Side guide for a mail handling machine

In a mail handling machine having a front end feeder which feeds mailpieces through the mail handling machine, a side guide comprising:

• a slide bar movably mounted to the mail handling machine proximate to the front end feeder, the slide bar being moveable transverse to movement of mailpieces through the mail handling machine;
• a main side guide having a vertical wall and a horizontal wall, at least one of the vertical and horizontal walls connected to the slide bar such that the main side guide is moveable with the slide bar transverse to movement of mailpieces through the mailing handling machine;
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• an inner side guide mounted to said horizontal wall to be pivotable between a first position substantially parallel to said vertical wall and a second position substantially parallel to said horizontal wall;
• wherein at times when said inner side guide is in said first position said slide bar is movable transverse to movement of mailpieces through the mail handling machine to position said inner side guide to abut against mailpieces having a width within a first pre-determined width range, and at times when said inner side guide is in said second position said slide bar is moveable transverse to movement of mailpieces through the mail handling machine to position said vertical wall to abut against mailpieces having a width within a second predetermined width range that is different from said first predetermined width range.

In a mail handling machine having a front end feeder which feeds mailpieces through the mail handling machine, a side guide comprising:

• a slide bar movably mounted to the mail handling machine proximate to the front end feeder, the slide bar being moveable transverse to movement of mailpieces through the mail handling machine;
• a main side guide having a vertical wall and a horizontal wall, at least one of the vertical and horizontal walls connected to the slide bar such that the main side guide is moveable with the slide bar transverse to movement of mailpieces through the mailing handling machine;
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• an inner side guide mounted to said horizontal wall to be pivotable between a first position and a second position;
• wherein at times when said inner side guide is in said first position said slide bar is movable transverse to movement of mailpieces through the mail handling machine to position said inner side guide to abut against mailpieces having a width within a first pre-determined width range, and at times when said inner side guide is in said second position said slide bar is moveable transverse to movement of mailpieces through the mail handling machine to position said vertical wall to abut against mailpieces having a width within a second predetermined width range that is different from said first predetermined width range.