WO2000058165A9 - Envelope or mailer having a coplanar window - Google Patents
Envelope or mailer having a coplanar windowInfo
- Publication number
- WO2000058165A9 WO2000058165A9 PCT/US2000/008062 US0008062W WO0058165A9 WO 2000058165 A9 WO2000058165 A9 WO 2000058165A9 US 0008062 W US0008062 W US 0008062W WO 0058165 A9 WO0058165 A9 WO 0058165A9
- Authority
- WO
- WIPO (PCT)
- Prior art keywords
- window
- edges
- sheet material
- cutout
- windows
- Prior art date
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Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D27/00—Envelopes or like essentially-rectangular containers for postal or other purposes having no structural provision for thickness of contents
- B65D27/04—Envelopes or like essentially-rectangular containers for postal or other purposes having no structural provision for thickness of contents with apertures or windows for viewing contents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
- B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
- B31B70/00—Making flexible containers, e.g. envelopes or bags
- B31B70/74—Auxiliary operations
- B31B70/81—Forming or attaching accessories, e.g. opening devices, closures or tear strings
- B31B70/82—Forming or attaching windows
- B31B70/83—Cutting window openings
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
- B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
- B31B70/00—Making flexible containers, e.g. envelopes or bags
- B31B70/74—Auxiliary operations
- B31B70/81—Forming or attaching accessories, e.g. opening devices, closures or tear strings
- B31B70/82—Forming or attaching windows
- B31B70/826—Forming or attaching windows involving applying window patches
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
- B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
- B31B2150/00—Flexible containers made from sheets or blanks, e.g. from flattened tubes
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
- B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
- B31B2160/00—Shape of flexible containers
- B31B2160/10—Shape of flexible containers rectangular and flat, i.e. without structural provision for thickness of contents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
- B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
- B31B70/00—Making flexible containers, e.g. envelopes or bags
- B31B70/74—Auxiliary operations
- B31B70/81—Forming or attaching accessories, e.g. opening devices, closures or tear strings
- B31B70/82—Forming or attaching windows
Definitions
- the present invention relates to enclosures containing printed information with a
- intermediates are then converted to ready-to-mail configuration by folding and/or sealing.
- this invention relates to envelopes and mailers having a cutout opening covered
- this invention relates to envelopes and mailers wherein a transparent window
- a transparent or translucent patch adhered to the envelope ply by an adhesive.
- This invention provides one means for avoiding problems associated with
- That invention provides a
- a window created by this means is not really transparent but is only
- present invention provides a fully transparent window, which is a marked
- the coplanar window of the present invention has no value or benefit over a
- the patch is larger than the cutout
- the see-through material covering the window does not overlap the ply from which
- the cutout is made, but is coplanar with it.
- the edges of the cutout are coplanar with it.
- see-through material abut the edges of the cutout and are adhered to these abutting edges.
- Mailer intermediates are manufactured either as single sheets or as a continuous
- the continuous web is zig zag
- the accumulated added thickness causes a distortion of the pack
- the present invention avoids this problem by providing a printer, such as a laser or ink jet printer, or into folding and sealing equipment
- the adhesive does not extend completely to the edge of the envelope
- Fig 1 is a perspective view of a typical V-fold mailer intermediate having a
- Fig 2 is a cross sectional view of a conventional mailer intermediate taken along line
- Fig 3 is a cross sectional view of one embodiment of the present invention, showing
- Fig 4 is a plan view of a conventional envelope having a window cutout and a
- Fig 5 is a diagrammatic side sectional view of one modular apparatus for
- Fig 6 is a diagrammatic side sectional view of a variation of the apparatus depicted in
- FIG. 5 showing an apparatus for manufacturing articles of the present invention at high
- Figs 7a through 7d are fragmentary cross sectional views of the continuous web
- Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic side sectional view of another suitable apparatus for
- Fig. 9 is a fragmentary cross sectional view of one embodiment of the present
- Fig. 10 is a diagrammatic side sectional view of yet another modular apparatus for
- Fig. 11 is a diagrammatic side sectional view showing a variation of the apparatus
- Fig. 12 is a fragmentary cross sectional view of the embodiment of the invention as
- FIG. 10 is a fragmentary cross sectional view of the embodiment of the invention as
- Fig. 14 is a fragmentary plan view of an envelope or mailer of this invention showing
