Patent ID: 6877733

Claim:
A feeder unit for installation in a device for processing bank-note like objects and operable to draw in individual bank note-like objects of a certain thickness (d), said feeder unit comprising: at least one drivable feeding roller; an inlet for supporting the bank note-like objects and from which the bank note-like objects are moved into contact with the at least one drivable feeding roller under a pressure force; at least one transport roller; at least one movable pressure roller that is urged in the direction of the at least one transport roller by retro-acting forces; and at least one retaining roller located opposite the at least one transport roller and spaced from the at least one transport roller by a gap (a) that fulfils the condition d≦a<2d, said at least one retaining roller only being rotatable at a speed substantially slower than the speed of the at least one transport roller; wherein when a first one of the bank note-like objects comes into contact with the at least one feeding roller under the pressure force, the first one of the bank note-like objects is accelerated in the direction of the at least one transport roller such that the first one of the bank note-like objects moves between the at least one transport roller and the at least one pressure roller, and wherein the at least one retaining roller prevents a succeeding one of the bank note-like objects from being drawn in between the at least one transport roller and the at least one pressure roller at the same time as the first one of the bank note-like objects.