JPS62260656A - Envelope containing reply envelope and preparation thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The business or other institution is provided with two complementary series of blank form parts. One of these contains one or more elements of a form of construction (multiple ply, window, glassine-patched window, glue spots, patches or strips) which would make it incompatable for use with today's commercially predominate non-impact printers. The other contains none of such elements and is suited for being run through a business computer-controlled non-impact printer for the purpose of printing of variable information thereon, and of being thereafter assembled and united increment for increment with form parts from the first series, using presently available assembling and uniting apparatus, whereupon the united forms may be successively severed into thus individualized communications and dispatched to their respective addressees.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) This invention is particularly suitable for printing information with a non-impact printer, which is composed of three paper pieces: an envelope top paper, an envelope inner paper, and an envelope bottom paper. The present invention relates to an envelope with a return envelope and a method for creating the same.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Documents have been developed that are believed to make a significant contribution to the convenience and efficiency of businesses and enterprises that have the opportunity to repeatedly send various information to multiple business partners, customers, or users. This often includes preprinting of fixed information into the form.

This fixed information includes information about the sender, detailed step-by-step instructions on how to receive and respond to the information specifically represented in the form, and various other information before sending it to the recipient. the fields, areas or ranges that would not be provided in the form by the said office (and Contains information about emphasis.Such forms also often include return envelopes and remittance slips, which are provided so that they can be detached to facilitate the sender's requested recipient's reply. .

(The problem that the invention aims to solve) However, with the continuous development of computers, which are now useful in business at all levels, from large multinational corporations to small street corner general merchandise stores, and office computers such as these Along with the continued proliferation of peripherals designed to operate and operate interactively, it is clear that several advances in these other fields will benefit from the convenience and increased efficiency exhibited by such ledgers. It represents a constant challenge to the talent and resourcefulness of the form designers and manufacturers to avoid a decline in usefulness, marketability and business perception.

It is as if we were pursuing a kind of friendly war, in which an office would aim to improve such equipment and its accompanying software and make it more useful for business than it already is. All the great advances that have been made in computer computers and their peripherals are likely to demonstrate the need for the conception and development of a new generation of ledgers. Of course, sometimes it is a breakthrough in form design and development that elicits a response from computer, peripheral, and software innovators. Nevertheless, in both cases,
When both respond creatively, society is the beneficiary of repeated conception and development.

This invention occurred during the following iterations of concept and development.

Another feature of many forms is that a computer-controlled printing device prints out various information such as recipient's name and address, bank account number, prior balances, payments and other credit balances, interest, new debit balances, etc.
The current balance, new maturity amount, settlement date, payment date, etc. are applied to the form. This is often done by providing the office with a writing paper divided into two, three or more parts, each of which is in series with a series of sprockets running along one or both edges. Promote characteristics. Businesses or other enterprises run various information through printers and collaters or other assemblers/units to devise organized and personalized envelopes that can be sequentially separated and shipped to various addresses. through 1
Send one or more consecutive of these form elements. Early generations used paper drive sprockets on paper pails, and later generations used circulating chains, daisy wheels, dot printing devices, and other improved high-speed impact printers, typewriters, and similar hand-powered printers.
While various prints were made with computer-operated impact printers, more recently the level of office printing such as financial statements, invoices, and solicitation letters has reached the standard of inkjet printers, laser-based inkjet printers, and other non-impact printers (NIPS). It has now been included. Such printers can be used for all kinds of tasks (e.g. printing on two or more sheets at the same time, sometimes by necessity or desire, or printing one or more sheets inside covered with paper without information). (Printing on more than one sheet of paper at the same time)
Since impact printers cannot be replaced by impact printers for many people, and they have many advantages, their appeal cannot be denied.

Among these advantages are speed, reliability, minimal moving parts, and the ability to print without leaving mechanical impressions that naturally appear even when attempted to be hidden in the underlying paper.

For form suppliers, the emergence and proliferation of non-impact printers in office use represents a challenge. It addresses the differences necessitated by the invention of forms and methods of creating them, especially the use of non-impact printers, and advances the most convenient and well-known features offered by modern forms to date; Even if we push out the pioneering front lines of development, we can make these forms even more useful and convenient in the era of non-impact printers.

