EP0646459B1 - Method and device for processing banknotes sheets up into bundles - Google Patents

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EP0646459B1
EP0646459B1 EP94810490A EP94810490A EP0646459B1 EP 0646459 B1 EP0646459 B1 EP 0646459B1 EP 94810490 A EP94810490 A EP 94810490A EP 94810490 A EP94810490 A EP 94810490A EP 0646459 B1 EP0646459 B1 EP 0646459B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
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    • B41K—STAMPS; STAMPING OR NUMBERING APPARATUS OR DEVICES
    • B41K3/00—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped
    • B41K3/02—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped with stamping surface located above article-supporting surface
    • B41K3/12—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped with stamping surface located above article-supporting surface with curved stamping surface for stamping by rolling contact
    • B41K3/121—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped with stamping surface located above article-supporting surface with curved stamping surface for stamping by rolling contact using stamping rollers having changeable characters
    • B41K3/125—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped with stamping surface located above article-supporting surface with curved stamping surface for stamping by rolling contact using stamping rollers having changeable characters having automatic means for changing type-characters
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
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    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/42—Piling, depiling, handling piles
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    • B65H2301/4229—Handling piles, sets or stacks of articles cutting piles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65H2301/4314—Making packets of bundles of banknotes or the like in correct sequence
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  • the invention relates to a method for processing banknotes with a fixed number N of banknotes to bundles of banknotes and bundles of banknotes from numbered individual banknotes, each with a complete sequence of numbers, according to the preamble of claims 1 and 3 and the preamble of claim 6, and to devices for carrying them out of the procedure.
  • the Sheets are numbered one after the other in a numbering machine in such a way that all security impressions which lie in succession in a particular column or longitudinal row of an arc in the transport direction receive consecutive numbers and this number sequence is continued on the security impressions of the same columns of the following sheets.
  • This sequential numbering continues until a closed number range is completed, which generally comprises one million numbered notes of a certain series.
  • so-called freely programmable numbering units are used, which when numbering skip an incorrect printing depending on the known distribution of the misprints on the individual note sheets, which instead is preferably with a Cancellation stamp is provided.
  • the numbered sheets of note leaving the numbering machine are cut individually into notes of value; the misprints are removed from the sequence of these individual value notes, and the remaining perfect, consecutively numbered value notes are then collected and combined into bundles with a complete number sequence.
  • the numbering is carried out in such a way that all security notes which have the same position on successive sheets, that is to say in the same transverse row and the same column, are consecutive numbers received, regardless of misprints, which are also numbered and previously marked for later disposal.
  • stacks of sheets with generally 100 sheets are formed, which are then cut into bundles of notes in stacks.
  • the misprints must now be removed from these bundles of vouchers and replaced with perfect vouchers, which either have the number of a special series or have previously been numbered in a voucher numbering device with the number of the misprints.
  • the consecutive numbering of all security impressions which have the same position on successive sheets is continued for as large a number of sheets as consecutive numbers of a certain number series are provided.
  • the consecutive numbering of all security impressions in a neighboring or other value position of these successive sheets belongs to another series of numbers. Therefore, the sequence of numbers in a bundle of notes after the sheet stacks are cut is not the continuation of the sequence of numbers of the preceding bundle of notes, since the banknotes in successive bundles belong to different series of numbers.
  • the object of the present invention is to accelerate the known methods described above, by eliminating both the time-consuming cutting of individual note sheets, as required by EP-B-0 167 196, and the combination of the perfect notes into bundles of notes and Packets with a complete sequence of numbers compared to the method according to EP-A-0 072 056 is facilitated. Furthermore, devices for carrying out the method are to be created.
  • the method according to the invention makes it possible to stack the sheets of notes leaving the numbering machine in a conventional manner, then to cut these sheet stacks into sheets of notes and to remove the misprints from these sheets of notes so that the remaining perfect notes of value are a direct result of notes of value form with consecutive numbering and can be easily combined into bundles; All of the notes of value have a consecutive number sequence not only within a bundle, but also in successive bundles. Since it is no longer necessary to cut individual sheets and the resulting individual value notes need to be collected and no sorting of value note bundles from different sheet stacks is necessary when forming the value note packages, the processing of the value note sheets according to the method according to the invention is accelerated and simplified.
  • a sheet stack F is assumed, which is arranged on a feed table 1 in front of the numbering machine 4 and which has a sequence of at least H sheets of note.
  • Each note sheet is printed with a fixed number of N security impressions, which are arranged in the form of a matrix in transverse rows, hereinafter referred to as rows, and in longitudinal rows, hereinafter referred to as columns.
  • Sequences are processed one after the other, each with the same fixed number H of note slips, for example this number H being chosen to be 100, as assumed in the example considered.
  • the maximum permissible number H of a sheet sequence depends on the cutting performance of the cutting units and can accordingly greater than 100 can be selected to speed up processing.
  • the number of sheets of banknotes stacked on feed table 1 should be so much larger than H that the stack to be numbered is always large enough to process one sheet sequence at a time without interruption.
  • each sheet of notes in this sequence must be checked for misprints, the distribution of these misprints on each sheet determined and this misprint distribution stored in a computer.
  • the numbering machine is controlled, which has independently controllable or freely programmable numbering units.
  • the detection of misprints can either be carried out automatically with the aid of an electronic quality control, the reader of which stores the value note positions of the recognized misprints in the computer, or a visual quality control is carried out, in which the detected misprints are provided with a marking; the sheets then pass through a reader which reads these markings and stores the relevant note positions in the computer.
  • the block diagram according to FIG. 2 shows schematically that the value note positions of the misprints determined for each sheet in a quality control station Q are entered into the computer 3, which stores these positions and later controls the numbering machine 4. Furthermore, the station Q controls a marking device M, which each sheet with a Identification mark, for example a bar code. Optionally, a marking of the misprints with a cancellation stamp can also be provided, whereby this misprint marking is also expediently controlled by the station Q.
  • the sheets are first passed for checking to a reading device 2 which reads the identification marks, so that the sheet's association with the information about the misprints stored in the computer 3 can be checked again before numbering.
  • the sheets then pass through the numbering machine 4.
  • the numbering units, controlled by the computer 3, are programmed in such a way that misprints are excluded from the numbering, that is to say skipped, and the 100 sheets of the sequence F are numbered in such a way that all N x H, ie in the example considered, N x 100 notes of this sequence receive a consecutive number sequence.
  • the sheets arrive at a stacking tray 5, where the 100 sheets of the sequence from stack F are stacked again to form a sheet stack FH.
  • These stacks FH are fed to a strip cutter 6 in the sense of the arrows according to FIG. 1 and cut into strip stack S.
  • These stack of strips reach one in the direction of the arrows further cutting unit 7, in which the stack of strips S are cut into stack of notes W.
  • These stacks of notes with 100 notes each contain consecutively numbered perfect notes and possibly unnumbered misprints and are advanced on the transport route 8.
  • FIG. 1a shows the uppermost sheet of banknotes G of the completely numbered sheet stack FH formed at the exit of the numbering machine 4, that is to say the last numbered sheet of banknotes of this stack, in the event that this stack FH has no misprints.
  • N 12
  • these security prints are arranged in four rows r1 to r4 and in three columns s1 to s3, the rows being transverse to the transport direction of the sheets in the numbering machine and the Extend columns in the direction of transport.
  • the numbering units of the numbering machine 4 are programmed in such a way that the security impressions in the position r1, s1, i.e. the security impressions in the first row and in the first column of all 100 consecutive sheets, the numbers 0001 to 0100, that in the security position r1, s2 received security prints the subsequent number sequence 0101 to 0200 etc.
  • the number sequence 0301 to 0400 of the security impressions in position r2, s1, etc. follows the number 0300 of the last numbered security print in position r1, s3, etc.
  • the numbering example described above with reference to FIG. 1a thus relates to the case where there are no misprints.
  • s3 des top sheet of the sheet stack is equal to 1200 minus the number of misprints available.
  • FIG. 3 schematically illustrates some of the stacks of notes W that have arisen from the first numbered stack FH in the event that the first stack of notes W (rl, s1) corresponding to the note position r1, s1 is a misprint X, the second, corresponding to the note positions r1, s2 W (r1, s2) contains two misprints X and the third stack of notes W (r1, s3) corresponding to the bill position r1, s3 contains a misprint X. Therefore, the last, top note of the first lot of notes has the number 0099, the first, bottom note of the second lot of notes has the number 0100, the top note of this second lot has the number 0197, and the top note of the third lot has the number 0296.
  • the misprints X are provided with a cancellation cross in FIG. Corresponding changes in numbering result for the remaining stacks of notes W, which may also contain misprints.
  • the 100 sheets of a sheet sequence are numbered in such a way that, after cutting, the stack of notes of value put on top of one another forms a coherent sequence of numbers, the incorrect notes of value being skipped during the numbering.
  • the numbering units of the numbering machine 4 are programmed in such a way that, taking into account the later cuts and the transport sequence of the strip stacks S and the stack of notes W, the number sequence of the notes of value in a stack of notes on the transport route 8 is exactly the continuation of the number sequence of the notes of the preceding one Value stack.
  • the stack of notes of value W leaving the cutting unit 7 arrive from the transport path 8 into a separating and bundling device 9, into which the notes of successive stack of notes of value are entered in the correct sequence of numbers.
  • this device 9 all misprints X are separated out and then 100 consecutive perfect banknotes are combined to form a new banknote WB.
  • Devices of this type are known in which the notes of value of a stack are separated, misprints are separated out and then bundles of notes of value are formed again.
  • the bundles WB are provided with a band in a banding station 10 and then transported in the direction of the arrow to a packaging station 11. In this station 11, 10 consecutive bundled bundles of notes WB are packed into packs P which contain 1000 consecutively numbered notes.
  • the bundles of notes WB at the exit of the device 9 do not correspond to the stacks of notes W in front of the device 9; the numbers missing in the presence of misprints in a stack of notes W are taken from the subsequent stack of notes W in the device 9 in order to form new bundles WB with a continuous sequence of hundreds.
  • the separation in the device 9 is controlled, as shown schematically in FIG. 2, by the computer 3, in which the distribution of the misprints is stored on each note sheet. For control purposes, a properly performed separation is reported back to the computer 3.
  • the rejection can also be carried out with the aid of a reader which responds to this marking.
  • the numbering units of the numbering machine 4 are switched by the computer 3 before the numbering of the next sheet sequence begins and after storing the misprint distribution within this sheet sequence, so that a seamless transition in the number sequence occurs. If, for example, the last sheet of the first stack FH has received the last number 1189 at the last note position r4, s3 because there were a total of 11 misprints, then the numbering unit, which is the number of the first sheet of the second sheet sequence at the first note position r1 , s1 prints, set to 1190; the other numbering units are set accordingly, taking into account the misprint distribution in the second sheet sequence.
  • the device can be programmed so that at the end of the number series so many additional sheets are numbered that the number series is complete.
  • the number of these sorting and bundling devices can be increased for the purpose of parallel operation.
  • each sheet is divided into several sections and the number of sorting and bundling devices is chosen equal to the number of these sections.
  • the numbering machine must then be programmed so that consecutive numbering is carried out within the same partial area of all sheets, the numbers of different partial areas differing, for example, by different serial letters. Such an example is shown schematically in FIGS. 4, 4a and 5.
  • each note sheet is divided into three sub-areas identified by the series letters A, B and C and, as in the case of the first exemplary embodiment, has 12 security notes which are arranged in four rows r1 to r4 and three columns s1 to s3, the Subareas A, B and C each include one of the three columns.
  • the sheet stacks FH are processed in the cutting mechanism 7 until the value note stacks W are produced, as in the first exemplary embodiment, only each of the partial areas being numbered in itself.
  • the numbering in each sub-area begins with the first number, i.e. with the number 0001, the note position r1, s1 of section A of the first sheet having the number A 0001, the note position r1, s2 of section B of the first sheet having the number B 0001 and the note position r1, s3 of section C having the number C 0001.
  • the number sequences then continue within each sub-area in the rows r2 to r4.
  • FIG. 4a shows the numbers of the last sheet G of the stack FH in the event that there are no misprints.
  • the note position r1, s1 has the number A 0100, the note position r1, s2 the number B 0100 etc., the note position r2, s1 the number A 0200 etc. and finally the note position r4, s3 the number C 0400.
  • the stack of value notes W following the cutting unit 7 according to FIG. 4 on the transport path 8 alternately belong to the subareas A, B and C.
  • 9B and 9C are transported and then processed in parallel in these devices at the same time, that is to say all the misprints are removed, the rejection being in turn controlled by the computer, and then 100 consecutive perfect banknotes with a complete number sequence are combined into bundles WB, which are surrounded in the three banding stations 10 with a band.
  • Each banding station is followed by a collecting station 13, in which ten banded bundles are combined to form a stack of ten bundles.
  • bundle stacks BS are created which contain a consecutive thousand numbering of one of the former subareas A, B and C. All bundle stacks BS arrive via a common transport path 14 to a packaging station 11, in which the bundle stacks are banded and packed into packages P with 1000 consecutively numbered notes.
  • the numbering method described above can, of course, also be used with advantage if only sheets of banknotes with perfect security prints are processed, that is to say if all sheets having misprints have already been removed from the sequences of H sheets which are fed to the numbering machine 4. Then the processing of these note sheets into note packets takes place, using a numbering machine with freely programmable and correspondingly controlled numbering mechanisms, in exactly the same way as described previously with reference to FIG. 1, with the only exception that the separating and bundling device 9 is omitted. In this case, the notes of value of all the stacks of notes W leaving the cutting unit 7 in succession are numbered consecutively within each stack and the notes of value of successive stacks of notes W have a consecutive number sequence.
  • value note stacks W can then be banded directly into bundles of value notes by means of a banding machine 10, in which case a value note stack W and a value note bundle WB are identical.
  • the device then corresponds exactly the device according to FIG. 1, but omitting the separating and bundling device 9.
  • sequences are processed with 100 sheets of coupons each, so that H is 100.
  • the value stack W and thus the bundled value bundle WB of course each have 100 notes.
  • sequences with a different number of sheets can also be processed, provided that the cutting units 6 and 7 permit the cutting of stacks with such a number of sheets or strips. This applies both in the event that misprints have to be discarded and in the event that the processed note sheets contain no misprints. If, in the latter case, the sequences of sheets to be processed have a number different from 100, for example 200 or 250 sheets each, the bundled bundles of notes of course have the same number of notes.
  • the invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiments described, in particular not to the described arrangements of the transport routes and cutting units, but allows multiple variants, especially with regard to the possible arrangement and number of subareas into which the value sheets can be divided for numbering purposes. and the corresponding number of rejecting and bundling devices in the presence of misprints.

