Document handling device providing channels for documents of two widths

In a document handling device wherein position of the document is sensitive and at least two widths of document must be handled, the improvement comprising:

• a conveyor channel having upper and lower walls and lateral walls defining means at fixed width to align documents of a first width fitting snugly within the lateral walls;
• at least one movable divider wall means extending through one of the upper or lower walls and into contact with the other, over a distance large in comparison to channel thickness and having a channel defining wall surface spaced from a lateral wall defining means in order to accept and align narrower documents of a second width fitting snugly therebetween, said divider wall having a tapering leading edge in the direction of document movement over the wall providing a decreasing space between the wall with which it is in contact away from the document insertion end of the channel,
• resilient means urging the movable divider wall into the wall with which it makes contact and yielding to documents passing over the leading tapered edge of the movable wall;
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• conveyor means to engage a document inserted into the channel and pull the document through the channel while maintaining position of the document relative to at least one lateral wall defining the channel.