JP2001341470A - Set of windowed envelope and postal card received in the envelope - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a set of a windowed envelope and a postal card received in the envelope, which will not necessitate any confirmation whether an address information is for an original postal card or a reply postal card upon receiving the card into a windowed envelope, not necessitating any confirmation with respect to the address information upon replying and facilitated in the writing or printing of an address. SOLUTION: This set is constituted of the windowed envelope 21 provided with a window 22, through which the inside of the envelope 21 is visible, and the postal card 1 received in the envelope 21 while the postal card 1 is constituted of an address information indicating part 6 for an original postal card and an address information indicating part for a reply postal card, which are provided on the same side of the postal card sheet 2, and an auxiliary sheet 4 provided on the sheet 2 through a sewing machine line 3 for cutting. The card 1 is constituted such that the address information 8, indicated in the address information indicating part 6 for the original post card, is opposed to the window 22 of the envelope 21 and becomes visible while the address information for the reply postal card, indicated in the address information indicating part for the reply postal card, is opposed to the opaque part 23 of the windowed envelope 21 and becomes invisible when the card 1 is received in the windowed envelope 21.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a windowed envelope and a postcard stored in the windowed envelope when sending and receiving a mail, and is taken out of the windowed envelope and used as a postcard when replying. About the pair.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, a set of a windowed envelope of this type and a postcard to be stored in the envelope has been known, but the postcard used as the conventional set includes an outgoing credit address information display section and a reply Address information display sections are provided on opposite sides.

[0003]

For this reason, when storing in an envelope with a window at the time of outbound transmission, it is necessary to confirm the front and back of the postcard so that the outbound address information display portion corresponds to the window portion of the envelope, and reply. In some cases, the user has to turn the front and back sides to confirm whether the address information is for reply or the address information of outgoing credit, which is troublesome. In addition, since the reply address information and the outgoing address information are displayed on opposite sides, the address printing operation or the address printing operation must be performed on both sides, which is complicated and inefficient. Met. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a set of a windowed envelope and a postcard accommodated in the envelope, in which such problems are solved.

[0004]

In order to achieve this object, a set of a windowed envelope and a postcard stored in the windowed envelope according to claim 1 of the present application are provided with a windowed envelope provided with a window portion in which the inside can be visually recognized. And a postcard to be stored in this envelope. The postcard is provided with an auxiliary piece via a cut-out section on a postcard piece provided with an outgoing address information display section and a reply address information display section on the same side. When stored in the windowed envelope, the outgoing address information displayed on the outgoing address information display section becomes visible corresponding to the window of the windowed envelope, while the reply address is displayed. The reply address information displayed on the information display unit is configured to be invisible.

In order to achieve the above object, a set of a windowed envelope described in claim 2 of the present application and a postcard to be stored in the windowed envelope is the same as the above-described configuration of claim 1, except that the reply address of the postcard piece is returned. The information display unit is provided with a machine-readable code for sorting destinations according to the address information for reply,
On the same side of the auxiliary piece as the reply address information display section, a machine read code for sorting destinations according to the outgoing address information is provided, and a machine read code for sorting destinations according to the outgoing address information is provided. The code is configured to be visible corresponding to the window portion of the windowed envelope, and the machine-readable code for sorting the delivery destination according to the return address information is not visible.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to FIGS. Here, FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the front side of the postcard, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the same back side, FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a state in which the postcard is stored in a windowed envelope, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a front surface side of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, a postcard 1 (FIG.
The windowed envelope 21 for storing the windowless envelope 21 made of a transparent resin film is provided with a dark color on almost one-third of the upper part on the front side to make it impossible to see through the opaque part 2.
3 is formed, and approximately two-thirds of the remaining surface side is formed as a window portion 22 so that it can be seen through in a transparent state. The windowed envelope 21 is formed of a resin film in a tubular shape, and is overlapped at a central portion on the back side. The overlapped end is bonded by thermocompression bonding or the like, and the postcard 1 is stored in the flat tubular shape. Are bonded by thermocompression bonding or the like.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a postcard 1 stored in the above-mentioned windowed envelope 21 includes a postcard piece 2 and the postcard piece 2.
And an auxiliary piece 4 connected via a cutting perforation 3 as a cutout portion. The front side of the postcard piece 2 has a dividing line 5
The upper part is provided with an outgoing address information display section 6 and the upper part is provided with a reply address information display section 7. And the postcard 1 includes the cutting perforations 3
And the dividing line 5 substantially vertically divides it into three.

