EP0201960B1 - Enveloppe et chaîne d'enveloppes raccordées entre elles - Google Patents

Enveloppe et chaîne d'enveloppes raccordées entre elles Download PDF

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EP0201960B1
EP0201960B1 EP86200740A EP86200740A EP0201960B1 EP 0201960 B1 EP0201960 B1 EP 0201960B1 EP 86200740 A EP86200740 A EP 86200740A EP 86200740 A EP86200740 A EP 86200740A EP 0201960 B1 EP0201960 B1 EP 0201960B1
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Anthony Adriaan Koning
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Speciaaldrukkerij Lijnco BV
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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 flexible containers for postal or other purposes having no structural provision for thickness of contents
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D5/00—Sheets united without binding to form pads or blocks
    • B42D5/02—Form sets
    • B42D5/023—Continuous form sets
    • B42D5/025—Mailer assemblies

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  • the invention relates to an envelope with contents, especially for the mailing of confidential information, consisting of a substantially entirely sealed mailing envelope and an information carrier incorporated inside the mailing envelope.
  • the known envelopes are interconnected in the form of a band or chain, a tear-off perforation being provided between each successive envelope for tearing off the individual envelopes from the chain.
  • Each individual envelope is sealed because the paper sheets constituting the envelope are bonded together along the surrounding edges of the envelope, the adhesive layer consisting of a continuous adhesive strip along both the side edges of the envelope and of adjacent glue spots along the top and bottom edges of the envelope, certain intermediate spaces being provided between the spots which serve to evacuate any air trapped in the envelope. This is necessary for the subsequent handling of the envelope.
  • An information carrier is contained in each envelope, on which certain information can be incorporated.
  • the information carrier consists of a sheet of paper. A second sheet of paper is placed upon this sheet and a copying means is incorporated between the two sheets.
  • Printing of the addresses on the envelopes in the chain and the information on the information carrier in each envelope is carried out by means of a computerized printer, via a removable sheet on the front of each envelope, which is provided on its reverse side with a copying means in the area where the address is to be printed. After the addresses and information have been printed, these sheets are removed and discarded. On the outside of the mailing envelope the address is visible, but the information to be mailed is invisible. This information is indeed incorporated on the information carrier inside the envelope, i.e., one one of the adjacent sheets of the information carrier. After the envelopes are separated from the chain, they are ready for mailing.
  • the known envelope serves its purpose, but has the disadvantage that the information incorporated on the information carrier is insufficiently protected and can be accessed by unauthorized persons.
  • With the known envelope it is possible to get access to the inside of the mailing envelope and consequently to the information incorporated on the infer-- mation carrier and to read this information, without the mailing envelope being visibly damaged, as the sheets within the mailing envelope which serve on the one hand as information carrier and on the other hand as protective covers for the information, are in fact loose inside the mailing envelope.
  • the known envelope is therefore not considered suitable for the mailing of for instance, personal identification numbers of bank-account holders.
  • the object of the invention is to obviate these disadvantages and to provide an envelope wherein the information contained is optimally protected.
  • the information carrier consists of a substantially entirely sealed internal envelope incorporating means whereby the information can be incorporated on the inside of the internal envelope in the sealed state of the entire envelope.
  • US-A 3 552 641 shows a continuous envelope assembly including a plurality of outer envelopes having insert material therein.
  • the insert material which is aligned within the outer envelope and not attached to the outer envelope consists of an inner envelope intended as a return envelope and an information sheet.
  • the inner envelope is however not a carrier for confidential information to be mailed to an addressee. Moreover, information cannot be incorporated on the inside of the inner envelope in the sealed state of the entire envelope.
  • FR-A 2 270 100 shows interconnected envelopes, each envelope containing an inner envelope and two sheets lying on top of each other. At least one of the sheets is provided with copying means on the side facing the other sheet. Confidential information for an addressee can be incorporated on one of these sheets in the sealed state of the outer envelope. The two sheets are however not connected to one another to form a sealed envelope, so that the information incorporated on one of the sheets can be relatively easily accessed by unauthorized persons.