Although there is little doubt that there will continue to be development in the field of non-impact printers and that they will find use in commercial centers, where new machines are being embodied, they are now very widespread in business. The said non-impact printers that are believed to be compatible with multi-element forms do indeed work on pre-assembled sheets of material that are thicker than a single sheet, either over the entirety of the document, or just on one part of it. It does not print on sheets with punched windows, it does not print on sheets with glassine-glued and sealed windows, it does not print on sheets with adhesive strips or spots. It's something you don't do. The adhesive is later activated for use in adhering the sheet to another sheet or to different parts of the same sheet. Some of the current limitations in the commercial development of laser types and other non-impact printers are sheet feeder issues, inkjet control issues, and even heat generation issues. Regarding the latter, it is worth pointing out the following for the sake of explanation. That is, since laser-based non-impact printers, at least in currently commercially available machines, print on the sheet, as a practical matter, the laser prints on the sheet even if the adhesive is not applied first to any part of the sheet. The heat generated by the light beam may not prevent premature activation of one or more sites of the applied adhesive. Premature adhesive activation occurs when the adhesive adheres the form to the sheet feed structure of the non-impact printer, and/or in the assembler/uniter equipment, and/or to another sheet. This may cause the adhesive to become dirty.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The envelope according to the first invention has an upper envelope sheet 12, an inner envelope sheet 14, and a lower envelope sheet 16, as shown in FIG. It is an envelope with a return envelope suitable for printing information, and is composed of three pieces of paper, and before the three pieces of paper are overlapped and glued together, at least the correspondence slip 70 provided on the bottom sheet 16 of the envelope is printed. The addressee's address is made to appear corresponding to the window 74 provided on the envelope top paper 12, and the envelope top paper 12 and envelope inner paper 14 are glued together around the inside 3 of the perforation hole for opening, and the recipient's address is After the envelope is opened, the envelope top paper 12 and the envelope inner paper 14 form a return envelope defined by the inner circumference of the three peripheries.

Next, the invention of the second method of preparing a first envelope includes (a) the return envelope and a disposable slip 72 extending to one side thereof;
four separable strips 54° 56 commonly surrounding the
58. To provide a first form element including a return envelope comprising: 58.60.

(b) The return address shall be preprinted on one side of the return envelope.

(c) said four edge strips 54 on each side.
56.58.60 shall correspond to said one side bearing an activatable, deactivable adhesive.

(d) providing the second form element with characteristics consistent with being exactly a piece of paper in thickness and providing various prints thereon;

(e) Prior to combining the first and second form elements,
Printing various information on at least one side of the second form element.

(“) Said four edge strips 54.56.58.6
The one side of each 0 is arranged in parallel with the one side of the second form element.

(g) said active while maintaining such parallelism;
a deactivated adhesive is thereby locally activated to secure the first and second form elements together, thereby causing the second form element to cover the return address in the return envelope; , and the first form element is printed on the second form element so as to cover at least a part of the information fSw8.

(Embodiment) A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

For purposes of understanding and explanation, FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective front view of a completed individual envelope 10 provided in accordance with the principles of this description;
FIG. 2 shows a reverse perspective view of FIG. 1 from the rear. Some of the elements shown in these figures are preferably not applied until two of the three pieces of paper are glued together.

Care must be taken to avoid misinterpreting these views, such as giving the false impression that a collection of all the pieces of paper shown occurred.

The individual envelope shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 consists of three pieces of paper 12, 14 and 16, but for the sake of explanation we will refer to their actual spatial location during manufacture and use. They are referred to as the top sheet 12, middle sheet 14, and bottom sheet 1G, regardless of their positional relationship. However, other names for spatial positional relationships may be used at discretion in the same manner below unless otherwise indicated in this connection.

Each of these pieces of paper 12, 14 and 16 is generally rectangular, and accordingly, the upper paper 12 has left and right edges 1g, 20 extending in the longitudinal direction, a rear edge (upper edge) 22 and a front edge (lower edge) extending in the transverse direction. edge) 24. The corresponding edges of said inner sheet 14 are designated 26, 28, 30 and 32, respectively, and the corresponding edges of said bottom sheet 16 are designated 34, 36, 38 and 40, respectively.

