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EP0374481A3
EP0374481A3 EP19890121238 EP89121238A EP0374481A3 EP 0374481 A3 EP0374481 A3 EP 0374481A3 EP 19890121238 EP19890121238 EP 19890121238 EP 89121238 A EP89121238 A EP 89121238A EP 0374481 A3 EP0374481 A3 EP 0374481A3
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destruction
thin sheets
automatically monitoring
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EP0374481B1 (en
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Karl Leuthold
Wilhelm Hell
Mümtaz Ertürk
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GAO Gesellschaft fuer Automation und Organisation mbH
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C3/00—Registering or indicating the condition or the working of machines or other apparatus, other than vehicles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B02—CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING; PREPARATORY TREATMENT OF GRAIN FOR MILLING
    • B02C—CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING IN GENERAL; MILLING GRAIN
    • B02C18/00—Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragments
    • B02C18/0007—Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragments specially adapted for disintegrating documents
    • 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
    • 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
    • G07D11/20—Controlling or monitoring the operation of devices; Data handling
    • G07D11/22—Means for sensing or detection
    • 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
    • G07D11/50—Sorting or counting valuable papers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B02—CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING; PREPARATORY TREATMENT OF GRAIN FOR MILLING
    • B02C—CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING IN GENERAL; MILLING GRAIN
    • B02C18/00—Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragments
    • B02C18/0007—Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragments specially adapted for disintegrating documents
    • B02C2018/0038—Motor drives

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Food Science & Technology (AREA)
  • Controlling Sheets Or Webs (AREA)
  • Crushing And Pulverization Processes (AREA)
  • Inspection Of Paper Currency And Valuable Securities (AREA)
  • Separation, Sorting, Adjustment, Or Bending Of Sheets To Be Conveyed (AREA)
  • Analysing Materials By The Use Of Radiation (AREA)
  • Disintegrating Or Milling (AREA)
  • Sheets, Magazines, And Separation Thereof (AREA)

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and apparatus for monitoring the destruction of thin sheet material, in particular bank notes, in an automatic sorting machine, whereby the sheet material is fed by a transport means successively sheet by sheet to a motor-driven cutting means having meshing cutter boards. The destruction process and/or its immediate result are detected by sensor means.
EP89121238A 1988-12-23 1989-11-16 Apparatus and method for automatically monitoring the destruction of thin sheets Expired - Lifetime EP0374481B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE3843602A DE3843602A1 (en) 1988-12-23 1988-12-23 PROCEDURE OR DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY MONITORING THE DESTRUCTION OF THIN LEAF
DE3843602 1988-12-23

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EP0374481A2 EP0374481A2 (en) 1990-06-27
EP0374481A3 true EP0374481A3 (en) 1994-08-03
EP0374481B1 EP0374481B1 (en) 1996-02-28

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EP89121238A Expired - Lifetime EP0374481B1 (en) 1988-12-23 1989-11-16 Apparatus and method for automatically monitoring the destruction of thin sheets

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EP (1) EP0374481B1 (en)
JP (1) JP2884247B2 (en)
AT (1) ATE134532T1 (en)
DE (2) DE3843602A1 (en)
ES (1) ES2083372T3 (en)
HK (1) HK1007699A1 (en)

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US5039020A (en) 1991-08-13
HK1007699A1 (en) 1999-04-23
EP0374481B1 (en) 1996-02-28
ES2083372T3 (en) 1996-04-16
DE3843602A1 (en) 1990-07-05
JP2884247B2 (en) 1999-04-19
ATE134532T1 (en) 1996-03-15
DE58909611D1 (en) 1996-04-04
JPH02214550A (en) 1990-08-27
EP0374481A2 (en) 1990-06-27

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