Abstract: Business forms having machine readable elements, such as zipcodes, are separated into discrete groups by laterally shifting one end of a carriage onto which the forms travel from forms handling equipment. The carriage has a first end which is oscillated in a generally horizontal plane by an eccentric and arm driven by a stepper motor in response to sensing of the zipcodes by an optical scanner. A second end of the carriage is mounted for only limited oscillatory movement. A number of endless conveyor tapes are associated with the carriage, extending around a first grooved roller mounted at the first end of the carriage, and around a driven second grooved roller mounted on a frame distinct from the carriage adjacent the second end of the carriage. The tapes are circular in cross-section and disposed at an angle of between about 2.degree.-5.degree.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a printable release composition used for pressure sensitive labels and the like. The invention is also directed to an article, such as a label, that comprises a substrate such as paper, optionally a thermal transfer primer coating coated onto the substrate and a release layer coated onto the transfer primer coating or onto the substrate. The printable release composition of the present invention may be used with labels having permanent, repositionable or removable adhesives. The particular composition of the release layer depends on the type of adhesive that is appropriate for the desired end use.

Abstract: Apparatus is provided for preventing a sheet drooping during sheet feeding in a first direction in a generally horizontal plane where a sheet is not entirely supported by a conveyor. A rod is mounted below the plane, having at least one collar with a support pin extending radially outwardly from the collar making an engagement angle of about 55-85 with respect to a second plane parallel to the horizontal plane and passing through the rod. The position of the support pin with respect to the rod may be readily adjusted, both the angle with respect to the second plane, and along the rod. Adjustment of the position of the collar with respect to the rod, in both modes, may be provided by a screw threaded fastener extending in a screw threaded bore intersecting the rod, and about 90.degree. circumferentially spaced from the support pin. The support pin may have a truncated cone end with a rounded tip at the end for engaging a sheet.

Abstract: A business form, particularly a label assembly, is provided which is ideally suited for use with packages of merchandise, providing a simple yet effective method for facilitating return of the merchandise if it does not meet the recipient's expectations. A first ply has top and bottom faces, a central area, and a peripheral area with an interface between the central and peripheral areas and with perforation lines at the interface. The second ply also has top and bottom faces with first permanent adhesive applied to the second ply bottom face. Second permanent adhesive is disposed on the peripheral area of the first ply bottom face, but not on the central area of the first ply bottom face, and connects the peripheral area of the first ply to the second ply top face. First indicia related to the return of merchandise in a package to which the first adhesive is applied is provided on the first ply bottom face central area.

Abstract: A pop-up mailer is constructed from a single sheet of 81/2.times.11 or A4 paper having a weight of at least 20 pounds per 1000 sheet ream, using a non-impact printer. The adhesive for holding panels of the sheet together after they are folded about a fold line is preferably a pressure sensitive non-tacky adhesive (pressure coadhesive). At least two pop-ups are die cut from the sheet of paper on opposite sides of a fold line, and pressure coadhesive is used to hold the pop-ups together so that when the mailer is opened a pop-up appears. Adhesive may be applied around the die cut edges to assist in maintaining the pop-ups within the plane defined by the paper during processing. After die cutting, imaging, applying coadhesive, etc., the sheet is folded about a first fold line and passed through a pressure sealer, and then folded about a second fold line transverse to the first fold line and again passed through a pressure sealer, to produce a final mailer to which postage is applied directly.

Abstract: A security document with a design (e.g. a generally oval seal) is constructed in such a way that the design is full value halftone, such as produced from juxtaposed line screens having a frequency between 100-133 lines per inch. Negative and positive masks having an image (e.g. arabic numeral, letter, or other symbol), are used with the screens to produce a printing plate. A document is printed with the printing plate in a conventional lithographic process, and there is an overprinting on the design (at least that portion having the image) with a white opaque ink or overprint varnish to produce an image. The image is not readily visible to the naked human eye when viewed generally perpendicular to the plane of the document, but is readily visible by the naked human eye when the document is tilted so that it is viewed distinctly non-perpendicular to the plane of the document.

