Document feeder overlaid trays configuration

Claim 1

In a document handler for a copier or scanner imaging station having a document loading input tray and a separate document restacking output tray, with both said document loading input tray and said document restacking output tray being positioned to be vertically superposed over said imaging station for overall compactness of said document handler; and wherein documents are fed from said document loading input tray into an input end of said document handler and wherein documents are fed from an opposite, output, end of said document handler into said restacking output tray; the improvement wherein: said document loading input tray comprises a substantially planar and fully supportive tray surface for fully supporting documents feeding into said input end of said document handler, said document restacking output tray is spaced above said document input tray and is adapted to receive thereon but only partially support documents for restacking thereon which are ejected from said opposite, output, end of said document handler, said document restacking output tray being adapted to support only a minor portion of said restacking documents therein, said document restacking output tray primarily comprising only a thin, rear edge, shelf portion overlying only a minor rear portion of said document loading input tray, said document restacking output tray having only a minor initial portion adjacent only said output end of said document handler having a front to rear width substantially overlying said document input tray, and said width of said document restacking output tray rapidly narrows to said thin, rear edge shelf portion as said document restacking output tray extends away from said output end of said document handler, so as to provide unobstructed document loading access to a major area of said document loading input tray.