Patent ID: 7450277

Claim:
An automatic document handling system, comprising: an input tray to contain a document to be imaged; an imaging area to image a document; an output tray to contain an imaged document; a light source located in proximity to said imaging area; a raster imaging scanning system located in proximity to said imaging area; a looped document path, located in proximity to said imaging area, having an entrance and an exit; a first gate located between said imaging area and said looped document path; and a second gate located between said imaging area and said input tray and located between said imaging area and said output tray; said second gate having a first position to guide a document from said input tray onto said imaging area; said first gate having a first position to guide a document, which is exiting said imaging area for a first time, into said looped document path, said first position of said first gate being a lifted position; said second gate being in said first position when said first gate is said first position; said first gate having a second position to guide a document, which is exiting said looped document path, onto said imaging area; said first position of said first gate being different from said second position of said first gate; said second gate having a second position to guide a document, which is exiting said imaging area for a second time, to said output tray; said first position of said second gate being different from said second position of said second gate.