Strapping of bank notes

US7143689B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Peter Dopfer · Geltendorf, DE
• Frank Hofmann · Solingen, DE
• Peter Osterberger · Dinkelsbühl, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 4, 2005
• Grant date: Dec 5, 2006
• Expiry date: May 4, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65B13/06
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a strapper for bank notes and a bank note processing apparatus having such a strapper. Especially reliable and fast strapping is possible if a guide for forming a strap loop around a bank-note bundle to be strapped that is brought into an inside area surrounded by the guide has elements for holding the strap only in its lateral edge areas when it is inserted into the guide, and when the strap is pulled it can be pulled together tightly out of the guide into the inside area around the bank-note bundle located therein.