An apparatus and a corresponding method for singling value documents, in particular banknotes, includes a support means and a conveyor belt for picking a single value document from a stack of value documents lying on the support means. The singling device has a positioning device by which at least a portion of the conveyor belt can be moved back and forth relative to the support means between a first position and a second position. In the first position the conveyor belt cannot touch the stack lying on the support means. In the second position the conveyor belt can touch the lowermost value document of a stack lying on the support means and pick the former from the stack at least partially.

A sheet feeder comprises a feed deck for supporting a stack of sheets (65) to be fed. The feed deck may be formed by a bed of freely spinning rollers. A feed block (62) comprises a friction pad (66) that projects from the bottom of the feed block (62) towards a drive belt (42) to define a gate therebetween. The drive belt (42) frictionally engages the underside of a bottom sheet of the stack (65) and urges the sheet towards the gate. The feed block (62) comprises a front face (72) immediately upstream from the gate, which is inclined at a sharp angle to the feed direction. The friction pad (66) comprises a lower face that is substantially parallel to the feed direction and does not intersect the plane of the feed block front face (72).

A sheet feeder comprises a feed deck for supporting a stack of sheets (65) to be fed. The feed deck may be formed by a bed of freely spinning rollers. A feed block (62) comprises a friction pad (66) that projects from the bottom of the feed block (62) towards a drive belt (42) to define a gate therebetween. The drive belt (42) frictionally engages the underside of a bottom sheet of the stack (65) and urges the sheet towards the gate. The feed block (62) comprises a front face (72) immediately upstream from the gate, which is inclined at a sharp angle to the feed direction. The friction pad (66) comprises a lower face that is substantially parallel to the feed direction and does not intersect the plane of the feed block front face (72).

Provided is a sheet feeding device and an image forming apparatus capable of performing sheet feeding by electrostatic adsorption at a low noise with a simple configuration. A first outer nip conveying roller 201b and a second outer nip conveying roller 202b that nip an adsorbing member 200 supported in a state an inside is loose by a first inner nip conveying roller 201a and a second inner nip conveying roller 202b are provided.

A mail hazard screening machine is configured to compress mail pieces or envelops through compression rollers and draw out this air and any hazard that may have been contained in the envelope. The system may be able to detect a wide range of hazards such as chemical, biological, radioactive, nuclear, explosive and drugs, abbreviated CBRNE+D. The sample air, the air drawn out from the hazard screening system, may be directed to one or more analysis devices and the mail processing machine may be stopped if any hazard is detected. The mail piece containing the hazard can then be found and further inspected safely. A mail feeder system may be configured to deliver mail pieces to the hazard screening system without compression of the mail pieces or envelopes.

The present invention relates to a feeder module for discharging sheets into a converting machine. The feeder module comprises a movable discharge conveyor comprising a plurality of belt conveyors which are configured to move between a discharge position (DP) in which the belt conveyors are contacting the lowermost positioned sheet in the stack and discharges said sheet, and a clearing position (CP) in which the conveyor belts are located underneath the loading surface.

The present invention relates to a feeder module for a converting machine, the feeder module comprises an upper feeder assembly, and a lower feeder assembly comprising a loading surface configured to receive a stack of sheets. The upper feeder assembly (20) comprises a gauge (32), wherein a distance (d1) between a vertical distal end of the gauge and the loading surface defines a clearance through which a lowermost positioned sheet in the stack can pass at a time. A feed roll assembly (34) located downstream of the gauge comprises an upper feed roller (35a) and a lower feed roller (35b). The lower feeder assembly (22) and the lower feed roller are displaceable in the vertical direction.

One embodiment provides a power transmission structure of a media separation unit, the power transmission structure including a pickup pulley and a feed pulley that are provided at positions spaced apart at both sides; a media separation belt configured to travel along the pickup pulley and the feed pulley, grip and convey media, and have a slope that changes due to contact with a bill press configured to support the media and move upward or downward at a lower side of the pickup pulley; a motor configured to provide a driving force for the media separation belt to rotate in one direction or the other direction; at least one relay gear configured to transmit the driving force of the motor; a swing arm configured to swing in both direction within a predetermined angle range in conjunction with rotation of the relay gear; a swing gear configured to be connected to the swing arm and rotate in conjunction with the rotation of the relay gear to transmit power for the swing arm to swing; and a clutch gear configured to intermittently be coupled to or released from the swing gear according to a swing direction of the swing arm and configured to transmit power to the pickup pulley through a connection belt, whose slope changes in conjunction with a change in the slope of the media separation belt.

One embodiment provides a power transmission structure of a media separation unit, the power transmission structure including a pickup pulley and a feed pulley that are provided at positions spaced apart at both sides; a media separation belt configured to travel along the pickup pulley and the feed pulley, grip and convey media, and have a slope that changes due to contact with a bill press configured to support the media and move upward or downward at a lower side of the pickup pulley; a motor configured to provide a driving force for the media separation belt to rotate in one direction or the other direction; at least one relay gear configured to transmit the driving force of the motor; a swing arm configured to swing in both direction within a predetermined angle range in conjunction with rotation of the relay gear; a swing gear configured to be connected to the swing arm and rotate in conjunction with the rotation of the relay gear to transmit power for the swing arm to swing; and a clutch gear configured to intermittently be coupled to or released from the swing gear according to a swing direction of the swing arm and configured to transmit power to the pickup pulley through a connection belt, whose slope changes in conjunction with a change in the slope of the media separation belt.

The invention relates to a system for receiving cards for a processing machine, said receiving system including a frame having a bottom above which a receptacle is arranged intended to receive a stack of cards and having an opening which extends over the height of the receptacle, and on either side of said opening, a slender element which is elastic and which has a first end fastened to the frame at a top portion of the opening, and a second end fastened to the frame at a bottom portion of the opening, where each slender element is opposite the opening and intended to be in front of the edges of the cards present in the receptacle.