WO1984003269A1 - Ensemble postal - Google Patents

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WO1984003269A1
WO1984003269A1 PCT/US1983/000202 US8300202W WO8403269A1 WO 1984003269 A1 WO1984003269 A1 WO 1984003269A1 US 8300202 W US8300202 W US 8300202W WO 8403269 A1 WO8403269 A1 WO 8403269A1
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mailer set
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perforated
mailer
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James M Turner
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Unisys Corp
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Burroughs Corp
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Priority to PCT/US1983/000202 priority Critical patent/WO1984003269A1/fr
Priority to AU13370/83A priority patent/AU1337083A/en
Priority to EP19830901034 priority patent/EP0137771A4/fr
Publication of WO1984003269A1 publication Critical patent/WO1984003269A1/fr
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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
    • B42D5/00—Sheets united without binding to form pads or blocks
    • B42D5/02—Form sets
    • B42D5/023—Continuous form sets
    • B42D5/025—Mailer assemblies

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  • This invention relates to a mailer set having one or more interior plies. More particularly, it relates to an improved design for such a mailer set in which the thumb notches which are usually positioned directly opposite each other on opposite sides of the mailer are repositioned such that the thumb notches are offset one from another.
  • a mailer set which has one or more interior plies located between a front and a back ply.
  • a perforated thumb notch is positioned along the left hand edge of the mailer set in the upper portion of that edge.
  • Another thumb c notch is positioned in the approximate center of the right hand edge of the mailer set.
  • All of the interior plies have a perforated line passing down their right handed edge, which line is inboard of the right hand thumb notch. In those instances where there are multiple interior plies, Q the perforated lines are coincident one with another.
  • Figure 1 illustrates a mailer set having thumb notches on opposite edges thereof as representative of the prior art.
  • Figure 2 pictorially illustrates the herein proposed mailer set configuration in which the opposite thumb notches are shown in their preferred locations.
  • Figure 3 again pictorially illustrates the proposed mailer set wherein the front ply is peeled away to reveal the snap perforation lines located on one or more of the interior plies.
  • Figure 4 pictorially illustrates the front of an alternate embodiment to the mailer set configuration of FIG. 2 in which the thumb notch and gripper portion are shown in their preferred location.
  • Figure 5 pictorially illustrates the mailer set of FIG. 4 with a portion of the front ply peeled away and further illustrates the glue line beneath the front ply.
  • Figure 6 illustrates the mailer set of FIG. 4 with stubs attached to enable feeding through a user's printer.
  • FIG 1 pictorially illustrates the positioning of the thumb notches 12 and 14 on the mailer set 10 as representative of the prior art.
  • the resulting force is equally distributed along the interior ply perforation 26 shown in Figure 3. Because of this equal force distribution, excessive force is needed to simultaneously burst apart the mailer set at the thumb notch 12 and the perforation line 26 ( Figure 3) and many times the excessive force needed to accomplish this exceeds the tearing point of other areas of the mailer set which are not intended to be torn.
  • Figure 2 pictorially illustrates the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • This mailer set 20 has opposing thumb notches 22 and 24 which are not directly across one from another. That is, they are positioned in an offset manner.
  • thumb notches 22 and 24 obviously are not simultaneously and equally applied to the perforated thumb notch 22 and the perforated interior ply lines 26 ( Figure 3) .
  • FIG 3 which pictorially illustrates the mailer set, also shows the interior ply or plies 28 with their respective perforated snap lines 26. It accomplishes this by showing the mailer set with its front ply peeled back.
  • the prior art system has a thumb e notch directly across from the snap perforation. This causes the user to attempt to break all of the perforation ties simultaneously. With the thumb notches offset, one from another, the perforation ties are broken in sequence starting with the ties adjacent to the second 10 printed thumb notch and moving toward both corners of the inner ply or plies. This allows the interior plies to snap out much easier.
  • Fig. ' 4 shows an alternate embodiment of a mailer set 30 in accordance with the present invention, • j e
  • a perforated line 50 extends vertically near the left end of the mailer set 30.
  • the perforated line 50 perforates through " the front and back outer plies 58,60 and also through all interior plies 38, the perforations through each ply being coincident with 2 0 each other.
  • the interior ply or plies 38 extend to the left beyond the perforated line 50.
  • the length of the interior ply or plies 38 may be 25 such that its left end does not extend beyond perforated line 50.
  • the outside plies 58,60 and interior ply or plies 38 are joined together by glue or other means at points to the left of 30 perforated line 50.
