DUPLEX AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT HANDLER (DADH) WITH ONE-PIECE PLATEN

• Main Authors: WILSHER, MICHAEL JOHN, DE ECHANIZ, SEBASTIAN R, JOWETT, SIMON NEIL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 09.11.2016
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

According to exemplary document feeding devices disclosed herein, a transparent platen has a sheet side and a scanner side, opposite the sheet side. A scanner is located on the scanner side of the transparent platen. A document placing tray is located on the sheet side of the transparent platen and a document ejection tray is positioned above the document placing tray. The document placing tray is between the document ejection tray and the transparent platen. A ramp is located at an end of the transparent platen. A feeding path extends from the document placing tray through a scanning position on the transparent platen to the document ejection tray. The scanning position is adjacent to the end of the transparent platen. The feeding path comprises the ramp at the end of the transparent platen. The ramp turns the feeding path from the transparent platen toward the document ejection tray.