Automatic cassette wrapping and assembly machine
AssigneeIntellishell, Inc.
InventorPatrick L. McGilvery
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Abstract
An automatic cassette wrapping machine includes three interconnected stations: a station for loading cassettes and inserting cassettes into an assembly line; a station for receiving the cassettes and engaging the cassettes with paperboard sheaths having preapplied glue; and a station for receiving the sheath encased cassettes and stacking the cassettes in shippable pluralities. The cassette assembly machine is fully automated and includes a central processing unit receiving signals from sensors positioned throughout the machine to coordinate all aspects of machine operation.
Claims15
A cassette assembly apparatus comprising, in combination:
- a magazine for holding a plurality of cassettes, an insertion member for removing at least a portion of such plurality of cassettes for processing at an assembly station;
- said assembly station including a sheath conveyor for positioning a sheath having glue applied on one side for engagement with each such cassette received from said magazine, and a compression member for applying the sheath to the cassette;
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- a stacking station for receiving such sheath encased cassettes and aligning such sheath encased cassettes into a plurality of cassettes positioned together for packaging and shipping.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.