EP2573623B1 - Method and apparatus for enveloping printed sheets - Google Patents

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EP2573623B1
EP2573623B1 EP11182394.4A EP11182394A EP2573623B1 EP 2573623 B1 EP2573623 B1 EP 2573623B1 EP 11182394 A EP11182394 A EP 11182394A EP 2573623 B1 EP2573623 B1 EP 2573623B1
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Tommy Segelberg
Per Swartz
Jonny Mejdahl
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
    • B65B5/02—Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
    • G03G15/65—Apparatus which relate to the handling of copy material
    • G03G15/6538—Devices for collating sheet copy material, e.g. sorters, control, copies in staples form
    • G03G15/6541—Binding sets of sheets, e.g. by stapling, glueing
    • G03G15/6544—Details about the binding means or procedure
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
    • G03G15/65—Apparatus which relate to the handling of copy material
    • G03G15/6588—Apparatus which relate to the handling of copy material characterised by the copy material, e.g. postcards, large copies, multi-layered materials, coloured sheet material
    • G03G15/6594—Apparatus which relate to the handling of copy material characterised by the copy material, e.g. postcards, large copies, multi-layered materials, coloured sheet material characterised by the format or the thickness, e.g. endless forms
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G2215/00—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes
    • G03G2215/00362—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes relating to the copy medium handling
    • G03G2215/00443—Copy medium
    • G03G2215/00514—Envelopes
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G2215/00—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes
    • G03G2215/00362—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes relating to the copy medium handling
    • G03G2215/00789—Adding properties or qualities to the copy medium
    • G03G2215/00822—Binder, e.g. glueing device
    • G03G2215/00835—Toner binding
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G2215/00—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes
    • G03G2215/00362—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes relating to the copy medium handling
    • G03G2215/00789—Adding properties or qualities to the copy medium
    • G03G2215/00877—Folding device

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  • the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for enveloping printed sheets.
  • the present invention relates to a method according to the preamble to Claim 1, to an system according to the preamble of Claim 6.
  • the method and apparatus are particularly well suited to use in or with a standard printer, having multiple standard trays carrying standard paper of different formats.
  • EP 0 514 699 A1 describes a system where a toner border is applied to a paper sheet, is heated and then folded and then forced through heated rollers, thereby providing a sealed document.
  • US-A-2011/220557 discloses an enveloping system where sheets are inserted into envelopes and each envelope including sheets is weighed and sorted based on the weight.
  • US-A-6980767 describes a printer where two or more sheets are joined together by using toner strips.
  • US-A-2003/234282 describes the forming of an envelope from a single standard size sheet with a sealing mechanism such as knurling or crimping.
  • FIG. 1 shows schematically how the present invention could be realized in one embodiment using standard paper sizes printed.
  • a paper sheet 1 of size A3+ in this specific example is printed in a standard laser printer with a toner border 4 on the side facing the viewer.
  • a text 6 is also printed on the same side.
  • the reverse side of the A3+ sheet can be provided with an address for example, as indicated by the address "SENATUM POPULUMQUE ROMANUM" 2 visible in reverse. It is of course possible to print any texts available with a standard duplex printer.
  • the numeral 5 indicates printed standard A4 sheets of any reasonable number which are to be enclosed in the envelope created from the A3+ sheet 1 in this example, by folding along the crease 3, whereupon the toner border will adhere to itself and seal the envelope, as will be described below.
  • Fig. 2 shows a standard duplex laser printer 7, which in many cases today is a copier and a scanner as well.
  • the printer 7 is provided in this case with a number of trays 8, 9, 10 and 11 for different sheets of standard paper, in this case, for example, tray 11 may contain standard A3+ paper (329 x 483 mm) and tray 10 may contain standard A4 paper (210 x 297 mm).
  • tray 11 may contain standard A3+ paper (329 x 483 mm)
  • tray 10 may contain standard A4 paper (210 x 297 mm).
