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EP0061795B1
EP0061795B1 EP82200285A EP82200285A EP0061795B1 EP 0061795 B1 EP0061795 B1 EP 0061795B1 EP 82200285 A EP82200285 A EP 82200285A EP 82200285 A EP82200285 A EP 82200285A EP 0061795 B1 EP0061795 B1 EP 0061795B1
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  • the invention relates to a numbering device for securities and banknotes, in particular banknotes, with at least one numbering unit, the number rolls of which are switched by one number after the printing of a number, and with an inking unit which has at least one inking roller which colors the number rolls.
  • Such numbering devices with which freshly printed banknotes or other banknotes are continuously printed with a serial number and in which the numbering units are usually arranged on a rotating numbering unit cylinder, have long been known (e.g. DE-PS No. 1486894).
  • the code number is the remainder that results from dividing the number by the modulus number, usually using the modulus number 9 or 11.
  • the code digits assigned to the continuous document numbers therefore consist of the periodically repeating sequence of digits 0 to 8. With the modulus number 11, the code number sequence 0 to 10 results accordingly, with 10 being replaced by a letter to avoid two-digit code numbers can be.
  • Another known module system is the divisional subtraction residual system. Then the number is divided by the modulus number and then the resulting division remainder is subtracted from the modulus number; the result, that is to say the resulting difference, is the code number. This results in the decreasing code number sequence 8 to 0 for the modulus number 9 as the document number progresses.
  • code numbers from the respective document number in which, for example, the checksum of the document number is used or a two-digit modulus number, for example modulus number 91, is used.
  • the numbers are often designed in such a way that they can be photoelectrically read by suitable reading devices.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a numbering device of the type described above using features known per se from other areas, with which notes of value, in particular banknotes, can be provided with numbers without great technical outlay, which provide particularly high security against counterfeiting to guarantee; in particular, these counterfeit-proof numbers should be able to be printed in different colors with normal, mechanically driven numbering units, which are only slightly modified compared to conventional, known numbering units.
  • This task is based on a device of the type mentioned in the introduction, in which the numbering unit has at least one code number roll arranged coaxially with the normal number rolls and an adjusting device assigned to it, which can be controlled and set up as a function of the respective setting of the normal number rolls Before each imprint, set the code number roll to a code number that is in a predeterminable relationship to the number to be printed by the normal number rolls, according to the invention, in that an additional inking unit with at least one inking roller for inking only the code number roll with a color of the normal number imprint different color is provided.
  • the inking rollers for the normal number rollers and the code number roller of all numbering units arranged on a numbering unit cylinder are preferably arranged one after the other in the circumferential direction and are cut out in such a way that only the normal number rollers or only the code number roller of the numbering units are touched by the inking rollers assigned to them.
  • a reader can be used for automatic testing, which responds to the color of the automatically readable code number.
  • This color can in particular be a color that is only visible when illuminated with ultraviolet light by fluorescence.
  • the normal number rolls and the code number roll can preferably be stored in the same numbering frame, so that the entire arrangement has a space-saving and compact structure.
  • the setting device for the code number roll can be a mechanical system which can be actuated by the normal number rolls.
  • the invention can be implemented in that a simple modulus system, e.g. B. with the modulus number 9, selects and equips a banknote numbering device of known design with an additional code digit roller, which is inevitably kinematically connected to the unit digit roller of the numbering unit by an indexing mechanism.
  • the arrangement can also be such that a preferably programmable electronic computing circuit, for example simply in the form of a small printed circuit or a semiconductor chip, is installed in the numbering unit and set up to issue control commands to the setting device as a function of the normal serial number to be printed in each case which sets the code number roll to the respective code number to be printed.
  • the normal digit rolls can be designed and arranged in such a way that they emit or generate electrical signals via their respective setting.
  • the setting device for the code number roll is mechanically independent of the normal number rolls and is designed such that it can be actuated by the possibly amplified electrical output signals of the computing circuit.
  • arbitrarily complicated calculation rules for the code number can be used as a basis, which can then easily have several digits and can be printed by means of two or more separately adjustable code digit rolls.
  • serial number appears on a note in several places on the front and back. In these cases it is sufficient if, for example, only one or two of the numbers printed on each note have the code numbers, so that the numbering device in question is equipped accordingly with normal numbering units and with numbering units according to the invention.
  • a printing cylinder 2 and a numbering unit cylinder 3 seated on the numbering unit shaft 4, on which a larger number of numbering units are mounted.
  • This number is equal to the number of serial numbers to be printed during one revolution of the numbering machine cylinder 3 and, of course, depends on the one hand on the number of banknote prints on a banknote sheet passing through the numbering device and on the other hand on how often a certain serial number appears at different places on a banknote. All numbering units are switched in a known manner by one number with each revolution of the numbering unit cylinder 3.
  • the directions of rotation of the printing cylinder 2 and the numbering cylinder 3 are indicated by arrows in FIG. 1.
  • a numbering 5, which is attached to the circumference of the numbering cylinder 3, is shown in more detail.
  • the numbering frame 6 ten normal digit rolls 8 with the single digit roll 8a lying on the right in FIG. 3 and coaxially with it, along with the single digit roll 8a, an additional code number roll 9 are rotatably mounted about the axis 7.
  • the indexing mechanism of the normal numerical rollers 8, which print the serial numbers in a known manner, is, as usual, set up to increment the serial number by one number each time the numbering cylinder 3 rotates, if an indexing lever 12 is attached to a carrier 14 by a fixed cam 13 is, every time the numbering unit 5 passes, it is refilled.
  • a mechanical setting device 10 which can be controlled by the normal number rolls 8 is provided in such a way that each time the numbering unit 5 is advanced, a code number which has a predetermined fixed mathematical relationship to the serial number to be printed in each case, i. H. stands for the respective setting of the normal digit rolls 8, is brought into the printing position.
  • the code number determination is based on a simple modulus system, namely the division residual system with the modulus number 9 mentioned in the introduction, and accordingly the code number role 9 is a code number role lying next to the ones digit role 8a, which has the nine code numbers 0 to 8 distributed over its circumference .
  • the adjustment device simply consists of a claw or tooth Wheel translation between the single digit roller 8a and the code digit roller 9 such that each time the one digit roller 8a is advanced, the code digit roller 9 is inevitably taken along by a correspondingly larger indexing angle, namely by 40 °.
  • the code number roller is only advanced by an angle of 360 ° / 11 by means of a claw or gear reduction.
  • Other step-up or step-down gears can also be provided between the unit number roller and the code number roller.
  • the numbering unit cylinder 3 works according to FIG. 1 with two inking units 15 and 18.
  • the inking unit 15 has two inking rollers 16 and 17, which ink the normal number rollers 8 of the numbering units with a specific color
  • the other inking unit 18 has a inking roller 19 which inkes the code number rollers 9 of the numbering units with a different color.
  • the inking unit 18 is located with its inking roller 19 1 and 2 seen in the direction of rotation of the numbering cylinder 3 behind the inking unit 15.
  • the inking rollers 16 and 17 are cut out so that they only come into contact with the normal number rollers 8, in the example according to Fig. 2 seven adjacent numbering units can be colored.
  • the inking roller 19, on the other hand, is cut out in such a way that only the code number roller 9 of the numbering units is inked in each case.
  • the code number is expediently designed in such a way that it can be automatically read by a computer for checking purposes and is preferably printed with a color which is not visible in normal light, for example with a color which becomes visible only when irradiated with ultraviolet light and to which a suitable reading device responds .
  • the arrangement can also be such that a small electronic computing circuit is provided in the numbering unit, which is designed or programmed in accordance with the desired mathematical relationship between the code number and the respective serial number.
  • This arithmetic circuit receives electrical input signals which correspond to the respective setting of the normal digit rolls 8 and emits electrical output signals for controlling the setting device for the code number roll 9. It is also possible to provide only one central computing circuit which controls the code number roles of all numbering units of the numbering device.

