealing adhesive portion 10 provided on the sealing piece 4 and the sealing adhesive portion 10 provided on the envelope body piece 3 are bonded to each other, so that the long side of the envelope 2 Seal the opening.
[0025]
A pressure-sensitive adhesive is applied to the adhesive portion 9 for forming the envelope and the adhesive portion 10 for sealing in advance. This pressure-sensitive adhesive is bonded only when the parts to which the pressure-sensitive adhesive is applied are pressed in a state of being overlapped, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive is applied to only one of the superposed surfaces. In the state of being applied, it is not adhered even if pressure is applied. The components of the pressure-sensitive adhesive are not particularly limited, and a known pressure-sensitive adhesive is used, and for example, a mixture of styrene, an alkyl acrylate, an acrylic acid copolymer, and an aqueous emulsion is used. Further, it is preferable that the pressure-sensitive adhesive is permanently bonded so that the sealed substance does not fall off due to peeling.
In order to bond the pressure-sensitive adhesive, the bonding portions may be overlapped with each other as described above, and a predetermined pressure may be applied in this state. It is preferable that the pressure in the pressurization is set to, for example, about 500 kgf / cm ² or more for coated paper and about 700 kgf / cm ^{2 for} fine paper. In this way, by applying a pressure equal to or higher than a predetermined value, the adhesive can be firmly bonded. In addition, the meaning of the pressure-sensitive adhesive herein includes a material exhibiting good adhesiveness when pressed under a constant heating condition.
[0026]
As shown in FIG. 2, the envelope sheet 1 is provided with a first perforation 11 inside the envelope forming adhesive portion 9 at both right and left edges, and as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5. At the time of opening, the left and right edges including the envelope forming adhesive portion 9 can be cut off along the first perforation 11. On the other hand, a fold 21 between the sealing piece 4 and the pair of envelope body pieces 3 is constituted by a second perforation 12, and as shown in FIGS. From the pair of envelope body pieces 3. Although the perforations 12 in the figure are provided substantially parallel to the folds 21 for convenience of explanation, the folds 21 and the perforations 12 are actually provided in a state of being coincident with each other. These perforations 11 and 12 can be omitted as appropriate, and a cutting instruction line may be provided instead of the perforations 11 and 12. When the perforations 11 and 12 are omitted as described above, the adhesive portion 9 for forming an envelope is cut off by cutting means such as scissors, or the adhesive portion 10 for sealing is separated from the pair of envelope body pieces 3. Furthermore, the position of the perforation 12 can be changed as appropriate, and the perforation 12 may be provided closer to the sealing piece 4 or closer to the envelope body piece 3b from the fold 21.
[0027]
Next, a method for manufacturing the envelope sheet 1 according to the present embodiment and a method for forming the envelope 2 from the envelope sheet 1 will be described.
[0028]
First, the address information column 6 is printed on the same side of a plain or pre-printed base sheet with the width set to the long side length of the standard mail, or these columns are provided as blanks. Then, a first perforation 11 and a second perforation 12 are formed at the above-mentioned predetermined portions of the sheet, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive is applied to the above-mentioned predetermined portions of the envelope sheet 1 and dried to form an adhesive portion for forming an envelope. 9 and the sealing adhesive portion 10 are formed, and the envelope sheet 1 is manufactured. Although a fold may be provided in advance on the envelope sheet 1, a fold may be formed by a later-described folding machine or the like when the envelope 2 is formed.
[0029]
Then, the address information is printed on the address information field 6 of the envelope sheet 1 by a single-sided printer. Before or after the address information is printed, various information such as an advertisement and a sender may be printed or printed in a predetermined blank portion on both the front and back surfaces of the envelope sheet 1 as necessary.
[0030]
Next, the envelope sheet 1 is folded in the longitudinal direction by a folding machine or the like. Specifically, in FIG. 1, a fold 20 between the pair of envelope body pieces 3a and 3b is mountain-folded, and the pair of envelope body pieces 3a and 3b are folded in two. Then, the envelope sheet 1 in the folded state is pressed by a roller or the like under the above-mentioned predetermined conditions or heated and pressed to form an envelope 2 which is opened in one direction. The envelope 2 is sucked up from both sides thereof by, for example, a sucker of an enclosing / sealing machine to expand the opening, and a separate and independent inner envelope is inserted between the pair of envelope body pieces 3a and 3b. Finally, the sealing piece 4 is folded back at the fold line 21 and further pressurized or heated and pressurized under predetermined conditions to form the envelope 2 in which an independent inner sealed substance is enclosed.
[0031]
Then, the envelope forming adhesive portion 9 of the envelope 2 is cut off along the first perforation 11, and the sealing adhesive portion 10 of the sealing piece 4 is cut off along the second perforation 12. Can be opened.
[0032]
Although the envelope sheet 1 according to the present embodiment has been described above, the envelope sheet 1 according to the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. It is possible. For example, the following changes are possible.
[0033]
In the above-described embodiment, the address information column 6 is provided in one of the pair of envelope body pieces 3. However, a translucent window is provided in place of the address information column 6, and the envelope is passed through the translucent window. You may comprise so that the address information described in the enclosed thing enclosed can be read.
[0034]
That is, FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a state in which an envelope is sealed in an envelope formed by another embodiment of the envelope sheet according to the present invention. In the envelope sheet 1 according to the other embodiment, a light-transmitting window portion 30 is provided at a predetermined position on one of the pair of envelope body pieces 3. Specifically, a substantially rectangular window hole 31 is formed in the left half of one of the envelope body pieces 3a, and a transparent film 32 made of synthetic resin, paper, or the like is provided in the window hole 31. A translucent window portion is provided by being attached. The transparent film 32 may be, for example, a translucent one as long as it can clearly read the address information written on the enclosed material. Then, the envelope 2 formed by the envelope sheet 1 is provided with an envelope in which the address information and the personal information of the addressee specified by the address information are written on the same surface, and the address information is transmitted through a transparent window. By encapsulating it in a state where it faces the unit 30, it is possible to read the address information of the enclosed matter through the light transmitting window 30. As described above, if the translucent window 30 is provided instead of the address information column 6, it is possible to read the address information directly written on the enclosed matter, and erroneous transmission due to inconsistency between the address information and the personal information. Can be reliably prevented.
[0035]
Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the adhesive portion 9 for forming an envelope is provided continuously is described. However, the adhesive portion 9 for forming an envelope may be provided intermittently. When the envelope-forming adhesive portion is provided intermittently, the envelope-forming adhesive portion is composed of a plurality of unit adhesive portions that are discontinuous with each other, and these unit adhesive portions are spaced at minute intervals in the length direction. This includes the case where they are provided and the case where these unit adhesive portions are arranged in a staggered manner so as to partially overlap in the length direction.
[0036]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the envelope forming sheet according to the present invention is an envelope sheet that folds along substantially parallel folds and forms an envelope by bonding a predetermined portion, and a pair of the envelope forming the envelope. An envelope body piece, and a sealing piece continuously provided at one end of the pair of envelope body pieces via a fold, and left and right ends of surfaces overlapping each other when folded between the pair of envelope body pieces. An adhesive portion for forming an envelope is continuously or intermittently provided on an edge portion, and an adhesive portion for sealing the opening of the envelope on a surface overlapping with the piece of the envelope body in a state where the sealing piece is folded. Is provided on each of the adhesive portions, a pressure-sensitive adhesive that can be bonded by applying pressure in a state in which the adhesive portions are overlapped with each other in advance is applied, and the pair of envelope body pieces and the sealing pieces are applied. Pressed in the state of winding In this way, each of the adhesive portions can be bonded and sealed, so that the one-way opening envelope formed by the envelope sheet is easily and quickly sealed in one step of pressing. be able to. Also, since the adhesive applied to each adhesive portion is a pressure-sensitive adhesive that can be bonded only by applying pressure in a superposed state, the adhesive portion for forming an envelope can be formed without disturbing the adhesive portion for sealing. To form an envelope opened on the side of the sealing piece. Furthermore, since the adhesive applied to the adhesive portion for forming the envelope and the adhesive portion for sealing are the same, they can be produced by a series of application operations, and can be produced easily.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an envelope sheet according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a rear view showing the envelope sheet.
FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an envelope formed by the envelope sheet according to the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line VV in FIG. 3;
FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an envelope formed by an envelope sheet according to another embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Envelope sheet 2 Envelope 3 Envelope main body piece 4 Enclosure piece 6 Address information field 9 Envelope forming adhesive part 10 Sealing adhesive part 30 Translucent window part

