A device for the automatic inspection of a security document, comprising: - a housing; - a reading and inspection unit which is arranged within the housing and is configured to read and inspect a security document by means of scanning; - a document support which is arranged on the housing in such a manner that the security document placed on the document support is readable by the reading and inspection unit through a viewing window of the document support; - a cover which is arranged on the housing and is configured to cover the document support at least partially; - an insertion opening which is formed on the cover and through which the security document can be arranged on the document support; and - a securing device which is arranged on the cover behind the insertion opening in the insertion direction and opposite the document support and which comprises securing elements which, - when the security document is manually inserted through the insertion opening, are displaced by the security document, against a prestress applied by the securing elements, from an initial position into a securing position in which the securing elements press the security document arranged on the document support against the document support, in such a manner that the securing device ensures that the security document to be read is secured on the document support following manual insertion through the insertion opening for subsequent reading; and - comprise brush elements projecting from the cover towards the document support, which are arranged in one or more rows of brushes; characterized in that at least one row of brushes runs transversely to the insertion direction. - a housing; - a reading and inspection unit which is arranged within the housing and is configured to read and inspect a security document by means of scanning; - a document support which is arranged on the housing in such a manner that the security document placed on the document support is readable by the reading and inspection unit through a viewing window of the document support; - a cover which is arranged on the housing and is configured to cover the document support at least partially; - an insertion opening which is formed on the cover and through which the security document can be arranged on the document support; and - a securing device which is arranged on the cover behind the insertion opening in the insertion direction and opposite the document support and which comprises securing elements which, - when the security document is manually inserted through the insertion opening, are displaced by the security document, against a prestress applied by the securing elements, from an initial position into a securing position in which the securing elements press the security document arranged on the document support against the document support, in such a manner that the securing device ensures that the security document to be read is secured on the document support following manual insertion through the insertion opening for subsequent reading; and - comprise brush elements projecting from the cover towards the document support, which are arranged in one or more rows of brushes; - when the security document is manually inserted through the insertion opening, are displaced by the security document, against a prestress applied by the securing elements, from an initial position into a securing position in which the securing elements press the security document arranged on the document support against the document support, in such a manner that the securing device ensures that the security document to be read is secured on the document support following manual insertion through the insertion opening for subsequent reading; and - comprise brush elements projecting from the cover towards the document support, which are arranged in one or more rows of brushes;