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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2004
Malcolm Bell, Leeds, GB;
Malcolm Bell, Leeds, GB;
Money Controls Limited, Royton Oldham, GB;
Abstract
A device () packages a stack of sheet objects such as banknotes () in a container () sandwiched between a frame () and the device's main body (). Banknotes are fed through a first input port () to be stacked in the container. A closure member () is inserted through a second input port () and heat-sealed onto the container () when full. The container () is integrally moulded in a plastics material with inwardly hinged wings () that act as guide rails () for banknotes as they are fed towards opening () of the container by a drive mechanism the packaging device. The wings have castellations () that act as a stop to hold edges of banknotes () in stacked in the container by the drive mechanism. A printer () prints data concerning the stacked banknotes on the underside of the closure member (). The packaged container is opened by a device that compresses it so that the closure member () bursts along a line of weakness ().