EP1323656B1 - Dispositif d'empilage des feuilles comprenant un poussoir avec au moins une partie dilatable - Google Patents

Dispositif d'empilage des feuilles comprenant un poussoir avec au moins une partie dilatable Download PDF

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EP1323656B1
EP1323656B1 EP20020258971 EP02258971A EP1323656B1 EP 1323656 B1 EP1323656 B1 EP 1323656B1 EP 20020258971 EP20020258971 EP 20020258971 EP 02258971 A EP02258971 A EP 02258971A EP 1323656 B1 EP1323656 B1 EP 1323656B1
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Jérôme Daout
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/38—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by movable piling or advancing arms, frames, plates, or like members with which the articles are maintained in face contact
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/38—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by movable piling or advancing arms, frames, plates, or like members with which the articles are maintained in face contact
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H31/00—Pile receivers
    • B65H31/04—Pile receivers with movable end support arranged to recede as pile accumulates
    • B65H31/08—Pile receivers with movable end support arranged to recede as pile accumulates the articles being piled one above another
    • B65H31/10—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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H31/00—Pile receivers
    • B65H31/04—Pile receivers with movable end support arranged to recede as pile accumulates
    • B65H31/12—Devices relieving the weight of the pile or permitting or effecting movement of the pile end support during piling
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
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    • B65H2301/45—Folding, unfolding
    • B65H2301/453—Folding, unfolding opening folded material
    • B65H2301/4532—Folding, unfolding opening folded material by movable member crossing the path of the folded material, i.e. traversing along product lip
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2403/00—Power transmission; Driving means
    • B65H2403/50—Driving mechanisms
    • B65H2403/53—Articulated mechanisms
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2403/00—Power transmission; Driving means
    • B65H2403/50—Driving mechanisms
    • B65H2403/53—Articulated mechanisms
    • B65H2403/531—Planar mechanisms
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2403/00—Power transmission; Driving means
    • B65H2403/50—Driving mechanisms
    • B65H2403/55—Tandem; twin or multiple mechanisms, i.e. performing the same operation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/19—Specific article or web
    • B65H2701/1912—Banknotes, bills and cheques or the like

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  • This invention relates to an apparatus for forming a stack of sheet-like objects, in particular but not exclusively a stack of banknotes formed in a cashbox.
  • the required depth of stroke of the pusher plate is linked to the size of the aperture through which the banknote is pushed.
  • a short depth of stroke is only possible if the aperture is relatively large.
  • cashboxes with relatively large apertures suffer from the disadvantage of being difficult to make secure (i.e. self closing) on detachment from the stacking device.
  • the aperture must be significantly shorter than the width of the shortest banknote to be stacked. This is in order that the flanges at the ends of the aperture may retain even the shortest banknotes. This results in a minimum length of pusher plate stroke being further increased in order to successfully stack the widest banknotes through the same aperture size and hence a corresponding increase in the depth of the cashbox.
  • the cashbox aperture may be made smaller by increasing the depth of stroke of the pusher plate.
  • an increased depth of stroke results in an increased cashbox depth for any given size of banknote stack.
  • space is often at a premium in such circumstances, for example in combined banknote validator and stacker devices, this too is an undesirable consequence.
  • US 4809967 and US 5014857 disclose a stacking device of the piston type which aims to address the problem of ensuring that banknotes flatten correctly on the stack surface during the stacking process.
  • These disclosures teach to incorporate pivotally mounted "unfolding" plates in the piston assembly. These are arranged to displace horizontally as the piston stroke increases in the vertical direction; thus assisting in flattening a banknote against the stack.
  • US 6244589 shows a stacker which is arranged to stack through a relatively narrow aperture (thus providing enhanced security) with a relatively short stroke (thus making efficient use of cashbox volume), using, in one embodiment, a pair of rotor arms.
  • the present invention is intended to provide a stacker capable of operating through a narrow aperture, with a short stroke, and having a compact construction.
  • a banknote stacking system according to the first embodiment of the invention is shown.
  • the system comprises a banknote transport system, a stacking mechanism and a cashbox 5.
  • the stacking mechanism and the transportation mechanism are housed in a banknote handling apparatus, such as a validator, to which a cashbox 5 is removably attached.
  • a banknote validating machine 100 is shown in conjunction with a cashbox 5.
