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.
G07D 11/00 - Dispositifs acceptant des pièces de monnaieDispositifs acceptant, distribuant, triant ou comptant des papiers de valeur
B65B 25/14 - Emballage de papier ou feuilles analogues, enveloppes ou journaux, à plat, pliés ou roulés
B65B 43/58 - Moyens pour tenir les réceptacles ou les récipients pendant le remplissage avec déplacement par positions successives pour présenter le réceptacle ou récipient en vue de recevoir des apports successifs du contenu le mouvement étant vertical
B65H 31/10 - Récepteurs de piles avec support d'extrémité mobile disposé pour reculer au fur et à mesure que la pile se forme les articles étant empilés les uns sur les autres et par le sommet de la 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 - Dispositifs de fermeture de l'extrémité ou de l'ouverture utilisant des adhésifs appliqués aux parties faisant corps, p. ex. aux pattes
B65D 33/22 - Dispositifs de fermeture de l'extrémité ou de l'ouverture utilisant des adhésifs appliqués aux parties faisant corps, p. ex. aux pattes utilisant des adhésifs thermoactivables
B65D 33/34 - Dispositifs de fermeture de l'extrémité ou de l'ouverture avec moyens particuliers pour signaler l'ouverture non autorisée
B65B 7/06 - Fermeture des réceptacles ou récipients déformés par le contenu ou en prenant la forme, p. ex. sacs en repliant une partie de la gueule, p. ex. pour former une seule languette
B65B 51/14 - Application ou production de chaleur ou de pression ou les deux à la fois par éléments oscillants ou à mouvement alternatif
B65B 67/12 - Supports de sacs, c.-à-d. bâtis ou châssis avec dispositifs pour tenir les sacs en position ouverte afin de faciliter l'ensachage des objets ou matériaux
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 - Récepteurs de piles avec support d'extrémité mobile disposé pour reculer au fur et à mesure que la pile se forme les articles étant empilés les uns sur les autres et par le sommet de la pile
B65H 29/26 - Délivrance ou progression des articles à la sortie des machinesProgression des articles vers ou dans les piles par chute
B65H 29/14 - Délivrance ou progression des articles à la sortie des machinesProgression des articles vers ou dans les piles au moyen du resserrement entre deux rubans ou courroies mobiles, ou entre deux jeux de rubans ou courroies et introduisant les articles dans une pile
B65H 43/06 - Utilisation de dispositifs de commande de vérification ou de sécurité, p. ex. dispositifs automatiques comportant un élément pour détecter une variable détectant ou réagissant à l'achèvement de la 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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