Patent ID: 6554273
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A method of forming a bundle of individual sheets, in particular banknotes (98), said method comprising:drawing off sheets individually from a sheet-storage container (100), feeding the drawn off sheets, via a sheet conveyor (14), to a stacking wheel arrangement comprising at least one stacking wheel (58), and setting down the drawn off sheets on a stacking surface by means of said stacking-wheel arrangement, said method also comprising the further steps of detecting the trailing edge of a sheet (98) leaving the sheet conveyor (14) at a predetermined location of the sheet conveyor (14), driving each stacking wheel (58) intermittently and controlling said driving so that a receiving gap (90) of a stacking wheel (58) is aligned with an outlet end (44) of the sheet conveyor (14) when a sheet (98) leaves the sheet conveyor (14), and so that a stacking wheel (58) is advanced by one receiving gap (90) in dependence on the time at which the trailing edge of a sheet leaving the sheet conveyor (14) is detected.