Patent ID: 8485432

Claim:
A single sheet handling device for the input and the output of rectangular single sheets, in particular of banknotes, respectively into and out of a container, comprising: a feeding device which comprises feeding elements for the sheet-by-sheet feeding of single sheets and for storing these single sheets in a stack of single sheets in the container; and a separating device which comprises separating elements for the sheet-by-sheet removal of single sheets of the stack from the container; wherein the feeding elements and the separating elements are separate from the container; and wherein the single sheet handling device has at least one active drive for changing the position of a front-side boundary wall of the container formed as a shutter, the drive causing the movement of the shutter into a feeding and/or removal position in which a feeding and/or removal opening for feeding and/or removing the single sheets is uncovered, the drive causes movement of the shutter by moving a sliding element extending from the single sheet handling device to the container.