Abstract: A device for sorting documents having compartments arranged substantially parallel and vertical in a frame in which compartment documents are placed standing up, said compartments having a bottom support structure on which the documents rest, said bottom support structure being displaccable in relation to the partitions between a first position and a second position, in the first position said bottom support structure supporting the documents in a generally upright manner, and in the second position said bottom support structure supporting the documents in a generally horizontal stacked manner, said documents engaging the partitions to provide a controlled fall movement of the documents as the bottom support structure is extended from the first position to the second position, said controlled movement resulting in the documents being provided in a generally horizontal stacked relationship.