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WO2000061378A1 - Matiere imprimee presentant une tranche scellee, procede et dispositif de fabrication de celle-ci - Google Patents

Matiere imprimee presentant une tranche scellee, procede et dispositif de fabrication de celle-ci Download PDF

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WO2000061378A1
WO2000061378A1 PCT/JP2000/002310 JP0002310W WO0061378A1 WO 2000061378 A1 WO2000061378 A1 WO 2000061378A1 JP 0002310 W JP0002310 W JP 0002310W WO 0061378 A1 WO0061378 A1 WO 0061378A1
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Yasuhiko Fukuda
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
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  • the present invention relates to a printed matter having a main body including a fore-edge and part of upper and lower edges sealed by sealing tape, a method and an apparatus for manufacturing the same.
  • the above Gazette discloses an arrangement for sealing the upper and lower edges of the catalog main body, in which each of the upper and lower edges is provided with an extended and opposed pair of the sealing tape strips, and part of the pair of opposed tape surfaces are bonded to each other. Another arrangement disclosed therein is that each of the upper and lower edges is sealed individually by a separate tape strip.
  • the sealing tape projects out of the upper and lower edges of the catalog main body, making the catalog less attractive in appearance as well as inconvenient in handling, whereas according to the latter, production steps needs to be complex since the sealing tape has to be prepared separately and attached individually.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a more practical printed matter having the sealed fore-edge in which attachment of the sealing tape can be made easier, a method and an apparatus for producing the same.
  • a printed matter having a sealed fore-edge according to the present invention is characterized in: that the printed matter comprises a printed matter main body which is like a booklet or at least twofold and a sealing tape for sealing a fore-edge of the printed matter main body; that the sealing tape bridges a top face and a back face of a cover of the printed matter main body along the fore-edge and being provided with adhesive for adhesion to and peeling from the cover; and that the sealing tape includes a pair of extensions projecting from one of the cover faces out of an upper and a lower edges of the printed matter main body for adhesion to a side of the other of the cover faces .
  • one of the pair of extensions may extend from a portion to face one of the cover faces , and project out of the upper edge of the printed matter main body, whereas the other of the pair of extensions may extend from another portion to face the other of the cover faces, projecting out of the lower edge of the printed matter main body.
  • the upper extension is projected out of the top-cover facing region
  • the lower extension is projected out of the back-cover facing region.
  • the sealing tape may have a portion to face one of the cover faces, formed wider than another portion to face the face of the cover, and the wider portion may be provided with mailing information.
  • a method for producing the printed matter according to the above characteristics has a first characteristic in that a part of the continuous sealing tape is pasted to one of the covers, and then the continuous sealing tape pasted to a pair of adjacent printed matter main bodies is cut in between for formation of the extensions.
  • the continuous sealing tape is cut in a state in which the continuous sealing tape is bonded to the printed matter main body. Therefore, the sealing tape is not apt to wrinkle when being cut, making easy to handle. In addition, when the extensions are cut out of the sealing tape, positioning relationship between the printed matter main body and the sealing tape becomes accurate.
  • a second characteristic of the manufacturing method according to the present invention lies in that after the extensions are formed, un-attached tape portions of the sealing tape not yet pasted to the cover face are raised to face the fore-edge, a first curvy pressing surface is moved from a side of the fore-edge toward a spine of the printed matter main body for adhesion of the un-attached tape portions to the other face of the cover.
  • a third characteristic of the manufacturing method according to the present invention lies in that after the un-attached tape portions are pasted to the other face of the cover, each of the extensions is raised to face corresponding one of the upper edge and the lower edge of the printed matter main body, and then a second curvy pressing surface is moved from a side of the upper edge or the lower edge of the printed matter main body toward the other for adhesion of the extensions to the cover face.
  • the un-attached tape portions and the sealing portions at least have a part already pasted to the cover of the printed matter main body, and therefore can keep a stable attitude when raised, making easy to handle. Further, since the un-attached tape portions and the sealing portions are first raised and then pasted by the movement of the curvy surface, the pasting can be performed without forcible steps.