Preferentially, the top sheet 12, inner sheet 14 and bottom sheet 16 of said individual envelope 10 are arranged in longitudinal rows each of strips of undetermined length, as shown in some other figures. Once the webs have been moved through their respective male manufacturing steps and joined as a paper laminate, the webs are simultaneously cut into a plurality of individual envelopes 10 along perforated transverse lines. In other words, at the simultaneous upper edges 22, 30 and 38, the individual envelopes 10 are separated along the latter simultaneous lower edges 24, 32 and 40 until the composite web is separated along the respective perforation lines. are joined to individual envelopes 10 (not shown in FIGS. 1 and 2), and the individual envelopes 10 are joined together until said composite web is separated along another perforation line.
Simultaneously occurring lower edges 24°3 of individual envelopes 10 shown
2 and 40 and along said simultaneous upper edges 22, 30 and 38 of said third individual envelope 10 (not shown in FIGS. 1-2). Joined.

The upper paper 12 and the lower paper 1G are nominally 12 inches (approximately 30.
48 an) wide, and the inner paper 14 is about two-thirds of it, and all three paper strips 12.14 and 16 are arranged so that one edge, for example their left-hand edge, coincides. The three pieces of paper 12, 14 and 1G are made of the same type of paper known to the applicant and produced by several companies and currently used as ordinary office forms. Convenient for form production and office applications, the web of which the top paper 12 and bottom paper 16 are made is usually provided with sprocket feed holes 42 along the left and right edges thereof.
．． 44 edge rows, and narrow inner paper 14
provides a row of sprocket perforations 42 along its edge 26 which corresponds to the edges 18 and 34 of the upper and lower sheets 12 and 16, respectively.

As just explained, the three pieces of paper 12, 14 and 16, which are adjacent to the sprocket feed hole 42, but which are located even closer to the center of the paper pieces than that row, are matched. A vertically extending perforation line 46 is provided. Further, the upper paper 12 and the lower paper 16, which are adjacent to each other but are arranged closer to the center of the respective pieces of paper than the row of sprocket feed holes 44, are provided with perforation lines 48 that coincide and extend in the vertical direction. It is being

Preferably, the inner sheet 14, which is narrower than the upper sheet 12 and the lower sheet 16, is on the left side thereof, i.e., closer to the individual envelope 1 than the perforation line 48.
0) with its right edge 28 spaced apart. Perforation lines 46 and 48, which, in common with other perforation lines and will be described below, are preferably normal, e.g. as respective lines of longitudinal continuous slits arranged in series, or longitudinally. Directional spaced punches or punch holes arranged in series or the like are provided.

Said individual envelope 10 further includes transverse lines by perforations 50 arranged so that all three pieces of paper 12.14 and 16 are adjacent, but simultaneously spaced apart from said upper edges of these pieces of paper. . Preferably, perforation line 50 extends from perforation line 46 to perforation line 48 at -]-5=.

Said individual paper strips 10 further include transverse lines by perforations 52 arranged so that all three paper strips 12, 14 and 16 are adjacent, but simultaneously spaced apart from said lower edges of the paper strips. Preferably, perforation line 52 also extends from perforation line 46 to perforation line 48.

The perforation lines 46, 48, 50 and 52 are the left, right, upper and lower landslide strips 54, respectively, of each piece of paper;
56, 58 and 60 corresponding adjacent edges.

The upper paper 12 is provided with a perforation line 62 running in the longitudinal direction that at least entirely coincides with the right edge 28 of the inner paper 14. This perforation line 62 is provided over the entire height of the upper paper 12.

Both the top sheet 12 and the inner sheet 14 are provided with matching transverse perforations 64 extending between the left hand slide strip 54 and the perforation line 62/right edge 28.

Optionally, but preferably, the landslide strip 54.
56. The part of the lower paper 16 located in the center of 58 and 60-
The 1st and 6th positions are further subdivided, for example, longitudinally and by the transverse lines of perforations 66 and 68 to provide what would become a correspondence note 70 and a dunning note 72. In theory, the perforation line 6
6 and 68 may be omitted, and all of sections 70/72 may serve as a communication form. It may be necessary to fold it in such a case and then place it in a return envelope. However, it is preferred to facilitate the recipient of the individual envelope to provide an appropriate reply and to ensure that the return envelope is opened by automated envelope cutting and opening equipment without damaging the contents. In order to make it easier to read the communication form and to make it easier to read the communication form reliably by an automated optical character reader, a small communication form 70 is provided on both sides. Preferably, the portion 70 of the communication slip 70 contacts the perforation lines 48 and 52.
Place it at the bottom right corner of /72.

on the top paper 12 between the perforation lines 62 and 48, laterally and preferably in alignment with the central portion of the communication form 70;
For example, in its lower half, and near its lower right corner, there is a cut-out window of normal size, shape and orientation.

