Method for invalidating documents in general and bank notes in particular, particularly for the transport of valuables

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EP 1 041 234 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	21.11.2001 Bulletin 2001/47

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	04.10.2000 Bulletin 2000/40

(21)	Application number: 00104561.6

(22)	Date of filing: 13.03.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: E05G 1/14

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

29.03.1999 IT MI990643

(71)	Applicant: Servizi Fiduciari-Sefi S.p.A.
	20156 Milano (IT)

(72)	Inventor:
	Carniel, Massimo 20090 Segrate, (Prov. of Milano) (IT)

(74)	Representative: Modiano, Guido, Dr.-Ing. et al
	Modiano & Associati SpA Via Meravigli, 16 20123 Milano 20123 Milano (IT)

(54)	Method for invalidating documents in general and bank notes in particular, particularly for the transport of valuables

(57) A method for invalidating documents in general and bank notes in particular, particularly for the transport of valuables, comprising the step of spraying onto a stack of sheet-like elements (3) that constitute documents, bank notes and the like an adhesive material (12) which is suitable to penetrate, for a certain extent, between the edges of the sheet-like elements (3) in order to produce a mutual bonding of adjacent sheet-like elements which can be removed only with mutual damage to the adjacent sheet-like elements.

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