Patent ID: 7201340
Filing Date: 2007-04-10
Classification: G07D,G07F

Abstract:
1. In an apparatus for processing bank notes, including a bank note processing device having at least one means for generating information on the processing of individual bank notes, said means for generating information comprising at least one light barrier; and at least one monitoring device having at least one memory device for storing the generated information on the processing of the individual bank notes, and wherein the bank note processing device has at least one means for detecting the identity of the individual bank notes, and the memory device of the monitoring device is formed for storing the generated information on the processing of the individual bank notes together with the identity of the individual bank notes, the improvement comprising galvanically decoupled connections comprising optical waveguides or optocouplers provided between the processing device and the monitoring device for transferring the identity of the individual bank notes from the bank note processing device to the monitoring device and at least one of said galvanically decoupled connections arranged at least between the at least one light barrier and the monitoring device for transferring the generated information on the processing of the individual bank notes from the bank note processing device to the monitoring device.