Abstract: A greeting card with a receipt for recording a monetary gift. The greeting card preferably includes a detachable receipt for collecting similar receipts for various information retrieval purposes.

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 disclosure is directed to a chart or a board listing medications, dosages and times to be taken, and notes. There is a medication recessed tray that organizes the user's medicines into one central location. The frequency denotes how frequently a medication is to be taken. Medication name column is where the name of the medication is placed, the type of medication, and the dosage and the usage. The calendar section, labeled Sunday-Saturday, that has square boxes that are to have check marks placed in them only after medication is ingested or applied. Refill column, where refill dates and other refill information is placed. The dot on the refill column is to be colored in if a doctor's visit is required before medication can be refilled. The pertinent medical information column is where the patient can place any information that he or she finds useful. The surface of the board is dry continuous basis. The board is to be marked by a marker.

Abstract: A rotary cutter is disclosed for repeatedly cutting web printed sheet material with a printed repeat portion of finite length thereon which includes a cutting cylinder adapted for rotation in a manner such that the web printed sheet material passes thereby. A cutting knife extends generally along the length of the cylinder on the outer surface for periodic engagement with a backup support cylinder for cutting the sheet material when positioned therebetween. The cutting knife is generally continuous along a major portion of the length thereof and has a minor arcuate portion which is discontinuous with the major portion so as to cut the sheet material whereby the sheet material on one side of the cutting line is provided with a straight cut portion having an arcuate projection extending therefrom and the sheet material on the other side of the cutting line is provided with a void portion corresponding in configuration and dimension to the arcuate projection.

Abstract: A document backer for supporting and carrying damaged checks, drafts and other financial documents through data processing machines. The document backer includes a translucent backing sheet with a vellum strip adhered to the lower edge thereof. The backing sheet includes an adhesive for affixing a check or other document thereto. The vellum strip is suitable for imprinting with magnetically readable characters. The document backer may also include a detachable cover sheet that is removed just prior to use. The document backer is particularly adapted to digital imaging systems, as the face of the check may be supported and presented as originally prepared, with no visual distortion or impairment, while the entire surface of the back of the check may also be photographed or microfilmed through the translucent backing sheet.

Abstract: An apparatus (10) for carrying imprints of body parts (12) having at least one opening (16) and having a surface area of dye absorbent planar surface (18) in which the surface area (18) is greater than the surface area in the at least one opening (16) of the sheet member (14) and in which the surface area (18) is smooth and continuous to receive impressions of body portions (12) carrying dye (32), allowing a picture (20) to be mounted to the sheet member (14) visible through said at least one opening (16) in a position visible in the same direction as the absorbent planar surface (18), and providing alignment structure of the impressions (12) and spacing of the impressions (12) from the edge (46) of the sheet member (14) in which the alignment structure overlies at least a portion of the sheet member (14).

Abstract: An index divider is reinforced using a polyester film having a bonding coating on one side thereof for bonding the polyester film to the index divider, and a toner-receptive polymer coating on the other side thereof. The toner-receptive coating may be N-Butyl Methacrylate polymer. Other polymers may be used, which have microscopic penetration points to bond with xerographic toner, and which maintain their integrity at the high temperatures and pressures used to bond the polyester film to the index dividers.

Abstract: Reinforced paper tabs for use in xerographic reproduction equipment. The tabs include a thin reinforcing film that may optionally be recessed into the thickness of the paper sheet, or may merely be very thin with respect to the thickness of the paper sheet, thus permitting the tabbed sheets to be fed through conventional xerographic reproduction equipment for use in production of booklets and the like. Preferably the reinforcing film includes an outer heat activatable adhesive layer that is melt compatible with xerographic toner, so that xerographic images can be permanently reproduced on the reinforced tabs. The invention also relates to methods of manufacturing and collating such tabbed sheets from web stock.

