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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1992
Roderick N Schmaling, Brookfield, CT (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for conveying flat articles of varying width. The apparatus includes: a deck to support the flat articles; a device for moving the flat articles across the deck in a path from an upstream position to a downstream position, the deck having a pair of opposing slots extending perpendicular to the path; an arm below the deck pivotably secured with a center pin to the deck between the deck slots; a pair of links pivotably secured to the arm; a pair of guide plates pivotably secured to the links, each of the guide plates having a slot extending perpendicular to the path and slidingly engaging the center pin; a projecting member extending from each of the guide plates and slidingly engaging the deck slots; and a side guide fixedly secured to each of the guide plates, whereby movement of one of the guide plates in a direction closer or further from the path causes the other of the guide plates to simultaneously move closer or further from the path while the side guides retain a parallel relationship.