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A series of H banknote sheets, for example 100 sheets, is first checked for misprints and the banknote positions of each sheet which have misprints are stored in a computer. The sheets of this series then pass a numbering machine (4) having freely programmable numbering units which are controlled by the computer. Numbering takes place in such a way that all the perfect banknote prints within the sheet series, excluding the misprints, acquire a continuous number sequence, the number sequence of H banknotes in one and the same banknote position being a continuation of the number sequence of the H banknotes in an adjacent banknote position. The next series of H sheets acquires the consecutive number sequence. After numbering, sheet stacks (FH), each with H sheets, are formed, these stacks are cut into banknote stacks (W), and these banknote stacks, ordered according to consecutive numbering, are fed to a separating-out and bundling device (9), in which the misprints are removed and, in each case, H successive perfect banknotes are combined to form a bundle (WB) having a complete number sequnce. Ten bundles in each case are packaged into a banknote package (P). <IMAGE>

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf ein Verfahren zum Verarbeiten von Wertscheinbogen mit einer festen Anzahl N von Wertscheindrucken zu Wertscheinbündeln und Wertscheinpaketen aus numerierten Einzelwertscheinen mit jeweils kompletter Nummernsequenz, gemäss dem Oberbegriff der Ansprüche 1 und 3 und dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 6, sowie auf Vorrichtungen zur Durchführung des Verfahrens.The invention relates to a method for processing banknotes with a fixed number N of banknotes to bundles of banknotes and bundles of banknotes from numbered individual banknotes, each with a complete sequence of numbers, according to the preamble of claims 1 and 3 and the preamble of claim 6, and to devices for carrying them out of the procedure.

Verfahren und Vorrichtungen dieser Art sind aus der EP-A-0 167 196 bekannt, wobei die Verarbeitung der Wertscheinbogen gemäss dem Oberbegriff der Ansprüche 1 und 3 den eigentlichen Gegenstand dieser Druckschrift bildet, während die Verarbeitungsvariante gemäss dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 6 als Stand der Technik auf Seite 4 dieser Druckschrift, im zweiten Absatz, unter Hinweis auf die Numerierungsmethode gemäss der US 3,939,621 erwähnt wird.Methods and devices of this type are known from EP-A-0 167 196, the processing of the note sheets according to the preamble of claims 1 and 3 forming the actual subject of this document, while the processing variant according to the preamble of claim 6 is prior art on page 4 of this document, in the second paragraph, with reference to the numbering method according to US 3,939,621.

