Patent ID: 7004462

Claim:
A media guide system, comprising: (a) a first rack operatively coupled to a first media guide member to engage a media; (b) a second rack disposed opposite said first rack and operatively coupled to a second media guide member to engage the media, said first and second racks adapted to move in a reciprocal fashion relative to each other to afford a maximum media capture range; (c) at least one central gear cluster operatively coupled between said first and second racks to expand said maximum media capture range, wherein said at least one central gear cluster comprises: a first pinion adapted to rotate on a first post; a second pinion adapted to rotate on a second post; and at least one idler gear operatively coupled between said first and second pinions, wherein said at least one idler gear is adapted to rotate on a third post, each of said first, second and third posts having a longitudinal axis, said first rack being operatively coupled to said first pinion and said second rack being operatively coupled to said second pinion, and wherein the diameter of said at least one idler gear is made sufficiently smaller than the diameter of each of said first and second pinions to allow said first, second and third posts to axially align in a sloped line configuration for the purpose of preventing each of said first and second racks from engaging said at least one idler gear during operation, the diameters of each of said first and second pinions being substantially the same, said first rack adapted to engage only said first pinion and said second rack adapted to engage only said second pinion during operation.