One-piece mailer and apparatus for folding same
AssigneeTranskrit Corporation
InventorDavid Dicker
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Abstract
The apparatus for folding and sealing a mailer blank includes a water applicator for activating remoistenable glue strips or lines on the mailer blank prior to folding into a mailer or envelope. The glue is disposed along the longitudinal edges as well as a transverse edge. One mailer section forms a flap with glue for sealing the mailer.
Claims32
A one-piece mailer blank having at least two contiguous sections disposed for folding over on each other into overlying relation, each said section having remoistenable glue along the respective longitudinal edges for bonding said sections together, said glue characterized in being resistant to heat in excess of 400.degree. F. and in providing lay flat characteristics.
A mailer assembly having a plurality of interconnected one-piece blanks and a plurality of transverse burstable lines of weakening separating said blanks from each other, each said blank including at least two longitudinally contiguous sections, a pair of longitudinal lines of weakening extending with said sections at respective longitudinal edges thereof, remoistenable glue disposed on each section between a respective longitudinal edge and a respective line of weakening of a respective section, said glue characterized in being resistant to heat in excess of 400.degree. F. and in providing lay flat characteristics.
A one-piece mailer blank having at least two contiguous sections disposed for folding over on each other into overlying relation, each said section having remoistenable glue along the respective longitudinal edges for bonding said sections together and a third section defining a flap for folding over one of said contiguous sections, said flap having remoistenable glue along a transverse edge for bonding said flap to said one section, said glue being characterized in being resistant to heat and in providing lay flat characteristics to permit processing through the feed paths of printers with heat and/or pressure generating fuser stations in a lay flat condition.
A one-piece mailer having three contiguous paper sections disposed in folded overlying relation, two of said sections having remoistenable glue along a respective longitudinal edge bonding said two sections together and a third of said sections forming a flap and having remoistenable glue along a transverse edge bonding said flap to a rear of one of said two sections, said glue characterized in being resistant to heat in excess of 400.degree. F. and in providing lay flat characteristics.
In combination
- a supply of blanks, each blank having at least a pair of foldable sections and a remoistenable glue on at least one section for securing said sections together upon folding;
- a printer for sequentially receiving said blanks and having means for imaging a blank of said supply passing therethrough;
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- an apparatus for folding and sealing a blank received from said printer, said apparatus including a feed means conveying a blank therethrough, means for applying water to at least one side of a conveyed blank to activate the glue thereon, and means for folding said sections of a conveyed blank into overlying relation while pressing the opposed sections together to permit the activated glue to bond said sections together.
A method of processing self mailers comprising the steps of
- providing a supply of one-piece blanks, each blank having at least two sections with at least one section having a remoistenable glue thereon, said glue being heat resistant to permit said blank to be fed through a heat generating fuser station of a printer;
- passing each blank through a non-impact printer having a heat generating fuser station to impart imaged variable information on each blank;
- wetting each blank in a region of the glue to activate the glue;
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- folding the sections of each blank into facing relation to secure the sections together in glued relation.
A method of processing self mailers comprising the steps of
- providing a self mailer assembly having a plurality of interconnected blanks, each blank having at least two sections with at least one section having a remoistenable glue thereon;
- passing the assembly through a printer having means to impart imaged variable information on each blank;
- thereafter separating each imaged blank from the mailer assembly;
- wetting each blank in a region of the glue to activate the glue;
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- folding the sections of each blank into facing relation to secure the sections together in glued relations.
A one-piece mailer blank for processing through a sheet feed non-impact printer having a heat generating fuser station having at least two contiguous sections disposed for folding over on each other into overlying relation, each said section having remoistenable glue along the respective longitudinal edges for bonding said sections together, said glue characterized in being resistant to heat in excess of 400.degree. F. generated in the fuser station and in providing lay flat characteristics to said section.
A one piece mailer blank for processing through a sheet feed non-impact printer having a cold flow fuser station, said blank having at least two contiguous sections disposed for folding over on each other into overlying relation, each said section having remoistenable glue along the respective longitudinal edges for bonding said sections together, said glue characterized in being heat resistant and in providing lay flat characteristics to said section to permit said blank to be fed through a feed path and a fuser station of the printer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.