Abstract: A method and means for consistently applying and aligning labels is provided. A label form includes a label section having at least one tactile alignment guidance feature and a backing member removably attached to the label section. In one embodiment, the backing member having a first side and a second side, each removable from the label section independently and when the first side is removed from the label section, the alignment guidance feature on the label section is exposed so that the alignment guidance feature can be aligned with a corresponding alignment guidance feature on a stock member, such as a folder.

Abstract: An improved file folder specially adapted to conventional printers and optical scanners and a system and method for printing and using the improved folder. The improved folder has an enclosure for holding documents and printable panels with an integrated tab and integrated document labels. The folder panels, integrated tab and labels are printed with machine-readable identifying indicia and text in one pass through a standard printer. The tab is foldable such that folder identifying indicia and text are visible from either the front or back side of the folder. After printing, the documents labels are removable and affixable to the folder documents. Images of the folder documents are captured with a standard optical scanner which also reads the document identifying indicia printed on the labels. The document images form a database indexed according to the indicia printed on the document labels.

Abstract: An integrated pocket folder for holding an article, such as a computer diskette or the like, where the article is held in a secondary pocket created by an opening in the cover of the pocket. In one embodiment of the invention, a folder has a rear pocket cover attached at a folded portion to a front pocket cover to form a pocket therebetween. The folded portion includes a fold of material of at least one of the rear and front pocket cover. The front cover has at least one first cut therethrough, which is positioned on the front pocket cover so as to form a secondary pocket between the cut and an inner surface of the fold. Methods of manufacturing the folder are also presented.

Abstract: A slash jacket for holding an article on the front cover is provided, where the article is held in a retaining pocket in a lower portion of the front cover. The retaining pocket is formed by a single cut on the front cover and communicates to the inside of the slash jacket. The retaining pocket is formed by a simple cutting process step at the time of manufacturing the form from which the slash jacket is fabricated. The slash jacket may also include a retaining tab on the front cover for retaining the article held in the pocket. The pocket is preferably cut so as to prevent the upper lip of the first cut from catching on any portion of the object inserted therein. Additional features of the slash jacket include an index tab along the side of the slash jacket, and tick marks to secure the die cut flaps forming the pocket and securing tab. The upper portion of the front cover may be cut to be parallel with the top edge of the back cover, so as to expose a greater portion of any documents contained therein.

Abstract: An expandable folder is provided which includes a front panel member, a rear panel member, and an expandable gusset which connects the panel members and forms the bottom and sides of the folder. Reinforcing means are provided upon critical or highly stressed locations to enhance the durability and useful life of the folder. Various types of reinforcement are provided about and, preferably, over the top of the gusset. The end portions of the gussets along the sides and, where applicable, the bottom, preferably have a width which is at least twice the width of the gusset folds. The outer surfaces of the inner front and rear panel members are also reinforced to strengthen the folder at least in the areas where the gusset is attached, and, for best results, on the entire outer surfaces of the panels.

Abstract: A paper handling device comprises a flexible, substantially U-shaped handle portion having first and second side members, the first and second side members terminating at first and second ends respectively; first and second arms are respectively disposed at the first and second ends and each directed substantially away from the handle portion; first and second tines depend transversely from the first and second arms respectively, the first and second tines extending in a generally parallel relation and normally spaced apart from each other by a distance greater than the spacing between pre-punched holes in the paper. Compressing the handle portion reduces the distance between the tines so as to allow the tines to be inserted into the respective holes in the paper.

Abstract: An expandable folder is provided which includes a front panel member, a rear panel member, and an expandable gusset which connects the panel members and forms the bottom and sides of the folder. Reinforcing means are provided upon critical or highly stressed locations to enhance the durability and useful life of the folder. Various types of reinforcement are provided about and, preferably, over the top of the gusset. The end portions of the gussets along the sides and, where applicable, the bottom, preferably have a width which is at least twice the width of the gusset folds. The outer surfaces of the inner front and rear panel members are also reinforced to strengthen the folder at least in the areas where the gusset is attached, and, for best results, on the entire outer surfaces of the panels.

Abstract: An improved apparatus for applying substances, some of which can be highly viscous in nature, to desired surfaces is disclosed. The applicator (10) can include a housing (12) defining a closed plenum (40) which is filled with a fluid medium. The housing (12) is mounted for rotation about an axis, and an applicator shoe (28) is mounted at a first end (14) of the housing (12). A duct or tubular member (22) is disposed radially inwardly from the shoe (28) with respect to the axis of rotation. Centrifugal delivery conduits (32) are provided to afford fluid communication between an interior passageway (26) of the tubular member (22) and a chamber (38) formed in the shoe (28). As the housing (12) rotates about the axis, substance introduced into the interior passageway (26) of the duct (22) is centrifugally impelled to the shoe (28) through the conduit means (32).

Abstract: For use in combination with a machine that has an endless conveyor for conveying a file folder to a tang assembly station and thence away therefrom, folder tang assembly apparatus that includes a frame, a feed assembly for indexingly feeding a plurality of webs having folded tangs nearly punched thereoutof, a stationary die plate, a stripper bar above the die plate, a pressure pad for each web reciprocally mounted in a die plate aperture to press the web against the stripper bar, tang punches reciprocally extended in the pressure pad for punching a tang out of a web, through a stripper bar aperture, and against a folder, a cinching device for each web to cinch the tang to the folder when the punches move the tang against the folder, a tang location quill carried by one of the tang punches for each web to properly locate the tang to be punched out of the web, a power operated lower die shoe for reciprocating the punches, and piston cylinders for moving the pressure pads to press the webs against the stripper p

Abstract: An improved dual compartment envelope having two vertically extending pockets. The envelope comprises a first sheet which is bent along a fold line to define a front and back panel. An intermediate sheet is placed between the front and back panels and is fixedly secured thereto. Two laterally extending flaps overlie and are integrally secured to the front panel and the second sheet to form the completed envelope. The front panel is substantially shorter than the back panel such that the entrance openings to the two pockets of the envelope are vertically offset to minimize the possibility of confusing the pockets when filing materials therein. Various score lines may be provided along the bend lines of the envelope to allow the envelope to be expanded.

Abstract: Labels for file folders that each has a self-adhesive backed surface and in a non-folded position has a front surface with a given letter of the alphabet printed on one half and the same letter of the alphabet printed on the other half at right angles to the first mentioned letter for permitting the label to be used either for top tab filing or end tab filing. In either case, with the label properly positioned on the file folder, and the file properly placed in a vertical position in a file cabinet, one letter will be upright on the desired side of the tab to which the label is adhered. Thirteen distinctive colors are keyed to the first 13 letters of the alphabet as a solid block, and the same 13 colors are used for the second half of the alphabet with strips (bands) through the colored portions of the labels.