US3777971A - Stuffed sealed envelope assembly and method - Google Patents

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US3777971A
US3777971A US00180992A US3777971DA US3777971A US 3777971 A US3777971 A US 3777971A US 00180992 A US00180992 A US 00180992A US 3777971D A US3777971D A US 3777971DA US 3777971 A US3777971 A US 3777971A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
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  • ABSTRACT 229/69 [51] Int. 865d 27/00 A stuffed sealed envelope including at least one insert sheet wherein the envelope back is equipped with embossment means for substantially immobilizing the insert sheet while affording improved separability.
  • the embossment means of the invention include, in one embodiment, upraised portions.or projections relative to the envelope back which are positioned within the perimeter defined by the usual perimetric lines of glue, and which simultaneously serve to substantially immobilize the insert sheet or sheets while at the same time creating a definite spacing or fluffiness of the envelope parts to facilitate removal of the insert material and reinsertion thereof.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view with portions partially detached from fully operational condition of the inventive envelope assemblies
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view such as would be seen along the sight line 2-2 applied to FIG.
  • FIG. 3 is another fragmentary sectional view taken along the line 3-3 of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 4 is a fragmentary top plan view of a series of envelopes partially broken away in different stages to reveal details of construction, and of the method of production of the same.
  • the numeral designates generally a stuffed envelope assembly consisting of the parts which are normally sent through the mail from the original sender to an intended recipient.
  • the showing in FIG. 4 illustrates the completed stuffed envelope at the time of its manufacture and prior to mailing.
  • the uppermost sheet, which is desginated 11 is normally the office copy. This is retained by the sender and has imprinted thereon the various information which is included on the insert sheet 12 (designated in all of the views of the drawing). Additionally, to convert the series of envelope assemblies as seen in FIG. 4 to the unit of FIG. 1, it is also necessary to remove the marginal edges 13 and 14. The edge portions 13 and 14 are equipped with line hole punches, as at 15, to feed the paper through the computer normally employed to effect the printing of information.
  • the envelope assembly 10 includes a bottom sheet or ply l6 and a top sheet or ply 17 the latter being seen to have been partially folded on itself as at 17 to reveal certain details of interior construction.
  • the details of interior construction include lines of adhesive as at 18, 19 and 20 which are employed to perimetrically unite the top ply l7 (constituting the face of the envelope) to the bottom ply 16. It will be seen' that the perimeter defined by the adhesive lines 18-20 is spaced outwardly (in essentially a circumscribed relation) to the perimeter of the generally rectangular insert sheet 12. This develops a perimetric area of generally hollow'rectangular configuration generally designated 21.
  • I provide the embossment means of the invention, and several of these can be seen in FIG. 1, each designated by the numeral 22.
  • I limit the number of the embossments to those approximately located near the corners of the insert sheet 12.
  • a greater or lesser number of embossment means may be employed, depending upon the particulars of the construction, viz., the type and shape of the envelope forming sheets 16 and 17, the character of the insert materials 12, and the character and arrangement of the glue lines 18-20, etc. 7
  • the character of the illustrated embossment 22 can be best appreciated by reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. Referring now to FIG. 2, it will be seen that the embossment 22 upstands from the essential plane of the bottom ply 16. Optimally this is achieved by introducing a straight cut, as at 23, in the bottom ply 16 which defines that portion of the embossment nearest the adjacent edge 12 of the insert sheet 12. The remainder of the embossmentwhich is seen to be essentially rect angular in outline when viewed in plan (see FIG. 1) is attached to the bottom ply 16 as can be appreciated from FIG. 3 where the sides of the embossment are designated 24. Thus, the most remote portion 25 of the embossment 22 (relative to the adjacent edge 12') is of the least height, i.e., merging into the plane of the bottom ply 16.
  • FIG. 4 a series of connected envelope assemblies is shown with layers, in effect, peeled away to reveal the details of construction.
  • the uppermost layer or sheet 11 is the office copy which is retained by the original sender.
  • the Roman numerals in FIG. 4 designate various stages of peeling".
  • I generally designates the assembly with all layers -including the office copy 11.
  • the next layer is the upper or top ply 17 of the envelope, this being stage II.
  • the envelope is equipped with a line of weakening, as at 26, which is employed for the opening of the envelope by the recipient. It is convenient to provide a thumb notch 27 in the line of weakening 26 to facilitate this opening.
  • the insert 12 is the third layer achieved by removal of the office copy and the top ply 17 of the envelope.
  • the insert 12 is also revealed the lines of adhesive 18-20 along with the fourth line of adhesive heretofore unidentified and which is here referred to by the numeral 28.
  • the embossments 22 are seen to be positioned within the perimetric space 21 defined by the connected lines of adhesive 18-20 and 28 and the perimeter of the insert 12.
  • a return envelope which is generally designated 29.
  • This is seen to be of the same dimensions as the insert sheet 12, consists of an upper sheet or ply 30 and a lower sheet or ply 31 (see the stage designated V).
  • the sheet 31 is shorter, terminating in a right hand edge as at 32 which permits the overlapped portion 33 of the upper sheet 30 to be folded on itself to close the insert envelope for return.
  • I find it advantageous to provide a plurality of corresponding embossments, as at 34, in stage V, so that the return envelope is also characterized by relative fluffiness between top and bottom portions 30 and 31, respectively.