- Fig. 15 is a fragmentary plan view of an envelope or mailer of this invention showing
- Fig. 16 is a fragmentary cross sectional view of an envelope or mailer of this
- Fig. 17 is a fragmentary cross sectional view of the envelope or mailer of Fig. 16
- Fig. 1 shows a conventional mailer intermediate 4 having a window 2 cut into the
- Fig 2 show s a fragmentary cross sectional view taken along line a-a m Fig 1, or
- Adhesive 6 adheies the patch over the cutout
- cutout is a common source of jam-ups m mail sorting operations
- Fig 4 show s a conventional envelope 7 having a window cutout 2 and a patch 3
- Figs 3, 7d, 9, 12, and 13 show the essential elements of the mailer or envelope
- the window 22 is coplanar with the front ply 12 of the mailer or
- the window are bonded to the edges of the cutout in the front ply of a mailing unit
- the bond extends without interruption along the entire extent of the abutting edges
- Fig 3 shows bonding agent applied to only one surface of the abutting edges
- the bonding agent itself may function as the bonding agent In some cases the bonding agent may be applied
- bonding agent penetrate to some
- FIG. 5 shows a diagrammatic side sectional view of a suitable modular apparatus for
- Paper web 12 and film web 13 advance together from supply rolls (not shown) from
- the film ply and the paper ply are die
- Vacuum segment 17 holds
- removal chute 21 may be operatively connected to a vacuum source to facilitate chip removal.
- the window are picked up by the large vacuum cylinder 24 and the unused film web is carried
- the vacuum segment 17 of cylinder 24 encompasses the
- the web is carried by vacuum cylinder 24, it passes through curing module 26 where it is
- crosslinking polymerizable materials heat for fusing a powder, or whatever form of energy is
- Vacuum cylinders are shown in Figs. 5 and 6 because they are well known in certain
- vacuum belts instead of or in conjunction with vacuum cylinders. These perform a similar
- vacuum belt is conventionally a continuous loop stretched over at least two cylinders.
- belt is perforated by holes distributed over at least a portion of its area and at least a portion of
- Fig. 6 depicts a modular apparatus similar to that shown in Fig. 5. This variation is
- chip removal chute 21 removes the paper chip 20. As the web progresses, it is
- the extrusion head has the proper width and on-off cycle so that the
- extruded material just contacts the edges of each cutout.
- the extruded material serves as the
- the extruded material is preferably a radiation curable acrylic prepolymer as described below
- thermoplastic but may be any suitable film-forming material.
- it may be a thermoplastic
- polymer such as polyethylene if the envelope or mailer is not intended for exposure to high
- thermoplastic film such as polyethylene is used, large energy input is not needed and module
- Fig. 8 shows a diagrammatic side sectional view of another suitable apparatus for
- cylinder 16 is also a vacuum cylinder by which chips 20 are carried around to chip removal
- polymerizable material 11 (a prepolymer formulation) is applied as a liquid film into each cutout 49.
- the continuous belt 44 has a surface comprised of non-stick material such as
- Teflon polytetrafluoroethylene
- silicone polymer a silicone polymer
- the cast films are about 1.0 to 1.4 mils thick, but may range from 0.6
- Fig 8 shows the prepolymer material being applied by the rotary screen method.
- Cylinders 50 and 51 comprise a patterned calendering station where high pressure can
- any overlap may cause an increase in total
- the calendering operation compresses any high points so that all
- Fig. 9 is a cross sectional view of the cast film window as produced by the process of
- FIG 10 is diagrammatic side sectional ⁇ ⁇ ew of yet another apparatus suitable for
- the surface of the belt is comprised of a low
- a vacuum belt and support runner 35 compnses a vacuum chamber
- FIG 11 shows print cylinder 38 having raised pnnt areas
- each window has two layers, as shown in
- ply is preferably paper, but may be any convenient sheet material generally used for
- the window is preferably a transparent film material such as polyester or
- cellophane but may be any convenient sheet material, such as glassme, having sufficient transparency to allow reading address information written on a ply inside the envelope 01
- the bonding agent may be an adhes ⁇ e such as a polymer latex, a resin-based hot
- melt a heat-cure prepolymer or a ladiation-cure composition comprising a mixture of acrylic
- heat resistant bonding agents be used in mailers which are to be imaged in laser printers
- Non-heat resistant bonding agents are adequate for envelopes which are not
- the window may
- thermography (as in the printing technique called thermography), and then fuse the powder with
- the polymenzable liquid may be any conventional formulation suitable for casting
- polymenc films One suitable formulation compnses a mixture of acrylic monomers and
- ohgomers may include viscosity modifiers and free radical initiators Such formulations
- beam radiation are typical of those which are suitable bonding agents for edge bonding of
- the window and the cutout be cut simultaneously with the same cutting
- the bonding agent is applied and cured, dried or set.