  • the sheets constituting the mailing envelope are bonded together along the surrounding edge of the envelope and an adhesive layer is applied along the top and bottom edges of the mailing envelope, between the sheets of the envelope in the form of two rows of adjacent glue spots, the glue spots of one row being opposite the intermediate spaces between the glue spots of the other row.
  • the sheets constituting the internal envelope are bonded together along the surrounding edge of the internal envelope where an adhesive layer can be applied in the form of adjacent glue spots along the top and bottom edges of the internal envelope between the sheets of the envelope.
  • the glue spots are applied in two adjacent rows, the blue spots of one row being opposite the intermediate spaces between the glue spots of the other row.
  • the internal envelope is provided at least near a portion of the surrounding edge, with a tear-off perforation, the perforation being preferably located on the inside of the bonded surrounding edge of the internal envelope and along the entire surrounding edge of the internal envelope.
  • At least one of the sheets of the internal envelope is provided with a copying means on the inside of the envelope.
  • the sheets of the internal envelope would consist of self-copying paper, the active side of the sheets being located on the inside of the envelope. It is thereby possible that the information which is applied from the outside, for instance by means of a computerized printer, is incorporated on the information carrier inside the external envelope and is only visible at the inside of the internal envelope.
  • the sheets of the mailing envelope as well as the sheets of the internal envelope are printed with a raster-like pattern and the mailing envelope can be provided with a removable front sheet.
  • the invention also relates to a chain, consisting of interconnected envelopes with their contents, as described above.
  • Figs. 1 and 2 The embodiment of the envelope according to the invention shown in Figs. 1 and 2, for the mailing envelope 1 and an information carrier incorporated in the mailing envelope in the form of an internal envelope 2.
  • the information can be incorporated on the inside of the internal envelope 2.
  • the mailing envelope 1 is substantially sealed, by virtue of the fact that the sheets 3, 4 constituting the envelope are bonded together along the surrounding edge of the envelope 1.
  • the adhesive layer between sheets 3, 4 consists of a continuous adhesive strip 7 and 8 resp.
  • the adhesive layer consists of glue spots 11 which are applied in two adjacent rows 12, 13 and 14, 15 resp., the glue spots of the rows 12 and 14 resp. being opposite the intermediate spaces between the glue spots of the rows 13 and 15 resp.
  • the dimensions of the glue spots 11 are greater than the dimensions of the intermediate spaces between the glue spots 11.
  • the internal envelope 2 is also substantially sealed, by virtue of the fact that the sheets 16, 17 constituting the envelope are bonded together along the surrounding edge in the same way as in the case of the mailing envelope 1, by means of adhesive strips 18, 19 along both the side edges 20, 21 and by means of two rows 20, 23 and 24, 25 resp. of glue spots 26, applied along the top and bottom edges 27 and 28 respectively of the envelope 2.
  • the glue spots of the rows 22 and 24 resp. are located opposite the intermediate spaces between the glue spots of the rows 23 and 25 resp.
  • the information contained within the internal envelope 2 is therefore optimally protected and cannot be accessed by unauthorized persons.
  • the internal envelope 2 is provided with a tear-off perforation 29, along the inside of the glued surrounding edges. This enables the addressee to easily open the internal envelope, by simply tearing off the glued edges of the internal envelope 2.
  • the incorporation of address on the mailing envelopes 1 and the incorporation of information on the insides of the internal envelopes 2, is carried out by means of for example, a computerized printer; a band or chain of 30 envelopes connected to each other are transported through the printer.
  • the envelopes are provided with a removable front sheet 31, the rear side of which is provided with a copying means 32, in the area where the addresses have to be printed on the mailing envelopes 1.
  • the insides of the sheets 16, 17 of the internal envelopes 2 are provided with a copying means.
  • the sheets 16, 17 consist of self-copying paper, the active sides of the sheets being located at the inside of the internal envelopes.
  • the addresses are now visible, while the information to be mailed is contained on one of the sheets 16, 17 preferably on the rearmost sheet 17 of the internal envelope 2 and is not visible from the outside.
  • the sheets 3, 4 of the mailing envelope 1 and the sheets 16, 17 of the internal envelope 2 are printed with a raster-like pattern.

