PRESSURE SEAL DELIVERY NOTE

RECEPISSE DE LIVRAISON SCELLE PAR SIMPLE PRESSION

English Abstract

ABSTRACT
BUSINESS FORM
The invention concerns business forms and more
particularly such forms designed to provide from a single
sheet a combined delivery receipt form/note for a supplier
and a sealed document for a customer listing items delivered
and an invoice therefor. The business form comprises a sheet
of paper (12) divided into three substantially equal panels
(17, 18, 19) by first and second fold lines (21, 22)
extending between the top and bottom edges. The fold line
(21) is formed with perforations to aid easy detachment of
the left hand panel (17) which forms a delivery receipt note
and which bears transfer material in the form of a carbon
patch (26) on its inner surface. The panels (18, 19)
carrying adhesive (23) around their free edges and are
designed to be printed with details of items being delivered
and an invoice therefor and then to be brought together and
sealed around their edges to provide a sealed invoice. The
customer is intended to sign the outside of the delivery note
in an area (32) corresponding to the transfer material so
that the signature is transferred through to the sealed
document. The supplier's representative then detaches the
receipted panel (17) and the customer passes the sealed
document to his accounts department.

Claims

CLAIMS
1. A business form, designed to provide a combined
delivery receipt note for a supplier and sealed document for
a customer, comprising a sheet of material divided by first
and second fold lines into a first panel, a second panel and
a third panel, at least one of the first and second panel
carrying adhesive around its edges such that when the sheet
is folded along the first fold line to bring the inner faces
of the first and second panels together and the adhesive is
actuated they form a sealed document, the third panel being
capable of forming a delivery receipt note and bearing no
free adhesive, and the sheet being foldable along the second
fold line to bring an inner face of the third panel to
overlie an outer face of one of the first and second panels,
the inner face of the third panel being formed with an area
or patch of a transfer material adapted to reproduce an
impression made on the outer face of the third panel onto an
underlying registering area on said outer face of the first
or second panel.
2. A form according to claim 1 in which the third panel,
or at least a part thereof including the area or patch, is
easily detachable from the second panel.
3. A form according to claim 2 in which the second fold
line is formed with a series of perforations to aid easy
detachment of the third panel from the second panel.
4. A form according to any of claims 1 to 3 in which the
adhesive is a pressure seal adhesive.
5. A form according to any of claims 1 to 4 in which the
transfer material is in the form of a "carbon" patch secured
to the receipt form by adhesive or printed thereon.
6. A form according to any of claims 1 to 5 in which the
inner surface of at least one of the first and second panels
is printed with indicia completed or designed to be completed
with details of items for delivery and an invoice therefor.
7. A form according to any of claims 1 to 6 in which the
outer surface of the third panel and the outer surface of one
of the panels designed to form the sealed document are

printed with indicia completed or designed to be completed
with details of items for delivery and customer details.
8. A form according to any of claims 1 to 7 in which the
outer surface of the third panel is printed with a defined
area and instructions that a customer should acknowledge
receipt of items to he delivered within that area, said area
corresponding with the patch or area bearing transfer
material on the other side of the panel.
9. A business form according to any of claims 1 to 8
completed with items to be delivered and an invoice therefor
and having the first and second panels sealed together to
form a sealed document with the third panel secured thereto
only along the fold line.
10. A business form substantially as described herein
with reference to or as illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
11. A method of providing and delivering to a customer an
invoice for items delivered and obtaining acknowledgement of
receipt thereof substantially as described herein.

