DE2314365A1 - PRE-ADDRESSED ENVELOPE AND THE METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ITS MANUFACTURING - Google Patents

Description

Io5 D - Se / k March 21, 1973

Globe Envelopes Products Limited Toronto, Ontario / Canada

Pre-addressed envelope and method and apparatus

for its manufacture

The invention relates to a pre-addressed envelope as well a method and a device for the production of a pre-addressed envelope, the address of which is in such a place that, when used as intended of the envelope is visible, with the address in an * print station of a data storage device which has a memory in which the address is stored and from which it is used for printing is output on the fabric in the printing station, is printed on a suitable fabric.

It is known to produce pre-addressed envelopes by applying a plurality of addresses by typewriter, offset printing or transfer printing onto a roll of paper or the like, from which the addresses are cut off one at a time and placed on an envelope or an envelope blank

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be attached. Occasionally, v / ie according to, for example US Pat. No. 2,167, oo5 or according to US Pat 2,7o3, o4j5, become the strips of paper carrying the individual addresses attached to the inside of an envelope so that the address can be seen through an opening. usually and in any of the commercial use cases, however the address strip is attached to the outside of a pre-formed envelope. Alternatively, the also print the outer surface of the envelope yourself.

Recently, data storage devices have been using Saving for a variety of addresses made more and more use. The data storage device is usually with an output device and a printing device which allow addresses or other stored information output on demand, be it by a program or by an operator, whereupon the addresses or the others stored data can be printed by a typewriter-like printout device. Such data storage devices with memories, output and associated printing means have computers, highly developed computing equipments, Robot memory etc. Very often such facilities are used to store many thousands of names and addresses to save. For example, governments can use such data storage facilities for storing the names and addresses of use by all license holders or drivers; Insurance companies can have such facilities use to store the names and addresses of all policyholders, shareholders, etc. but one also still finds y many other uses, such as subscription lists from magazines or newspapers, membership lists, etc. In all of these examples there is a common occurrence of mail to everyone

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those persons are to be sent whose names and addresses are available in the memories of such data storage systems are. Under such circumstances, when using the aforementioned data storage devices, a quick printout the address information can be realized. It is of course desirable to have the output and printing facility as short as possible Time to operate as possible, especially if such a Facility is rented on a time basis. For this reason it is very often desirable to use "hard copies" a suitable computer or printing paper or other such tissue-like material.

In other known methods of addressing envelopes directly from the output of the data storage device, the envelopes are grounded , 1e supplied to the printing station of the data storage device and the addresses only one at a time printed on the envelopes. However, this movement of the envelopes through the printing station requires so much time that no economical use of the possibilities of the printing station takes place as the movement of the envelopes and support material, on which they are attached, requires far too much time due to the printing station, especially when the material must be stopped at the print station every time an address is printed. You can also easily create programs for the output of addresses, in which case each address comprises more than one line and the printer Can be set up differently, a variety of addresses can be printed side by side by the first Line of all addresses is printed before the next line of addresses is started. In this way you can the printing capabilities of modern printing stations from computers and other data storage devices are much more economical to use. Of course it is possible on any given area

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to print many addresses of paper or fabric material, or in other words, a much higher density of printed addresses To achieve addresses per unit area. This is especially true when modern printing equipment in computers or others Data storage director. used where high linear speeds of the paper can be reached by the print station and high print speeds are normal.

In the case of a data storage printout system for the production of a large number of pre-addressed envelopes,? »Docn die Materialko; ^; become an important factor. For example, if it is desirable to print a large number of addresses on a material that will later be used in the form of labels on the outside of the envelope (cf. Canadian P.-.- toni-pohrift 617,694), then let such material often ^ organized and must therefore be provided with a supporting material. ArLr ₁ I-the costs of a coated, pre-rubberized material are high in comparison with the costs of a standardized he 'COTiputerausdrunkpäpiers. Such a paper is Gewci.-li.jb fan-shaped *, ;; Folded in zigzag and in different sheet sizes ί, holds: - ,. Like ^ n; As explained below, along the line: · Rarely on computer printout paper or other suitable material, a multitude of index holes; or openings provided at predetermined intervals.