  • a manufacturing apparatus used for the method described above has a first characteristic in that the apparatus comprises a cutter for cutting the sealing tape between an adjacent pair of the printed matter main bodies:
  • the cutter includes a first lateral cutting edge for cutting a first cover-facing region of the continuous sealing tape which is a portion along a longitudinal direction of the sealing tape primarily to face one of the faces of the cover, in a proximity of one of the upper and lower edges of the printed matter main body; a second lateral cutting edge for cutting a second cover-facing region of the continuous sealing tape which is a portion along the longitudinal direction of the sealing tape primarily to face the other face of the cover near the other of the upper and lower edges of the printed matter main body; and a longitudinal cutting edge for cutting the sealing tape within or near a fore-edge facing region of the continuous sealing tape which is a portion along the longitudinal direction of the sealing tape primarily to face the fore-edge, generally along the longitudinal direction.
  • the sealing tape can be cut to form the extensions economically by a simple arrangement of the press cutting by a cutter.
  • a second characteristic of the manufacturing apparatus used for the above manufacturing method lies in provision of a jig for raising the un-attached tape portions to face the fore- edge by transporting the printed matter main body with the un-attached tape portions sliding on a slope surface along the longitudinal direction of the continuous sealing tape. According to this characteristic, an inevitable operation of transporting the printed matter is utilized rationally for reliably raising the un-attached tape portions, by a simple arrangement of providing the slope.
  • Still another characteristic of the manufacturing apparatus used for the above manufacturing method lies in provision of: rollers for revolution near the upper and lower edges of the printed matter main body around revolution axis's for contact to and raising the extensions respectively; slider mechanisms supporting the rollers movably toward and away from the revolution axis's respectively; and cams for activation of the rollers as the second curvy surface, timed to further revolution of the rollers respectively.
  • the raising operation of the extensions and the pasting operation thereof can be performed by a same roller without a need for changing the direction of transportation of the printed matter. Therefore, means for the transportation can have a simple constitution, and the pasting operation can be performed very quickly.
  • the extensions are pasted in a folded state. Therefore, the upper and lower extensions do not project significantly out of the upper and lower edges of the printed matter main body, resulting in a superior appearance while giving enough sealing strength at each of the upper and lower edges. Further, since the extensions can be formed by cutting the continuous sealing tape, pasting sequence of the sealing tape becomes simple and rational, making possible to provide a very practical printed matter having the sealed fore-edge.
  • the first through third characters of the manufacturing method according to the present invention have made possible to cut the sealing tape in a rational steps, and neatly paste the tape to the cover and so on.
  • first through third characters of the manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention have made possible to neatly paste the tape to the cover and so on by an apparatus of a simple constitution.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a printed matter for mailing as a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • Fig.2 is a perspective view of the embodiment shown in Fig. 1 as viewed from a back-cover side.
  • Fig.3 is a perspective view of the printed mailing matter, before pasting a back-cover facing portion and a fore-edge facing portion of the sealing tapes, as viewed from a similar angle as in Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 4 is a plan view showing part of a conveying unit, a tape cutting unit and a fore-edge sealing unit as part of a sealing tape pasting apparatus according to the present invention.
  • Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the part shown in Fig. 4.
  • Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing relationships between the stand-up jig and the sealing pate.
  • Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing relationships among a first pressing roller, the sealing tape and the catalog main body.
  • Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken in a plane vertical to a transporting direction, showing relationships among the first pressing unit, the sealing tape and the catalog main body.
  • Fig. 9 is a side view showing relationships among an upper edge sealing unit, a lower-edge sealing unit, the sealing tape and the catalog main body.
  • Fig. 10 is a plan view showing the lower-edge sealing unit with part of a frame removed.
  • Fig. 11 is a side view for description of operation of the upper-edge sealing unit.
  • Fig. 12 is a plan view showing relationships among a pair of adjacent catalog main bodies and cutting lines of the sealing tape, with (a) showing the first embodiment while (b) showing a second embodiment.
  • Fig. 13 is a diagram serving the same purpose as Fig. 12, with (a) showing a third embodiment while (b) showing a fourth embodiment.
  • Fig. 14. is a perspective view showing another example of the printed mailing matter as an object to which the sealing tape pasting apparatus according to the present invention is applied.
  • a first embodiment of the present invention shown in Figs. 1 through 3 shows a printed mailing matter 1 having a fore- edge sealed so as to be mailed without requiring an envelope.
  • the printed mailing matter 1 comprises a catalog main body 2 as an example of the printed matter main body, and a sealing tape 10.
  • the catalog main body 2 is a printed matter of a formal size such as B6 and A4 , but is made as an over-sized mail, including a main text 4 on a plurality of pages between a front cover 3a and a back cover 3b, bound into a booklet on a side of a spine 6.
