Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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IMP~OVEMI~MTS IM o~?~ RELAT~G TO BAGS
This invention has reference to bags and has particular
reference to bags suitable for use more especially in
banks and other establishments where a customer desires
to pay in money in the form of notes, coin, cheques
or other documents.
In the Specification of our Patent No. 2081215 there is
described a bag primarily intended to receive a container
for blood or other sample and a form and comprising a
10 front sheet and a bacXing sheet folded over at one end
with its one folded edge positioned closely adjacent
to the adjacent edge of the front sheet and the front
sheet and backing sheet being heat sealed at their side
edges and also heat sealed transversely with the transverse
15 heat seal extendiny between the side edges and located
between the edge of the front sheet adjacent the edge of
the folded backiny sheet and the opposite edge of the
front sheet to form one compartment with an opening to
receive a form and to forrn another compartment to receive
20 a container and the backing sheet extending beyond the
front sheet to form a flap and this flap having a line of
adhesive applied to it to enable the other compartment
to be sealed.
It is the current practice in banks for customers to
25 queue at one or more bank counters and be dealt with in
sequential order. Delay is often caused by having a
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cus~er with a large amount of money and /or cheques to
be pald in together with accompanying documentation at
the counter ~ld following customers feel agrieved by
having to wait until all the monies have been transacted.
S It is also the practice for banks to have a night safe in
which customers may deposit heavy material bags containing
cash in the form of notes, coin or cheques together with
accompanying documentation during and out of business
hours.
10 The bags are locked and are opened next morning in the
presence of the customer or his representative and the
contents of the bag are checked. This is time consuming.
It is also proposed to provide in banks and other establish-
ments during office hours a special box to receive
lS envelopes containing notes, coin and documentation and to
issue a receipt for the package.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an
improved bag to receiv~ bank notes, coin, cheques and
documentation etc. for depositing in a bank.
According to the present invention, a bag intended to
receive cash and other documentation to be paid in at
a bank and which comprises a front sheet part and a
backing sheet part and the ront sheet part and backing
sheet part being secured together at their side edges
and also heat sealed transversely with the transverse
heat seal extending between the side edges and located
substantially midway between the end edges of the sh~ets
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to form two pockets with one pocket having an opening at one
of its outer ends and the other pocket being formed by
folding over one of the sheet parts characterised in that
a line of adhesive is provided and the folded over portion
of the sheet part has microprinting applied to it and the
folded over edge of the sheet part of the pocket is closely
adjacent the edge of the other sheet part and so that the
bag is closed by folding over the adhesive into contact with
the edges of the folded over pocket and the microprinting
and to seal the two pockets closed.
10 A bag in accordance with the present invention will now
be described by way of example with reference to the
accompanying drawings, wherein: -
Fig. 1 is a plan view of a bag,
Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the bag
15 Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the bag about to be sealed
closed and
Fig. 4 is a sectional view o~ a modified bag
Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings there is shown
a bag composed of transparent plastics material formed
20 from two sheet parts of such material one constituting a
backing sheet 1 (shown at the back in Fig. 1) and the other
constituting a front sheet 2 (shown at -the front in Fig. 1)
The sheets are heat sealed together at their side edges at
4 and by a transverse heat seal 8 located substantially
25 midway of the end edges of the bag to form two pockets, 3,3a
with the heat seal 4. The backing sheet 1 is folded over
at one end as shown at the top of Figs. 1 and 2 with its
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folded edge la positioned closely adjacent to and abutting one
edge 2a of the front sheet 2 to form a pocket 3~ The pocket 3
is enclosed at its side edges by the heat seals at 4 and with
the fold of the backing sheet constitutes a pocket enclosed on
four sides with an opening between the adjacent side edges la,
2a. The position of the abutting edges la, 2a of the pocket is
defined by a pair of indicator arrows 3b~ The other pocket 3a
is formed by the front sheet ~ and backing sheet 1 with the end
edge of the backing sheet extending beyond the adjacent end edge
2~ of the front sheet of the other pocket 3a to form a flap 5
and a line of adhesive 6 is applied across the flap 5 and this
line of adhe ive is covered by a barrier coating 7. The
position of the line of adhesive 5 is defined by a pair of
indicator arrows 5b. The adhesive 6 and the barrier coating 7
may be of the kind known under the trade-mark "STERATAPE",
manufactured by Stirling Coated Materials or other brands and
the adhe~ive of which is suitable for securing together sheets
of transparent plastics material. Alternatively the flap may be
coated with hot melt adhesive 6 and covered. The part of the
folded over part of the backing sheet adjacent the folded edge
la is provided with two areas of microprinting 9a, 9b each area
comprising a plurality of lines of print bearing the name of the
Bank issuing the bags or other data.
