Patent ID: 8376354

Claim:
An apparatus for feeding sheetlike items from a stack of sheetlike items, comprising: an item feed means for separating and feeding a single item from the stack of sheetlike items; a holder for receiving the stack of sheetlike items, said holder comprising an item platform for supporting the stack of sheetlike items, and a first and a second item side guide for guiding sheetlike items of the stack in a feeding direction, said item platform being movable towards the item feed means into a feeding position in which separating and feeding of a single item from the stack of sheetlike items by the item feed means is enabled and away from said item feed means into a loading position in which the holder is able to receive a stack of sheetlike items, at least one of said item side guides being movable relative to the other one; a side guide adjustment mechanism connected to said at least one item side guide such that when said side guide adjustment mechanism is moved in a first direction said at least one item side guide will move toward the other item side guide and when said side guide adjustment mechanism is moved in a second direction said at least one item side guide will move away from the other item side guide; a drive means connected to said side guide adjustment mechanism operable to cause said side guide adjustment mechanism to move in said first and said second direction; wherein said drive means is out of engagement with said side guide adjustment mechanism when said item platform is in the feeding position.