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US 6,004,062 AGranted
Index divider sheet assembly and the like
AssigneeAvery Dennison Corporation
InventorsJeffrey C. Hunter, Sonia Owen, Gustav Allen Ray
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Abstract
The tabbed edge of a divider sheet has at least one strip releasably attached thereto. The strip helps the printer (or copier) sense the sheet when being fed strip end first or last (landscape direction) into the printer or copier. When fed in the portrait direction, the strip guides the sheet along the feed tray guides thereby preventing skewing of the sheet. After the printer or copier has printed the desired indicia on the tabs and/or body of the sheet, the strip is removed from the sheet and discarded. The strip can be attached to the sheet with adhesive or by a microperforation line.
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An index tab sheet assembly, comprising:
- an index tab sheet having an edge and a tab extending out from said edge, said tab having first and second opposite tab faces;
- and
- a strip releasably attached with releasable adhesive to said sheet in an attached position;
- said strip when in the attached position extending out from said edge to improve feed of said sheet into or transport of said sheet through a printer or copier for a printing operation on said sheet;
- said strip being removable from the attached position on said sheet after the printing operation;
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- said strip when in the attached position not covering any substantial portion of either of said first and second tab faces such that the printing operation can be on either or both of said tab faces.
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An index tab sheet assembly, comprising:
- an index tab sheet having an edge and a tab extending out from said edge;
- and
- a strip releasably attached to said sheet in an attached position extending out from said edge to improve feed of said sheet into or transport of said sheet through a printer or copier for a printing operation on said sheet, said strip being removable from the attached position on said sheet after the printing operation.
An index tab sheet assembly, comprising:
- an index tab sheet having an edge and a tab extending out from said edge;
- a strip releasably attached to said sheet in an attached position extending out from said edge to improve individual and separate feed of said sheet into or individual and separate transport of said sheet through a printer or copier for a printing operation on said sheet, said strip being removable from the attached position on said sheet after the printing operation;
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- a folded-over portion attached to said sheet and in a folded-over position relative to said sheet during the printing operation and adapted to be unfolded after the printing operation.
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An index tab divider sheet assembly, comprising:
- an index tab divider sheet having a tab edge, a tab extending out from said tab edge, an opposite linear edge opposite to said tab edge, and two parallel spaced linear edges perpendicular to said tab edge;
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- a strip releasably attached to said sheet in an attached position extending out from said tab edge and extending from one of said parallel spaced linear edges to the other to improve feed of said sheet into or transport of said sheet through a printer or copier for a printing operation on said sheet, said strip when in the attached position defines a rectangle with said sheet, said strip being removable from the attached position on said sheet after the printing operation whereby a printed index tab divider sheet is formed.
An assembly, comprising:
- an index tab sheet including (a) a main sheet body having a tab edge and (b) a tab extending out from the tab edge;
- a strip releasably attached to the sheet so as to extend out beyond the tab edge and adjacent to the tab;
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- releasable adhesive which releasably attaches the strip to the sheet.
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An assembly, comprising:
- an index tab sheet including (a) a main sheet body having a tab edge and (b) a tab extending out from the tab edge;
- and
- a strip releasably attached to the sheet so as to extend out beyond the tab edge and adjacent to the tab;
- wherein the strip is releasably attached directly on and to a rear face of the sheet body.
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An assembly, comprising:
- an index tab sheet including (a) a main sheet body having a tab edge and (b) a tab extending out from the tab edge;
- and
- a strip releasably attached to the sheet so as to extend out beyond the tab edge and adjacent to the tab;
- wherein the strip passes directly behind the tab and across a rear face thereof.
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An assembly, comprising:
- an index tab sheet including (a) a main sheet body having a tab edge and (b) a tab extending out from the tab edge;
- and
- a strip releasably attached to the sheet so as to extend out beyond the tab edge and adjacent to the tab;
- wherein the strip comprises a lighter weight paper than that of the sheet.
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An assembly, comprising:
- an index tab sheet including (a) a main sheet body having a tab edge and (b) a tab extending out from the tab edge;
- and
- a strip releasably attached to the sheet so as to extend out beyond the tab edge and adjacent to the tab;
- wherein the strip defines an elongate rectangle having a constant width from one end of the strip to the other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.