Feeder for feeding document to document imaging system and method for feeding documents

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United States of America

PATENT NO 12139361
APP PUB NO 20210188577A1
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17103645

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A method and apparatus for processing documents are provided. The apparatus includes a feeder for receiving a packet of a plurality of documents and separating the documents to serially feed the documents to a scanner. A drop feeder conveys the document packets to the feeder. A sensor provides information related to the thickness of the document packets and the drop feeder is controlled in response to the information related to the thickness of a packet in the feeder. The method includes the control of the drop feeder in response to information related to the thickness of a document packet at the feeder.

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OPEX CORPORATION305 COMMERCE DRIVE MOORESTOWN NJ 08057

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chezik, Peter M Sicklerville, US 15 505
DeWitt, Robert R Marlton, US 90 2111
Helmlinger, David Mount Laurel, US 15 40
Miller, Gary Medford, US 127 1853

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