Apparatus for assembling take-one advertising displays
AssigneeCharles Offset Company, Inc.
InventorAllen A. Bortner
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Abstract
An automated machine for assembling a "take-one" advertising display, which display consists of an advertising panel with a pack of advertising coupons stapled to it, has a panel feeder that takes one panel at a time from a stack of panels and locates them on a conveyor system. Each panel is successively positioned in a coupon insertion station by the conveyor. Packs of coupons are separated from a stack by a wedge-shaped blade and are carried to the panel in the station by mechanical arms. A staple gun secures the coupons to the panels to form a completed take-one display.
Claims8
Apparatus for assembling "take-one" coupons to a support panel comprising:
- means for moving said panel along a defined path and for stopping said panel at a predetermined point on said path;
- means for separating a preset number of "take-one" coupons from a stack of said coupons in order to form a pack of coupons, said means for separating including a wedge-shape blade, means for moving the blade along a second defined path into the stack of coupons at a height sufficient to separate the preset number of coupons from the bottom of the stack, and a displaceable gate member for bracing the preset number of coupons as the blade is moving into the stack, said gate being movable out of the path of the blade to permit the coupons to be moved into registry with said panel;
- means for moving said preset number of "take-one" coupons to a position in overlying registry with said panel when said panel is at the predetermined point;
- means for fastening said preset number of coupons to said panel in a manner permitting ready manual removal of individual ones thereof;
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- means for synchronizing the operation of said coupon moving and fastening means with each other and with said means for moving said panels to enable assembly of said coupons to said support panel in desired registration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.