US3586834A — Embossed correction slip bearing document,and app…

Claim 1

Independent Claim 124 words

A method for adapting an indicia bearing document having an indicia bearing correction slip secured thereto for document handling operations wherein the document and attached correction slip are stacked with other documents, the securing of the correction slip to an edge of the document resulting in a localized increase in thickness of the correction slip bearing document by a predetermined amount in a predetermined zone, comprising the steps of guiding the correction slip carrying document to embossing apparatus, and embossing at least one portion of the document at a location spaced from the increased thickness zone so as to increase the thickness of the document at the embossed location by substantially the same amount as the thickness is increased at the increased thickness zone.

Claim 2

Independent Claim 124 words

A method for adapting an indicia bearing document having an indicia bearing correction slip secured thereto for document handling operations wherein the document and attached correction slip are stacked with other documents, the securing of the correction slip to an edge of the document resulting in a localized increase in thickness of the correction slip bearing document by a predetermined amount in a predetermined zone, comprising the steps of guiding the correction slip carrying document to embossing apparatus, and embossing at least one portion of the document at a location spaced from the increased thickness zone so as to increase the thickness of the document at the embossed location by substantially the same amount as the thickness is increased at the increased thickness zone.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 47 words

The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plurality of correction slip carrying documents are successively guided to the embossing apparatus, and the embossing step comprises embossing successive documents at different locations in order to prevent adjacent documents from interlocking when the embossed documents are stacked.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 48 words

The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the correction slip is secured to the document substantially along one edge thereof and the document is embossed across a transverse extent of the document in substantially parallel but spaced-apart relation to the edge to which the document is secured.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 125 words

Apparatus for adapting an indicia bearing document having an indicia bearing correction slip secured thereto for document handling operations wherein the document and attached correction slip are stacked with other documents, the securing of the correction slip to an edge of the document resulting in a localized increase in thickness of the correction slip bearing document by a predetermined amount in a predetermined zone, comprising means for embossing at least one portion of the correction slip bearing document at a location spaced from the increased thickness zone so as to increase the thickness of the document at the embossed location by substantially the same amount as the thickness is increased at the increased thickness zone, and means for guiding the document to said embossing means.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 125 words

Apparatus for adapting an indicia bearing document having an indicia bearing correction slip secured thereto for document handling operations wherein the document and attached correction slip are stacked with other documents, the securing of the correction slip to an edge of the document resulting in a localized increase in thickness of the correction slip bearing document by a predetermined amount in a predetermined zone, comprising means for embossing at least one portion of the correction slip bearing document at a location spaced from the increased thickness zone so as to increase the thickness of the document at the embossed location by substantially the same amount as the thickness is increased at the increased thickness zone, and means for guiding the document to said embossing means.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 75 words

Apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein said embossing means includes a first member and a second member in cooperative relation with said first member, said first and second members having document-engaging surfaces, said first member having at least one embossing protrusion projecting from its document-engaging surface, said second member being adapted to receive said embossing protrusion of said first member, and wherein said guiding means guides the document between said first and second members.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 52 words

Apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein said guiding means includes registration plate means disposed with respect to said embossing means so that when a predetermined edge of the document abuts said registration plate means said embossing means will emboss the document at a predetermined location spaced from the increased thickness zone.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 57 words

Apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein said second member has an elastomeric surface adapted to yieldably receive said embossing protrusion of said first member, said elastomeric surface having a durometer rating such that a permanent embossment is formed at the embossed location of the document when the document is engaged by said first and second members.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 55 words

Apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein said first member includes a first roller having said embossing protrusion projecting therefrom and said second member includes a second roller having said elastomeric surface, and including means for rotating said first and second rollers in directions to drive therebetween a document guided thereto by said guiding means.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 49 words

Apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein the circumference of said first roller is so related to the length of documents being guided to said embossing means that successive documents are embossed at different locations in order to prevent adjacent documents from interlocking when the embossed documents are stacked.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 71 words

Apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein said first roller has a plurality of embossing protrusions projecting therefrom and the circumferential location of said embossing protrusions is so related to the length of documents being guided to said embossing means that successive documents when spaced at substantially regular intervals are embossed at different locations along their length in order to prevent adjacent documents from interlocking when the embossed documents are stacked.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 44 words

Apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein said first roller has a plurality of embossing protrusions disposed in at least two substantially mutually parallel rows which are substantially parallel to the path of travel of a document driven between said first and second rollers.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 97 words

Apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein said guiding means includes registration plate means disposed substantially parallel to the path of travel of a document driven between said first and second rollers and substantially perpendicular to the plane in which the document travels between said first and second rollers, said registration plate means being so disposed with respect to said first roller that when a predetermined edge of the document abuts said registration plate means said embossing protrusion projecting from said first roller will emboss the document at a predetermined location spaced from the increased thickness zone.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 18 words

Apparatus as claimed in claim 8, including means for feeding the document between said first and second rollers.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 110 words

Apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein said feeding means includes at least one first feed roller having a document-engaging surface and at least one second feed roller having a document-engaging surface, the document-engaging surface of said first feed roller adapted to engage the document-engaging surface of said second feed roller, said first and second feed rollers being so spaced from said first and second embossing rollers that said first and second feed rollers grip and control the position of a document being fed thereby while the document is passing in cooperative relation with said first and second embossing rollers, and means for rotating said first and second feed rollers.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 53 words

Apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the correction slip is secured to the document so that the increased thickness zone extends by the predetermined amount from one side of the document, and said embossing means forms an embossment which extends from said one side of the document by substantially the said predetermined amount.

Claim 18

Dependent Claim 112 words

An indicia bearing document having an indicia bearing correction slip secured thereto, the attachment of the correction slip to the document increasing the thickness of the correction slip carrying document by a predetermined amount at a predetermined zone of the document, and at least one embossed portion of the document at a location spaced from the increased thickness zone, the embossed portion increasing the thickness Of the document at the embossed location by substantially the same amount as the thickness is increased at the increased thickness zone, whereby a plurality of such correction slip carrying documents may be stacked so that the documents in the stack are substantially parallel to each other.

Claim 19

Dependent Claim 112 words

An indicia bearing document having an indicia bearing correction slip secured thereto, the attachment of the correction slip to the document increasing the thickness of the correction slip carrying document by a predetermined amount at a predetermined zone of the document, and at least one embossed portion of the document at a location spaced from the increased thickness zone, the embossed portion increasing the thickness Of the document at the embossed location by substantially the same amount as the thickness is increased at the increased thickness zone, whereby a plurality of such correction slip carrying documents may be stacked so that the documents in the stack are substantially parallel to each other.

Claim 20

Dependent Claim 77 words

The correction slip carrying document according to claim 16, wherein the correction slip is secured to the document by an adhesive strip which is affixed to the document and to the correction slip at the increased thickness zone, the document and the correction slip being in substantially the same plane, whereby the thickness of the adhesive strip is the amount by which the thickness of the correction slip carrying document is increased at the increased thickness zone.

Claim 21

Dependent Claim 59 words

The correction slip carrying document according to claim 16, wherein the indicia bearing correction slip is affixed over at least some of the indicia on the document at the increased thickness zone, whereby the thickness of the correction slip is the amount by which the thickness of the correction slip carrying document is increased at the increased thickness zone.

Claim 22

Dependent Claim 54 words

The correction slip carrying document according to claim 16, wherein the attachment of the correction slip to the document causes an increased thickness zone which extends by the predetermined amount from one side of the document, and the embossed portion extends from said one side of the document by substantially the said predetermined amount.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1974-06-21	1974-12-21	1975-06-22	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	1978-06-21	1978-12-21	1979-06-22	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	1982-06-21	1982-12-21	1983-06-22	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Embossed correction slip bearing document,and apparatus and method for adapting a document and attached correction slip for document handling with a plurality of other documents

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