Patent ID: 8196830

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a document processor including: a base having an upper surface; a magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) subsystem including a MICR read head, wherein the MICR subsystem is arranged: (1) in an opposing relationship with respect to the upper surface of the base, and (2) slidably-attached to the base for movement of the subsystem across the upper surface of the base between a first lateral side surface of the base and a second lateral side surface of the base; and a speed limiting device connected to both of the base and the MICR subsystem, wherein the speed limiting devices includes a slidable movement resistance device that imparts a controlled slidable movement resistance load to the MICR subsystem when the MICR subsystem is slidably-moved across the upper surface of the base to maintain a controlled scanning rate performed by the MICR read head as the MICR subsystem is slidably-moved across the upper surface of the base.