Method for processing sheet material

US6955263B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Alexander Steinkogler · Munich, DE
• Alfred Schmidt · Weingarten, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 9, 2001
• Grant date: Oct 18, 2005
• Expiry date: Feb 17, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07D11/50
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for processing sheet material, in particular papers of value such as bank notes, checks, etc., wherein different groups of sheet material are processed one after the other, the different groups of sheet material being separated for processing. A container for each group of sheet material is used for separating and processing each group of sheet material. The separating means or container thus delimits the individual groups of sheet material clearly from each other. Designing the separating means as a container obtains reliable separation of the individual groups of sheet material. Since the different groups of sheet material are already clearly separated and grouped before actual processing, one can avoid mixups, misallocations and transfer errors as can occur with later, simultaneous grouping of the different groups of sheet material.