  • FIG 2 an idealised sectional view through the machine 100 is shown. This shows a banknote 1 on the point of being inserted into an aperture 101 from where it is transported along a banknote transportation system 102 by a drive unit 103 and validated by a validation apparatus 104.
  • the transportation system 102 then transports the banknote 1 to a stacking arrangement 105 so that the banknote 1 may be stacked in the cashbox 5 as will be described.
  • the stacking arrangement 105 may be located in the validator 100 as it is shown in Figure 2 or alternatively in the cashbox 5 itself.
  • a banknote 1 is transported to the stacking mechanism in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the diagram by the transportation mechanism, which comprises opposing pairs of rollers 2a, 2b and 3a, 3b.
  • the banknote 1 is engaged by transportation rollers 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b parallel to its lengthwise edges. That is to say it is transported in the direction of its longitudinal axis.
  • the spacing between the pairs of rollers 2a, 2b and 3a, 3b is arranged such that even the minimum size of banknote for which the mechanism is designed may be securely held and transported.
  • the rollers 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b position the banknote 1 above an aperture 7 of the cashbox 5.
  • the aperture 7 is approximately half of the width of the banknote; i.e. approximately 37mm across. This is suitable for banknote widths of 62-85mm.
  • the position of the leading edge of the banknote 1 is sensed using photosensors (not shown), or other suitable position sensing devices, which are occluded by the banknote 1 when it is in the correct position. The output from the photosensors is then used to inhibit further transport of the banknote 1.
  • the rollers 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b are located on either side of the aperture 7, such that the banknote 1 is gripped with a positive force and held flat and parallel to the aperture 4 prior to being stacked.
  • the stack support mechanism for supporting notes in the cashbox 5 comprises a stack support surface 9 located inside the cashbox and biased towards the aperture 7 by a compression spring 10. Notes are retained in the cashbox by upper retaining walls 6a, 6b at the top of the cashbox, the edges of which define the aperture 7.
  • the cashbox 5 of Figure 6 is mounted beneath a plate 18 which carries the stacker assembly.
  • a motor 20 mounted to an outer wall 19 of the cashbox 5 is a motor 20, the output of which is coupled to a drive shaft 22 driving a gear wheel 24 which meshes with a second gear wheel 26 which in turn meshes with a third gear wheel 28.
  • the gear wheels 26, 28 (which are therefore driven to rotate in opposite senses by the output gear wheel 24) respectively mesh with toothed rings 27, 29, each of which is solid and co-axial with a respectively rotary cam, 30, 32.
  • the cams 30, 32 each carry a similarly shaped cam surface in the form of a continuous cam track distributed around the cylindrical radius of the cams 30, 32.
  • the track comprises a recessed groove.
  • the tracks (projected onto a flat surface), and the corresponding timing relationships between the extension strokes of the pusher and its lateral portions, are shown in Figures 7a and 7b respectively.
  • the first cam 30 is employed to move the pusher into the cashbox 5 (as will be discussed in greater detail below).
  • the track it carries comprises a first radial portion 31a distant from the body of the cashbox; a second radial portion 31b closer to the body of the cashbox 5; and, connecting the two radial portions, a pair of spiral portions 31c, 31d spiralling in opposite senses around the axis of the cylindrical cam.
  • the cam track on the second cam 32 comprises a first radial portion close to the body of the cashbox; a second radial portion (much shorter than that of the first cam) distant from the body of the cashbox 5; and, connecting the two radial portions, a pair of spiral portions spiralling in opposite senses around the axis of the cylindrical cam.
  • a respective cam follower 34, 36 Engaging with each of the cam tracks is a respective cam follower 34, 36 which comprises a pin or peg, located above the cam bodies 30, 32, each of the pins 34, 36 being arranged to slide within its respective cam track.
  • Each stroke of the stacker is executed by causing one rotation of the cams 30, 32 (corresponding to several rotations of the drive shaft since the gears execute a reduction).
  • the first cam 30 will cause the pusher to be displaced into the cashbox (as described in greater detail below); to remain in the cashbox for a time corresponding to the time the cam follower 34 lies within the second radial portion of the spiral tracks; and to return out of the cashbox.
  • the second cam 32 drives laterally extended portions of the pusher, as will be described below in greater detail.