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1. A numbering device for securities and certificates, in particular banknotes, comprising at least one numbering mechanism the digit rollers of which after the printing of one number get switched onwards by one number, and an inking unit which has at least one inking roller that inks the digit rollers, said numbering mechanism (5) having additionally at least one code number roller (9) arranged coaxially with the digit rollers (8) and a setting mechanism associated with it, which can be controlled in dependence upon the respective setting of the normal digit rollers (8) and is arranged for setting the code number roller (9) before each printing to a code number having a predeterminable relationship with the number to be printed by the normal digit rollers (8), characterized in that an additional inking unit (18) is provided with at least one inking roller (19) for inking only the code number roller (9) with an ink that is different from the ink of the normal number imprint.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf eine Numeriervorrichtung für Wertpapiere und Wertscheine, insbesondere Banknoten, mit wenigstens einem Numerierwerk, dessen Ziffernrollen nach dem Aufdruck einer Zahl um eine Nummer weitergeschaltet werden, und mit einem Farbwerk, das wenigstens eine die Ziffernrollen einfärbende Einfärbwalze aufweist.The invention relates to a numbering device for securities and banknotes, in particular banknotes, with at least one numbering unit, the number rolls of which are switched by one number after the printing of a number, and with an inking unit which has at least one inking roller which colors the number rolls.

