US3877804A - Corner registration device for document feeder - Google Patents

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US3877804A
US3877804A US412225A US41222573A US3877804A US 3877804 A US3877804 A US 3877804A US 412225 A US412225 A US 412225A US 41222573 A US41222573 A US 41222573A US 3877804 A US3877804 A US 3877804A
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  • a corner registration device for a document feeder is provided for aligning the document prior to its advancement.
  • the registration means includes a first registration barrier extending in a direction substantially parallel to the direction in which the document is to be fed.
  • the first registration barrier contacts a first side of the document.
  • a second registration barrier is provided extending substantially normal to the first barrier.
  • the second barrier is adapted to contact a second side of the document.
  • the second barrier comprises the closed nip of a set of pinch rolls, and means for inhibiting the rotation of the pinch rolls during the registration of the document.
  • This invention relates to a corner registration apparatus for a document feeder. It is particularly useful with a dual mode copying machine for copying moving or stationary originals.
  • the photosensitive plate In order to automate many copying processes, as for example the xerographic process, the photosensitive plate is generally arranged to move over an endless path of travel through the various processing stations thus requiring that image recording be accomplished while the plate is moving.
  • movable optical scanning systems such as that disclosed by Rutkus, et al. in US. Pat. No. 3,062,095, have been devised which are capable of creating a flowing light image of a stationary original suitable for recording upon a moving photosensitive element.
  • Rutkus type scanning systems as evidenced by their wide commercial utilization, have proven quite successful, it nevertheless possesses one inherent drawback in that the size of the original subject matter that can be recorded is confined to the viewing domain of the optics involved.
  • this feature restricts the manner in which the machine can be utilized and is particularly troublesome in the case of the compact or small copier.
  • this practice requires a number of tedious and time consuming manual operations and, because of the human factors involved, generally results in the production of poor quality copy.
  • a corner registration means including a first registration barrier which extends in a direction substantially parallel to the direction in which the document is to be fed.
  • the first barrier is adapted to contact a first side of the document.
  • a second registration barrier extending substantially normal to the first barrier is provided which is adapted to contact a second side of the document to provide corner registration.
  • the second barrier comprises the nip of a set of pinch rolls in the feeder and includes a means for inhibiting the rotation of the pinch rolls during registration of the document.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of an automatic xerographic compact copier employing the optical system of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view of the stationary viewing platen of the automatic copying machine illustrated in FIG. 1 showing the moving optical scanning system and the drive mechanism associated therewith;
  • FIG. 3 is a partial view with portions broken away showing the optical drive control mechanism of the automatic compact copies for providing the copier with a large document handling capability;
  • FIG. 4 is an enlarged view taken along lines 4-4 in FIG. 3 showing the movable document feeder assembly associated with the automatic copier with the feeder assembly in an operative position over the viewing platen;
  • FIG. 5 is an end view of the document feeder assembly illustrated in FIG. 4 showing the document feed rollers and the document hold-down rollers in engagement with the feed roller drive mechanism;
  • FIGS. 6-8 represent a partial schematic view of the clutching and control mechanism for regulating the paper feed drive associated with the automatic machine illustrated in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 9 is a partial enlarged section of the power input to the optical drive system taken along lines 99 in FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 10 is an enlarged partial sectional view taken along lines 10-10 in FIG. 3 showing the optical drive lock-out mechanism for positioning the moving optical elements of the scanning system in a fixed position beneath the document feeder;
  • FIG. 11 is a plan view of the lock-out mechanism illustrated in FIG. showing the mechanism for placing the optics drive shaft in a locked position;
  • FIG. 12 is a partial enlarged view showing the positioning of the control mechanism associated with the present invention when the document feeding assembly is in a stored condition
  • FIG. 13 is a partial view of the mechanism illustrated in FIG. 12 showing the positioning of the control mechanism at the start of the optical lock-out cycle.
  • FIG. 14 is a perspective of a copier in accordance with this invention illustrating the operation of the corner registration means.
  • FIG. 1 there is illustrated a schematic plan view of a compact automatic xerographic copying machine incorporating the corner registration means of the present invention.
  • the copier depicted in FIG. 1 illustrates the various components utilized therein for xerographically reproducing copies from an original document.
  • the registration apparatus of the present invention is particularly well adapted for use with a document feeder for an automatic xerographic copier, it should become evident from the following description that it is equally well suited for use with a wide variety of document feeders and electrostatographic copiers and it is not necessarily limited in its application to the particular embodiment or embodiments shown herein.