  • the cam track on the second cam 32 is radially positioned (i.e. positioned in rotational phase) relative to that on the first cam 30, such that the first and second spiral portions and second radial portion of the second cam 32 is occupy the same rotational position as the second radial portion of the first cam 30.
  • the first radial portion of the second cam 32 therefore occupies the same radial portion as the first radial portion of the first cam and the two spiral portions thereof.
  • the stacker arrangement comprises an upper portion 105a which remains above the note path, and a lower portion 105b which descends into the cashbox.
  • a pair of vertically acting scissors linkages interconnects the two.
  • the lower portion comprises a lower plate 52 carrying a pair of end walls 54a, 54b.
  • the width of the lower plate and half plates in the retracted positioned is 29mm, which is slightly less than the aperture 7 (to allow a clearance with a banknote 1 at either side).
  • a lateral extension structure comprising a pair of half plates 56a, 56b each of lengths slightly less than the lower plate 52, and having half (or slightly less than half) the width of the lower plate 52, so that in the retracted position shown in Figure 4a, the half plates 56a, 56b occupy no greater width than the lower plate 52, and sit directly above it and within the end walls 54a, 54b.
  • the lower plates 56a, 56b carry lengthwise running shallow walls 58a, 58b; the outer edges between the lower plates 56 and their respective outer walls 58 are smoothly chamfered with a relatively large radius to allow them to move out over a banknote and smooth the note down without tearing.
  • the lower plate 52 At the centre of the lower plate 52, it carries an upright stub, which is mounted through the centre holes of a pair of cross arms 62a, 62b forming a horizontally-acting scissors linkage for extending the half-plates 56a, 56b.
  • slots 64a-64d which are slideably mounted on stubs 66a-66d carried on the half-plates 56a, 56b.
  • a pair of the stubs 66a, 66d are interconnected by helical tension springs 67.
  • the spring 67 operates to bias the half plates 56a, 56b together into the retracted position of Figure 4a.
  • the two arms 62a, 62b are interconnected by a linkage comprising pair of elongate links 69a, 69b, one end of which is pivotally connected to a respective arm 64a, 64b, and the other ends of which are pivotally connected together.
  • the lower plate 52 carries a stub 72 which prevents the two links from reaching alignment in a straight line.
  • the two plates can be moved to the extended position of Figure 4b by providing a force acting on the interconnection point between the two links 69a, 69b, in the direction of the centre stub 60 of the lower plate 52.
  • the upper plate 18 carries the upper part of the stacker in the form of a rectangular raised wall comprising upper end walls 64a, 64b and side walls 64c, 64d.
  • the lower portion of the pusher (shown in Figures 4a and 4b) is retained within the upper portion comprising the four walls 64a-64d so as to lie above the banknote plane.
  • Lower portion end walls 54a, 54b lie just within, and aligned with, upper portion end walls 64a, 64b.
  • a pair of vertically acting scissor linkages interconnects the upper and lower portion end walls.
  • the upper end of each scissor linkage is supported by one of the upper portion end walls 64a, 64b and the lower end by one of the lower portion end walls 54a, 54b.
  • Each of the linkages comprises a pair of arms 66, 68; 70, 72. Each pair is pivotally connected together at a centre point 74, 76. As the linkages are identical, only the linkage 66, 68 which is shown in Figure 5 will be discussed further, it being understood that the same comments apply to the other linkage.
  • each of the arms 66, 68 is connected at a pivot point at one of the upper or lower end walls, and the other carries a pin which slides in a horizontal slot in the other of the end walls.
  • the arms 66, 68, 70, 72 lie almost horizontally, with the pins at the outer ends of the slots, and in the fully extended state, shown in Figure 5c, the arms extend downwards at approximately 70° from the horizontal, with the pins at the inner ends of the slots.
  • the first cam follower 34 is connected to an elongate plate 36 running lengthwise along the note path.
  • the second cam follower 36 is connected to a sliding link 40 comprising a pair of side walls 42a, 42b interconnected by an upper cross bar 44.
  • Each of the side walls 42, 42b carries a pin which extends inwardly through a lengthwise slot (not shown in Figures 5a-5c) in one of the side walls 64c, 64d of the upper portion.
  • a Y shaped link 46 is interconnected the sliding link 40 with the actuating linkage 69a, 69b.
  • the ends of the two arms of the Y shaped linkage 46 are connected through the slots in the side walls 64c, 64d to the pins carried by the sliding link 44.
