摘要 |
Document counter with discharge means comprising a support for a wad of documents, an endless conveyor belt which can be moved about a rotational axis, means for guiding the conveyor belt in the plane of the support to engage the lowermost document on the support, and collecting means comprising a flap wheel system which can be rotated about a rotational axis which is parallel to the rotational axis of the conveyor belt, flaps extending from the periphery of the flap wheel system, said flaps forming pockets mutually spaced circumferentially, which open in a direction opposite to the rotational direction of the flap wheel system, and a receptacle located at the moving path of the flaps for receiving the documents from the pockets of the flap wheel system. The discharge means and the collecting means are positioned adjacent each other with a holder gap positioned substantially on the circumference of the flap wheel system, and the rotational speed of the flap wheel system of the collecting means is lower than the rotational speed of the conveyor belt of the discharge means. |