  • the xerographic processor includes a rotatably mounted photosensitive or photoconductive drum 10 which is supported upon a horizontally extended shaft II.
  • the drum is driven in the direction indicated whereby the photoconductive surface is caused to pass sequentially through a series of xerographic processing stations.
  • the photoconductive drum surface is uniformly charged by means of a corona generator 13 po- .jsitioned within a charging station A located at approxi- ,.:;mately the 12 o'clock drum position.
  • the charged ⁇ drum surface is then advanced into an imaging station wherein a flowing light image of an original document to be reproduced is projected onto the charged drum surface thus recording on the drum a latent electrostatic image containing the original input scene information.
  • a developing station C wherein the latent electrostatic image is rendered visible by applying an electroscopic marking powder (toner) to the photoreceptor surface in a manner well known and used in the art.
  • the now visible image is then forwarded into a transfer station D wherein a sheet of final support material is brought into overlying moving contact with the toner'image and the image transferred from the plate to the support sheet by means of a second corona generator 14.
  • a supply of cut sheets are supported within the machine by means of a removable paper cassette 15.
  • a pair of feed rollers 16 are engaged to operatively engage the uppermost sheet in the cassette so as to first separate the top sheet from the remainder of the stack and then advance the sheet into the transfer station in synchronous moving relationship to the developed image on the photoconductive plate surface.
  • the motion of the feed rollers is coordinated with that of the rotating drum surface, as well as the other machine components through the main drive system whereby the support sheet is introduced into the transfer station in proper registration with the developed toner image supported on the xerographic plate.
  • the plate surface After transfer, but prior to the reintroduction of the imaged portion of the drum into the charging station, the plate surface is passed through a cleaning station E wherein the residual toner remaining on the plate surface is removed.
  • the removed toner particles are collected within a container where they are stored subject to periodic removal from the machine.
  • the toner bearing support sheet is stripped from the drum surface and placed upon a moving vacuum transport 17 which serves to advance the support sheet into a thermal fusing station F wherein the toner image is permanently fixed to the sheet.
  • the copy sheet with the fused image thereon is forwarded from the fuser into a collecting tray 19 where the sheet is held until such time as the operator has occasion to remove it from the machine.
  • the original document to be reproduced is placed image side down upon a horizontal transparent viewing platen 20 and the stationary original then scanned by means of a moving optical system of the type illustrated in FIG. 2.
  • the scanning system fundamentally consists of a stationary lens system 21 positioned below the right hand margin of the 'platen as viewed in FIG. 1 and a pair of cooperating movable scanning mirrors 22, 23 which are carried upon carriages 24, 25, respectively.
  • the lens is basically a halflens objective having a reflecting surface at the stop position to simulate a full lens system.
  • the two mirror carriages are slidably supported between a pair of parallel horizontally aligned guide rails 27, 28 and are operatively connected to an optical drive shaft 29 via a cable and drum arrangement, generally referenced 30 in FIG. 2.
  • a cable and drum arrangement generally referenced 30 in FIG. 2.
  • the drum and cable mechanism 30 functions to regulate the relative motion of the two mirror carriages with that of the drive shaft 29.
  • mirror 22, herein referred to as the full rate scan mirror is caused to move from a home position, directly below the left hand margin of the platen as seen in FIGS. 1 and 2, to an endof scan position below the opposite margin of the platen as illustrated in FIG. 2.
  • the rate of travel of the scan mirror is equal to the peripheral speed of the rotating xerographic drum surface.
  • the second mirror 23 is simultaneously caused to move in the same direction as the scanning mirror at half the scanning rate. As the two mirrors sweep across the platen surface, an image of each incremental area thereon viewed by the scanning mirror is reflected towards the second mirror which, in turn, redirects the image back to the half lens element.
  • the lens system comprises an off-axis objective capable of collecting the entering light rays from one side of the lens central axis and forming an image of the optical information on the opposite side of the I axis.
  • the reflecting surface positioned at the lens stop position, reverses the entering light rays and redirects the light rays back towards a stationary mirror 32 positioned directly above the drum surface at the exposure station B. In this manner a flowing light image containing the original input scene information is focused upon the charged photoconductive plate.
  • the movement of the mirrors are coordinated with the motion of the drum whereby the flowing light image is recorded on the photoreceptor in a clear, undistorted manner.