For convenience of description, said paper strip 12.1 is shown in FIG.
4 and 16 surfaces 76, 78 and 80 are called surfaces, and the second
The faces 86, 84 and 82 shown in the figure are referred to as the back faces. A ring of adhesive 98 is also applied on the back side 82 of the top paper 12 along the edge of the window 74.

The adhesive may be a strong translucent or transparent flexible sheet material such as glassine paper, cellophane, acetate, polyethylene terephthalate, collectively referred to hereinafter as "soft sheet glass."

As will be explained from now on, the upper paper 12 and the inner paper 14 are coated with adhesive in lines, dots, or streaks, which are collectively referred to as "bands" hereinafter.

The back side 82 of the upper paper 12 has the perforation line 6 in the intermediate vertical direction.
Only on the left side of 2, its landslide strips 58, 56 and 6
0, adhesive 88 is applied to the square C-shaped strip. Preferably, the adhesive 88 is a heat-sensitive, heat seal, or hot melt adhesive.

The surface 78 of the inner paper 14 connects its left landslide strip 54, its lower landslide strip 60 and its right edge -1,
8- Border the square C shape of the adhesive 90 inward.

Preferably, this strip of adhesive 90 is a cold adhesive and its opposite edge reaches the perforation line 64.

The surface 78 of the inner paper 14 is also glued onto the latent flap 92 of the inner paper 14 defined between the perforation lines 50 and 64 extending in the transverse direction, the perforation line 46 in the left longitudinal direction thereof, and the right edge 28 thereof. A laterally extending band of agent 94 is applied. Preferably, this band of adhesive 94 is a dry resoluble adhesive.

The back side 84 of the inner paper 14 has a square C-shape of adhesive 96 applied over its landslide strips 58, 54 and 60. Preferably, this adhesive 96 is a heat-sensitive (heat seal, hot melt) adhesive. It should be noted that the adhesives 88 and 96 are complementary to each other, so that when the top paper 12 and the inner paper 14 are overlaid, these two adhesive bands form a completely hollow rectangular strip (the adhesive ) 88/9
Shape 6.

No adhesive is applied to the bottom paper 16.

Although it is possible to make many variations in the printing on these pieces of paper within the scope of the present invention, with respect to FIGS. A typical arrangement for printing on the back side will be explained below.

The surface of the top paper 12 is printed with non-alterable language and non-verbal graphics, primarily for the four slide strips, these strips 54-60 are marked with perforations 46-52, postal type declarations, stamping or stamping. The outline of the stamp, the written confirmation in the margin of the product name and supplier, and the contents of the individual envelope first, and secondly along the opaque area that obscures the contents when viewed from the outside of the return envelope. and a set of instructions directing the method and order in which the individual envelopes are to be separated.

The reverse side of the top paper 12 is printed with non-variable language and non-verbal graphics, for example, for the recipient to use the return envelope for remittance, but to separate the remittance slip with the patch window. Then, instruct them to mail the return envelope. The perforation line 64, which primarily includes the first set of instructions placed above the patch window and is above the top sheet 12, for example to expose the otherwise coated surface of the covert flap 92 to the recipient. a second set of instructions disposed on the sacrificial strip 102 (which coincides with the latent slap 92) for instructing the strip to be removed by pulling away along the sacrificial strip 102; Also, by exposing the coating surface of the latent flap 92, it is moistened and the perforation line 6 of the inner paper 14 is exposed.
4 and seal the return envelope by sealing it on the surface of the top paper 12. Further, on the back side of the top paper 12, there is an opaque pad ''' to firstly obscure the contents of the individual envelopes and secondly to obscure the contents so that the contents cannot be seen when viewed from the outside of the return envelope. can be included.

The surface of the inner paper 14 is printed with non-alterable language and non-verbal graphics, and once the surface is exposed by removing the sacrificial strip 102, the strip is moistened, folded and sealed. It includes a set of instructions to direct the recipient and an opaque "field" to obscure the contents of the return envelope from outside the envelope.