  • the thumb notch 32 is formed by perforating the outside plies 5S,60.along line 52, the perforated line on the back outer ply 60 (not shown) formed so as to be coincident with the perforated line 52 on the front outer ply 58.
  • the inner ply or plies 38 is not perforated along line 52.
  • the perforations along line 52 are nearly continuous. As will be explained below, the near continuous perforations on line 52 are used to assure that the perforated sections 32 of the front and back plies 58,60 tear out when end strip 36 is removed.
  • a gripping section 34 on the right hand side of the front outer ply 53 is designated by printed line 54.
  • Line 54 is not perforated.
  • a coincident gripping section may optionally be printed on the back outer ply 60 to enable a user to extract the inner plies 38 while viewing the back outer surface 60 of the mailer set 30.
  • FIG. 5 shows the mailer set 30 of FIG. 4 with a portion of the front outer ply 58 peeled away along line 74.
  • the front and back outer plies 58,60 are joined together along their top and bottom edges by glue lines 42 and 44.
  • Glue lines 42,44 extend horizontally from a point starting at or just inboard of line 50 to a point to the right of perforated line 40.
  • the top and bottom edges of the interior ply or plies 38 do not extend vertically to the glue lines 42,44 so that the inner ply or plies 38 are not joined to the front or back outer plies 58,60 at the top or bottom between lines 50 and glue line 46.
  • a line of glue 46 between the front outer ply 58 and the top inner ply connects the right hand sides of the front outer 58 and top inner ply.
  • a coincident glue line (not shown) connects the right hand side of the top surface of the back outer ply 60 and the bottom surface of the adjacent inner ply.
  • similar adhesive means (not shown) are provided to interconnect the adjoining inner plies along their right ends.
  • the glue lines 46 and the adhesive means do not extend to the right hand edge of the mailer set 30. However, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the glue line 46 and the adhesive means may be extended up to the right hand edge of the mailer set 30 shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.
  • perforated line 40 located adjacent to and inboard of the left hand edge of glue line 46 is another vertical perforated line 40.
  • the perforations of line 40 pass through the interior ply or plies 38, but do not pass through the outer plies 58,60.
  • the perforations in line 40 are approximately as continuous as those in line 52, but are more continuous than those in line 50. Thus, in effect, perforated lines 40 and 52 are weaker than perforated line 50.
  • arcuate broken line 48 is also shown in FIG. 5 .
  • This line 48 does not represent any actual printed or perforated line included in the preferred embodiment of the mailer set 30. Instead, as will be explained below, this line 48 merely indicates where the bursting will start when the inner ply or plies 38 removed from the mailer set 30.
  • the perforated left hand thumb notch 32 is vertically offset with respect to the gripping portion 34 on the right hand side. More particularly, the left hand thumb notch 32 is positioned between the center and the top of perforated line 50 and the right hand gripping portion 34 is positioned at the approximate center of the right hand edge of the mailer set 30.
  • the user first tears off end strip 36 along perforated line 50. This causes the end sections of the front and back exterior plies 58,60 and the end section of the interior ply or plies 38 to be removed from the mailer set 30 in one operation.
  • the notched sections 32 of the front and back outer plies 58,60 tear off along with the end strip 36 due to the relative weakness of perforated line 52. Since the inner ply or plies 38 is not perforated along line 52, when the end strip 36 is torn off, the inner ply or plies will be severed only along line 50.
  • OMPI J of the mailer set 30 are in alignment with each other except between the ends -of line 52 where the notched section 32 of the outer plies 58,60 (but not the inner ply or plies 38) have been torn away. Further the left hand edges of the inner 38 and outer 58,60 plies of the body of the mailer set 30 are no longer attached to each other except where the glue lines 42,44 intersect the left hand end of the mailer set 30 body.
  • the user grasps gripping section 34 between the fingers of one of his hands and grasps the inner ply or plies with the fingers of his other hand in the area 32 circumscribed by line 52, the notched sections
  • notched sections 32 and gripping portion 34 are offset allows for easier removal of the inner ply or plies 38 and substantially diminishes the probability that the inner ply or plies 38 will be torn away along lines other than perforated line 40.
  • stubs 62, 64 allow the forms to be fed through a user's printer mechanism by means of feeder holes 66.
  • the inner and outer plies 38, 58, 60 extend beyond the ends shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 to form stubs 62 and 64 which are perforated through all plies along lines 68 and 70.
  • the glue lines 42, 44 do not extend into the stubs 62, 64, the plies of the stubs being held together by punched perforations 72.
  • stubs 62, 64 may be torn off, thus leaving the mailer set shown and described in FIGS. 4 and 5.