Derartige Numeriervorrichtungen, mit denen frisch gedruckte Banknoten oder andere Wertscheine fortlaufend mit einer Seriennummer bedruckt werden und bei denen die Numerierwerke gewöhnlich auf einem rotierenden Numerierwerkzylinder angeordnet sind, sind seit langem bekannt (z. B. DE-PS Nr. 1486894).Such numbering devices, with which freshly printed banknotes or other banknotes are continuously printed with a serial number and in which the numbering units are usually arranged on a rotating numbering unit cylinder, have long been known (e.g. DE-PS No. 1486894).

Bei der Herstellung und der graphischen Gestaltung einer Banknote spielt, ausser der künstlerischen Gestaltung, die Sicherheit gegen Fälschung die grösste Rolle. Neben einer möglichst komplizierten Gestaltung des graphischen Entwurfs und der Anwendung besonders aufwendiger und komplizierter Druckverfahren trägt auch die auf jeder Banknote aufgedruckte Nummerzur Erhöhung der Fälschungssicherheit bei. In diesem Zusammenhang ist bereits eine Reihe von Massnahmen bekannt, die vielfach angewendet werden. So können beispielsweise die Ziffern der aufgedruckten Nummer eine besondere graphische Gestaltung oder, durch Verwendung entsprechender Numerierfarbe, besondere Farbeffekte aufweisen. Auch werden der Numerierfarbe häufig magnetische Bestandteile oder andere Zusatzstoffe beigemischt, die durch besondere physikalische Messverfahren erfassbar sind. Durch eine perfekte Nummernfolge wird sichergestellt, dass jede in der betreffenden Nummernsequenz ausgegebene Nummer tatsächlich vorhanden ist. Eine weitere Massnahme zur Erhöhung der Fälschungssicherheit besteht in der Anwendung besonderer Nummernkonstruktionen mit Prefix und Suffix.In addition to the artistic design, security against counterfeiting plays the greatest role in the production and graphic design of a banknote. In addition to making the graphic design as complicated as possible and the use of particularly complex and complicated printing processes, the number printed on each banknote also contributes to increasing the security against forgery. In this context, a number of measures are already known that are widely used. For example, the digits of the printed number can have a special graphic design or, by using the appropriate numbering color, special color effects. Magnetic components or other additives that can be determined by special physical measurement methods are also often added to the numbering color. A perfect number sequence ensures that every number output in the relevant number sequence actually exists. Another measure to increase counterfeit protection is to use special number constructions with a prefix and suffix.

Bei anderen Dokumenten als Banknoten ist es bereits bekannt, ausser einer normalen, zur Identifizierung des betreffenden Dokuments dienenden Nummer eine Codeziffer aufzudrucken, welche sich nach einem bestimmten Modulussystem unter Verwendung einer bestimmten Moduluszahl aus der jeweiligen normalen Nummer berechnet (z. B. GB-A Nr. 1554152). Nach dem Divisionsrestsystem z. B. ist die Codeziffer gleich der Rest, der sich bei einer Division der Nummer durch die Moduluszahl ergibt, wobei gewöhnlich die Moduluszahl 9 oder 11 verwendet wird. Im Falle der Moduluszahl 9 bestehen daher die den fortlaufenden Dokumentennummem zugeordneten Codeziffern aus der sich periodisch wiederholenden Ziffernfolge 0 bis 8. Bei der Moduluszahl 11 ergibt sich entsprechend die Codezahlfolge 0 bis 10, wobei, um zweistellige Codezahlen zu vermeiden, die 10 durch einen Buchstaben ersetzt werden kann.For documents other than banknotes, it is already known to print a code number in addition to a normal number that serves to identify the document in question, which code number is calculated from the respective normal number according to a specific modulus system using a specific modulus number (e.g. GB-A No. 1554152). According to the divisional residual system z. For example, the code digit is the remainder that results from dividing the number by the modulus number, usually using the modulus number 9 or 11. In the case of the modulus number 9, the code digits assigned to the continuous document numbers therefore consist of the periodically repeating sequence of digits 0 to 8. With the modulus number 11, the code number sequence 0 to 10 results accordingly, with 10 being replaced by a letter to avoid two-digit code numbers can be.

Ein anderes bekanntes Modulussystem ist das Divisionssubtraktionsrestsystem. Danach wird die Nummer durch die Moduluszahl dividiert und dann der sich ergebende Divisionsrest von der Moduluszahl abgezogen; das Ergebnis, also die resultierende Differenz, stellt die Codeziffer dar. Hieraus ergibt sich für die Moduluszahl 9 bei fortschreitender Dokumentennummer die abnehmende Codeziffernfolge 8 bis 0.Another known module system is the divisional subtraction residual system. Then the number is divided by the modulus number and then the resulting division remainder is subtracted from the modulus number; the result, that is to say the resulting difference, is the code number. This results in the decreasing code number sequence 8 to 0 for the modulus number 9 as the document number progresses.