  • an A3+ sheet is duplex printed on one side with an address, return address and/or other desired text and the other side is printed with a toner border frame 4 (see Fig.
  • Any large A3+ sheet is automatically guided after printing and is fed out downwards in the figure (arrow 13) to rollers 14 and 16, which crease it at crease line 3 and feed it upwards to a collecting station.
  • the filler, i.e. and desired printed A4 sheets 5 are then printed one by one on both sides (Here with the bread text "Gallia est omnis divisa .") and are fed individually (arrow 12) and stacked at the collecting station above the roller 14 in the figure here.
  • the stack is fed into the crease of the waiting A3+ sheet and the complete packet is fed (arrow 17) through between the rollers 15 and 16, which will press the toner border sections against each other thereby sealing the entire envelope with the printed A4 sheets inside.
  • the sealed envelope 1 b with contents 5b can be seen to the right in Fig. 2 .
  • the rollers may be heated to increase the sealing effect but this is not at all necessary for the invention.
  • One important advantage of the method and apparatus of the present invention is that, since a single standard duplex printer is used to produce both the printed envelope 1 b and the printed sheet contents 5b, this makes it possible to guarantee that the correct contents are inserted into the correct envelope.
  • Previously known enveloping methods and apparatuses have had to rely on numbered envelopes and contents to make sure that the correct contents have been inserted into the proper envelope, thus adding extra steps to the process and still not eliminating the risk of mismatched contents.
  • the present method it is possible to produce finished printed enveloped packets at a very rapid rate, with assured correct contents, with a standard laser printer, since both the envelope with printed text, address etc, as well as toner adhesive edges, and the printed content sheets are produced by single standard printer in a single sequence.
  • First the A3+ sheet is printed with the address 2 on one side and the toner edges 4 and possibly a printed text 6 on the other, and it is advanced to the creasing and pausing station by the rolls 14 and 16, while the A4 content sheets 5 are printed and collected.
  • the stack 5 is advanced toward the crease 3 in the waiting printed A3+ sheet and the entire folded packet is pressed forward through the rollers 16 and 17 sealing the toner edges 4 to each other.
  • the laser printer signal for starting the printing of the next A3+ envelope sheet is simultaneous with the signal to advance the stack of printed A4 content sheets 5 towards its waiting creased A3+ sheet. There is thus a completely continuous printing process at the maximum rate for the printer.
  • this is merely one method, apparatus and printer for realizing the present invention.
  • Other dimensions and grades of non-standard paper can also be used according to the invention with advantage.
  • the enveloping method can easily be combined with a perforation step to facilitate opening the delivered missive.
  • the apparatus can easily be incorporated and built into a printer at its output.

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  • The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for enveloping printed sheets. The present invention relates to a method according to the preamble to Claim 1, to an system according to the preamble of Claim 6. The method and apparatus are particularly well suited to use in or with a standard printer, having multiple standard trays carrying standard paper of different formats.
    • Background Art
  • Xerox Disclosure Journal Vol. 14, No. 6, November/December 1989, 315 in an article entitled Toner Gluing, describes the use of toner to glue together two paper surfaces. This makes possible the creation of an envelope from two sheets of paper, one provided with a border of toner, whereafter pressure and heat are applied to create the seal.
  • Such a solution sealing multiple sheets to each other by heating and/or pressing together toner borders on the sheets is shown in WO 96/09935 .
  • EP 0 514 699 A1 describes a system where a toner border is applied to a paper sheet, is heated and then folded and then forced through heated rollers, thereby providing a sealed document.
  • US-A-2011/220557 discloses an enveloping system where sheets are inserted into envelopes and each envelope including sheets is weighed and sorted based on the weight. US-A-6980767 describes a printer where two or more sheets are joined together by using toner strips.
  • US-A-2003/234282 describes the forming of an envelope from a single standard size sheet with a sealing mechanism such as knurling or crimping.