By far the most common way of mailing an envelope to someone special on a special mailing list, when the intended recipient's address has been printed or reproduced using machine methods, is to have a card bearing the address, including embossed credit cards, computer cards, etc. together with the other material to be mailed in the envelope

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is plugged so that the address is through a in the front The window formed by the envelope is visible. In most cases, such a card is designed like a computer card and of the same size v.-ie the envelope in which it is put, so that it is improbable that it is its position changed inside the envelope, which ensures that the address of the recipient is visible at all times. On the other hand, the card can also be inserted into a pocket located inside the envelope or in some other way be secured against a shift in their position, so that it is always ensured that the address of the recipient always visible through the window of the envelope. Of course, window envelopes are also used for many other purposes, e.g. for sending monthly account statements etc. The however, the present invention is primarily concerned with situations where a plurality of envelopes are ready to be mailed at the same time is to be made, the contents of the envelopes being essentially identical, for example annual reports, publicity material, meeting announcements, group advertisements, etc.

When a card is put in an envelope or a pocket inside an envelope, the address of the recipient To show this envelope in the mail, the window in the envelope is very often uncovered. In other words, the envelope is designed so that a corner or edge of another envelope easily adheres to the corners of one Catch the window of an envelope and possibly tear open the front of the envelope. In addition, there is the risk that the material will fall out of the envelope and, in particular, that other material can get into the envelope and get stuck there. Some window envelopes have a on the inside surface of the front

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"Stickers" of glassine paper, cellophane or any other suitable material attached to the window opening of to cover inside. Very often, however, the material of the sticker is only attached to two edges and not all around Scope of the window opening, stricter postal regulations However, will include the requirement that every envelope that has a window or other opening on the inside the front of the envelope into which this opening is located cut, must be provided with a piece of material that is securely attached and located behind the opening. In view of the use of fast-working machines for cancellation and sorting processes in post offices, this is the case Point particularly important.

Taking into account the facts that it will be required in the future That will be a sticker on the inside of the front of an envelope that has an opening like a window opening must be attached that extensive mail items of identical material to all the recipients, their names are contained in the memories of data storage devices, will be increasingly manageable in the future, that every envelope should go through as few work processes as possible during its production for economic reasons and that it would be desirable to receive a pre-addressed envelope immediately from the manufacturer is presented by the present Invention represents a means whereby all of these desires can be satisfied.

It is therefore the object of the present invention to provide a pre-addressed envelope as well as a method and a To create device for its production, which represent a substantial improvement over the known and the address of the intended recipient is affixed to the envelope in such a way that it can be used as intended.

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use of the envelope is visible.

This object is achieved in that on the affixed to the inner surface of the front face is a sticker with individual address information printed on it is provided and that the individual address is on the sticker in such a place that, when the sticker attached over the opening in the front of is visible outside the envelope.

The object is also achieved by a method in which

a) from the memory in the printing stage, a large number of individual addresses are output and printed, each individual address Address is printed on the fabric in a different location than any other such individual address,

b) a portion of the fabric is cut and removed so that that portion bears a single printed address;

c) the part with the individual address is attached to a blank envelope so that the individual address is visible is when an envelope made from such an envelope is in normal use and

d) an envelope from the envelope blank with the attached piece of fabric with the individual address printed on it is manufactured.

The object is also achieved by a device that is characterized by

a) a data storage device with a memory in which individual addresses are stored, printing devices,

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which allow printing on a fabric material, and Output devices for outputting individual addresses from the memory of the printing devices;

b) facilities for storing printed fabric material; and

c) means for the intermittent feeding of the printed fabric material to cutting means in which from individual parts of the fabric are cut off, each with a single printed address, and means for successively feeding the cut pieces to means which allow the parts on the surface of prepared, glued envelope blanks on one in each of the blanks cut opening so that each part is placed over the opening in such a way that the individual address printed on the fabric part is visible from the other side of the envelope blank.

According to the present invention, the pre-addressed Envelopes made in an envelope making machine that normally makes window envelopes, with an opening on the front, on the inside of which behind the opening a sticker made of glassine paper or Cellophane is attached, the addresses of the intended recipients are on suitable webs of tissue or paper in the Rapid print station a <jr data storage device printed and by a modified envelope gluer into individual ones Strips or stickers divided, each with an address. Each strip with an address is used as a sticker affixed to an envelope so that the address is through

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the opening is visible. The speed at The speed of the production of the pre-addressed envelopes is essentially the same as that of the addresses the intended recipient can be printed out from the memory of a data storage system, e.g. a computer, in its fast printer.

