EP0253936B1 - Continuous stationery - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP0253936B1
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: continuous stationery; blocks; inch; printed; millimetres
Prior art date: 1986-06-17
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired - Lifetime

Application number

EP86310108A

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German (de)

English (en)

French (fr)

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EP0253936A3 (en

EP0253936A2 (en

Inventor

Fred Van Vliet

James J. Kersten

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Moore Business Forms Inc

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Moore Business Forms Inc

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1986-06-17

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1986-12-23

Publication date

1991-03-13

1986-12-23 Application filed by Moore Business Forms Inc filed Critical Moore Business Forms Inc

1986-12-23 Priority to AT86310108T priority Critical patent/ATE61545T1/de

1988-01-27 Publication of EP0253936A2 publication Critical patent/EP0253936A2/en

1989-05-10 Publication of EP0253936A3 publication Critical patent/EP0253936A3/en

1991-03-13 Application granted granted Critical

1991-03-13 Publication of EP0253936B1 publication Critical patent/EP0253936B1/en

2006-12-23 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

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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
- B42D15/00—Printed matter of special format or style not otherwise provided for
- B42D15/0006—Paper provided with guiding marks, e.g. ruled, squared or scaled paper

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This invention has reference to continuous stationery webs and has particular reference to what is sometimes known as continuous CPO (Computer Print Out) stationery.
continuous stationery webs are particularly adapted to receive random printed information from computer print out equipment.
Continuous stationery has been marketed for at least 50 years.
the continuous stationery consists of at least one web of paper divided by lines of cross perforations into form lengths and having margins with feed holes spaced apart by a distance of one half of an inch between the holes.
the continuous stationery webs are usually folded about the lines of cross perforations into packs to be fed into a typewriter or a print unit of a computer or other printing device.
Mechanisms for feeding such continuous stationery have been known for many years and are described for example in British Patent Specification No 468284. Data is applied to the continuous stationery in random fashion (compared to applying data to a form embodying a letterhead with names, addresses and other information printed on each form or form length).
Typewriters have been known for many decades and have included well known devices for feeding the continuous stationery (or other forms) through the typewriter at increments of one sixth of an inch (4.23 millimetres) or of one eighth of an inch (3.17 millimetres).
British Patent Specification no 1447965 refers to a continuous stationery web with marginal feed holes and bars printed in half tone of two different colours (preferably of green and reddish yellow tones) alternately and transversely of the continuous stationery spaced apart by unprinted parts of the continuous stationery of equal depth to the depth of the printed bars.
British Specification No 1507467 refers to a continuous stationery web having printed spaced blocks extending transversely of the web with alternate sets of blocks printed with greater intensity than the blocks spaced there between.
the printed blocks have depths of one-sixth or one-eighth of an inch spaced apart by distances depending upon the spacing of the printing to be applied to the continuous stationery web so that if the printing is to be applied to respective blocks the continuous stationery has to be changed each time the spacing of the printing on the continuous stationery for example from one-sixth of an inch to one-eighth of an inch is changed.
British Specification No 1501628 describes a continuous stationery web with sets of two transverse blocks formed of diagonal lines and sets of lines spaced apart and extending transversely across and spaced longitudinally of the continuous stationery.
French Specification No 2398353 describes a printed sheet bearing screened rulings having a depth of one-sixth of an inch spaced apart by a distance of two-sixths of an inch non-screened.
Swiss Specification No 552477 describes a tabulating paper sheet having a headed area part to receive comments and a body part divided by a plurality of groups of line strokes including some selected lines stronger than the other lines arranged at regular intervals.
the body part also includes column figure markings in the margins.
British Specification No 1594771 describes forms for use with computers with printed bands of coloured markings.
the printed bands are between 3.17 and 3.18 millimetres in height spaced apart by imprinted bands also of about 3.17 millimetres in height and printed in one colour with alternate bands printed in different patterns.
