WO2004078485A1 - Liasse de documents inviolable - Google Patents

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WO2004078485A1
WO2004078485A1 PCT/GB2004/000771 GB2004000771W WO2004078485A1 WO 2004078485 A1 WO2004078485 A1 WO 2004078485A1 GB 2004000771 W GB2004000771 W GB 2004000771W WO 2004078485 A1 WO2004078485 A1 WO 2004078485A1
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Andrew R. Searle
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Specialist Vehicle Development Limited
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42F—SHEETS TEMPORARILY ATTACHED TOGETHER; FILING APPLIANCES; FILE CARDS; INDEXING
    • B42F1/00—Sheets temporarily attached together without perforating; Means therefor
    • B42F1/02—Paper-clips or like fasteners

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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for and method of securely holding sheets of material together in a bundle.
  • the present invention is particularly useful for holding sheets of paper and, more particularly, banknotes.
  • banknotes Large amounts of money are routinely moved to and from Banks. This transfer of banknotes represents an opportunity for a thief to obtain possession of the money.
  • bundles of notes are typically carried in secure boxes which include means of marking the notes if the box is stolen or tampered with. This typically involves ink being released by a pyrotechnic charge if a control system within the box detects conditions which are indicative of an attack, for example if the box is unduly agitated or if a pre-set time limit is reached without the box being delivered to a safe area. The presence of such ink on the banknotes renders them unusable by the thief.
  • FR 2770205 Another attempt to address this problem is disclosed in FR 2770205.
  • This document discloses an arrangement in which three plastic strips, joined together by hinges, encircle a thin bundle of notes.
  • the first and third strips are adjacent one another in use and tangs in the first strip extend through co-operating holes in the third strip.
  • the tangs have barbed or enlarged leads such that they are not releasable.
  • the tangs deform the bundle of notes such that each note has a dimple in it which mechanically interlocks with the dimple of the neighbouring note.
  • Such an arrangement necessarily causes cosmetic damage to the notes and can only be used on small bundles of notes where the resilience of the notes is insufficient to resist the deforming force applied by the holder.
  • a security apparatus for holding a plurality of sheets of material together in a bundle, comprising a resilient clip having opposing gripping means which, in use, engage opposing sides of the bundle and compresses the bundle; and a cover which in a closed configuration engages with a lining element interposed between the clip and the bundle and at least partially envelopes the clip inhibiting removal of the clip from the bundle, and wherein the cover cannot be opened undetectably.
  • the resilient clip may be formed from plastics or metal.
  • the clip can be formed with sufficient compressive strength that the clip is only provided at or adjacent the periphery of the bundle. In the case of bank notes this allows the majority of the note to be free for counting or for spoiling by a security system.
  • the clip cover may be formed from paper, plastics or other suitable material.
  • a band for example a band of plastics or paper, is provided which passes around the bundle.
  • the band may be pre-formed (i.e. be continuous) prior to being placed around the bundle.
  • the band is formed from an elongate element which is wrapped around the bundle and then one, or more, free end(s) thereof is held in place by the clip.
  • an element is interposed between the clip and the bundle.
  • the element may serve as a protective element to prevent scratching or tearing of the items on the outside edges of the bundle during removal or placement of the clip.
  • the element may be thought of as a protective or lining element.
  • the element may be integrated with the band.
  • the lining element, the cover for the clip (also referred to as a clip cover) and an elongate band forming element are provided by a unitary item, which may be regarded as a secure wrapping device.
  • the clip cover may be fixed to the clip, the lining element or the band, as appropriate, after passing over the clip.
  • cover is made from paper or plastics
  • a strong glue may, for example, be used such that the paper or plastic will tear as an attempt is made to remove the cover.
  • the clip cover may be chemically sealed such that the end of the clip cover is bonded to the clip, the lining element or the band after passing over the clip.
  • a mechanical sealing device may be used, for example, by means of an irreversible fastening.
  • the mechanical fastening may be achieved by forcing at least one barbed element on one of the cover and the band or the lining element through a co-operating aperture to irreversibly secure the cover to the band or lining element; except that the cover can be released by physically damaging it.
