Patent ID: 8234984

Claim:
A method for destroying valuable documents, including bank notes, stored within a main housing having a plurality of storage spaces in the event of an attempt to gain access to said valuable documents without proper authorization, each of said plurality of storage spaces housing a single drum, a single collecting vessel, and a single destructive agent container; the steps of said method including: storing said valuable documents in said plurality of storage spaces housing a single drum ( 30 ); winding said documents on or off said drum with the aid of a carrier film or foil ( 40 , 41 ); housing said drum ( 30 ), at least partially, within a single collecting vessel ( 50 ) within each of said plurality of storage spaces; providing a single destructive agent container ( 60 , 63 ) containing a destructive agent in fluid communication with said single collecting vessel within each of said plurality of storage spaces; generating an alarm signal in response to an unauthorized attempt to access said valuable documents; and applying said destructive agent from said destructive agent container into said collecting vessel and onto the valuable documents wound on said drum in each of said plurality of storage spaces with the aid of said carrier film or foil in response to said alarm signal.