DOCUMENT FEEDING APPARATUS

摘要

Document feeding apparatus has provision for supporting a stack of documents above and spaced away from a vacuum feeding drum. A suction shoe is interposed between the stack and the drum and has a depression in that face nearer to the stack. The leading edge of the lowermost document of the stack is attracted into the depression so that it is separated from the stack and a knife is moved into the gap between the attracted edge and the stack to maintain the separation. The suction shoe is then withdrawn to allow the separated edge to move into contact with the vacuum drum which then withdraws the lowermost document completely from the stack.