EP0393841B1 - Sicherheits-Briefumschlag - Google Patents

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EP0393841B1
EP0393841B1 EP19900302862 EP90302862A EP0393841B1 EP 0393841 B1 EP0393841 B1 EP 0393841B1 EP 19900302862 EP19900302862 EP 19900302862 EP 90302862 A EP90302862 A EP 90302862A EP 0393841 B1 EP0393841 B1 EP 0393841B1
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John Philip Craig
Robert Christopher Smith
George Anderson Campbell
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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
    • B65D27/30—Closures with special means for indicating unauthorised opening
    • 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
    • B65D33/00—Details of, or accessories for, sacks or bags
    • B65D33/16—End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices
    • B65D33/1691—End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices using adhesive applied to attached closure elements

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  • This invention relates to a tamper evident envelope.
  • an envelope comprising front and rear panels and a flap extending from one of the panels and carrying pressure sensitive contact adhesive whereby a sealed condition of an envelope is effected by folding the flap onto the other of the panels and uniting the flap thereto by means of the adhesive.
  • An adhesive generally used for tamper evident envelopes is hot melt adhesive and it has become apparent that such envelopes are not tamper evident because it is relatively easy to open the envelopes and reseal them without detection.
  • a common technique is to freeze the closure flap by applying dry ice or Freon the effect of which is to reduce the temperature of the hot melt adhesive such that the adhesive characteristics are diminished with a result that the flap can be peeled away from the opposite facing surface of the envelope leaving the frozen adhesive intact.
  • the envelope can be resealed by refolding the flap onto the opposite facing surface of the envelope to close the envelope, warming the adhesive to room temperature, when the adhesive once again becomes tacky, and pressing the flap into contact with the opposite facing surface whereby the flap is united with the opposite facing surface by the adhesive.
  • the invention is characterised in that the adhesive extends on either side of a fold of the flap such that opposite facing portions of the adhesive unite one with another above the panels in a sealed condition of the envelope.
  • the adhesive would solidify and lose most of its strength.
  • the flap can then easily be peeled from the opposite facing surface of the envelope thus exposing the hot melt adhesive.
  • envelope integrity is maintained because the adhesive is fused to itself above the envelope opening. In this frozen state the brittle adhesive can easily be shattered and the envelope opened but such would be obvious from the appearance of the adhesive.
  • the flap is of see-through material so that the adhesive may be observed when the envelope is in a closed condition.
  • an envelope generally designated 1 comprising a front panel 2 and a rear panel 3 formed by folding at 4 a sheet of plastics film material so that the panels 2 and 3 are of equal dimension and welding the panels 2 and 3 one to another in side welds 5 and 6 thereby providing an opening 7 remote from the base fold 4.
  • a closure flap 8 of clear polyethylene is attached to the rear panel 3 by means of a hot melt adhesive strip or a heat weld 9.
  • the closure flap 8 also is provided on a surface thereof facing the opening 7 with pressure sensitive contact adhesive 10 which extends from the opening 7 towards the base fold 4 and in an opposite direction beyond the opening 7 for sufficient distance such that, when the closure flap 8 is folded over the opening 7 and attached by the adhesive 10 to the front panel 2, the adhesive 10 extends on the front panel 2 towards the base fold 4 for substantially the same distance as on the rear panel 3.
  • the cover strip 8 also is provided with two additional strips 11 of pressure sensitive contact adhesive for securing the closure flap 8 to the front panel 2.
  • the exposed portion of the adhesive 10 and the strips 11 would be covered by a peelable release tape which would be removed when the envelope 1 is to be sealed.
  • the envelope 1 is secured by the adherence of the adhesive 10 when the flap 8 is folded over the opening 7 and is sealed to the front panel 2 by means of the adhesive 10. Additional sealing is effected by the adhesive strips 11. It is also apparent that a portion of the adhesive 10 unites opposite facing surfaces of the folded over flap 8 beyond the opening 7.
  • the adhesive 10 would solidify and lose most of its strength. The flap 8 could then easily be peeled from the front panel 2 thus opening the envelope 1 and the envelope 1 could subsequently be resealed by the adhesive. However, since a portion of the adhesive 10 is fused to itself beyond the opening 7, the adhesive 10 is in a brittle state and will be shattered when the envelope 1 is opened and the fact that the envelope 1 had been opened would be obvious from the appearance of the torn and distorted adhesive 10 viewed through the see-through flap 8.
  • the flap 8 may be provided with a row of perforations extending in a longitudinal direction of the flap 8 and transversely of the envelope 1, as shown at 12, the row extending parallel to an outer edge of the area of adhesive 10 nearest the adhesive strips 11 and within the area.
  • the row of perforations provides a line of weakening that would rupture if an attempt were to be made to gain access to the envelope 1 by tearing or lifting the flap 8 from adhesive contact with the front panel 2.
  • a second row of perforations may be provided extending parallel to the row 12 and also contained in the area of adhesive 10 but being located adjacent an edge of the area nearest the adhesive strip or heat weld 9.
  • the second row of perforations provides a security feature of a line of weakening which would rupture if an attempt were to be made to gain access to the envelope 1 by tearing or lifting the flap 8 from adhesive contact with the rear panel 3.
  • the material of the envelope 1 may be low density polyethylene and may be a laminate or co-extrusion an outer layer of which is of mica-filled or impregnated high density polyethylene.
  • an envelope generally designated 21 comprising a front panel 22 and a rear panel 23 formed by folding at 24 a sheet of low density polyethylene film material so that the front panel 22 extends upwardly from the base fold 24 beyond the rear panel 23 and the extended portion is folded over and downwardly onto the rear panel 23 and opposite side margins of the panels 22, 23 are welded one to another in side welds 25 and 26, side margins of the lip also being included in the side welds 25, 26 to form a captive flap 27.
  • the rear panel 23 has secured thereto by means of a transverse weld 28 or hot melt adhesive an appendage 29 comprising an elongate strip of clear polyethylene film material extending transversely of the rear panel 23.
  • the appendage 29 is provided with a longitudinal score line 30 and is coated with two longitudinally extending spaced parallel strips 31, 32 of pressure sensitive contact adhesive located on either side of the score line 30.
  • a protective cover release strip 33 covers the adhesive strips 31, 32 and is peelable therefrom prior to closing and sealing the envelope 21.
  • the adhesive 32 has indicia 34 printed thereon.
  • the appendage 29 is provided with spaced parallel rows of perforations 35.
  • the appendage 29 also includes a receipt portion 39, there being a row of perforations 40 whereby the receipt 39 is severable from the appendage 29 by tearing the material of the receipt 39 bridging the perforations 40.
  • the envelope 21 is shown with the receipt 39 already having been removed.
  • the receipt 39 and the outer surface of the appendage 29 remote from the surface carrying the adhesive 32 are each provided with two serial numbers the numbers being identical one with another.
  • the protective cover strip 32 is peeled from the appendage 29 exposing the adhesive strips 31, 32.
  • the appendage 29 then is folded about the score line 30 so that the adhesive 32 is brought into contact with the ink coating 38 on the front panel 22 and the folded over appendage 29 is squeezed such that the appendage is united with the front and rear panels 22, 23 by the adhesive 32, 31 and adjacent portions of the adhesive strips 31, 32 extending above the captive flap 27 are fused together with the indicia 34 embedded therein.
  • the receipt 39 is then removed from the appendage 29 and stored, the number printed thereon being an indication that the envelope 21 has been dispatched.
  • the material of the appendage 29 will sever along an adjacent one of the rows of perforations 35. If an attempt is made to release the appendage 29 by application of a solvent under a lip of the appendage 29 adjacent the front panel 22, the attempt will be revealed when the solvent contacts the ink 38 since the ink will change colour and the indicia 34 and adhesive 31, 32 will distort thereby indicating that it has been subjected to the solvent.
  • the hot melt adhesive 31, 32 is frozen so as to nullify the adhesive characteristics of the hot melt adhesive 31, 32 and thereby permit the appendage 29 to be unfolded, access to the envelope below the captive flap 29 is not possible without disturbing the solidified frozen adhesive 31, 32 and the printed indicia 34 embedded therein. In consequence, when an attempt is made to reconstitute the frozen block of adhesive 31, 32 the task is virtually impossible to achieve without the printed indicia 34 having a distorted appearance. This would be visible through the clear re-folded appendage 29.
  • the front and rear panels 22, 23 may be treated by electric corona discharge or with special inks to key the surfaces to ensure that the adhesive remains attached to the main body of the envelope 21 in preference to the appendage 29, thereby ensuring that, when the envelope 21 is opened, no adhesive 31, 32 remains thereon which could interfere with contents of the envelope 21.