  • the leg of the Y shaped link 46 is connected to the pivot point connecting the lower portion scissors-actuating links 69a, 69b.
  • the Y shaped link 46 lies flat on top of the arms 62a, 62b defining the horizontally-acting scissors linkage with extends the lateral portions of the stacker.
  • a banknote note 1 to be stacked is moved by the transport system comprising the pairs of rollers 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b to a position in which it overlies the aperture 7 and underlies the stacker.
  • the stacker is now in the initial state shown in Figure 3, 4a, and 5a.
  • the lower portion is retracted within the upper portion, and the stacker is above the banknote 1.
  • control unit of the document handling system (not shown) actuates the motor 20 to start driving. This causes the cams 30, 32 to rotate.
  • the cam follower 34 which is initially in the outer radial portion 31a of the track enters the first spiral portion 31c and consequently drives the elongate plate 76 longitudinally away from the cam 30.
  • the lower portion needs to descend only to a depth sufficient to allow the lateral portions to be extended beneath the upper walls 6a, 6b of the cashbox.
  • the cam follower 34 Having reached the second radial region 31b of the cam track, the cam follower 34 remains at a constant longitudinal position and the lower portion therefore remains at a constant depth within the stacker for an interval of time corresponding to the length of the second radial portion 31b.
  • the cam follower 36 enters the second spiral region 33d, driving the sliding link 40 back, together with the Y shaped link 46, so as to release the pressure on the links 69a, 69b to allow the lower scissor arms 62a, 62b to close again under the influence of the spring 67.
  • the stacker thus reaches the position shown in Figures 11a and 11b (corresponding to Figures 4a and 5b).
  • the note 1 now forms the top of the stack 4.
  • the cam follower 36 re-enters the first radial region 33a.
  • the cam follower 34 now enters the second spiral region 31d of the cam track of the first cam 30, retracting the vertical scissors linkages to draw the lower portion back up inside the upper portion and out of the cashbox 5 through the aperture 7, to reach the position shown in Figure 12a and 12b when the cam follower 36 re-enters the first radial portion 31a of the first cam track.
  • the stacker stroke is complete, and when a further note is positioned over the aperture 7, the stacker is ready to repeat the stacker stroke.
  • the pusher comprises a lower portion which nests into an upper portion, without connecting walls between the two, so that the maximum length of the stacker is dictated by the depth of the lower portion rather than corresponding to the maximum stroke length of the stacker.
  • the stacking arrangement 105 of this embodiment consists of two parts; a vertically operable piston portion 205 which is operated with a scissors linkage 206, and driven from above the cashbox, and a horizontally acting roller portion 210 mounted on the lower (i.e. inner) end 205b of the piston, which is driven by an actuator system 220 within the cashbox.
  • the scissors linkage 206 comprises a pair of arms 206a, 206b running lengthwise of the piston (along the length of the banknote) joined together at a pivot point 207 halfway along the arms. At their upper ends, the arms are driven together and apart in turn to create the piston extension and retraction cycle, by a cam arrangement similar to that of the first embodiment. At their lower ends, the first arm 206a is pivotally connected to the lower (i.e. inner) end 205b of the piston, and the second arm 206b is connected to the lower end 205b of the piston via a pin 208 running in a slot 209 on the piston.
  • a banknote 1 arrives at the stacking position, driven by rollers 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b forming part of the banknote transport system.
  • the piston lies above, and closer to one side 1a of, the banknote 1.
  • an axle 212 is mounted parallel to the length of the banknote.
  • the axle 212 carries a set of spaced rollers 214 (214a, 214b,%), on bearings allowing the rollers 214 freely to rotate around the axle.
  • the axle 212 is supported in a sliding linkage consisting of a link 216 sliding in a slot 218.
  • the length of the link 216 is slightly less than the width of the lower portion 205b of the piston.
  • the axle 212 projects past the sliding linkage at either end.
  • a rotary actuator 220 (220a, 220b shown in Figure 18 in isometric view) is positioned.
  • Each rotary actuator consists of a planar member 222 having a central pivot 224, and a toothed circular arc 226 concentric with the pivot 224 which meshes with a gear wheel 228 to allow the planar member 222 to be rotated about the pivot 224 on rotation of the gear wheel 228, from a first (retracted) position through an arc to a second (extended) position.
