Patent ID: 7780163

Claim:
A method for aligning bank notes in a transport system, with the following steps: detecting an alignment of a bank note being transported separately in the transport system, determining from the detected alignment a deviation of the single bank note from a desired alignment wherein two edges of the bank note extend parallel to the transport direction of the transport system, aligning the single bank note in the desired alignment by displacing the single bank note in a non-contacting fashion using one air flow, which aligns the single bank note by displacing the bank note in a direction deviating from the transport direction based on the deviation, detecting the alignment of the single bank note during the aligning, said aligning while the bank note to be aligned is being transported in the transport direction, and terminating the aligning, as soon as the single bank note has the desired alignment, wherein said one air flow is stopped before the bank note has the desired alignment and an inertia of the bank note is permitted to achieve the alignment.