  • the drive input to the optical drive shaft 29 is provided through means of a wire and pulley arrangement 33 clutched to the drive shaft 34 which, in turn, is operatively connected to the xerographic drum via mating gears 83 and 84.
  • a wire and pulley arrangement 33 clutched to the drive shaft 34 which, in turn, is operatively connected to the xerographic drum via mating gears 83 and 84.
  • a wind up spring 37 is provided to restore the moving mirrors to a start of scan condition.
  • the spring is connected at one end to the drive shaft 29 and anchored at the opposite end in the machine frame as shown in FIG. 2. As the mirrors are advanced through the scanning phase of the copying cycle. the spring is wound to a fully loaded condition. Upon release of the optical drive shaft at the end of the scanning cycle, the loaded spring is allowed to unwind driving the mirror carriages rapidly toward the home or start of scan position.
  • a dashpot (not shown) is arranged to arrest the minor restoration movement and absorbs the flyback energy of the system.
  • the present compact copying apparatus is provided with a large document copying capability, that is. with the ability to reproduce originals of a size greater than the physical dimensions of the viewing platen.
  • a document feeder is herein provided that is movable between a first stored position adjacent to the viewing platen and a second operative or large document handling position over the platen surface.
  • the moving optical system is locked in a position to view documents as they are advanced through the document feeder and record a flowing light image of the input information upon the moving photoconductive plate surface.
  • the various machine components are conditioned to accept the protracted input so that documents that would ordinarily lie outside the normal viewing domain of the scanning optics can be processed and full sized copies thereof produced.
  • FIGS. 3-5 there is shown the document feeding mechanism 40 which is adapted for use in conjunction with the corner registration means of this invention.
  • the document feeding assembly is maintained in a stored position (as depicted by the phantom lines shown in FIG. 1) to expose the entire platen surface area and thus provide a maximum working area to the operator.
  • the machine operator To initiate the large document mode of operation, the machine operator simply advances the document feeding assembly from the stored position to a document feeding position as illustrated in FIGS. 3-5 with the feeding assembly extending over the left hand margin of the platen surface.
  • the document feeding mechanism is made up of two main sections which include a stationary support bridge, generally referenced 41, and a movable feed roller support section, generally referenced 42.
  • the bridge 41 is made up of two vertically extending end support members which are securely anchored in the machine frame and upon which is secured a horizontal span 44.
  • the feed roller support section 42 is slidably suspended from a horizontally extended span by means of a pair of parallel aligned rod-like guide rails 47, 48 which are slidably supported in bearings (not shown) affixed to the underside of the bridge span.
  • the document feed roll assembly is thus suspended from the span so that it can be freely moved back and forth from the home or stored position adjacent to the platen and an extended position over the left hand margin of the platen surface.
  • the machine operator grasps a lever arm 49 mounted on top of the bridge span and rotates the arm in a clockwise direction as shown in FIG. 4.
  • the lever are is operatively connected to segmented pinion 51 which meshes with a rack 52 secured to the feed roller assembly 42. Movement of the arm in a clockwise direction causes the movable feed roller assembly to be advanced toward the fully extended or operative position. Rotation of the arm in the opposite direction produces the opposite result.
  • a paper feeding clutch 58 (FIG. 3) is herein provided for inhibiting the action of the paper feeder during the period when the machine is being converted to the large document handling mode of operation.
  • the drive motor MOT-l is connected directly to one end of the paper sheet drive shaft 53 via a gear train made up of pinion 54, intermediate gear 55 and a driven gear 56, which is rotatably supported upon the drive shaft is operatively connected to the shaft through a wrap around clutch 58.
  • a chain pulley 59 (FIG. 1) is affixed to the opposite end of the drive shaft 53 and translates the motion of the shaft to feed rollers through a pair of cooperating chain elements 60 and 61.
  • a locking bar 62 Prior to the initiation of the large document handling mode of operation, a locking bar 62 (FIG. 6) is placed in a holding position against the optics drive clutch 63 and the paper feed drive clutch 59 thus preventing the movement of both the optics input drive shaft 65 and the paper feed drive shaft 53.
  • the locking bar is pivotably mounted about a pin 66 and is arranged to swing in a counter clockwise direction when solenoid SOL-l is energized, the energization of which occurs when the document feed roller assembly is moved to an operative position.
