Photocopy machine

In a copying machine having an original document illuminating station, copy paper imaging and exposing stations, and transport means for transporting original documents and copy paper along separate feed paths through their respective stations in synchronized relationship, the improvement wherein said transport means includes the combination comprising a first set of guides and feed rollers and a second set of guides and feed rollers cooperable to jointly define a straight line original document feed path extending past said illuminating station;

• feed means for successively feeding individual documents from a document stack into said feed path;
• said feed means including means for guiding the successively fed documents along a substantially direction reversing travel path prior to entry into said feed path;
• first frame structure for supporting said feed means and one of the first and second sets;
• second frame structure for supporting the other of said sets;
• means mounting said first frame structure for guided movement between a position wherein said sets act in cooperation to define said original document feed path and another position wherein said sets are disposed remote from each other;
• each first frame structure and said second frame structure defining an access entryway into said feed path whereby original documents can be manually inserted directly into said feed path.