  • the bottommost showing designated VI shows the bottom ply 16 which has a portion of the glue lines l8, 19, and 28 along with the various embossments 22 and a portion of the line of weakening 26.
  • the insert sheet or materials are superposed on the first web which provides the envelope bottoms 16. This can be done by sequential deposition of the insert sheets 12. Thereafter a second continuous web is brought into superposed relation, this second web constituting the top 17 of the various envelopes.
  • the glue lines 18-20 and 28 are applied to the underside of the second web so that shortly thereafter the two webs can be brought into adhesive relation.
  • lines of crossweakening such as are indicated at 35, can be provided, after which a conventional zigzag folding can be introduced.
  • the individual stuffed envelope assemblies can be separated as by cross cutting.
  • the inventive assembly two operations are readily performable. If the individual stuffed envelope assemblies are detached one from another as just indicated, the individual assemblies are either hand-lettered or typewritten, being individually handled. On the other hand, if the assemblies are interconnected -although separatable along the lines of crossweakening 35 the elongated product can be printed by computer. In the usual computer operation, infor mation is applied that includes not only the address of the recipient, but other billing, production, etc. information is provided. All of this will be found on the office copy which is retained by the sender. Through the provision of selective carbon spots, only the addressee information is imprinted on the top ply 17 of the envelope 10. However, through the use of interleaved carbons, selective carbon spots or NCR type papers, the
  • the continuous web assembly is subjected to a decollating operation wherein the office copy portion is decollated from the continuous assemblies and retained by the sender. Thereafter the continuous assembly is subjected to a bursting" operation wherein the individual envelope units are separated from the continuous assembly, and, at the same time, the marginal portions 13 and 14 are trimmed therefrom. Two wide assemblies are trimmed into two halves at this time.
  • Conventional bursting machines make use of sets of rolls wherein the leading edge of the web assembly is advanced faster than the restrained trailing edge so that the individual unit is literally snapped away from the continuous assembly. Through the use of these conventional rolls, a pocket of air can develop along the trailing edge of the individual envelope assembly just prior to the time of detachment.
  • the recipient tears off the portion 36 which is the right hand end of the envelope 10 (as seen in FIG. 1) defined by the line of weakening 26.
  • This line of weakening includes the thumb notch 27 which will reveal a portion of the insert sheet 12.
  • the recipient thereupon is able to remove the insert material, such as the sheet 12 and the envelope 30.
  • the recipient customarily will place a check or some other information within the envelope 30 including, usually, a portion of the original insert sheet 12 the returned portions being separated along previously provided lines of weakening. It is at this stage where the inventive embossment arrangement is also advantageous because the provision of the embossments 34 within the return envelope 30 facilitates the introduction of the return insert material.
  • a stuffed sealed envelope assembly comprising a generally rectangular envelope having a front and a back, at least one generally rectangular insert ply within said envelope, said envelope having lines of adhesive adjacent ang generally parallel to the sides thereof and spaced from the periphery of said insert ply said lines of adhesive forming a perimetric area of generally hollow rectangular configuration, said insert ply lying wholly within said rectangular configuration, said lines of adhesive uniting said front and back thereby providing a sealed assembly, said back being equipped with a plurality of aligned, spaced, upstanding embossment means in said perimetric area, each edge of said insert ply having at least one embossmnet means positioned adjacent to it, said embossment means being of a permanent nature and sized and constructed to substantially immobilize said insert ply during processing thereof on a computer while imparting fluffiness to said assembly to facilitate removal and reinsertion of said insert ply.
  • a stuffed sealed envelope assembly comprising a generally rectangular envelope having a front and a back, at least one generally rectangular insert ply within said envelope, said envelope having lines of adhesive adjacent and generally parallel to the sides thereof and spaced from the periphery of said insert ply said lines of adhesive forming a perimetric area of generally hollow rectangular configuration, said insert ply lying wholly within said rectangular configuration, said lines of adhesive uniting said front and back thereby providing a sealed assembly, said back being equipped with a plurality of aligned, spaced, upstanding embossment means, each of said embossment means including a cut through said back in that portion of each embossment means nearest said insert ply, each edge of said insert ply having at least one embossment means positioned adjacent to it, said embossment means being sized and constructed to substantially immobilize said insert ply during processing thereof on a computer while imparting fluffiness to said assembly to facilitate removal and reinsertion of said insert ply.
  • a stuffed sealed envelope assembly comprising a generally rectangularenvelope having a front and a back, at least one generally rectangular insert ply within said envelope, said envelope having lines of adhesive adjacent and generally parallel to the sides.
  • said lines of adhesive forming a perimetric area of generally hollow rectangular configuration, said insert ply lying wholly within said rectangular configuration, said lines of adhesive uniting said front and back thereby providing a sealed assembly, said back being equipped with a plurality of aligned, spaced, upstanding embossment means, each of said embossment means including a cut through said back in that portion of each embossment means nearest said insert ply, each edge of said insert ply having at least one embossment means positioned adjacent to it, said embossment means being sized and constructed to substantially immobilize said insert ply during processing thereof on a computer while imparting fluffiness to said assembly to facilitate removal and reinsertion of said insert ply. said embossment means having the least height relative to said back in the portion thereof most remote from said insert ply.

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