Patent ID: 8337134

Claim:
A device for stacking and conveying a plurality of flat substrates, comprising: an upright machine carrier for receiving a plurality of said flat substrates in a horizontal position, and at least one loading cassette for introducing a stack of a part of said plurality of substrates therein, said at least one loading cassette having a lower support device for supporting the stack of substrates, a rear side wall running substantially perpendicular to said lower support device, a front side opposite said rear side wall, and a top side, said front side and said top side being freely accessible and said front side being a substrate unloading side, wherein the machine carrier comprises receiving devices for receiving said at least one loading cassette and is configured to receive the at least one loading cassette by inserting the at least one loading cassette with its front side first at a first open side of the machine carrier opposite a second open side of the machine carrier.