  • solenoid pulls the left hand end of the bar 62 upwardly to release both the optical input drive shaft and the paper feed input drive shaft.
  • a second locking bar 63 which is also pivotably mounted about the pin 65, is further provided to hold the paper drive clutch 58, and thus paper feed drive shaft 53, inactive while the scanning mirrors are being moved to an end of scan position beneath the extended roll assembly.
  • a second solenoid SOL-2 is operatively attached to the locking bar 63 and serves to hold the paper feeding clutch 58 inactive after the initial release of arm 62.
  • the machine logic which as noted is programmed at this time to a single copy mode of operation also serves to hold the solenoid SOL-2 inactive for a period of time sufficient to prevent the advancement of a copy sheet from the cassette during this initial conversion period.
  • solenoid SOL-2 is energized thus pulling back and locking bar 63 to a release position as shown in FIG. 8, thereby conditioning the paper feeder to forward copy sheets through the machine when a large document copying cycle is instituted.
  • the motion of shaft 89 (as seen in FIG. 9) which is generated by engaging clutch 64, is transmitted to a drive pulley 90 via a dog 91 and a dog drive 92.
  • the pulley 90 is rotatably mounted upon shaft 89 so that it can rotate independently about the shaft.
  • the dog drive on the other hand, is pinned to the shaft, outboard of the pulley 90, and is arranged to turn in unison therewith.
  • the motion of the dog drive is coupled to the pulley by means of the dog element which is staked to the outer face of the pulley by means of the pivot pin 93.
  • the pivotably mounted dog is continuously urged in a clockwise direction by a spring loaded biasing member 95 whereby the lip 96 of the dog is forced into latching engagement with a cut out 97 provided in the face of the dog drive.
  • the pulley 90 has a cable 98 anchored therein which is wound about a second drive pulley 99 secured to the outboard end of the optical drive shaft 29.
  • the optics drive clutch is engaged and the lip of the dog is held within the cut out provided in the dog drive.
  • the two moving mirrors are coupled to the main machine drive and are advanced forward through the scanning cycle.
  • the clutch 64 remains engaged during the entire copying run and the dog and striker arrangement utilized to control the movement of the optics through the required number of scanning passes. Upon the completion of the copy run, the clutch 64 is disengaged and held in a locked position preparatory to the commencement of the next copy run.
  • the optics are initially moved across the platen to an end of scan position beneath the extended document feeder assembly where they are locked in place.
  • a lock out mechanism is herein provided which serves to both uncouple the drive shaft from the main drive system and hold the optics rigidly in a fixed position for viewing large documents subsequently advanced through the document feeding assembly. This lock out feature will be explained in greater detail with reference primarily to FIGS. 1 and 10 through 13.
  • the lock out mechanism When the document feeder is placed in a stored position the lock out mechanism assumes the position shown in FIG. 12.
  • a cam 102 is mounted on the movable feed roller assembly and controls the positioning of the lock out mechanism. Movement of the cam forces follower arm 103 to turn crank 104 in a clockwise direction and a pin 105, secured in the crank, actively engages the lock out control mechanism 106.
  • the lock out mechanism is made up of two members, a latch member 108, and a slide member 109.
  • the latch member is arranged to pivot in and out of latching engagement with a lock out cam 110, (the function of which will be explained below) and the slide member 109 controls the positioning of a pivotably mounted holding link 112.
  • crank 104 causes the latch 108 and the slide 109 to move in the direction indicated sufficiently whereby the lock out cam and the holding link are both freed from engagement with any of the other machine components or, in other words, the lock out mechanism is disengaged.
  • This portion of the lock out assembly basically consists of a lock out gear 115 (FIG. 11) mounted upon a stub shaft 116 so that the gear meshes with a second gear 117 pinned to the optical drive shaft 29.
  • the lock out cam 110 called out above, is welded or bolted to the face of the lock out gear 115 so as to turn therewith.
  • the main drive chain 80 is also trained over an idler pulley 125 journaled for rotation about the optics drive shaft 29 whereby the idler pulley is caused to rotate during the periods that the main drive motor MOT-l is operating.
  • the hub section of sprocket 125 is provided with a belt pulley 126 which serves to drive an endless belt 127.
  • the endless belt passes over a driven pulley 128 (FIG. 5) affixed to the outboard end of stub shaft 129 mounted in the bridge section 41 of the document feed roll assembly 40.
