Patent ID: 6557847
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A document handling apparatus comprising:(a) an input path structure including an input surface and a first document moving device disposed in operative engagement with the input surface; (b) an output path structure oriented perpendicularly with respect to the input path structure and including an output surface; (c) a staging and document turning assembly interposed between the input path structure and the output path structure and including a staging surface and a second document moving device, wherein the staging surface defines an interface between the input surface and the output surface, and the second document moving device is disposed in operative engagement with the staging surface and is oriented perpendicularly with respect to the first document moving device; and (d) means for driving a first sheet staged on the staging surface toward the output surface after a second sheet being fed onto the staging surface from the input surface has moved into an overlapping relation with the first sheet.