Method of embossing cards
AssigneeProduction Services Associates, LLC
InventorRichard L. Biller
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Abstract
A card embossing system for embossing information onto a sheet of material prior to cutting individual cards from the sheet is disclosed. Information is embossed onto the sheet in a pattern of rows and columns. Information on adjacent columns is offset relative to one another. When individual cards are cut from the sheet, they are collected in a receiving tray having a plurality of cells arranged in a pattern of rows and columns such that adjacently stacked cards have embossing which is offset from one another. This prevents nesting of cards and allows for improved feeding from a hopper into a machine for further processing, such as printing or embossing individualized information on each card.
Claims16
A method of making embossed cards comprising the steps of:
- printing static information on a sheet of material,
- applying a coating to said sheet,
- embossing said sheet with static information in a pattern of rows and columns, wherein embossing on adjacent columns is offset,
- cutting cards from said sheet so that each card contains static information, and
- stacking said cards, wherein the static information on each stacked card is offset from the same static information on the next card in the stack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.