  • the sealing tape 10 is, as shown in Fig. 2, a member for sealing a fore-edge 5 of the catalog main body 2, pasted closer to fore-edge 5 which is a side away from the spine 6, bridging from the front cover 3a to the back cover 3b, and is strip- shaped. According to the present embodiment, the sealing tape 10 seals the fore-edge 5 covering almost entirely a width of the catalog main body 2 from an upper-edge side 7a to an lower-edge side 7b.
  • Tape portion of the sealing tape 10 can be made of such material as OPP, CPP, polyethylene, paper and cloth.
  • the sealing tape 10 has a back face coated entirely with an adhesive.
  • the adhesive is a viscous material capable of pasting again after being peeled, and preferably is so called weak adhesive made from such material as ethyl acetate and normal hexane.
  • the sealing tape 10 has a front-cover facing portion 11 to be pasted to the front cover 3a, which is made wider than a back-cover facing portion 12 to be pasted to the back cover 3b with respect to a dimension vertical to a longitudinal direction of the fore-edge, and has a surface provided with mailing category information 8a and receiver information 8b.
  • the mailing category information 8a includes such pre-printed character strings as "POSTAGE PAID" . Contents of the mailing category information 8a can be changed in accordance with means of delivery. For example, if a private delivery service other than official postal service is used, the above character string can be replaced by such a string as "This catalog was delivered to you by a door-to-door delivery service.” accordingly to the means of delivery. It should be noted here that the back-cover facing portion 12 may be printed with a name of the sender, etc.
  • the receiver information 8b includes an address of a receiver, information of the receiver in character, a barcode and so on. Further, a region indicated by a code 8c bears a sender information.
  • the receiver information 8b and the sender information 8c can be printed by an ink jet printer for example, on line or in a separate step, before or after the pasting of the sealing tape 10 to the catalog main body 2.
  • the sender information 8c may be provided in the back cover-facing portion 12.
  • the sealing tape 10 has extensions 14, 15 projecting out of the covers 3a, 3b at the upper and lower edges 7a, 7b of the catalog main body 2, for pasting to the other cover faces 3b, 3a respectively.
  • the upper extension 14 of the pair of extensions 14, 15, extends from the top-cover facing portion 11 out of the upper edge 7a of the catalog main body 2, whereas the other extension, i.e. the lower extension 15, extends from the back-cover facing portion 12 out of the upper edge 7a of the catalog main body 2.
  • Each of the extensions 14, 15 is folded as to be described later; so that the upper extension 14 is pasted to a side of the back-cover facing portion 12 and the lower extension 15 is pasted to a side of the top-cover facing portion 11.
  • the upper extension 14, which is wider than the back-cover facing portion 12 is pasted not only to the back-cover facing portion 12 but also to the back cover 3b.
  • the upper extension 14 and the lower extension 15 may not project entirely but partially out of the respective cover facing portions 11, 12.
  • Each of the extensions 14, 15 is bonded sufficiently by an adhesive X to the cover 3 or the facing portions 11, 12 respectively.
  • a heat sealer may be used for thermally welding the extensions 14, 15 to the facing portions 11, 12 respectively.
  • the sealing tape pasting apparatus 20 comprises a transporting unit 30 for transporting the catalog main body 2 in a direction indicated by an arrow F, a tape cutting unit 40 for cutting a long continuous printed matter 1, a fore-edge sealing unit 50 for sealing the fore-edge 5 by the sealing tape 10, and an upper and lower edge sealing unit 60 for sealing the upper and lower edges 7a, 7b by the upper and lower extensions 14, 15.
  • a supplying unit for supplying the catalog main body 2 and a receiving unit for receiving the catalog main body 2 are provided upstream and downstream of the transporting unit 30 respectively.
  • the transporting unit 30 includes an upper belt conveyer 31, a lower belt conveyer 32, spine side guide 33 and a fore-edge side guide 34.
  • the spine side guide 33 has a flange to contact the spine 6.
  • the flange is not provided on the side facing fore-edge 5, because the sealing tape 10 must be pasted from the side of the top cover 3a which faces downward.
  • the upper and lower belt conveyers 31, 32 pinch a widthwise center portion of the sealing tape 10, and transport the catalog main body 2 longitudinally of the fore-edge 5 along the transporting direction F.
