Device and method for singly outputting book-like documents from a stack

Abstract

In order to safely, simply and cost-effectively dispense book-like documents D* individually from a stack S, a device (100) with the following components is provided: (a) a holding device (110) for the documents D, D*, D**, the holding device (110) being formed by two holding elements (111, 112) which are arranged relative to each other at an opening angle α ≤ 150° and on which the documents D, D*, D** can be placed in an open state, the documents D, D*, D** being formed by two document parts D', D" which are attached to each other at the opening angle α and which lie in stack planes (117, 118) that extend at the opening angle α, the device (100) also (b) having a retaining device (120) which extends transversally to the stack planes (117, 118) such that said retaining device permits a translational movement of a document D* to be dispensed from the stack S in a dispensing direction R and prevents a translational movement of all the other documents D** located in the stack S, the device (100) further having (c) an advancement device (130) which comprises at least one advancement element (131), is in abutment with the document D* to be dispensed and which acts in the dispensing direction R in order to dispense documents individually.

Description

technical field [0001] The invention relates to a device and a method for the individual output of book-like documents, in particular security and / or important documents, such as passport documents, from a stack. Background technique [0002] The security document and / or the valuable document can be present, for example, in the form of a card or alternatively also as a booklet or book-like document. The booklet or book-like document is characterized by a plurality of document pages which are interconnected by a staple connector or a book connector. Usually, such documents additionally have a binding cover. For example, a passport document attributed to the owner includes an external, typically hard cover, a data page identifying the owner, and other internal pages for recording visas. [0003] Security documents and / or important documents usually contain a plurality of security markings which should render the document impossible or at least difficult to falsify and / or for...

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Problems solved by technology

[0007] The feeding device described in DE 10 2009 053 441 A1 has the disadvantage that the feeding of the document to the processing device can be problematic because the exact square orientation of the document to the lateral guide is not ensured

Furthermore, conventional holding devices and feeding devices for booklets or book-like documents have another disadvantage: these devices are expensive to feed the opened documents

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