  • the resilient clip may be formed such that the clip may sit over one corner of a bundle and hold two bands in place which may encircle the bundle at right angles to one another. This has the advantage that it is much more difficult to manipulate the bundle and the clip in order to remove of one or more sheets from the bundle.
  • the securing of bank notes by means of the device according to the invention has several benefits over the use of security bags. If a security box containing the notes is tampered with such that the anti-theft ink is sprayed on the notes, the ink is able to make contact with a relatively large uncovered area of the notes. In addition, since the ends of the notes are left free, they can be counted, whilst still part of a bundle, by conventional counting machines which are also able to identify notes that have been sprayed with ink.
  • a tamper evident cover for attachment around a holding means resiliently holding a plurality of planar elements together, wherein the cover must be visibly damaged to remove the holding means.
  • a method of storing a bundle of planar elements or bank notes comprising the steps of clipping the planar elements or the bank notes together with a clip which exerts sufficient force to cause neighbouring planar elements or banl ⁇ iotes to frictionally inter-engage such that removal of one or more planar elements or banknotes from the clipped plurality of planar elements or banknotes is inhibited; and placing a cover about clip such that the clip cannot be removed without opening the cover, the cover being visibly damaged during opening.
  • a fourth aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of transporting bank notes, wherein the bank notes are placed in a delivery enclosure including a spoiling system for delivering a spoiling agent to the bank notes, and wherein the notes are bundled together using the security apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention.
  • Figure la is a cross-sectional view and Figure lb is a side view of a resilient clip forming one component of a device constituting an embodiment of to the present invention
  • Figure 2 is a plan view of a wrapping device constituting a component of an embodiment of the present invention
  • Figure 3 is a plan view of a device prior to securing a plurality of sheets together in a bundle, the flap unsealed to reveal the clip;
  • Figure 4 is a cross-section through the device shown in Figure 3, the flap sealed to cover the clip;
  • Figure 5 is a plan view of the device in use
  • Figure 6 is a cross-section along the line A-A of a device according to the invention, the flap unsealed to reveal the clip;
  • Figure 7 is a plan view of a device according to a further embodiment of the invention in use to hold a plurality of sheets together in a bundle with two clip covers in place, the flaps of the covers sealed to cover the clip;
  • Figure 8 is a plan view of a device according to a yet further embodiment of the invention in use to hold a plurality of sheets together in a bundle with two resilient clips holding conventional note-bundling bands in place;
  • Figure 9 is a plan view of a device as shown in Figure 8 with a clip cover in place, shaped so as to sit over the corner of the bundle, fixed to the note-bundling bands;
  • Figure 10 is a plan view of a clip cover forming one component of a device according to the invention with means of fixing the flap of the clip cover to the body of the clip cover by mechanical means;
  • Figure 11 shows a modified device having a currency/securing loop
  • Figure 12 shows a further embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show the component parts of a device according to the invention, namely, a resilient clip 1 and a wrapping element generally indicated 6.
  • the clip may be formed from, for example, metal or plastics, such materials providing the required resilient properties.
  • the clip has opposed gripping elements 2 and 3 attached to a spine 4 and biased towards one another.
  • the wrapping element 6 comprises a flap 8 and a body portion 10.
  • the body portion is itself divided into a head 12 and a tail 14.
  • the head 12 and the flap 8 may be subdivided into different regions.
  • the delineations between the regions may be imposed in the wrapping element 6 at manufacture, for example by scoring it or forming living hinges in the material forming the wrapping element. Alternatively the regions need not be predefined since they become functionally defined when the wrapping element is placed around a bundle, such as a bundle of banknotes.
  • the wrapping element may be formed from paper or from a hard or soft plastics material. These are non-limiting examples.
  • a region 16 and a region 20 lie, in use, on either side of the bundle and are interconnected by a spine 18.
  • the cover 8 is comprised of three regions 22, 24 and 26 with region 22 being connected to the region 20.
  • a spine 24 of the cover abuts the spine 18, and the cover region 26 abuts the region 16.
  • Figures 3 and 4 show the present invention in use.
  • the wrapping element 6 is placed around a bundle of bank notes such that region 16 abuts a first side of the bundle, the spine 18 abuts an edge of the bundle and the region 20 abuts a second side of the bundle.
