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EP0331110A2
EP0331110A2 EP89103505A EP89103505A EP0331110A2 EP 0331110 A2 EP0331110 A2 EP 0331110A2 EP 89103505 A EP89103505 A EP 89103505A EP 89103505 A EP89103505 A EP 89103505A EP 0331110 A2 EP0331110 A2 EP 0331110A2
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Mauro Ferrari
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Priority claimed from IT8820049A external-priority patent/IT1216673B/it
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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
    • B42D15/02—Postcards; Greeting, menu, business or like cards; Letter cards or letter-sheets
    • B42D15/04—Foldable or multi-part cards or sheets
    • B42D15/08—Letter-cards or letter-sheets, i.e. cards or sheets each of which is to be folded with the message inside and to serve as its own envelope for mailing

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  • the present invention concerns a continuous correspondence form; such forms have been known for some time and in essentially consist of a number of pre-printed letter formats or pages, each constituting a headed letter, invoice or similar correspondence unit, inked together and accordion superimposed to from a block.
  • the present invention concerns a correspondence form of the "self-enveloping" type, in which each page of the continuous form, compiled by a computer, can be folded to give an "envelope” or mailer for the letter, thus speeding up to the maximum the process of sending out correspondence.
  • the page is horizontally folded in three sections accordion superimposed, but it can be folded with superimposed extremities or also along a vertical folding line.
  • adhesive areas are provided on each page, to permit fast and simple closing of the compiled page. It is precisely this adhesive areas that create the major problems with these forms.
  • a continuous form is thus required that overcomes the above mentioned problems and provides a pluraliry or individual pages which can be folded and closed to securely and reliable form a letter.
  • the aim of the present invention is the provision of a continuous-form of the type where each its pages corresponds to an individual letter, invoice or similar, and can be folded so as to provide a number of parts which link together easily, securely and reliably, to form a letter that can be sent without the related envelope.
  • Another further aim of the present invention is to provide a continuous form which can be compiled on only one side.
  • a further aim of the present invention is to provide a continuous form in which the adhesive area for the closure of individual pages is separate from the page area which has to be compiled and/or filed.
  • the present invention concerns a continuous form for carrespondence, of the self-­enveloping type, formed by a plurality of pages connected at their extremities and accordion superimposed in a pile, characterized in that each page has on at least one of its sides, at least one side band carrying on a pre-­selected zone an adhesive area, and in that only the parts of the said side band or bands containing the adhesive area remain on said page after the removal therefrom of one o more preselected tear-off selections and the folding and closing of cited page; the said part or parts being folded and sealed to one or more preselected corresponding areas of the said page.
  • the invention further provides a method for folding and closing individual pages of a form such as the above mentioned one characterized by the step of: removing the perforated tractor strip and/or the part or parts of the side band or side bands not containing adhesive areas; folding the said page in a plurality of parts before or after the said removal of the perforated tractor strip and/or parts of the side band; folding the remaining part or parts of the side band and sealing them to one more preselected corresponding areas of the said page.
  • each page of the block will have on at least one of its sides a side band containing a preselected adhesive area.
  • Fig. 1 shows an embodiment of a page of the continuous-­form according to the present invention.
  • Page 1 was separated from the other pages of the continuous-form to which it was attached by two rows of perforations along sides 2 and 2′.
  • Page 1 corresponds to a single letter and for this purpose carries a heading 3 which was printed during production together with the indication 4 of where to put the address of the recipient.
  • the preprinted part of the letter which in this case corresponds to the heading 3, will vary according to the final purpose of the letter 1.
  • tractor strips 6 and 6′ which are typical of all blocks, in the particular embodiment shown in Fig 1, there are two pairs of side bands on the page sides 5 and 5′.
  • the internal bands 7 and 7′ are joined to page 1 by two lines of tear-off perforations 9 and 9′which extend for the full length of page 1, and to the more external bands 8 and 8′ by two lines of perforations 10 and 10′ which extend only partly along the sides 5 and 5′, the remainder consisting of two fold lines 11, 11′.
  • the lines 10 and 10′ are about two-thirds the length of the page and extend from the lower edge 2′ to a selected distance from side 2. For the remainder of the distance to side 2 these lines 10 and 10′ are replaced by the fold lines 11 and 11′.
  • the external side bands 8 and 8′ and the strips 6 and 6′ are separated by two series of perforations 12 and 12′ similar to the previously mentioned lines 9 and 9′.
  • the fold lines 13 and 14 are located one-third and two-thirds down the length 5, 5′ of page 1.
  • the lines 13 and 14 extend the full distance between the two lines of perforations 10 and 10′; further, the fold line 14 continues to the lines of perforations 12 and 12′under the form of two short perforated lines 15 and 15′.