Claims (10)

  1. Briefumschlag (1,21) mit Vorder- (2,22) und Rückfeldern (3,23), einer sich von einem der Felder (3, 23) erstreckenden Klappe (8,29), die druckempfindlichen Kontaktkleber (10;31,32) trägt, wodurch durch Falten der Klappe (8,29) auf das andere Feld (2,22) und durch Verbinden der Klappe (8,29) daran durch den Kleber ein versiegelter Zustand des Briefumschlages (1,21) bewirkt wird,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sich der Kleber (10,31,32) auf jeder Seite des Falzes (30) der Klappe (8,29) so erstreckt, so daß sich im versiegelten Zustand gegenüberliegende Abschnitte des Klebers (10,31,32) über den Feldern miteinander verbinden.
  2. Briefumschlag (1,21) nach Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Klappe (8,29) an dem Feld (3,23) befestigt ist.
  3. Briefumschlag (1,21) nach Anspruch 2,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sich der Kleber (31,32) in im Abstand voneinander parallelen Streifen (31,32) erstreckt, die sich im versiegelten Zustand parallel zum Falz (30) der Klappe (29) erstrecken.
  4. Briefumschlag (21) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß ein oberer Abschnitt (27) des Feldes (22) im Bereich des Feldes (23) über einen oberen Abschnitt des Feldes (23) geklappt ist.
  5. Briefumschlag (21) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Kleber (31,32) einen darauf aufgedruckten "Vermerk" (indicia) aufweist.
  6. Briefumschlag (21) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Klappe (29) mit einem Aufnahmeabschnitt (39) versehen ist, der eine geschwächte Linie (perforation 40) aufweist, wodurch der Aufnahmeabschnitt (39) von der Klappe (29) trennbar ist.
  7. Briefumschlag (21) nach Anspruch 6,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Klappe (29) und der Aufnahmeabschnitt (39) mit identischen "Vermerken" versehen sind.
  8. Briefumschlag (21) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Kleber (31,32) eine Farbänderung bewirkt, wenn er einem chemischen Wirkstoff unterworfen wird.
  9. Briefumschlag (21) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Klappe (29) so abgeschwächt ist, daß ein Abschnitt der Klappe (29) bricht, wenn die Klappe (29) abgezogen wird, um den Briefumschlag (21) aus dem versiegelten Zustand zu öffnen.
  10. Briefumschlag (21) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß eine Fläche des Briefumschlages (21), auf welcher die Klappe (29) im versiegelten Zustand gefaltet ist, behandelt ist.
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