a continuous stationery web adapted to be typed upon or printed with characters by a print unit of a computer or the like, comprises a plurality of printed blocks extending transversely across the continuous stationery in a direction perpendicular to the line of feed of the continuous stationery and characterised in that the printed blocks have a depth of one eighth of an inch (3.17 millimetres) and that the blocks are separated by an unprinted portion of a depth of three eighths of an inch (9.525 millimetres) and are spaced along the line of feed of the continuous stationery at a distance apart of one half of an inch (12.7 millimetres).
Fig 1 is a view of the continuous stationery printed with data spaced at a depth of one sixth of an inch
Fig 2 is a view of the continuous stationery printed with data spaced at a depth of one eighth of an inch
Figs 3 and 4 illustrate views of modified forms of continuous stationery.
the business forms continuous stationery generally designated 1 comprises a single record web.
the record web 2 is provided with groups 4 of spaced blocks each of a depth of one eighth of an inch (3.17 millimetres) and extending transversely of the webs, the blocks of one group being spaced from blocks of the adjacent group of blocks by a distance of three eighths of an inch (9.5 millimetres) between adjacent blocks.
These blocks extend from top to bottom of the web.
Each of the blocks 4 is printed in half tone screen printing formed of small ink spots arranged closely adjacent to one another.
the blocks 4 provide positive segregation of one line of information recorded from the next line of information recorded as the eye passes down and across the lines of recorded information and assists the eye to follow the lines of recorded information across the web and thereby reduces occular digression and consequent tendency of inadvertent omission of the information.
the blocks 4 are printed on the record webs 2 in brown ink (conveniently pantone No. 471). It has been found that random printed information printed on record webs in brown ink is easier to read, particularly under conditions of fluorescent lighting, than if the record webs were printed in other colours. Also photocopies of records in brown ink provide a level of background to the recorded information similar to the original. However, it is also within the scope of this invention that the blocks are printed in blue, green or grey ink. Thus for example the blocks may be printed in blue 285, green 354, 368 or 376, grey 415, 417 or 421, orange 123, pantone yellow U or warm red U colours.
business forms stationery may comprise a plurality of record webs with intermediate transfer material either in the form of interleaved carbon paper webs or self copy transfer material coated on the webs (such for example as sold under the Trade Mark MCP).
the webs have the blocks 4 arranged as shown in the drawings.
the blocks 4 are spaced apart a distance of half an inch (12.7 millimetres) when typing or other printing is to be applied to the stationery at a spacing of one sixth of an inch as shown in Fig. 1 the first line of printing is applied to a block and the next two successive lines of typing are applied between the blocks and the fourth line of typing is printed exactly on the next succeeding block 4. Similarly further lines of typing are applied accurately on a block or between blocks 4 with no typing appearing partly on and partly off a block. Similarly if typing is applied to the stationery at a spacing of one eighth of an inch as shown in Fig.
the continuous stationery bears consecutive numbers 6 referring to a line spacing of one eighth of an inch on the right hand side of the continuous stationery web and also bears consecutive numbers 7 referring to a line spacing of one sixth of an inch on the left hand side of the continuous stationery web.
the consecutive numbers refer to a single length of the continuous stationery (between cross perforations about which the web is folded into a pack).
the blocks could comprise blocks 10 of closely spaced diagonal stripes as shown in Fig. 3.
the blocks 10 of the closely spaced diagonal stripes slope downwardly from right to left and are spaced at intervals as the blocks shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
the blocks may be printed in several other kinds of patterns and examples of such patterns are shown in Fig.4.
the pattern 11 comprises a plurality of parallel lines of chevron shape positioned horizontally to form the block.
the blocks may comprise a series of helically arranged lines parallel to each other with a series of lines running between adjacent turns of the helical lines.
the helical lines are drawn in a clockwise direction as viewed from the left hand side of Fig. 4.
the helical lines are drawn in an anti clockwise direction as viewed from the left hand side of Fig. 4. It is intended that blocks having helical lines arranged in the two pattern directions are arranged alternately longitudinally of the continuous stationery.
the pattern is similar to that shown in Fig. 3 except that the closely spaced diagonal stripes slope downwardly from left to right instead of from right to left.
the blocks are made up of a composite pattern of three horizontally of variable width disposed lines with cross lines to give the appearance of a line of spaced letters N in one line and a line of spaced figures each being a mirrored image of the letter N.
Other patterns of blocks may be employed as convenient or desirable.

