Printed matter – Having revealable concealed information – fraud preventer or... – Having plastic laminate
Patent
1993-05-15
1998-12-01
Fridie, Jr., Willmon
Printed matter
Having revealable concealed information, fraud preventer or...
Having plastic laminate
B42D 1500
Patent
active
058427228
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to paper and plastic composite constructions useful in forming die-cut identification cards, labels, wrist bands, return envelope mailers, and loose leaf index tabs with various types of computerized imaging equipment.
2. Description of the Related Art
Many companies desire to have various composite constructions combining paper, adhesives, release liners, coatings and plastics to form identification cards, labels, index tabs, return envelope mailers and wrist bands to be marked with high quality images such as those available by utilizing various types of impact and non-impact imaging technologies. Many imaging, inserting, and printing machines require sheetstock of a designated size and specification such as flat, 8.5" by 11" paper. However, many applications require only a small amount of materials to be imaged and distributed, such as an identification card, label, wrist band, index tab or return envelope mailer. In addition, many applications desire a letter made from paper to be attached to the composite and a means to separate the composite from the core sheet paper letter portion easily and a construction so the composite is made for the application's requirements. Many companies desire a cost effective means to use various forms in inserting equipment and mail various composite materials built into the forms which requires a sheetstock of a size and construction compatible with various automated machinery.
The problems with previous constructions for sheetstocks being constructed with more than one material of unequal size for imaging, printing and inserting had many of the following problems associate with their manufacture and use A thickness buildup in the sheetstock caused uneven stacking when placed in a pad one on top of another or when wound in a roll or placed in a carton causing many problems for infeed and outfeed devices in many types of laser printers, the sheetstock could not be placed in one tray of a multiple tray imaging or inserting machine allowing the sheetstock to be printed in the same print stream with other document so that imaging, matching and collating could be done with other documents using an automated means, the cards fell off of the paper form carriers due to non-coplanar thickness differences that could get snagged in the printers and due to their means of attachment to the carrier sheet, the grain direction of the finished sheetstock may have been long grain which creates more difficult folding in inserting equipment, unnecessary laminate material on the sheetstock that has two layers of equal size adhered together may unnecessarily increase the mailing weight and also cost of the sheetstock, more sheetstock bulk created shorter computer runs and more labor intensive processing in a imaging machine before having to reload the machine and also creates wasted storage and shipping costs, envelopes and mechanized inserting equipment may have been difficult if not impossible to be used due to the sheetstock being non-coplanar, it was difficult to create a self mailer by folding the form and sealing it, high quality bar codes, graphics, text and pictures were difficult to be imaged on the entire sheetstock due to uneven thickness causing feeding problems and the synchronization of the printer being thrown off, low cost personalized paper letters may not have been easily made with two sheets of equal sized adhered materials, imaging on two sides of a sheetstock was difficult if not impossible to accomplish, the card or other end products is often more thick and made from only one material that provides for a flimsy card, cards made from 10 mils of an inch of solid plastic are environmentally wasteful and more expensive, the printing on top of the card is not protected by a plastic layer, the cards had difficulty being marked with high quality images, the cards were often adhered to a carrier sheet slowly and inaccurately, the card and carrier form had to be printed and adhered together forming t
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