Document feeder for photographic copier

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MECHANISM FOR FEEDING CONTINUOUS STRIP DOCUMENTS IN FANFOLD FORM THROUG A PHOTOGRAPHIC COPIER WHICH INCLUDES TRANSPORT MEANS FOR IMPARTING DRIVEN MOVEMENT TO SAID STRIP DOCUMENT, SAID MECHANISM COMPRISING, A MOUNTING STAND, A PHOTOGRAPHIC COPIER MOUNTED ON SAID STAND, A FEED BIN MOUNTED ON SAID STAND FOR HOLDING THE STACKED FANFOLD DOCUMENT STRIP TO BE COPIED, A FEED TABLE HORIZONTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID STAND IN POSITION FOR SUPPORTING SAID DOCUMENT STRIP AS IT APPROACHES SAID COPIER IS BEING DRIVEN FROM SAID FEED BIN TO SAID COPIER BY SAID TRANSPORT MEANS, DOCUMENT TENSIONING MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID STAND FOR TENSIONING SAID DOCUMENT STRIP AS IT IS FED TO SAID COPIER TO PRESENT AN UNWRINKLED STRIP THERETO, A RESTACK BIN DISPOSED BELOW SAID COPIER, A GUIDE CHUTE MOUNTED ON SAID STAND IN POSITION FOR GUIDING SAID DOCUMENT STRIP AS IT EXISTS FROM SAID COPIER TO SAID RESTACK BIN, SAID CHUTE AND RESTACK BIN BEING POSITIONED WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER AND CONFIGURATED TO CAUSE, UNDER CONDITIONS WHERE SAID DOCUMENT FOLDS ARE ORIENTATED IN A FIRST MANNER, AUTOMATIC RESACKING OF SAID DOCUMENT IN SAID RESTACK BIN, AND DOCUMENT GUIDING MEANS SELECTIVELY OPERATIVE FOR ENGAGING THE LEADING EDGE OF THE FANFOLD DOCUMENT STRIP AS SAID LEADING EDGE ARRIVES AT SAID RESTACK BIN AND DIRECTING SAID LEADING EDGE IN A PREDETERMINED DIRECTION TO CAUSE AUTOMATIC RESTACKING OF SAID DOCUMENT ACCORDING TO A SECOND FOLD ORIENTATION, SAID DOCUMENT GUIDING MEANS INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE GUIDE FINGER MANUALLY ACTUATABLE INTO SAID RESTACK BIN INTO THE PATH OF THE LEADING EDGE OF THE FANFOLD DOCUMENT STRIP AS SAID LEADING EDGE FALLS INTO SAID RESTACK BIN.