Patent · US Expired

Method and an apparatus for bringing together and joining cards and printed card carriers

US5715653A · kind A · utility

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7References

20Claims

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Assignee

BOEWE SYSTEC GMBH · DE

Inventors

Karlheinz Weinmann · Deggendorf, DE
Eduard Schmid · Bonaduz, CH
Thomas Watzek · Augsburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 11, 1995
Grant date	Feb 10, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 11, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB32B2425/00
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A method of bringing together and joining cards, which are provided with an identification mark, and printed card carriers associated with the respective cards, comprises the steps of: providing the card; detecting the identification mark of the card; associating a print job number with the card; reading a data base by means of the identification mark; printing on the card carrier data read from the data base as well as the print job number; detecting the print job number of the card carrier prior to joining the card carrier to the card; determining whether the print job number of the card, which is about to be joined to the card carrier, corresponds to the print job number detected in the preceding step; and, provided that the print job number of the card and that of the card carrier correspond, bringing together and joining the card and the card carrier.

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