[0001] This invention has reference to Wage Envelope Assemblies. It has been known for employees
to receive their wages together with a wages slip (giving details of the employees
wages together with deductions, bonuses, final payment etc.) contained in a wage envelope.
[0002] Such wage envelopes sometimes contain a compartment of a suitable size to contain
bank notes and the envelope has a printed surface on which details of the wages etc.
can be recorded.
[0003] It is also known to provide a stationery assembly of continuous envelopes which assembly
is processed by a data processing machine and this consists of a compartment for bank
notes and a surface to receive details of the wages.
[0004] It is also known for employees to be paid by the employer notifying the bank of a
payment due to the employee and to have the bank credit the employee for the amount
due and to debit the employer's account.
[0005] Also in each of British Specifications Nos.ll48833 and 2l5l55O there is described
a wage envelope with a pocket for receiving notes and a second pocket for containing
coins with a channel between the pockets through which coins can pass. In such wage
envelopes details of the wages or salaries are printed on the envelope or on separate
pay slips to contain the notes and coins (or cheques) and this is not convenient as
some employees wish to retain details of their wages secret.
[0006] It is also known for example from British Specifications Nos. l354l96, l4l64O9 and
l565O93 to provide an envelope assembly with a front sheet which serves as a record
sheet.
[0007] It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved wage envelope assembly
construction.
[0008] It is a further object of the invention to provide a construction of wage envelope
assembly which is capable of being fed through a print unit of for example a computer
to receive details of the wages or salary of an employee to be recorded but that details
of such wages or salary are hidden.
[0009] It is another object of the invention to provide a construction of wage envelope
assembly which is suitable for effecting payments to the employee by cash or cheque
or by notification to the bank.
[0010] According to the present invention a continuous wage envelope assembly comprises
a first web to receive data concerning an employee wage or salary; a second web constituting
a backing web for the rear face of a series of envelopes;
a third web constituting a front face of a series of envelopes and the second and
third webs being secured together at each envelope length on three sides thereof to
form an envelope with an open mouth and a line of adhesive on a flap part of the second
web to close the respective envelopes containing the wages or salary of the employee
and a fourth web detachably secured to the rear face of the second web and bearing
on its front face transfer material to permit the data to be reproduced on the respective
sheets of the fourth web but bearing on its rear face masking to hide the data recorded
on its front face.
[0011] Preferably the third web is of transparent or translucent material to permit the
value of coins located within the envelope to be ascertained.
[0012] A wage envelope assembly in accordance with the present invention will now be described
by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein:-
Fig. l is a front view of the assembly with the front web turned back;
Fig. 2 is a view of one envelope length of the assembly with the front sheet removed;
Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 with the front sheet removed and other sheets cut
away;
Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are detailed views, and
Fig. 7 is a rear view of the assembly.
[0013] As shown in Figs. l to 3 a wage envelope continuous web assembly l comprises a front
web 2 which constitutes a file copy web and is divided up into data areas defined
by transverse and longitudinal panel lines into data areas whereon different data
relating to an employees wage or salary (hereinafter referred to as wages) may be
recorded (Fig. l). Thus for example data may be recorded in an appropriate data area
relating to hours worked, rate of pay, additional payments and deductions. Additional
areas may refer to deductions such as pensions and additional voluntary contributions,
tax and National Insurance contributions. The web conveniently has a width of l3½
inches (343 millimetres) and bears marginal feed apertures 3 as well as cross perforations
4 and optional longitudinal perforations 5. The web 2 is also secured to the other
parts of the assembly (to be hereinafter described) by paper staples 6. The rear
face of the front web 2 bears transfer material (preferably carbon copy transfer material)
at specific areas (as shown at 5a, 5b on Figs. l and 2) to enable reference data to
be reproduced on an under sheet (to be hereinafter described) to indicate on the
outside of the envelope assembly a reference number and an indication to the eventual
user of the net pay. The assembly also includes a second web part 7 (Fig. 5) which
has the same width as the file copy web 2 and also bears marginal feed apertures 3
and longitudinal perforations 5 and cross perforations 4 to divide the assembly into
envelope lengths. The feed apertures 3 are in register with the feed apertures in
the front web l. Similarly the longitudinal perforations 5 and cross perforations
4 in the respective webs are in register.
