The invention concerns systems for making sheets for use simultaneously as sheets for written messages and for the envelope from continuous forms.

Reference is made to the usual forms for telegrams or for cabled money orders, namely those forms on which the Mail Service puts the cabled message and all the necessary de¬ tails for cabled money orders. A copy of this form is put in a sealed envelope which the postman delivers to the consignee who signs a receipt for it. Despatch of a telegram or cabled money order from the Mail Service to the consignee therefore requires some considerable time and expense for making up the envelope, for putting the form inside and sealing it down, for re¬ cording the receiver's signature and also for preparing the form to be filed away.

In the case of the cabled money order there are still fur¬ ther operations as the Mail Service must prepare and file a form with the most important details of the cabled money ord

Purpose of the present invention is to simplify and short¬ en preparation of forms for telegrams or cabled money or¬ ders from continuous forms and having continuously perfor¬ ated longitudinal lateral strips,and areas with glueing means marked off by continuous longitudinal lines prepared for easy tear-off.

Said continuous form is divided up-into equal parts by crosswise lines also prepared for easy tear-off. Each of said parts makes a form for a telegram or cabled money order divided up, by means of tear-off lines trans¬ versal to the continuous form, into three zones of equal width .

The first zone on the front side of said form is used for the address and for a receipt for he user. On the second and third zones of said front side there are glueing means on both the upper and lower margins and in the lateral bands while, on the back side, the first and second zones have glueing means on the upper and lower margins respectively and on the right-hand lateral band. Therefore, by folding inwards the second and third zones of the form's front side one against the other, said zones will be held in that position by the glueing means. When folded outwards and against the second zone, the first zone will adhere to the second and so form the closed front face of the telegram or cabled money order.

An intermediate longitudinal tear-off line divides the first zone of the form's front face into two parts. The part on the left of said line is used for the address and the part on the right forms the receipt signed by the consignee on receiving the telegram or money order. On the upper and lower margins of the back side of the first and second zones glueing means extend from the

right-hand edge of the form to the intermediate longitu¬ dinal tear-off line referred to above;

Thus, when the telegram or cabled money order is being closed, the first zone adheres, on the back side, to the second zone at the left-hand side of the form, while the right-hand side, forming the receipt, remains attached to the form only by two lines, one longitudinal and one trans¬ versal tear-off line made corner-wise, so that when the consignee has signed, the postman can tear said receipt off the form to give to the consignee.

The glueing means consist of strips of strong glue for stable closure applied to the parts that will lie over one another on folding the form and, coming in contact, will hold together. When the form is used as a telegram the second and third zones of its front face are reserved for the message. The form is best used as a telegram by observing the fol¬ lowing stages :

- using the left-hand side of the first zone, on the front side of the form for the address, and the second and third zones for the written message;

- folding the second and third zones together inwards so as to glue up the upper margin of the second zone and the lower one of the third zone and glue together the glue-prepared areas on the inner lateral strips;

- delivery of the telegram to the consignee who signs the part acting as a receipt;

- detachment, by tearing, of the receipt signed by the consignee who receives the form while the postman re- tains the receipt.

- detachment by the consignee of the lateral strips, by means of the prepared tear-off lines. so that the form

can be opened and the message read.

The continuous form when used as a cabled money order has three continuous longitudinal perforated strips two of these being lateral and one intermediate. The intermediate strip divides the continuous form into two longitudinal sections to create ^* , in addition to the form marked off by two lateral perforated strips for the user, another form as well,having one side in common with the first form and having a longitudinal perforated strip at its outer edge, to be used by the Mail Service for its records .

This second form is prepared so as to show the data ne¬ cessary for filing purposes especially boxes and lines for the amount in digits and in letters, lines to show the paying office and, given its position alongside the first form and its connection by a continuous line adjacent to the first form's lateral tear-off strip, per¬ mits automatic detachment from the first form and auto¬ matic filing. On the back side the second zone of the first form used to cable a money order allows space for the endorsement needed for a cabled money order.

