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Coupon inserter

  • US 5,549,233 A
  • Filed: 12/23/1994
  • Issued: 08/27/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/29/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for delivering successive coupons to a dispensing location, said coupons being provided as a continuous web of successive coupons with a forwardmost coupon having its trailing edge connected to the leading edge of the next coupon by a weakened web portion, each successive coupon being similarly connected in said web, the apparatus comprising:

  • feed roll means for engaging the continuous web of coupons and for passing the coupons downstream;

    burst roll means located downstream from said feed roll means for receiving the forwardmost coupon in a nip formed between the burst roll means;

    control means responsive to a timing signal related to the time when the forwardmost coupon is to be positioned at said dispensing location, for providing a sensing signal related to the presence of a coupon at a sensing position between said feed roll means and said burst roll means, for providing a first output signal in response to said timing signal and said sensing signal, and for providing a second output signal in response to said timing signal; and

    actuating means including first drive means coupled with said feed roll means and said burst roll means, second drive means coupled with said burst roll means, and means for decoupling said second drive means from said burst roll means in a first mode of operation and for decoupling said first drive means from said burst roll means in a second mode of operation, said actuating means rotating said feed roll means and said burst roll means at a first angular speed in response to said first output signal in the first mode of operation and rotating said feed roll means at said first angular speed and said burst roll means at a second angular speed in response to said second output signal to thereby separate the forwardmost coupon engaged in said burst roll means from the continuous web and deliver the forwardmost coupon to said dispensing location in the second mode of operation.

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