Lifting shoe for media handling and related cassette media holder

A media sheet handling device comprising:

• a frame,
• a supply cassette supported by said frame for holding a supply of media sheets, and
• a positioning system disposed above said supply cassette for moving media sheets one at a time from said supply cassette to a remote location spaced from said supply cassette,
• said positioning system including a carriage movable along a central axis from said supply cassette to said remote location,
• a member carried by and depending from said carriage;
• a handling shoe in the form of a flexible handling sheet connected to said depending member through lateral side actuator means and vertical actuator means;
• said vertical actuator means being connected to said handling sheet to move said handling sheet between an uppermost position and a lowered position relative to said depending member;
• said handling sheet having opposite lateral sides disposed laterally on either side of said central axis, said lateral side actuator means being connected to said handling sheet at said opposite lateral sides thereof;
• said lateral side actuator means and said vertical actuator means when in a first state of energization causing said handling sheet to assume a first given radius and when in a second state of energization causing said handling sheet to assume a second given radius;
• and
• holding means disposed on said handling sheet for holding a media sheet in engagement with said handling sheet.