# US 7,036,723 B1 · Card package production system card with insertion prevention and method

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- Number: US 7,036,723 B1
- Document ID: US7036723B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 09/352,192
- Filed: 1999-07-12
- Granted: 2006-05-02
- Earliest claimed: 1993-02-19
- Assignees: Dynetics Engineering Corporation
- Inventors: Jeffery L. Hill; Gregory S. Hill; Robert J. Bretl; Fred J. Kassabian
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7036723B1

## CPC

- B42D 25/425: by deformation, e.g. embossing
- B42D 5/027: {Sheets or cards attached to a carrier strip or web (shipping forms B42D15/006)}
- B42D 25/00: Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof (printing processes to produce identification or security features B41M3/14)
- B42D 25/369: Magnetised or magnetisable materials
- B42D 25/48: Controlling the manufacturing process
- B43M 3/045: {for envelopes with only one flap}
- B65H 39/14: Associating sheets with webs
- C07D 498/10: Spiro-condensed systems
- C07F 7/21: Cyclic compounds having at least one ring containing silicon, but no carbon in the ring
- C08G 77/388: containing nitrogen
- C09D 183/08: containing silicon bound to organic groups containing atoms other than carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
- G02B 5/23: Photochromic filters
- G06K 5/00: Methods or arrangements for verifying the correctness of markings on a record carrier; Column detection devices
- G06K 17/00: Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups G06K1/00 - G06K15/00, e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations
- B42D 25/485: by electronic processing means
- B65H 2701/1914: Cards, e.g. telephone, credit and identity cards
- B42D: BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
- B43M: BUREAU ACCESSORIES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (stapling devices B25C5/00; devices for temporarily attaching sheets together B42F)
- B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- C07D: HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (macromolecular compounds C08)
- C07F: ACYCLIC, CARBOCYCLIC OR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING ELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON, HYDROGEN, HALOGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN, SULFUR, SELENIUM OR TELLURIUM (metal-containing porphyrins C07D487/22)
- C08G: MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS
- C09D: COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS; FILLING PASTES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR (cosmetics A61K; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, in general, B05D; staining wood B27K5/02; glazes or vitreous enamels C03C; natural resins, French polish, drying-oils, driers, turpentine, per se, C09F; polishing compositions other than French polish, ski waxes C09G; adhesives or use of materials as adhesives C09J; materials for sealing or packing joints or covers C09K3/10; materials for stopping leaks C09K3/12; processes for the electrolytic or electrophoretic production of coatings C25D)
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS

## Abstract

A card package production system (10) with interchangeable inserters (24A, 24B) and carrier folders (86A, 86B) to enable use of forms (26A, 26B) of different types verifies the carriers (30) if they are properly produced and rejects them if they are not prior to the attachment to a carrier. The embossed characters and encoding read from the card are compared with the stored card data to verify accuracy and are compared to coding on the carrier form (26A, 26B) to determine if there is a match. A code on the carrier is also compared to stored carrier data and to the cards provided for insertion and are rejected without cards if incorrectly prepared.

## Claims

### Claim 1

In an embossed card package production apparatus having means for producing cards, means for automatically inserting the cards into matching card carrying mailing forms, and a memory for storing stored card information apart from the card and the carrying mailing forms, the improvement being a verification system, comprising:
means for automatically determining when a card has been incorrectly prepared by comparing information carried by the card with the information stored apart from the cards and the carrying mailing forms; and
means for preventing a card automatically determined to be incorrectly prepared from being inserted into a matching carrier.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The embossed card package production apparatus of claim 1 in which the information stored apart from the card is information used to produce the card.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The embossed card production system of claim 2 in which the automatically determining means compares at least one of (a) embossed information read from the card, (b) magnetically encoded information read from the card with the stored card information.

### Claim 4

In an embossed card packaged production apparatus having means for producing cards, means for inserting the cards into matching card carrying mailing forms, and a memory for storing card information apart from the card and the carrying mailing forms, a method of verification, comprising the steps of:
determining when a card has been incorrectly prepared by comparing information carried by the card with the information stored apart from the cards and the carrying mailing forms; and
preventing a card automatically determined to be incorrectly prepared from being inserted into a matching carrier.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4 including the step of using the information stored apart from the card to produce the card.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5 in which the step of determining includes the step of comparing at least one of (a) the embossed information read from the card and (b) magnetically encoded information read from the card with the stored card information.