Patent · US Expired

Apparatus and method for manufacturing compact disc holders

US5163271A · kind A · utility

17Cited by

5References

5Claims

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Assignee

Thiele Engineering Company · US

Inventors

Peter N. Y. Pan · Minnetonka, US
Greg Fulkerson · Maple Plain, US
Stephen Kaye · Eden Prairie, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 15, 1992
Grant date	Nov 17, 1992
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 15, 2012

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65B25/002
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Fully automated apparatus and method for manufacturing compact disc holders having a central rotating table about which conveyor tables, rotary tables, placers and other devices align to interdigitate and load compact discs into disc bases, to mate disc bases containing CDs to packaging sleeves, to load booklets into the packaging sleeves, and to handle, glue, fold and otherwise form a package containing CDs and booklets or literature.

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