Card package production system with adhesive card attachment station and method
First Claim
1. In a card package production system for producing card packages with printed paper carriers with matching cards attached by adhesive to the carriers, the improvement being an adhesive label attachment station, comprising:
- a supply of double sided adhesive labels adhered to a roll of backing paper, one side of the labels against the backing paper having a permanent adhesive and the other side facing away from the backing paper having a heat activated adhesive;
a heating platen with a width for heating at least two labels simultaneously;
a label attachment position;
a card transport for moving the cards to the card attachment position;
a label transport system for passing the labels over the platen;
a labeler downstream from the heating platen with a pressing member for pressing a heated adhesive label against a card at the attachment position by pressing against a side of the backing paper opposite the heated adhesive label.
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Abstract
A card package production system (100) for producing card packages (115) composed of cards (128) attached to carriers (113) has an adhesive label attachment station (358, FIG. 34) with a heating platen (361) having a width for heating at least two labels (148) simultaneously that are passed over the platen (361) and a labeler downstream from the heating platen (361) with a pressing member (372) for pressing the heated adhesive label (128) against a card (128) at an attachment position. The heating platen (361) heats only an intermediate section of the adhesive to activate the adhesive and leaves end portions of the label relatively unheated and unactivated to facilitate subsequent removal of the label (148) from the card (128).
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26 Claims
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1. In a card package production system for producing card packages with printed paper carriers with matching cards attached by adhesive to the carriers, the improvement being an adhesive label attachment station, comprising:
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a supply of double sided adhesive labels adhered to a roll of backing paper, one side of the labels against the backing paper having a permanent adhesive and the other side facing away from the backing paper having a heat activated adhesive;
a heating platen with a width for heating at least two labels simultaneously;
a label attachment position;
a card transport for moving the cards to the card attachment position;
a label transport system for passing the labels over the platen;
a labeler downstream from the heating platen with a pressing member for pressing a heated adhesive label against a card at the attachment position by pressing against a side of the backing paper opposite the heated adhesive label. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. In a card package production system for producing card packages with printed paper carriers with matching cards attached by adhesive to the carriers, the improvement being an adhesive label attaching method comprising the steps of:
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providing a supply of double sided adhesive labels adhered to a roll of backing paper, one side of the labels against the backing paper having a permanent adhesive and the other side facing away from the backing paper having a heat activated adhesive;
heating at least two labels simultaneously with a heating platen;
moving the cards with a card transport for to a card attachment position;
passing the labels over the platen with a label transport system;
pressing, with a pressing member of a labeler located downstream from the heating platen, a heated adhesive label against a card at the attachment position by pressing against a side of the backing paper opposite the heated adhesive label. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. In a card package production system for producing card packages with printed paper carriers with matching cards attached to the carriers with adhesive, the improvement being an adhesive label attachment mechanism, comprising:
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means for providing double sided adhesive labels on a roll of backing tape to an adhesive label attachment station;
means for heating only an intermediate section of the adhesive to activate a heat activated adhesive carried by an outer side of the adhesive label, leaving end portions of the label relatively unheated and unactivated; and
means for pressing the intermediate section of the adhesive to a card after the adhesive has been heated.
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26. In a card package production system for producing card packages with printed paper carriers with matching cards attached to the carriers with adhesive, the method of attaching an adhesive label to the card, comprising the steps of:
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providing double sided adhesive labels on a roll of backing tape to an adhesive label attachment station;
heating only an intermediate section of the adhesive to activate a heat activated adhesive carried by an outer side of the adhesive label, leaving end portions of the label relatively unheated and unactivated; and
pressing the intermediate section of the adhesive to a card after the step of heating only the intermediate section.
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