Abstract: A paper transport apparatus has an inclinable feed-in tray. Documents are drawn from the feed-in tray with a feed roller operating in conjunction with a retard roller. The rollers and the feed-in tray are supported on a pivotable frame. Pivoting of the frame permits the feed-in tray to be inclined to a desired angle to facilitate feeding of documents that do not readily slide while resulting in the documents being fed to the rollers at a constant entry angle irrespective of the angle of inclination of the feed-in tray.

Abstract: A paper stacking apparatus enables documents emerging in a continuous flow from the exit of an image processing system to be stacked in the order in which the documents exit, even when the documents exit at irregular intervals. The paper stacking apparatus utilizes a conveyor belt which is divided into two transport segments. A first transport segment transports documents away from an exit of an image processing machine and drives a leading edge of each document onto an inclined stacking tray. A second transport segment, which slopes downwardly, pushes a trailing edge of each document onto the stacking tray.