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Apparatus for depositing a coupon on a package

US4354894A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 4, 1981
Grant dateOct 19, 1982
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Expiry dateAug 4, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T156/1768
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for placing a coupon, or the like, on a package as the package moves through the apparatus. The apparatus includes a supply source of coupons in the form of a web of coupons, a coupon web advance drum for pulling the coupon web from the supply source, a scissors device for cutting the coupon web into individual coupons, and a coupon conveyor device for moving individual coupons from the scissors device to the package and depositing the coupon on the package as it continuously moves past.

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