Container for documents of value

An apparatus for processing sheet goods, in particular value documents, such as bank notes, comprising:

• an input device for inputting sheet goods;
• an output device for outputting sheet goods;
• at least one transport path for transporting sheet goods;
• and
• at least one container for sheet goods which is connected to the input device and the output device via the transport path, comprising at least a first sheet-goods region having an input opening for inputting sheet goods to the first sheet-goods region, so that the first sheet-goods region can assume a first filling state increasing in the course of time, and at least a second sheet-goods region, strictly separate from the first sheet-goods region, having an output opening for outputting sheet goods received in the second sheet-goods region, so that the second sheet-goods region can assume a second filling state decreasing in the course of time, wherein the first sheet-goods region and the second sheet-goods region are variable such that in dependence on the respective filling state of the first sheet-goods region and of the second sheet-goods region a partial volume of the container can belong to the first sheet-goods region at a first time and to the second sheet-goods region at a second time, wherein the apparatus is configured for outputting sheet goods from the container only via the output opening of the second sheet-goods region and only placing sheet goods into the first sheet-goods region of the container.

A method for processing sheet goods employing a sheet-goods container which comprises at least a first sheet-goods region having an input opening for inputting sheet goods to the first sheet-goods region, so that the first sheet-goods region can assume a first filling state increasing in the course of time and which comprises at least a second sheet-goods region, separate from the first sheet-goods region, having an output opening for outputting sheet goods received in the second sheet-goods region, so that the second sheet-goods region can assume a second filling state decreasing in the course of time, wherein the first sheet-goods region and the second sheet-goods region are variable such that in dependence on the respective filling state of the first sheet-goods region and of the second sheet-goods region a partial volume of the container can belong to the first sheet-goods region at a first time and to the second sheet-goods region at a second time, wherein the method comprises:

• inserting the container into a sheet-goods processing apparatus (1), with the first sheet-goods region being empty or predominantly empty and the second sheet-goods region being filled or predominantly filled;
• inputting sheet goods to the sheet-goods processing apparatus;
• automatically placing at least a portion of the inputted sheet goods into the first sheet-goods region;
• automatically outputting sheet goods received in the second sheet-goods region;
• and
• opening the container and removing the total sheet goods placed into the first sheet-goods region.