  • Such previously known solutions do not provided for the automatic printing of both the envelope and sheets to be enclosed in the envelope. The previously known solutions do not achieve this in a standard laser-jet printer, nor do they provide automatic assurance that the correct contents are enclosed in the envelope. Previously know solutions have required several lines, separate envelope blank feeders and coding means to make sure that the correct contents are enclosed in the correct envelope. These and other shortcomings of the previously known solutions are remedied with a method and an apparatus of the type described by way of introduction which have the characterizing features of the main claims. The present invention provides a very cost effective solution which utilizes an existing standard printer with standard grade paper of standard sizes.
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  • The present invention will be described in the following with reference to the drawings of which,
    Fig. 1 shows schematically how the present invention could be realized in one embodiment using standard paper sizes printed. A paper sheet 1 of size A3+ in this specific example is printed in a standard laser printer with a toner border 4 on the side facing the viewer. A text 6 is also printed on the same side. The reverse side of the A3+ sheet can be provided with an address for example, as indicated by the address "SENATUM POPULUMQUE ROMANUM" 2 visible in reverse. It is of course possible to print any texts available with a standard duplex printer. The numeral 5 indicates printed standard A4 sheets of any reasonable number which are to be enclosed in the envelope created from the A3+ sheet 1 in this example, by folding along the crease 3, whereupon the toner border will adhere to itself and seal the envelope, as will be described below.
  • One particularly advantageous embodiment of the method and apparatus of the present invention is illustrated schematically in Fig. 2, which shows a standard duplex laser printer 7, which in many cases today is a copier and a scanner as well. The printer 7 is provided in this case with a number of trays 8, 9, 10 and 11 for different sheets of standard paper, in this case, for example, tray 11 may contain standard A3+ paper (329 x 483 mm) and tray 10 may contain standard A4 paper (210 x 297 mm). In the process according to the invention an A3+ sheet is duplex printed on one side with an address, return address and/or other desired text and the other side is printed with a toner border frame 4 (see Fig. 1) as well as any desired text, for example the salutation "Ave, Amici et Senatori" 6 in Fig. 1. Any large A3+ sheet is automatically guided after printing and is fed out downwards in the figure (arrow 13) to rollers 14 and 16, which crease it at crease line 3 and feed it upwards to a collecting station. The filler, i.e. and desired printed A4 sheets 5 are then printed one by one on both sides (Here with the bread text "Gallia est omnis divisa ....") and are fed individually (arrow 12) and stacked at the collecting station above the roller 14 in the figure here. When all the desired A4 sheets have been printed and collected, the stack is fed into the crease of the waiting A3+ sheet and the complete packet is fed (arrow 17) through between the rollers 15 and 16, which will press the toner border sections against each other thereby sealing the entire envelope with the printed A4 sheets inside. The sealed envelope 1 b with contents 5b can be seen to the right in Fig. 2. The rollers may be heated to increase the sealing effect but this is not at all necessary for the invention.
  • One important advantage of the method and apparatus of the present invention is that, since a single standard duplex printer is used to produce both the printed envelope 1 b and the printed sheet contents 5b, this makes it possible to guarantee that the correct contents are inserted into the correct envelope. Previously known enveloping methods and apparatuses have had to rely on numbered envelopes and contents to make sure that the correct contents have been inserted into the proper envelope, thus adding extra steps to the process and still not eliminating the risk of mismatched contents.
  • With the present method it is possible to produce finished printed enveloped packets at a very rapid rate, with assured correct contents, with a standard laser printer, since both the envelope with printed text, address etc, as well as toner adhesive edges, and the printed content sheets are produced by single standard printer in a single sequence. First the A3+ sheet is printed with the address 2 on one side and the toner edges 4 and possibly a printed text 6 on the other, and it is advanced to the creasing and pausing station by the rolls 14 and 16, while the A4 content sheets 5 are printed and collected. When the content sheets are completely printed and collected, the stack 5 is advanced toward the crease 3 in the waiting printed A3+ sheet and the entire folded packet is pressed forward through the rollers 16 and 17 sealing the toner edges 4 to each other. The laser printer signal for starting the printing of the next A3+ envelope sheet is simultaneous with the signal to advance the stack of printed A4 content sheets 5 towards its waiting creased A3+ sheet. There is thus a completely continuous printing process at the maximum rate for the printer.
