Multi-path feed in a conveyor assembly

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A CONVEYOR COMPRISING AN INPUT TRACK PORTION ALONG WHICH A SUCCESSION OF ARTICLES ARE ADAPTED TO PASS FIRST AND SECOND OUTPUT TRACK PORTIONS COMMUNICATING WITH SAID INPUT TRACK PORTION AND EXTENDING ALONG DIFFERENT PATHS FROM A DIVERGING STATION ON SAID INPUT TRACK PORTION, SAID ARTICLES BEING ADAPTED TO PASS FROM SAID INPUT TRACK PORTION TO ONE OR THE OTHER OF SAID OUTPUT TRACK PORTIONS, FIRST AND SECOND ARTICLE GUIDING MEANS AT SAID DIVERGING STATION AND SPACED FROM ONE ANOTHER IN A DIRECTION GENERALLY TOWARD SAID OUTPUT TRACK PORTIONS, SAID SECOND GUIDING MEANS BEING CLOSER TO SAID OUTPUT TRACK PORTIONS THAN IS SAID FIRST GUIDING MEANS, EACH OF SAID GUIDING MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO BE ENGAGED BY AND TO GUIDE SAID ARTICLES AS THEY PASS FROM SAID INPUT TRACK PORTION TO ONE OF SAID OUTPUT TRACK PORTIONS AND EACH BEING MOVABLE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND OPERATIVE POSITIONS ORIENTED TOWARD SAID FIRST AND SECOND OPERATIVE TRACK PORTIONS RESPECTIVELY, THEREBY TO GUIDE SAID ARTICLES INTO THE OUTPUT TRACK PORTION TOWARD WHICH THEY ARE ORIENTED, AND CONTROL MEANS FOR SAID GUIDING MEANS, SAID CONTROL MEANS BEING EFFECTIVE FIRST TO SHAFT SAID FIRST GUIDING MEANS FROM FIRST OPERATIVE POSITION TO SECOND OPERATIVE POSITION OR VICE VERSA, AND THEREAFTER TO CORRESPONDINGLY SHIFT SAID SECOND GUIDING MEANS.