Ferner sind zur Ermittlung von Codezahlen aus der jeweiligen Dokumentennummer auch kompliziertere Rechenvorschriften bekannt, bei denen beispielsweise die Quersumme der Dokumentennummer verwendet oder mit einer zweistelligen Moduluszahl, beispielsweise der Moduluszahl 91, gearbeitet wird. Bei komplizierten Modulussystemen sind die Nummern häufig so gestaltet, dass sie von geeigneten Lesegeräten photoelektrisch gelesen werden können.Furthermore, more complicated calculation rules are known for determining code numbers from the respective document number, in which, for example, the checksum of the document number is used or a two-digit modulus number, for example modulus number 91, is used. In the case of complicated module systems, the numbers are often designed in such a way that they can be photoelectrically read by suitable reading devices.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, unter Verwendung von aus anderen Gebieten an sich bekannten Merkmalen eine Numeriervorrichtung der eingangs beschriebenen Art zu schaffen, mit der ohne grossen technischen Aufwand Wertscheine, insbesondere Banknoten, mit Nummern versehen werden können, welche eine besonders hohe Sicherheit gegen Fälschung garantieren; insbesondere sollen diese fälschungssicheren Nummern mit normalen, mechanisch angetriebenen Numerierwerken, die gegenüber üblichen, bekannten Numerierwerken nur unwesentlich modifiziert sind, farblich verschieden aufgedruckt werden können.The invention has for its object to provide a numbering device of the type described above using features known per se from other areas, with which notes of value, in particular banknotes, can be provided with numbers without great technical outlay, which provide particularly high security against counterfeiting to guarantee; in particular, these counterfeit-proof numbers should be able to be printed in different colors with normal, mechanically driven numbering units, which are only slightly modified compared to conventional, known numbering units.

Diese Aufgabe wird, ausgehend von einer Vorrichtung der eingangs genannten Art, bei der das Numerierwerk wenigstens eine gleichachsig zu den normalen Ziffernrollen angeordnete Codezahlrolle und eine dieser zugeordnete Einstelleinrichtung aufweist, welche in Abhängigkeit von der jeweiligen Einstellung der normalen Ziffernrollen steuerbar und dazu eingerichtet ist, die Codezahlrolle vor jedem Aufdruck auf eine Codezahl einzustellen, die in einer vorgebbaren Beziehung zu der von den normalen Ziffernrollen zu druckenden Nummer steht, erfindungsgemäss dadurch gelöst, dass ein zusätzliches Farbwerk mit wenigstens einer Einfärbwalze zum Einfärben nur der Codezahlrolle mit einer von der Farbe des normalen Nummernaufdrucks unterschiedlichen Farbe vorgesehen ist.This task is based on a device of the type mentioned in the introduction, in which the numbering unit has at least one code number roll arranged coaxially with the normal number rolls and an adjusting device assigned to it, which can be controlled and set up as a function of the respective setting of the normal number rolls Before each imprint, set the code number roll to a code number that is in a predeterminable relationship to the number to be printed by the normal number rolls, according to the invention, in that an additional inking unit with at least one inking roller for inking only the code number roll with a color of the normal number imprint different color is provided.

Auf diese Weise werden mit einfachen Mitteln zwei die Fälschung erschwerende Massnahmen eingeführt, nämlich einerseits die bekannte zusätzliche Codezahl, deren Berechnungsformel nicht ohne weiteres erkennbar ist, und andererseits der Aufdruck dieser Codezahl mit einer besonderen Farbe, insbesondere mit einer bei normalem Licht nicht sichtbaren Farbe. Vorzugsweise liegen die Einfärbwalzen für die normalen Ziffernrollen und die Codezahlrolle aller auf einem Numerierwerkzylinder angeordneten Numerierwerke in Umfangsrichtung desselben hintereinander und sind so ausgeschnitten, dass nur die normalen Ziffernrollen bzw. nur die Codezahlrolle der Numerierwerke von den ihnen zugeordneten Einfärbwalzen berührt werden.In this way, two counterfeiting measures are introduced with simple means, namely on the one hand the known additional code number, the calculation formula of which is not readily recognizable, and on the other hand the printing of this code number with a special color, in particular with a color that is not visible in normal light. The inking rollers for the normal number rollers and the code number roller of all numbering units arranged on a numbering unit cylinder are preferably arranged one after the other in the circumferential direction and are cut out in such a way that only the normal number rollers or only the code number roller of the numbering units are touched by the inking rollers assigned to them.

Bei einer Prüfung der Banknoten durch einen Fachmann kann auf einfache Weise festgestellt werden, ob die aufgedruckte Seriennummer und die angefügte Codezahl korrekt sind. Zur automatischen Prüfung kann ein Lesegerät verwendet werden, welches auf die Farbe der automatisch lesbar gestalteten Codezahl anspricht. Bei dieser Farbe kann es sich insbesondere um eine nur bei Beleuchtung mit ultraviolettem Licht durch Fluoreszenz sichtbar werdende Farbe handeln.When the banknotes are checked by a specialist, it can easily be determined whether the printed serial number and the attached code number is correct. A reader can be used for automatic testing, which responds to the color of the automatically readable code number. This color can in particular be a color that is only visible when illuminated with ultraviolet light by fluorescence.

