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US 2016/0200064 A1Published application
Envelope having integrated and removable label and process for manufacturing same
AssigneeCalibrated Forms Co. Inc.
InventorsRichard Miller, William Elmore
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Abstract
An envelope design and processes for manufacturing said envelopes is disclosed herein. The disclosed envelopes have an integrated and removable label portion secured within a panel of the envelope by an adhesive liner. The envelopes may be manufactured by die-cutting the label portions in a paper web, applying the adhesive liner to one side of the paper web covering the die-cut label portions, die-cutting an envelope blank from the paper web, and forming a folded envelope from the blank.
Claims20
A method for manufacturing an envelope comprising the steps of:
- feeding a continuous paper web to label-forming equipment;
- die-cutting a plurality of label portions into the paper web;
- applying a plurality of adhesive liners to one side of the paper web, wherein the adhesive liners cover the die-cut label portions and secure the die-cut label portions in the paper web;
- feeding the paper web to die-cutting equipment;
- die-cutting a plurality of envelope blanks from the paper web, wherein each die-cut envelope blank comprises at least one die-cut label portion secured in the envelope blank by the adhesive liner;
- feeding the die-cut envelope blanks into envelope-forming equipment;
- applying an adhesive to the envelope blanks;
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- folding the envelope blanks into formed envelopes wherein each envelope comprises at least one die-cut label portion secured in the envelope by the adhesive liner, wherein the label portion is integrated with the envelope and separable from the envelope to form a separate adhesive label, wherein the adhesive label portion is separable from the envelope without applying a release agent.
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A system for manufacturing an envelope comprising:
- label-forming equipment that die-cuts a plurality of label portions on a continuous paper web and applies a plurality of adhesive liners to one side of the paper web, wherein the adhesive liners cover the die-cut label portions and secure the die-cut label portions in the paper web;
- die-cutting equipment that die-cuts a plurality of envelope blanks from the paper web, wherein each die-cut envelope blank comprises at least one die-cut label portion secured in the envelope blank by the adhesive liner;
- envelope-folding equipment that applies an adhesive to the envelope blanks and folds the envelope blanks into formed envelopes wherein each formed envelope comprising at least one die-cut label portion secured in each envelope by the adhesive liner, wherein the label portion is integrated with the envelope and separable from the envelope to form a separate adhesive label, wherein the adhesive label portion is separable from the envelope without applying a release agent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.