  • It should be emphasized that this is merely one method, apparatus and printer for realizing the present invention. Other dimensions and grades of non-standard paper can also be used according to the invention with advantage. It is also envisioned that the enveloping method can easily be combined with a perforation step to facilitate opening the delivered missive. The apparatus can easily be incorporated and built into a printer at its output.

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  1. Method for creating a sealed envelope (1 b) from a laser printed sheet (1), comprising:
    a. Printing (6, 2) in a printer (7) a standard envelope-width printed sheet (1) with printed toner borders (4) along its edges,
    b. feeding out (13) from the printer (7) said standard envelope-width printed sheet (1)
    c. creasing (3) said standard envelope-width printed sheet (1),
    d. folding over (17) said standard envelope-width printed sheet (1), bringing said toner borders (4) into mutual contact,
    e. applying pressure to the toner borders (4) in mutual contact, sealing the folded printed sheet into an envelope (17),
    characterized by the additional steps of:
    f. halting advance of the standard envelope-width printed sheet (1) after feeding out (13) from the printer,
    g. printing and collecting from the printer one or more insert sheets (5) having a transverse dimension smaller than the width between the toner borders (4) on the envelope-width printed sheet (1),
    h. inserting said collected insert sheets (5b) as the standard envelope width printed sheet is folded, completely avoiding contact with the toner borders, which are folded against each other.
  2. Method for creating a sealed envelope according to Claim 1, characterized by the additional step of:
    g. Pressure sealing the toner borders folded against each other.
  3. Method for creating a sealed envelope according to Claim 1, characterized in that feed out (13) from the printer (7) of a standard envelope-width printed sheet triggers the insertion of collected insert sheets (5b) into a preceding envelope width printed sheet (1) being folded.
  4. Method for creating a sealed envelope according to Claim 1, characterized in that the printer (7) is a duplex printer and text is provided in the printer (7) on both sides of the printed sheet.
  5. Method for creating a sealed envelope according to Claim 1, characterized by the further step of perforating tear indications around three edges of the sealed envelope (1 b).
  6. Printing and enveloping system comprising an enveloping apparatus and a printer having a plurality of paper trays of standard rectangular dimensions, containing at least standard rectangular envelope-width sheets and standard smaller width sheets characterized by:
    a. Roller means for advancing (13), holding (14, 16) and transverse creasing (3) one of said standard rectangular envelope-width sheets (1), printed with toner borders (4), when fed out of said printer (7)
    b. Collecting means for collecting, when fed out of said printer, printed standard smaller width sheets (5) of a width smaller than the width between said toner borders (4),
    c. Inserting means for inserting said collection of printer standard smaller width sheets into the crease in the printed standard- width sheet, as the printed standard-width sheet is folded, completely avoiding contact with the toner borders (4) on the printed standard-width sheets.
    d. Roller means (15, 16) for pressing together folded over toner borders (4) against each other, applying pressure to the toner borders in mutual contact, sealing the folded printed standard-width sheet into an envelope .
  7. Printing and enveloping system according to Claim 6, characterized in that said means for pressing together the folded toner borders against each other comprise heated rollers (15, 16), providing enhanced sealing effect to the toner.
  8. Printing and enveloping system according to Claim 6, comprising an enveloping apparatus and a standard multi-tray printer having a plurality of paper trays of standard rectangular dimensions, containing at least standard A3+ rectangular envelope-width sheets and standard smaller width A4 sheets characterized in that:
    said standard envelope width sheets are standard A3+ sheets and said smaller standard size rectangular printed sheets (5) are standard A4 sheets.
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