Storing and issuing device for banknotes or other flexible documents

A storing and issuing device for banknotes and/or other flexible documents for use in an equipment for the automatic processing of banknotes and/or other documents, said equipment including a transport mechanism for moving banknotes to be entered serially and in a spaced way, wherein said device includes a taking-up roller, a motor of the taking-up roller, at least one transport belt provided for wrapping on the taking-up roller together with the banknotes and holding means actuatable for causing an entering banknote to be engaged with the transport belt;

• wherein said device further comprises an electronic unit for the holding means and the motor of the taking-up roller for causing the entering banknote to be stored on the taking-up roller, with void space queuing such to provide substantial contact between an input edge of the entered banknote and an output edge of a last stored banknote, and
• wherein said electronic unit controls the holding means and the motor of the taking-up roller for enabling the entering banknote to be moved by the transport mechanism up to the condition in which the input edge of the entering banknote is at substantial contact with the output edge of the last stored banknote;
• said holding means comprising pinch rollers and an actuator controlled by said electronic unit for reciprocally moving the pinch rollers between a configuration of engagement in which the banknote can be dragged by the transport belt and a configuration of disengagement in which the banknote can slide with respect to the belt under the action of the said transport mechanism.

A storing and issuing device for banknotes and/or other flexible documents, for use in an equipment for the automatic processing of banknotes and/or other documents, wherein said device includes a taking-up roller, a motor of the taking-up roller, at least one transport belt provided for wrapping on the taking-up roller together with the banknotes, a feeding roller and a motor of the feeding roller, and wherein the transport belt is normally wound on the feeding roller and unwinds from the feeding roller to be wound on the taking-up roller together with the banknotes, said device further comprising

• an electronic unit for the motor of the taking-up roller, for causing the entering banknote to be stored on the taking-up roller, with void space queuing such to provide substantial contact between an input edge of the entered banknote and the output edge of a last stored banknote;
• said electronic unit controlling the motor of the taking-up roller for causing an output edge of the last stored banknote to be arranged in a predetermined configuration;
• wherein, for a mode of issuing, the electronic unit is pre-set to drive the motor of the feeding roller for rewinding the transport belt and enabling the banknotes to be issued to be spaced apart, one from the other;
• and
• wherein said electronic unit is pre-set for rotating the taking-up roller also in the mode of issuing for re-arranging a stored banknote following the last issued banknote, so that an output edge of said banknote following the last issued banknote is arranged in said predetermined configuration.