Claims (4)

An envelope sheet that folds along substantially parallel folds and forms an envelope by bonding a predetermined portion,
Having a pair of envelope body pieces constituting the envelope, and a sealing piece continuously provided via a fold at one end of the pair of envelope body pieces,
Adhesive portions for forming an envelope are continuously or intermittently provided on both left and right edges of surfaces overlapping each other when folded between the pair of envelope body pieces, while the envelope body piece is folded in a folded state. A sealing adhesive portion for sealing the opening of the envelope is provided on a surface overlapping with each other,
A pressure-sensitive adhesive that can be bonded by applying pressure in a state where the respective adhesive portions are overlapped with each other in advance is applied to the respective adhesive portions, and the pair of envelope body pieces and the sealing pieces are wound and folded. A sheet for an envelope having an information sheet connected thereto, wherein each of the adhesive portions can be bonded and sealed by applying pressure in a state. 2. The envelope sheet according to claim 1, wherein perforations for separating the adhesive portion for the envelope are provided inside the adhesive portion for the envelope at both right and left edge portions of the piece of the envelope body. Envelope sheet. 3. The envelope sheet according to claim 1, wherein a fold between the envelope body piece and the sealing piece is formed by a perforation. The envelope sheet according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein one of the pair of the envelope main body pieces has an address and a destination displayed on an envelope enclosed in the envelope. An envelope sheet provided with a translucent window portion for reading address information such as address information.

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