EP0256731B1 - Versiegelbarer Umschlag - Google Patents

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EP0256731B1
EP0256731B1 EP87306822A EP87306822A EP0256731B1 EP 0256731 B1 EP0256731 B1 EP 0256731B1 EP 87306822 A EP87306822 A EP 87306822A EP 87306822 A EP87306822 A EP 87306822A EP 0256731 B1 EP0256731 B1 EP 0256731B1
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Gerald A.E. Brunjes
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D27/00—Envelopes or like essentially-rectangular containers for postal or other purposes having no structural provision for thickness of contents
    • B65D27/12—Closures
    • B65D27/14—Closures using adhesive applied to integral parts, e.g. flaps
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D27/00—Envelopes or like essentially-rectangular containers for postal or other purposes having no structural provision for thickness of contents
    • B65D27/04—Envelopes or like essentially-rectangular containers for postal or other purposes having no structural provision for thickness of contents with apertures or windows for viewing contents
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D27/00—Envelopes or like essentially-rectangular containers for postal or other purposes having no structural provision for thickness of contents
    • B65D27/32—Opening devices incorporated during envelope manufacture
    • B65D27/34—Lines of weakness

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  • This application relates to sealable envelopes and particularly envelopes suitable for use in automatic teller machines.
  • a customer intends to make a cash deposit and manipulates the automatic teller machine accordingly.
  • the machine will issue the customer with a document which the customer is to insert in an envelope along with the cash amount of his deposit and which indicates the nature of the transaction and amount.
  • the customer then seals the envelope and inserts it into the automatic teller machine, and shortly thereafter receives a confirmation document describing the nature and amount of the transaction for the customer's own record.
  • the bank employees will, when they eventually open the envelope, find only the transaction document and no deposit money. It will therefore be necessary for the bank to contact the customer and advise of the deficiency.
  • the customer is convinced that he has inserted the deposit money in the envelope along with the transaction document, he may take the position that the money has been misplaced or even stolen by the bank employees. Similarly, if the customer intentionally omitted the deposit money from the envelope, he may take a similar position in the hope that the bank will credit him with the deposit in order to avoid the investigation which would no doubt ensue if the customer maintained his position that the money had been either misplaced or stolen by the bank employees. Once the envelope is open, it may be rather difficult for the bank to satisfy the customer, or other authorities, that the envelope failed to contain the deposit monies.
  • an envelope wherein at least one complete side is transparent or translucent.
  • the invention resides in an envelope comprising a rectangular front panel composed of one sheet of material and a rectangular back panel composed of a second sheet of material, and co-extensive with said front panel, the two panels being adhesively secured together along three marginal edges.
  • At least one of the panels is composed of a translucent paper material adapted to permit visual inspection of the envelope contents when sealed by means of an adhesive bearing closure flap extending from the front panel along the unsecured edge thereof.
  • the translucent paper material is receptive to conventional printing processes.
  • envelopes containing cash can be set aside to be opened before two bank employees, whereas all of the remaining envelopes can be opened by a single employee.
  • envelopes containing cash can be set aside to be opened before two bank employees, whereas all of the remaining envelopes can be opened by a single employee.
  • an envelope contains nothing, or nothing but a transaction document, this can be readily ascertained by means of the translucent panel and the customer responsible for inserting the envelope into the automatic teller machine may be confronted before the envelope is opened, so that it will be apparent that the contents could not have been misplaced or stolen by the bank employees.
  • All envelopes inserted into the automatic teller machines are imprinted with means for identifying the customer utilizing the machine for that particular transaction, with the result that it is a relatively simple matter to identify the customer without opening the envelope.
  • envelopes While it is known to provide envelopes with relatively small translucent or transparent windows or panels in one surface thereof, such envelopes would not be particularly suitable for the purpose, as the automatic teller machine envelopes are relatively large, and contents may be inserted in such a way that they would not be visible through such window.
  • envelopes By producing envelopes from separate sheets of material, it is possible to make the entire front panel, back panel, or indeed both, of transparent or translucent material, thus eliminating problems of the foregoing type in a very simple and inexpensive manner.
  • DE-A 2 418 353 describes a covering for greetings card having one side of the covering of a transparent sheet and the other of an opaque material with a closure flap at one end and with the opaque sheet folded along three edes around the transparent sheet and fastened to it by adhesive.
  • the closure flap may also have an adhesive coating.