Vorzugsweise können die normalen Ziffernrollen und die Codezahlrolle im gleichen Numerierwerkgestell gelagert sein, so dass die ganze Anordnung einen raumsparenden und kompakten Aufbau hat.The normal number rolls and the code number roll can preferably be stored in the same numbering frame, so that the entire arrangement has a space-saving and compact structure.

Die Einstelleinrichtung für die Codezahlrolle kann ein von den normalen Ziffernrollen betätigbares mechanisches System sein. Im einfachsten Falle lässt sich die Erfindung dadurch verwirklichen, dass man für die Codezahlberechnung ein einfaches Modulussystem, z. B. mit der Moduluszahl 9, wählt und ein Banknotennumerierwerk bekannter Bauart mit einer zusätzlichen Codeziffernrolle ausrüstet, welche durch einen Fortschaltmechanismus zwangsläufig mit der Einerziffernrolle des Numerierwerks kinematisch verbunden ist. Im Falle des Modulus-9-Systems sind dann die neun Codeziffern 0 bis 8 gleichmässig über den Umfang der Codeziffernrolle verteilt, und diese Codeziffernrolle wird von der Einerziffernrolle durch ein einfaches Übersetzungsgetriebe, beispielsweise in Form einer Klauen- oder Zahnradübersetzung, derart angetrieben, dass der Schaltwinkel bei jeder Fortschaltung 360°/9 = 40° beträgt.The setting device for the code number roll can be a mechanical system which can be actuated by the normal number rolls. In the simplest case, the invention can be implemented in that a simple modulus system, e.g. B. with the modulus number 9, selects and equips a banknote numbering device of known design with an additional code digit roller, which is inevitably kinematically connected to the unit digit roller of the numbering unit by an indexing mechanism. In the case of the modulus 9 system, the nine code digits 0 to 8 are then evenly distributed over the circumference of the code digit roll, and this code digit roll is driven by the single digit roll by a simple transmission gear, for example in the form of a claw or gear ratio, in such a way that the Switching angle for each increment is 360 ° / 9 = 40 °.

Die Anordnung kann auch so getroffen sein, dass eine vorzugsweise programmierbare elektronische Rechenschaltung, beispielsweise einfach in Form einer kleinen gedruckten Schaltung oder eines Halbleiterchips, im Numerierwerk eingebaut und dazu eingerichtet ist, in Abhängigkeit von der normalen, jeweils zu druckenden Seriennummer Steuerbefehle an die Einstelleinrichtung abzugeben, welche die Codezahlrolle auf die jeweils zu druckende Codezahl einstellt. Hierbei können die normalen Ziffernrollen so gestaltet und angeordnet sein, dass sie elektrische Signale über ihre jeweilige Einstellung abgeben bzw. erzeugen. Die Einstelleinrichtung für die Codezahlrolle ist in diesem Falle mechanisch unabhängig von den normalen Ziffernrollen und so ausgebildet, dass sie durch die gegebenenfalls verstärkten elektrischen Ausgangssignale der Rechenschaltung betätigbar ist. Bei dieser Ausführungsform lassen sich beliebig komplizierte Rechenvorschriften für die Codezahl zugrunde legen, welche dann ohne weiteres auch mehrstellig sein kann und durch zwei oder mehr getrennt einstellbare Codeziffernrollen druckbar ist.The arrangement can also be such that a preferably programmable electronic computing circuit, for example simply in the form of a small printed circuit or a semiconductor chip, is installed in the numbering unit and set up to issue control commands to the setting device as a function of the normal serial number to be printed in each case which sets the code number roll to the respective code number to be printed. Here, the normal digit rolls can be designed and arranged in such a way that they emit or generate electrical signals via their respective setting. In this case, the setting device for the code number roll is mechanically independent of the normal number rolls and is designed such that it can be actuated by the possibly amplified electrical output signals of the computing circuit. In this embodiment, arbitrarily complicated calculation rules for the code number can be used as a basis, which can then easily have several digits and can be printed by means of two or more separately adjustable code digit rolls.

Gewöhnlich erscheint die Seriennummer auf einem Wertschein an mehreren Stellen auf der Vor-und Rückseite. In diesen Fällen genügt es, wenn beispielsweise nur eine oder zwei der auf jedem Wertschein aufgedruckten Nummern die Codezahlen aufweisen, so dass die betreffende Numeriervorrichtung entsprechend mit normalen Numerierwerken und mit Numerierwerken nach der Erfindung ausgerüstet ist.Usually the serial number appears on a note in several places on the front and back. In these cases it is sufficient if, for example, only one or two of the numbers printed on each note have the code numbers, so that the numbering device in question is equipped accordingly with normal numbering units and with numbering units according to the invention.