Description

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BUSINESS FORM
This invention relates to a business form and more
particularly to such a form designed to provide from a single
sheet: a comblned delivery receipt form for a supplier and
sealed document for a customer, preferably the sealed
document including details of items delivered and an invoice
therefor.
One object of the invention is to provide such
business forms each formed from a single sheet of paper, for
use by a supplier delivering packages to a number of
customers, so that on the form for each customer both the
delivery receipt note and the sealed document will include
details of the items delivered and both will eventually bear
an acknowledgement of receipt.
In one aspect the invention provides a business form
designed to provide a combined delivery receipt note for a
supplier and sealed document for a customer, comprising a
sheet of material divided by first and second fold lines into
a first panel, a second panel and a third panel, at least one
of the first and second panels carrying adhesive around its
ree edges such that when the sheet is folded along the first
fold line to bring the inner faces of the first and second
panels together and the adhesive is actuated they form a
sealed document, the third panel being capable of forming a
delivery receipt note and bearing no free adhesive, and the
sheet being foldable along the second fold line to bring an
inner face of the third panel to overlie an outer face of one
of the first and second panels, the inner face of the third
panel being formed with an area or patch of a transfer
material adapted to reproduce an impression made on the outer
face of the third panel onto an underlying registering area
on said outer face of the first or second panel.
Preferably the third panel, or at least a part
thereof including the area or patch, is easily detachable
from the second panel, eg by perforations, such perforations
normally extending along the second fold line. Preferably
perforations are provided around the edges of the panels
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designed to form the sealed document, within the lines of
adheslve, for easy opening of that document. Alternatively
at least part of the adhesive may be of "peel apart"
formation.
With advantage the material adapted to reproduce an
impression is a "carbon" patch adhered to the receipt form or
"carbon" printed on the form.
A set of such business forms, normally produced in
known manner from a continuous web of paper, will be printed
wlth standard instructions for completion and use and with
the name of the supplier. Each form will then be completed
by the supplier with details of items being delivered and the
customer's name and address, these details showing both on
th~ delivery receipt note and the exterior of the sealed
document and with an invoice for those items being printed on
or enclosed within the interior of the sealed document.
When the items are delivered the customer is asked to
sign for receipt on the outside of the delivery note in the
area corresponding with the "carbon" patch. By virtue of the
"carbon" patch, this signature transfers through onto the
sealed document; the delivery receipt note is then detached
from the sealed document and the customer is asked to pass
the sealed document to his accounts department while the
supplier's representative keeps the delivery receipt note
with the original signature (and stamp of the customer if
appropriate).
One embodiment of business form, in accordance with
the invention, will now be described, by way of example only,
with reference to the accompanying diagrammatic drawings of
which:-
Figure 1 shows the inner surface of a business form,
Figure 2 shows the outer surface of the form ofFigure 1, and
Figure 3 shows the form folded and sealed to provide
a combined delivery receipt form and sealed customer's
document.
A business form comprises a rectangular sheet of
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paper 12 having top and bottom edges 13, 14 and side edges
15, 16 and divided into three substantially equal panels 17,
18, 19 by first and second fold lines 21, 22 extending
between the top and bottom edges. The fold line 21 is formed
with perforations to aid easy detachment of the left hand
(third) panel 17 (forming a delivery receipt form/note1 from
the central second panel 18. The fold line 22 could also ~e
formed with perforations to allow easy detachment of the
right hand (first) outer panel 19 from the central panel 18.
The panels 18, 19 are intended to form a sealed
document and for this purpose they are provided around their
edges (except adjacent the fold line 22) with lines of
pressure seal adhesive 23 so that when the right hand panel
is folded over onto the central panel and the edges subjected
to pressure they seal together. Other forms of adhesive
could be used in which case adhesive need not extend around
the edges of both panels provided it extends around the free
edges of the folded document. Lines of perforation 24 are
formed inside the lines of adhesive for eventual opening of
the sealed document.
The left hand oute. panel 17 is designed to fold over
to overlie the outer surface of the right hand outer panel
19. It could be folded the other way to overlie the outer
surface of the central panel.
The inner surface 2S of panel 17 bears an area or
patch 26 of self-copy/transfer material, eg a "carbon" patch
adhered thereto by cold adhesive. Alternatively the patch of
"carbon" may be printed on the surface directly or
conventional CB/CF coatings formed on the coating surfaces.
This patch will register with an underlying area indicated at
27 on the outer surface 28 of the panel 19.
The inner surfaces 29 of the panels 18 and 19 of a
set of forms are preprinted with the name of the supplier and
his details and with headings, boxes and instructions for
completion of personalised information, such as customer's
name, a list of items being delivered and an invoice for
those items. The outer surfaces 30, 28 of the panels 17 and
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19 are preprinted with headings and boxes for receiving
personalised information such as details of the items being
delivered. A box 31 is provided for receiving the customer's
name and address details, and a box 32 is provided on surface
30 (coinciding with the area of the patch 26 on the other
side of the panel) for receiving the customer's signature, a
date and a rubber stamp impression if appropriate. All this
information, which is common to all forms, may be printed on
each form at the same time as the personalised printing.
In use, each form is completed with personalised
details of the items being delivered, an invoice for those
items and the customer' name and address details. This is
normally done by a computer controlled printer printing on
both sides of the form. The document is then folded and
sealed by activating the adhesive. When the items are
delivered the supplier's representative, making the delivery,
gets the customer to sign to acknowledge receipt in the area
~2 and the signature is automatically transferred onto the
area 27 on the outside of the sealed document. The delivery
receipt note is then detached along the perforations of the
fold line 21 and retained by the supplier's representative
while the customer is asked to deliver the sealed document to
his accounts department for processing of the invoice.
With such a business form the invoice does nQt need
to be separately prepared and delivered and the invoice
itself bears an acknowledgement of receipt by the customer.
Any of the panels may be subdivided, for example by
lines of perforations, to provide, for example a return stub
to be included with payment of the invoice.
A further, non adhesive bearing panel, could be
connected by a (tearable) fold line to the delivery receipt
panel so that, after printing with information of the items
delivered (but not the price) it can be folded under the
delivery note and could provide a further list e.g. the items
for use by the customer's stock controller. Such an
additional panel could either be provided with a cut-out in
the area corresponding to the patch or further transfer
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