Card package production system with burster and code reader
US5541395A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 12, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jul 30, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 12, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T225/321
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An embossed card package production system (10) with a printer (48) supplied with a plurality of interconnected card carrier forms (26) for receipt of corresponding cards (30) inserted into the carriers at a card inserting apparatus (24) to form card packages, a form bursting apparatus (36) having a cutting member (240) with a cutting portion tautly extending between and partially wrapped about a pair of rotary members (242) and (244), a drive motor (248) interconnected with a chain linkage (250) for moving the cutting member (240) across preweakened lines (252) through and across end ones (26A) of the interconnected card carrier forms (26) to separate individual card carrier forms (26A) from the interconnected card carrier forms, a code sensor (38) mounted to an elongate sliding bar (290) for reading machine readable indicia (231) printed on the body of the carrier form (26) in back and forth directions opposite directions across the end ones (26A) of the interconnected carrier forms (26) as the forms are separated by the movement of the cutting member (240).
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