Method and apparatus for handling value documents

US10008066B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GIESECKE+DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Wilhelm Buntscheck · Wolfratshausen, DE
• Markus Sperl · Birkenfeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 12, 2014
• Grant date: Jun 26, 2018
• Expiry date: Mar 14, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2405/35
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Input stacks of value documents are inserted in an input pocket of the value document processing apparatus, transported through the apparatus, checked and sorted into different deposit pockets of the value document processing apparatus, wherein reject value documents are deposited separately from the valid value documents. The reject value documents are automatically transported back to the input pocket with the aid of a reject transport device, to check the reject value documents again with the same value document processing apparatus (rerun). The reject transport device has several reject transport units, in which the reject value documents from the different input stacks are deposited separately from each other, and a reader for reading in the machine-readable identifier of the respective reject transport unit used for assigning the reject value documents of the respective reject transport unit to the input stack to which these reject value documents belong.