Abstract: A system and method for scheduling a meeting uses several partially translucent sheets, one for each prospective attendee. Each partially translucent sheet contains an array of blocks of time, in which the rows correspond to time periods and the columns correspond to dates. The prospective attendee darkens the blocks corresponding to times that he is not available to attend the meeting, and sends the completed sheet to the organizer. The organizer then assembles the sheets, and stacks and aligns them so that the blocks line up. By viewing the stack of partially translucent sheets, preferably with a light source, the organizer can quickly identify the times when all prospective attendees are available for the meeting by identifying those blocks that remain translucent.

Abstract: A double-sided card is provided which permits a user to print information on both sides of the card. The card has a write-in space including primary and secondary printing faces. An adhesive strip is provided on the back of both the primary and secondary printing faces. A score line divides the primary and secondary printing faces. The card can be folded along the score lime, and sealed by contact between the adhesive strips. Information printed on the primary and secondary printing faces would appear on both sides of the card after folding.

Abstract: The self-sealing card assembly comprises an intermediate plastic substrate having upper and lower clear polyethylene layers and an intermediate polyurethane layer therebetween, permanent pressure-sensitive adhesive applied to the faces of the polyethylene layers, a release liner overlying approximately one-half of the upper adhesive and an ID card overlying the remaining half of the adhesive. The lower adhesive layer adheres the card assembly to a carrier sheet whereby the card assembly and carrier sheet may form a mailer. The recipient completes the information requested on the ID card, peels the upper three layers from the carrier sheet by separating the upper polyethylene layer from the polyurethane layer, removes the upper half of the release liner and folds the clear polyethylene layer onto the upper surface of the ID card to form the laminated card. To manufacture the assembly, the plastic substrate is passed through adhesive applicators and release liners are adhered to its opposite sides.

Abstract: Hunting license forms are disclosed which are suitable for issuance at a computerized point-of-sale terminal and printer. The hunting license forms are provided in a continuous web of forms with pin feed tractor holes, each form having a license tag portion and a record portion. The marginal edge of the license tag portion has a reinforcing strip overlyingly adhered thereto such that the pin feed holes may also be used for the passage of a cord for attaching the tag to an animal carcass. The forms are marked with a design and have regions of contrasting color which make the forms difficult to counterfeit. The forms are preprinted basic, nonvariable information such that one form may be used to provide several types of licenses.

Abstract: A business form which is configured to cooperate with conventional facsimile machines to minimize the amount of time required to transmit a document includes vertical lines which are broken to extend only partially along the document, rather than extending continuously along the document as was previously conventional. Such discontinuous lines leave open spaces which can take advantage of the ability of a conventional facsimile machine to operate at a faster rate for blank (open) areas than the rate which is normally encountered for "populated" (marked) areas of the document, reducing the overall transmission rate for a given document.

Abstract: Information is recorded, organized, and formatted using a computer, and printed onto paper provided with track-feed holes which are used both for feeding through a printer and for mounting the paper on ring elements of a binder. The pages are provided with fold lines such that the pages may be folded along the line to fit within the binder. When a page is unfolded, a foldout leaf projects outward beyond an edge of the binder so that the leaf and information recorded thereon is visible while turned to a different page in the notebook. Various paper designs allow tailoring of the system to user needs. In addition, step-indexing of pages allows headers on numerous pages to be visible simultaneously. Also disclosed is a task-oriented system for organizing information wherein the pages in the notebook are separated into sections and wherein pages in a section are devoted to a single topic.

Abstract: A pocket containing business form is formed from an intermediate which comprises a sheet of paperlike material having dimensions of about 8.times.11 inches. The sheet is guillotine cut in two lengthwise, and each of the sections is eccentrically Z-folded to form a pocket, with pressure activated adhesive strips sealed along the edges of the pocket. The portion of the sheet exposed above the pocket is imaged by a laser printer, etc., for example, to indicate due dates for library books. The form is glued on one of the inside covers of a library book, and a 3.times.5 card containing information about the book is inserted in the pocket.

Abstract: A promotional note page includes a first page portion having space for writing notes, a second page portion in the form of a business card, and a separation line for separating the first page portion from the second page portion. Letterhead notation along at least one edge of the first page portion is preferably provided. The line of separation is preferably a series of perforations. At least one flap portion may be provided, having a line of separation for separating and/or folding the flap portion from the rest of the note page. The line of separation is preferably a series of perforations. At least one line may be provided on the first portion to guide handwriting thereon. Alternatively, at least one stripe on the first portion to guide handwriting on it may be provided. Another option is at least one tab portion which can be folded over to increase thickness for securing a fastener and for aiding alignment of an attachment.

