Voucher issuing device and a method of automatically loading continuous voucher forms

A method of automatically loading a continuous voucher forms in a voucher issuing device, comprising the steps of:

• (a) cutting off a predetermined number of leading receipt slips of continuous voucher forms each having a journal slip and a receipt slip placed one over the other, and folding back the corresponding journal slips over the succeeding receipt slips to form the leading end of the continuous voucherforms in a threefold arrangement of slips;
• (b) conveying the voucher forms having the threefold leading end in a first direction;
• (c) guiding the leading end of the continuous voucher forms into a slit formed in a winding shaft;
• (d) turning the winding shaft through a fixed angle after passing the leading end of the voucher forms through the slit;
• (e) conveying the continuous voucher forms by a predetermined distance in a second direction opposite the first direction;
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• (f) conveying the continuous voucher forms again in the first direction to wind the journal slips on the winding shaft and deliver the leading receipt slip to a receipt slip delivering opening.