Apparatus for mounting data carriers onto a carrier web

Apparatus for mounting flat data carriers on a continuous carrier web, having:

• a data carrier supply device,
• a data carrier transfer device, and
• a carrier web positioning device,
• wherein the supply device has a drive roller, a deflector arranged substantially horizontally spaced apart from the drive roller and at least one carrying belt which runs around the drive roller and deflector,
• wherein the carrying belt has an upper run which runs substantially horizontally in the feed direction of the data carriers and a lower run which runs in the opposite direction below said upper run,
• wherein the upper run forms a transport path for the data carrier and is hydraulically connected to a suction box, which is arranged beneath in such a way that data carriers which are located on the upper run can be drawn by suction onto the carrying belt by negative pressure,
• wherein the transfer device has a transfer roller which is provided with intake openings on the circumference and which is hydraulically connected to a negative pressure source in such a way that data carriers that are located on the outer casing of the transfer roller can be drawn by suction onto the outer casing by negative pressure,
• wherein the transfer roller has an entry region which is adjacent to the suction box of the supply device and an exit region which is spaced apart from the entry region by a specific angle and is adjacent to the positioning device, and wherein, at the exit region of the transfer roller, a data carrier which is located there on the outer casing of the transfer roller can be transferred onto the carrier web, and
• wherein a detachment device is provided on the upper run, with which a data carrier located on the upper run can be removed from the upper run in a controlled manner.