  • the ribbon-like continuous sealing tape 10 is supplied from the top cover side with the surface applied with an adhesive X facing upward, then pinched together with the catalog main body 2 between an entrance lower roller 41a and an entrance upper roller 41b, and then has its top-cover facing portion 11 pasted to the top cover 3a of the catalog main body 2, whereas the back-cover facing portion 12 and the fore-edge sealing portion 13 are not pasted yet.
  • the catalog main body 2 is supplied intermittently by the transporting unit 30, and thus pasted to the continuous sealing tape 10 at an interval, with the upper edge 7a of one catalog main body being adjacent to the lower edge 7b of another.
  • the continuous sealing tape 10, wound in a roll, is printed with a photoelectric mark at an interval.
  • the photoelectric mark is detected by an unillustrated photoelectric tube, so that a predetermined amount of the tape is unwound in synchronization with the supply of the catalog main body 2.
  • first lower roller 42a and a second lower roller 43a for supporting the sealing tape 10 and the catalog main body 2, a first pressing roller 42b and a second pressing roller 43b for pressing the sealing tape 10 from the side of the adhesive X for insertion between the first lower roller 42a and the second lower roller 43b respectively.
  • first pressing roller 42b and the second pressing roller 43b is a cylinder having an outer wall formed with circumferential grooves respectively fitted by annular rubber rings for minimization of the contact resistance to the adhesive X.
  • each of the first pressing roller 42b and the second pressing roller 43b may simply be a roller having a plurality of annular circumferential projections, and more preferably, the annular projections should have an appropriate elasticity and friction.
  • Fig.12(a) is an enlarged plan view of the catalog main body 2 and the sealing tape 10 between the first pressing roller 42b and the second pressing roller 43b.
  • a region along the transporting direction F facing primarily the top cover 3a is called a first cover-facing region Al
  • a region along the transporting direction F facing primarily the back cover 3b is called a second cover-facing region A2
  • a region along the transporting direction F facing primarily the fore-edge 5 is called a fore-edge facing region A3.
  • the first cover-facing region Al adhering to the catalog main body 2 is supported by the catalog main body 2
  • the catalog main body 2 itself is pinched between the upper and lower belt conveyers 31, 32.
  • the second cover-facing region A2 is supported by the first and the second pressing rollers 42b, 43b.
  • the cutter 44 is a press cutter having a serrated cutting edge.
  • the cutter 44 includes a first lateral cutting edge 44a for cutting the first cover-facing region Al near the lower edge 7b of the printed matter main body 2 , a second lateral cutting edge 44b for cutting the second cover-facing region A2 near the upper edge 7a, and a longitudinal cutting edge 44c for cutting the sealing tape 10 generally along the transporting direction F within in the fore-edge facing region A3.
  • FIG. 12(a) shows a cutting line by the first lateral cutting edge 44a as a first cutting line 10a, a cutting line by the second lateral cutting edge 44b as a second cutting line 10b, and a cutting line by the longitudinal cutting edge 44c as a third cutting line 10c.
  • the cutter 44 may cut the first cover-facing region Al near the upper edge 7a of the printed matter main body 2, and the second cover-facing region A2 near the lower edge 7b.
  • the extension be on the upper edge side of the second cover-facing region A2 , making the extension projecting out of the second cover-facing region A2 , being apt to interfere with a standing-up action of the back-cover facing portion 12 and the fore-edge sealing portion 13 by the stand-up jig 51 to be described later. For this reason, the former arrangement is superior.
  • the fore-edge sealing unit 50 includes the stand-up jig 51 for raising the back-cover facing portion 12 and the fore-edge sealing portion 13 , which are primarily portions not pasted yet , and a first pressing unit 54 for pasting the back-cover facing portion 12 to the back cover 3b.
  • the stand-up jig 51 includes three surfaces, i.e. a flat surface 51a, a slope 51b, and an upright surface 51c in serial continuous connection.
  • the flat surface 51a accepts the horizontally fed sealing tape 10 first. Then, along with the transportation of the catalog main body 2 in the transporting direction F, a twisted surface of the slope 51b gradually raise the sealing tape 10.
  • the upright surface 51c facing in parallel to the fore-edge 5 makes the back-cover facing portion 12 and the fore-edge sealing portion 13 stand up, generally vertically to the cover 3b.
  • the catalog main body 2 tends to bend upward.
