EP2304699B1 - Procede et dispositif de traitement de documents de valeur - Google Patents

Procede et dispositif de traitement de documents de valeur Download PDF

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EP2304699B1
EP2304699B1 EP09765493A EP09765493A EP2304699B1 EP 2304699 B1 EP2304699 B1 EP 2304699B1 EP 09765493 A EP09765493 A EP 09765493A EP 09765493 A EP09765493 A EP 09765493A EP 2304699 B1 EP2304699 B1 EP 2304699B1
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Jürgen Schützmann
David Sacquard
Joseph Lohner
Walter Berngeher
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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
    • B65H5/00—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
    • B65H5/36—Article guides or smoothers, e.g. movable in operation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D11/00—Devices accepting coins; Devices accepting, dispensing, sorting or counting valuable papers
    • G07D11/10—Mechanical details
    • G07D11/16—Handling of valuable papers
    • G07D11/17—Aligning
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2404/00—Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
    • B65H2404/60—Other elements in face contact with handled material
    • B65H2404/63—Oscillating, pivoting around an axis parallel to face of material, e.g. diverting means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2404/00—Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
    • B65H2404/60—Other elements in face contact with handled material
    • B65H2404/69—Other means designated for special purpose
    • B65H2404/694—Non driven means for pressing the handled material on forwarding or guiding elements
    • B65H2404/6942—Non driven means for pressing the handled material on forwarding or guiding elements in sliding contact with handled material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2511/00—Dimensions; Position; Numbers; Identification; Occurrences
    • B65H2511/50—Occurence
    • B65H2511/52—Defective operating conditions
    • B65H2511/524—Multiple articles, e.g. double feed
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/19—Specific article or web
    • B65H2701/1912—Banknotes, bills and cheques or the like

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  • the present invention relates to a device for processing documents of value, in particular banknotes, checks, vouchers, tickets, etc.
  • Devices for processing value documents are known from the prior art, in which value documents are transported one after the other by a transport device and checked by means of a sensor device.
  • the transport device used is, for example, a belt transport system with several transport belts running parallel to one another, which transport the documents of value past the sensor device along a transport direction and span a transport plane of the documents of value, cf. eg DE10256235 A1 ,
  • the distance between the outermost transport belts perpendicular to the transport direction of the documents of value defines an actively guided subarea in which the documents of value are actively guided by the transport belts and which has a specific guide width perpendicular to the transport direction.
  • the guide width is chosen to be somewhat smaller than the extension of the smallest documents of value to be transported perpendicular to the transport direction, so that the documents of value on both sides of the guide region project slightly, ie protrude slightly beyond the outermost transport belts.
  • value documents are also transported by the transport device whose extent perpendicular to the transport direction is significantly greater than the guide width, then these value documents are relatively far above the guide range, either on one or both sides of the management area.
  • the protruding edge areas of these value documents are therefore not actively managed. Due to the lack of active guidance, it may happen when transporting these value documents that the marginal areas of the value documents stand out somewhat from the transport level or even flutter. If the value documents transported in this way are checked with the aid of a sensor device whose sensitivity depends on the distance of the checked value documents, the lifting or flapping of the edge regions of the value documents can falsify the measuring signal of the sensor device.
  • various pressing devices which actively act on the transported documents of value, eg air nozzle lines, as shown in DE10256235 A1 known, or conveyor belts through which the documents of value can be pressed over a large area to a sensor.
  • active pressure devices have a large footprint and are expensive to manufacture and install. In particular, it is associated with great effort to retrofit existing devices for processing documents of value with active pressing devices.
  • an optical scanner 21 known whose vertical position is fixed to the paper by rollers 22 which are pressed against an opposite support surface 26.
  • a compressible damping element 28 causes the vertical position of the rollers 22 and the scanner 21 is variable.
  • the damping element 28 is compressed and the rollers 22 and the optical scanner moves vertically upwards accordingly.
  • the sensor device 21 and the damping element 28 are firstly not arranged on opposite sides but on the same side of the transported sheet material 30.
  • the damping element 28 is not a guide element. which is adapted to guide the document of value, since no mechanical contact between the damping element and the sheet 30 takes place.
  • the movement of the guide element also counteracts no restoring force.
  • the damping element 28 is not arranged and designed such that it is only moved as soon as a plurality of value documents are simultaneously transported past the sensor device. Because the damping element 28 is already compressed by a single thin sheet.
  • a device for checking documents of value in which the document of value is checked by means of an image sensor 18.