  • Fig 1 has an adhesive area (not shown) on the reverse of the parts of the side bands 8, 8′ which extend from side 2 to the perforated lines 15 and 15′, and on the reverse of the part of the internal bands 7 and 7′ which extend between the fold line 13 and the side 2′.
  • Fig 1a shows a simpler, alternative embodiment in which the lines of perforations 12 and 12′ extend only from side 2 to the lines of perforations 15 and 15′.
  • the external bands 8 and 8′ are limited, in comparison to the embodiment of Fig 1, to the adhesive area, i.e. the parts between side 2 and the lines of perforations 15 and 15′, or between the side 2 and the fold line 14.
  • two "L" shaped tractor strips 6a and 6a′ are produced.
  • adheresive area is meant both the adhesive area actually carrying the adhesive and the corresponding affixing area which may not have adhesive, but will receive it at a later stage. Obviously, a part of the said adhesive area coul also be without adhesive. Generally, for practical reasons, the embodiments of this kind have pre-adhesive areas.
  • Fig 2 shows page 1 after the first step of folding, that is the removal of the two "L" shaped strips 6a and 6a′carrying the tractor holes.
  • page 1 After the removal of the strips 6a and 6a′, page 1 is left with two strips for partions of strips) 8 and 8′projecting from the rest of the page.
  • These parts (which shall be referred to below as “external side bands 8, 8′”) extend from the side 2 to the fold line 14, i.e. for one-third of the page length.
  • the page 1 can therefore be accordion folded in three sections 16, 17 and 18, as shown in Fig 3, following the fold lines 13 and 14.
  • Fig 3 where the front face or recto of section 17 is facing the recto of section 18, while the recto of section 16 becomes the outside of the "envelope" or letter thus formed.
  • the front 16 is provided with an area 4 for the recipient's address 4 and with the letter-heading 3.
  • the side bands 7, 7′ and 8, 8′ used for closing page 1 in the letter form are distinct from the strips with the tractor holes 6, 6′ or 6a, 6a′;nevertheless it may be envisaged an embodiment in which the total number of strips would be two, and the function of band 8, 8′ would be carried out by part of the strips 6a, 6a′ with the tractor holes.
  • Figs 6 and 7 show an alternative embodiment to those shown in figures 1 and 1a, from which it differs in the position of the band 8, 8′ and in having a window 19.
  • the method for closing is analogous to that above described with reference to the previous embodiment; the only difference is that the form of fig. 6 should be folded as shown in fig. 7 instead of the usual accordion way.
  • Figs 6 and 7 show a form page stripped of the perforated tractor strips and the parts of the side bands not containing adhesive areas; although there are no plan views of the entire page for this embodiment, the entire page is assumed to have structure similar to those of the embodiments shown in Figs 1 and 1a.
  • Figs 8 to 12 a continuous form page according to the invention, particularly suited to sending of postal bills for payment through the postal giro system.
  • band 26 on side 5 is a standard perforated tractor strip joined to the rest of the page by the perforations 28, while band 26′ on side 5′ is "L" shaped in the same way as the strip 6a′ in Fig 1a.
  • Band 26′ is linked to the rest of page (as well as to the side band 33 on the left of page F) by the line of perforations 28′. Removing both bands 26 and 26′ gives the page as in Fig 9, where only side band 33 remains which, as in the above disclosed embodiments, is defined by a fold line or crease 31.
  • fold lines or creases 27 and 29 are provided on page F parallel to side 2 and 2′; said fold lines divide the page F into three equal parts which are in turn halfed by a fold line or crease 32 perpendicular to line 27 and 29, and equidistant from the fold line 31 and the perforated line 28.
  • Zone 30 carries the heading 3 and the space for the recipient's address 4.
  • Zone 30, as can be seen from Fig 9, also carries along the full length of its side and external to itself, the single side band 33, which carries the adhesive area on at least its reverse.
  • An area corresponding to the adhesive area on side band 33 is found along the line 28 between the side 2 and the fold line or crease 27. The positioning of this second adhesive area will become clearer with reference to Figs 10, 11 and 12.
  • section 22 is divided into two zones 30 and 25 by the fold line or crease 32, both of them having an adhesive area.
  • the adhesive area of zone 30 is the reverse of the side band 33, while that of zone 25 is the shaded area 34 provided along the edge of zone 25.
  • page F is folded along the fold line or crease 32 as shown in Fig 11 so that the side band 33 can be folded over and sealed to the said adhesive area 34, thus closing the letter.
  • the method for the folding and closing provides also in this case for the reversal of the steps of removal of the perforated tractor strips and folding of page F.
  • the layout and shape of the side bands 26, 26′ and 33 can obviously vary without losing the protection of the present patent, e.g. the side band 33 and the adhesive area 34 may be joined to the rest of the page F by a line of perforations, and could thus be tear-off removed when opening the letter.
  • page F can be folded in more ways than the one above disclosed, e.g. page F can be accordion folded, thus requiring a minor change in the position of the adhesive areas.
  • the self-enveloping continuous form provides individual pages capable of being compiled by computer and then folded into a plurality of sections, which are mutually adhesive, to form a "sealed" letter with simple, secure and reliable closure.

