Patent · US Expired

Apparatus and method for assembling compact disc or media package

US5207050A · kind A · utility

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9References

2Claims

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Assignee

Thiele Engineering Company · US

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 15, 1992
Grant date	May 4, 1993
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 15, 2012

Classification

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

Abstract

Process and apparatus for assembly of an ecologically compact disc or media package where a trayed rotating table advances to process a packaging sleeve and place a compact disc or media package on a processed packaging sleeve. A packaging sleeve is placed in a tray on one rotating table and subsequently a pamphlet is glued to the packaging sleeve. A one-piece compact disc or media base on another rotating table is placed on the awaiting packaging sleeve. An end cap can then be separated from the base. The packaging sleeve is secured by glue to the compact disc or media base and end cap. The end cap is either cut away or manually separated from the media base.

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