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1. Enveloppe et son contenu, en particulier pour l'envoi d'informations confidentielles, comprenant une enveloppe d'envoi (1) sensiblement fermée dans sa totalité et un support d'information incorporé dans l'enveloppe extérieure, caractérisée en ce que le support d'information consiste en une enveloppe intérieure (2) sensiblement fermée dans sa totalité, munie de moyens grâce auxquels les informations peuvent être portées sur la face intérieure de l'enveloppe intérieure alors que l'enveloppe complète est fermée.
2. Enveloppe selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que les feuilles (3, 4) qui forment l'enveloppe d'envoi (1) sont collées ensembles le long du bord périphérique de l'enveloppe (1) et qu'une couche adhésive est appliquée le long des bords supérieur et inférieur (9 et 10 respectivement) de l'enveloppe d'envoi (1), entre les feuilles (3, 4) de celle-ci, sous la forme de deux rangées (12, 13 et 14, 15 respectivement) de points de colle (11) juxtaposés, les points de colle d'une rangée (12 et 14 respectivement) étant disposés en regard des intervalles entre les points de colle de l'autre rangée (13 et 15 respectivement).
3. Enveloppe selon les revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce que les feuilles (16, 17) qui constituent l'enveloppe intérieure (2) sont collées ensembles le long du bord périphérique de l'enveloppe intérieure.
4. Enveloppe selon la revendication 3, caractérisée en ce que la couche adhésive est appliquée sous le forme le points de colle (26) juxtaposés le long des bords supérieur et inférieur (27 et 28 respectivement) de l'enveloppe intérieure, entre les feuilles (16, 17) de l'enveloppe (2), ces points de colle (26) étant de préférence appliqués en deux rangées (22, 23 et 24, 25 respectivement), les points de colle d'une rangée (22 et 24 respectivement) étant disposés en regard des intervalles entre les points de colle de l'autre rangée (23 et 25 respectivement).
5. Enveloppe selon les revendications 1 à 4, caractérisée en ce que l'enveloppe intérieure (2) possède des perforations d'arrachement (29) au moins sur une partie de son bord périphérique, lesdites perforations (29) étant de préférence situées à l'intérieur du bord périphérique collé de l'enveloppe intérieure (2).
6. Enveloppe selon la revendication 5, caractérisée en ce que les perforations d'arrachement (29) sont disposées sur la totalité du bord périphérique de l'enveloppe intérieure (2).
7. Enveloppe selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisée en ce qu'au moins une des feuilles (16, 17) de l'enveloppe intérieure (2) présente des moyens de reproduction à l'intérieur de l'enveloppe, les feuilles (16, 17) de l'enveloppe intérieure (2) étant de préférence en papier autocopiant, la face active des feuilles (16, 17) étant située à l'intérieur de l'enveloppe intérieure.
8. Enveloppe selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisée en ce que les feuilles (3, 4) de l'enveloppe d'envoi (1), ainsi que les feuilles (16, 17) de l'enveloppe intérieure(2) sont munies d'un dessin ayant la forme d'une trame.
9. Enveloppe selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisée en ce que l'enveloppe d'envoi (1) possède une feuille antérieure (31) amovible.
10. Chaîne d'enveloppes interconnectées, avec leur contenu, caractérisée en ce que chaque enveloppe de la chaîne est constituée selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 à 9 et que des perforations d'arrachement (33) sont avantageusement disposées entre les enveloppes de la chaîne.
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AT86200740T ATE44700T1 (de) 1985-05-14 1986-04-29 Briefumschlag und aus solchen umschlaegen bestehende bahn.

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NL8501397A NL8501397A (nl) 1985-05-14 1985-05-14 Envelop en baan, bestaande uit met elkaar verbonden enveloppen.
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