  • the back cover 3b is pressed on the side of the fore-edge 5 by a printed matter hold-down jig 52.
  • the first pressing unit 54 intermittently moves the first pressing roller 55 as a first curved pressing surface by a slider-crank mechanism, and pastes the back-cover facing portion 12 to the back cover 3b.
  • the first pressing roller 55 rotates around a roller shaft 55a, and is supported by a roller supporting hand 55b to an angle 55c.
  • a slider mechanism 56 which determines a moving path of the first pressing roller 55 includes a rod 56a having an end slidably inserted into a guide 56b fixed under the fore-edge side guide 34 and another end fixed in a rod support 56c at a bottom edge of the angle 55c.
  • a crank mechanism 57 which drives the first pressing roller 55 intermittently, includes a crank 57b having an end linked to a circumference of the turning disc 57a driven intermittently by a step motor.
  • the crank 57b has another end linked to a crank supporting portion 57c extending from below the angle 55c.
  • the first pressing roller 55 stays stopped at a position indicated by a chain line.
  • the catalog main body 2 is transported by the transporting unit 30 to a position entirely facing the overall length of the first pressing roller 55 , with the back-cover facing portion 12 raised by the stand-up jig 51.
  • the driving disc 57a by rotating the driving disc 57a, the first pressing roller 55 is moved from the side of the fore-edge 5 to the side of the spine 6, allowing the first pressing roller 55 to press and paste the back-cover facing portion 12 to the back cover 3b.
  • the driving disc 57a the first pressing roller 55 is returned to an original position, and the catalog main body 2 is transported to a next position for handling by the upper and lower edge sealing unit 60.
  • the upper and lower edge sealing unit 60 includes a printed matter fixing unit 61 for fixation of the catalog main body 2, an upper edge sealing unit 62 for pasting the upper extension 14, and a lower edge sealing unit 63 for sealing the lower extension 15.
  • the printed matter fixing unit 61 includes a bed 61a for supporting the lower surface of the catalog main body 2 like the fore-edge guide 3 mentioned earlier, and a hold-down jig 61b performing vertical intermittent reciprocation for fixing the catalog main body 2 between itself and the bed 61a.
  • the upper edge sealing unit 62 and the lower edge sealing unit 63 are disposed in point symmetry to each other with respect to a symmetry point as viewed from the fore-edge side of the catalog main body 2.
  • the lower edge sealing unit 63 is shown in a sectional view taken in line A-A in Fig. 10.
  • the lower edge sealing unit 63 has a constitution in which the second pressing roller 66 as the second curvy pressing surface is revolved via a slider mechanism 65 around a center shaft 64a as a shaft of revolution supported by a support 64b fixed to the frame.
  • the slider mechanism 65 includes a generally U-shaped frame 65a as viewed in a plan view, supporting a pair of sliding shafts 65b, 65b slidably fitted by a slider 65c.
  • the slider 65c supports a roller shaft 66a generally in parallel to the center shaft 64a. This roller shaft 66a supports the second pressing roller 66 and a cam follower 68b on the slider 65c.
  • the slider 65c is urged away from the center shaft 64a by an unillustrated urging means, for sliding within a range limited by a long hole 65d.
  • the cam follower 68b is guided by a cam surface 68a of a cam mechanism 68, timing a movement of the second pressing roller 66 to the revolution of the second pressing roller 66 around the center shaft 64a .
  • a back-up roller 67 including a circumference formed with a supporting surface 67a and a cutout 67b is rotated around the center shaft 64a together with the frame 65a by an unillustrated step motor.
  • the second pressing roller 66 stays at a position 66' indicated by a chain line.
  • the back-up roller 67 takes an attitude as indicated also by the chain line, with the cutout 67b facing the top cover 3a so that the supporting surface 67a does not contact thereto.
  • the catalog main body 2 is transported by the transporting unit 30 as in the figure.
  • the second pressing roller 66 revolves counterclockwise in Fig.11 around the center shaft 64a
  • the back-up roller 67 rotates, and both rollers take positions as indicated by a solid line.
  • the second pressing roller 66 first contacts the upper extension 14, raising the upper extension 14.
  • the supporting surface 67a begins to contact the side of the top cover 3a, becoming ready to support the catalog main body 2 from the side of the top cover 3a.
