Card package production system with adhesive card attachment station and method
US6902518B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 22, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jun 7, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 10, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S493/961
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A card package production system (100) for producing card packages (115) composed of cards (128) attached to carriers (113) has an adhesive label attachment station (358, FIG. 34) with a heating platen (361) having a width for heating at least two labels (148) simultaneously that are passed over the platen (361) and a labeler downstream from the heating platen (361) with a pressing member (372) for pressing the heated adhesive label (128) against a card (128) at an attachment position. The heating platen (361) heats only an intermediate section of the adhesive to activate the adhesive and leaves end portions of the label relatively unheated and unactivated to facilitate subsequent removal of the label (148) from the card (128).
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