Patent ID: 6022012
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: B65H,H04N,Y10T

Abstract:
An automatic document feeder system for a flat bed computer input device having a horizontal document receiving surface and a horizontal supporting surface for the document feeder system, comprising:a main chassis detachably mounted to said supporting surface;said main chassis including a substantially vertical document input tray that is integral in one piece with main chassis;said main chassis including in one piece means for defining an input paper path extending from said input tray to a document receiving area on the horizontal document receiving surface of the flat bed input device;means mounted within said main chassis for transporting print media sheets along said input path;a self aligning subjacent chassis for nesting with said main chassis to facilitate the positioning of a substantially vertical output tray that is integral in one piece with said subjacent chassis, said document output tray being substantially parallel to the input tray; andsaid subjacent chassis including means for defining an output paper path extending from the horizontal document receiving surface of the flat bed computer input device and vertically upward into said output tray.