Die Erfindung wird anhand der Zeichnung an einem Ausführungsbeispiel näher erläutert. Es zeigen:

  • Fig. 1 eine schematische Seitenansicht einer Numeriervorrichtung nach der Erfindung, welche beispielsweise Bestandteil einer kombinierten Druckmaschine ist, in welcher Wertscheinbogen mit Wertscheinaufdrucken versehen werden,
  • Fig. 2 eine schematische Draufsicht auf die Farbwerke der Numeriervorrichtung nach Fig. 1, und
  • Fig. 3 die Ansicht eines Numerierwerks nach der Erfindung, in vergrösserter Darstellung.
The invention is explained in more detail with reference to the drawing using an exemplary embodiment. Show it:
  • 1 is a schematic side view of a numbering device according to the invention, which is part of a combined printing press, for example, in which note sheets are provided with note prints,
  • Fig. 2 is a schematic plan view of the inking units of the numbering device according to Fig. 1, and
  • Fig. 3 is a view of a numbering machine according to the invention, in an enlarged view.

Nach Fig. 1 sind im Gestell 1 einer Numeriervorrichtung, die zu einer nicht dargestellten Banknotendruckmaschine gehören kann, ein Druckzylinder 2 und ein auf der Numerierwerkwelle 4 sitzender Numerierwerkzylinder 3 gelagert, auf dem eine grössere Anzahl von Numerierwerken montiert ist. Diese Anzahl ist gleich der während einem Umlauf des Numerierwerkzylinders 3 aufzudruckenden Anzahl von Seriennummern und hängt natürlich einerseits von der Zahl der Banknotenaufdrucke auf einem die Numeriervorrichtung passierenden Banknotenbogen und andererseits davon ab, wie oft eine bestimmte Seriennummer an verschiedenen Stellen einer Banknote erscheint. Alle Numerierwerke werden in bekannter Weise bei jedem Umlauf des Numerierwerkzylinders 3 um eine Nummer weitergeschaltet. Die Drehrichtungen des Druckzylinders 2 und des Numerierwerkzylinders 3 sind in Fig. 1 durch Pfeile angedeutet.1, in the frame 1 of a numbering device, which can belong to a banknote printing machine, not shown, a printing cylinder 2 and a numbering unit cylinder 3 seated on the numbering unit shaft 4, on which a larger number of numbering units are mounted. This number is equal to the number of serial numbers to be printed during one revolution of the numbering machine cylinder 3 and, of course, depends on the one hand on the number of banknote prints on a banknote sheet passing through the numbering device and on the other hand on how often a certain serial number appears at different places on a banknote. All numbering units are switched in a known manner by one number with each revolution of the numbering unit cylinder 3. The directions of rotation of the printing cylinder 2 and the numbering cylinder 3 are indicated by arrows in FIG. 1.

In Fig. 3 ist ein Numerierwerk 5, das auf dem Umfang des Numerierwerkzylinders 3 befestigt ist, näher dargestellt. Im Numerierwerkgestell 6 sind im betrachteten Beispiel zehn normale Ziffernrollen 8 mit der in Fig. 3 rechts liegenden Einerziffernrolle 8a und gleichachsig dazu neben der Einerziffernrolle 8a eine zusätzliche Codezahlrolle 9 um die Achse 7 drehbar gelagert. Der Fortschaltmechanismus der normalen Ziffernrollen 8, welche in bekannter Weise die Seriennummern drucken, ist wie üblich dazu eingerichtet, die Seriennummer bei jedem Umlauf des Numerierwerkzylinders 3 um eine Nummer fortzuschalten, wenn ein Fortschalthebel 12 durch einen ortsfesten Nocken 13, der an einem Träger 14 befestigt ist, bei jedem Vorbeigang des Numerierwerks 5 ausgetenkt wird. Für die Codezahlrolle 9 ist eine mechanische, von den normalen Ziffernrollen 8 steuerbare Einstelleinrichtung 10 derart vorgesehen, dass bei jeder Fortschaltung des Numerierwerks 5 eine Codezahl, die in einer vorgegebenen festen mathematischen Beziehung zu der jeweils zu druckenden Seriennummer, d. h. also zur jeweiligen Einstellung der normalen Ziffernrollen 8 steht, in Druckstellung gebracht wird.In Fig. 3, a numbering 5, which is attached to the circumference of the numbering cylinder 3, is shown in more detail. In the example shown in the numbering frame 6, ten normal digit rolls 8 with the single digit roll 8a lying on the right in FIG. 3 and coaxially with it, along with the single digit roll 8a, an additional code number roll 9 are rotatably mounted about the axis 7. The indexing mechanism of the normal numerical rollers 8, which print the serial numbers in a known manner, is, as usual, set up to increment the serial number by one number each time the numbering cylinder 3 rotates, if an indexing lever 12 is attached to a carrier 14 by a fixed cam 13 is, every time the numbering unit 5 passes, it is refilled. For the code number roll 9, a mechanical setting device 10 which can be controlled by the normal number rolls 8 is provided in such a way that each time the numbering unit 5 is advanced, a code number which has a predetermined fixed mathematical relationship to the serial number to be printed in each case, i. H. stands for the respective setting of the normal digit rolls 8, is brought into the printing position.

