Patent ID: 7172193

Claim:
A stacker for stacking value sheets from a sheet path into a receptacle having a sheet retaining plane, comprising a stacking member operating to push a sheet with a stroke operation into the receptacle in a first direction, generally transverse to the sheet retaining plane, onto a stack, and in a second direction transverse to the first direction to flatten the sheet against the stack, the stacking member comprising a transversely extending member, the stacker further comprising at least one transverse actuator for moving the transversely extending member in the second direction, the actuator positioned to the side of the note stack and, wherein the stacker has a first state in which the actuator is arranged so as not to drive the transversely extending member when said stacking member moves in said first direction, and a second state after the transversely extending member is moved into engagement with the actuator wherein the actuator is arranged to drive the transversely extending member.