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Encodable strip assembly with unobstructed encodable band portion adhesively attachable by narrow adhesive bearing strip solely at front face of check to provide auxiliary MICR encodably surface

  • US 5,126,547 A
  • Filed: 04/27/1990
  • Issued: 06/30/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/27/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A modified instrument of the type used for the transfer of funds and to be automatically processed by apparatus which reads and decodes encoded indicia on the modified instrument, said modified instrument comprising, in combination,a. a generally rectangular shaped information bearing instrument having a pair of substantially parallel upper and lower longitudinal edges thereof, a first set of encoded indicia disposed upon a front face thereof along and adjacent the lower of said longitudinal edges within a first encoding zone, andb. an elongated strip assembly adhesively secured to said information bearing instrument, said assembly comprising an encodable band portion having a front face for imprinting, within a second encoding zone, a second set of encoded indicia, said encodable band portion being disposed immediately adjacent the said lower longitudinal edge and being in edge abutting relationship therewith;

  • c. said strip assembly also comprising a heat activatable adhesive bearing strip portion for adhesively and removably securing said encodable band portion to said instrument, said adhesive bearing strip portion extending between said information bearing instrument and said encodable band portion across the locus of intersection of said encodable band portion and said instrument, but terminating above the second encoding zone, said adhesive bearing strip portion being adhesively attached to said instrument at said lower edge and solely to said front face of said instrument;

    d. said encodable band portion being tearable from said information bearing instrument along said locus of intersection after said instrument is automatically processed;

    e. wherein the placement of the adhesive bearing strip portion at said front face reduces static build-up and the consequent shearing of said encodable band portion from the leading edge of said information bearing instrument during its transport through said apparatus, thereby to reduce fouling of the automatic processing of said instrument.

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