  • an elastic guide element 20 is arranged, which presses the value document to the image sensor 18.
  • the guide member 20 is fixed with its end 21 at an attachment point to the first base 11 of the device and is pressed against the opposite second base 13 of the device on which the image sensor 18 is arranged. Due to its elasticity, the end of the guide element 20 pressed against the image sensor 18 can execute a movement that is directed away from the image sensor 18. Since the guide element 20 is pressed against the image sensor 18, the guide element 20 is already moved by a single value document transported past.
  • the guide element 20 After being deflected by a single document of value transported past, the guide element 20 returns to its original position due to its elasticity, thereby striking the upper side of the image sensor 18. In the case of sensitive sensors, this can lead to disturbances of the measurement signal detected by the sensor. Furthermore, it is disadvantageous that, in the case of the guide element 20, the frictional force between the guide element 20 and each individual value document conveyed past leads to wear of the guide element 20.
  • the device according to the invention for processing value documents has at least one sensor device for checking the value documents and a transport device, by means of which the value documents are transported past the sensor device along a transport direction.
  • the transport device is designed to be connected to the sensor device by transported value document, in particular a partial area of a past the sensor device transported past document of value to lead actively.
  • Active guiding of the subarea is understood to mean that the transport device transports the value document by acting on the subarea and at the same time guides the subarea of the value document during the transport of the value document.
  • Leading the value document or the subarea means that the value document or the subarea of the value document is influenced during the movement of the value document in its spatial position. By guiding, for example, the spatial position of the value document or of the subarea can be limited to the transport level of the value document.
  • the sub-areas of the value documents are actively guided by transport belts which are moved along the sensor device and carry the value documents with them.
  • the subarea of the value documents are actively guided by means of transport rollers, whose rotation advances the value documents and transports them past the sensor device.
  • the transport device can be designed either for transporting the value documents along the longitudinal direction of the value documents or perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the value documents.
  • the sub-area in which the transport device actively carries the value document has a certain extent perpendicular to the transport direction, which is referred to as a guide width.
  • the guide width is usually smaller than the extent of the value document transported past perpendicular to the transport direction, which is referred to below as the width of the value document.
  • the guide distance may be 80% or less of the width of the value document.
  • Outside the actively managed Subarea is a border area of the value document arranged.
  • the edge region is located at the edge of the value document, viewed perpendicular to the transport direction, and is not actively guided by the transport device.
  • outside of the actively managed subarea there is either an edge area that is not actively guided or two border areas that are not actively managed.
  • the value document can therefore, viewed perpendicular to the transport direction, either survive on one side or on both sides via the transport device.
  • the guide element according to the invention is designed to passively guide the document of value transported past the sensor device.
  • the guide element according to the invention may be configured to passively pass substantially an edge region of the value document transported past the sensor device, for example exactly one of the two edge regions of the value document or both edge regions of the value document.
  • the edge area of the value document lies outside the actively guided subarea, so that the transport device exerts no force on the edge area of the value document.
  • the value document in particular the edge region of the value document, is guided by the guide element.
  • the guide element passes the value document, in particular the edge area of the value document, passively.
  • the guide element responds to a mechanical force that exerts the value document or the edge region of the value document on the guide element-in accordance with the physical laws of actio and reactio-by an opposing force on the value document or the edge region.
  • the guiding element does not act, ie it does not exert itself any force - that is, no actio-force - on the value document transported by or on the border area of the value document.
  • the guide element is also not part of the transport device.
  • the value document or the edge region of the value document is passed passively by the guide element only during the transport of the value document past the sensor device.
  • the guide element is a passive element that can not perform any movement of its own, but can only be moved by the action of several documents of value transported past the sensor device at the same time.
  • the document of value or the edge region of the document of value strikes the guide element when it is transported past the sensor device, so that the document of value or the edge region makes mechanical contact with the guide element.
  • the guide element can be designed such that the value document transported past, in particular the edge region of the value document, is moved towards the sensor device by an interaction with the guide element, in particular by the mechanical contact with the guide element, ie in an approximately perpendicular to a transport plane the value document extending direction.
  • the guide element can be designed in such a way that the value document, in particular the edge region of the value document, slides along the guide element during transport past the sensor device.
  • the value document or the edge region in particular slides along a surface of the guide element facing the value document.
  • the guide element preferably influences the transport of the value document transported past the sensor device in such a way that the detection range of the value document, which the sensor device detects at a measurement time from the value document, lies substantially in one plane.
