| 摘要 |
Apparatus for handling moving articles such as signatures or books. A conveyor means is moveable in timed relation to a series of the moving articles. The conveyor means carries a series of first and second guide means which are adapted to engage moving articles and which are moveable with the conveyor and relative to the conveyor. First and second cam means are engageable with the respective first and second guide means for positioning the guide means relative to the conveyor to establish a guide path for the articles which are engaged by the guide means. The guide paths are oriented so that the first and second guide means are disposed in a single stream over at least a portion of the path of travel of the conveyor. Article handling systems are disclosed which can perform such functions as (1) diverting a single stream of articles into a pair of streams, (2) combining a pair of streams of moving articles into a single stream, or (3) selectively diverting one or more articles out of a moving stream of articles.
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