In view of the foregoing the forms obtained with the des¬ cribed system can be used for cabled money orders in the following sequence of operations:

- putting the user's address and the written part of the cabled money order respectively on the left-hand side in the first zone and in the second zone of the first form to go to the consignee; - writing essential date on the second form for filing;

- automatic detachment and filing of the second form;

- folding inwards the second the third zones of the first form one against the other so that the upper margin of the second zone and the lower margin of the third zone glue together, as do also the glue prepared areas on the inner lateral strips;

- delivery of the cabled money order to the consignee who signs that part of it forming the receipt;

- detachment by tearing of the receipt signed by the con¬ signee who accepts the form leaving the receipt to the postman;

- detachment by the consignee of the tear-off lateral stri so that he can open the form and read the message;

- detachment by the consignee of the second zone of the first form which he presents to the post office for pay- men .

The invention offers obvious advantages.

A continuous form can be so divided up as to produce forms for telegrams or for cabling money orders at the same time acting as an envelope thus considerably simplifying all related operations.

Times are greatly shortened since, having once written the message and other indications on one side of the form, it has merely to be detached from the continuous form and folded up. Signing the receipt is made quick and easy.

In the case of the cabled money order, production of the form to be retained by the postal authorities, automati ^¬ cally detachable from the continuous form, is also quick and easy. The possibility of using the second zone of the back side of the form given to the consignee for collecting payment

and for any endorsement necessary, ensures that all ope¬ rations are carried through without difficulty. The work of the postal authorities is simplified and ex- cuted with greater security providing considerable func- tional and economic advantages.

Characteristics and purposes of the ^* invention will be made still clearer by the following examples of its excution illustrated by diagrammatic drawings.

Fig. 1 Plan view of a length of continuous form to make forms for telegrams, seen from the front.

Plan view of the above seen from the back. Plan view of a filled up form. Perspective view of a form being folded. The first stage of folding a form seen in perspective Folded form seen in perspective. Plan view of a folded form showing the receipt being torn off. Fig. 8 Plan view of the form given to the consignee. Fig. 9 Plan view of the receipt retained by the postman. Fig.10 A length of continuous form used to make forms for cabling money orders, front side. Fig.11 The above seen from the back. Fig.12 Continuous form when the two parts, namely the piece for filing and that for the user, are being detached.

Fig.13 Perspective view of the user's form being folded. Fig.14 Perspective view of the user's form in the first stage of folding. Fig.15 Perspective view of the user's form when folded. Fig.16 Plan view of the user's form with receipt being detache Fig. 17 Receipt of cabled money order retained by the postman.

Fig.18 Form consigned to the user. Fig.19 Front side of the central zone detached from the user ' s form. Fig.20 Back side of the form in Fig. 19. The continuous form 10 has longitudinal lateral lines 11 and 12 prepared for tear-off which create the longitudi¬ nal edge strips 20 containing holes 25 and the adjacent internal bands 21 and 22 for glueing means, and further has the transversal tear-off lines 13 equally spaced from which originate the similar forms 15. On their front sides (Fig. l) said forms 15 show three transversal zones A B C marked off by pairs of short lines 16 and 17 at the edges . Close to the upper margin of zone B and on the inner la- teral strips 21 and 22 are glued areas 30 31 and 32.

Close to the lower margin of zone C and on the inner la¬ teral strips 21 and 22 respectively are glued areas 33, 34 and 35. Between zones A and B there is a transversal tear-off line 40 that extends as far as the start of a longitudinal tear-off line 41 lying about halfway across the contin¬ uous form 10 and extending up to the higher margin of zone A and thus dividing zone A into sections a and b. On the back side (Fig. 2) of said forms 15 are three trans versal zones A' B' and C' corresponding to zones A, B and C already indicated.

Close to the upper margin of zone A' and on the inner righ -hand lateral strip 21 are glued areas 45 and 46. Close to the lower margin of zone B' and on the inner righ -hand lateral strip 21 are glued areas 47 and 48.

The form laid out as described permits compilation to be carried out on its front side only as seen in Fig. 3,

putting the address 49 of the consignee in section (a) of zone A and the message 50 in zones B and C. The form is best closed by folding zone B over zone C at the short lines 17, and zone A' against zone B' at short lines 16 and at the tear-off line 40 (Fig. 4).

