Feeder device and method for feeding a stack of value documents to a singler device, singler module and system for processing value documents

A method for feeding a stack of value documents to a singler device, which is configured to withdraw individual value documents from the stack, the method using a feeder device comprising a stop element having a front side and a back side, the front side being configured to serve as a stop for a rear side of the stack and to guide the stack at the rear side of the stack towards the singler device, two lateral guide elements provided at the front side of the stop element and configured to guide the stack at two lateral sides of the stack towards the singler device, two support elements, on which the lateral guide elements are mounted a coupling element which is configured to couple the support elements with each other such that by moving one of the lateral guide elements in a first direction, the other lateral guide element is moved in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and to decouple the support elements from each other so as to allow moving and positioning the lateral guide elements independently from each other, wherein the coupling element is configured to be actuated by a knob such that by manually turning the knob the support elements can be coupled and decoupled from each other, and two or more bearing elements by which the support elements are movably mounted on the stop element, wherein at least one of the bearing elements is a roller element, the method comprising the following steps:

• changing the respective positions of the lateral guide elements and/or a distance of the lateral guide elements relative to each other,
• depositing a stack of value documents between the two lateral guide elements at the front side of the stop element and
• guiding the stack of value documents at the rear side of the stack along the front side of the stop element and at two lateral sides of the stack along the lateral guide elements towards the singler device.

A feeder device for feeding a stack of value documents to a singler device, which is configured to withdraw individual value documents from the stack, wherein the feeder device comprises:

• a stop element having a front side and a back side, the front side being configured to serve as a stop for a rear side of the stack and to guide the stack at the rear side of the stack towards the singler device,
• two lateral guide elements provided at the front side of the stop element and configured to guide the stack at two lateral sides of the stack towards the singler device,
• two support elements, on which the lateral guide elements are mounted, and
• two or more bearing elements by which the support elements are movably mounted on the stop element to allow the respective positions of the lateral guide elements and/or a distance of the lateral guide elements relative to each other to be changed, wherein at least one of the bearing elements is a roller element, and wherein the bearing elements are positioned such that the support elements move in a horizontal direction and at least two of the bearing elements are vertically offset from each other.