  • a line-shaped area of the value document is detected by the sensor device at each measurement time, which during the detection - due to the passive guidance of the guide element - essentially lies in one plane. It can thus be achieved that the entirety of the detection areas of the value document which the sensor device detects at the various detection times from the value document lie substantially in one plane.
  • the guide element only guides the edge area of the value document, i. exactly one border area or the two border areas of the value document, without affecting the actively managed subarea of the value document.
  • the guide element may be used for this purpose in addition to the transport device, i. perpendicular to the transport direction offset to the transport device, be arranged, in particular on one or both sides next to the transport device.
  • the guide element may e.g. extend over the entire width of the value document, however, the document of value passes passively only in the two edge regions, outside the actively guided subregion, and does not act on the intermediate actively guided subregion.
  • the two edge regions can also be passively guided by two guide elements according to the invention, each of which guides only one of the two edge regions.
  • the guide element can additionally be used to guide the value document in the actively guided subarea of the value document.
  • the guide element can be designed to guide the value document passively over substantially its entire width. If the guide element guides the value document in the actively guided subarea, it can also be arranged between the components of the transport device, for example between the Transport belt or between the transport rollers. It is also possible to use a plurality of guide elements, of which at least one passively guides the edge region of the value document and at least one other causes passive guidance of the value document in the actively guided subregion. The guide element can also be used for passively guiding the value document exclusively in the actively guided subarea of the value document.
  • the guide element is, with respect to the transport plane of the value documents, arranged on the side opposite the sensor device, that is to say on the side of the value documents transported past the sensor device.
  • one or more guide elements can be arranged, which are arranged on a common shaft or which are arranged one after the other in the transport direction.
  • the guide element can be arranged directly opposite the sensor device, e.g. centrally opposite the center of the sensor device or offset from the center of the sensor device, i. viewed in the transport direction, before or after the center of the sensor device.
  • the guide element may also be arranged immediately before or immediately after the sensor device, as viewed in the transport direction.
  • the guide element, viewed in the transport direction is preferably located within a distance from the sensor device which corresponds to the length of the document of value transported in the transport direction.
  • the guide element is arranged directly adjacent to a component of the transport device, which is arranged opposite to the sensor device and the actively guided portion the value documents actively leads, for example, immediately adjacent to one or more conveyor belts and / or to transport rollers, through which the value documents are actively guided on the side opposite the sensor device.
  • the value documents are transported along the sensor device in a transport gap in which the transport plane of the value documents runs.
  • the guide element for example, at least partially limits that section of the transport gap which is effective for the edge region of the value documents.
  • the guide element As soon as several value documents are transported past the sensor device at the same time, the guide element is moved.
  • the guide element is moved by a force directed in the transport direction, which exert the value documents transported simultaneously past the sensor device to the guide element.
  • the guide element preferably performs no active movement, but is moved passively.
  • the guide element is arranged and designed such that it is moved by a plurality of documents of value simultaneously transported past the sensor device. For example, the guide element only moves as soon as at least two value documents are transported past the sensor device at the same time.
  • the guide element only moves as soon as at least three or as soon as at least four or as soon as a certain larger number of value documents are transported past the sensor device at the same time or as soon as a certain common thickness of the value documents transported simultaneously past is exceeded.
  • the documents of value transported past at the same time can lie completely on one another or can also be offset relative to one another, whereby they overlap one another at least at one point. Due to the movement of the guide element, the distance between the guide element and the surface of the sensor device increased. As a result, the superimposed value documents can easily be transported past the sensor device, ie without the risk of a transport interruption, eg a transport jam of the value documents.
  • the transport gap between the guide element and the surface of the sensor device is increased by the movement of the guide element in comparison to the original height only by approximately the thickness of the value documents additionally transported past the sensor device.
  • the transport gap compared to the original height can also be significantly increased, for example, if a plurality of documents of value at the same time be transported past the sensor device or if the guide element is actively moved. If the original height is chosen to be relatively small, the transport gap can increase by the movement of the guide element to a multiple of the original height.
  • the guide element can also be actively moved in order to enable the transport of several superimposed value documents past.
  • the active movement may be initiated by a thickness sensor or multiple-trigger sensor disposed in the device along the transport direction in front of the sensor device. This sends a corresponding signal to an adjusting device of the guide element, which moves the guide element when several documents of value are simultaneously expected at the sensor device.
  • the guide element is deflected out of a rest position of the guide element.
  • the guide element passively guides the (properly) individually transported value documents or their edge areas.