  • a gear 130 (FIG. 4) is coaxially mounted on the shaft 129 inboard of sprocket 128. As can be seen in FIGS. 4 and 5, gear 130 is continually rotated through the drive system described above any time that the main drive motor is operative.
  • the movable document feed roller support section 42 of the document feeder assembly is provided with two sets of co-axially aligned rollers comprising a first set of drive rollers 132 mounted upon shaft 133 and a second set of hold down rollers 135 mounted upon hold down shaft 136.
  • the two roller support shafts are connected by means of a timing belt 137 whereby each set of rollers is adapted to turn in coordination with the other set of rollers.
  • Shaft 133 is arranged to extend beyond the end wall 117 of the movable document feeder roll support section 42 and has a gear 140 rotatably supported on it. In operation gear 140 is adapted to move into and out of meshing contact with the stationary gear as the document feed roll section is moved between a stored and fully extended position. When placed in a fully extended position.
  • gear 140 meshes with gear 130 thus causing both the document feed rollers 132 and the hold down rollers to be rotated in the direction indicated when the clutch 158 is engaged.
  • a set of pinch rollers 142 (FIG. 5) which are rotatably supported in the machine frame.
  • the pinch rollers are arranged in the machine frame so as to coact with the freed rollers 132 when the document feeder is in the operative position so as to advance a document introduced therebetween.
  • the document is moved past the viewing domain ofthe now fixed optical assembly and then into the pinch between the hold down rollers and the platen surface.
  • the hold down rollers serve to hold the document in sliding contact with the platen surface as the original is being moved past the optics.
  • a signal is generated indicating that the machine is now in a condition to produce copy from a large document input.
  • the original is fed between the cooperating feed rollers and pinch rollers. 132 and 142 respectively, which engage the document in friction driving contact and advance the document along the platen surface past the fixed optical system.
  • a sensing switch S is made sending a signal to the machine logic which. in turn, conditions the machine to produce a single copy from the original.
  • the cooperating feed rollers are adapted to advance the original over the platen at a rate equal to the peripheral speed of the xerographic drum whereby the original input scene information is recorded on the drum in the manner herein described.
  • the advancement of the sheet continues until such time as the trailing edge of the document clears the above-noted switches thus telling the logic system that the document recording operation is completed.
  • a xerographic copying apparatus and more specifically a xerographic apparatus having two modes of operation, the first mode comprising copying a stationary original by means of an optical scanning device, and the second mode comprising copying a moving original by means of a fixed slit optical system in conjunction with a document feeder, attention will now be directed by reference to FIGS. 4, 5 and 14, to a corner registration means 200 in accordance with this invention.
  • Corner registration refers to the alignment of a document with two registration barriers which are orthogonally oriented with respect to one another. A first side of the document engages a first of the registration barriers and a second side of the document engages the second of the registration barriers, thereby registering the document about two orthogonal directions in the plane of the document.
  • the registration means 200 includes a first registration barrier 201 extending in a direction substantially parallel to the direction in which the document is to be fed.
  • the first registration barrier 201 shown comprises an elongated strip which is secured to the top cover 202 of the copier. To register the document 203 against the first registrationbarrier 201 it is merely pushed by hand such that a first side 204 of the document is aligned with the edge 205 of the registration strip.
  • the document 203 is registered against a second registration barrier 206 which extends substantially normal to the first barrier 201, thereby providing the aforenoted orthogonal relationship.
  • a second side 207 of the document is urged into contact with the second barrier 206.
  • the second barrier 206 comprises the closed nip formed between the feed rollers 132 and the pinch rollers 142 which together comprise a set of pinch rolls.
  • a means 208 is provided for inhibiting the rotation of the pinch rolls 132 and 142 during registration of the document.
  • the inhibiting means 208 includes a switch means 209 which is adapted to actuate a clutch 150 interposed between the shaft 133 and the gear 140.
  • the clutch 150 may be of any conventional design. It may be mechanical or electrical, as desired.
  • the use of a mechanical clutch is illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 5.
  • the clutch 150 shown comprises a wrap spring-type clutch including a boss element 210 which is pinned to the shaft 113, a spring (not shown) which is secured to the boss element at one end and to a detent collar 211 at the other end in a fashion so as to normally urge the detent collar 211 into engagement with the free wheeling gear 140.
  • the clutch 150 shown engages the gear 140 to the shaft 133.
  • the switch means 209 shown is adapted to disengage the clutch 150 from the gear 140.
