Patent ID: 7828286
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: B65H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A substantially vertically inclined document scanning apparatus comprising as components in a side-by-side operative arrangement: a topside input feeder tray or input tray; a digital scanning head; and an output stacking surface; all of said components in substantially upright in said side-by-side alignment and mounted on a same horizontal surface; said digital scanning head located at substantially the same vertical level and located between said input tray and said output stacking surface, and adapted to receive paper from said input tray and transport said paper to said output stacking surface; said input tray having a paper supporting surface that is tilted rearwardly away from a user and enabled to feed an uppermost sheet of said stacking surface to said digital scanning head; said paper supporting surface enabled to provide a document input and feeding path at an angle inclined rearwardly away from a user and enabled to feed paper into said digital scanning head at substantially a same said angle; said digital scanning head comprising a velocity sheet or paper transport and at least one digital scanner; said sheet or paper transport enabled to move said paper fed from said input tray and pass by said digital scanning head to said output stacking surface; a sheet deflector positioned adjacent said output stacking surface which tips sheets on said output stacking forward toward said user; said output stacking surface tilted or inclined forward toward said user and enabled to receive and cause said paper to fall via gravity forward and be in collated order when fed thereto from said digital scanning head.