Insert card packaging method
US5658638A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 18, 1995 |
| Grant date | Aug 19, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 18, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/24264
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A fan folded product and method for packaging preprinted fan folded cards or other material for attachment and for continuous feeding to a distribution machine. The cards are packaged in a series of rows having multiple stacks of cards in each row. The cards are pre-spliced together between adjacent rows to provide continuous folding of the cards. Alternate rows of cards are reversed fan folded and then packaged so that bottommost cards feed up the side wall of each stack in the opposite direction as the adjacent rows to provide continuous feeding in a serpentine manner of the cards to the distribution machine.
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