  • the tail 14 extends around the bundle so as to encircle it and a free end 14a of the tail is tucked under region 20.
  • the clip 1 is then opened (tools for doing this are commercially available) and then placed around the head 12 of the wrapping element 6 such that, as the clip closes it presses against the regions 16 and 20. This in turn causes the bundle of bank notes to become compressed such that the notes frictionally inter-engage to a sufficient extent to prevent a note being slid out from the bundle.
  • the bundle with the cover open is shown in Figure 3.
  • the region 26 of the cover if not all of the cover 8, carries contact adhesive 35 around its periphery on the surface that, in use, is folded against the head 12 such that when the cover is closed the clip is enveloped, as shown in cross section in Figure 4.
  • a tamper evident adhesive may be used. Tamper evident adhesives are known in the art. An example of such an adhesive involves laying down a message, for example "VOID" in a material such as wax on one of the surfaces which is to be stuck. The adhesive is then applied around the message and then the surfaces are stuck together. The wax prevents the adhesive from contacting some of the surface whereas the adhesive contacts the remainder of the surface (in the area carrying the adhesive). If an attempt is made to strip the elements from one another the message is revealed. Furthermore if freeze sprays are used in an attempt to defeat the adhesive the message is still left on one of the surfaces.
  • the sealed bundle is shown in Figure 5 in plan view.
  • the clip is completely sealed within the envelope formed by the wrapping element.
  • Figure 6 shows the device in cross section, with the cover lifted such that the resilient clip is visible prior to sealing the cover down.
  • FIG 7 shows an alternative embodiment of a device according to the invention.
  • the clip 40 is formed in an L-shape such that it can be placed at a corner of a bundle of sheets, enabling two clip covers to be held in place at right angles to one another. This has the benefit of inhibiting the use of tools to release the pressure applied by the clips on the bundles.
  • Figure 8 shows conventional note-bundling bands 42 and 45 held in place using resilient clips of the shape shown in Figure 1. These can then be covered by either individual covers as hereinbefore described or a elongate cover 50, as shown in Figure 9.
  • the arrangement shown in Figure 8 can be modified by omitting one of the bands, such as band 42 and a clip can be placed about band 45 and then sealed with a clip cover.
  • the clip cover could be an independently formed item pre-coated with contact adhesive.
  • Figure 10 shows a modified embodiment in which a hard plastics cover has mechanical fixing.
  • a resilient barb extending from portion 26 is arranged to engage with an aperture 62 in a raised seat 64. This allows the resilient barb to pass through the aperture and engage the inside portion of the seat 64. This secures the cover in the closed position and also protects the barb against interference. Thus the cover must be broken to reveal the clip.
  • an intermediate spine 21 is formed between sections portions 20 and 22.
  • the portions are connected to neighbouring portions by living hinges.
  • Figure 11 shows a modification in which the cover is provided with a carrying loop 70 having a hole there in the facilitate the carrying of the bundles by placing a rod or other engagement element through the loop 70.
  • Figure 12 shows a modification to the arrangement shown in Figure 4 in which the contact adhesive 35 is replaced by a mechanical fastening.
  • Resilient barbs 80 are provided on the surface of the wrapping elements tail 14.
  • the head of the wrapping element is formed with a hollow end portion 82 having one or more apertures formed therein to engage with the barbs as shown in Figure 12.
  • the hollow end portion 82 protects the barb from tampering after it has become engaged with the portion 82.
  • portion 82 In order to release the clip the portion 82 must either be damaged or severed from the remainder of the wrapping element.

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L'invention concerne un appareil permettant de fixer entre eux des éléments plans, tels que des billets de banque, comprenant une pince compressive (1) qui clipse les billets ensemble, de sorte qu'ils ne puissent être sortis facilement de la liasse de billets, et une couverture d'inviolabilité (22, 24, 26) qui recouvre la pince.
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EP0515086A1 (fr) * 1991-05-22 1992-11-25 Decoflex Limited Sachet de sécurité et moyens d'étanchéité
FR2770205A1 (fr) * 1997-10-29 1999-04-30 Michel Hamel Dispositif reliant les billets de banque ou autres documents papier sans aucune deterioration et empechant toute modification de la composition de la liasse

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GB2416562A (en) * 2004-07-23 2006-02-01 Specialist Vehicle Development Security clip with tamper evident release

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