Abstract: A window sticker for pricing and fuel economy information about a motor vehicle can be readily positioned and repositioned on a motor vehicle window, and finally removed from the window without leaving an adhesive residue, and in integral form so that it serves as a customer receipt. A continuous web of bond paper with an adhesive-coated backing is moved in a first direction to a press where fixed indicia, including fuel economy and price related word indicia, is applied to a first face of the front web sheet. A record sheet web is applied to the dual ply-web of bond paper and backing. The front web sheet has a release coating on a second face that releasably adheres to the backing sheet. The front web sheet also includes a removable boarder surrounding the window sticker. Removal of this border exposes a corresponding border section of the adhesive coated backing which secures the window sticker to a vehicle window.

Abstract: A business form that is particularly suitable for use as a fishing and/or hunting license is easy to understand and use, is protected from moisture, chemicals and wear, allows for the entry of indicia that will be readable after use for a year, cannot readily be accurately photocopied, will not fade as a result of exposure to sunlight, and has a tamper-evident feature. A first quadrate ply of opaque cellulose based water resistant material is permanently attached at only a first portion to a second quadrate ply of transparent plastic material. A second adhesive pattern, applied to both cooperating faces of the first and second plies, or merely to one of the faces, releasably connects the plies together, but is adapted to receive a separable sheet, typically a hunting and/or fishing license, between the plies and to hold the fishing license in place. First indicia facilitating entry of fish caught or game shot data is imaged on the opposite face of the first ply from the second ply.

Abstract: A single-ply of paper in web form continuously forms one-piece statement mailers by first die-cutting appropriate portions of the mailer to form a window for a return envelope, and inset edges for a bang-tail and payment coupon. Non-personalized and personalized information is printed on the single ply in various panels thereof. By repeating sequences of applying glue and folding the web into various panels, a complete statement with personalized and non-personalized information can be provided an addressee. Additionally, fugitive glue lines are provided in the return envelope to space the inserts, i.e., a payment coupon and remittance, from edges of the return envelope to facilitate opening of the envelope by automatic mail openers. Further, charge cards are releasably secured to one of the panels such that, when the ply is folded to form the mailer, at least two panels lie on opposite sides of the cards within the mailer.

Abstract: An adhesive composition, useful for making a repositionable sheet, which is made up of a mixture of: (a) a polymer prepared by aqueous suspension polymerization of at least one monomer selected from an acrylate, a methacrylate and acrylic acid, the polymer having a geometric mean particle size ranging from about 30 to about 100 microns; and (b) a polymer prepared by aqueous suspension polymerization of at least one monomer selected from an acrylate, a methacrylate and acrylic acid, the polymer having a geometric mean particle size ranging from about 4.1 microns up to about 30 microns.

Abstract: A shipping-price tag label is affixed to a package with the individual price tags surrounded on three sides of the perimeter by a shipping label portion adhesively secured to the exterior of the package, with the surfaces of the price tag portion and shipping portion substantially flush. The price tags have price indicia disposed on each of them, and a release sheet that is readily separable from the shipping label is between the price tag portions and the package, and may be detached by grasping a tab extension of the release sheet and tearing along perforation lines. A number of shipping-price tag labels maybe provided in web form, typically a cut sheet format having a first ply with a printable top surface and bottom surface covered by pressure sensitive adhesive, and a second ply comprising a release sheet with a generally C-shaped die cut formed in the release sheet, the individual price tag labels formed by die cuts in the first ply overlying the C-shaped die cut area of the release sheet.

Abstract: Security paper having a number of parallel lines having a substantially uniform first spacing, irregularly interrupted by a plurality of stripes having a second spacing greater than the first spacing, is flexographically printed on at least one face of a web which becomes, after further processing, a security document such as a bank check. The parallel lines typically are substantially straight and of substantially uniform thickness and formed of flexo ink, such as the type which becomes invisible when bleached. Alphanumeric indicia are preferably provided within the stripes either oriented parallel to the parallel lines (and alternately extending from top to bottom, and bottom to top), or perpendicular to the parallel lines. A pattern is provided that repeats at an interval significantly greater than the length of the security document formed from the security paper.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are capable of producing sealed mailers from sheets of paper at speeds in excess of 200 documents per minute (e.g. 400 documents per minute or more) in an inexpensive manner, including by variably non-impact duplex printing the faces of each sheet with up to thirty six lines of variable data with each line up to ten inches long. The sheets are fed one at a time from a stack and then immediately aligned. Immediately after alignment the first face of each sheet is ink jet printed with variable data, the sheets are inverted and then immediately the second face of each sheet is ink jet printed with variable data. The printed sheets are immediately folded, and if they have adhesive (such as pressure activated adhesive) they are immediately sealed. They may then be sorted, stacked, and tied into bundles. Control of all of the operations is provided by a central computer control which ensures that the processing speed is consistent throughout.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for binding booklets using pressure seal adhesive patterns. Paper sheets having adhesive strips along their centerfold lines are assembled and folded together. A pressure sealing device activates the adhesive strips and causes the adhesive to bind the folded sheets together into a booklet. The adhesive strips are arranged on the sheets parallel on both sides of the centerfold line of the sheet. The sheets are assembled so that adhesive strips are juxtaposed against the adhesive strips on adjacent sheets. The assembly is folded and a pressure sealer device seals the adhesive strips together to bind the sheets into a booklet.

