Patent ID: 7559183

Claim:
A packaging device for packaging a stack of sheet objects that have an attributable monetary value in a container, comprising: an input path for the sheet objects, an output port for supplying sheet objects to be stacked in the container, a docking mechanism to receive the container, so that an opening in the container can receive the sheet objects from the output port, a drive mechanism for driving the sheet objects to the output port, and for supplying the sheet objects through the opening into the container to be stacked therein, the drive mechanism being configured to drive the sheet objects in a direction transverse to their major faces through the output port into the container so as to create a stack of the sheet objects in the container, and a sealing device to seal a closure member onto the container opening whilst held by the docking mechanism so as to seal the stacked sheet objects within the container such that the sealed container cannot be opened without rendering it subsequently unusable for packaging sheet objects in the packaging device.