Process and apparatus for doing up sheet material with label tapes
AssigneeGAO Gesellschaft fur Automation und Organisation mbH
InventorsMarkus Haberstroh, Herbert Bernardi
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Abstract
In a process for forming stacks of pieces of sheet material such as banknotes from an unbroken train of such sheets, the stacking of the sheets and the placing of label tapes round them takes place at one at the same position.
Claims24
A process for banding a stack of thin material sheets with a sealable tape, said sheets being delivered in seriatim, said method comprising the steps of:
- placing a predetermined length of tape on a table constrained for movement only in the direction normal to the face of the stack;
- placing the sheets with their faces on the table and one of their edges against a plate adjacent and lying normal to the table to form a stack from the sheets;
- placing the plate on top of the stack;
- moving the table, stack, and plate in a direction normal to the face of the stack for applying the tape to the stack;
- wrapping the tape around the stack and plate with the ends thereof overlapping;
- sealing the ends of the tape;
- and
- removing the stack from the table and plate.
Apparatus for banding a stack of thin material sheets with a sealable tape, said apparatus being suitable for use with a sheet transport system delivering the sheets in seriatim, said apparatus comprising:
- a stacking table for receiving the sheets from the transport system to form a stack thereon, said table being movable in a direction normal to the face of the stack and being restrained for movement in other directions;
- a plate operatively associated with the stacking table and having a first position in which it lies generally normal to said stacking table so that one end of said stack may be formed against said plate, said plate being pivotable to a second position parallel to said table for forcing the stack against said stacking table;
- a tape unit for feeding a predetermined length of tape across said stacking table prior to the formation of the stack thereon;
- means for wrapping the ends of said tape around the stack and plate;
- means for sealing the ends of the tape;
- and
- means for removing the stack with the surrounding tape from said stacking table and plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.