Paper sheet holding device for paper sheet counter

In a paper sheet counter including a rotary suction cylinder in communication with a vacuum source, and a plurality of suction heads carried on said rotary suction cylinder and made rotatable for sucking paper sheets one by one so as to deflect and individualize for counting the same when the same are brought close to said suction cylinder,

• a paper sheet holding device for holding and bringing the paper sheets to said paper sheet counter, comprising:
• a stationary base plate for bearing thereon one end portion of the lower longer side of an upright stack of the paper sheets;
• a rotatable base plate for carrying thereon the other end portion of the lower longer side of the upright paper stack;
• an upright holder plate carried in an upright position on the trailing side of said rotatable base plate and having its extending end positioned just above said stationary base plate for holding the back of the paper stack;
• a first upright keep rod mounted on the outer wall of said holder plate;
• a holder arm extending close to said paper sheet counter and made coactive with said holder plate for holding the paper sheets;
• a second upright keep rod mounted on said holder arm;
• a receptable formed in each of the first- and second-named keep rods;
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• a telescopic pipe rod received telescopically in each of the receptacles so that it may be pulled out to and retained at a preset height, whereby the two telescopic pipe rods can be vertically extended to be capable of holding the paper sheets between the two telescopic pipe rods and thereby preventing the paper sheets from hanging downward even if the latter are too wide for the heights of said holder plate and said holder arm as they are.