Arrangement for dispensing sheets from a store thereof, for example bank notes

Claim 1

An arrangement for dispensing sheets from a store (10) of sheets, for example bank notes, to one (11) of a plurality of withdrawal stations (11, 12), including first transport means (13-14) for transporting sheets from the store (10) to a collecting station (15), a plurality of so-called finger wheels (31, 32, 33) arranged immediately upstream of the collecting station (15), so as to reduce the speed of the sheets, and second transport means (16-17) for transporting the collected bundle of sheets from the collecting station (15) to the withdrawal station (11), said collecting station (15) comprising two mutually opposing walls (26, 27), between which the bundle of sheets is clamped during the initial stage of transportation from said collecting station (15) to said withdrawal station (11), characterized in that the walls (26, 27) are provided with wheels, rollers or the like (e.g., 261, 271) which are arranged to co-act with each other, two and two, one on each wall and which are arranged to transport the bundle of sheets in one of a number of possible directions, in dependence upon to which withdrawal station (11) of said withdrawal stations (11-12) the ordered sheets are to be dispensed and one of said walls is also formed as a sheet removal means (27) for co-action with the finger wheels (31, 32, 33) which project through openings (2720, 2740, 2760) in said wall (27) when said wall is turned from the collecting station (15) to the sheet removal position; and in that flaps (2721, 2741, 2761) are arranged to cover said openings (2720, 2740, 2760) when the wall (27) is pivoted to the collecting station (15), and comprises a wall defining said collecting station and the selected transport direction for the bundle of sheets is the same as the direction of the pivot axis of said wall.