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EP86310108A 1986-06-17 1986-12-23 Continuous stationery Expired - Lifetime EP0253936B1 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
AT86310108T ATE61545T1 (de)	1986-06-17	1986-12-23	Endlosformular.

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
GB8614744		1986-06-17
GB868614744A GB8614744D0 (en)	1986-06-17	1986-06-17	Continuous stationery

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0253936A2 EP0253936A2 (en)	1988-01-27
EP0253936A3 EP0253936A3 (en)	1989-05-10
EP0253936B1 true EP0253936B1 (en)	1991-03-13

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Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP86310108A Expired - Lifetime EP0253936B1 (en)	1986-06-17	1986-12-23	Continuous stationery

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EP (1)	EP0253936B1 (da)
JP (1)	JPS6345092A (da)
AT (1)	ATE61545T1 (da)
CA (1)	CA1310351C (da)
DE (1)	DE3678166D1 (da)
DK (1)	DK308987A (da)
ES (1)	ES2021600B3 (da)
GB (1)	GB8614744D0 (da)
GR (1)	GR3001714T3 (da)
MW (1)	MW987A1 (da)
NO (1)	NO870481L (da)
PT (1)	PT84558A (da)
ZA (1)	ZA871021B (da)
ZM (1)	ZM2187A1 (da)
ZW (1)	ZW2987A1 (da)

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1986
- 1986-06-17 GB GB868614744A patent/GB8614744D0/en active Pending
- 1986-12-23 AT AT86310108T patent/ATE61545T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1986-12-23 DE DE8686310108T patent/DE3678166D1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1986-12-23 EP EP86310108A patent/EP0253936B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1986-12-23 ES ES86310108T patent/ES2021600B3/es not_active Expired - Lifetime
1987
- 1987-02-06 NO NO870481A patent/NO870481L/no unknown
- 1987-02-12 ZA ZA871021A patent/ZA871021B/xx unknown
- 1987-02-16 MW MW9/87A patent/MW987A1/xx unknown
- 1987-02-16 ZW ZW29/87A patent/ZW2987A1/xx unknown
- 1987-02-23 ZM ZM21/87A patent/ZM2187A1/xx unknown
- 1987-03-25 PT PT84558A patent/PT84558A/pt not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1987-05-25 CA CA000537898A patent/CA1310351C/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1987-06-16 JP JP62150034A patent/JPS6345092A/ja active Pending
- 1987-06-17 DK DK308987A patent/DK308987A/da not_active Application Discontinuation
1991
- 1991-04-03 GR GR91400430T patent/GR3001714T3/el unknown

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Publication number	Publication date
DK308987A (da)	1987-12-18
ZW2987A1 (en)	1988-09-07
EP0253936A3 (en)	1989-05-10
PT84558A (pt)	1988-07-01
ES2021600B3 (es)	1991-11-16
DK308987D0 (da)	1987-06-17
ZM2187A1 (en)	1988-03-28
EP0253936A2 (en)	1988-01-27
MW987A1 (en)	1987-12-09
NO870481L (no)	1987-12-18
GR3001714T3 (en)	1992-11-23
NO870481D0 (no)	1987-02-06
CA1310351C (en)	1992-11-17
GB8614744D0 (en)	1986-07-23
ZA871021B (en)	1987-12-10
ATE61545T1 (de)	1991-03-15
DE3678166D1 (de)	1991-04-18
JPS6345092A (ja)	1988-02-26

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