It must be noted that the invention is a method for Specifies the manufacture of pre-addressed envelopes in which the address is attached in such a way that it is at the predetermined Use of the envelope is visible 1st. In other words, the address is placed on the envelope in such a way that the Address can be read in the mail by sorters, shippers, messengers, etc. Quite generally belongs to the invention the attachment of a strip or part of a suitable fabric or paper material, such as computer paper, on which the address previously printed in the printing station of a data storage device is located. Such Data storage device is a device with a memory for a plurality of such addresses, from which the addresses can be output onto the tissue or paper material for printing in the printing station. The proportion of the streak or fabric or paper material on which the address is printed can according to a general concept of the invention on the outside of an envelope in the form of a label. According to a special embodiment of the inventive concept, however, the part of the fabric or paper material on which the address is printed is used as a sticker attached to the inside surface of the front of an envelope.

It is therefore provided according to the invention to provide pre-addressed

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Glue on the inside of an envelope is preferable to labels attached to the outside of an envelope. This has the The advantage is that all the work that is done on a blank envelope is ultimately processed into a pre-addressed envelope can be done from a single page. As a result, can be modified by a, However, in some Parts conventional envelope making machines are used to make pre-addressed envelopes, which in turn opens up the possibility of producing such pre-addressed envelopes at high speed.

Further details and advantages of the invention emerge from the exemplary embodiments shown schematically in the figures.

Show:

Fig. 1 is an illustration of a stack of tissue or paper material, on which addresses can be printed as they are from the memory of a data storage system are issued;

Fig. 2 is an illustration of a stack of tissue or paper material with a single column of printed addresses;

Fig. 3 is a pre-addressed tissue or paper material, the a portion is separated from the rest of the material;

Pig · ^ * 5 »6 and 7 representations of a blank envelope during different stages of production;

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Flg. 8 is a schematic representation of an apparatus for

Making pre-addressed envelopes according to the invention;

Flg. Figure 9 is a view of a typical pre-addressed envelope in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 1 shows a stack 11 of fan-shaped folded sheets 12 of fabric or paper material. On every sheet 12 may be printed with a variety of addresses as indicated generally at 14, 16, 18 and 20. On both sides of the sheet 12 rows of holes 22 are attached. In the illustrated embodiment, there are also 12 in the sheet Rows of double holes 24. In the usual case, the material is made of which the sheet 12 is formed. Paper, usually light to medium weight. It can be of the kind commonly used for computer or data storage printout purposes. The edge holes 22 serve to guide and mark the sheet of material 12 through the printout station of a data storage device. In size and spacing, they correspond to the conventional standard of the computer industry. (In a typical case, a sheet of paper 12 is 18 inches wide and 10 inches long, and the edge holes 22 are spaced 64 cm from the edge and 1.27 cm from each other. The sheets 12 are usual catfish continuously fan-folded and are usually in the shape of looo Sheets supplied per package or bundle ^

In the embodiment of the sheet 12 shown in FIG the rows of double holes 24 located between them are of this type shaped to be obtained after printing a plurality of sheets 12 in the printing station of a data storage device

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can be separated into four separate bundles or packs of fan-shaped paper, each of which has a plurality of holes 22 or 24 lengthways, leather edge at predetermined intervals, the four separate strips of paper material emerging from a preprinted pack of sheets 12 are generally numbered 26, 28, 29 and 3o in FIG. In addition, FIG. 1 shows how four addresses are printed across the entire width of sheet 12 so that each strip 26, 28, 29 or 30 contains only one address across its entire width, represented in FIG. 3 by a typical strip of paper material 27 is indicated.

In Fig. 2, a stack 46 (47) of paper material is shown, which has a single column of addresses printed on it and a number of fan-folded sheets, like the sheet 1 ^, contains. The stack 46 (47) can be a single strip of a fan-shaped folded paper material. But it can also be one of the bundles 26, 28, 29 or 3o which have been separated from the stack 11 of FIG.

4-7 illustrate various stages in the production of a blank envelope which is ultimately converted into a pre-addressed Envelope is converted according to the invention. As already mentioned, Fig. 3 represents a strip Paper material on which individual addresses are printed. These representations are in the following in connection with the explanation of FIG. 8, a schematic representation of a typical apparatus, with the aid of which the pre-addressed Envelopes made in accordance with the invention will be discussed.

