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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2004
Dustin Sorenson, Austin, TX (US);
Kuoyong Huang, Bothell, WA (US);
Dustin Sorenson, Austin, TX (US);
Kuoyong Huang, Bothell, WA (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for feeding a document includes a chassis, a copying device coupled to the chassis, a feed tray coupled to the chassis and moveable between a first position and second position, a first feed mechanism operable to accept a document from the feed tray and feed the document to the copying device by way of a substantially arcuate path, and a second feed mechanism operable to accept the a document from the feed tray and feed the document to the copying device by way of a substantially linear path. Paper documents may be fed to the copying device from the feed tray in the first position and photographs may be fed to the copying device from the feed try in the second position.