Abstract: A business form is provided ideally suited for use by an organization that delivers products, and/or which relies heavily on phone orders. A first paper sheet has a face, back, and first size. Indicia is disposed on the face, and a first pattern of repositional adhesive is disposed on the back. A second sheet having a face and a back, and a size much smaller than the first size, has indicia disposed on its face including a phone number, and a second pattern of repositional adhesive is disposed on its back. The second sheet back is readily removably attached to the face of the first sheet by the second pattern of repositional adhesive. The size of the second sheet is such that it will fit on the hand set of a telephone between the ear piece and mouth piece, and the first indicia includes an illustration of how to place the second sheet on a telephone hand set. The form may also comprise a coupon portion.

Abstract: A telegram blank is described comprising a single sheet printed on only one face and sub-divided into three portions a first of which defines a telegram destination and identification field and the second consecutive to the first, defines a telegram text field After printing the three portions are folded in zig zag fashion and glued together along glue strips in such a way that the identification field remains visible from the outside and the third portion covers the text field. The first portion is provided with a delivery confirmation zone delimited by perforated lines to facilitate separation thereof, and the longitudinal edges of the blank are also provided with perforated lines to facilitate opening the telegram.

Abstract: A circular book configuration wherein each page consists of a fixed section of a circle folded over the next adjacent page. Multiple circular book leaves are stacked on top of each other with a common center and each leaf is connected to its two adjacent leaves along the radius of the circle to form a continuous spiral or helicoidal structure, so that each page can be folded over the next page in a continuous spiraling manner from one end of the book to the other. The book is assembled in reverse order of display by starting from the top leaf, which contains the last page of the book, folding it over the next to the last page, and so on down the spiral of stacked circular leaves. When all pages are thus folded, the result is a book shaped like a pie wedge, wherein the last folded page corresponds to the first page to be viewed. The book is viewed by continuously unfolding successive pages, which results in a continuing full circular view being seen at all times.

Abstract: A mailing device and method including a bar coded return label removably mounted to the original communication, but attachable to a return envelope supplied by the recipient. An original document includes a letterhead having the label removably mounted thereto which duplicates the identity of the sender in both written and bar coded data appearing beneath the label on the letterhead. The label includes self-adhesive allowing the label to be removed from the document and mounted to a return envelope identifying the original sender. The removable stickers may be shaped as a business card and arranged in a vertical stack. Account indicia are printed on the label for payment of document delivery fees, such as postal fees, by the sender. Instructions are set forth on the sticker backing.

Abstract: A printable sheet having one or more separable identification or the like is disclosed. A face sheet is overlyingly adhered to a backing sheet by a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive. The rear surface of the face sheet is pattern coated with a release agent only in regions disposed in registration with the cards to be formed as portions of the face sheet. A cut line is formed through the face sheet along the perimeters of the cards so that the cards may be readily peeled away leaving the remainder of the face sheet adhered to the backing sheet. The printable sheet may be imprinted on automated printing devices and is particularly suited for printing with a laser printer. Also disclosed is a method for making the printable sheet.

Abstract: A method for preventing counterfeiting of sales receipts which involves printing at different stages of both fixed and variable information on register rolls.

Abstract: A card including a plate like substrate covered with a film. Printed material appears on the top face of the substrate and other printed material can be seen on the side of the film away from the substrate. The film adhesively and removable covers the substrate in such a way that it can repeatedly be peeled off from the substrate by producing an audible sound which draws attention to a buyer.

Abstract: A structure and method for making overlapping multipart business form unit sets is provided. A repositionably adhered sheet segment unit includes at least two sheet segments having a front side and a back side in corresponding edges. The sheet segments are in side-by-side relation, such that adjacent edges overlap defining an interface. A repositionable adhesive strip is located on at least one of the overlapping edges of the adjacent segments defining an interface. At least one of the front and back sides of at least one of the sheet segments has an image transfer medium coating. The method of making an overlapping multipart business form unit set includes providing a repositionable adhesive sheet segment unit and printing indicia on at least one of the sheet segments with a printer. The sheet segments are then separated by breaking the adhesion at the overlapping edges.