An envelope blank in Figs. 4-7, generally with 32 he-

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draws, enters into the designated 34 machine of Flg. from a previous station at 36. The direction of the Movement of the envelope blank 32 through the machine 34 is indicated by the arrows 35. In one station of the machine 34, which is labeled 38, is In the envelope blank 32 an opening 4o cut at a point which, according to the final completion of the envelope represents the front. Thereupon 42 rubber or in a further station Adhesive 44 is applied to the top of the envelope blank around the opening 4o. The other strips of rubber and adhesive needed in the manufacture of the envelope are applied in a different location in the usual manner.

A stack of a fan-folded strip of paper material 27 is shown in FIG. 8 generally designated 56. By suitable means, the strip of paper material 27 is introduced into the envelope making machine 34, the tensioning and runner rollers 48 and 50 and pin wheels or edge drive wheels 52. The pin wheels 52 are driven at such a speed that the forward movement of the Strip 27 to the cutting station 54 just with such Speed takes place so that the individual addresses that are printed on the strip 27 can be separated, as indicated at 56 in FIG. The separated part 56 of the Paper material is then picked up by a transport roller 58 and held there, for example by vacuum. the Transport roller 58 conveys the portion 56 of the paper material with the single address printed thereon to the same time to an applicator roll 61 in which an envelope blank 32 comes to the same applicator roll 61, with the result that the part 56 is applied to the blank 32 and forms a plaster or sticker 59 over the opening 4o. the The address 60 printed on the part or strip 56 is visible through the opening 4o if, as shown in FIG. 9,

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the envelope is finished. The pin wheels 52 engage the edge holes 22 and 24 of the strip of material 27 a. In this way, by driving the pin wheels 52 the forward movement of the strip material 27 and thus the delivery of the divided part 56 to the transport roller 58 can be precisely controlled at a known speed. There in addition, the longitudinal distance between the edge holes 22 or 24 is known, a precise control of the cutting station, which separates the part 56 from the strip 27, are brought about, In this way, the paper material 27 is marked and the part 56 is delivered to the envelope blank 32 for its final use as a plaster or sticker possible according to the present invention.

It has already been mentioned that one of the main advantages of the present invention is that it makes use of the high-speed printers of modern data storage systems can. As previously stated, the usual computer printout paper is such as the fabric or paper material sheet 12 of FIG 2o addresses can be printed per sheet. Since there are usually looo leaves in each bundle or package 11, 2o, ooo addresses per pack of fabric material can very quickly be found in the printout station of a modern data storage system to be printed. Using modified envelope making and gluing equipment, up to 200 envelopes per minute, i.e. if each of these envelopes is a pre-addressed envelope with a sticker affixed in accordance with the invention «can per * Hour, more than 12,000 pre-addressed envelopes can be produced. Another advantage arises from the fact that

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Envelopes pre-addressed in this way can be passed on to envelope filling stations of machines and even to franking machines within a system of the envelope manufacturer. In this way, the Poat handling of such material can be arranged by any business or organization through the envelope manufacturer, simply by supplying him with all material to be mailed and by making pre-addressed envelopes according to the invention, filling them and postage after postage. For the business or organization that concludes a contract for the production of the pre-addressed envelopes, it is therefore only necessary to provide on a suitable fabric material a single output of all of the addresses which are stored by the memory of the data storage system used by the business or organization are.

As the computer or data storage device in manufacture of the printed address strips at full speed can be used, significant savings can be made in the time that the computer or computer can be used Print station is in operation. Furthermore, one must realize that in the usual way where printout stations used by data storage devices to apply a print directly to an envelope and where a multitude of is supported by envelopes from a backing material, which is essentially the package of sheets 12 shown in FIG doubled, compared to less than looo addresses that can be printed on the envelopes from the data memory output the 2O, 000 addresses for the same amount of material directly in Form of stickers for the pre-addressed envelopes accordingly of the invention is used instead of being discarded as before. It also reduces the downtime of the printing station the data storage device, during which the

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kete or bundle of tissue carrier material are changed, significantly reduced. According to the present invention can pre-addressed envelopes can be produced at substantially the same speed as the addresses from the Print stations can be printed by fast outputs from data storage devices.