  • the movement of the guide member counteracts a restoring force, in particular a spring force, which returns the guide element after its deflection into the rest position.
  • the rest position of the guide element can be defined by a mechanical stop, against which the guide element is pressed or tightened in its rest position, in particular by the restoring force.
  • the movement of the guide element is preferably a rotational movement, in particular a rotational movement about an axis of rotation, which is oriented perpendicular to the transport direction of the documents of value.
  • the rotational movement is caused in particular by the force exerted by the plurality of documents of value transported on the guide element.
  • the arrangement and the shape of the guide element are chosen so that the rotational movement of the guide element causes an increase in the distance between the guide element and the surface of the sensor device, for example an enlargement of that portion of a transport gap which is effective for the edge region of the document of value.
  • the axis of rotation is arranged eccentrically to a center of the guide element, in particular offset upwards compared to the center of a main portion of the guide element. In this way it can be achieved that the distance between the guide element and the surface of the sensor device increases automatically by the rotational movement.
  • the axis of rotation of the guide element can also be arranged centrically to the center of the guide element (or to the middle of the main section) and the shape of the guide element (or the main section) so be chosen that the distance between the guide element and the surface of the sensor device is automatically increased by the rotational movement.
  • a guide element with a suitable shape may, for example, have an elliptical or elliptical cross-section.
  • the larger semiaxis of the elliptical or elliptical cross-section with the transport plane of the value documents must form an acute angle whose vertex points in the transport direction.
  • the time duration for the return of the guide element in the rest position is preferably less than or approximately equal to the time interval between two consecutively transported past the sensor device value documents.
  • the time duration may also be slightly greater than the time interval of the value documents, but then the guide element is only limited to the guidance of the subsequent value document available after a deflection from its rest position.
  • the guide element has a main portion, on which it is suspended, and an input portion, which, viewed in the transport direction of the documents of value, is arranged at the beginning of the guide element.
  • the input section forms an acute angle with the transport plane of the document of value, the vertex of which points in the transport direction.
  • the length of the input section and the acute angle are chosen so large that the incoming document of value does not thread or hang on the guide element. For this reason, the distance of the (considered in the transport direction) beginning of the input section of the transport plane of the documents of value is chosen sufficiently large, it is for example at least 2 mm, preferably at least 4 mm.
  • the input section can be used for stripping be formed by donkey ears of the past transported value document.
  • the input section On its side facing the value document, the input section may have a flat surface or a curved surface.
  • the curved surface may have, for example, a variable profile in the transport direction, which facilitates the stripping of dog-eared documents of value.
  • the invention relates to a method for processing a value document by means of a device according to the invention.
  • the invention relates to a guide module for receiving the guide element according to the invention.
  • the guide module is provided for installation in a device for value document processing and can be designed for attachment in the device.
  • the guide module may have a shaft on which the guide element is suspended and a spring which exerts the restoring force for returning the guide element to its rest position, and a holder for receiving the shaft and the guide element, which is used for fastening the guide module in the Device is formed.
  • the position of the holder in the device can be adjustable.
  • the bracket can also be suspended suspended on the device if necessary.
  • Fig. 1a shows a section of a device for processing value documents 1, in which the value documents 1 are transported along a transport direction T.
  • the value documents 1 are actively guided by means of transport belts 4 and transported past a sensor device 2, which, for example, checks the authenticity, the state or the type of value documents 1.
  • the sensor device 2 can use, for example, an optical, magnetic, electrical or ultrasonic measuring principle.
  • transport rollers 3 are arranged immediately before and after the sensor device, which are designed as transport rollers and to which the documents of value 1 are pressed by the transport belt 4.
  • the value document 1 is actively guided by the transport belts 4 (cf. FIG. 3a ).
  • the (right) edge region 19 of the document of value 1 lies outside the transport belt 4 and is therefore not actively guided. Due to the missing Guidance, this edge region 19 can stand out during the transporting the value document 1 out of the transport plane and flutter. So that the edge region 19 of the document of value 1, at least during the transporting of the value document 1 past the sensor device 2, remains in the transport plane, a guide element 5 is arranged opposite to the sensor device 2, cf. FIG. 1b , The guide element 5 has the function of passively guiding the edge region 19 of a value document 1 during the transport on the sensor device 2. If the edge region 19 protrudes from the transport plane, for example, before it reaches the sensor device 2, it can be returned to the transport plane by the guide element.
  • FIG. 2a is a side view of the arrangement FIG. 1b illustrated, wherein the value document 1 along the transport direction T arrives in the detection range of the sensor device 2.
