Apparatus and method for filling a thin-walled transport container

A device for filling a thin-walled transport container comprising an opening with notes of pecuniary value, comprising

• a stacking unit (20) for stacking the notes of pecuniary value (24) to be supplied to the thin-walled transport container (12) in a stacking region (26) arranged outside the transport container (12), to form a stack of notes of pecuniary value;
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• a closure unit (40) which, in a closed position, closes the opening of the thin-walled transport container (12) by at least an amount such that the stack of notes of pecuniary value is not suppliable to the thin-walled transport container (12), and which, in an open position, is arranged in such a manner that the stack of notes of pecuniary value is suppliable to the thin-walled transport container (12), the closure unit (40) including a flexible blind (42) having opposite ends, the closure unit (40) further having a rod (44), at least a part of the blind (42) being wound around the rod (44) and being unwindable from the rod (44) so that at least one of the ends of the blind (42) is selectively movable relative to the rod (44) between the closed position and the open position;
• wherein an end region (152) of the blind (42) is fastened on the rod (44) that is rotatable by a drive unit, a first length of the blind (42) being wound on the rod (44) in the closed position and a second length of the blind (42) being wound on the rod (44) in the open position, and the second length being longer than the first length;
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• wherein the drive unit moves the rod (44) in a translatory manner for winding and unwinding the blind (42) and rotates the rod (44) about its longitudinal axis.

A device for filling a thin-walled transport container comprising an opening with notes of pecuniary value, comprising

• a stacking unit (20) for stacking the notes of pecuniary value (24) to be supplied to the thin-walled transport container (12) in a stacking region (26) arranged outside the transport container (12), to form a stack of notes of pecuniary value;
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• a closure unit (40) which, in a closed position, closes the opening of the thin-walled transport container (12) by at least an amount such that the stack of notes of pecuniary value is not suppliable to the thin-walled transport container (12), and which, in an open position, is arranged in such a manner that the stack of notes of pecuniary value is suppliable to the thin-walled transport container (12), the closure unit (40) including a flexible blind (42) having opposite ends, the closure unit (40) further having a rod (44), at least a part of the blind (42) being wound around the rod (44) and being unwindable from the rod (44) so that at least one of the ends of the blind (42) is selectively movable relative to the rod (44) between the closed position and the open position;
• wherein an end region (152) of the blind (42) is fastened on the rod (44) that is rotatable by a drive unit, a first length of the blind (42) being wound on the rod (44) in the closed position and a second length of the blind (42) being wound on the rod (44) in the open position, and the second length being longer than the first length;
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• further comprising a toothed wheel (164) non-rotatably connected on at least one end region of the rod (44), the toothed wheel (164) engaging a fixed-in-position toothed rod (154, 156), and the rod (44) being connected fixedly to a belt (160) that is drivable in a direction of the toothed rod (154, 156) by the drive unit.

A device for filling a thin-walled transport container comprising an opening with notes of pecuniary value, comprising

• a stacking unit (20) for stacking the notes of pecuniary value (24) to be supplied to the thin-walled transport container (12) in a stacking region (26) arranged outside the transport container (12), to form a stack of notes of pecuniary value;
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• a closure unit (40) which, in a closed position, closes the opening of the thin-walled transport container (12) by at least an amount such that the stack of notes of pecuniary value is not suppliable to the thin-walled transport container (12), and which, in an open position, is arranged in such a manner that the stack of notes of pecuniary value is suppliable to the thin-walled transport container (12), the closure unit (40) including a flexible blind (42) having opposite ends, the closure unit (40) further having a rod (44), at least a part of the blind (42) being wound around the rod (44) and being unwindable from the rod (44) so that at least one of the ends of the blind (42) is selectively movable relative to the rod (44) between the closed position and the open position;
• wherein an end region (152) of the blind (42) is fastened on the rod (44) that is rotatable by a drive unit, a first length of the blind (42) being wound on the rod (44) in the closed position and a second length of the blind (42) being wound on the rod (44) in the open position, and the second length being longer than the first length;
• wherein the stacking unit (20) includes a supplying element (46) for supplying the stack of notes of pecuniary value stacked in the stacking region (26) into the receiving region of the thin-walled transport container (12), the supplying element (46), in a first step, presses the stack of notes of pecuniary value against the closure unit (40) that is arranged in the closed position, a drive unit, in a second step, moves the closure unit (40) into the open position, and the supplying element (46), in a third step, moves the stack of notes of pecuniary value into the receiving region of the thin-walled transport container (12), wherein the supplying element (46) projects through the stacking region (26) and is arranged at least in part inside the thin-walled transport container (12);
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• wherein, once the stack of notes of pecuniary value has been supplied, the drive unit, in a fourth step, moves the closure unit (40) into a retaining position in which the closure unit is arranged between the open position and the closed position, and in which the closure unit is arranged so that the supplying element (46) is able to project through the stacking region (26) into the thin-walled transport container (12).