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Data card and mailer data match/inserter system

  • US 5,012,073 A
  • Filed: 05/20/1987
  • Issued: 04/30/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/25/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An inserter system for attaching a card of generally planar, rectangular configuration to a form at a predetermined card attachment location thereon by inserting first and second diagonally opposite corners of the card into corresponding first and second card-corner receiving apertures provided in the form and defining the said card attaching location thereof, said apertures being spaced apart by a distance less than the diagonal dimension of the card between said first and second diagonally opposite corners thereof, comprising:

  • a card inserter mechanism including means for receiving and releasably retaining a card in a first position,means for positioning a mailer form with the said card attachment location thereof aligned with and substantially parallel to and displaced from said first position of the releasably retained card to be inserted therein,said inserter mechanism further including means for supporting said card in a central portion thereof and means for engaging said card adjacent said first and second diagonally opposite corners for deflecting said corners beyond said first position and towards said form, andmeans for actuating said receiving and supporting means to release said card and for actuating said deflection means to deflect said diagonally opposite corners of said card about said central support means to enable insertion of said first and second diagonally opposite corners of said card into the said corresponding apertures of the card attachment location of said mailer form aligned therewith, and for thereafter displacing said central support to permit said card to flex to its original planar configuration with the said diagonally opposite corners thereof projecting through the said corresponding apertures and underlying the form, thereby attaching the card to the form.

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