Unit for inserting a single valuable document

Abstract

A device for accepting a value document comprises a support means which forms a supporting surface for the value document onto which the value document can be placed for acceptance, a guide means for the value document on which the value document resting at least partly on the supporting surface can be aligned with one side along a predefined draw-in direction, and a draw-in device for drawing in along the draw-in direction the value document lying against the guide means and resting at least partly on the supporting surface, wherein the supporting surface has at least one surface area which is inclined toward the guide means relative to a predefined horizontal plane.

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         11 . A device for accepting a value document comprising:
 a support which forms a supporting surface for value documents to be accepted, and onto which value documents may be placed for acceptance;   a guide for the value documents enabling value documents resting at least partly on the supporting surface to be aligned along one side with a predefined draw-in direction; and   a draw-in device arranged to draw-in value documents lying against the guide means and resting at least partly on the supporting surface along a draw-in direction;   wherein the supporting surface has at least one surface area which is inclined toward the guide relative to a predefined horizontal plane.   
     
     
         12 . The device according to  claim 11 , wherein the at least one surface area is inclined relative to the draw-in direction. 
     
     
         13 . The device according to  claim 11 , wherein the at least one surface area is arched in at least one portion in a direction parallel to the draw-in direction. 
     
     
         14 . The device according to  claim 13 , wherein the supporting surface extends at its edges in the direction of the guide and in the draw-in direction parallel to the horizontal plane. 
     
     
         15 . The device according to  claim 11 , including a second guide in the area of the guide above the supporting surface and extending with a longitudinal extension thereof parallel to the draw-in direction and forming with the supporting surface a gap within which the value document is guidable. 
     
     
         16 . The device according to  claim 15 , wherein the second guide has, in a direction extending perpendicular to the draw-in direction, toward the lateral guide, a first surface portion inclined toward the horizontal plane. 
     
     
         17 . The device according to  claim 15 , wherein the second guide has at an end located opposite to the draw-in direction a second surface portion which forms an acute angle with a straight line parallel to the draw-in direction in a plane parallel to a horizontal plane. 
     
     
         18 . The device according to  claim 11 , including a leading element above the supporting surface inclined toward the horizontal plane in the draw-in direction and forming an upper leading surface which forms with the supporting surface a slit through which the draw-in device transports a value document. 
     
     
         19 . The device according to  claim 18 , wherein the upper leading surface has in a portion opposing the guide a surface area which forms an acute angle with the horizontal plane perpendicular to the draw-in direction. 
     
     
         20 . An apparatus for accepting value documents having a device according to  claim 11 , a transport device for transporting value documents from the draw-in device along a transport path to at least one store, and a device arranged on a portion of the transport path for ascertaining the type and/or the authenticity of an accepted value document.