Im ersterwähnten Falle werden die Bogen nacheinander in einer Numeriermaschine so numeriert, dass alle Wertscheindrucke, welche in Transportrichtung hintereinander in einer bestimmten Spalte oder Längsreihe eines Bogens liegen, fortlaufende Nummern erhalten und sich diese Nummernfolge auf den Wertscheindrucken derselben Spalten der folgenden Bogen fortsetzt. Diese fortlaufende Numerierung wird bis zur Fertigstellung eines geschlossenen Nummernkreises fortgesetzt, der im allgemeinen eine Million numerierte Wertscheine einer bestimmten Serie umfasst. Gemäss dem bekannten Verfahren werden zur fortlaufenden Numerierung insbesondere Numerierwerke mit unabhängig voneinander durch elektrische Signale schaltbaren Ziffernrollen, sogenannte frei programmierbare Numerierwerke verwendet, die bei der Numerierung in Abhängigkeit von der bekannten Verteilung der Fehldrucke auf den einzelnen Wertscheinbogen einen Fehldruck überspringen, welcher stattdessen vorzugsweise mit einem Entwertungsaufdruck versehen wird. Die die Numeriermaschine verlassenden numerierten Wertscheinbogen werden einzeln in Wertscheine geschnitten; aus der Folge dieser Einzelwertscheine werden die Fehldrucke entfernt, und die verbliebenen einwandfreien, fortlaufend numerierten Wertscheine werden dann gesammelt und zu Bündeln mit jeweils kompletter Nummernsequenz zusammengefasst.In the former case, the Sheets are numbered one after the other in a numbering machine in such a way that all security impressions which lie in succession in a particular column or longitudinal row of an arc in the transport direction receive consecutive numbers and this number sequence is continued on the security impressions of the same columns of the following sheets. This sequential numbering continues until a closed number range is completed, which generally comprises one million numbered notes of a certain series. According to the known method, for numbering in particular numbering units with digit rolls which can be switched independently by electrical signals, so-called freely programmable numbering units are used, which when numbering skip an incorrect printing depending on the known distribution of the misprints on the individual note sheets, which instead is preferably with a Cancellation stamp is provided. The numbered sheets of note leaving the numbering machine are cut individually into notes of value; the misprints are removed from the sequence of these individual value notes, and the remaining perfect, consecutively numbered value notes are then collected and combined into bundles with a complete number sequence.

Nach einem anderen bekannten Verfahren zum Verarbeiten von Wertscheinbogen (US-A-3 939 621) wird die Numerierung so durchgeführt, dass jeweils alle Wertscheindrucke, welche die gleiche Position auf aufeinanderfolgenden Bogen haben, das heisst in derselben Querreihe und derselben Spalte liegen, fortlaufende Nummern erhalten, und zwar ohne Rücksicht auf Fehldrucke, welche ebenfalls numeriert werden und zwecks späterer Aussonderung zuvor mit einer Markierung versehen wurden. Am Ausgang der Numeriermaschine werden Bogenstapel mit im allgemeinen 100 Bogen gebildet, welche dann stapelweise in Wertscheinbündel geschnitten werden. Aus diesen Wertscheinbündeln müssen nunmehr die Fehldrucke entfernt und durch einwandfreie Wertscheine ersetzt werden, welche entweder die Nummer einer Sonderserie tragen oder zuvor in einem Wertschein-Numeriergerät mit der Nummer des ausgesonderten Fehldrucks versehen wurden.According to another known method for processing note sheets (US-A-3 939 621), the numbering is carried out in such a way that all security notes which have the same position on successive sheets, that is to say in the same transverse row and the same column, are consecutive numbers received, regardless of misprints, which are also numbered and previously marked for later disposal. At the exit of the numbering machine, stacks of sheets with generally 100 sheets are formed, which are then cut into bundles of notes in stacks. The misprints must now be removed from these bundles of vouchers and replaced with perfect vouchers, which either have the number of a special series or have previously been numbered in a voucher numbering device with the number of the misprints.

Nach diesem bekannten Verfahren setzt sich die fortlaufende Numerierung aller Wertscheindrucke, welche die gleiche Position auf aufeinanderfolgenden Bogen haben, für eine so grosse Anzahl von Bogen fort, wie fortlaufende Nummern einer bestimmten Nummernserie vorgesehen sind. Die fortlaufende Numerierung aller Wertscheindrucke in einer benachbarten oder anderen Wertscheinposition dieser aufeinanderfolgenden Bogen gehört zu einer anderen Nummernserie. Daher ist die Nummernfolge in einem nach dem Schneiden der Bogenstapel anfallenden Wertscheinbündel nicht die Fortsetzung der Nummernfolge des vorangehenden Wertscheinbündels, da die sich in aufeinanderfolgenden Bündeln befindlichen Wertscheine zu unterschiedlichen Nummernserien gehören. Deshalb müssen die nach dem Schneiden der Wertscheinbogen nacheinander anfallenden Wertscheinbündel nach ihrer Banderolierung zur weiteren Verpackung mit Hilfe von rotierenden Magazintrommeln derart umsortiert werden, dass alle nach dem Sortieren in einem Paket aus mehreren Bündeln zusammengefassten Wertscheine eine fortlaufende Numerierung innerhalb der gleichen Serie aufweisen.According to this known method, the consecutive numbering of all security impressions which have the same position on successive sheets is continued for as large a number of sheets as consecutive numbers of a certain number series are provided. The consecutive numbering of all security impressions in a neighboring or other value position of these successive sheets belongs to another series of numbers. Therefore, the sequence of numbers in a bundle of notes after the sheet stacks are cut is not the continuation of the sequence of numbers of the preceding bundle of notes, since the banknotes in successive bundles belong to different series of numbers. For this reason, the bundles of banknotes that arise one after the other after cutting the banknotes must be their banding for further packaging with the help of rotating magazine drums are sorted in such a way that after sorting, all the notes of value combined in a package of several bundles have a consecutive numbering within the same series.

Die gleiche Numerierungs-Methode, wie sie der US-A-3,939,621 zu entnehmen ist, liegt auch einem ähnlichen Verarbeitungsverfahren von Wertscheinbogen zugrunde, welches aus der EP-A-72056 bekannt ist. Man kann davon ausgehen, dass gemäss diesem Verfahren nur Wertscheinbogen mit einwandfreien Wertscheindrucken der Numeriermaschine zugeführt werden, weil eine Entfernung von Fehldrucken nach dem Schneiden der Bogenstapel nicht vorgesehen ist. Aufgrund der erwähnten Numerierungsmethode müssen jedoch die nacheinander nach dem Schneiden anfallenden Wertscheinbündel wiederum mit Hilfe von rotierenden Magazintrommeln umsortiert werden, damit eine Folge von Wertscheinbündeln mit von Wertscheinbündel zu Wertscheinbündel fortlaufender Numerierung erhalten wird.The same numbering method, as can be seen in US-A-3,939,621, is also based on a similar processing method for note sheets, which is known from EP-A-72056. It can be assumed that, according to this method, only sheets of paper with perfect banknotes are fed to the numbering machine because it is not intended to remove misprints after the sheet stacks have been cut. However, due to the numbering method mentioned, the bundles of notes that occur one after the other have to be sorted again with the help of rotating magazine drums, so that a sequence of banknotes with numbering consecutively from banknote to banknote is obtained.

Der vorliegenden Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, die vorstehend beschriebenen bekannten Verfahren zu beschleunigen, indem sowohl das zeitraubende Schneiden einzelner Wertscheinbogen, wie es gemäss der EP-B-0 167 196 erforderlich ist, entfällt, als auch das Zusammenfassen der einwandfreien Wertscheine zu Wertscheinbündeln und Paketen mit kompletter Nummernfolge gegenüber dem Verfahren nach der EP-A-0 072 056 erleichtert wird. Ferner sollen Vorrichtungen zur Durchführung des Verfahrens geschaffen werden.The object of the present invention is to accelerate the known methods described above, by eliminating both the time-consuming cutting of individual note sheets, as required by EP-B-0 167 196, and the combination of the perfect notes into bundles of notes and Packets with a complete sequence of numbers compared to the method according to EP-A-0 072 056 is facilitated. Furthermore, devices for carrying out the method are to be created.

Diese Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäss für den Fall, dass die der Numeriermaschine zugeführten Wertscheinbogen Fehldrucke haben können, durch die im kennzeichnenden Teil des Anspruchs 1 bzw. 3 angegebenen Merkmale und für den Fall, dass der Numeriermaschine nur Wertscheinbogen mit einwandfreien Wertscheindrucken zugeführt werden, durch die im kennzeichnenden Teil des Anspruchs 6 angegebenen Merkmale gelöst. Die zur Durchführung des Verfahrens dienenden Vorrichtungen sind in den Ansprüchen 7 und 8 angegeben.This object is achieved according to the invention in the event that the coupon sheets supplied to the numbering machine can have misprints, by the features specified in the characterizing part of claims 1 and 3 and for the case that the coupon sheet is only supplied with coupons with perfect security impressions by which the characterizing part of claim 6 specified features. The devices used to carry out the method are specified in claims 7 and 8.