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Ensemble postal amélioré facilitant le retrait de ses plis intérieurs (38). Les encoches pour pouces (32, 34) le long des côtés opposés de l'ensemble postal, qui étaient situées auparavant directement en face l'une de l'autre, ont été décalées. Cela permet la réduction de la pression antagoniste nécessaire pour rompre l'ensemble postal.
PCT/US1983/000202 1983-02-15 1983-02-15 Ensemble postal Ceased WO1984003269A1 (fr)

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PCT/US1983/000202 WO1984003269A1 (fr) 1983-02-15 1983-02-15 Ensemble postal
AU13370/83A AU1337083A (en) 1983-02-15 1983-02-15 Mailer set
EP19830901034 EP0137771A4 (fr) 1983-02-15 1983-02-15 Ensemble postal.

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PCT/US1983/000202 WO1984003269A1 (fr) 1983-02-15 1983-02-15 Ensemble postal

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US1951955A (en) * 1934-03-20 Air filter
CA790434A (en) * 1968-07-23 R.L. Crain Limited Manifold envelope assembly
US3554438A (en) * 1968-06-24 1971-01-12 Moore Business Forms Inc Correspondence assembly
US3608816A (en) * 1969-06-20 1971-09-28 Transkrit Corp Sealed envelope with removable insert
US3823867A (en) * 1972-09-06 1974-07-16 Moore Business Forms Inc Envelope assembly
US3841549A (en) * 1972-09-06 1974-10-15 Moore Business Forms Inc Manifold envelope assembly
US3902655A (en) * 1974-05-13 1975-09-02 Harold W Huffman Method of producing multi-panel mailing envelope forms in side-by-side interconnected series

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AU554873B2 (en) * 1980-12-16 1986-09-04 Burroughs Corp. Mailer set

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US1951955A (en) * 1934-03-20 Air filter
CA790434A (en) * 1968-07-23 R.L. Crain Limited Manifold envelope assembly
US3554438A (en) * 1968-06-24 1971-01-12 Moore Business Forms Inc Correspondence assembly
US3608816A (en) * 1969-06-20 1971-09-28 Transkrit Corp Sealed envelope with removable insert
US3823867A (en) * 1972-09-06 1974-07-16 Moore Business Forms Inc Envelope assembly
US3841549A (en) * 1972-09-06 1974-10-15 Moore Business Forms Inc Manifold envelope assembly
US3902655A (en) * 1974-05-13 1975-09-02 Harold W Huffman Method of producing multi-panel mailing envelope forms in side-by-side interconnected series

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