| 摘要 |
<p>The invention provides for an apparatus for feeding documents (20-1) from a stack of documents (20), in single file, into a document track (16) by means of an endless belt (42). The endless belt (42) is mounted on a drive roller (38) and an idler roller (40) to provide a linear portion (42-1) of the belt (42) which is parallel to the first document (20-1) to be fed from the stack (20). The apparatus also includes retard means (50) which includes a first portion (58-1) to engage the documents in the stack (20) and also includes a second portion (58-2) which is parallel to said linear portion (42-1) by a tension spring (60). The endless belt (42) is made of a material which is designed to wear instead of "glazing" so as to maintain a positive feed of the documents from the stack (20). The endless belt (42) and the retard means (50) are designed to be replaced by an operator of the terminal in which the apparatus is located so as to avoid a service call by a maintenance person. <IMAGE></p> |