Aufgrund der neuartigen Numerierungsweise ermöglicht es das Verfahren nach der Erfindung, die die Numeriermachine verlassenden Wertscheinbogen in herkömmlicher Weise zu stapeln, dann diese Bogenstapel in Wertscheinstapel zu schneiden und die Fehldrucke aus diesen Wertscheinstapeln zu entfernen, so dass die verbleibenden einwandfreien Wertscheine direkt eine Folge von Wertscheinen mit fortlaufender Numerierung bilden und einfach zu Bündeln zusammengefasst werden können; dabei weisen alle Wertscheine nicht nur innerhalb eines Bündels, sondern auch in aufeinanderfolgenden Bündeln eine fortlaufende Nummernsequenz auf. Da nicht mehr einzelne Bogen geschnitten und die entstehenden Einzelwertscheine gesammelt zu werden brauchen und bei der Bildung der Wertscheinpakete keine Sortierung von Wertscheinbündeln aus verschiedenen Bogenstapeln erforderlich ist, wird die Verarbeitung der Wertscheinbogen gemäss dem Verfahren nach der Erfindung beschleunigt und vereinfacht.Because of the novel way of numbering, the method according to the invention makes it possible to stack the sheets of notes leaving the numbering machine in a conventional manner, then to cut these sheet stacks into sheets of notes and to remove the misprints from these sheets of notes so that the remaining perfect notes of value are a direct result of notes of value form with consecutive numbering and can be easily combined into bundles; All of the notes of value have a consecutive number sequence not only within a bundle, but also in successive bundles. Since it is no longer necessary to cut individual sheets and the resulting individual value notes need to be collected and no sorting of value note bundles from different sheet stacks is necessary when forming the value note packages, the processing of the value note sheets according to the method according to the invention is accelerated and simplified.

Zweckmässige Durchführungsformen des Verfahrens nach der Erfindung ergeben sich aus den abhängigen Ansprüchen.Appropriate embodiments of the method according to the invention result from the dependent claims.

Die Erfindung wird anhand der Zeichnungen an zwei Ausführungsbeispielen näher erläutert. Es zeigen:

  • Figur 1 in schematischer Darstellung eine Vorrichtung zur Durchführung des Verfahrens nach der Erfindung,
  • Figur 1a den letzten Bogen eines numerierten Bogenstapels mit numerierten Wertscheinpositionen,
  • Figur 2 ein vereinfachtes Blockschaltbild der Steuerung der Vorrichtung nach Figur 1,
  • Figur 3 eine schematische Darstellung von numerierten Wertscheinstapeln, die aus einem Bogenstapel stammen,
  • Figur 4 eine der Figur 1 entsprechende Darstellung einer Vorrichtung zur Durchführung einer zweiten Ausführungsform des Verfahrens nach der Erfindung,
  • Figur 4a den letzten Bogen eines numerierten Bogenstapels mit numerierten Wertscheinpositionen im Falle der Vorrichtung nach Figur 4, und
  • Figur 5 eine schematische Darstellung von numerierten Wertscheinstapeln, die aus einem Bogenstapel stammen, welcher mit einer Vorrichtung nach Figur 4 verarbeitet wurde.
The invention is explained in more detail with reference to the drawings using two exemplary embodiments. Show it:
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of an apparatus for carrying out the method according to the invention,
  • FIG. 1a the last sheet of a numbered sheet stack with numbered note positions,
  • FIG. 2 shows a simplified block diagram of the control of the device according to FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 3 shows a schematic illustration of numbered stacks of notes of value which originate from a sheet stack,
  • FIG. 4 shows a representation corresponding to FIG. 1 of a device for carrying out a second embodiment of the method according to the invention,
  • 4a shows the last sheet of a numbered sheet stack with numbered note positions in the case of the device according to FIG. 4, and
  • FIG. 5 shows a schematic illustration of numbered stacks of notes of value that originate from a sheet stack that was processed with a device according to FIG. 4.

Nach Figur 1 wird von einem Bogenstapel F ausgegangen, der auf einem Anlegetisch 1 vor der Numeriermaschine 4 angeordnet wird und welcher eine Folge von wenigstens H Wertscheinbogen aufweist. Jeder Wertscheinbogen ist mit einer festen Anzahl von N Wertscheindrucken bedruckt, die matrizenförmig in Querreihen, im folgenden Reihen genannt, und in Längsreihen, im folgenden Spalten genannt, angeordnet sind. Es werden nacheinander Folgen mit jeweils der gleichen festen Anzahl H von Wertscheinbogen verarbeitet, wobei beispielsweise diese Zahl H zu 100 gewählt wird, wie im betrachteten Beispiel angenommen.According to FIG. 1, a sheet stack F is assumed, which is arranged on a feed table 1 in front of the numbering machine 4 and which has a sequence of at least H sheets of note. Each note sheet is printed with a fixed number of N security impressions, which are arranged in the form of a matrix in transverse rows, hereinafter referred to as rows, and in longitudinal rows, hereinafter referred to as columns. Sequences are processed one after the other, each with the same fixed number H of note slips, for example this number H being chosen to be 100, as assumed in the example considered.

Da am Ausgang der Numeriermaschine 4 sukzessive Bogenstapel FH mit jeweils H numerierten Wertscheinbogen gebildet werden und jeder Stapel FH in Schneidwerken zu Bündelstapeln geschnitten werden muss, wie später erläutert, richtet sich die maximal zulässige Anzahl H einer Bogenfolge nach der Schnittleistung der Schneidwerke und kann dementsprechend auch grösser als 100 gewählt werden, um die Verarbeitung zu beschleunigen.Since 4 sheet stacks FH are successively formed at the output of the numbering machine, each with H numbered sheets of note and each stack FH has to be cut into bundle stacks in cutting units, as explained later, the maximum permissible number H of a sheet sequence depends on the cutting performance of the cutting units and can accordingly greater than 100 can be selected to speed up processing.

Die Anzahl der auf dem Anlegetisch 1 gestapelten Wertscheinbogen sollte um so viel grösser als H sein, dass der zu numerierende Stapel stets ausreichend gross ist, um ohne Unterbrechung sukzessive eine Bogenfolge nach der anderen zu verarbeiten.The number of sheets of banknotes stacked on feed table 1 should be so much larger than H that the stack to be numbered is always large enough to process one sheet sequence at a time without interruption.

Bevor mit der Numerierung einer Folge von H Bogen, also im betrachteten Beispiel 100 Bogen, begonnen wird, muss jeder Wertscheinbogen dieser Folge auf Fehldrucke kontrolliert, die Verteilung dieser Fehldrucke auf jedem Bogen ermittelt und diese Fehldruckverteilung in einem Rechner gespeichert werden. Mit Hilfe dieses Rechners wird die Numeriermaschine gesteuert, die unabhängig voneinander steuerbare bzw. frei programmierbare Numerierwerke hat.Before the numbering of a sequence of H sheets, i.e. 100 sheets in the example considered, is started, each sheet of notes in this sequence must be checked for misprints, the distribution of these misprints on each sheet determined and this misprint distribution stored in a computer. With the help of this computer, the numbering machine is controlled, which has independently controllable or freely programmable numbering units.

Das Erkennen von Fehldrucken kann entweder automatisch mit Hilfe einer elektronischen Qualitätskontrolle durchgeführt werden, deren Lesegerät die Wertscheinpositionen der erkannten Fehldrucke im Rechner speichert, oder aber es wird eine visuelle Qualitätskontrolle durchgeführt, bei welcher die erkannten Fehldrucke mit einer Markierung versehen werden; die Bogen passieren dann ein Lesegerät, welches diese Markierungen liest und die betreffenden Wertscheinpositionen im Rechner speichert.The detection of misprints can either be carried out automatically with the aid of an electronic quality control, the reader of which stores the value note positions of the recognized misprints in the computer, or a visual quality control is carried out, in which the detected misprints are provided with a marking; the sheets then pass through a reader which reads these markings and stores the relevant note positions in the computer.

In jedem Falle ist es also erforderlich, dass die Verteilung der Fehldrucke innerhalb der Folge von H Bogen, das heisst im betrachteten Beispiel also von 100 Bogen, vor Beginn der Numerierung bekannt ist. Im Blockschaltbild nach Figur 2 ist schematisch dargestellt, dass die in einer Qualitätskontrollstation Q für jeden Bogen ermittelten Wertscheinpositionen der Fehldrucke in den Rechner 3 eingegeben werden, der diese Positionen speichert und später die Numeriermaschine 4 steuert. Ferner steuert die Station Q eine Markierungsvorrichtung M, welche jeden Bogen mit einer Identifizierungsmarke, zum Beispiel einem Strichcode, versieht. Gegebenenfalls kann ausserdem noch eine Markierung der Fehldrucke mit einem Entwertungsaufdruck vorgesehen sein, wobei diese Fehldruckmarkierungen zweckmässigerweise ebenfalls durch die Station Q gesteuert wird.In any case, it is necessary that the distribution of the misprints within the sequence of H sheets, i.e. 100 sheets in the example under consideration, is known before the numbering begins. The block diagram according to FIG. 2 shows schematically that the value note positions of the misprints determined for each sheet in a quality control station Q are entered into the computer 3, which stores these positions and later controls the numbering machine 4. Furthermore, the station Q controls a marking device M, which each sheet with a Identification mark, for example a bar code. Optionally, a marking of the misprints with a cancellation stamp can also be provided, whereby this misprint marking is also expediently controlled by the station Q.

