Apparatus for depositing a coupon on a package

An apparatus for depositing a coupon onto a package as the package moves past the apparatus, comprising:

• a supply web of a plurality of coupons;
• a rotatably mounted and driven coupon advance drum adapted to engage said supply web of coupons in overlaying relationship around at least a portion of its periphery for advancing said coupon web as the advance drum rotates;
• web hold down means adjacent the periphery of said advance drum over which said coupon web is overlaid for assuring said coupon web does not separate from its overlaying relationship on the periphery of said advance drum;
• coupon web stripper means for stripping said coupon web from the periphery of said advance drum;
• web cutting means located next to said stripper means for cutting said coupon web into individual coupons;
• conveyor means for moving individual coupons, one at a time, from said web cutting means;
• coupon alignment means operatively cooperating with said conveyor means for interrupting the movement of a coupon with said conveyor means and aligning the coupon web with the path of the package upon which it is to be deposited;
• and,
• coupon discharge means for transporting individual coupons, one at a time, from said alignment means and depositing the coupon onto the package moving past it, said coupon discharge means comprising a coupon release plate adjacent said conveyor means mounted for movement toward and away from said conveyor means, and a coupon engagement shoe operatively associated with said conveyor means for movement therewith and adapted to periodically register with said coupon release plate whereupon said coupon engagement shoe moves said release plate away from said conveyor means and contacts a coupon at said coupon alignment means moving the coupon past said coupon alignment means and depositing the coupon onto the moving package.