  • the transport rollers 3 simplified drawn transport rollers 13 are shown.
  • the value document 1 is transported in a transport gap which is formed between the surface of the sensor device 2 and the transport belt 4 or and the guide element 5, cf. this too FIG. 3a , Opposite lying to the sensor device 2, the conveyor belt 4 are arranged, which guide the actively guided portion 18 of the document of value 1 from above, while the transport rollers 13 lead the actively guided portion 18 of the document of value 1 from below.
  • the value document 1 can also be guided on both sides by transport rollers, cf.
  • the guide module is arranged, which is attached by means of the holder 12 to the device for value document processing.
  • the edge region 19 of the document of value 1 is passively guided by the guide element 5, specifically only in the transport section along the transport direction T, in which the Value document 1 is transported directly past the sensor device 2 over.
  • the axis of rotation of the guide element 5 is formed by a shaft 11, on which the guide element 5 is rotatably mounted.
  • FIG. 2a is the guide member 5 - in relation to its rotational movement - in a rest position. In the rest position, the guide element is held by a spring which holds the guide element to a mechanical stop.
  • FIG. 3a shows a directed in the direction of transport T view in which the holder 12 of the guide member 5 are drawn only schematically and simplified transport rollers 13.
  • the value document 1 When transported past the sensor device 2, the value document 1 is transported in a transport gap which runs between the sensor device 2 and the transport belt 4.
  • the transport gap has a first section, which is effective for the actively guided portion 18 of the document of value 1 and (perpendicular to the transport plane) has a first height 8, which denotes the shortest distance between the sensor device 2 and the opposite transport means (conveyor belt 4) ,
  • the second section of the transport gap is effective for the edge region 19 of the value document 1 and has a second height 9, which denotes the shortest distance between the guide element 5 in its rest position and the sensor device 2.
  • the second height is approximately equal to the first height 8, wherein the first height 8 in this example indicates the distance of the transport belts 4 from the sensor device 2 in the case of a single (properly) conveyed value document 1.
  • the second height 9 may also be slightly larger than the first height 8, so that the distance between the guide element 5 and the sensor device 2 is slightly larger than the distance between the conveyor belt 4 and the sensor device 2.
  • the heights 8, 9 of the transport gap depending on the application to choose and depending on the type of used Transport device, the transport speed and the type and the measuring principle of the sensor device 2.
  • the heights 8, 9 may for example be between 0.1 mm and 3 mm.
  • the guide element 5 has an input section 7, which is arranged on that side of the guide element 5 at which the value document 1 arrives in the detection range of the sensor device 2, cf. FIG. 2a .
  • the edge region 19 of the transported past value document 1, from the transport plane (up in FIG. 2a protrudes first, at the input portion 7 of the guide member 5, the input portion 7 (in FIG. 2a from below) and slides along the entry section 7 until the guide of the edge region 19 is taken over by the main section 6 of the guide element. During this sliding along, the edge region 19 of the value document 1 is passively guided and moved in the direction of the sensor device 2 (in FIG FIG. 2a downward).
  • the edge region 19 is pushed downwards by the guide element 5 such that it lies approximately in the transport plane of the value document 1, at least in a short transport section along the transport direction T, which includes the detection region of the sensor device 2.
  • the guide element 5 is preferably arranged on the device for value-document processing such that the shortest distance between the guide element 5 and the sensor device 2 lies in the detection range of the sensor device 2.
  • the input section 7 can serve to strip donkey ears of the value document 1.
  • the input section 7 is straight, so that it provides a flat surface through which the value document 1 is passively guided.
  • the entry section 7 may alternatively also be curved, so that it provides a convex surface for guiding the document of value 1.
  • the surface of the input section 7 may be bent about an axis which is approximately parallel to the longitudinal direction of the input section 7.
  • the shape of the input section 7 at the beginning of the input section 7 to the in FIG. 1a be shown adapted shape of the raised edge portion 19 of the document of value 1 and pass along the transport direction T in a flat surface.
  • the guide element 5 is preferably arranged such that a single document of value 1 which has been transported properly past it is passively guided, but this does not cause movement of the guide element 5 when it is transported past. When simultaneously transporting a plurality of superposed value documents 1, 1 ', these may cause a movement of the guide element 5 if the common thickness of the superimposed value documents or the force exerted on the guide element 5 in this case is sufficient.
