Patent ID: 8033542

Claim:
Equipment for storing in an orderly way banknotes and/or papers and the like, for instance banknotes for an automatic machine, provided for the formation of a stack and disbursing banknotes, said equipment comprising: at least one spiral element defining coils with an axis directed in the sense of the stacking and a terminal section adjacent to a stacking surface at an end of the stack and wherein the spiral element is rotatable around the axis and is arranged so as to receive between the coils a leading portion of the banknote, move the banknote, in consequence of the rotation, on the stacking surface, and disengaging the banknote from the coils adjacent to the terminal section, said equipment further comprising a separating roller to singularly separate the banknotes from the stack, a moving mechanism of the stack to define a condition of deposit in which the stacking surface is spaced away from the separation roller and a condition of withdrawal in which the stacking surface is in contact with the separation roller, and a shifting device for moving the spiral element between an operative position and a non-operative position, and in which, in the operative position and in the condition of deposit, the terminal section is adjacent to the stacking surface, downward of the separation roller in the sense of stacking and, in the non-operative position and the condition of withdrawal, said terminal section is upward from the stacking surface and of the separate roller, without interference with the un-stacking banknotes.