Patent ID: 7887046
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A low-profile document feeding apparatus for use on a counter-top, the apparatus comprising: a low-profile document feeding machine sized to handle documents which are 6 inches long and 2.75 inches high, the low-profile document feeding machine including a feeder, a hopper having a hopper floor, at least one processing device, and an output pocket, the hopper holding a document stack wherein the length of the documents extends horizontally along the hopper floor with each document resting on its edge, the feeder feeding documents one at a time from the document stack in the hopper for processing by the at least one processing device and reception by the output pocket, the documents being fed in the horizontal direction from the hopper such that a feeding document slides on its edge; wherein the hopper floor includes a hopper floor extension that extends beyond a footprint of the low-profile document feeding machine so as to better support longer documents, the hopper floor extension extending to a sufficient extent such that a total length of the hopper floor is at least about 5.5 inches thereby facilitating the stable processing of longer documents which are 9.5 inches long without the longer documents tipping backwards out of the hopper.