Method and apparatus for singling loose sheet material

US5803446A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Karl Leuthold · Munich, DE
• Karl Benker · Moosburg an der Isar, DE
• Wolfgang König · Munich, DE
• Erwin Demmeler · Memmingen, DE
• Josef Geier · Regen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 24, 1997
• Grant date: Sep 8, 1998
• Expiry date: Apr 24, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2701/1912
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for singling loose sheet material, in particular bank notes, wherein the sheet material is supplied in an input pocket in the form of a stack in a defined position for vertical feed of the sheet material to a singler. The sheet material is moved within the input pocket vertically from the feed position to a singling position. While the preceding stack is still being singled in the singler, the next stack to be singled is already supplied in the input pocket of the singler in the defined feed position.