A series-connected business form is adapted to be fed through the printing means of a business machine and includes a continuous pair of superimposed outer webs each having feed bands including rows of spaced superimposed feed holes extending along opposite marginal edges thereof for engagement with the feed means of the business machine so that the form may be thereby advanced into and past the printing means. At least one intermediate web is disposed between the outer webs with transfer material lying on opposite sides of such intermediate web, and the intermediate web is secured to only one of the outer webs. The webs are divided by transverse lines of weakening so that the form is separable into individual units, and the one web and its attached intermediate web are removable from the remainder of each unit inwardly of the feed bands, so that, upon the printing of a number of such units, the next to the last of such units so printed may be separated along the transverse lines of weakening whereafter the one web and its intermediate web secured thereto of the last of such units may be separated from the other of such webs to leave such other web of the last unit and its connected feed bands available as a drive web for initiating the feed of the remaining units to be printed.
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1. A series-connected business form adapted to be fed through the printing means of a business machine, comprising, a continuous pair of superimposed outer webs having aligned opposed marginal edges, said webs having longitudinal feed strips extending along each of said marginal edges, said feed strips including spaced feed holes for engaging the feed means of the business machine so that the business form may be thereby advanced into and past the printing means, said webs being directly connected together along longitudinal first connecting means lying adjacent said feed holes of one of said strips extending along one of said marginal edges, one of said webs having a longitudinal first line of weakening spaced inwardly of said first connecting means, at least one intermediate web disposed between said outer webs, said intermediate web having a free marginal edge lying adjacent said first line of weakening and having an opposite free marginal edge in alignment with the other of said opposed marginal edges of said outer webs, said one outer web having a longitudinal second line of weakening adjacent said other marginal edge, said intermediate web being connected to both said outer webs along longitudinal second connecting means disposed between said other marginal edge of said outer webs and said second line of weakening, said intermediate web having a longitudinal third line of weakening in alignment with said second line of weakening, and said webs having spaced transverse lines of weakening in superimposed relationship for separating the form therealong into individual units, whereby upon the printing of a number of said units, the next to the last of said units so printed may be separated along said transverse lines of weakening whereafter said one web and said intermediate web connected thereto of the last of said units so printed may be removed by separation along said first and second lines of weakening from said other outer web thereby leaving said other web of said last unit together with said feed strips thereon available as a drive web for initiating the feed of the remaining units to be advanced into and past the printing means.
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5. A continuous stationery assembly, comprising, a continuous pair of superimposed outer webs each having aligned opposed left and right marginal edges, said webs having longitudinal feed strips extending along each of said right marginal edges, said webs being directly connected together along longitudinal first connecting means lying adjacent said right marginal edges, one of said webs having a longitudinal first line of weakening spaced inwardly of said first connecting means, at least one intermediate web disposed between said outer webs, said intermediate web having a free marginal edge lying inward of said first line of weakening, said one outer web having a longitudinal second line of weakening adjacent said left marginal edge, said intermediate web being connected to both said outer webs along longitudinal second connecting means disposed between each said left marginal edge of said outer webs and said second line of weakening, said intermediate web having a longitudinal third line of weakening in alignment with said second line of weakening. 6. A continuous stationery assembly as claimed in
alignment with said second line of weakening. 9. A continuous stationery assembly as claimed in claim 5 in which said one outer web includes a longitudinal fourth line of weakening between the first line of weakening and the second line of weakening, and the intermediate web includes a longitudinal fifth line of weakening in superimposed relationship with the fourth line of weakening, the intermediate web being connected to the one outer web between the superimposed, longitudinal second and third lines of weakening and the superimposed, longitudinal fourth and fifth lines of weakening. 10. A continuous stationery assembly as claimed in claim 5 in which the intermediate web is one intermediate web and further comprising another intermediate web having a free marginal edge spaced inwardly of the first line of weakening, and a longitudinal sixth line of weakening in superimposed relationship with the longitudinal second and third lines of weakening, the another intermediate web being directly connected to the other outer web between the right marginal edges and the superimposed, longitudinal second and third lines of weakening and being connected to the one intermediate web between the right marginal edges and the superimposed, longitudinal second and third lines of weakening, the one intermediate web thereby being connected to the other outer web through connection to the other intermediate web. |
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This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 727,518, filed Sept. 28, 5 is not, however, secured to back web 1 by such a line of adhesive.
A longitudinal line of adhesive 8 is provided a short distance within the righthand side line (FIGS. 1 and 2) of marginal feed apertures 3 4a to secure the righthand side of front web 2 and the righthand side of back web 1 together, and a longitudinal line 8a of tear off perforations is provided at one side of front web 2 just within the line of adhesive 8. This line of tear off perforations 8a is aligned with the righthand edge of intermediate record webs 3. Further lines of adhesive 9 are provided, one each such line being provided between front web 2 and the uppermost of intermediate webs 3, between each pair of adjacent intermediate webs 3, and between the lowermost of intermediate webs and back web 1. These lines of adhesive are each located at the lefthand side (FIGS. 1 and 2) of each web just within line 4 of feed apertures. A longitudinal line of tear off feed perforations 10 is provided just within lines of adhesive 9 in front web 2 and in each of intermediate webs 3 but not in back web 1. These lines of perforations when torn off separate the back web with the stub on the lefthand side from the record webs 3 and transfer webs 5.
A further set of lines 11 of longitudinal tear off perforations are provided in each of front web 2 and intermediate webs 3, but not in back web 1, just within the set of lines of adhesive 7 joining the transfer webs to the adjacent record webs. These lines 11 of perforations serve as snap out perforations to separate the part of the carbon webs from part of the record webs after the webs have been processed.
Each of back web 1, front web 2 and intermediate webs 3 are divided into form lengths by lines of transverse tear off perforations 12.
Preferably lines of inclined slits 14 are formed in transfer webs 5 between respective lines of adhesive 6 and 7. These inclined slits are more fully described in British Patent Specification No. 919,496.
A continuous stationery assembly as described is loaded into a mini-computer and data is printed on a form length assembly as is required. The form length is then fed by tractors of the mini-computer to the outfeed side of these tractors whereupon the typed form length of front web 2 of the assembly together with a corresponding form length of intermediate webs 3 is detached from the back web 1 by breaking the line of tear-off perforations 8a and 10. Thereby a form length set is detached. This form length set is in the form of a snap out set. The stub portion and the transfer webs can be separated from the record webs by tearing across the lines of snap-out perforations 11. The back web together with the marginal parts of the front web remain and serve as a drive sheet for feeding the remaining part of the web through the mini-computer. The stationery assembly can be removed from the mini-computer and when the assembly is reloaded the leading part of the assembly constitutes a means for being located on the feed pins of the tractors whereby the whole assembly can be fed through the mini-computer without losing the leading form length when reloading. It will be apparent that the back web of the assembly constitutes a file copy web.
A modified continuous stationery assembly is shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. This is similar to the assembly shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 and includes a back web 1, front web 2 with intermediate webs 3 with transfer webs 5. The assembly includes feed apertures 4, 4a and lines of adhesive joining the intermediate webs to the front and back webs. The transfer webs are secured to the front web and the intermediate web above them (but not to the back web) by respective lines 6 of adhesive between the under face of the front web or intermediate webs and the front face of the transfer webs. In this assembly there are no lines of inclined slits nor lines of adhesive securing the rear face of the transfer webs to the front face of the intermediate webs.
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