A banknote storage cassette for storing banknotes within a bag held within the cassette is disclosed. The bag has a base and an open mouth joined by flexible bag material. The banknote storage cassette comprises: a bag registration feature for holding, in use, an open mouth of a bag at a fixed location; a biasing element biased towards the fixed location, thereby capable of urging, in use, a base of the bag that is in contact with the biasing element towards an initial position; a pushing surface moveable between a retracted position in which it defines, at least in part, a first side of a banknote stacking space within which a stack of banknotes can be formed and an advanced position in which it reaches the initial position, thereby pushing a stack of banknotes formed in the banknote stacking space onto the base of the bag; at least one stacking surface moveable between a stacking position in which it defines, at least in part, a second side of the banknote stacking space that is opposite to the first side, and a loading position in which it allows passage of the pushing surface as it moves from the retracted to the advanced position; and at least one banknote retaining element for holding, in use, a stack of banknotes against a base of the bag when the pushing surface is in the retracted position.
Banknote processing equipment comprising a chamber having an open end for insertion of a bag into the chamber is disclosed. The banknote processing equipment also comprises a platform movable between a first position distal from the open end of the chamber and a second position proximal to the open end of the chamber. The banknote processing equipment has a banknote filling mode in which the platform is urged towards the second position. An extractor is adapted to establish a lower pressure exterior to the bag to that within the bag to cause the bag to be drawn over the platform so that it conforms to the shape of a bearing surface of the platform when in the banknote filling mode.
B65B 25/14 - Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
B65B 43/58 - Means for supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation movable stepwise to position container or receptacle for the reception of successive increments of contents vertically movable
B65H 31/10 - Pile receivers with movable end support arranged to recede as pile accumulates the articles being piled one above another and applied at the top of the pile
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CONTAINER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUCH A CONTAINER AND DEVICES FOR HOLDING A CONTAINER
A container (20) for the collection and secure storage of banknotes is disclosed. The container (20) comprises a base (21) opposite an open end; and a pair of opposed side walls (22, 23), each of the opposed side walls (22, 23) comprising a sealing region that can be brought together during a sealing operation in which the sealing regions are joined, and a reinforced hanging section (28, 29), whereby the container (20) is adapted for hanging over a rim.
B65D 33/18 - End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices using adhesive applied to integral parts, e.g. to flaps
B65D 33/22 - End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices using adhesive applied to integral parts, e.g. to flaps using heat-activatable adhesive
B65D 33/34 - End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices with special means for indicating unauthorised opening
B65B 7/06 - Closing containers or receptacles deformed by, or taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. bags, sacks by collapsing mouth portion, e.g. to form a single flap
B65B 51/14 - Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof by reciprocating or oscillating members
B65B 67/12 - Sack holders, i.e. stands or frames with means for supporting sacks in the open condition to facilitate filling with articles or materials
An enclosure for storing sheet documents comprises a bag (1), to which is affixed a sheet document receiving port comprising a frame and a shutter (2) captive in the frame and irreversibly moveable relative to it from an open position in which sheet documents can pass into the bag through an aperture (12, 13) in the frame to a closed position in which the shutter occludes the apertures.
Banknote processing equipment is disclosed, which comprises a chamber having an open end for insertion of a bag into the chamber and an extractor adapted to establish a lower ambient pressure between the chamber and the bag to that within the bag to cause the bag to expand into an open configuration during a banknote filling operation, whereby the banknote processing equipment can deposit banknotes in the bag.
A device for stacking sheet documents (11) in a container (9) is disclosed. The device comprises a sheet document input (5) coupled to a sheet document output (8) by a transport for conveying sheet documents from the sheet document input to the sheet document output. The sheet document output forms part of a feeding section (7) shaped for insertion, in use, through an open end of the container such that the sheet document output is located at an initial discharge location within the container and proximal to a closed end of the container on which sheet documents discharged from the sheet document output are formed into a stack.
B65H 31/10 - Pile receivers with movable end support arranged to recede as pile accumulates the articles being piled one above another and applied at the top of the pile
B65H 29/26 - Delivering or advancing articles from machinesAdvancing articles to or into piles by dropping
B65H 29/14 - Delivering or advancing articles from machinesAdvancing articles to or into piles by means of the nip between two, or between two sets of, moving tapes or bands and introducing into a pile
B65H 43/06 - Use of control, checking, or safety devices, e.g. automatic devices comprising an element for sensing a variable detecting, or responding to, completion of pile
An apparatus comprising a first frame for use as a receiving port in an enclosure for storing sheet documents and a closing member is disclosed. The apparatus has a first configuration in which sheet documents can be fed into the enclosure through an aperture in the first frame and a second configuration in which the closing member occludes the aperture. The closing member is movable in a first direction relative to the first frame so as to adopt the second configuration and comprises a first locking member capable of engaging the first frame at one or more of a plurality of locking points spaced along the first frame in the first direction so as to prevent movement of the closing member in a direction opposite to the first direction.
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