Claims
- 1. Method of continuously forming sealed mailing packages, each package consisting of a brochure having a plurality of pages and an unsealed envelope having a seal flap, pocket and mouth, said pocket being within said mailing package, said pages and said seal flap being adhesively bound at a first edge of said package, a second, sealed, edge of said package opposite said first edge being sealed by a second flap, said flap extending from an outside page (140) of said brochure, comprising:
- a. Advancing a web of sheet material;
- b. Applying remoistenable adhesive to an area of the web, said area corresponding to the seal flaps of the envelope portion of the mailing package; and drying said remoistenable adhesive;
- c. Dividing the web longitudinally into a plurality of three or more strips by scoring a plurality of spaced apart fold lines;
- d. Applying wet adhesive to a first outside strip, said adhesive being transverse lines and defining the sides of each of the envelope pockets;
- e. Applying spots of wet adhesive at an area corresponding to the adhesively bound first edge of each of the mailing packages;
- f. Perforating the web longitudinally adjacent the area of remoistenable adhesive;
- g. Removing from the web cutouts at areas corresponding to at least one area located at the second sealed edge of each of said sealed mailing packages;
- h. Applying spots of wet adhesive at areas corresponding to the second flap of each of the sealed mailing packages said second flap being a second outside strip at the edge of the web opposite said first outside strip;
- i. Forming a strip of envelope pockets by folding the web until the first outside strip with the transverse gum lines and the adjacent strip are in adhesive contact, the bottom of said pockets being at one margin of the web;
- j. Forming envelope packages by folding said web until the bottom of the pockets is adjacent said second outside flap;
- k. Sealing said packages by folding said second outside strip into adhesive contact with the package;
- l. Cutting said sealed transversely along imaginary cut lines to provide a plurality of individual packages, said cut lines being coincidental with the sides of said envelope pockets.
- 2. The method as described in claim 1 wherein the web folding operations involve an initial upward movement of the web.
- 3. Method of continuously forming sealed mailing packages, each package consisting of a brochure having a plurality of pages and an unsealed envelope having a seal flap, pocket and mouth, said pocket being within said mailing package, said pages and said seal flap being adhesively bound at a first edge of said package, a second sealed edge of said package opposite said first edge being sealed by a second flap, said flap extending from an outside page (140) of said brochure comprising:
- a. Advancing a web of sheet material;
- b. Scoring the web into four sections said sections being a second inner strip and a third inner strip and a first edge section and second edge section, said second and said third inner strips being of substantially equal width, said first edge section being less than 1.5 times the width of said inner sections and said second opposite edge section being greater than 1.2 but less than 2 times the width of said inner sections;
- c. Perforating said first edge section to form two strips, a first outside strip and a first inner strip, said first inner strip having essentially the same width as said second and said third inner strips;
- d. Scoring said second edge section to form two strips, a second outside strip and a fourth inner strip, said fourth inner strip being essentially the same width as said first, said second, and said third inner strips;
- e. Removing from the web cutouts at areas corresponding to at least one area located at the second, sealed, edge of each of said sealed mailing packages;
- f. Applying remoistenable adhesive to an area of the web, said area corresponding to the seal flaps of the envelope portion of the mailing package, and drying said remoistenable adhesive;
- g. Applying wet adhesive to the second outside strip, said adhesive being in transverse lines and defining the sides of each of the envelope pockets;
- h. Applying spots of wet adhesive at an area corresponding to the adhesively bound first edge of each of the mailing packages;
- i. Perforating the web longitudinally adjacent the area of remoistenable adhesive;
- j. Applying spots of wet adhesive at areas corresponding to the second flap of the sealed mailing package, said second flap being said first outside strip at the edge of the web opposite said second outside strip;
- k. Forming a strip of envelope pockets by folding said second outside strip and the adjacent fourth inner strip into adhesive contact, the bottom of said pockets being at one margin of the web;
- l. Folding the web to superimpose the strip of envelope pockets upon the first inner strip to form a first superimposed area and to superimpose said second inner strip upon said third inner strip to form a second superimposed area;
- m. Forming envelope packages by folding said web to superimpose said first superimposed area and said second superimposed area;
- n. Sealing said packages by folding said first outside strip into adhesive contact with the package;
- o. Cutting said sealed package transversely along imaginary cut lines to provide a plurality of individual packages, said cut lines being coincidental with the sides of said envelope pockets.
- 4. The method as described in claim 3 wherein the web folding operations involve an initial upward movement of the web.
- 5. The method as described in claim 3 wherein the web is perforated at the score separating said second inner strip and said third inner strip prior to the web folding operations.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 347,412, filed Apr. 3, 1973, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,941,309 which issued Mar. 2, 1976, and entitled COMBINED BROCHURE AND RETURN ENVELOPE PACKAGE.
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