In einer bevorzugten Ausführungsform liegt der Codezahlbestimmung ein einfaches Modulussystem, nämlich das in der Einleitung erwähnte Divisionsrestsystem mit der Moduluszahl 9 zugrunde, und dementsprechend ist die Codezahlrolle 9 eine neben der Einerziffernrolle 8a liegende Codeziffernrolle, die auf ihrem Umfang verteilt die neun Codeziffern 0 bis 8 aufweist. Die Einstelleinrichtung besteht einfach aus einer Klauen- oder Zahnradübersetzung zwischen der Einerziffernrolle 8a und der Codeziffernrolle 9 derart, dass bei jeder Fortschaltung der Einerziffernrolle 8a die Codeziffernrolle 9 zwangsläufig um einen entsprechend grösseren Fortschaltwinkel, nämlich um 40°, mitgenommen wird. Im Falle eines Modulus-11-Systems, bei dem eine Folge von elf Codezahlen auftritt, wird die Codezahlrolle mittels einer Klauen- oder Zahnraduntersetzung jeweils nur um einen Winkel von 360°/11 weitergeschaltet. Es können auch andere Übersetzungs- bzw. Untersetzungsgetriebe zwischen der Einerziffernrolle und der Codezahlrolle vorgesehen sein.In a preferred embodiment, the code number determination is based on a simple modulus system, namely the division residual system with the modulus number 9 mentioned in the introduction, and accordingly the code number role 9 is a code number role lying next to the ones digit role 8a, which has the nine code numbers 0 to 8 distributed over its circumference . The adjustment device simply consists of a claw or tooth Wheel translation between the single digit roller 8a and the code digit roller 9 such that each time the one digit roller 8a is advanced, the code digit roller 9 is inevitably taken along by a correspondingly larger indexing angle, namely by 40 °. In the case of a modulus 11 system, in which a sequence of eleven code numbers occurs, the code number roller is only advanced by an angle of 360 ° / 11 by means of a claw or gear reduction. Other step-up or step-down gears can also be provided between the unit number roller and the code number roller.

Der Numerierwerkzylinder 3 arbeitet nach Fig. 1 mit zwei Farbwerken 15 und 18 zusammen. Das Farbwerk 15 hat zwei Einfärbwalzen 16 und 17, welche die normalen Ziffernrollen 8 der Numerierwerke mit einer bestimmten Farbe einfärben, und das andere Farbwerk 18 eine die Codezahlrollen 9 der Numerierwerke mit einer anderen Farbe einfärbende Einfärbwalze 19. Das Farbwerk 18 mit seiner Einfärbwalze 19 liegt nach den Fig. 1 und 2 in Drehrichtung des Numerierwerkzylinders 3 gesehen hinter dem Farbwerk 15. Wie in Fig. 2 angedeutet, sind die Einfärbwalzen 16 und 17 so ausgeschnitten, dass sie nur mit den normalen Ziffernrollen 8 in Berührung gelangen, wobei im Beispiel nach Fig. 2 sieben nebeneinanderliegende Numerierwerke einfärbbar sind. Die Einfärbwalze 19 ist dagegen so ausgeschnitten, dass nur jeweils die Codezahlrolle 9 der Numerierwerke eingefärbt wird.The numbering unit cylinder 3 works according to FIG. 1 with two inking units 15 and 18. The inking unit 15 has two inking rollers 16 and 17, which ink the normal number rollers 8 of the numbering units with a specific color, and the other inking unit 18 has a inking roller 19 which inkes the code number rollers 9 of the numbering units with a different color. The inking unit 18 is located with its inking roller 19 1 and 2 seen in the direction of rotation of the numbering cylinder 3 behind the inking unit 15. As indicated in FIG. 2, the inking rollers 16 and 17 are cut out so that they only come into contact with the normal number rollers 8, in the example according to Fig. 2 seven adjacent numbering units can be colored. The inking roller 19, on the other hand, is cut out in such a way that only the code number roller 9 of the numbering units is inked in each case.

