Abstract: A cardboard carton lid is constructed so that the carton may be securely packed and shipped without the necessity for plastic strapping, and using lower strength paperboard than is conventionally provided, yet allow the carton lid to be reused. The lid has elongated side panels with first and second parallel lines of weakness (e.g. perforations) formed in them. The bottom, fastening portion of the side panels is secured--as by adhesive--to the carton body side walls. A blank, and enlarged grasping portion in the carton lid side panels at the lines of weakness allow a user to grasp the strip between the lines of weakness and detach the lid from the securing portions of the side panels. The lid can be reused after detachment. The carton is packed with nondeformable material such as business forms which extend above the top edge of the carton.

Abstract: Packing apparatus provides for essentially automatic packing of a cardboard carton at a significantly reduced cost compared to conventional strapping equipment and procedures. The carton preferably used with the packing apparatus includes a cardboard carton lid that is constructed so that the carton may be securely packed and shipped without the necessity for plastic strapping, and using lower strength paperboard than is conventionally provided, and is used with a carton body having side walls. The lid has elongated side panels with first and second parallel lines of weakness (e.g. perforations) formed in them. The bottom, fastening portion, of the side panels is preferably secured to the carton body side walls by cam elements of the apparatus moving the side panels outwardly from the carton side walls, and apparatus for applying adhesive to them while in that position. The carton is packed with nondeformable material such as business forms which extend above the top edge of the carton.

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.

Abstract: A simple label-type business form is provided that allows a record sheet to be produced at the same time that indicia is applied to the label. The business form includes a label construction having a top face on which indicia is readily applied and a bottom face containing pressure sensitive adhesive; a release sheet having at least one opening; and a self-imaging sheet held in contact with a release sheet on the opposite side of the release sheet from the label construction by the label construction pressure sensitive adhesive. The release sheet preferably has rows and columns of openings, at least three openings in each row and column, and the label construction is a sheet having a number of labels interconnected together, at least one release sheet opening being associated with each of the labels. The self-imaging sheet may have adhesive applied to its bottom face, and a release liner covering that adhesive so that the self-imaging sheet also is a label.

Abstract: A document carrier assembly for processing a plurality of documents through a microfilming machine is provided which includes a web of paper having an upper and lower surface, at least the upper surface having a low tack adhesive layer applied thereon; a liner overlying the upper surface of the web and the low tack adhesive layer, the liner having a self-contained carbonless coating on an upper surface thereof; and a clear plastic film overlying the liner. The carrier assembly may be formed with a mirror image construction on the opposite side thereof to create a double sided carrier.

Abstract: A credit card transaction form set provides a customer copy form which is attached to any and all carbon sheets in the set in a readily detachable manner so that the complete carbon sheets can be removed from the customer copy if desired. The customer copy overlays a bottom, OCR bond form, and preferably is a CF carbonless sheet. The set may be either three part or four part, with the top form a CB carbonless sheet, and the fourth part--if provided--a CFB carbonless sheet. A S/F carbon sheet disposed between the customer copy and the OCR bond is attached to the customer copy by permanent adhesive adjacent an edge of the customer copy opposite its attachment to the other forms of the set, and the customer copy is connected by perforations to the carbon sheet.

Abstract: A method is provided for constructing a mailer type business form in a continuous manner so that an easy opening tear strip is provided in both the outgoing and return envelopes. This allows not only the addressee of the outgoing envelope to readily remove its contents, but allows the addressor of the outgoing envelope--when the return envelope is received thereby--to readily retrieve the contents of the return envelope. This substantially enhances the utility of the ultimate mailer product. Desirably, the tear strips are formed by a slit and perforation in the bottom sheet of each of the outgoing and return envelopes, and within the mailer the tear strips are parallel to each other. An insert is also typically provided between the top sheet of the outgoing envelope and the top sheet of the return envelope, and is pasted to outgoing envelope at the left and right.

Abstract: A business form (mailer) has top and bottom plies that are slightly larger than an insert ply. The insert ply is connected to the top and bottom plies along one lengthwise and one widthwise edge, but is free of connection at the other lengthwise and widthwise edges. Perforations in the insert ply parallel to the connected lengthwise and widthwise edges form a detachable portion, particularly a check. A check may be made of bond paper yet information printed on the check stub (between a lengthwise edge and perforation parallel to it) is transferred to the lower ply by a self-imaging spot disposed on the top surface of the bottom ply underneath the check stub.

Abstract: A film processing envelope is formed from a single preglued web and comprises a generally rectangular back panel and a generally rectangular front panel overlying the back panel and adhesively secured to the back panel along opposite edges, and by a fold line along bottom of the envelope. A closure flap is secured to the back panel along the top thereof by a fold line, and means are provided for securing the free edge of the closure flap, opposite the fold line, to the front panel when the closure flap is folded over the mouth of the envelope to overly a part of the front panel. The closure flap may be provided with an element which is either detachable before or after securement of the closure flap to the front panel. The envelope may be provided with a relatively shallow open topped pouch having a back detachably secured along the free edge of the front panel and the front connected to the bottom edge of the back along a fold line, with the front and back being adhesively connected along opposite sides.

Abstract: Fan folded business forms are compacted so as to provide the maximum run time, and minimum operator effort. The system includes a folder, transfer table with compacting conveyor, and wheeled cart with a backstop on it. The backstop is continuously pushed along the cart by the compacting forms until it reaches a position at the end of the cart, at which time a cart full sensor operates an alarm and/or shuts off the folder. The compacted forms on the cart may be easily moved to any desired location. Forms may be fed either printed side up or printed side down into another piece of equipment. The main surface of the cart on which the forms travel with their fold lines engaging the main surface, may be manually tilted about a horizontal axis after the cart is full, so that the end of the cart from which forms are to be withdrawn is elevated. This provides efficient withdrawal of forms while minimizing curling of the forms.

