Method and device for forming a wad of individual sheets

An apparatus for forming a bundle of individual sheets, in particular banknotes (98), which are drawn off individually from a sheet-storage container (100), said apparatus comprising:

• a separating apparatus (96) for drawing off sheets from a sheet-storage container (100), a sheet conveyor (14), a drive for the sheet conveyor, a stacking-wheel arrangement which is assigned to an outlet end (44) of the sheet conveyor (14) and has at least one stacking wheel (58) and a stacking-wheel drive (68), a detector device (50) which is arranged in the region of the sheet conveyor (14) and is intended for detecting an edge of a sheet (98) running through the sheet conveyor (14), and a control device which is connected to the separating apparatus (96), the drive of the sheet conveyor (14), the stacking-wheel drive (68) and the detector device (50), the stacking-wheel drive (68) being designed for intermittent operation, and the control device being programmed such that the stacking wheel (58) is stopped in a position in which the receiving gap (90) of the stacking wheel (58) is aligned with the outlet end (44) of the sheet conveyor (14) when a sheet (98) leaves the sheet conveyor (14) and wherein, in dependence on an output signal from the detector device (50), said signal corresponding to the trailing edge of a sheet (98) running into the receiving gap (90) of the stacking wheel (58) being detected, the stacking wheel (58) is advanced by one receiving gap (90).