Patent ID: 6398107
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A method of placing groups of sheets in cassettes, typically banknotes emerging from the checking station of a machine comprising a plurality of stacking modules each with a respective formation channel along which the notes are directed to form at least one ordered stack at an outlet of the channel, substantially parallelepiped in shape and presenting its side faces parallel to a stacking axis, wherein the cassette affords at least one container, comprising the steps of:taking up successive stacks of notes cyclically from each outlet though the agency of pickup and transfer means; transferring each stack to a release and load station; feeding a succession of empty cassettes cyclically and synchronously with the operation of the pickup and transfer means toward an area of substantial proximity to the release and load station; positioning the cassette and the pickup and transfer means one relative to another in such a way as to allow their mutual interaction; placing each successive stack in the relative cassette with the edges of the banknotes resting against the bottom of the container.