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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 1981
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas J Hamlin, Macedon, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271 98 ; 271-31 ; 271 20 ; 271 35 ; 271106 ; 271166 ;
Abstract
An automatic document handler adapted to receive a stack of documents to be copied for feeding the documents seriatim to the platen of a copy machine and returning the copied documents to the stack. A combination vacuum-document separator in conjunction with a precisely located air knife in relation to the vacuum belts and a document tray having a 'U' shaped pocket therein is provided to assure positive feeding of each document to the platen without misfeeds or multifeeds.