  • the FIGS. 2b . 3b show the guide member 5 in a deflected position, in which it is rotated by the two documents of value 1, 11 'transported one above the other.
  • the rotational movement takes place against a restoring force, in particular against a spring force, which can act on the shaft 11 of the guide element 5 and / or on the guide element 5 itself.
  • a spring force is provided by a spring which is seated between the shaft 11 and the holder 12 and a common rotational movement of the guide member 5 and the shaft 11 counteracts.
  • the guide member 5 may be mounted on the shaft 11 and the spring force may be provided by a spring which sits between the guide member 5 and the shaft 11.
  • a spring for example, a coil spring can be used in both cases.
  • the guide element 5 is arranged and the spring force adjusted so that it performs a rotational movement as soon as at least two documents of value 1,1 'are simultaneously transported past the sensor device 2.
  • the guide element 5 is deflected out of the rest position by the two value documents 1, 1 'so far that the input section 7 of the guide element lies in the horizontal.
  • the guide element 5 can also be arranged so that two superimposed value documents 1, 1 'lead to a slight deflection from the rest position, and only three or four value documents cause a complete deflection of the guide element 5, in which the input section 7 of the guide element in the horizontal lies.
  • the shaft 11 is arranged eccentrically in this example with respect to the center of the main portion 6 of the guide member 5, ie, the shaft 11 is not located in the center of the main portion 6 of the guide member 5, but to offset.
  • the eccentric shaft 11 is offset upward and leftward as compared with the center of the main section 6.
  • the direction of the eccentricity or the offset of the shaft 11 is selected so that the transport gap increased by the rotational movement of the guide member 5.
  • the transport gap which is responsible for the edge region 19 of the value documents 1, 1 ' is effective, increased to a height 9'.
  • the height 9 'of the transport gap, which dictates the deflected guide element 5 slightly larger than the original height 9, which dictates the guide element 5 in its rest position.
  • the height 9 ' is greater than the original height 9 approximately by the thickness of the value document 1' additionally transported past the sensor device 2.
  • the increased transport gap allows the value documents 1, 1 'lying one above the other to be easily transported past the sensor device 2 , After the superposed value documents 1,1 'have left the area between the guide element 5 and the sensor device 2, the guide element 5 returns to its rest position due to the spring force (cf. FIG. 2a ).
  • the transport gap is also increased by a plurality of superimposed value documents 1, 1 'to a greater height 8'. Due to their elasticity and / or due to their mechanical suspension within the device, the transport belts 4 can be easily deflected or stretched in accordance with the common thickness of the value documents 1, 1 '.
  • FIG. 4a schematically shows a side view analogous to FIG. 2a to a further embodiment in which, as an alternative to the guide member 5, a guide member 15 is used.
  • the guide element 15 is used for the passive guidance of a value document 1, which is transported in the transport direction T past the sensor device 2.
  • the guide element 15 has an input section 17 and an elliptical main section 16.
  • the shaft 11, on which the guide element 15 is rotatably mounted, is arranged centrally relative to the center of the main section 16.
  • the guide member 15 rotates counter to a spring force in the with the Arrow indicated manner relative to the shaft 11, so that the transport gap for the documents of value 1,1 'increases.
  • guide elements can be used which are elastically deformable.
  • a guide element 25 may be used, which has a spring element 22 which is fixed at one of its ends in a holder 21.
  • the spring element 22 forms an acute angle to the transport direction T of the document of value, whose apex points in the transport direction T.
  • the holder 21 is, analogously to the guide elements 5,15, rotatably mounted on a shaft 11.
  • the spring element 22 elastically springs away, approximately perpendicular to the transport plane.
  • the guide element 25 is caused to rotate about the shaft 11 by the value documents 1, 1 ', so that the transport gap effective for the value documents 1, 1' increases, cf. FIG. 4b .
  • the spring stiffness of the spring element 22 can be chosen differently depending on the needs compared to the spring force, which counteracts the rotational movement.
  • the enlargement of the transport gap may be caused mainly by the rotational movement, or mainly by the spring-biasing of the spring element 22, or both.
  • a brush element is used for the passive guidance of the value document 1 as a guide element 35, cf.
  • Figure 4c During the simultaneous transport of several value documents 1, 1 ', the value documents 1, 1' elastically press out the movable bristles 32 of the brush element from the transport plane, so that the transport gap effective for the value documents 1, 1 'increases.
  • the guide element 35 is replaced by the value documents 1.1 'causes a rotational movement about the shaft 11, so that the effective for the value documents 1,1' transport gap increases, see.
