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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2001
Günter Holland-Letz, Paderborn, DE;
Markus Gummich, Augustdorf, DE;
Wincor Nixdorf GmbH & Co. KG, Paderborn, DE;
Abstract
In the case of a method of, and an apparatus for, forming a bundle of individual sheets, in particular banknotes ( ), which are drawn off individually from a sheet-storage container, fed, via a sheet conveyor ( ), to a stacking-wheel arrangement ( ) comprising at least one stacking wheel, and set down on a stacking surface by means of said stacking-wheel arrangement, the stacking wheel ( ) is driven intermittently and controlled such that a receiving gap ( ) of a stacking wheel is aligned with the outlet end ( ) of the sheet conveyor ( ) when a sheet ( ) leaves the sheet conveyor ( ). The trailing edge of a sheet ( ) leaving the sheet conveyor ( ) is detected at a predetermined location of the sheet conveyor ( ), and the stacking wheel is advanced by one receiving gap ( ) in dependence on the time at which the trailing edge is detected.