Abstract: A method of automatically banderoling objects, for example banknotes, arranged in a bundle, by laying a banderole, for example a paper strip, about the bundle, preferably after the bundle was compacted, and thereafter sealing the bundle by jointing together preferably the end portions of the strip. The method is especially characterized in that the strip is jointed together by means of a self-adhesive label after the strip was folded about the bundle, which label is automatically separated from its carrier strip and attached on the strip. The invention also relates to an apparatus for carrying out the method.

Abstract: An apparatus for non-contact gauging the thickness or variations in thickness of disc or sheet objects, for example banknotes, comprising at least two opposed gauges (1,2), between which the object (3) is intended to pass, and a recording or corresponding unit (10) for processing the gauging results.