The front sheet 2 has the same width as the backing sheet
1. The pocket 3a adjacent to the line 6 of heat seal is intend-
ed to receive non cash items such as cheques, credit and other
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docl~ments and the pocket 3 is to receive cash only that
is bank notes and coins.
A line of tear off perforations 10 is provided in both
the backing sheet 1 and front sheet 2 within the firs
pocket 3a adjacent to the transverse line of heat seal 8
to enable the pocket 3a to be detached frorn the remainder
of the bag to enable the pocket to be opened and the
contents of the pocket processed. Likewise a line of
tear off per~orations 11 is provided in the backing sheet
10 1 and closel~ adjacent to the position where the folded
edges la, 2a abut one another to enable the cash to be
extracted from the pocket 3.
These lines of tear off perforations should be able to be
torn off to enable access to be provided to the contents
15 of the bags but be firm enough so that the perforations
are not burst during depositing of the bag or disturb the
na~ure of the cash compartment
The rear face of the bag (the opposite face to that shown
in Fig. llis printed with the logo of the banlc where
20 the bags are to ~e deposited and sealing instructions to
the customer~ There is also provided an area (of white
ink or a label~ to enable the customers name and addxess
to be inserted as well as a breakdown of the contents of
the ba~ o be filled in by the customer. The pockets of the
25 ba~ axe preferably provided with air escape holes 12 to
avoid bursting by ballooning. AlternatiYely a plurality
of microholes are provided to permit the escape o~ air.
The transparent pl~astics material from which the bag is
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made is preferably pol~eth~lene but ~a~ be ~f other
thermoplastics material or of n~lon. ConYeniently, the
bag shown in Fig. 1 may h~ave a width ( between the lines 4
of heat seal) of five and three~quarters of an inch
(150 millimetres) and the pocket 3a be large enough to
accommodate a 50 Bank of England note laid flat
(say 170 mm x 95 mm) and to accor~modate a maximum of
140 such no-tes and has a depth of nine and three quarter
inches (23.25 cms) with the flap 5 having a depth of
10 one inch (2.54 centimeters). The pocket 3 may have a
depth of 11 and one quarter of an inch (29 centimeters)
and the edges la, 2a be positioned 2 (two inches)
(5.08 centimeters) from the outer side of the compartment
10 and be able to accommodate a maximum size of cheque
(210 mm x 102 mm) laid flat and a maximum of 20 cheques
of such size or an access envelope (size 203 mm x 102 mm)
containing 20 vouchers, or a credit form (size 203 mm x
102 mm) laid flat.
When a customer desires to deposit cash and cheques and
20 other supporting documents at the bank he takes a bag
as hereinbefore described and inserts cash 13 into the
cash pocket 3 and inserts the cheq~es and documents 14
into the document pocket 3a (see Fig. 31.
The barrier coating 7 is removed from the adhesive on
the flap 5 and the bag is folded so that the line of
adhesive 6 overlies the two abutting edges la~ 2a. The
position of the fold is defined by the two sets of indicator
arrows 3b, 5b which are aligned. In this position the
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line of adhesive seals the pocket 3 but also oYerlies
the line of microprinting adjacent to the abutting edges
la, 2a to ensure that if the bag is tampered with such
tampering will becQme apparent ~due to the distortion of
the microprinting). Such tampering will be very apparent
as one area of microprinting is tampered with and the other
area still untampered). By virtue of the foldiny over
of the bag the pocket 3a is also closed.
The bag with its contents is then deposited at a deposit
10 box at the bank where t` lines of perforation are detached
and the cash and documents processed by staff away from
the main service area.
It is preferred that the ink by which the lines of
microprinting is effected is of -the soluble kind as is
15 more fully described in the European Patent Specification
No. 0105581.
Fig. 4 shows a modified bag similar to the bag shown in
Figs. 1 and which has a line of adhesive 15 covered by
a barrier coating 16 similar to -the line of adhesive 6
20 and barrier coating 7. Indicator means (not shown) and
consisting of an indicator line or indicator arrows s~milar
to the indicator arrows 3a, 5a shown in Fig. 1 are provided.
It is arranged that the line of adhesiYe 6 on the flap
5 is folded oYer the mouth of the adjacent bag 3a to
25 cover the mouth of the bag 3a and to seal the bag. The
line of adhesive 15 covers the edges lal 2a of the folded
over edges of the pocket 3 and the microprinting 9a, 9b
to seal the bag closed. Thus the two pocke-ts 3, 3a of
the bag are effectively sealed closed by the respective
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lines ~f adhesi~e,
Although the bag has been described made of two
separate sheet parts heat sealed together the bag may
alternatively be made from one sheet of transparent
plastics material folded into a backing sheet part
with the other side edqe heat sealed or made from a
tube but inserting cuts at appropriate locations.
