Document handling device

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A document handling and counting device in which documents arranged in a stack within an infeed tray are bottom-fed through a document stripping and separating means so as to be fed at spaced intervals and in a one-at-a-time fashion through a document processing stage whereupon the documents are then restacked in their original order. Document stripping and separation is performed by cooperating stripper means and feed means imparting counteracting forces upon documents fed therebetween. Guide finger assemblies cooperating with the stripper means serve to fan the lower portion of the document stack preparatory to being fed between the stripper means and drive means and are further comprised …