Card processing and attaching system
AssigneeDMT Solutions Global Corporation
InventorsBoris Rozenfeld, Anthony E. Yap, George Cruz, John Robert Masotta, Craig D. Richard, Robert J. Allen, Eddy Edel
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Abstract
The invention is a modular card processing and attaching system configured to provide uninterrupted workflow in the feeding and subsequent attaching of cards to carriers for the formation of a mailpiece. The modular card processing and attaching system is further configured to be incorporated into a production mail inserter system, such that attached card and carrier mailpieces may be subsequently sorted and/or inserted into a mailable envelope or packages to be mailed.
Claims20
A modular card processing and attaching system configured to provide an uninterrupted process for feeding and attaching cards to corresponding carriers, the system comprising:
- a card feeder module configured to receive and feed a plurality of cards into a card flow pathway in a singulated fashion and in a first direction;
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- a card placement module configured to receive one or more of the plurality of cards from the card feeder module and automatically position and attach, via an adhesive, the one or more cards to a corresponding carrier of a plurality of carriers traveling within a carrier flow pathway in a second direction.
A modular card processing and attaching system configured to provide an uninterrupted process for feeding, printing, and attaching cards to corresponding carriers, the system comprising:
- a card feeder module configured to receive and feed a plurality of cards into a card flow pathway in a singulated fashion and in a first direction;
- a card printer module configured to receive the plurality of cards from the card feeder module and subsequently print information on one or more of the plurality of cards;
- a refeed buffer module operably associated with the card printer module and configured to operate in a first mode associated with a normal steady state operation of the system and a second mode associated with exception conditions;
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- a card placement module configured to receive one or more of the plurality of cards initially fed from the card feeder module and automatically position and attach, via an adhesive, the one or more cards to a corresponding carrier of a plurality of carriers traveling within a carrier flow pathway in a second direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.