Abstract: A toner recording medium including a substrate, such as paper, containing a coating composition of particulate silica and a polyvinyl alcohol in a coating weight of less than 2.0 g/m.sup.2 per side of the substrate. The composition is preferably about 50 to less than 90 parts by dry weight of particulate silica and about 10 to 50 parts by dry weight binder. A process is also disclosed for coating a substrate, such as paper, to produce a toner recording medium.

Abstract: A prescription pharmacy label comprises a face stock having top and bottom faces with a pressure sensitive adhesive on at least a major portion of the bottom face, and a release liner engaging the pressure sensitive adhesive. A CB coating is provided on a first portion of the top face, and a CF coating on a second portion of the top face, separated by a first fold line, and a third portion of the top face is uncoated. A second fold line is provided in the release liner so that the label may be Z-folded about the fold lines so that the CB and CF coatings are in face-to-face engagement, and underlie the third portion, so that handwriting provided on the third portion is transferred to the CF coating on the second portion. A slit may be provided between the first and third portions to allow part of the adhesive on the bottom face of the third portion to be exposed and to be moved into contact with a prescription medicine container (e.g.

Abstract: The combined dolly and ramp assembly includes a ramp having a pair of laterally spaced arms and an inclined ramp surface interconnecting the arms adjacent one end and at an elevation for receiving a roll of web material from a pallet. The dolly includes a frame mounted on casters and which has a pair of inclined surfaces meeting at an apex centrally of the dolly. The dolly is movable into an opening between the arms 16 of the ramp to align the inclined ramp with one of the inclined surfaces of the dolly. A foot-actuated latch automatically and releasably locks the dolly and ramp to one another. The roll of web material is rolled down the ramp onto the dolly and secured by a strap to anchor points on the dolly. By releasing the latch, the dolly with the roll may be displaced to another station.

Abstract: A mailer type business form has a minimum number of insert plies by providing a remittance stub as an extension of the reply envelope. In one construction, three insert plies having lesser dimensions than the first and second main plies are sandwiched between the main plies, with the second and third insert plies defining a reply envelope front and back and with a perforation line dividing the second insert ply into a reply envelope portion and a stub portion. The first insert ply overlies the second insert ply and also has a stub portion. Image transfer is provided between the stub portions, as by a CB and a CF coating, and image transfer is also provided between the first ply and the first insert ply as by a carbonized bottom face of the first ply. A fly sheet may be provided on top of the first ply. The reply envelope can either be top or end opening. In another embodiment the second ply comprises the back of the reply envelope and includes the stub portion, so that only two insert plies are provided.

Abstract: A card carrier for transport of a phone card, credit card, debit card, etc. is of paper or plastic card stock with a multi-colored design ion deposition printed on one face and a PIN and control number on the other. During production the card is part of a blow on label, attached to the rest of the label by repositional adhesive, and the blow on label is blown onto a first opaque paper carrier web inner surface, permanent adhesive affixing the label to that surface. The outer surface of the first carrier web is imaged just like the front of the card, simulating the card. A second opaque paper ply is affixed by permanent adhesive to the first ply overlying the second face of the card, but with a cutout aligned with the control number so that the control number may be viewed from exterior of the carrier. To open the carrier perforations are provided inside a permanent adhesive strip along one edge of the card, providing a tamperproof feature, i.e.

Abstract: A mailer business form assembly comprises a non-adhesive bearing message sheet and one or more adhesive-bearing cover sheets prepared for printing of the message sheet, alignment and sealing to provide multiple mailers.