Abstract: A business forms assembly and method of forming is provided wherein a continuous web defines a plurality of successive form sets and wherein the web is divided longitudinally by a slit indicator line to define adjacent form parts for each set. Carbonless transfer technology is employed, such that a back side or undersurface of one form part (the upper part) is coated with carbonless microcapsules, while a front side or upper surface of the adjacent form part (the lower part) is coated with a co-reactant resin coating. The arrangement permits variable information to be printed on the adjacent form parts as the web passes through a non-impact printer. Thereafter, the web is longitudinally slit, separating the adjacent form parts which are thereafter interstacked so that the coating on the undersurface of the upper form part lies in full surface engagement with the coating on the upper surface of the lower form part. The respective form parts may then be adhesively secured.

Abstract: A multiple web business form stock is provided for forming mailers. A base web is divided transversely by lines of weakening into envelope lengths so that it can be divided into individual mailers. The base web is foldable along a central longitudinal fold line to provide front and back sides of outgoing envelopes. All required preprinted, non-personalized and repetitive information is provided on the base web. Heat sealable adhesive and perforation lines which are necessary for sealing and opening the eventual mailers are provided on the base web. A number of inner webs (e.g. three) are secured to the base web. Each inner web extends substantially the full effective length of the base web, the upper of the inner webs is dimensioned and positioned to receive personalized printed information thereon.

Abstract: A continuous business form assembly includes webs defining return envelopes within originating envelopes, where the webs of the originating envelopes are joined through openings in the return envelope webs. Flaps on both of the return envelope webs are formed of the material from which the openings are cut so that the flaps and openings are simultaneously created, paper waste is reduced and return envelope size increased.

Abstract: A mailer type business form is provided which includes an outgoing envelope formed by a first sheet folded along a fold line to provide first and second panels each having three marginal edge portions, and a return envelope formed by a second sheet overlying the second panel and adhesively secured to the second panel inwardly adjacent the three marginal edge portions such that the second panel forms a rear panel of both the outgoing envelope and the return envelope. A removable tear strip is incorporated in the second panel and is defined by a slit formed in the second panel parallel to and adjacent one of the marginal edge portions, and a pair of parallel lines of perforations extending perpendicularly from opposite ends of the slit toward the fold line.

Abstract: A document system having improved image security for preventing or reducing the likelihood of successful alteration of information printed on a document includes a detectable substance is released from ruptured microcapsules onto the document in image areas. The substance that penetrates through the document to form a confirming image on the reverse surface. Another detectable substance of lesser penetrating ability simultaneously may be released onto the document in the image areas. Spreading of the first substance outside the boundaries of the image area created by the second substance may produce a halo effect around the image area. Documents as treated by the methods are disclosed, as well as articles comprising a document to be treated in contact with a sheet coated with the detectable substance. The first substance is microencapsulated, the second substance may or may not be microencapsulated.

Abstract: A wallet size note pack is provided which includes a paper web, at least one side of which is provided with a release coating and a plurality of low tack adhesive note sheets. In an exemplary embodiment, the paper web includes two fold lines dividing the web into three substantially equally sized panels, each of which is provided with a plurality of the low tack adhesive note sheets arranged in orderly arrays.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for ensuring predetermined lengthwise registration of interstacked form parts forming a unitary form. The form includes a continuous web comprised of longitudinally adjacent forms, each having a pair of transversely adjacent form parts. Each form part has a registration mark identifying the form parts as parts of a first form. Each registration mark has discrete portions including a count portion which specifically identifies the form parts as part of a predetermined form of a predetermined plurality of forms. When the form parts are interstacked, the registration marks are sensed to determine the accurate transverse alignment of the interstacked form parts and provide an error signal in response to a sensed lack of registration of the corresponding form parts.

Abstract: A mailer type business form includes a top ply with a cutout having an area and position comparable to an address area on a piece of mail. A second insert ply underlies the top ply including at the cutout. The insert ply has a localized coating of self-imaging material formed directly beneath the cutout and only in the area of the cutout. The cutout is preferably completely open, free of any material in it or covering it. However under some circumstances a patch of transparent material may cover the cutout. Other plies may also be included in the mailer including a return envelope, with a bottom ply cooperating with a top ply to define an out-going envelope.

Abstract: An epoxy microcapsule comprising an oil core material and a microcapsule wall enclosing the oil core material. The microcapsule wall is an interfacial polymerization product of an epoxy resin and a polyamino compound having multifunctional amino groups capable of crosslinking the epoxy resin. The epoxy resin is preferably bisphenol A or bisphenol F based epoxy resin. The polyamino compound preferably has primary and tertiary amino groups. The epoxy microcapsule can be used in carbonless copying systems.

Abstract: In a conventional Bunch folder having a swing chute, beaters, spirals mounted for rotation about vertical axes, and a reciprocal cutting blade, a cut initiating device is provided. The cut initiating device initiates a cut (forms a knick) at the edge of a perforation between adjacent business forms to be severed from each other, so that the cutting blade may easily sever the forms completely at the perforation. The cut initiating device comprises a short horizontally extending blade mounted by a collar to a shaft of the spiral adjacent the cutting blade start position so that the blade is rotatable with the spiral for engaging the folding web at a perforation and forming a 1/16 to 1/2 inch cut in the perforation at an edge. The blade may have a horizontal cutting edge portion, a cantilevered portion at a different level than the cutting edge portion and a step portion interconnecting the cutting and cantilevered portions. A knick in the edge is formed at first predetermined intervals (e.g.