Method and means for separating and stacking bills and the like

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EP 0 038 918 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	31.03.1982 Bulletin 1982/13

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	04.11.1981 Bulletin 1981/44

(21)	Application number: 81101450

(22)	Date of filing: 27.02.1981

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	CH DE FR GB IT LI NL

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Priority:

28.04.1980 US 144798

(71)	Applicant: THE PERKIN-ELMER CORPORATION
	()

(72)	Inventor:
	Bantz, George H. ()

(54)	Method and means for separating and stacking bills and the like

(57) A stack of bills or other sheets of paper, to be separated and stacked are fed to a conveyor system. The conveyor forms and creases the bills to form corrugations therein in such a way as to grossly increase the beam strength and thereby improve the handling and stacking of the bills.

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