PHOTOCOPYING MACHINE DOCUMENT FEEDER

摘要

A document feeder for moving documents across an upwardly facing imaging platen of a copying machine includes a stacking tray disposed above the platen and in substantially parallel relationship therewith. A first guide element guides documents moving off the imaging platen at one edge thereof along an upwardly extending curved path and discharges the documents at one end of the stacking tray along an upwardly directed trajectory. A second guide element intercepts documents discharged along the upwardly directed trajectory at a location above the top of the tray and guides the documents downwardly into the stacking tray, thus obviating interference between a document moving into the tray and a bent or curled document already in the tray.