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EP89103505A 1988-03-02 1989-02-28 Carte-lettre Withdrawn EP0331110A3 (fr)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
IT1961488 1988-03-02
IT8819614A IT1227781B (it) 1988-03-02 1988-03-02 Modulo autoimbustante.
IT2004988 1988-03-31
IT8820049A IT1216673B (it) 1988-03-31 1988-03-31 Modulo autoimbustante per corrispondenza.

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EP0331110A2 true EP0331110A2 (fr) 1989-09-06
EP0331110A3 EP0331110A3 (fr) 1990-05-16

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Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
ES2040649A1 (es) * 1992-03-17 1993-10-16 Transkrit Documentos Perfeccionamientos en la formacion de cartas-sobre que incorporan sobre respuesta.
EP0587315A1 (fr) * 1992-08-26 1994-03-16 Moore Business Forms, Inc. Lettre-enveloppe et son procédé d'assemblage
EP1189763A1 (fr) * 1999-06-21 2002-03-27 Walter Albert Nagel Feuille pouvant etre pliee pour former une enveloppe postale

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GB117679A (en) * 1917-07-26 1918-07-26 Nathan Ottinger Improvements in Correspondence Devices.
US1461879A (en) * 1920-09-02 1923-07-17 Harris Holmes Combined envelope and letter sheet
US2872100A (en) * 1954-08-02 1959-02-03 Harry B Coffin Mailing piece including return envelope forming portion
FR2529833B1 (fr) * 1982-07-06 1986-08-29 Formeurop Lavauzelle Pli enveloppant de correspondance

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
ES2040649A1 (es) * 1992-03-17 1993-10-16 Transkrit Documentos Perfeccionamientos en la formacion de cartas-sobre que incorporan sobre respuesta.
EP0587315A1 (fr) * 1992-08-26 1994-03-16 Moore Business Forms, Inc. Lettre-enveloppe et son procédé d'assemblage
EP1189763A1 (fr) * 1999-06-21 2002-03-27 Walter Albert Nagel Feuille pouvant etre pliee pour former une enveloppe postale

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