[0014] A third web 8 which is of less width than the webs 2 and 7 (as shown best in Fig.
3) is of transparent or translucent paper and is secured to the first face of the
second web part 6 by transverse lines of adhesive 9a and a longitudinal line of adhesive
9b. The lines of adhesive 9a and 9b define the sides and bottom of an envelope made
in one envelope length to contain notes and coins.
[0015] An additional line of adhesive lO is located about two-thirds of the distance across
the envelope extending from each side of the envelope towards the centre but leaving
a gap at the centre. This line of adhesive lO is arranged to divide each envelope
length into a note compartment and a cash compartment and permits coins (as shown
at ll) to fall between the lines of adhesive into a cash compartment at the bottom
of the envelope but prevents any bank notes (as shown at l2) being pushed towards
the bottom of the bag but retained in the note compartment when inserted into the
bag. A line of adhesive l3 is provided on the web 7 between the open mouth of the
envelope and the marginal lines of feed apertures 3 and serves to secure the envelope
closed when notes are contained therein. This line of adhesive l3 is covered by a
strip of barrier material l4 to prevent the adhesive sticking to other parts of the
assembly during processing and until the barrier material strip is removed.
[0016] A line of weakening l5 consisting of perforations is provided adjacent to the mouth
of the envelope formed by the parts of the webs 7 and 8 to permit the outer end of
the assembly beyond the line l5 which constitutes a flap l6 to be folded about the
line l5 over the mouth of the envelope to secure the notes and coins in the envelope.
As shown in Fig. 3 the notes l2 are inserted into the bag formed by the webs 7 and
8 with the notes projecting out of the mouth of the bag. The flap is provided with
a transverse line of perforations l7 between the longitudinal perforation line l5
and the edge of the web.
[0017] The rear face of the web 7 of the assembly is coated with transfer material for example
one constituent of self copy transfer material and is also provided with masking l8
to hide information.
[0018] A fourth web 2O (see Figs. 5 and 7) extends to the right hand edge of the second
web (as shown in Fig. 5) but is not so wide as the second web 8 and extends to the
position of the longitudinal line of perforations l5 so that its edge is overlapped
by the line of perforations l5. This web also bears on its front face printing having
the same format as that printed on the front face of the web 2 and is shown at Fig.
2 and also bears the other constituent of self copy transfer material capable of acting
with the transfer material on the back of the second web which transfer materials
together constitute the effective constituent for recording data typed or written
information. The fourth web is secured as by spots of adhesive 2l and a line of adhesive
22 to the second web (see Fig. 7) provided between the rear face of the web 7 and
the front face of the web 2O to detachably secure the envelope lengths of the webs
8 and 2O together and so that part of the rear fourth web of each envelope length
may be detached to reveal details of the employees wages. As the format of the webs
2 and 8 are the same information recorded on the front web 2 is readily recorded on
the web 8 by virtue of the transfer material on the adjacent faces of the webs 7 and
2O. The web 2O, with the webs 7 and 8 when divided into envelope lengths serves to
provide a plurality of envelopes with wage etc. information recorded on the envelope
and also to contain notes and coins. The information recorded on the part of the
web 8 is hidden on the inside face of the web 8 because of the masking 23 on the rear
of the web 2O.
[0019] Referring to Figs. 4, 5 and 6 there is shown part of the envelope adjacent the mouth
of the envelope with the flap l6 folded over to contain the notes l2 (and coins ll
(not shown)).