Zur Verarbeitung werden die Bogen zunächst zur Kontrolle an einem Lesegerät 2 vorbeigeführt, welches die Identifizierungsmarken liest, so dass die Zugehörigkeit der Bogen zu der im Rechner 3 gespeicherten Information über die Fehldrucke vor dem Numerieren nochmals überprüft werden kann. Anschliessend durchlaufen die Bogen die Numeriermaschine 4. Die Numerierwerke sind, vom Rechner 3 gesteuert, derart programmiert, dass Fehldrucke von der Numerierung ausgeschlossen, das heisst übersprungen werden und dass die 100 Bogen der Folge F derart numeriert werden, dass alle N x H, also im betrachteten Beispiel N x 100 Wertscheine dieser Folge eine fortlaufende Nummernsequenz erhalten. Alle Wertscheindrucke, die auf aufeinanderfolgenden Bogen die gleiche Wertscheinposition haben, werden jeweils fortlaufend numeriert, und die Nummernfolge von 100 Wertscheinen in ein und derselben Wertscheinposition ist die Fortsetzung der Nummernfolge der 100 Wertscheine in einer benachbarten Wertscheinposition bzw. der Wertscheinposition einer benachbarten Reihe oder Spalte. Ein Numerierungsbeispiel wird später erläutert.For processing, the sheets are first passed for checking to a reading device 2 which reads the identification marks, so that the sheet's association with the information about the misprints stored in the computer 3 can be checked again before numbering. The sheets then pass through the numbering machine 4. The numbering units, controlled by the computer 3, are programmed in such a way that misprints are excluded from the numbering, that is to say skipped, and the 100 sheets of the sequence F are numbered in such a way that all N x H, ie in the example considered, N x 100 notes of this sequence receive a consecutive number sequence. All vouchers that have the same note position on consecutive sheets are numbered consecutively, and the number sequence of 100 notes in one and the same note position is the continuation of the number sequence of the 100 notes in a neighboring note position or the note position of a neighboring row or column. A numbering example will be explained later.

Am Ausgang der Numeriermaschine gelangen die Bogen auf eine Stapelablage 5, wo die 100 Bogen der Folge aus dem Stapel F erneut zu einem Bogenstapel FH übereinandergelegt werden. Diese Stapel FH werden im Sinne der Pfeile nach Figur 1 einem Streifenschneidwerk 6 zugeführt und in Streifenstapel S geschnitten. Diese Streifenstapel gelangen im Sinne der Pfeile zu einem weiteren Schneidwerk 7, in welchem die Streifenstapel S in Wertscheinstapel W geschnitten werden. Diese Wertscheinstapel mit je 100 Wertscheinen enthalten fortlaufend numerierte einwandfreie Wertscheine und gegebenenfalls unnumerierte Fehldrucke und werden auf der Transportstrecke 8 vorgeschoben.At the exit of the numbering machine, the sheets arrive at a stacking tray 5, where the 100 sheets of the sequence from stack F are stacked again to form a sheet stack FH. These stacks FH are fed to a strip cutter 6 in the sense of the arrows according to FIG. 1 and cut into strip stack S. These stack of strips reach one in the direction of the arrows further cutting unit 7, in which the stack of strips S are cut into stack of notes W. These stacks of notes with 100 notes each contain consecutively numbered perfect notes and possibly unnumbered misprints and are advanced on the transport route 8.

Für das betrachtete Beispiel soll die Numerierung der ersten Bogenfolge an Hand der Figuren 1a und 3 näher erläutert werden. Figur 1a zeigt den obersten Wertscheinbogen G des am Ausgang der Numeriermaschine 4 gebildeten, vollständig numerierten Bogenstapels FH, also den zuletzt numerierten Wertscheinbogen dieses Stapels, und zwar für den Fall, dass dieser Stapel FH keine Fehldrucke hat. Im betrachteten Beispiel ist angenommen, dass die Anzahl der Wertscheindrucke je Bogen N=12 beträgt und diese Wertscheindrucke in vier Reihen r1 bis r4 und in drei Spalten s1 bis s3 angeordnet sind, wobei sich die Reihen quer zur Transportrichtung der Bogen in der Numeriermaschine und die Spalten in Transportrichtung erstrecken.For the example under consideration, the numbering of the first sequence of sheets will be explained in more detail with reference to FIGS. 1a and 3. FIG. 1a shows the uppermost sheet of banknotes G of the completely numbered sheet stack FH formed at the exit of the numbering machine 4, that is to say the last numbered sheet of banknotes of this stack, in the event that this stack FH has no misprints. In the example considered, it is assumed that the number of security prints per sheet is N = 12 and that these security prints are arranged in four rows r1 to r4 and in three columns s1 to s3, the rows being transverse to the transport direction of the sheets in the numbering machine and the Extend columns in the direction of transport.

Die Numerierwerke der Numeriermaschine 4 sind so programmiert, dass die Wertscheindrucke in der Position r1, s1, also die in der ersten Reihe und in der ersten Spalte liegenden Wertscheindrucke aller 100 aufeinanderfolgender Bogen, die Nummern 0001 bis 0100, die in der Wertscheinposition r1, s2 liegenden Wertscheindrucke die anschliessende Nummernfolge 0101 bis 0200 usw. erhalten. An die Nummer 0300 des zuletzt numerierten Wertscheindrucks in der Position r1, s3 schliesst sich die Nummerfolge 0301 bis 0400 der Wertscheindrucke in der Position r2, s1 an, usw. Die Wertscheindrucke in der Position r4, s3 schliesslich erhalten die Nummerfolge 1101 bis 1200. Auf diese Weise sind also alle 12x100=1200 Wertscheindrucke des ersten Bogenstapels FH fortlaufend von 0001 bis 1200 numeriert, und die nach dem Schneiden resultierende Folge von Wertscheinpaketen W auf der Transportstrecke 8 ist, wenn keine Fehldrucke vorhanden sind, gemäss dieser Nummernsequenz 1 bis 1200 geordnet. Das vorstehend anhand der Figur 1a beschriebene Numerierungsbeispiel betrifft also den Fall, dass keine Fehldrucke vorhanden sind.The numbering units of the numbering machine 4 are programmed in such a way that the security impressions in the position r1, s1, i.e. the security impressions in the first row and in the first column of all 100 consecutive sheets, the numbers 0001 to 0100, that in the security position r1, s2 received security prints the subsequent number sequence 0101 to 0200 etc. The number sequence 0301 to 0400 of the security impressions in position r2, s1, etc. follows the number 0300 of the last numbered security print in position r1, s3, etc. Finally, the security prints in position r4, s3 are given the number sequence 1101 to 1200 in this way, all 12x100 = 1200 security prints of the first sheet stack FH are numbered consecutively from 0001 to 1200, and the sequence of value note packets W resulting after the cutting on the transport route 8, if there are no misprints, is arranged according to this sequence of numbers 1 to 1200. The numbering example described above with reference to FIG. 1a thus relates to the case where there are no misprints.

Wenn Fehldrucke auftreten, die bei der Numerierung übersprungen werden, dann verringern sich natürlich die Nummernwerte auf dem letzten Bogen des numerierten Stapels FH entsprechend der Anzahl der Fehldrucke, die in den einzelnen Wertscheinpositionen aufgetreten sind, und die letzte Nummer in der Wertscheinposition r4, s3 des obersten Bogens des Bogenstapels ist gleich 1200 minus der Anzahl der vorhandenen Fehldrucke.If misprints occur that are skipped during numbering, the number values on the last sheet of the numbered stack FH naturally decrease in accordance with the number of misprints that have occurred in the individual bill positions and the last number in the bill position r4, s3 des top sheet of the sheet stack is equal to 1200 minus the number of misprints available.