By so folding the form the glued areas 30 31 32 in zone B match with glued areas 33 34 35 in _h zone C (ιFigs.4, 5)while glued areas 45 46 in zone A' match up with glued areas 37 and 48 in zone B' (Fig. 6). Section a) of zone A is glued to zone B" while section b) left attached to form 15 on the tear-off lines 40 and 41 (Fig.6). The glue used is a strong kind to ensure safe closure by a reciprocal reaction of the glued areas. The postman hands closed form (Fig.7) to the consignee who places his signatu 53 in section b) forming the receipt.

When said receipt has been detached the form 15" (Fig. 9) is given to the consignee and the postman keeps the receipt. Clearly, therefore, the described form fulfils all the functions of ordinary telegrams with their envelopes. The word "telegram" 50 and the postal authorities' brand mark 51 are printed in section a). The word "receipt" 52 is printed in section b). The words POSTAL AUTHORITIES 53 are printed in zone C- The continuous form 55 for cabled money orders (Fig.10) has two longitudinal sections, section I and section II, marked off by the continuous line 62 and the longitudinal sets 63 64 and 65 of perforations 66.

Sets of perforations 63 and 65 lie at the outer longitu¬ dinal edges of the sections I and II. Set of perforations 64 lies at the inner edge. of section I.

Close to the two longitudinal edges of section I are the respective pairs of prepared tear-off lines 70-71 and

72-73.

On the continuous form 55 there are also the transversal prepared tear-off lines 75 equally spaced that divide the form into equal parts 56.

By means of the continuous longitudinal line 62, said parts 56 create two forms 57 and 58 joined together.

Form 57, for the user, is virtually the same as form 15 for telegrams already described, and is divided, by the transversal tear-off lines 76 ^* and 77 into transversal zones A, B and C of the same size.

Close to the upper margin of zone B and on the longitu¬ dinal areas marked off by the pair of tear-off lines 70-71 and 72-73 respectively may be seen the glued strips 80 81 and 82.

Close to the lower margin of zone C and on the lateral areas referred to above, may be seen the glued strips 83 84 and 85. In zone A there is a longitudinal tear-off line 78 about halfway across said zone, said line forming sections a) and b) .

On the back side of this form 57 (Fig.11) are three trans¬ versal zones A' B ^" C' corresponding to zones A B C already indicated.

Near the upper margin of zone A' and on the inner right-han lateral area marked off by pairs of tear-off lines 70 71, are the glued strips 86 87 respectively. Near the lower margin of zone B' and on the above lateral area are the glued strips 88 and 89 respectively.

In zone A of the forms 57 here described are the words

cabled money order 90, the words "BANCOPOSTA Italian post office" 91, the brand mark 92 for the postal service as a whole, and the brand mark 93 for the "BANCOPOSTA" service. Zone B includes boxes 94 and line 95 for expressing in fi¬ gures and in letters the sum of the cabled money order, and lines 96 and 97 respectively for sender and consignee.

Form 58, to be used by the postal authorities for filing, includes boxes 98 and line 99 for expressing in figures and in letters the sum sent by cabled money order. The space marked 100 in zone B contains lines for the sender's message.

The address 101 of the consignee is written in subsection (a) of section A.

Zone B' of form 57 contains the word ENDORSEMENT 65 with a space below for the signature. Having fully compiled forms 57 and 58, the filing part 58 is automatically detached for the authorities' files. Form 57, with its three zones A B and C,is detached and sent to the consignee as explained for form 15 for tele¬ grams (Figs. 1 - 9). The various stages are illustrated in Figs. 13 - 17.

To cash the cabled money order at the post office, the consignee detaches section 105 in zone B by tearing along the tear-off lines 76 77 (Fig. 19). The endorsement may be made in the space 106 on the back (Fig. 20).

The form here described therefore clearly fulfils the func¬ tions of both the ordinary cabled money order forms and of the envelopes that contain them.