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US 11,447,359 B1Granted
High speed adhesive collation system for retail signage
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsDouglas K Herrmann, Hans Franklin Case
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Abstract
Signage packs for retail store shelves are compiled with a continuous belt pusher system having multiple pushers that allow accumulated set signage packs to be collated and pushed to a downstream transport system that forwards them for the application of hot-melt adhesive to an edge of each pack while simultaneously eliminating printer skipped pitches.
Claims20
A method for producing sets of adhesive backed retail signage, comprising:
- providing a media collection station, said media collection station including a plurality of angled accumulator bins adapted to receive media in collated sets in each of said plurality of accumulator bins;
- providing a first continuous conveyor adapted to advance said collated sets of media downstream, said first conveyor including attached pushers configured to contact said collated sets of media as said first conveyor is rotated and push said collated sets of media downstream;
- configuring a second continuous conveyor to receive said collated sets of media from said first conveyor and change collated set to collated set distance between said collated sets of media as said collated said sets of media are conveyed downstream;
- providing a series of variable adhesive dispensers, said variable adhesive dispensers being configured to dispense adhesive to an edge of each of said collated sets of media;
- adjusting dispense of adhesive from said series of variable adhesive dispensers to match height and width of said collated sets of media;
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- moving said sets of collated media past said series of variable adhesive dispensers with said second conveyor.
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A system for producing sets of adhesive backed retail signage, comprising:
- a collection station having a plurality of bins adapted to receive said sets of retail signage in each of said plurality of bins, and wherein each of said plurality of bins is configured with a passageway therein;
- a continuous belt positioned beneath said plurality of bins, said continuous belt including a plurality of pushers attached thereto spaced from each other around said continuous belt and adapted to traverse said passageways of said plurality of bins;
- a conveyor positioned downstream of and in-line with said continuous belt and adapted to receive said sets of retail signage from said continuous belt, said conveyor being configured to slow the stack motion of said sets of retail signage to change the stack to stack distance and thereby reducing the inter-stack spacing of said sets of retail signage on said conveyor;
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- a plurality of variable adjusting adhesive heads configured to apply adhesive to an edge of each adjacent set of retail signage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.