Patent ID: 8485337
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for processing bank notes, comprising: an input unit for inputting bank notes; a singler for singling input bank notes; a sensor device configured to check the singled bank notes and produce sensor signals indicating checking results; a transport system for transporting the singled bank notes through the sensor device, said transport system configured to expand or widen to create a space; a control device arranged to receive and evaluate the sensor signals; output units into which the bank notes are transported by the transport system, said transport system controlled by the control device in dependence on the checking results; detectors for monitoring the apparatus for a presence and/or assumption of malfunctions and configured to produce detection signals; wherein the detection signals are evaluated by the control device, and wherein the control device is configured to stop the singler and the transport system in the event that the presence and/or the assumption of a malfunction is determined by the control device; and upon or after stopping the singler and the transport system, the control device is configured to send a control signal to expand or widen the transport system.