  • Figure 4c Analogous to the example from FIG.
  • the hardness of the bristles 32 compared to the spring force, which counteracts the rotational movement can be selected differently depending on need.
  • the bristles 32 of the brush element are mounted in a holder 31 and can be arranged approximately perpendicular to the transport plane or 1 form an acute angle to the transport plane of the document of value, the apex points in the transport direction T. Due to their elasticity, the spring element 22 and the bristles 32 move back into their rest position after the simultaneous transport of several value documents back, so that the guide element 25 or 35 is again available for the passive guidance of the subsequent value documents.
  • FIG. 5a shows a further embodiment in which for the passive guidance of the value document 1, a plurality of guide elements 5 are used, which are mounted on a common shaft 11.
  • the spring force which returns the guide elements 5 to its rest position is provided in this example by means of linear springs 10, for example helical springs. In its rest position, the guide elements 5 are pulled by the linear springs 10 to a stop.
  • each guide element 5 is sprung individually, wherein each of the springs 10 is fixed to the holder 12 and engages in each case on the input section 7 of a guide element 5, cf. this too FIG.
  • the linear springs 10 it is also possible in each case to use a spiral spring, which sits between the guide element 5 and the shaft 11, for the individual suspension of the guide elements 5.
  • the plurality of guide elements 5 may also be fixedly arranged on the shaft 11 and the shaft 11 may be sprung relative to the holder 12, cf. Example from the FIGS. 2a . 3a ,
  • FIG. 5b is a side view of another embodiment shown in which the documents of value are transported not with transport belt, but exclusively with opposite transport rollers 13 on the sensor device 2 over, which carry the documents of value active on both sides.
  • the value document 1 analogous to the example of the FIGS. 3a, b , actively guided in a subarea 18.
  • a guide element 5 is used, which is mounted on the shaft 11 and whose rotational movement, analogous to the example FIG. 5a , a linear spring 10 counteracts.
  • FIG. 5c another embodiment is shown, in which opposite to the sensor device 2, a guide member 45 is arranged, which is analogous to the guide member 5 and is sprung, but has a much greater width. For example, essentially the entire width of the value document 1 is guided passively by the guide element 45. Before and after the sensor device 2 transport rollers 13 are arranged, which carry the value document 1 on both sides actively, of which, however, only the front lower and the rear upper transport rollers 13 are located.

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  1. Dispositif de traitement de documents de valeur (1), qui comporte au moins ce qui suit:
    - un appareillage capteur (2) pour l'examen du document de valeur (1),
    - un appareillage de transport (3, 13, 4) au moyen duquel les documents de valeur (1) sont transportés le long d'une direction de transport (T) en passant par l'appareillage capteur (2), l'appareillage de transport (3, 13, 4) étant réalisé pour guider activement un document de valeur (1) transporté en passant par l'appareillage capteur (2),
    - un élément de guidage (5, 15, 25, 35, 45) se trouvant du côté opposé à l'appareillage capteur (2), réalisé pour guider passivement le document de valeur (1), l'élément de guidage réagissant à une force mécanique exercée par le document de valeur sur l'élément de guidage par une force contraire sur le document de valeur, l'espacement entre l'élément de guidage et une surface de l'appareillage capteur pouvant être accru par un mouvement de l'élément de guidage et une force de rappel contrecarrant le mouvement de l'élément de guidage (5, 15, 25, 35, 45),
    caractérisé en ce que l'élément de guidage (5, 15, 25, 35, 45) est disposé et réalisé de telle manière qu'il n'est mû qu'une fois que plusieurs documents de valeur (1, 1') sont transportés en passant en même temps par l'appareillage capteur (2).
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de guidage (5, 15, 25, 35, 45) est mû par les documents de valeur (1, 1') transportés en passant en même temps par l'appareillage capteur (2), notamment par une force agissant en direction du transport (T) exercée sur l'élément de guidage (5, 15, 25, 35, 45) par les documents de valeur (1, 1') transportés en passant en même temps par l'appareillage capteur (2).
  3. Dispositif selon une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de guidage (5, 15, 25, 35, 45) est démis d'une position de repos par les documents de valeur (1, 1') transportés en passant en même temps par l'appareillage capteur (2).
  4. Dispositif selon une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'une force de ressort contrecarre le mouvement de l'élément de guidage (5, 15, 25, 35, 45).