- Figs. 7a through 7d show a sequence of fragmentary cross sectional views of the paper
- bonding agent When bonding agent is applied and cured, dried, or set, its thickness may be such that
- Fig. 16 shows such an area where bonding agent 23 protrudes above the
- Fig. 17 shows the result of calendering (compression) so that the final
- the paper substrate 12, or the window material 22, or all three, to be compressed to be compressed.
- This invention includes cutouts with such smooth, straight sides,
- FIG. 14 is a fragmentary plan view of an envelope or mailer
- Fig. 15 is a fragmentary plan view of an envelope or mailer
- Serrated cuts provide for stronger bonds at the abutting edges between the window
- the invention comprises a mailing unit (envelope, mailer,
- a suitable process for manufacturing the mailing units of this invention may comprise
- cutouts are made through both plies at regularly spaced intervals along the length of the contiguous webs so that a chip of paper and a w indow of transparent material are
- edges of the windows of transparent material abut the edges of the cutouts in the plane of the
- polymer-forming liquid are applied into each cutout opening such that the liquid films make
- paper the intention is to include both paper and paper-like sheet materials.
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Priority Applications (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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EP00918429A EP1091882A2 (en) | 1999-03-30 | 2000-03-27 | Envelope or mailer having a coplanar window |
AU39240/00A AU3924000A (en) | 1999-03-30 | 2000-03-27 | Envelope or mailer having a coplanar window |
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US28159099A | 1999-03-30 | 1999-03-30 | |
US09/281,590 | 1999-03-30 |
Publications (3)
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WO2000058165A2 WO2000058165A2 (en) | 2000-10-05 |
WO2000058165A3 WO2000058165A3 (en) | 2001-02-01 |
WO2000058165A9 true WO2000058165A9 (en) | 2002-03-28 |
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PCT/US2000/008062 WO2000058165A2 (en) | 1999-03-30 | 2000-03-27 | Envelope or mailer having a coplanar window |
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EP (1) | EP1091882A2 (en) |
AU (1) | AU3924000A (en) |
WO (1) | WO2000058165A2 (en) |
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WO2013155096A1 (en) * | 2012-04-09 | 2013-10-17 | Tension Envelope Corporation | Window profiling system |
CN114055853B (en) * | 2021-11-05 | 2023-11-28 | 昆明频安印务有限公司 | Windowing production equipment and method for windowing envelope |
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US1709126A (en) * | 1928-03-26 | 1929-04-16 | Samuel W Weis | Window envelope |
JPS6141397A (en) * | 1984-07-27 | 1986-02-27 | 大日本印刷株式会社 | Transparentizing of paper, envelope with pervious window andits production |
US5418205A (en) * | 1993-04-15 | 1995-05-23 | The Standard Register Company | Cellulosic substrate with transparentized portion and carbonless imaging |
FR2713546B1 (en) * | 1993-12-07 | 1996-02-16 | Garnier Ponsonnet Vuillard Sa | Envelope making machine. |
JPH07216798A (en) * | 1994-01-31 | 1995-08-15 | Iseto Shiko Kk | Method for making paper transparent and enveloped having transparent window |
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- 2000-03-27 AU AU39240/00A patent/AU3924000A/en not_active Abandoned
- 2000-03-27 WO PCT/US2000/008062 patent/WO2000058165A2/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 2000-03-27 EP EP00918429A patent/EP1091882A2/en not_active Withdrawn
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WO2000058165A3 (en) | 2001-02-01 |
WO2000058165A2 (en) | 2000-10-05 |
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EP1091882A2 (en) | 2001-04-18 |
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