ENVELOPE FOR MUTILATED CHECKS

• US 3,800,124 A
• Filed: 08/23/1971
• Issued: 03/26/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: John E. Walsh
• Original Assignee: John E. Walsh
• Inventors: Walsh, John E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sloyan, Thomas J.
• Application Number:
  US05/173,987
• Time in Patent Office: 946 Days
• Field of Search: 235/61.12R,61.12M,61.12N 283/57,58 229/68,72 40/158R
• US Class Current: 235/488
• CPC Class Codes: B07C 3/18 Devices or arrangements for indicating destination, e.g. by code marks applying data to information carriers G06K1/12
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/02 characterised by the selection of materials, e.g. to avoid wear during transport through the machine

Abstract

An envelope for mutilated checks fabricated from two sheets of transparent thermoplastic material and including an opaque bottom margin for receiving magnetic ink characters or optical characters, and with each panel defining an opening therein. Checks are placed in the envelope above the bottom margin and passed through automated check microfilming, sorting and cancelling equipment.

Claims

2. An envelope for enclosing mutilated checks or the like as the checks are passed through an automated check processing system comprising transparent juxtaposed rectangular front and rear panels, each of said panels including a top edge, a bottom edge, and end edges, and said panels being connected together along a line of connection adjacent at least one of their mutual edges in overlying relationship, an opening defined in each of said panels away from the edges of said panels with the opening in said front panel being approximately aligned with the opening in said back panel, an opaque margin along one edge of said envelope inaccessible from inside said envelope and suitable for receiving identifiable characters so that a check can be inserted in said envelope and the check is visibly exposed on both of its sides through said panels and is physically exposed on both of its saids through said openings in each of said panels, and the check is maintained out of the margin of said envelope.

3. The envelope of claim 2 and wherein both of said front and rear panels are fabricated of clear thermoplastic material.

4. The envelope of claim 2 and wherein both of said front rear panels are fabricated of cellulose acetate and each panel is of a thickness between 2 and 6 mils.

5. The envelope of claim 2 and wherein said bottom margin includes a coating of opaque material.

6. The envelope of claim 2 and wherein said bottom margin includes an opaque panel adhesively connected thereto.

7. The envelope of claim 2 and wherein the opening of said front paneL is in alignment with the opening of said rear panel, and said openings are of different sizes.

8. The envelope of claim 2 and wherein the openings of said front and rear panels generally are of rectangular shape with rounded corners.

9. The envelope of claim 2 and wherein the front and rear panels are fabricated from a thermoplastic material and are connected together by heat fusion of the thermoplastic material.