  5. Dispositif selon une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le mouvement de l'élément de guidage (5, 15, 25, 35, 45) est un mouvement rotatif, notamment un mouvement rotatif autour d'un axe de rotation qui est orienté perpendiculairement à la direction du transport (T) des documents de valeur (1).
  6. Dispositif selon une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'appareillage de transport (3, 13, 4) est conçu pour guider activement une zone partielle (18) du document de valeur (1) transporté en passant par l'appareillage capteur (2) et en ce que l'élément de guidage (5, 15, 25, 35, 45) est conçu pour guider passivement une zone marginale (19) du document de valeur (1) qui est disposée à l'extérieur de la zone partielle (18) du document de valeur (1) activement guidée.
  7. Dispositif selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de guidage (5, 15, 25, 35, 45) est réalisé et/ou disposé de telle sorte que la zone marginale (19) du document de valeur (1) est mue en direction de l'appareillage capteur (2) par une interaction avec l'élément de guidage (5, 15, 25, 35, 45), notamment par un contact mécanique avec l'élément de guidage (5, 15, 25, 35, 45).
  8. Dispositif selon une des revendications de 6 à 7, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de guidage (5, 15, 25, 35, 45) guide passivement essentiellement la zone marginale (19) du document de valeur (1) transporté en passant, notamment exactement une des deux zones marginales du document de valeur (1) transporté en passant.
  9. Dispositif selon une ou plusieurs des revendications de 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de guidage (5, 15, 25, 35, 45) est utilisé pour le guidage passif du document de valeur (1) dans la zone partielle (18) activement guidée du document de valeur (1), l'élément de guidage étant conçu par exemple pour guider passivement le document de valeur (1) essentiellement sur toute sa largeur.
  10. Dispositif selon une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de guidage (5, 15, 25, 35, 45) est disposé près de l'appareillage de transport (3, 13, 4), notamment d'un ou des deux côtés près de l'appareillage de transport (3, 13, 4).
  11. Dispositif selon une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de guidage (5, 15, 25, 35, 45) influe de telle sorte sur le transport du document de valeur (1) que la zone de balayage du document de valeur (1) qui est balayée par l'appareillage capteur (2) à un moment de mesure du document de valeur (1) se trouve essentiellement dans un plan.
  12. Dispositif selon une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de guidage (5, 15, 45) comporte une section d'entrée (7, 17) qui, observée en direction du transport (T) du document de valeur (1), est disposée au début de l'élément de guidage (5, 15, 45), la section d'entrée (7, 17) formant un angle aigu par rapport au plan de transport du document de valeur (1).
  13. Elément de guidage (5, 15, 25, 35, 45) destiné à guider des documents de valeur dans un dispositif selon une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, qui est conçu pour guider passivement le document de valeur (1) transporté en passant par l'appareillage capteur (2), l'élément de guidage réagissant à une force mécanique exercée par le document de valeur sur l'élément de guidage par une force contraire sur le document de valeur, l'espacement entre l'élément de guidage et une surface de l'appareillage capteur pouvant être accru par un mouvement de l'élément de guidage et une force de rappel contrecarrant le mouvement de l'élément de guidage (5, 15, 25, 35, 45), caractérisé en ce que l'élément de guidage (5, 15, 25, 35, 45) est disposé et réalisé de telle manière qu'il n'est mû qu'une fois que plusieurs documents de valeur (1, 1') sont transportés en passant en même temps par l'appareillage capteur (2).
  14. Module de guidage qui comporte un élément de guidage (5, 15, 25, 35, 45) selon la revendication 13 et qui est prévu pour être mis en place dans un dispositif selon une des revendications de 1 à 12.
  15. Procédé de traitement d'un document de valeur (1), dans lequel le document de valeur (1) est traité au moyen d'un dispositif selon une ou plusieurs des revendications de 1 à 12, le document de valeur (1) transporté en passant par l'appareillage capteur (2) étant guidé passivement par l'élément de guidage (5, 15, 25, 35, 45), l'élément de guidage réagissant à une force mécanique exercée par le document de valeur sur l'élément de guidage par une force contraire sur le document de valeur, l'espacement entre l'élément de guidage et une surface de l'appareillage capteur pouvant être accru par un mouvement de l'élément de guidage et une force de rappel contrecarrant le mouvement de l'élément de guidage (5, 15, 25, 35, 45), caractérisé en ce que l'élément de guidage (5, 15, 25, 35, 45) est disposé et réalisé de telle manière qu'il n'est mû qu'une fois que plusieurs documents de valeur (1, 1') sont transportés en passant en même temps par l'appareillage capteur (2).
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