Abstract: A mailing device and method including a bar coded return label removably mounted to the original communication, but attachable to a return envelope supplied by the recipient. An original document includes a letterhead having the label removably mounted thereto which duplicates the identity of the sender in both written and bar coded data appearing beneath the label on the letterhead. The label includes self-adhesive allowing the label to be removed from the document and mounted to a return envelope identifying the original sender. The removable stickers may be shaped as a business card and arranged in a vertical stack. Account indicia are printed on the label for payment of document delivery fees, such as postal fees, by the sender. Instructions are set forth on the sticker backing.

Abstract: A method for accommodating a magnetic tape cassette and an index card in a book-case type cassette storage case into which the magnetic tape cassette is inserted while being moved in one direction so as to be accommodated therein. An index card is provided which is made of a rectangular sheet material. An end portion of the card is bent so that the portion is brought into planar contact with an inner surface of a rear wall of the cassette storage case when the index card is inserted in the storage case. The bending is performed along a bending line in one end portion of the index card in such a manner that, in the direction of thickness of the cassette storage case, the height (h.sub.1) of the bent portion is smaller than the height (H.sub.1) of an internal space in the cassette storage case when the index card is inserted into the cassette storage case, and the bent portion including a wide portion defined by a distance (w.sub.

Abstract: There are disclosed herein methods and systems for affecting the accounting functions of debiting and crediting a bank's account records, a payer's bank account records and a corporation's accounts receivable records with their customer's payments, and are based upon the combination of data from two or more sources to prepare an integrated document comprising an invoice (bill) and a negotiable instrument, usually a bank check. These documents form an integrated document and contain all necessary pre-printed machine readable data and are combined to effect a variety of multi-function transactions. By combining all of the required data elements in a single document at the time of initial preparation of the integrated document, including an accounts receivable invoice and the payer's check, the requirement for subsequent redundant, labor intensive processes are eliminated.

Abstract: There is disclosed a roll of a web of records members, wherein the web has outer and inner end portions free of machine-readable marks and wherein the outer end portions is free of other preprinted information. Also disclosed is method of making such rolls.

Abstract: An advertising insert piece is designed for presenting a detachable postcard forming part of a second sheet connected to a first sheet. The second sheet is of reduced size relative to the first sheet to which it is connected. The second sheet includes a single line of weakness dividing the second sheet into a detachable postcard portion and a non-detachable portion adhered to said first sheet. Indicia are printed on at least a portion of each side of the first and second sheets, the first and second sheets being preferably adhesively joined at opposing non-indicia bearing surfaces.

Abstract: A business card assembly suitable for use in application with a business catalog or brochure is provided. The card assembly includes a pair of business cards connected along a common edge which defines a perforated score-line. The underside of each of the cards is provided with an adhesive backing which may be selectively removed in order to expose an adhesive surface along the underside of the cards. As a result, each of the cards may be selectively adhered to a display surface, such as a catalog or brochure, or may be left intact with the backing to be used as a conventional business card.

Abstract: A shipping and return mailing label includes three parts: (1) a shipping label, (2) a return label, and (3) an intermediate card connected to the two labels by lines of perforations, with the front face of all the parts of the label assembly being exposed as the label assembly is mounted on a backing sheet, so that, for example, bar codes may be directly printed on each of the three parts. The return label is coated with adhesive on its rear side, the card may be free of adhesive, and the shipping label may be of greater extent than the return label and the card, and may have stripes of adhesive located on its three free edges, so that the entire assembly, following printing, may be folded in a Z-shaped manner, and secured to a carton to be shipped.

