Patent ID: 6584754
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: B65G,B65H

Abstract:
A machine for ordering and feeding bundles of sheets, in particular banknotes, to a unit by which the bundles are strapped in groups, comprising:at least one module for the formation of bundles, each comprised of a predetermined number of banknotes secured by at least one band; a receiving conveyor by which bundles emerging from the module are fed in a predetermined succession toward a stacker located at an outfeed end of the conveyor and serving to place a predetermined number of bundles one on top of another in such a manner as to assemble respective groups in which the predetermined succession is maintained as the bundles advance along a respective stacking axis; and a strapper/bander unit of which the function is to place a strap around a group of bundles emerging from the stacker and appearing substantially parallelepiped in shape, presenting a top face, a bottom face and four side faces, wherein the unit comprises collection and transfer means consisting in a pair of elements positioned to gather respective end portions of the group coinciding with two mutually opposite side faces, and capable of movement along a second feed path through a strapper/bander station located downline of the stackers.