Figur 3 veranschaulicht schematisch einige der aus dem ersten numerierten Stapel FH entstandenen Wertscheinstapel W für den Fall, dass der erste, der Wertscheinposition r1, s1 entsprechende Wertscheinstapel W(rl, sl) einen Fehldruck X, der zweite, der Wertscheinposition r1, s2 entsprechende Wertscheinstapel W(r1, s2) zwei Fehldrucke X und der dritte, der Wertscheinposition r1, s3 entsprechende Wertscheinstapel W(r1, s3) einen Fehldruck X enthält. Daher hat der letzte, oberste Wertschein des ersten Wertscheinstapels die Nummer 0099, der erste, unterste Wertschein des zweiten Wertscheinstapels die Nummer 0100, der oberste Wertschein dieses zweiten Stapels die Nummer 0197, und der oberste Wertschein des dritten Stapels die Nummer 0296. Die Fehldrucke X sind in Figur 3 mit einem Entwertungskreuz versehen. Entsprechende Numerierungsänderungen ergeben sich für die übrigen Wertscheinstapel W, die ebenfalls Fehldrucke enthalten können.FIG. 3 schematically illustrates some of the stacks of notes W that have arisen from the first numbered stack FH in the event that the first stack of notes W (rl, s1) corresponding to the note position r1, s1 is a misprint X, the second, corresponding to the note positions r1, s2 W (r1, s2) contains two misprints X and the third stack of notes W (r1, s3) corresponding to the bill position r1, s3 contains a misprint X. Therefore, the last, top note of the first lot of notes has the number 0099, the first, bottom note of the second lot of notes has the number 0100, the top note of this second lot has the number 0197, and the top note of the third lot has the number 0296. The misprints X are provided with a cancellation cross in FIG. Corresponding changes in numbering result for the remaining stacks of notes W, which may also contain misprints.

Mit anderen Worten erfolgt die Numerierung der 100 Bogen einer Bogenfolge derart, dass nach dem Schneiden die Wertscheinstapel aufeinandergelegt eine zusammenhängende Nummernsequenz bilden, wobei die fehlerhaften Wertscheine bei der Numerierung übersprungen wurden.In other words, the 100 sheets of a sheet sequence are numbered in such a way that, after cutting, the stack of notes of value put on top of one another forms a coherent sequence of numbers, the incorrect notes of value being skipped during the numbering.

Kurz gesagt werden also die Numerierwerke der Numeriermaschine 4 so programmiert, dass, unter Berücksichtigung der späteren Schnitte sowie der Transportfolge der Streifenstapel S und der Wertscheinstapel W, die Nummernfolge der Wertscheine in einem Wertscheinstapel auf der Transportstrecke 8 genau die Fortsetzung der Nummernfolge der Wertscheine des vorangehenden Wertscheinstapels ist.In short, the numbering units of the numbering machine 4 are programmed in such a way that, taking into account the later cuts and the transport sequence of the strip stacks S and the stack of notes W, the number sequence of the notes of value in a stack of notes on the transport route 8 is exactly the continuation of the number sequence of the notes of the preceding one Value stack.

Die das Schneidwerk 7 verlassenden Wertscheinstapel W gelangen von der Transportstrecke 8 in eine Aussonderungs- und Bündelungsvorrichtung 9, in welche die Wertscheine aufeinanderfolgender Wertscheinstapel in der korrekten Nummernfolge eingegeben werden. In dieser Vorrichtung 9 werden alle Fehldrucke X ausgesondert und anschliessend jeweils 100 aufeinanderfolgende einwandfreie Wertscheine zu einem neuen Wertscheinbündel WB zusammengefasst. Derartige Vorrichtungen, in denen die Wertscheine eines Stapels vereinzelt, Fehldrucke ausgesondert und danach wieder Wertscheinbündel gebildet werden, sind bekannt.The stack of notes of value W leaving the cutting unit 7 arrive from the transport path 8 into a separating and bundling device 9, into which the notes of successive stack of notes of value are entered in the correct sequence of numbers. In this device 9, all misprints X are separated out and then 100 consecutive perfect banknotes are combined to form a new banknote WB. Devices of this type are known in which the notes of value of a stack are separated, misprints are separated out and then bundles of notes of value are formed again.

Die Bündel WB werden in einer Banderolierstation 10 mit einer Banderole versehen und dann in Pfeilrichtung zu einer Verpackungsstation 11 transportiert. In dieser Station 11 werden jeweils 10 aufeinanderfolgende banderolierte Wertscheinbündel WB zu Paketen P verpackt, die 1000 fortlaufend numerierte Wertscheine enthalten.The bundles WB are provided with a band in a banding station 10 and then transported in the direction of the arrow to a packaging station 11. In this station 11, 10 consecutive bundled bundles of notes WB are packed into packs P which contain 1000 consecutively numbered notes.

Wohlgemerkt entsprechen, bei Vorhandensein von Fehldrucken, die Wertscheinbündel WB am Ausgang der Vorrichtung 9 nicht den Wertscheinstapeln W vor der Vorrichtung 9; die bei Gegenwart von Fehldrucken in einem Wertscheinstapel W fehlenden Nummern werden in der Vorrichtung 9 jeweils dem nachfolgenden Wertscheinstapel W entnommen, um neue Bündel WB mit einer fortlaufenden Hunderter-Sequenz zu bilden.It should be noted that, in the presence of misprints, the bundles of notes WB at the exit of the device 9 do not correspond to the stacks of notes W in front of the device 9; the numbers missing in the presence of misprints in a stack of notes W are taken from the subsequent stack of notes W in the device 9 in order to form new bundles WB with a continuous sequence of hundreds.

Die Steuerung der Aussonderung in der Vorrichtung 9 erfolgt, wie schematisch in Figur 2 gezeigt, durch den Rechner 3, in dem die Verteilung der Fehldrucke auf jedem Wertscheinbogen gespeichert ist. Zu Kontrollzwecken wird eine ordnungsgemäss durchgeführte Aussonderung an den Rechner 3 zurückgemeldet.The separation in the device 9 is controlled, as shown schematically in FIG. 2, by the computer 3, in which the distribution of the misprints is stored on each note sheet. For control purposes, a properly performed separation is reported back to the computer 3.

Wenn die Fehldrucke mit einer Entwertungsmarkierung versehen sind, kann die Aussonderung auch mit Hilfe eines auf diese Markierung ansprechenden Lesegeräts erfolgen.If the misprints are provided with a cancellation marking, the rejection can also be carried out with the aid of a reader which responds to this marking.

Nachdem eine Bogenfolge des Stapels F vollständig numeriert worden ist, werden vor Beginn der Numerierung der nächsten Bogenfolge und nach Speicherung der Fehldruckverteilung innerhalb dieser Bogenfolge die Numerierwerke der Numeriermaschine 4 durch den Rechner 3 so geschaltet, dass ein nahtloser Uebergang in der Nummernfolge entsteht. Wenn zum Beispiel der letzte Bogen des ersten Stapels FH an der letzten Wertscheinposition r4, s3 die letzte Nummer 1189 erhalten hat, weil insgesamt 11 Fehldrucke vorhanden waren, dann wird das Numerierwerk, welches die Nummer des ersten Bogens der zweiten Bogenfolge an der ersten Wertscheinposition r1, s1 druckt, auf 1190 eingestellt; entsprechend werden die anderen Numerierwerke, unter Berücksichtigung der Fehldruckverteilung in der zweiten Bogenfolge, eingestellt.After a sheet sequence of the stack F has been completely numbered, the numbering units of the numbering machine 4 are switched by the computer 3 before the numbering of the next sheet sequence begins and after storing the misprint distribution within this sheet sequence, so that a seamless transition in the number sequence occurs. If, for example, the last sheet of the first stack FH has received the last number 1189 at the last note position r4, s3 because there were a total of 11 misprints, then the numbering unit, which is the number of the first sheet of the second sheet sequence at the first note position r1 , s1 prints, set to 1190; the other numbering units are set accordingly, taking into account the misprint distribution in the second sheet sequence.

Um zum Schluss die fehlenden Wertscheine, die sich aufgrund der Aussonderung von Fehldrucken ergeben, zu ersetzen, kann die Vorrichtung so programmiert werden, dass am Ende der Nummernserie so viele zusätzliche Bogen numeriert werden, dass die Nummernserie komplett ist.In order to finally replace the missing notes of value which result from the removal of misprints, the device can be programmed so that at the end of the number series so many additional sheets are numbered that the number series is complete.

Falls die Sortierleistung einer einzelnen Aussonderungs-und Bündelungsvorrichtung nicht ausreicht, also wesentlich geringer als die Leistung der Numeriermaschine und der Verpackungsvorrichtung ist, kann die Anzahl dieser Aussonderungs- und Bündelungsvorrichtungen zwecks Parallelbetriebs vergrössert werden. Dazu wird jeder Bogen in mehrere Teilbereiche aufgeteilt, und die Anzahl der Sortier- und Bündelungsvorrichtungen wird gleich der Anzahl dieser Teilbereiche gewählt. Die Numeriermaschine muss dann so programmiert werden, dass eine fortlaufende Numerierung innerhalb desselben Teilbereichs aller Bogen durchgeführt wird, wobei sich die Nummern verschiedener Teilbereiche beispielsweise durch verschiedene Serien-Buchstaben unterscheiden. Ein derartiges Beispiel ist schematisch in den Figuren 4, 4a und 5 dargestellt. Danach ist jeder Wertscheinbogen in drei, durch die Serienbuchstaben A, B und C gekennzeichnete Teilbereiche unterteilt und weist, wie im Falle des ersten Ausführungsbeispiels, 12 Wertscheindrucke auf, die in vier Reihen r1 bis r4 und drei Spalten s1 bis s3 angeordnet sind, wobei die Teilbereiche A, B und C jeweils eine der drei Spalten umfassen.If the sorting performance of an individual sorting and bundling device is not sufficient, that is to say substantially less than the performance of the numbering machine and the packaging device, the number of these sorting and bundling devices can be increased for the purpose of parallel operation. For this purpose, each sheet is divided into several sections and the number of sorting and bundling devices is chosen equal to the number of these sections. The numbering machine must then be programmed so that consecutive numbering is carried out within the same partial area of all sheets, the numbers of different partial areas differing, for example, by different serial letters. Such an example is shown schematically in FIGS. 4, 4a and 5. According to this, each note sheet is divided into three sub-areas identified by the series letters A, B and C and, as in the case of the first exemplary embodiment, has 12 security notes which are arranged in four rows r1 to r4 and three columns s1 to s3, the Subareas A, B and C each include one of the three columns.