  • US-A 2 067 948 describes a similar bag construction.
  • US-A 2 374 026 describes an envelope construction with two sheets of transparent material fused together and with a semi-transparent paper applied to the outer face of one of the sheets.
  • FR-A 2 083 172 describes a document carrier for cheques which has front and back sheets secured together on three sides with the front sheet of transparent material for permitting microfilming of a cheque carried by the document carrier.
  • DE-A 2 056 396 describes a bag for receiving film for processing consisting of two sheets secured at three edges by pasting and with one sheet of transparent material.
  • An additional sheet may be pasted to one side edge and may carry a carbon coating so that information may be recorded on the additional sheet and on the underlying sheet.
  • German Specification DE-A 1 918 880 describes a cover for pictures to protect them during postal transit and comprising a pocket of plastics film closed on three sides with an open fourth side with a central transparent par. The rear of the pocket is capable of receiving printed or written information.
  • the envelope is composed of a front panel 10 having top edge 11 defined by a line of perforations, bottom edge 12, side edges 13 and 14, and a closure flap 15 extending from the top edge 11.
  • the front panel 10 is provided with a solid adhesive or glue line 16 along bottom edge 12, and interrupted lines of adhesive or glue 17 and 18 along side edges 13 and 14 respectively.
  • the surface of closure flap 15 carries adhesive or glue 19 whereby the finished envelope may be sealed.
  • the adhesive or glue 16, 17, 18 and 19 may be of any suitable type as is well known in the art.
  • Back panel 20 has a top edge 11 a, a bottom edge 12a, and two side edges 13a and 14a co-extensive with top edge 11, bottom edge 12, and side edges 13 and 14 respectively of front panel 10.
  • the back panel and front panel are assembled by superimposing the back panel on the adhesive bearing side of the front panel and solidly gluing the panels along the bottom and spot gluing them along the sides.
  • Figures 2, 3 and 4 show the assembled envelope with adhesive lines 16, 17 and 18 being emphasized for illustrative purposes. It will be apparent that the envelope may be sealed by means of the adhesive 19 on the closure flap 15 which is folded about top edge 11 to overlie the back panel 20 against which it is pressed to close and seal the envelope.
  • Both the front panel and the back panel carry perforated lines of separation 30 and 31 respectively which are in alignment and located inboard of the line of adhesive 16 so that the envelope may be opened simply by tearing off the strip containing the adhesive line 16 along lines of perforation 30 and 31.
  • lines of perforation 30 and 31 may be displaced slightly to create an extended portion of one of the panels after the adhesive bearing strip is removed so that one of the panels may be more readily grasped to open the envelope and remove the contents.
  • these perforations may be dispensed with.
  • Spot gluing is employed along side edges 13 and 14 to facilitate complete separation of one panel from the other after the bottom glue strip is removed, and top edge 11 is defined by a line of perforations to further facilitate opening of the envelope, or complete separation of the front panel from the rear panel.
  • back panel 20 is formed of a sheet of transparent or translucent paper material, by which is meant the material is adapted to permit the contents of the envelope to be viewed without opening the envelope. It is not necessary that the paper be absolutely transparent. It is only necessary that the paper be sufficiently transparent or translucent to permit visual inspection of the contents.
  • the material is receptive to conventional printing processes, so that instructions and information may be readily imprinted thereon.
  • Material particularly suitable for the purposes of this invention is known as 30 Bleached Foil, available from E.B. Eddy. This material is particularly advantageous because it is capable of retaining fingerprints and therefore provides an additional measure of security when used in the production of envelopes of the kind employed in banking or similar operations. It will be appreciated that the front panel, as opposed to the rear panel, could be formed of such material, or that both panels could be formed of such material so that the contents of the envelope could be readily viewed from either side.
  • the envelope designated generally as 50 in Figure 5 is essentially the same as the envelope depicted in Figures 1 through 4, except that the closure flap 40 extends from a short edge of the front panel solid glue line 51 (which is emphasized for illustrative purposes) extends along the other short side, spot glue lines 52 and 53 (emphasized for illustrative purposes) extend along the long sides, and the panels do not employ perforated lines of separation comparable to those at 30 and 31 in Figures 1 through 4.
  • either the front panel, the back panel, or both may be of transparent or translucent material.
  • glue lines 16, 17 and 18 could be applied to the back panel, or both panels, and may be either solid or interrupted, and may be composed of either pressure activated, heat activated, or moisture activated glue or adhesive.
  • the glue or adhesive 19 could be moisture activated or pressure activated, and could be covered by a release paper removable immediately prior to use.
  • Envelopes employing the invention can obviously be of differing shapes and sizes, and, while conventional opaque paper normally used for envelopes of this type will generally be employed for one of the panels, other appropriate materials could be used if desired.

