Patent ID: 7565788
Filing Date: 2009-07-28
Classification: B31B,B43M,B65B

Abstract:
1. A method for creating mailpieces from a single web of printed material, wherein the web of printed material includes a continuous web having a width and a length, the length comprised of a series of attached sheets, the series of attached sheets comprising envelope sheets and content pages, the content pages being rectangular in shape and having a long dimension and a short dimension, the content pages printed onto the continuous web such the short dimension of the content pages is parallel to left and right edges of the web; and the envelope sheets having an envelope sheet width dimension parallel to the width of the web, the envelope sheet width dimension being the same as the content page long dimension; the method comprising: cutting consecutive attached sheets into separated sheets; transporting the separated sheets in a first direction parallel to a direction of the web; accumulating content pages belonging to a same mailpiece, the accumulated pages being received for accumulation in the first direction; turning the accumulated content pages by 90 degrees; transporting the envelope sheet in the first direction, bypassing the accumulating and turning steps; merging the accumulated and turned content pages with the envelope sheet; enclosing the accumulated content pages in the envelope sheet.