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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347358 | Depositing items of value A method of depositing items of value, the method comprising 1) receiving a tamper evident and coded container holding the items of value, the code relating to the content of the container; 2) verifying that the pa... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7326164 | Apparatus for making window envelopes Disclosed are a method and an apparatus designed to make a window envelope rapidly using a water-soluble clarifying agent without causing an inconvenience in its window area. Upstream of an envelope making stage wherein a continuous paper while traveling along a con... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7318799 | Buckle folding machine with folding pocket cassette A buckle folding machine (10) includes an operator facing side wall (14) and a side wall (16) remote from an operator, the side walls (14, 16) being arranged at a distance from each other and at least one lower folding pocket (22, 24 | 01/15/2008 |
| 7303072 | Newspaper cover with attached sealed package and process A plastic newspaper cover having an attached package overlay with the package containing an item such as advertisements, coupons, samples, notices, etc. The cover or sleeve and package are formed from folded thin polymeric heat-sealable sheets which are overlaid tha... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7254931 | Method and system for creating mailpieces from a single continuous web of printed material A method for creating mailpieces from a single web of printed material. The web of printed material includes a continuous web having a width and a length, the length comprised of a series of attached sheets. The series of attached sheets is comprised of envelope she... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7231750 | Method and system for creating mailpieces from a single continuous web of printed material A method for creating mailpieces from a single web of printed material. The web of printed material includes printed matter to be used on envelopes, and other printed matter to be used on mail content to be included in the envelopes. The content pages are rectangula... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7225975 | Check carrier The check carrier consists of an envelope of translucent material that is dimensioned to closely conform to the dimensions of a standard check. The back of the check carrier includes an endorsement window through which a bank or other financial institution can apply... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7214176 | Folding machine with removable plate A paper folding machine is provided including a housing having upper and lower fold plates constructed for quick and easy removal of the upper plates from the machine so that repairs can be made. The plates include a paper stop and an adjuster connected to the paper... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7182723 | Informational item final folding apparatus A method and apparatus for forming informational items such as outserts and booklets may include folding a sheet of paper having product information printed thereon by making a plurality of folds in the sheet of paper to form a first folded article; (b) making a fol... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178550 | Pressure control valve for a packaging container and device for attaching the pressure control valve to a material web A pressure control valve for a packaging container includes a supporting body having a recess a is disposed in an axially captive fashion either by means of gluing or by means of securing projections A device for attaching the pressure control valve to a material we... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175738 | Automated fold and seal apparatus A folding and sealing apparatus supporting a feed platform for feeding a supply of pre-glued forms to the folding and sealing apparatus. The housing accommodating a first roller, a second roller, a third roller and a fourth roller, and the first and second rollers f... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7100348 | Continuous strip of detachably interconnected folded products The invention relates to a continuous strip of detachable consecutive interconnected products manufactured by folding, such as envelopes and the like, and to a process for manufacturing the said strip, two of those consecutive products being interconnected through a... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7060016 | Device for rotary converting a web or sheet matter A device for rotary conversion of a web or sheet material by cooperating cylindrical tools. The tools are arranged in a cassette. A driving device connects with the tools for rotating them. The cassette with the tools is placed in an adaptive cassette receiver. The ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6893387 | Mailing envelope assembly A mailing envelope assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a sealed outer envelope. The assembly further includes an inner envelope contained within the outer envelope. The inner envelope has a flap, closed ends and an interior portion. The interior portion has... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6865864 | Inline formed crossfold package and method An inline formed package having an envelope and insert material, is formed from a single repeat of a printed web both of which are crossfolded simultaneously, approximately along the half repeat line, and the area of the insert material is greater than half the area... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6732494 | Envelope with an adhesive closure and method and device for producing the same An envelope consisting of a front side and a rear side which are interconnected by side flaps, has a fold-back flap to which a layer of contact adhesive is applied. The adhesive used is a strong contact adhesive which is effective without moistening or activation by... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6478723 | Method of making multiple solicitation envelopes with matching indicia A multiple envelope assembly is made at a common location from a number of different webs of paper using a machine with multiple stations. A first envelope is adhesively secured to a second envelope which has an area at least 10% (preferably at least 20%)... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6447436 | Combination folder and sealer machine A combination folder and sealer machine is much more compact than prior separate and individual folder and sealer machines. The combination folder and sealer machine comprises a folder station that grips a folded sheet simultaneously with a sealer station... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6406416 | Combination folder and sealer machine A combination folder and sealer machine is much more compact than prior separate and individual folder and sealer machines. The combination folder and sealer machine comprises a folder station that grips a folded sheet simultaneously with a sealer station... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6264592 | Combination folder and sealer machine A combination folder and sealer machine is much more compact than prior separate and individual folder and sealer machines. The combination folder and sealer machine comprises a folder station that grips a folded sheet simultaneously with a sealer station... