Patent ID: 7584958
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A method for leveling a document stack comprising: (a) providing a document stack leveling container for leveling a stack of one or more documents, each document having a document thick side that is thicker than the opposite document thin side, the document stack leveling container having generally-upright container sides defining an upper container mouth and an opposite container bottom, the document stack leveling container mouth and sides forming a container hollow, a document stack top surface leveling ramp disposed in the document stack leveling container hollow so an included ramp surface slopes downward from an included container shallow end towards the opposite included container deep end; and (b) disposing documents in the document stack leveling container to form a document stack therein with the included document thick sides generally proximate to the document stack leveling container deep end; and including providing a sensor cutout in the document stack leveling container bottom near the document stack leveling container deep end.