Die Verarbeitung der Bogenstapel FH erfolgt bis zur Herstellung der Wertscheinstapel W im Schneidwerk 7 wie beim ersten Ausführungsbeispiel, wobei lediglich jeder der Teilbereiche in sich numeriert wird. Im betrachteten Beispiel beginnt die Numerierung in jedem Teilbereich mit der ersten Nummer, also mit der Nummer 0001, wobei die Wertscheinposition r1, s1 des Teilbereichs A des erste Bogens die Nummer A 0001, die Wertscheinposition r1, s2 des Teilbereichs B des ersten Bogens die Nummer B 0001 und die Wertscheinposition r1, s3 des Teilbereichs C die Nummer C 0001 erhält. Die Nummernfolgen setzen sich dann innerhalb jedes Teilbereichs in den Reihen r2 bis r4 fort. Figur 4a zeigt die Nummern des letzten Bogens G des Stapels FH für den Fall, dass keine Fehldrucke vorhanden sind. Dann hat die Wertscheinposition r1, s1 die Nummer A 0100, die Wertscheinposition r1, s2 die Nummer B 0100 usw., die Wertscheinposition r2, s1 die Nummer A 0200 usw. und schliesslich die Wertscheinposition r4, s3 die Nummer C 0400.The sheet stacks FH are processed in the cutting mechanism 7 until the value note stacks W are produced, as in the first exemplary embodiment, only each of the partial areas being numbered in itself. In the example considered, the numbering in each sub-area begins with the first number, i.e. with the number 0001, the note position r1, s1 of section A of the first sheet having the number A 0001, the note position r1, s2 of section B of the first sheet having the number B 0001 and the note position r1, s3 of section C having the number C 0001. The number sequences then continue within each sub-area in the rows r2 to r4. FIG. 4a shows the numbers of the last sheet G of the stack FH in the event that there are no misprints. Then the note position r1, s1 has the number A 0100, the note position r1, s2 the number B 0100 etc., the note position r2, s1 the number A 0200 etc. and finally the note position r4, s3 the number C 0400.

Im Beispiel nach Figur 5 ist angenommen, dass, wie beim ersten Ausführungsbeipiel, innerhalb des Bogenstapels FH an der Wertscheinposition r1, s1 ein Fehldruck X, an der Wertscheinposition r1,s2 zwei Fehldrucke X und an der Wertscheinposition r1, s3 ebenfalls ein Fehldruck X vorhanden sind, so dass der zuletzt numerierte, oberste Bogen in der Reihe r1 die Nummern A 0099, B 0098 und C 0099 erhält.In the example according to FIG. 5, it is assumed that, as in the first exemplary embodiment, one misprint X is present in the sheet stack FH at the bill position r1, s1, two misprints X at the bill position r1, s2 and also one misprint X at the bill position r1, s3 are, so that the last numbered top sheet in row r1 is given the numbers A 0099, B 0098 and C 0099.

Die hinter dem Schneidwerk 7 nach Figur 4 auf der Transportstrecke 8 aufeinanderfolgenden Wertscheinstapel W gehören abwechselnd zu den Teilbereichen A, B und C. Sie werden nach Aenderung der Transportrichtung um 90° auf einer Transportstrecke 12 vor die drei parallel angeordneten Aussonderungs- und Bündelungsvorrichtungen 9A, 9B und 9C transportiert und dann im Parallelbetrieb in diesen Vorrichtungen gleichzeitig verarbeitet, das heisst, es werden alle Fehldrucke entfernt, wobei die Aussonderung wiederum durch den Rechner gesteuert wird, und anschliessend werden je 100 aufeinanderfolgende einwandfreie Wertscheine mit einer kompletten Nummernsequenz zu Bündeln WB zusammengefasst, welche in den drei Banderolierstationen 10 mit einer Banderole umgeben werden. Jeder Banderolierstation ist eine Sammelstation 13 nachgeschaltet, in welcher jeweils zehn banderolierte Bündel zu einem Stapel von zehn Bündeln zusammengefasst werden. Auf diese Weise entstehen Bündelstapel BS, welche eine fortlaufende Tausender-Numerierung eines der ehemaligen Teilbereiche A, B bzw. C enthalten. Alle Bündelstapel BS gelangen über eine gemeinsame Transportstrecke 14 zu einer Verpackungsstation 11, in der die Bündelstapel banderoliert und zu Paketen P mit jeweils 1000 fortlaufend numerierten Wertscheinen verpackt werden.The stack of value notes W following the cutting unit 7 according to FIG. 4 on the transport path 8 alternately belong to the subareas A, B and C. After changing the transport direction by 90 ° on a transport path 12, they are placed in front of the three separating and bundling devices 9A, arranged in parallel. 9B and 9C are transported and then processed in parallel in these devices at the same time, that is to say all the misprints are removed, the rejection being in turn controlled by the computer, and then 100 consecutive perfect banknotes with a complete number sequence are combined into bundles WB, which are surrounded in the three banding stations 10 with a band. Each banding station is followed by a collecting station 13, in which ten banded bundles are combined to form a stack of ten bundles. In this way, bundle stacks BS are created which contain a consecutive thousand numbering of one of the former subareas A, B and C. All bundle stacks BS arrive via a common transport path 14 to a packaging station 11, in which the bundle stacks are banded and packed into packages P with 1000 consecutively numbered notes.

Das vorstehend beschriebene Numerierverfahren lässt sich mit Vorteil natürlich auch dann anwenden, wenn ausschliesslich Wertscheinbogen mit einwandfreien Wertscheindrucken verarbeitet werden, das heisst, wenn aus den Folgen von jeweils H Bogen, welche der Numeriermaschine 4 zugeführt werden, bereits alle Fehldrucke aufweisenden Bogen entfernt worden sind. Dann erfolgt die Verarbeitung dieser Wertscheinbogen zu Wertscheinpaketen, unter Verwendung einer Numeriermaschine mit frei programmierbaren und entsprechend gesteuerten Numerierwerken, in genau der gleichen Weise, wie zuvor an Hand von Figur 1 beschrieben, mit der einzigen Ausnahme, dass die Aussonderungs- und Bündelungsvorrichtung 9 entfällt. In diesem Falle sind die Wertscheine aller das Schneidwerk 7 nacheinander verlassenden Wertscheinstapel W innerhalb jedes Stapels fortlaufend numeriert und die Wertscheine aufeinanderfolgender Wertscheinstapel W weisen eine fortlaufende Nummernsequenz auf. Diese Wertscheinstapel W können dann direkt mittels einer Banderoliermachine 10 zu Wertscheinbündeln banderoliert werden, wobei in diesem Falle ein Wertscheinstapel W und ein Wertscheinbündel WB identisch ist. Die Vorrichtung entspricht also dann genau der Vorrichtung nach Figur 1, jedoch unter Fortlassung der Aussonderungs- und Bündelungsvorrichtung 9.The numbering method described above can, of course, also be used with advantage if only sheets of banknotes with perfect security prints are processed, that is to say if all sheets having misprints have already been removed from the sequences of H sheets which are fed to the numbering machine 4. Then the processing of these note sheets into note packets takes place, using a numbering machine with freely programmable and correspondingly controlled numbering mechanisms, in exactly the same way as described previously with reference to FIG. 1, with the only exception that the separating and bundling device 9 is omitted. In this case, the notes of value of all the stacks of notes W leaving the cutting unit 7 in succession are numbered consecutively within each stack and the notes of value of successive stacks of notes W have a consecutive number sequence. These value note stacks W can then be banded directly into bundles of value notes by means of a banding machine 10, in which case a value note stack W and a value note bundle WB are identical. The device then corresponds exactly the device according to FIG. 1, but omitting the separating and bundling device 9.

