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Apparatus and method for processing thin sheet material such as bank notes

US5798929A · kind A · utility

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8References

15Claims

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Assignee

GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH · DE

Inventors

Gerhard Stenzel · Germering, DE
Bodo Albert · Hersbruck, DE
Klaus Buchmann · Munich, DE
Alfred Schmidt · Weingarten, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 17, 1996
Grant date	Aug 25, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 17, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65H2701/1912
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A module-based apparatus for automatically processing thin sheet material is provided. The individual modules perform the tasks necessary for processing the sheet material. They are connected with one another and with a control device in such a way that data can be transmitted between all components. Additionally a safety device is provided for monitoring the data exchange among the modules themselves and between them and the control device. The safety device is in a position to prepare logs of the processing operations and to recognize manipulation of the apparatus with intent to defraud.

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