  • the planar member 222 has an L-shaped slot 230.
  • the slot is a little wider than the diameter of the axle, and has a first portion 232, open to the upper side, which is vertical in the retracted position.
  • a second portion 234 of the slot connects to the first.
  • the second portion 234 of the slot is arcuate, and concentric with the central pivot. It lies just above the maximum depth to which the stacker extends into the cashbox; in other words, just above the plane of the topmost bill in the bill stack.
  • the scissors linkage 206 is actuated to cause the lower portion 205b of the piston to descend into the cashbox, carrying the note 1 below it.
  • the piston engages the bill stack, and reaches its maximum depth as shown in Figure 15.
  • a portion 1b of the banknote 1 still extends above the surface of the cashbox, through the entry slot.
  • the extending ends 212a, 212b of the axle 212 descend into the first portion 232 of the slots of the actuator 220, and reach the second, arcuate portion 234 of the slots.
  • the depth of the piston is held constant whilst lateral extension occurs.
  • the cam tracks (not shown but as in the first embodiment) then drive the gear wheels 228 at each end to rotate, entraining the planar members 222.
  • the axle 212 remains stationary, sliding within the second portion 234 of the respective slot.
  • the axle 212 engages the rear end of each slot 234 and is then carried to the extended position, moving away from the piston 205b.
  • the rollers 214 roll the banknote 1 smoothly out onto the top surface of the bill stack, pulling the side edge 1b of the banknote 1 down through the entry slot in the top of the cashbox to the position shown in Figures 13 and 16. Gravity and the resilience of the note then cause the free portions 1a, 1b of the note 1 to descend flat onto the bill stack.
  • the cam tracks (not shown) drive the gear wheels 228 to rotate in the reverse direction with the planar member 222.
  • the side of the first portion 232 of the slot engages the axle 212, causing it to slide back in towards the piston 205b, rolling along the bill stack, guided by the link 216 moving along the track 218.
  • the axle 212 again lies vertically within the first portion 232 of the slot.
  • the piston 205 is then retracted from the cashbox, lifting the axle 212 out of the slot at the same time, and returning to the initial position of Figure 14 ready to stack the next note.
  • this embodiment has a number of advantages relative to the state of the art. Firstly, as in the first embodiment, the arrangement allows a narrow slot in the top of the cashbox (which assists in security of the cashbox) to be combined with a short depth of stroke of the piston (which reduces the amount of wasted space in the top of the cashbox).
  • Another advantage of the present embodiment is that the actuating system for the horizontally acting axle is held in situ within the cashbox, so that the force to actuate the axle does not need to pass through the vertically extended piston. This allows a more robust and simple drive arrangement to be used, such as the rotating planar member shown. Other arrangements achieving these advantages will readily be apparent to the skilled reader.
  • banknote stacking apparatus may be used in various applications, particularly those where banknotes are automatically accepted and validated such as in automated vending machines and banknote changing machines.
  • lateral extension takes place whilst the pusher is held at a constant depth portion of its stroke
  • the beginning and/or end of lateral extension could take place whilst the pusher is still moving vertically, provided that most of the lateral extension takes place whilst the pusher is stationary.
  • minor vertical movements of the pusher such as to approximate constant depth behaviour are also within the scope of the invention.
  • the present invention could be used to stack bundles of banknotes, which have been held, for example, in a temporary storage device such as an escrow.
  • the banknote transport mechanism may be arranged to deliver banknotes for stacking at predetermined intervals, allowing the continuous operation of the stacking mechanism.
  • rollers are used in the present embodiment for the transportation of the banknotes, a belt driven transportation system could alternatively be used.
  • banknotes are described, other flat sheets having a value (for example, predetermined value payment coupons) could be employed.

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  1. Empileur (105) destiné à empiler des feuilles de valeur (1) depuis un chemin de feuille jusqu'à un réceptacle (5), comprenant un réceptacle (5) ayant un plan de retenue de feuille, un poussoir fonctionnant pour pousser une feuille (1) avec une course fonctionnant dans le réceptacle (5), globalement transversale par rapport au plan, et portant une ou plusieurs parties latérales (56a, 56b) à proximité de son extrémité distale, pouvant fonctionner pour s'étendre en parallèle au plan pour étaler une feuille de valeur (1) dans le réceptacle (5), et un système d'entraînement destiné à entraîner l'empileur (105), dans lequel le système d'entraînement peut fonctionner pour entraîner le poussoir de telle sorte que ladite course pousse la feuille de valeur (1) à travers le plan, et caractérisé en ce que le système d'entraînement peut en outre fonctionner pour entraîner le poussoir de telle sorte que ladite course pousse la feuille de valeur (1) seulement partiellement à travers le plan, et pour commencer à étendre la ou chaque partie latérale (56a, 56b) lorsqu'une partie seulement de la feuille (1) est poussée à travers le plan.
