Device for Straightening a Banknote Bundle

Abstract

The invention relates to packaging of banknote bundles and can be used, for example, in a bank. It is an object of the present invention to provide a device for straightening a banknote bundle that has been deformed when being wrapped in a currency strap, wherein said device would ease the process of straightening the banknote bundle, prevent tear of the top banknotes of the bundle in places of contact with the side edges of the strap and provide an overall increase in the efficiency of the wrapping process. A device for straightening a banknote bundle ( 2 ) bent along its longitudinal axis during the process of wrapping said bundle in a transverse currency strap ( 1 ); said device is embodied in the form of a variable width plate ( 3 ), wherein the minimum width W of the plate ( 3 ) does not exceed the width Ws of the gap that is present when the transverse strap is wrapped around a bent bundle ( 2 ) of banknotes, and the maximum width W corresponds to the width Wb of a banknote; the lateral sides ( 7 ) of said plate can be embodied along smooth convex curves; the plate ( 3 ) can be embodied with a notch ( 5 ) in its middle area, the contour ( 6 ) of said notch being equidistant from the lateral sides of the plate; the edges ( 8, 9 ) of the plate at its lateral sides and along the contour of the notch can be rounded; the plate ( 3 ) can be divided into two parts ( 10, 11 ) at the point of the minimal radius of curvature of its lateral sides, said parts being interconnected by means of a hinge ( 12 ), embodied in such a way as to allow fixation of the plate's parts relative to each other.

1 . A device for straightening a banknote bundle bent along its longitudinal axis during the process of wrapping said bundle in a transverse currency strap, characterized in that said device is embodied in the form of a variable width plate, wherein the minimum width of the plate does not exceed the width of the gap that is present when the transverse strap is wrapped around a bent bundle of banknotes, and the maximum width corresponds to the width of a banknote. 
   
   
       2 . A device as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that the lateral sides of the plate are embodied along smooth convex curves. 
   
   
       3 . A device as claimed in  claim 2 , characterized in that the plate is embodied with a notch in its middle area, the contour of said notch being equidistant from the lateral sides of the plate. 
   
   
       4 . A device as claimed in  claim 3 , characterized in that the edges of the plate at its lateral sides and along the contour of the notch are rounded. 
   
   
       5 . A device as claimed in  claim 3 , characterized in that the plate is divided into two parts at the point of the minimal radius of curvature of its lateral sides, said parts being interconnected by means of a hinge, embodied in such a way as to allow fixation of the plate's parts relative to each other.