Original document handler

In combination, apparatus having a document viewing station, document processing apparatus associated with the document viewing station, and document feeding means for advancing a document past the viewing station, the improvement comprising:

• (a) a carrier rotatably mounted adjacent said viewing station for advancing a document past the viewing station;
• (b) a transparent document holder carried by said carrier for releasably securing a document adjacent the periphery of said carrier, said document holder having one end non-releasably secured to said carrier and an opposite end releasably secured to said carrier;
• (c) control means including a timing means coupled to said carrier for producing timing signals in synchronized relationship with advancement of the document past said viewing station for controlling operation of the document processing apparatus including additional means for advancing a document past the viewing station, comprising:
• (d) means for receiving and advancing the document intermediately of the carrier and the viewing station, and
• (e) sensing means responsive to the presence of a document in said additional means and operable in combination with said control means to advance the document past the viewing station in synchronized relationship with the rotation of the carrier and the operation of said copying apparatus.