Inflatable Balloon Press for Banknote Destruction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for destroying objects of value, such as banknotes in secure casings, are inefficient, especially when dealing with varying heights and enveloped packets, as they often fail to ensure complete destruction.
Innovation Solution
A holding-up balloon is integrated with a gas generating means, which inflates to press banknotes against a destruction apparatus, ensuring consistent contact and efficient destruction regardless of packet height or enveloping.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a destruction apparatus is used to destroy banknotes in secure casings, then destruction capability is provided, but destruction efficiency is insufficient especially for enveloped packets with varying heights
Solution Approach 1:
The holding-up balloon is inflated before the destruction process to press the banknotes against the destruction apparatus, ensuring they are in the correct position and contact the destruction surface. This preliminary action guarantees that the banknotes will be destroyed completely and efficiently, resolving the issue of insufficient destruction efficiency for enveloped packets with varying heights.
Solution Approach 2:
The holding-up balloon acts as an intermediary mechanism between the banknotes and the destruction apparatus. By inflating the balloon, it creates a mediating force that presses the banknotes against the destruction surface, ensuring consistent contact and effective destruction regardless of the packets' varying heights or enveloping conditions.
2Ease of operation
If moveable supports are arranged to secure the vicinity of packets, then some positioning is achieved, but excellent destruction result is not achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The holding-up balloon utilizes pneumatic pressure to secure the banknotes against the destruction apparatus. By inflating the balloon with gas, it creates a controlled pneumatic force that presses the banknotes firmly against the destruction surface, achieving both reliable positioning and high destruction efficiency, surpassing the capability of simple moveable supports.
3Productivity
If the holding-up balloon is inflated to press banknotes against the destruction apparatus, then consistent contact is achieved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The holding-up balloon uses a flexible membrane structure that can be easily inflated and deflated. This flexible shell approach provides the necessary pressing force to ensure consistent contact between the banknotes and destruction apparatus, while maintaining relatively simple device complexity compared to rigid mechanical pressing mechanisms.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The solution significantly enhances the efficiency of destroying banknotes by maintaining consistent contact with the destruction apparatus, adapting to varying heights and enveloped packets, thereby ensuring effective rendering of banknotes worthless.
Implementation Method 1
A gas generating means (31) is arranged within or outside the holding-up balloon. The gas generating means (31) is activated at need of inflation.
Implementation Method 2
The holding-up balloon (30) is arranged in a lower region of the space (10) and at the opposite side of the space (10) for valuables relative to the destruction apparatus (20) as seen in Figure 1. In inactive condition the holding-up balloon is flattened (resting)
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method for destruction of objects of value contained in a space (10) for valuables, wherein a destruction apparatus (20) is used, when needed, to destruct the objects of value (101-104). An inflatable holding-up balloon (30) is arranged to, at destruction, press the objects of value (101-104) towards the destruction apparatus (20). The invention also relates to an apparatus.