Claims
- 1. An advancing system for selectively advancing generally flat material in first or second directions, comprising:
- (a) a conveyer including at least one moving surface which advances material in contact therewith to an exit of said conveyer;
- (b) a motor means for driving said moving surface;
- (c) a diverter means disposed at the exit of said conveyer for selectively directing said material in said first and second directions, said diverter including a first exit roller and a second exit roller for receiving said material therebetween, said first exit roller being movable between a first position and a second position relative to said second exit roller, said diverter means directing said material in said first direction when said first exit roller is in said first position, said diverter means directing said material in said second direction when said first exit roller is in said second position;
- (d) first means coupling said motor shaft to said diverter for moving said first exit roller between said first and second positions each time said motor reverses the direction of rotation of said shaft;
- said first exit roller supports a first moving surface and said second exit roller supports a second moving surface, said material being received between said first and second moving surfaces;
- (e) a finger, said finger being mounted for pivotal motion between a first finger position and a second finger position;
- (f) second means coupling said motor shaft to said finger for pivoting said finger between said first finger position and said second finger position each time said motor reverses the direction of rotation of said shaft;
- said first exit roller being rotatably mounted on a roller shaft; and
- said second coupling means comprises a camming slot in said finger, said slot receiving said roller shaft so that said roller shaft ridges in said slot when said first exit roller moves from said first position to said second position, thereby pivoting said finger from said first finger position to said second finger position.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional application of application Ser. No. 291,468, filed Dec. 28, 1988, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,007,370.
The following U.S. patents or patent applications address the tape apparatus disclosed herein:
U.S. Pat. No. 4,922,085, filed Dec. 28, 1988, entitled "MAILING MACHINE TAPE MODULE AND TAPE DRIVE THEREOF and U.S. Pat. No. 5,016,511, filed Dec. 28, 1988, entitled "TAPE CUPPER", both filed on the same date as this application, and all assigned to the assignee of this application and herein are incorporated by reference.
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Divisions (1)
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