-21=Print the back side of the inner paper 14 with non-changing language and non-verbal graphics. To do so, the covert flap 92 must not be removed, but how it should be used, a set of lines in the upper left corner used to provide a return address for remittances, and a stamp to senders. Stamp outline in the top right corner as a reminder (or stamped where the first business sender/recipient pays the return stamp fee) and the bottom of the first business sender/recipient / primarily includes a set of instructions written above said covert flap 92 indicating a centrally located postal address.

The surface of the lower paper 16 can be used for things such as invoices, income and expenditure reports, solicitation letters for charities or other public institutions, or other types of funds, and remittance receipts, for example, using the correspondence slip 70 as a remittance slip. , from the remaining portion 72 to the perforation line 66
．． 68 and print the remittance slip with a set of instructions instructing the recipient to return the unfolded remittance slip to the remittance recipient in a return envelope;
On the other hand, the remaining portion of the portion 72 is left as a record of the remitter.

The reverse side of said bottom paper 16 has various outlined zones, areas, regions, etc. in its preferably preprinted non-verbal graphics.
Print boxes or other such named boxes for the reception of various language graphics (inclusively referred to as "package"), such as quantity, total amount, date, type, total amount, due date. amount, catalog, code, interval, due date, debit,
Credit and especially recipient name, postal address and accompanying code;
For example, the customer account number and/or mail carrier route classification may include information.

The above list of printed fixed information is exemplary and may be added to, subtracted from, or modified for appropriate special business and other corporate communications types. What is of fundamental importance is that the information provided by printing on said top and inner sheets is largely or completely fixed information and that at the time of its first acquisition by said business or other enterprise, said The bottom paper 16 does not have adhesives, windows, patches, multilayer thicknesses, or any other characteristics that make it incompatible with today's commercially important high-speed non-impact printers, such as HP laser jet printers. Nor.

Today, some of the commercially important high-speed impact printers, such as the HP LaserJet Plus printer, are capable of printing non-verbal graphics and therefore the fixed information that would be required on the bottom paper 16. Some or all of the information (including the various information) may be applied by the business or other enterprise using its non-impact printer, rather than being preprinted by the manufacturer of the document element. There will be.

Now, with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6, a preferred process for forming the above-mentioned form parts/and two in a web of indefinite length will be described.

The first element of the form is a composite web consisting of two webs pasted together. The step of providing a top web of this composite is clearly shown in FIG. 3, and the step of providing another web of this composite (which includes the inserts 14 of the individual envelopes 10) is shown in FIG. It is shown in Further, the process of laminating these two webs together is shown in FIG. The second element of the form is a single web, the production process of which is not shown in FIG.

In FIG. 3, a roll 104 of paper stock material is unrolled to provide a web 106, which
6 is successively fed through a printing station 108, thereby printing fixed material to fit on one or both sides, and for example, the adhesive strip 88 (see FIG. 2).
for the application of the adhesive, and a window patching station 116 (for stamping, gluing, glazing), for example for attachment of the patch 100 (see FIG. 2). This is subsequently applied successively to each increment of said web 106 that becomes an element of each individual envelope 10. The completed upper part 118 is then rolled up.

In FIG. 4, a roll 12 of said inner paper stock material is shown.
0 is unwound to provide a respective web 122, which is continuously fed through a printing station 124, thereby printing fixed material to fit on one or both sides, and e.g. Pass through adhesive application station 129 for application of adhesive strip 96 (see FIG. 2). There, the inner paper web is rolled up at 128.

FIG. 5 shows the upper paper web roll 118 and inner paper web roll 128 being unwound to provide their respective webs. The inner paper web 128 is continuously fed through a first adhesive application station 130 for application of the strip of, e.g. At the second adhesive application station 132, the active cold adhesive 90 is used to bond both the top and inner webs, thus applying the second adhesive application station 132 to the second adhesive application station 132. A composite web 136 is formed. In a preferred embodiment, the wide upper paper web 118 receives a perforation line, and the perforation line is received by the inner paper web 128, which do not coincide with the perforation lines described above. The only place where the wide web 118 receives perforation lines is insofar as it is disposed laterally beyond the edge 28 of the inner paper web 128, in both the longitudinal and lateral directions of the upper paper web 118 and the composite web described above. A perforation line is applied to the composite web 136, e.g., at a perforation line providing station 138.
The resulting first part composite web can be applied in 1
It can be picked up at the location shown at 40 and boxed for shipping.

