Process and apparatus for converting piles of freshly printed sheets of bank-notes into bundles of bank-notes
AssigneeDe La Rue Giori S.A.
InventorGualtiero Giori
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Abstract
Piles of freshly printed sheets of multiple bank-notes are cut into bundle strips and then these bundle strips are cut into individual bundles of bank-notes; a band station is located between the cutting unit cutting the piles of sheets into bundle strips and the cutting unit cutting these bundle strips into bundles of bank-notes and comprises as many banding device operating in synchronism and located in one row as there are individual bank-notes per strip, so that the bundles of each strip are banded before this strip is cut into bundles.
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Apparatus for converting piles of freshly printed sheets of bank-notes, each sheet bearing a plurality of rows of bank-notes with a plurality of bank-notes in each row, into bundles of individual bank-notes with each bundle surrounded by a band, comprising:
- first cutting means for making a plurality of parallel cuts across a pile of sheets of bank-notes to divide said pile of sheets into a plurality of bundle strips with each strip containing a plurality of bank-notes juxtaposed end-to-end,
- banding means for applying to each of said bundle strips a plurality of bands equal in mumber to the number of bank-notes in each strip, said banding means comprising a plurality of banding units disposed side-by-side and equal in number to the number of bank-notes in each strip, said banding units being operated simultaneously and being positioned to apply a band at the location of each bank-note in a strip, and
- second cutting means for cutting each of said bundle strips into bundles of individual bank-notes, each of said bundles being banded by a band applied by said banding means prior to the cutting of said bundle strips by said second cutting means.
A process for converting piles of freshly printed sheets of bank-notes, each sheet bearing a plurality of rows of bank-notes with a plurality of bank-notes in each row, into bundles of individual bank-notes with each bundle surrounded by a band, comprising:
- a first cutting operation which comrises making a plurality of parallel cuts across a pile of sheets of bank-notes to divide said pile of sheets into a plurality of bundle strips, with each strip containing a plurality of bank-notes juxtaposed end-to-end,
- a banding operation which comprises applying simultaneously to each of said bundle strips a plurality of bands equal in number to the number of bank-notes in each strip, said bands being positioned to apply a band at the location of each bank-note in a strip, and thereafter
- a second cutting operation which comprises cutting each of said bundle strips into bundles of individual bank-notes, each of said bundles being banded by a band applied in said banding operation prior to the cutting of said bundle strips by said second cutting operation.
A process for converting piles of freshly printed sheets of bank-notes, each sheet bearing a plurality of rows of bank-notes with a plurality of bank-notes in each row, into bundles of individual bank-notes with each bundle surrounded by a band, comprising:
- at a first cutting station intermittently moving a pile of sheets of bank-notes in a direction perpendicular to rows of bank-notes on said sheets and sequentially making a plurality of cuts across said pile of sheets to cut said pile of sheets between rows of bank-notes and thereby divide said pile of sheets into a plurality of bundle strips, with each strip containing a plurality of juxtaposed end-to-end bank-notes,
- sequentially moving said resulting bundle strips in a direction perpendicular to their length from said first cutting station to a banding station,
- at said banding station applying simultaneously to each of said bundle strips a plurality of bands equal in number to the number of bank-notes in each strip, said bands being positioned to apply a band at the location of each bank-note in a strip,
- sequentially moving the banded bundle strips from said banding station in a direction lengthwise of said bundle strips and then moving said banded bundle strips in a direction perpendicular to their length to assemble a plurality of said banded bundle strips in registered side-by-side position at a second cutting station, and
- at said second cutting station moving said plurality of assembled side-by-side bundle strips in a direction lengthwise of said bundle strips and sequentially making a plurality of cuts across all of said assembled banded bundle strips, said cuts being made between bank-notes in a strip, to divide said banded bundle strips into bundles of individual bank-notes, each of said bundles being banded by a band applied at said banding station.
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