  • the cam follower 68b contacts the cam surface 67a, bringing the roller shaft 66a coming close to the center shaft 64a, and while being supported by the supporting surface 67a, moves the second pressing roller 66 to the side of the lower edge 7b generally in parallel to the back cover 3b as indicated for example by numeral code 66 ' ' , pasting the extension 14 to the back cover 3b via the adhesive X applied on the back face of the extension.
  • the second pressing roller 66 and the back-up roller 67 return to their original positions, the catalog main body now having the upper and lower edges respectively sealed by the upper and lower extensions 14, 15 is sent out in the transporting direction F, completing the sealing sequence of the catalog main body 2. It should be noted here that if an insert such as the flier 17 is inserted, an insertion step should be performed before the sealing tape 10 is pasted.
  • the catalog main body 2 is relatively thin and the width of the fore-edge sealing portion 13 with respect to the fore-edge 5 is small. Therefore, the cutting of the sealing tape 10 by the cutter 44 does not pose difficulty since location of the cutting line 10c can be selected conveniently and adequately.
  • the catalog main body 2 is thick and the fore-edge facing region A3 becomes wide, cutting of the sealing tape 10 on the third cutting line 10c located along the transporting direction F will leave the upper and lower extensions 14, 15 projecting excessively toward the fore-edge 5. In such a case, as shown in Fig.
  • the intersection between the second cutting line 10b and the third cutting line 10c is positioned on or near the borderline between the second cover-facing region A2 and the fore-edge facing region A3, while placing the intersection between the first cutting line 10a and the third cutting line 10c on or near the borderline between the first cover-facing region Al and the fore-edge facing region A3.
  • This arrangement reduces projection of the upper and lower extensions 14, 15 toward the fore-edge 5, thereby making possible to prevent accidental peeling of the sealed portion.
  • the third cutting line 10c may be located on or near the borderline between the fore-edge facing region A3 and the first cover-facing region Al or the second cover-facing region A2 , so that a punch-out region lOd can be punched out.
  • the former arrangement is superior in that no punch-out is created.
  • the upper extension 14 is provided in the first cover-facing region Al and the lower extension 15 is provided in the second cover-facing portion A2.
  • both of the upper and lower extensions 14, 15 may be provided in the first cover- facing region Al .
  • the first cutting line 10a is placed at an intermediate point between the upper and lower edges 7a, 7b of the first cover-facing region Al
  • the second cutting lines lObl, 10b2 are placed outwardly of the upper and lower edges 7a, 7b respectively
  • the third cutting line 10c is placed on or near the borderline between the first cover-facing region Al and fore-edge facing region A3.
  • the embodiment described above is superior in that the upper and lower extensions are longer and a cutout lOe is not created. It should be noted here that according to the present embodiment, the upper and lower edge sealing units 62, 63 are not disposed in point symmetry as in the above embodiment, but in mirror symmetry.
  • the top-cover facing region 11 is wider than the back-cover facing region 12.
  • the top-cover facing region 11 may have the same width as the back-cover facing region 12, or the back-cover facing region 12 may be wider than the top-cover facing region 11.
  • the fore-edge sealing unit 50 may be constituted by a mechanism similar to those in the upper and lower edge sealing unit 60. However, this requires a complexity in the constitution, and thus the combination of the stand-up jig 51 and the transporting unit 30 more rational and more trouble-free.
  • the upper and lower extensions 14, 15 may be raised by a jig similar to the stand-up jig 51 provided in the fore-edge sealing unit 50, with provision of a separate transporting means for transporting the catalog main body 2 in a direction vertical to the transporting direction F.
  • the above upper and lower edge sealing unit 60 is more rational and preferred, because the alternative requires another transporting means 30 separately and the change in transporting direction decreases processing efficiency.
  • the printed matter is the catalog main body 2 , which is a flat-bound or glue-bound booklet.
  • the printed matter covered by the present invention is not limited to this.
  • the printed matter may be a document bound by a stapler, a twofold, fourfold, or eightfold flier, a roll-fold print or may be a double-leafed catalog or pamphlet.
  • the fore-edge of the fourfold print for example is defined as follows. Specifically, a ridge yielded from the last folding is defined as the spine 6, whereas the edge away from the spine 6 closed by the last folding corresponds to the fore-edge 5.
  • such information as the receiver information 8b is provided on the sealing tape 10 indirectly.
  • the receiver information 8b may be provided directly on the cover of the catalog main body 2.