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6080094 | Stepper advertising device and method A printed advertising device is formed by folding a sheet to form a wrapper. The wrapper may enclose a variety of enclosures such as product samples or order forms. The enclosures are retained within the advertising device by a novel arrangement that is r... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6073421 | Apparatus and methods for forming a mailer with contained document from a single web A single web is printed in side-by-side relation with variable and non-variable information forming document and envelope web portions. The web is split longitudinally and the document web portion is cut to form discrete documents. Each document is folded... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6053855 | Direct mail article with cover and one or more interior sheets and integral business reply envelope A method is provided for manufacturing a personalized direct mail article requiring no envelope or other wrapper in the format of an oversized brochure having front and rear cover sheets, at least one interior sheet and a detachable preformed business rep... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5997457 | Method of manufacturing a direct mail article A direct mail article that is produced from an integral web or sheet of card stock that can be transmitted through the mails without an outer wrapper or envelope comprises a large or oversized card approximately the size of a book or magazine cover, a pre... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5960607 | Method and device for producing a mailing item containing an envelope, and mailing item From a web of paper a mailing item (10) comprising envelope and contents is printed personalized on a first conveying section (2) in individual stations. After being turned over the web of paper is supplemented, where necessary, by further paper parts, it... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5921065 | Two way mailed document with two sided variable color information A mailing envelope with a plurality of inserts is made by imaging variable color indicia on both faces of a paper substrate and imaging sense marks, and reply indicia, on at least one face of the substrate. The sense marks are used to properly align and s... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5904030 | Process for making an envelope assembly with folded insert There is provided a separable multiple ply envelope assembly or mailer and process for making same having superimposed outerplies adhered together at their peripheral edges so as to form an envelope and including at least one extractible insert sheet form... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5865717 | Mailing form for non-impact printing A mailing form, including an upper sheet of material adhesively fastened to a lower sheet, is configured for the printing of information on a single side during passage of the form through a non-impact printer. At a first end of the form, the upper and lo... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5803889 | Packet mailers and the methods and apparatus for making them A method for making a packet mailer includes the steps of applying wet glue patterns to a sheet, then folding that sheet and perforating the sheet to form a packet mailer that includes an outer enclosure with at least two open ends and at least one inner ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5794409 | Method of processing and stuffing an envelope The present invention is an envelope sheet capable of being automatically printed and formed into a standard business envelope using a high-speed separate sheet printer in line with high-speed separate sheet folding and pressure sealing equipment. The pre... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5779612 | Combination check and envelope A method of writing a bank draft using an electronic printer and placing the bank draft in an envelope is accomplished by providing a single sheet of paper. The sheet of paper is completely opaque and sized to be received within the electronic printer. Th... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5638666 | Desk-top envelope maker The invention is directed to an apparatus and method for making an envelope from ordinary size, readily available, writing paper. Preferably, the apparatus is a compact desk-top size machine that can be combined with any common office printer, such as a l... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5555703 | Method and system for preparing items to be mailed A method of preparing items to be mailed, in which periodically at least one main document is inserted into an envelope by way of a mail preparation system comprising an inserter station. A printing is printed through use of a printer on an envelope, whic... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5524421 | One pass system for forming stuffed envelopes A system for forming and sealing envelopes stuffs each envelope with an insert. Envelope blanks are received and fed to an envelope former. The envelope former partially forms the envelope blanks with a sealed longitudinal end and an open longitudinal end... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5507131 | Mail solicitation package assembly A mailed business-solicitation letter personalized with an intended recipient's address at one selected location and his/her name at a second selected location, which is embodied in a cardboard mailing enclosure to provide an external display of the maili... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5426915 | Desk-top envelope maker The invention is directed to an apparatus and method for making an envelope from ordinary size, readily available, writing paper. Preferably, the apparatus is a compact desk-top size machine that can be combined with any common office printer, such as a l... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5294042 | Exteriorly controlled addressing system for window mailers A mailer for use with computer printing techniques. The mailer utilizes die-cut window envelopes provided with a transparent window web an undersurface of which is coated with a chemical composition. A sheet contained in the envelope and visible through t... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5233812 | Pocketed letter with imaged insert Jamming or wrinkling of inserts in a pocketed letter with an imaged insert may be avoided by a method of making a business form that includes the steps of providing a first ply (60) including a plurality of longitudinally spaced window forming die cuts (3... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5207592 | Multiple part business form and related process A business form (and related process) includes a web folded medially to form two plies secured one to another about their marginal edges with a third ply secured about three of its four edges to one of the first and second plies forming a return envelope.... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5095682 | Mailer and method and apparatus for making A mailer product and apparatus and method in which a first sheet is printed by a computer printer and then augmented by a second sheet prior to entering folding means, one of the sheets being twice transversely folded.... | 03/17/1992 |
