INPUT FEEDER DEVICE FOR AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING PAPER DOCUMENTS, PARTICULARLY BANK CHEQUES

摘要

The feeder device comprises a support structure (2) wherein, between a feeder plate (3) and an opposite surface (4), there is defined an input receptacle (5) for the introduction of one or more documents (BC) to be processed, and a motorized aligning and conveying de vice (6), adapted to engage and urge a document (BC) introduced into the input receptacle (5) towards a lateral stationary aligning surface (50). The feeder device is characterized in that the aligning and conveying device comprises an assembly (10) which is rotatable about a first axis (A) and which includes a pick-up member (24) rotatable in the assembly (10) about a second axis (B) spaced apart from the first axis (A), between a first, resting angular position and a second, working angular position, in the first of which positions the pick-up member (24) is retracted, while in the second it protrudes into the assembly (10) in the input receptacle (5) to engage a document (BC) introduced thereinto; and an electric control motor (18), coupled to the assembly (10) and to the pick-up member (24) through transmission means (12-22, 30-33).