As shown in FIG. 1, the outgoing address information display section 6 of the postcard piece 2 prints the outgoing address information 8, while the reply address information display section 7 prints the return address information 9. In addition to printing, a reply destination sorting bar code 10 which is a machine read code for delivery destination sorting according to the address of the reply address information 9 is provided below the reply address information 9.

As also shown in FIG. 1, on the front side of the auxiliary piece 4, along the cutting perforation 3, the destination address which is a machine-readable code for sorting destinations according to the address of the destination address information 8. A sorting barcode 11 is provided. A card 13 is defined below the barcode 11 for sorting destinations by a slit 12. As shown in FIG. 2, a transparent resin sheet 14
And the card 13 is detachably adhered to the resin sheet 14. And, on the card 13,
The guide information 15 is displayed on the back side, while the card name 16, the member number 17, and the member name 18 are displayed on the front side.

As shown in FIG. 2, on the back side of the postcard piece 2, a change notification column 19 for notifying a change in address or telephone number is provided at an upper portion, and an introducer entry column 20 for introducing an acquaintance is provided.
Is provided at the bottom.

When the above-mentioned postcard 1 is stored in a windowed envelope 21 as shown in FIG. 3, the outgoing address information display section 6 and the auxiliary piece 4 correspond to the window section 22 of the windowed envelope 21. On the other hand, the reply address information display section 7 corresponds to the opaque section 23 of the windowed envelope 21, the reply address information 9 and the reply destination sorting barcode 10 become invisible, and the outgoing address information 8, It corresponds to the configuration of the windowed envelope 21 to be stored so that the sorting barcode 11, card name 16, member number 17, and member name 18 can be viewed. Although not shown, the back side of the windowed envelope 21 is entirely transparent.

Subsequently, the windowed envelope 21 and the postcard 1 described above.
How to use is explained. First, at the sender of the postcard 1 to which the reply is sent, necessary information is printed on the postcard 1, and then stored and sealed in the windowed envelope 21, and the windowed envelope 21 in the state of FIG. . When the postcard 1 is stored, address information 8 and 9 for outgoing credit and reply are displayed on the same side of the postcard piece 2.
What is necessary is just to store it corresponding to 2, and it is simple.

At the post office, the postal code and the destination sorting bar code 11 of the destination address information 8 corresponding to the window portion 22 of the windowed envelope 21 are read and sorted, and sorted in the same manner as in ordinary mail delivery work. To the destination of the outbound credit address information 8. Here, the reply address information 9 and the reply destination sorting barcode 10 cannot be visually recognized in correspondence with the opaque portion 23.
At the time of the reading operation, there is no possibility that the address information 8 and 9 for the outgoing credit and the reply and the barcodes 10 and 11 for sorting are mixed up.

On the other hand, the addressee who has received the windowed envelope 21 opens the envelope 21, takes out the postcard 1, and takes out the card 13
Is separated from the auxiliary piece 4, and if there is a change item or there is a person to introduce, enter the predetermined item in the change notification column 19 or the introducer entry column 20 and break the perforation 3 for cutting. The auxiliary piece 4 is cut off, and the postcard piece 2 in the state shown in FIG. 4 is posted.

At the post office, the postal code of the reply address information 9 and the reply destination sorting barcode 10 are read, sorted, and delivered to the destination of the reply address information 9. Here, since there is no barcode 11 for sorting incoming and outgoing addresses, sorting barcodes 10 and 11 for outgoing and replying during the reading operation.
There is no danger of mistaking.

Next, another embodiment relating to a windowed envelope for storing the above-mentioned postcard 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 5, the windowed envelope 31 is a vertically long paper-made envelope, has three sides sealed and one side opened, and has a window portion 32 at the center in the vertical direction on the front surface side. The window 32 is formed by cutting out a part of the surface of the envelope 31 and affixing a transparent film slightly larger than the cutout to the inside.

