Sheet stacking apparatus
AssigneeMars, Incorporated
InventorsEvan John Cost, Jerome Daout
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Abstract
A banknote stacker comprising at least one first scissors linkage acting to extend a pusher into a cashbox, and at least one second scissors linkage acting transversely to said first to extend a lateral portion of said pusher to flatten a note in the cashbox.
Claims11
A stacker for stacking value sheets from a sheet path into a receptacle having a sheet retaining plane, comprising a pusher operating to push a sheet with a stroke operating into the receptacle, generally transverse to the plane, and carrying one or more lateral portions proximate to its distal end, operable to extend parallel to the plane to spread a value sheet within the receptacle, and a drive system for driving the stacker, in which the drive system drives the pusher so that said stroke pushes the value sheet only partially below the plane, and the or each lateral portion starts to extend only when a portion of the sheet lies below the plane.
A stacker for stacking value sheets from a sheet path into a receptacle having a sheet retaining plane, comprising a pusher operating to push a sheet with a stroke operating into the receptacle, generally transverse to the plane, and carrying one or more lateral portions proximate to its distal end, operable to extend parallel to the plane to spread a value sheet within the receptacle, and a drive system for driving the stacker, in which the drive system comprises a scissors linkage operable to move said lateral portions.
A stacker comprising at least one first scissors linkage acting to extend a pusher into a cashbox, and at least one second scissors linkage acting transversely to said first to extend a lateral portion of said pusher to flatten a sheet in the cashbox.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.