Mail parcel sealing method and apparatus
AssigneeIndustria Grafica Meschi S.r.l.
InventorLuciano Meschi
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Abstract
Printed matter in form of single sheets or groups of sheets is converted into a sealed cover or parcel ready for mailing by glueing along all perimetral edges of the cover or parcel, in which a folding operation has been possibly previously carried out in order to form the size of a standard envelope for mailing.
Claims10
A method for sealing a mailer formed from at least one sheet, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing at least one sheet, each said at least one sheet having an obverse face, a reverse face and four outer perimeter edges;
- providing at least one fold line on said at least one sheet, to divide said sheet into at least two parts, said at least two parts being substantially equal to one another;
- folding said at least one sheet along said at least one fold line so that portions of said edges are aligned and said at least two parts are in a flat, superimposed configuration in which said aligned edges and said at least one fold line form four sides defining the perimeter of the folded at least one sheet and so that said obverse face of said at least one sheet is unexposed;
- applying a glue solely to all of the four sides along the entire perimeter of the folded at least one sheet to maintain said edges in said aligned condition and thereby provide a mailer which is completely closed on all sides.
A method for sealing a mailer of at least two sheets of the same configuration, wherein each of said at least two sheets has two faces and an outer perimeter edge surrounding said two faces, comprising the steps of:
- aligning said at least two sheets together so that the outer perimeter edges of said at least two sheets coincide;
- applying glue solely to said coincided outer perimeter edges along the entire perimeter so that a mailer is produced which is completely closed on all said sides.
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