Device for discharging sheets from the bottom of a stack

A holder for receiving sheets and discharging sheets therefrom one-by-one from the bottom of a stack of sheets which comprises a carrier having a rear portion, an intermediate portion and a front portion, together providing a carrier surface for said sheets, said carrier being bent at said intermediate portion thereof, transverse to a direction of conveyance of said sheets, so as to create a deepened section between said rear portion and said front portion, lateral supports extending from lateral edges of said carrier, at least one elevated part in said deepened section at said intermediate portion extending transverse to said direction of conveyance on said carrier surface of said carrier, at least one aperture provided in said carrier surface near at least one of said lateral supports juxtapositioned to said deepened section of said carrier and said elevated part, beneath at least one edge area at a side of said stack of sheets accommodated in said holder, such that a partial vacuum can be produced by way of said at least one aperture beneath said sheets using a vacuum means, means for introducing and blowing air across said deepened section of said carrier against at least one side of said stack of sheets whereby an air layer is created between at least the bottom sheet in said stack of sheets and the remaining sheets in said stack so as to substantially separate said bottom sheet from said remaining sheets in said stack of sheets and a transport means for discharging said bottom sheet.