  • the sealing piece is removable, if the receiver information 8b is provided on the sealing piece, there is an advantage that the receiver information 8b can be removed by removing the sealing piece.
  • the sealing tape 10 when the sealing tape 10 is pasted to the cover 3, so-called weak adhesive having a weak bonding strength is used.
  • the sealing tape 10 and a mating region of the cover 3 may both be made of a resin, and these contact portions may be removably bonded by heating under pressure.
  • the adhesive may lose adhesiveness before or after the removal of the sealing tape 10, but such functions and effects are not realized as re- pasting after the removal, prevention of dust from sticking to the portion of the sealing tape 10 facing the fore-edge, prevention of fore-edge from becoming dirty by migrated adhesive, and easiness of the pasting. It should be noted also that the adhesive may not only be applied uniformly as in the embodiment but also be applied spottily.
  • the sealing tape pasting apparatus 20 is used for sealing the printed mailing matter 1 provided with the upper and lower extensions 14, 15.
  • transporting unit 30, the tape cutting unit 40 and the fore-edge sealing unit 50 in the sealing tape pasting apparatus 20 can also be used for sealing such a printed mailing matter as not having the upper and lower extensions 14, 15 with the upper and lower edges 7a, 7b left open, and a printed mailing matter 1 ' provided with a pair of mutually-facing upper extensions 18a and the a pair of mutually-facing lower extensions 18b shown in Fig. 14.
  • the mailing category information 8a in Fig. 14 includes such character strings as "Subsequent Payment of Postage" and "Book Parcel" .
  • the present invention has been described for printed mailing matter. However, the present invention can also be applied for sealing other printed matters than for mailing. Especially, the present invention is suitably applied to prevention of browsing at a bookstore, and attaching an inserted supplement.
  • the flier is used as an example of the insert 17 inserted between the covers 3a, 3b of the printed matter main body 2.
  • the insert 17 may also be a CD-ROM fixed in a cardboard, a plate-like supplement and other objects having a height and thickness suitably confined by the upper and lower edges 7a, 7b sealed by the upper and lower extensions 14, 15.
  • the present invention is a printed matter having a sealed edge such as a catalog and a pamphlet in the form of a booklet or at least twofold by machine, and is applicable to a printed matter for mailing to be mailed without using an envelope for example, and prevention of a browsing of a book at a bookstore.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une matière imprimée présentant une tranche scellée, sur laquelle il est pratique et facile de coller un ruban de scellement. Elle concerne également un procédé et un dispositif de fabrication associés. La matière imprimée comprend un corps principal (2) sous la forme d'une brochure ou d'au moins une feuille double, ainsi qu'un ruban de scellement (10) destiné à sceller la tranche (5) du corps (2) de la matière imprimée. En outre, ce ruban de scellement (10) recouvre la face supérieure et la face inférieure de la couverture (3) du corps (10) de la matière imprimée, le long de la tranche, il est doté d'adhésif (X) permettant une adhérence répétée sur la couverture (3), et il comprend une extension (14) saillant de la face supérieure (3a) de la couverture, à partir d'un bord supérieur (7a), ainsi qu'une extension (15) saillant de la face inférieure (3b), à partir d'un bord inférieur (7b). Ces extensions (14, 15) sont formées par découpe du ruban de scellement continu.
PCT/JP2000/002310 1999-04-09 2000-04-10 Matiere imprimee presentant une tranche scellee, procede et dispositif de fabrication de celle-ci Ceased WO2000061378A1 (fr)

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AU36751/00A AU3675100A (en) 1999-04-09 2000-04-10 Printed matter having a sealed fore-edge, method and apparatus for manufacturingthe same
JP2000610683A JP2002541000A (ja) 1999-04-09 2000-04-10 小口を封緘した印刷物並びにその製造方法及びその製造装置

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US3858792A (en) * 1971-08-24 1975-01-07 Compak Systems Inc Printed folder
NL8801746A (nl) * 1988-07-08 1990-02-01 Oosterbosch Boekbinderij Werkwijze voor het adresseren van een te verzenden periodiek of drukwerk en aldus verkregen produkt.

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3858792A (en) * 1971-08-24 1975-01-07 Compak Systems Inc Printed folder
NL8801746A (nl) * 1988-07-08 1990-02-01 Oosterbosch Boekbinderij Werkwijze voor het adresseren van een te verzenden periodiek of drukwerk en aldus verkregen produkt.

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