FIG. 6 shows the unwinding of a roll 142 of paper stock material to provide a web 144, which is continuously fed through a printing station 146, thereby printing fixed material on one or both sides. The finished second part web is picked up and passed through a perforation presentation station 148 where it is printed to match 15.
It can be boxed for shipping at the position indicated by 0.

The products of the form manufacturer are 140 and 1 on the right side of Figures 5 and 6.
Part 1 and Part 2 are in the box shown at 50. The business or company orders these form elements, which are typically boxed web forms, in a desired quantity, and it is based on the two factors mentioned above: expected use, price advantage due to order quantity,
It will vary depending on the expected changes required for both elements.

A standard working order for the use of Parts 1 and 2 of a bill in said business or other enterprise, or by a recipient, is described below with reference to FIGS. 7-9.

In FIG. 7, assuming the business or other enterprise, a stock 150 of the second part of the form is fed into a print station 152 of a computer-controlled non-impact printer 154, at which station, for example, the recipient address, account data, and other country types (as previously detailed with respect to FIG. 1) are applied to each individual male increment of the web bottom 16.

This variously printed second part is then fed to a collation and sealing station 156 where the surface of the individual male increments 158 of said second part of the form is coated with adhesives 88 and 96. In order to activate the target bands, they are arranged in parallel in the surface direction along the back side of each male-shaped increment 160 of the first part of the form which is locally heated to activate the target area.

Also cut from the leading edge of the three-layer composite web thus formed is the intended recipient (whose name and address is now pasted into the translucent window 74 of each individual envelope 10).
Visible through the envelope 10 creates a series of individual envelopes 10 ready for mailing.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, upon receipt by the intended recipient, each individual envelope initially reveals to said recipient a set of externally visible printed instructions. In complying with these orders, said recipient shall receive four landslide strips 54-60.
from the individual envelopes 10 and cut the bottom paper 16 from the individual envelopes 10
The remaining center portion 70/72 is separated from the top paper 12/inner paper 14 laminate. This exposes another set of instructions previously discussed with respect to FIGS. 1 and 2. In complying with these instructions, the recipient disconnects the correspondence slip 70 from the dunning letter 72 and writes any information (
(such as corrections to the remittance amount or recipient address), write a check 162 for the remittance amount, and insert the discard receipt and discard strip along the perforation lines 62 and 64 on the top paper 12.
(separating the return envelope 164 from the rest of the envelope), inserting the completed check and correspondence 70 into the return envelope 164 through its upward opening 166 and humidifying it. Then, the inner paper 1
4 along the perforation line, and attach the outer surface of the top paper 12, that is, the latent flap 92, thereby sealing the return envelope 164, and attaching a stamp to the return envelope 164 (free postage stamp stamping). (if not), then finally mail it back to said business or other entity, with their name and address preprinted on the top of the return envelope (see Figure 2). (as already mentioned above)
.

The present invention provides a two-element envelope in which one element is compatible with currently commercially predominant non-impact printers, while the other element contains primarily or exclusively pre-printed fixed information. However, various information may be included in either or both of the first and second parts of the form, and such elements may prematurely and detrimentally activate the adhesive provided on the form. It is within the scope of this invention for business use to use a non-impact printer, which is a printer that does not apply such heat to the form on top of form elements, before and after sorting and consolidation.

= 30- (Effects of the Invention) As explained in detail above, the envelope with a return envelope of the present invention is formed by overlapping three pieces of paper, an envelope top paper, an envelope inner paper, and an envelope bottom paper and bonding them together to form an envelope. Since the address written on the correspondence slip on the bottom of the envelope is displayed in correspondence with the window on the top of the envelope, the address on the envelope and the address on the correspondence slip can be matched without any mistakes and the correspondence slip can be sent reliably. It is something that can be done.

In addition, since the inner envelope paper and the envelope top paper are adhered with adhesive along the inner side of the opening perforation, it is easy to assemble the return envelope, which consists of the envelope top paper and the envelope inner paper, after opening the envelope. Even if you fill in the specified information on the correspondence form and send it back, you can reply immediately without preparing a reply envelope.Furthermore, the reply light can be filled in in advance when creating the envelope when sending the message. The reply work using the reply envelope can be performed extremely accurately and efficiently without taking the trouble of filling out each entry.