When the above-mentioned postcard 1 is stored in a windowed envelope 31, as shown in FIG. 5, the outgoing address information 8 of the outgoing address information display section 6 and the outgoing address sorting bar of the auxiliary piece 4 are stored. The code 11 is visible corresponding to the window portion 32 of the windowed envelope 31, while the address information display portion 7 for reply and the card 13 portion of the auxiliary piece 4 are concealed, and the information 9, 9 10, 15, 16, 17, and 18 correspond to the configuration of the windowed envelope 31 to be stored so as to be invisible. The usage of the postcard 1 in the present embodiment is the same as in the case of the windowed envelope 21 described above, and a description thereof will be omitted.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments. For example, the windowed envelopes 21 and 31 for storing the postcard 1 are not limited to the above-described configuration. In addition, the configuration of the postcard 1 is not limited to the above, and the
Instead of 9 or the introducer entry field 20, another message field may be provided, a guide text may be displayed without providing the card 13 on the auxiliary piece 4, or only the destination sorting code 11 may be provided.
Further, the sending destination sorting code 11 and the reply destination sorting code 10 are not necessarily provided.

[0020]

As is clear from the above description,
According to the set of the windowed envelope and the postcard stored in the windowed envelope described in claim 1 of the present invention, the postcard is cut into a postcard piece provided with an outgoing address information display section and a reply address information display section on the same side. When the postcard provided with the auxiliary piece through the section is stored in the windowed envelope, the outgoing address information displayed on the outgoing address information display section is visually recognized in correspondence with the window of the windowed envelope. On the other hand, the reply address information displayed on the reply address information display unit is configured to be invisible, so when storing the postcard in the windowed envelope, it is necessary to check the front and back of the postcard. It is simple and convenient, and does not need to be checked when replying.In addition, there is no risk of misreading the outgoing address information and reply address information, and the outgoing address information and reply address information can be easily printed or printed. Has the effect of being able to print

According to the set of the windowed envelope and the postcard stored in the windowed envelope according to the second aspect of the present invention, in the configuration of the first aspect, the reply address information display section for the postcard piece is provided. A machine reading code for sorting delivery destinations according to the address information for reply is provided, while a machine for sorting delivery destinations according to the forward addressing information is provided on the same side of the auxiliary piece as the address information display section for reply. A read code is provided, and a machine read code for sorting destinations according to the outgoing address information becomes visible corresponding to the window of the windowed envelope, and a machine for sorting destinations according to the reply address information. Since the read code is configured to be invisible, in addition to the effect of the above-described claim 1, it is possible to perform more reliable mail delivery work using each machine read code at the time of incoming and outgoing, and at the time of outgoing Is visible only machine-readable codes of credit, at the time of reply because only machine-readable code for reply visible, an effect that there is no possibility that the reading mistakes mistaking the two codes.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the front side of a postcard.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the back side of the postcard.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a state in which a postcard is stored in a windowed envelope.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the front side of the postcard at the time of reply.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a storage state of a postcard in another embodiment of a windowed envelope.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 postcard 2 postcard piece 3 cutting perforation 4 auxiliary piece 6 outgoing address information display section 7 reply address information display section 8 outgoing address information information 9 reply address information 10 reply destination sorting code 11 outgoing destination sorting code 21, 31 window opening Envelope 22, 32 Window 23 Opaque part

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An envelope with a window provided with a window portion in which the inside can be visually recognized, and a postcard stored in the envelope, wherein the postcard has an outgoing address information display section and a reply address information display on the same side. The postal piece provided with a part is provided with an auxiliary piece via a cut-out part, and when stored in the windowed envelope, the outgoing address information displayed on the outgoing address information display section is used to open the window. A set of windowed envelopes and postcards stored in the envelope, wherein the reply address information displayed on the reply address information display section becomes invisible while corresponding to the window section of the envelope. . 2. The reply address information display section of the postcard piece is provided with a machine-readable code for sorting the delivery destination according to the reply address information, while the auxiliary piece is on the same side as the reply address information display section. The machine read code for sorting the delivery address according to the foreign credit address information is provided, and when the postcard is stored in the windowed envelope, the machine read code for sorting the delivery address according to the foreign credit address information is 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured such that it can be visually recognized in correspondence with a window portion of the windowed envelope, and a machine-readable code for sorting destinations according to the reply address information is invisible. A set of windowed envelopes and postcards stored in this envelope.