  2. Empileur (105) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le système d'entraînement peut fonctionner pour entraîner la ou chaque partie latérale (56a, 56b) pour l'étendre de telle sorte que l'extension a lieu principalement lorsque le poussoir est à l'extension maximale de sa course.
  3. Empileur (105) selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, dans lequel la course de poussoir comprend un intervalle d'extension pendant lequel le poussoir peut fonctionner pour s'étendre progressivement dans le réceptacle (5), un intervalle de maintien pendant lequel le poussoir peut fonctionner pour rester à une profondeur sensiblement constante dans l'empileur (105), et un intervalle de rétraction pendant lequel le poussoir peut fonctionner pour se rétracter progressivement hors du réceptacle (5) .
  4. Empileur (105) selon la revendication 3, dans lequel le système d'entraînement peut fonctionner pour amener la ou chaque partie latérale (56a, 56b) à s'étendre pendant l'intervalle de maintien.
  5. Empileur (105) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le système d'entraînement comprend une première tringlerie en ciseaux (66, 68) pouvant fonctionner pour créer ladite course de poussoir.
  6. Empileur (105) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le système d'entraînement comprend une seconde tringlerie en ciseaux (62a, 62b) pouvant fonctionner pour déplacer lesdites parties latérales (56a, 56b).
  7. Empileur (105) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le système d'entraînement comprend un premier agencement de surface de came et de galet (34) pour ledit poussoir, et un second agencement de surface de came et de galet (36) pour lesdites une ou plusieurs parties latérales (56a, 56b).
  8. Empileur (105) selon la revendication 6, dans lequel le système d'entraînement comprend une première tringlerie en ciseaux (66, 68) pouvant fonctionner pour créer ladite course de poussoir.
  9. Empileur (105) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la ou chaque partie latérale (56a, 56b) comprend une paire de parties latérales situées à l'extrémité distale du poussoir, chacune comprenant une surface plate extérieure, les surfaces plates venant buter lorsque les parties latérales sont dans un état rétracté, et le poussoir porte un agencement de tringlerie en ciseaux derrière les surfaces plates et pouvant s'étendre dans un plan parallèle à celles-ci pour séparer les surfaces tout en étendant les parties latérales.
  10. Empileur (105) selon les revendications 1 à 4, comprenant en outre au moins une première tringlerie en ciseaux (66, 68) agissant pour étendre le poussoir dans le réceptacle (5), et au moins une seconde tringlerie en ciseaux (62a, 62b) agissant transversalement par rapport à ladite première pour étendre une partie latérale dudit poussoir pour aplatir une feuille (1) dans le réceptacle.
  11. Empileur (105) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le poussoir peut fonctionner pour pousser la feuille (1) sur une pile (4), et dans une seconde direction transversale par rapport à la première pour aplatir la feuille (1) contre la pile (4), l'empileur (105) comprenant en outre au moins un actionneur transversal destiné à déplacer la partie latérale dans la seconde direction, dans laquelle l'actionneur est positionné sur le côté de la pile de billets (4) et, lorsque ledit poussoir se déplace dans ladite première direction, la partie latérale est ainsi déplacée en engagement avec l'actionneur.
  12. Empileur (105) selon la revendication 11, dans lequel la partie latérale comprend au moins un rouleau agencé pour rouler transversalement sur le billet, et un élément de support de rouleau.
  13. Empileur (105) selon la revendication 12, dans lequel l'élément de support de rouleau est un axe sur lequel le ou chaque rouleau est monté de manière rotative.
  14. Empileur (105) selon la revendication 11, dans lequel la partie latérale s'engage avec au moins un guide sur le ou chaque actionneur transversal.
  15. Empileur (105) selon la revendication 14, dans lequel le guide est une fente dans laquelle la partie latérale s'engage et par laquelle elle est entraînée.
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