Supply module and method for supplying value documents to a value document preparation device

US10109135B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GIESECKE+DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Markus Sperl · Birkenfeld, DE
• Peter Dopfer · Geltendorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 23, 2015
• Grant date: Oct 23, 2018
• Expiry date: Apr 23, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07D2211/00
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A feed module for feeding value documents, in particular bank notes, to a value-document processing apparatus, has a receiving device in which one or more value documents to be processed can be inserted. The receiving device includes a first aligning element which the value documents lying in the receiving device are aligned to with a first edge of the value documents when the receiving device is in a first state, and a second aligning element which the value documents lying in the receiving device are aligned to with a second edge of the value documents when the receiving device is in a second state. A positioning device through which the receiving device is brought from the first state to the second state.