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Apparatus and method for determining bank note fitness

US6797974B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11References

9Claims

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Assignee

GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH · DE

Inventors

Achim Philipp · Munich, DE
Heinz Hornung · Gilching, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 7, 2001
Grant date	Sep 28, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 18, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG07D7/181
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for determining the fitness of a bank note by sensing the bank note transported along a transport path by a transport device. The apparatus includes a plurality of identical sensor and illumination units positioned along each side of the transport path whereby the sensor and illumination units are focused at a single predetermined section of the transport path.

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