Device for automatic bundling of sheets
AssigneeGiesecke & Devrient GmbH
InventorsUlrich Frank, Rainer Stoll, Ralf Linck, Hermann Kronbauer
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AssigneeGiesecke & Devrient GmbH
InventorsUlrich Frank, Rainer Stoll, Ralf Linck, Hermann Kronbauer
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The invention relates to an apparatus for automatic bundling of sheet material, in particular bank notes, having a deposit device on which sheet material to be bundled is deposited as a precisely fitting stack, a sliding device moving the stack of sheets perpendicularly toward a foil supplied by a device whereby the stack is partly wrapped with the foil and supplied to a transport device. The invention is characterized in that the transport device has two parallel, vertically adjustable conveyer belts between which the stack with its partly surrounding foil is clamped and transported to a banding device, said stack being positioned by the conveyer belts such that the foil is guided around the stack by the banding device and connected into a band, thereby obtaining a bundled stack of sheets. Subsequently the bundled packet can be pushed onto a transport belt with the aid of a delivery pocket.
An apparatus for automatic bundling of sheet material, comprising a deposit device (20) on which sheet material (10) to be bundled is deposited as a precisely fitting stack, a sliding device (21) moving the stack of sheets perpendicularly toward a foil (40) supported by a foil device, the stack (10) having a height and being partly wrapped with the foil (40) and fed onto a transport device including upper and lower conveyer belts (50, 60) disposed parallel to each other and one above the other for positioning the stack relative to a banding device (34, 35) such that the foil (40) is guided around the back end of the stack (10) by the banding device (34, 35) and connected into a band (41), thereby obtaining a bundled stack of sheets (11), wherein the deposit device (20) is lifting table vertically adjusted to a predetermined vertical position according to the stack height, and the lower conveyor belt (60) is vertically adjusted automatically to the vertical position so as to produce a continuous channel between the lifting table (20) and the lower conveyor belt (60) thereby clamping the stack partly wrapped with foil between the conveyor belts (50, 60).
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