Abstract: A stack of sheet assemblies, each of which sheet assemblies comprises first and second sheets each having front and rear major surfaces and first and second opposite edges, a first layer of adhesive adhering a portion of the rear surface of the first sheet adjacent the first edge of the first sheet to the front surface of the second sheet adjacent the first edge of the second sheet with the first edges generally aligned, the first layer of adhesive extending a first predetermined distance from the first edges toward the second edges of the sheets, and a second layer of pressure sensitive adhesive on the rear surface of the second sheet. The second layer of pressure sensitive adhesive comprises a first portion adhering the rear surface of the second sheet of the sheet assembly to the front surface of the first sheet on the sheet assembly beneath it in the stack within the first distance from the first edge.

Abstract: A method for providing custom printed surfaces on products such as sheets to a customer includes providing to the customer a form comprising a master portion corresponding in size and shape to a surface to be printed and an identifying portion for accepting identifying information concerning the customer, having the customer apply identifying information to the identifying portion of the form and indicia of a desired type to the master portion of the form, using the master portion of the form with the applied indicia as a graphic master to prepare the printed surfaces which can be prepared by conventional printing method from the master, and using the identifying portion of the form as a label to send the custom printed products to the customer.

Abstract: An adhesive sealing strip for coiled or spooled recording materials, such as rolls of magnetic tape, in which the identification features, such as casting numbers, are clearly legible, is obtained by printing the features on an adhesive tape over the entire width of the web in lines one above the other and at the same time side by side in columns, each following column being offset vertically relative to the preceding column by a specific amount, whereupon the recording material is cut to the desired useful width. In this manner, a maximum height of printing of the identification features can be achieved in which the symbols are clearly legible (FIG. 3).

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: The invention relates to a two-way communication sheet in the form of double post card, double letter sheet, or the like for use in communicating under cover written information and the like which should be protected from disclosure. The two-way communication sheet is so arranged that a sheet portion on which information is written is bonded to other sheet portion or portions when the communication sheet is initially forwarded as well as when it is sent in reply, so that the information is prevented from being exposed outside. The communication sheet is quite novel in that it enables information to be communicated in secret condition.

Abstract: A method for providing custom printed surfaces on products such as sheets to a customer including providing to the customer a form comprising a master portion corresponding in size and shape to a surface to be printed and an identifying portion for accepting identifying information concerning the customer, having the customer apply identifying information to the identifying portion of the form and indicia of a desired type to the master portion of the form, using the master portion of the form with the applied indicia as a graphic master to prepare the printed surfaces which can be prepared by conventional printing means from the master, and using the identifying portion of the form as a label to send the custom printed products to the customer.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for educational information transfer to consumers of prescription medication using a greeting card-style format and unique icons to structure categories of drug information. Integral to the apparatus is a capsule-shaped, free-standing revolving floor rack holding 80 to 100 different cards.

Abstract: A sheet used for laying out or composing lines of text, art work and the like for subsequent photographic reproduction in the printing and graphic arts industries, in which the sheet has non-photographically reproducible indicia on one side or face thereof to facilitate aligning and positioning of the text and the like, and wherein a dry, transparent, tacky adhesive coating is applied to the face for securely holding the text and the like in place, and which also enables the text and the like to be removed and repositioned plural times.

Abstract: A mailing card is formed of a single sheet of card stock in which a perforated delineation extends entirely across the sheet of card stock to define first and second portions thereof and to facilitate complete separation of those portions from each other. An opening with at least one transparent window tinted in a first color is defined in the first portion of the card stock. Matter is printed on the second portion of the card stock in both the color of the window and in at least one other contrasting color. The first and second portions of the card stock are separated from each other. The printed matter on the second portion is then viewed through the window in the first portion which masks the matter printed in the same color as the window. Hidden messages can thereby be decoded in this manner.

Abstract: A presentation folder for securing and protecting documents is formed in a single sheet of paper by a series of folds or hinges. In addition to the usual features of front and back covers, the folder includes a reinforcing panel for the back cover and a binding strip for attaching documents to the reinforcing panel. The binding strip includes two parts, namely, a mounting flap to which the documents are attached and a mounting strap which joins the binding strip to the reinforcing panel and conceals the mounting flap.

