Device for destroying sheet material

[0043] Figure 1a with 1b A system 1 is shown by which sheets of value documents, more particularly banknotes, for example, can be sorted and if necessary destroyed. The system 1 basically includes a shredding device 2 , a feeding conveying system 3 , a collecting device 5 and six sorting devices 4 . The core of the invention is formed in particular by the supply conveyor system 3 . Shredding components such as the shredding device 2, sorting devices such as the sorting device 4 and collecting devices such as the collecting device 5 are known to the person skilled in the art and will only be described below as necessary for a correct understanding of the invention. explain it to a certain extent.

[0044] The shredding device 2 comprises a housing 11 in which a funnel 12 is arranged. Below the hopper 12 there is provided a chopping part, for example in the form of a rotary knife, by which the sheets falling into the hopper 12 are chopped. The debris is discharged through a...