Im allgemeinen werden Folgen mit jeweils 100 Wertscheinbogen verarbeitet, sodass also H gleich 100 ist. In diesem Falle haben, bei Abwesenheit von Fehldrucken, die Wertscheinstapel W und damit die banderolierten Wertscheinbündel WB natürlich je 100 Wertscheine.In general, sequences are processed with 100 sheets of coupons each, so that H is 100. In this case, in the absence of misprints, the value stack W and thus the bundled value bundle WB of course each have 100 notes.

Im Prinzip können jedoch auch Folgen mit einer anderen Anzahl von Bogen verarbeitet werden, sofern die Schneidwerke 6 und 7 das Schneiden von Stapeln mit einer derartigen Anzahl von Bogen bzw. Streifen zulassen. Das gilt sowohl für den Fall, dass Fehldrucke ausgesondert werden müssen, als auch für den Fall, dass die verarbeiteten Wertscheinbogen keinerlei Fehldrucke enthalten. Wenn im letzten Falle die zu verarbeitenden Folgen von Bogen eine von 100 verschiedene Anzahl haben, beispielsweise je 200 oder 250 Bogen, dann haben die banderolierten Wertscheinbündel natürlich die gleiche Anzahl von Wertscheinen.In principle, however, sequences with a different number of sheets can also be processed, provided that the cutting units 6 and 7 permit the cutting of stacks with such a number of sheets or strips. This applies both in the event that misprints have to be discarded and in the event that the processed note sheets contain no misprints. If, in the latter case, the sequences of sheets to be processed have a number different from 100, for example 200 or 250 sheets each, the bundled bundles of notes of course have the same number of notes.

Die vereinfachte Version des Verfahrens, für den Fall, dass keine Fehldrucke vorhanden sind, und die diesbezügliche vereinfachte Vorrichtung sind Gegenstand des Verfahrensanspruchs 6 und des Vorrichtungsanspruchs 8.The simplified version of the method, in the event that there are no misprints, and the related simplified device are the subject of method claim 6 and device claim 8.

Die Erfindung ist nicht auf die beschriebenen Ausführungsbeispiele, insbesondere nicht auf die beschriebenen Anordnungen der Transportstrecken und Schneidwerke, beschränkt, sondern lässt manigfache Varianten zu, vor allem auch bezüglich der möglichen Anordnung und Anzahl der Teilbereiche, in welche die Wertscheinbogen zwecks Numerierung unterteilt werden können, und bezüglich der entsprechenden Anzahl von Aussonderungs- und Bündelungsvorrichtungen beim Vorhandensein von Fehldrucken.The invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiments described, in particular not to the described arrangements of the transport routes and cutting units, but allows multiple variants, especially with regard to the possible arrangement and number of subareas into which the value sheets can be divided for numbering purposes. and the corresponding number of rejecting and bundling devices in the presence of misprints.

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  1. Process for processing sheets of notes having a fixed number N of note prints, arranged on each sheet in transversal rows and longitudinal rows, to form bundles of notes (WB) from numbered individual notes of value and to form packs of notes of value (P), which contain a given number of bundles of notes and in which all the notes of value have a consecutive, complete sequence of numbers, in which process, after registration of the misprints established on them, the sheets of notes run through a numbering machine (4), in which only the satisfactory note prints are numbered, excluding the misprints, and in which process, after the cutting of the sheets of notes, the misprints are segregated, characterised in that the distribution of the misprints (X) on each sheet of a sequence of at least H sheets is established and stored before their numbering, that a sequence of H successive sheets is numbered as a function of this stored misprint distribution in such a way that all the satisfactory note prints of this sequence receive a consecutive sequence of numbers, the satisfactory note prints which have the same note position on successive sheets being consecutively numbered and all the sequences of numbers of the H note prints in adjacently lying note positions of the same row completing a consecutive sequence of numbers, the sequences of numbers of the note prints in all the note positions of a row continuing the sequences of numbers of the note prints in the note positions of a neighbouring row, and the next sequence of H sheets receiving the subsequent sequence of numbers, in that at the output of the numbering machine (4) stacks of sheets (FH) having H sheets each are formed, these stacks of sheets being cut into stacks of strips (S) and these stacks of strips being cut into stacks of notes (W) and the stacks of notes occurring one after the other in rows are successively sent through at least one segregation and bundling device (9), in which the misprints (X) are removed and in each case H successive satisfactory notes are combined to form a bundle (WB) having a complete sequence of numbers, bundles following one another having notes with successive sequences of numbers.
  2. The process as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the numbering machine (4) used has freely programmable printing units, which units are programmed on the basis of the known distribution of the misprints (X) in the sequence of sheets to be numbered, in such a way that, after the cutting of a stack of sheets (FH) with H sheets, stacks of notes (W) are produced which, laid one on top of the other, form a connected sequence of numbers, the misprints having been skipped during the numbering.
  3. Process for processing sheets of notes having a fixed number N of note prints, arranged on each sheet in transversal rows and longitudinal rows, to form bundles of notes (WB) from numbered individual notes of value and to form packs of notes (P), which contain a given number of bundles of notes and in which all the notes have a consecutive, complete sequence of numbers, in which process, after registration of the misprints established on them, the sheets of notes run through a numbering machine (4), in which only the satisfactory note prints are numbered, excluding the misprints, and in which process, after the cutting of the sheets of notes, the misprints are segregated, characterised in that the distribution of the misprints (X) on each sheet of a sequence of at least H sheets is established and stored before their numbering, in that the numbering units of the numbering machine (4) are programmed in such a way that each sheet is divided for numbering into a particular number of subregions (A, B, C), in that a sequence of H consecutive sheets are numbered as a function of this stored misprint distribution in such a way that all the satisfactory note prints of this sequence from the same subregion (A, B, C) of the sheet receive a continuous sequence of numbers, the satisfactory notes of value which have the same position on successive sheets being continuously numbered and all the sequences of numbers of the H note prints in all note positions of the same subregion (A, B, C) completing a consecutive sequence of numbers, in that the next sequence of H sheets receiving the following sequence of numbers in the same subregions, in that at the output of the numbering machine (4) stacks of sheets (FH) each having H sheets are formed, these stacks of sheets being cut into stacks of strips (S) and these stacks of strips being cut into stacks of notes (W) which, laid one on top of the other, would form a connected sequence of numbers, the misprints having been skipped during the numbering, in that the stacks of notes (W), originating from the same stack of sheets and occurring one after the other in rows of the various subregions, run through as many parallel-operating segregation and bundling devices (9A, 9B, 9C) as there are subregions, the misprints (X) being segregated in each of said devices (9A,9B,9C) and H consecutive perfect notes of value being combined to form a bundle (WB) with a complete sequence of numbers, bundles following one another having notes of value with successive sequences of numbers.
  4. The process as claimed in one of claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the misprints are provided with an invalidation marking.
  5. The process as claimed in one of claims 1 to 4, characterised in that, when establishing the misprint distribution, the sheets are provided with an identification mark and, before numbering, pass a reading device (2), which reads these marks and checks the assignment of the sheets to the stored misprint distribution.
  6. A process for processing sheets of notes having a fixed number N of note prints, arranged on each sheet in transversal rows and longitudinal rows, to form bundles of notes (WB) from numbered individual notes of value and to form packs of notes (P), which contain a particular number of bundles of notes and in which all the notes have a consecutive, complete sequence of numbers, the sheets passing through a numbering machine once the sheets containing misprints have been segregated, in which the note prints of all the sheets are so numbered, that note prints having the same note position on successive sheets are consecutively numbered, the H numbered sheets of note prints being cut into stacks of strips (S) and these stacks of strips being cut into stacks of notes, characterised in that all the N x H note prints of a sequence of H sheets receive a consecutive sequence of numbers, all the sequences of numbers of the H note prints in adjacently lying note positions of the same row completing a consecutive sequence of numbers, the sequence of numbers of the note prints in all positions of a row continuing the sequence of numbers of the note prints of a neighbouring row, and the next sequence of H sheets receiving the following sequence of numbers such that the bundles of notes (WB) occurring one after the other in rows of a sequence of H sheets after cutting have consecutively numbered notes and the bundles of notes occurring one after the other in rows of the subsequent sequence of H sheets have notes with the subsequent sequence of numbers.
  7. Apparatus for carrying out the process as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that it comprises a numbering machine (4) with freely programmable printing units, controlled by a computer (3), downstream of the numbering machine a stack strip cutting unit (6) and a cutting unit (7) for cutting the stacks of strips (S) into stacks of notes (W), downstream of the last-mentioned cutting unit (7) at least one segregation and bundling device (9), downstream thereof at least one banderoling station (10) and a station (11) for forming packs of bundles.
  8. Apparatus for carrying out the process as claimed in claim 6, characterised in that it comprises a numbering machine (4) with freely programmable printing units, controlled by a computer (3), downstream of the numbering machine a stack strip cutting unit (6) and a cutting unit (7) for cutting the stacks of strips (S) into stacks of notes (W), downstream thereof at least one banderoling station (10) for producing banderoled bundles of notes (WB) and a station (11) for forming packs of bundles.
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