Patent ID: 7210572

Claim:
A pivoting structure for positioning a guide along a conveyor for a container packaging system comprising: a pivot base; an articulating assembly having a first member rotatably connected to said base and a second member rotatably connected to said first member opposite said base; a guide disposed on an end of said second member of said articulating assembly opposite said first member; a first connecting element coupled to said articulating assembly at said first member and operable to rotate said first member through a first range of motion; a second connecting element coupled to said articulating assembly at said second member and operable to rotate said second member through a second range of motion independent of said first range of motion, said first and second connecting elements being flexible cables; and a first pair of pulley structures interacting with said first and second connecting elements to position said first and second connecting elements to operate said first and second members of said articulating assembly, wherein movement of said first and second members of said articulating assembly within said first and second ranges of motion locates said guide within a container shape envelope defined proximate the conveyor of the container packaging system.