  • the switch means 209 comprises a button 212 which can be depressed by the operator, depression of the button causes a pin 213, which is spring biased against the button to be inserted in blocking relationship to the rotation of the detent collar 211.
  • the detent collar 211 includes a plurality of radially spaced serrations 214 or teeth which while engaged by the pin 213 prevent rotation of the collar.
  • the spring inside the collar coils up so as to withdraw the collar from engagement with the gear 140, and thereby disengage the drive imparted by gear 130 from the shaft 133, since the gear 140 is now free wheeling.
  • the set of pinch rollers including the pinch rollers 142 and feed rollers 132 are not rotated and, therefore, may be used as a registration barrier 206 as aforenoted.
  • inhibiting means 208 has been described by reference to a normally engaged drive system, it could also comprise the means for preventing rotation of the pinch rolls in a normally disengaged drive system wherein a clutch 150 is employed which is normally disengaged and is actuated into driving engagement with the shaft 133 after registration,
  • the clutch 150 couldbe an electrical clutch typically an electromagnetic clutch and the switch means instead of comprising the button 212 and spring biased pin 213 arrangement for intercal switch.
  • the clutch could be normally engaged or normally disengaged as desired.
  • a corner registration means 200 has been provided wherein a document 203 can be urged into engagement with two orthogonally arranged registration barriers 201 and 206 prior to its being fed to the imaging station of a xerographic copier.
  • This is particularly significant for a copier adapted to make copies of large size documents since with larger documents skew caused by misregistration of the document as it is fed into the feeder is a more exaggerated problem because of the extra length of the document.
  • switch means 209 is also effective as a stop button to stop the feeder 40 in the event of a misfeed or, if some foreign element is caught in it.
  • An electrostatographic copying apparatus including means for forming an image of the original input scene information on a document for projection onto a photosensitive surface, a document feeder for feeding said documents in a desired direction past said imaging means, said feeder including at least one set of pinch rolls having a closed nip for advancing said documents, the improvement wherein: corner registration means are provided for aligning said document prior to its advancement, said registration means including a first registration barrier extending in a direction substantially parallel to the direction in which said document is to be fed, said barrier adapted to contact the first side of said document, a second registration barrier extending substantially normal to said first barrier, said second barrier adapted to contact the second side of said document, said second barrier comprising the closed nip of said pinch rolls, and means for inhibiting the rotation of said pinch rolls during registration of said document, said inhibiting means comprising a normally engaged clutch interposed between said drive means and said pinch rolls and first switch means for disengaging said clutch so that said drive is effective to rotate said pinch rolls except when said first switch means disengages said clutch.
  • imaging I means includes means for providing a flowing light image from a stationary document supported upon a viewing platen in a first mode of operation and for prooptical means for scanning the stationary document and wherein the flowing light image of the moving document comprises means for fixing the scanning optical means in a given position and said document feeder positioned for feeding said document past said fixed optical means.
  • said clutch includes a detent collar having a plurality of serrations spaced radially abouts its circumference and wherein said first switch means includes a movable pin which can engage said serrations and thereby prevent said detent collar from rotating, whereby when said pin engages said serrations said clutch disengages said drive from said pinch rollers.
  • a document feeder for feeding documents to an imaging means for creating an image of the input scene information for projection onto a photosensitive surface.
  • said feeder including at least one set of pinch rolls having a closed nip for advancing said documents in a desired direction past said imaging means to create said image and drive means for driving said pinch rolls.
  • corner registration means are provided for aligning said document prior to its advancement, said registration means including a first registration barrier extending in a direction substantially parallel to the direction in which said document is to be fed. said barrier adapted to contact the first side of said document, a second registration barrier extending substantially normal to said first barrier, said second barrier adapted to contact a second side of said document, said second barrier comprising the closed nip of said pinch rolls. and means for inhibiting the rotation of said pinch rolls during registration of said document, said inhibiting means comprising a normally engaged clutch interposed between said drive means and said pinch rolls, and first switch means for disengaging said clutch so that said drive is effective to rotate said pinch rolls except when said first switch means disengages said clutch.
  • a document feeder as in claim 8 wherein said clutch includes a detent collar having a plurality of serrations spaced radially abouts its circumference and wherein said first switch means includes a movable pin which can engage said serrations and thereby prevent said detent collar from rotating, whereby when said pin engages said serrations said clutch disengages said drive from said pinch rolls.

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