In a preferred embodiment of the machine 34, in near the first stack 46, a second stack 47 is fan-shaped material 27 folded and cut into strips. The trailing edge of the last sheet of paper from the stack 46 is spliced to the leading edge of the first sheet of stack 47 so that continuous operation of the Machine 34 is ensured. It is recommended that the To mount stacks 46 and 47 on a turret which conveys the stack 47 into the position of the stack 46 when the latter is used up, whereupon a fresh stack can be inserted and spliced with the previous one as described above can.

When the piece of preprinted tissue or paper material is taken from the printout stage of the data store and placed on a Envelope blank is attached so that he can put a plaster or sticker over a window or other in the Forms envelope blank cut opening, all work is done in the production of the pre-addressed envelope or of the envelope blank, on which a sticker will be affixed, is made on the outer surface of the front of the envelope.

It is also obvious that a sticker 59 from a Strip material? 7 and can be applied to an envelope blank 32 as discussed above, but so

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that it covers more than one opening previously cut into the envelope blank. This can be desirable if the intention is to make a code number, advertising message or similar visible through a second opening. It is also within the scope of the invention to apply more than one sticker to an envelope blank so that different openings are each provided with a sticker can be.

The foregoing description has mainly dealt with the process of making pre-addressed envelopes according to the invention including a description of the f quick printout by data storage devices that have a memory in which the addresses to be used are stored. It was found that the invention comprises a method for producing a pre-addressed envelope, the address being attached to the envelope so that it can be used when the Envelope is visible. Furthermore, it was found that in normal cases the address in a machine equipped with suitable additional equipment for the production of envelopes in the form of a sticker on the inner surface of the Front of the envelope is applied over a previously cut opening. However, other configurations and modifications than those shown and described are possible within the scope of the appended claims.

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Claims (9)

Claims Pre-addressed envelope having a front with an interior surface, characterized in that on the inner surface of the front has a sticker with a single label printed on it Address information is provided and that the individual The address on the sticker is in such a place, that, when the sticker is attached over the opening in the front, it comes from outside the envelope visible 1st. 2) Process for the production of a pre-addressed envelope, the address of which is in such a place that it is visible when the envelope is used as intended, the address in a printout station of a data storage device, in whose memory the address is stored and from which it is output for printing on a suitable fabric or paper in the printing station, on which the fabric is printed, characterized in that a) a plurality of individual ones from the memory in the printing stage Addresses are output and printed, with each individual address on the fabric in a different location than every other such individual address is printed, b) a part of the fabric is cut and removed so that this part bears a single printed address, c) the part with the single address is attached to a blank envelope so that the single address 309840/0430 is visible when an envelope made from such an envelope blank is being used as intended and d) from the envelope blank with the piece of tissue attached to it an envelope is made with the individual printed address. 3) Method according to claim?, Characterized in that the Oe .ebematerial a plurality of holes in predetermined Spacing along each edge of the fabric material. Method according to claim 3, characterized in that on the fabric material is printed a plurality of columns of individual addresses. 5> The method according to claim 4, characterized in that the Fabric material is cut into a plurality of strips, each of which has a column of individual printed thereon Contains addresses, and that this strip has a plurality of holes along each edge at predetermined intervals Has. 6) Method according to claim 5 # characterized in that the Columns are printed line by line and the printing of the line does not begin until the previous line is finished. 7) Method according to claim 2, characterized in that in step c) the envelope blank with a pre-cut opening is provided and the piece of fabric on the envelope 309840/0430 blank is attached over the opening so that the individual Address is visible through the opening. 8) Method according to claim 7 »characterized in that the pre-cut opening is a window opening cut into the envelope blank at such a point that, when the envelope is made from the blank, it is on its front side. 9) device for producing a pre-addressed envelope, marked by a) a data storage device with a memory in which individual addresses are stored, printing devices, which allow printing on a fabric material, and output devices for outputting individual ones Addresses from the memory of the printing devices, b) facilities for storing printed fabric material; and c) devices for the intermittent feeding of the printed fabric material to cutting devices, in which cut off individual parts from the fabric material each containing a single printed address and means for sequential Feeding of the cut parts to facilities that allow the parts to be placed on the surface of prepared, to attach envelope blanks provided with adhesive to an opening cut in each of the blanks, so that each part is placed over the opening in such a way that the individual parts on the tissue part The address printed on the envelope is visible from the other side of the envelope blank. 3 C.3 S * »C / Ό iac Blank page