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Apparatus and method for processing sheet articles such as bank notes

US6074081A · kind A · utility

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4References

16Claims

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Assignee

GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH · DE

Inventors

Paul A. Smith · San Diego, US
Walter Herrmann · Sellersville, US
Bernd Wunderer · Birkenfeld, DE
Dieter Stein

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 19, 1998
Grant date	Jun 13, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 19, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S209/938
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In an apparatus for testing sheet material, at least one sensor unit is provided with a memory in which data records of a plurality of sheets can be managed. Each data record is provided with areas in which data from at least one other sensor unit can be stored. The sensor unit preferably has a measuring unit and an evaluation unit, the memory of the sensor unit being provided in the evaluation unit.

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