Patent ID: 8240663
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A security container for storing documents of value in stack form, comprising: a housing; an input opening for receiving fed documents of value; a stacking pocket arranged to receive fed documents of value in a stacked form from the input opening; a bottom element disposed in the stacking pocket arranged to carry a fed document of value or a stack of fed documents of value; an inlet opening leading into the stacking pocket which is disposed downstream of the input opening in a document feed direction such that documents of value transported to the security container after having passed through the inlet opening fall onto the bottom element in the stacking pocket or onto a topmost document of value carried by the bottom element; a guide section fixed to the housing having a first end and a second end, said guide section arranged to lead documents of value from the input opening at the first end to the inlet opening at the second end; transport rollers associated with the guide section rotatable relative to the housing; at least one inlet opening closing element disposed at least partially in or behind the inlet opening and behind the transport rollers relative to the document feed direction, said at least one inlet opening closing element comprising at least one closing element portion which is deflectable from an idle closing position by fed documents of value moving through the inlet opening at a speed within a predetermined speed range and a resilient area portion connected to the closing element portion, said resilient area portion coupled to the second end of the guide section fixed to the housing and connected for pivotal or bending movement of the closing element portion relative to the housing and, at which closing position the at least one closing element portion blocks reverse passage of a document of value that has completely entered into the stacking pocket back towards and into the inlet opening, to a deflected passing position at which the closing element guides a document of value at least partially such that at least a portion of such document of value extends into the stacking pocket; and a restoring force arrangement which acts on the closing element portion and the resilient area portion when deflected by a document of value to a passing position to exert a restoring force urging the closing element portion back towards the idle closing position so that when a document of value passes through the inlet opening, the closing element portion is deflected due to a deformation of the resilient area portion.