Banknote stacking apparatus

A device for stacking banknotes, comprising a cashbox and a stacker arranged to stack banknotes of predetermined dimensions in said cashbox, said cashbox having a surface including an aperture therein, said aperture having a dimension in a first direction of W, said device being arranged to receive a banknote at a position overlying said aperture, said banknote having a dimension in said first direction of L, said stacker being arranged to push said banknote through said aperture and into a stacked position in said cashbox, wherein said banknote is pushed to a predetermined maximum depth D in said cashbox relative to said aperture such that D>(L−W)/2, further comprising an extensible membrane positioned between the stacker and the banknote, arranged to contact the banknote during the stacking procedure.

A device for stacking banknotes, comprising a cashbox and a stacker arranged to stack banknotes of predetermined dimensions in said cashbox, said cashbox having a surface including an aperture therein, said aperture having a dimension in a first direction of W, said device being arranged to receive a banknote at a position overlying said aperture, said banknote having a dimension in said first direction of L, said stacker being arranged to push said banknote through said aperture and into a stacked position in said cashbox, wherein said banknote is pushed to a predetermined maximum depth D in said cashbox relative to said aperture such that D<(L−W)/2, wherein the aperture comprises at least one roller around which the banknote is entrained whilst the banknote is being pushed through said aperture.

A device for stacking banknotes, comprising a cashbox and a stacker arranged to stack banknotes of predetermined dimensions in said cashbox, said cashbox having a surface including an aperture therein, said device being arranged to receive a banknote at a position overlying said aperture, and said stacker being arranged to push said banknote through said aperture such that when said banknote first reaches a maximum depth in said cashbox relative to said aperture, a portion of said banknote extends outside said cashbox through said aperture.

A device for stacking documents comprising a stacker and a stack surface, the stacker being arranged to push a document partially through an aperture defined by at least one surface such that the document at least partially contacts the stack, the stacker being further arranged to move along the stack and under the surface, entraining the document through said aperture into a stacked position, wherein the stacker comprises an extensible membrane positioned between the stacker and the document, arranged to contact the banknote during the stacking procedure.

A device for stacking documents comprising:

• a stacker and a stack;
• the stacker being arranged to push a document from a first position overlying an aperture partially through said aperture to a second position at a maximum depth wherein the document at least partially contacts the stack, said aperture being defined by at least one surface, the stacker being further arranged to move along the stack and under the surface, entraining the document through said aperture into a stacked position.

A device for encashing banknotes, comprising an encashing device and a cashbox, the cashbox comprising an aperture in a surface, the encashing device being arranged to push a banknote partially through said aperture from a first side to a second side of the surface, in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of said surface and then to entrain the banknote through the aperture by moving on the second side of the surface in a direction substantially parallel to the plane of the surface.

A method of stacking banknotes of predetermined dimensions in a cashbox using a stacker, said cashbox having a surface including an aperture therein, said aperture having a dimension in a first direction of W, comprising:

• receiving a banknote at a position overlying said aperture, said banknote having a dimension in said first direction of L;
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• pushing said banknote with said stacker through said aperture and into a stacked position in said cashbox to a predetermined maximum depth D in said cashbox relative to said aperture such that D<(L−W)/2.

A method of stacking a document onto a stack comprising:

• pushing the document from a first position overlying an aperture partially through said aperture to a second position at a maximum depth such that the document at least partially contacts the stack;
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• moving the stacker along the stack and under a surface defining the aperture, so as to entrain the document through said aperture into a stacked position.