US 5,776,287 A · Coupon manufacturing machine

Abstract

A coupon manufacturing machine assembly (10) for producing a two-sided coupon card (78). The coupon card (78) is fabricated from a continuous sheet of stock (26) wherein the sheet of stock (26) has an adhesive layer (30) and a release film (32) applied to a bottom surface (34). A printing station (12) prints indicia on a top surface (36) of the continuous sheet of stock (26) in two parallel rows. The two parallel rows define a first strip (38) and a second strip (40) of the stock (26). A laminating device (14) applies a clear laminate (46) to the top surface (36) of the stock (26) for viewing the indicia. A cutting device (16) separates the continuous sheet of stock (26) into the first strip (38) and the second strip (40) and an inverting device (18) rotates the second strip (40) 180.degree. relative to the first strip (38). More specifically, the second strip (40) passes through a first turn bar (52), a spacing roller (58), and then through a second turn bar (54) to effectuate the 180.degree. rotation. A stripping device (20) removes the release film (32) from the first strip (38) to expose the adhesive layer (30). The adhesive layer (30) of the first strip (38) is moved into a bonded relationship with the release film (32) of the second strip (40). Specifically, a coupling device (22) mates and adheres the adhesive layer (30) of the first strip (38) with the release film (32) of the second strip (40) to form a series of two-sided coupon cards (78) with the indicia printed on both sides thereof.

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Dependent claims

A method of manufacturing a coupon card (78) fabricated from a continuous sheet of stock (26) having indicia printed on a top surface (36) and covered by a clear laminate (46) with an adhesive layer (30) and a release film (32) adhered to a bottom surface (34), the method comprising the steps of:

printing the indicia on the top surface (36) of the continuous sheet of stock (26) in two parallel rows that define a first strip (38) and a second strip (40) of the stock (26) moving along a path;
applying the clear laminate (46) to the top surface (36) of the stock (26) for viewing the indicia;
removing the release film (32) from the first strip (38) to expose the adhesive layer (30);
and
mating the adhesive layer (30) of the first strip (38) with the release film (32) of the second strip (40) to form a series of two-sided coupon cards (78) with the indicia printed on both sides thereof;
the method characterized by the mating being further defined as cutting the continuous sheet of stock (26) between the first (38) and second (40) strips to separate the first (38) and second (40) strips and rotating one of the first and second strips (38, 40) 180.degree. relative to the other of the first and second strips (40, 38) and moving the adhesive layer (30) of the first strip (38) into a bonded relationship with the release film (32) of the second strip (40).

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A coupon manufacturing machine assembly (10) for producing a coupon card (78) fabricated from a continuous sheet of stock (26) having indicia printed on a top surface (36) and covered by a clear laminate (46) with an adhesive layer (30) and a release film (32) adhered to a bottom surface (34), said assembly (10) comprising:

a printing station (12) for printing said indicia on said top surface (36) of said continuous sheet of stock (26) in two parallel rows that define a first strip (38) and a second strip (40) of said stock (26) moving along a path;
a laminating device (14) for applying said clear laminate (46) to said top surface (36) of said stock (26) for viewing said indicia;
a stripping device (20) for removing said release film (32) from said first strip (38) to expose said adhesive layer (30);
a coupling device (22) for mating and adhering said adhesive layer (30) of said first strip (38) with said release film (32) of said second strip (40) to form a series of two-sided coupon cards (78) with said indicia printed on both sides thereof;
and
said assembly (10) characterized by a cutting device (16) for separating said continuous sheet of stock (26) into said first strip (38) and said second strip (40) and an inverting device (18) for rotating one of said first and second strips (38, 40) 180.degree. relative to said others of said first and second strips (40, 38) and moving said adhesive layer (30) of said first strip (38) into a bonded relationship with said release film (32) of said second strip (40).

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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