Die Codezahl ist zweckmässigerweise so gestaltet, dass sie zwecks Prüfung durch einen Computer automatisch abgelesen werden kann und wird vorzugsweise mit einer bei normalem Licht nicht sichtbaren Farbe gedruckt, beispielsweise mit einer nur bei Bestrahlung mit ultraviolettem Licht sichtbar werdenden Farbe, auf die ein geeignetes Lesegerät anspricht.The code number is expediently designed in such a way that it can be automatically read by a computer for checking purposes and is preferably printed with a color which is not visible in normal light, for example with a color which becomes visible only when irradiated with ultraviolet light and to which a suitable reading device responds .

Im Prinzip genügt es, dass von den an mehreren Stellen einer Banknote aufgedruckten Seriennummern nur wenigstens eine durch eine Codezahl ergänzt ist, während alle anderen, auf der Banknote erscheinenden Seriennummern keine Codeziffer haben und daher mit konventionellen Numerierwerken druckbar sind.In principle, it suffices that of the serial numbers printed at several places on a bank note, only at least one is supplemented by a code number, while all other serial numbers appearing on the bank note have no code number and can therefore be printed using conventional numbering units.

Die Anordnung kann auch so getroffen sein, dass im Numerierwerk eine kleine elektronische Rechenschaltung vorgesehen ist, die entsprechend der gewünschten mathematischen Beziehung zwischen der Codezahl und der jeweiligen Seriennummer ausgelegt bzw. programmiert ist. Diese Rechenschaltung erhält elektrische Eingangssignale, welche der jeweiligen Einstellung der normalen Ziffernrollen 8 entsprechen, und gibt elektrische Ausgangssignale zur Steuerung der Einstelleinrichtung für die Codezahlrolle 9 ab. Es kann auch nur eine die Codezahlrollen aller Numerierwerke der Numeriervorrichtung gemeinsam steuernde zentrale Rechenschaltung vorgesehen sein.The arrangement can also be such that a small electronic computing circuit is provided in the numbering unit, which is designed or programmed in accordance with the desired mathematical relationship between the code number and the respective serial number. This arithmetic circuit receives electrical input signals which correspond to the respective setting of the normal digit rolls 8 and emits electrical output signals for controlling the setting device for the code number roll 9. It is also possible to provide only one central computing circuit which controls the code number roles of all numbering units of the numbering device.

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1. A numbering device for securities and certificates, in particular banknotes, comprising at least one numbering mechanism the digit rollers of which after the printing of one number get switched onwards by one number, and an inking unit which has at least one inking roller that inks the digit rollers, said numbering mechanism (5) having additionally at least one code number roller (9) arranged coaxially with the digit rollers (8) and a setting mechanism associated with it, which can be controlled in dependence upon the respective setting of the normal digit rollers (8) and is arranged for setting the code number roller (9) before each printing to a code number having a predeterminable relationship with the number to be printed by the normal digit rollers (8), characterized in that an additional inking unit (18) is provided with at least one inking roller (19) for inking only the code number roller (9) with an ink that is different from the ink of the normal number imprint.
2. A numbering device according to claim 1, characterized in that the additional inking unit (18) is arranged for inking the code number roller (9) with an ink invisible under normal light, in particular with an ink that fluoresces under illumination by ultraviolet light, and that preferably the types of the code numbers on the code number roller (9) are so designed that the printed code number can be read photeolectrically.
3. A numbering device according to claim 1 or 2 having a numbering cylinder carrying several numbering units, characterized in that the inking rollers (16, 17; 19) for the normal digit rollers (8) and the code number rollers (9) are arranged one behind the other in the direction circumferential to the numbering cylinder (3) and are cut away in such a manner that only the normal digit rollers (8) or respectively only the code number roller (9) of the numbering units (5) are touched by the inking rollers associated with them.
4. A numbering device according to any of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the normal digit rollers (8) and the code number roller (9) are supported side by side in the same numbering mechanism frame (6).
5. A numbering device according to any of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the setting mechanism for the code number roller (9) is a mechanical system actuated by the normal digit rollers (8).
6. A numbering device according to claim 5, characterized in that the code number roller (9) can be set according to a simple modulus system, in particular a modulus-9 or modulus-11 system, and exhibits correspondingly, distributed round its periphery, less or more than ten code numbers or code symbols and that the setting mechanism is a step-up or step-down gear (10) coupling the unit digit roller (8a) of the numbering mechanism (5) positively to the code number roller (9), said setting mechanism being in particular a spur gear or dogclutch which at every step turns the code number roller (9) onwards by an angle which is correspondingly greater or less than the stepping angle of the unit digit roller (8a).
7. A numbering device according to any of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that for the determination of the code number to be printed respectively it exhibits an electronic calculating circuit which is arranged for controlling the setting mechanism for the code number roller (9) on the basis of information about the respective setting of the normal digit rollers (8).
8. A numbering device according to claim 7, characterized in that the electronic calculating circuit is programmable.
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