Patent ID: 7131589

Claim:
A barcode or scan reader device for processing a plurality of documents, comprising: transport means for transporting said documents along a travel path through a reading area; a blocking member; bearing means, attached to said blocking member, for pivotally suspending and vertically movably suspending said blocking member along said travel path prior to said reading area; and said blocking member being disposed in spaced-apart relationship to said transport means so as to form an elongated opening between said transport means and said blocking member for passing said documents one at a time, said elongated opening being disposed in intersecting relationship with said travel path; wherein said blocking member has an elongated configuration traversing said travel path and said blocking member is rotatably suspended about its middle on a pivotal axis with said pivotal axis being disposed in the middle of said elongated configuration, said bearing means being pivotally attached to said blocking member at said pivotal axis; and, sliding means for slidingly mounting said bearing member for lateral movement relative to said travel path.