Sensor device in a bank note processing machine

US9004257B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Achim Philipp · Munich, DE
• Jens Wolfarth · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 6, 2012
• Grant date: Apr 14, 2015
• Expiry date: Jul 6, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07D11/26
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A sensor device in a banknote processing machine comprising a transport device by means of which banknotes to be processed are transported past the sensor device, a cleaning device that cleans the sensor device or a transparent region of the sensor device, and a control device that controls the components of the banknote processing machine. The sensor device includes means for enlarging the spacing between the transport device and the sensor device. The control device controls the means and the cleaning device in such a way that the spacing between the transport device and the sensor device is enlarged by the means while the cleaning device cleans the sensor device.