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1. Versiegelbarer Umschlag für Bankvorgänge, mit einem rechteckigen Vorderseitenblatt (10) mit einem oberen Rand (11), einem unteren Rand (12) und Seitenrändern (13, 14) aus einem ersten Werkstoffblatt, einem rechteckigen Rückseitenblatt (20) mit einem oberen Rand (11 a), einem unteren Rand (12a) und Seitenrändern (13a, 14a) von gleicher Erstreckung wie das Vorderseitenblatt (10) und aus einem zweiten Werkstoffblatt, wobei das Vorderseitenblatt (10) und das Rückseitenblatt (20) Fläche gegen Fläche an drei der genannten Ränder (12, 12a, 13, 13a, 14, 14a) miteinander verklebt sind, und einer Verschlußklappe (15), die sich vom unbefestigten Rand (11) des Vorderseitenblattes aus erstreckt und eine gegen das Rückseitenblatt (20) weisende, Klebstoff tragende Fläche (19) hat, derart, daß die Verschlußklappe (15) zum Schließen des Umschlags über das Rückseitenblatt (20) umgelegt werden kann, wobei der Werkstoff wenigstens vom Vorderseitenblatt (10) oder vom Rückseitenblatt (20) aus einem über seiner ganzen Fläche durchsichtigen oder durchscheinenden Werkstoff hergestellt ist, derart daß bei geschlossenem Umschlag eine optische Überprüfung seines Inhalts möglich ist, dabei der durchsichtige oder durchscheinende Werkstoff ein auf herkömmliche Weise bedruckbarer Werkstoff ist, so daß Gedrucktes ohne weiteres darauf anbringbar ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sich gegenüberliegende Ränder (13, 13a, 14, 14a) des Vorderseitenblattes (10) und des Rückseitenblattes (20) mittels einer unterbrochenen Klebstofflinie (17, 18) aneinander befestigt sind, wogegen die dritten Ränder des Vorderseitenblattes (10) und des Rückseitenblattes (20) mittels einer durchgehenden Klebstofflinie (16) aneinander befestigt sind, und daß die Verschlußklappe (15) mit dem Vorderseitenblatt durch eine Perforierungslinie verbunden ist und eine Klebstofffläche (19) trägt, so daß der Klebstoff (19) den Umschlag versiegeln kann, wenn die Verschlußklappe (15) zum Schließen des Umschlages an der Perforierungslinie (11) auf das Rückseitenblatt (20) umgelegt ist, und daß das Vorderseitenblatt (10) und das Rückseitenblatt (20) je mit einer weiteren Perforierungslinie (30, 31) versehen sind, die sich parallel zur ersten Perforierungslinie (11) und zwischen sich gegenüberliegenden Rändern der Blätter und in etwas Abstand von der durchgehenden Klebstofflinie (16) auf deren Innenseite erstrecken, derart, daß das Öffnen des Umschlages vereinfacht ist.
2. Umschlag nach Anspruch 1, bei dem die weiteren Perforierungslinien (30, 31) so versetzt sind, daß nach dem Offnen des Umschlags durch Reißen entlang den weiteren Perforierungslinien (30, 31) eines der Blätter über das andere hinausragt, derart, daß die Entnahme des Inhalts aus dem Umschlag vereinfacht ist.
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CA000515932A CA1267385A (en) 1986-08-14 1986-08-14 Banking envelope

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ES (1) ES2014477B3 (de)
FI (1) FI873540A (de)
GR (1) GR3000436T3 (de)
MW (1) MW5787A1 (de)
NO (1) NO873415L (de)
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FR2790736B1 (fr) * 1998-03-30 2001-06-01 Thibierge Et Comar Enveloppe en papier transparent ou translucide

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FI873540A (fi) 1988-02-15
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GR3000436T3 (en) 1991-06-28
ATE51838T1 (de) 1990-04-15
MW5787A1 (en) 1988-01-13
ES2014477B3 (es) 1990-07-16
ZW14387A1 (en) 1989-03-08
AU599408B2 (en) 1990-07-19
DE3762225D1 (de) 1990-05-17
EP0256731A2 (de) 1988-02-24
NZ221425A (en) 1990-06-26
NO873415D0 (no) 1987-08-13
CA1267385A (en) 1990-04-03
AU7685687A (en) 1988-02-18
NO873415L (no) 1988-02-15

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