Card package production system with burster and carrier verification apparatus
First Claim
1. In an embossed card package production system supplied with a plurality of card carrier forms with planar bodies having opposite planar sides and having interconnected ends extending between a pair of parallel opposed side edges for receipt of corresponding cards to form card packages, the improvement being a form bursting apparatus, comprising:
- an elongate, flexible cutting member with a cutting portion located intermediate a pair of end portions said end portions being held in fixed positions on respective opposite sides of said forms;
means for guiding the cutting member, said guiding means including two guide elements, with one guide element being on one of the opposite planar sides of the planar bodies, and the other guide element being on another one of the opposite planar sides of the planar bodies; and
means for moving the cutting member guiding means in a direction parallel to the planar bodies and transverse to the parallel opposed side edges, said movement of the cutting member guiding means moving the intermediate cutting portion along a line through and across end ones of the plurality of interconnected card carrier forms from one of the pair of side edges to another one of the pair of side edges to separate individual card carrier forms from the plurality of interconnected card carrier forms.
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Abstract
An embossed card package production system (10) with a printer (48) supplied with a plurality of interconnected card carrier forms (26) for receipt of corresponding cards (30) inserted into the carriers at a card inserting apparatus (24) to form card packages, a form bursting apparatus (36) having a cutting member (240) with a cutting portion tautly extending between and partially wrapped about a pair of rotary members (242) and (244), a drive motor (248) interconnected with a chain linkage (250) for moving the cutting member (240) across preweakened lines (252) through and across end ones (26A) of the interconnected card carrier forms (26) to separate individual card carrier forms (26A) from the interconnected card carrier forms, a code sensor (38) mounted to an elongate sliding bar (290) for reading machine readable indicia (231) printed on the body of the carrier form (26) in back and forth directions opposite directions across the end ones (26A) of the interconnected carrier forms (26) as the forms are separated by the movement of the cutting member (240).
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18 Claims
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1. In an embossed card package production system supplied with a plurality of card carrier forms with planar bodies having opposite planar sides and having interconnected ends extending between a pair of parallel opposed side edges for receipt of corresponding cards to form card packages, the improvement being a form bursting apparatus, comprising:
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an elongate, flexible cutting member with a cutting portion located intermediate a pair of end portions said end portions being held in fixed positions on respective opposite sides of said forms; means for guiding the cutting member, said guiding means including two guide elements, with one guide element being on one of the opposite planar sides of the planar bodies, and the other guide element being on another one of the opposite planar sides of the planar bodies; and means for moving the cutting member guiding means in a direction parallel to the planar bodies and transverse to the parallel opposed side edges, said movement of the cutting member guiding means moving the intermediate cutting portion along a line through and across end ones of the plurality of interconnected card carrier forms from one of the pair of side edges to another one of the pair of side edges to separate individual card carrier forms from the plurality of interconnected card carrier forms. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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