Abstract: A prescription pad comprises a plurality of units each comprising an associated preprinted prescription leaf and preprinted check leaf; the preprinted prescription leaf bears a preprinted prescription for a distinct pharmaceutical product as well as a zone for entry of patient information and a zone for entry of the signature of the prescribing physician; the check leaf bears on one face a preprinted check in favor of a dispensing pharmacist, and has a value based on the value of the prescribed product and a dispensing fee, and has an endorsing zone preprinted with a dispensing acknowledgement legend relating to the preprinted prescription with an entry portion for entry of the endorsing signature of the dispensing pharmacist; the check leaf is preferably coded to identify the physican.

Abstract: An admission ticket is designed to increase both the betting interest and attendance by the public at a parimutuel event such as a horse race. The ticket includes a pass stub used to gain entry to the parimutuel event and a wagering stub which may be exchanged for a bet at the parimutuel event. Preferably, the pass stub and wagering stub are printed on a single piece of paperboard material and are separated by a perforation line. The wagering stub includes a concealed wager and a concealed means for limiting the use of the wager by a patron at the parimutuel event. The method of the invention includes a step of printing an admission ticket to a parimutuel event with a wager being awarded to a patron and a means for limiting the use of the wager by the patron.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for coating paper having printed ink on its surface which comprises applying and adhering a transparent plastic to said paper while said ink is wet. Preferably the paper used is newsprint and the ink used is carbon black.The present invention also provides an article comprising paper, wet ink printed on said paper, and a transparent plastic coating over the wet ink and at least that portion of the paper containing said ink.

Abstract: A book having two bindings with multiple pages and two covers comprises a single sheet which is folded in an accordion fashion. The bindings are located at the leftmost and rightmost sides of the book while fasteners associated with each binding allow the book to be opened from either side.

Abstract: In a method of and apparatus for adhesive transfer, an image receiving web comprising a belt-shaped, release agent coated paper and a plurality of transfer sheets having adhesive surfaces and put side by side on the release agent coated paper in the longitudinal direction thereof is used. The transfer sheets are separated one after another from the release agent coated paper, and each separated transfer sheet is wound around a transfer roller with the adhesive surface facing out. The transfer roller is moved to contact a photosensitive material drum carrying a toner image formed thereon, and the toner image is transferred from the photosensitive material drum to the adhesive surface of the transfer sheet while the transfer roller and the photosensitive material drum are rotated.

Abstract: Signs or indicia are printed or otherwise formed at locations on the last portion of a recording strip that indicate the amount of recording that can occur after each location. The indication can be in the number of pages, length of paper or time.

Abstract: The announcement is formed of one hundred percent cotton fiber paper on which, in colored ink, an inscription has been formed, and a lamination fixed over the paper and the inscription. Selected pigments are used to coat the paper, and polymers or an acetate is fixed thereon as a laminate. The paper chosen, having a starch surface sizing, a bases weight of from 19 to 21 pounds per ream of seventeen inch by twenty-two inch stock, a caliper of 3.4 to 3.7 mils, an opacity of seventy-eight to eighty-six percent, and a softening point of one hundred and sixty to one hundred and eighty degrees F., causes the colored ink to flow and fill-in, and stand out to appear to be a solid, printed image, when such coated paper is employed, and the noted laminates are fixed thereon. With even very limited reflected light, the announcement, and especially the colored ink inscription thereon, glows and shimmers, nearly simulating neon or other illuminated announcements.

Abstract: A conversion tab assembly for conversion of a top-index file to a side-index file, consisting of a base sheet having a tab portion at one end of the sheet, an adhesive to mount the tab assembly to the top-index file, the tab being adjacent to one side edge of the file, and the primary sheet having a strength and stiffness to enable the side-index file to be displaced using the tab, and a flap foldable along one border of the base sheet to permit the sandwiching of a panel of the file between the base sheet and the flap securely using bonding materials, thereby reinforcing the file.

Abstract: A business form includes a carrier web 10 mounting a card 12 made up of an outer frame 40 and interior, removable, variable information removing section 38. The card 12 is adhered to the web 10 by adhesive 54 only interconnecting the frame 40 and the web 10 with the interior removable section 38 being free from adhesion to the web 10.