Furthermore, according to the manufacturing method according to the present invention, the seal-31,
- Addresses, communication information, etc., are printed on the paper strips that make up the envelope before the paper strips that make up the envelope are superimposed and glued together, i.e. - Printing is done on each piece of paper, so the printed characters should be printed directly, not by copy printing. Therefore, clear printing can be performed, and machine-readable information such as OCR and OHR can also be easily printed. It is also possible to print with a non-impact printer that cannot perform copy printing, so printing can be performed without being restricted by the printing method of the printer, and envelopes can be created efficiently.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an exploded perspective front view of an individualized envelope of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a reverse perspective view of Fig. 1 seen from the rear, Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the production system for a series of upper sheets of envelopes, and Fig. 4 The figure is also a schematic diagram of the production system for inner paper, Figure 5 is a diagram of the production system for a series of first form elements produced in the production system shown in Figures 3 and 4, and Figure 6 is a diagram of the series of envelopes. Figure 7 is a production system diagram of a series of bottom sheets used to provide the second form element of Figure 8 is an exploded perspective view of the resultant separation of various parts of individual envelopes by the intended recipient; Figure 9 is a diagram showing the use of return envelopes by the recipient; FIG. 10...Individual envelope, 12...Top paper, 14...Middle paper, 16...Bottom paper, 20...Right edge, 22...Top edge, 24...Lower edge, 26, 28, 30, 32... Edge corresponding to middle paper, 34.36.38.40... Edge corresponding to bottom paper,
42.44...Column, 46.48.50.52...Perforation line, 54,56. , 58. , 60... Landslide strip, 62, 64. 66, 68... Perforation line, 70...
... Correspondence slip, 72... Demand letter, 74... Window, 76,
78.80...Side, 82, 84.86...Back, 8
8.89...Adhesive, 92...Latent flap, 94
．． 96.98...Adhesive, 100...Gluing, 1
02...Disposable strip, 104...Roll, 10
6... Web, 108... Printing station, 11
0... Adhesive application station, 112... Sampling station, 114... Adhesive application station, 1
16... Window patching station, 118... Winding station, 120... Roll, 122... Web, 124... Printing station, 126...=
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Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) An envelope with a return envelope consisting of three paper pieces: the top envelope paper (12), the inner envelope paper (14), and the bottom envelope paper (16), and before the above three paper pieces are overlapped and glued together. At least the addressee and other information are printed on the correspondence slip (70) provided on the bottom sheet of the envelope (16), and the address printed on the said correspondence sheet corresponds to the window (74) provided on the top sheet of the envelope (12). The envelope top paper (12) and the envelope inner paper (14) are glued around the inside 3 of the opening perforation hole with adhesive (90), and after opening the envelope, the envelope top paper (12) and the envelope inner paper (14) are glued together. (12) and envelope paper (1
4) An envelope containing a reply envelope, characterized in that the return envelope is determined by the inner circumference of the periphery of the above-mentioned 3. (2) An envelope with a return envelope consisting of three pieces of paper: the top envelope sheet (12), the bottom envelope sheet (14), and the bottom envelope sheet (16), and before the above three sheets are overlapped and glued together. , at least the addressee on the correspondence slip (70) provided on the bottom sheet of the envelope (16),
Other information is printed in advance, and the address printed on the correspondence slip is exposed in correspondence with the window (74) provided on the top sheet of the envelope (12). (14
) means to glue the inner 3 periphery of the opening perforation hole with adhesive (90), and after opening the envelope, the inner periphery of the above 3 peripheries is determined by the envelope top paper (12) and envelope inner paper (14). In an envelope constituting a return envelope, (a) the return envelope and a piece of paper (72) extending on one side thereof;
four separable strips (54, 56
, 58, 60); (b) said return envelope is preprinted with a return address on one side thereof; (c) on each side. The four edge strips (54
, 56, 58, 60) corresponds to said one side bearing an activatable, deactivated adhesive; (d) in thickness it is just a piece of paper and on which various printings are applied; (e) prior to combining said first and second document elements,
printing various information on at least one side of the second form element; (f) the four edge strips (54, 56, 58,
60) juxtaposing said one side of each of said one side with said one side of said second form element; (g) while maintaining such juxtaposition, said activatable;
a deactivated adhesive is thereby locally activated to secure the first and second form elements together such that the second form element covers the return address on the return envelope; and the first form element covers at least a part of various information printed on the second form element.