Patent ID: 6542263
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
A method of feeding a media sheet through an automatic document feeder having a feed path starting from an input tray and leading to an operational station and ending at an inclined output tray normally holding a stack of media sheets previously fed through the automatic document feeder, comprising the steps of:picking a subsequent sheet of media from the input tray and propelling the sheet to the operational station; performing a function on the subsequent media sheet at the operational station; propelling the subsequent media sheet in a first direction from the operational station until a portion of the sheet enters the output tray and engages a previous media sheet in a rest position in the output tray and begins to drive the previous media sheet upwardly out of the output tray; momentarily stopping the subsequent media sheet to allow the previous media sheet to fall back down to the rest position; and propelling the subsequent media sheet in the first direction to completely feed the subsequent media sheet into the output tray.