[0020] Referring to Fig. 4 the outer ends of the respective notes l2 have been folded about
the perforation line l5 over the edge of the web 8 with the folding over of the flap
l6. As shown in Fig. 6 the perforation line l7 and part of the perforation line l6
have been torn across to reveal the outer ends of the notes l2 inserted into the envelope
so that the number of notes can be counted and confirmation of the content of the
wage can be made.
[0021] As shown in Fig. 5 the web 8 is shown folded back to reveal the fourth web so bearing
a duplicate copy of the information or data printed on the front web 2 and also shows
the masking l8 on the rear of the web 7.
[0022] Referring to Fig. 6 there is shown the assembly with the notes inserted with part
of the flap detached by the perforation line l7 to reveal the turned over ends of
the notes for counting. The coins are visible through the transparent or translucent
web 8 so that the value of the coins in the envelope may be ascertained.
[0023] Fig. 7 is a rear view of the assembly showing the masking 23 on the rear of the web
2O to hide the information about the employees wages duplicated on the web 2O. The
adhesive spots 2l and line of adhesive 22 are also shown.
[0024] When a wage envelope assembly in accordance with the present invention is to be used
the assembly is passed through a print unit of for example a computer and details
of the wages of the respective employees are applied to the front web 2 which constitutes
a file copy web and which information is also duplicated on the fourth web of the
assembly which is secured by the adhesive spots 2l to the rear of the second web 7.
The assembly is passed to a decollator when the front web 2 is separated from the
rest of the assembly. The envelope parts of the assembly are then processed and the
wages consisting of coins and notes are inserted into the envelope parts of the assembly
as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The barrier material l4 is then removed from the
envelope part of the assembly and the flap part l6 is folded over so that the notes
are also folded around the edge of the web 8. The envelopes containing the wages are
then distributed to the employees in the respective envelopes. First of all the employees
can check their wages by detaching the rear sheet by breaking the adhesive spots 2l.
Also by tearing along the perforation line l7 the folded ends of the notes are visible
as shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings. Also the coins in the envelope are visible through
the transparent or translucent web part 8 so that the employees wages can readily
be checked. Of course if the wages are incorrect the matter can be dealt with without
actually opening the envelope. It will be apparent that details of the employees wages
especially relating to additions, deductions etc. are not apparent to anyone seeing
the unopened envelope.
[0025] It is also apparent that the same construction of wage envelope assembly described
may also in addition to payment by cash have the capability of being used as a notification
to the bank for crediting the employees account and debiting the employers account.
1. A continuous wage envelope assembly comprising
a first web to receive data concerning an employee's wage;
a second web constituting a backing web for the rear face of a series of envelopes;
a third web constituting a front face of a series of envelopes,
and the second and third webs being secured together at each envelope length on
three sides thereof to form an envelope with an open mouth and a line of adhesive
on a flap part of the second web to close the respective envelopes containing the
wages or salary of the employee,
and a fourth web detachably secured to the rear face of the second web and bearing
on its front face transfer material to permit the data to be reproduced on the respective
sheets of the fourth web but bearing on its rear face masking to hide the data recorded
on its front face.
2. A continuous wage envelope assembly according to claim l wherein the third web
is of transparent or translucent material to permit the value of coins located within
the envelope to be ascertained.
3. A continuous wage envelope assembly according to claim l or 2 wherein the envelope
formed by the second and third webs is divided into a cash compartment and a note
compartment by adhesive joining the said second and third webs.
4. A continuous wage envelope assembly according to claim 3 wherein the second web
has a perforation line to enable part of the web when processed to be detached to
reveal the notes contained in the envelope.
5. A continuous wage envelope assembly according to any one of the preceding claims
wherein lines and spots of adhesive are applied between the fourth web and the second
web to enable the fourth web to be detached from the second web and details of the
employees' wages ascertained.
6. A continuous wage envelope assembly constructed and arranged substantially as herein
described with reference to the accompanying drawings.