Nova Patents
USRE33579E

Literature applying mechanism

Claim Score by NHIP

Read claim 8, the broadest

Abstract

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Term

Term ended

Expired 30 April 2008, 18.4 years ago.

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  3. Granted
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  5. Today

11 claims: 2 independent, 9 dependent

  1. 1.
    1. A system for applying literature to the sidewall of an object comprising:PA1 means for pressing the literature against said sidewall: PA1 .[.hopper.]. means for storing the literature;PA1 a tape having an adhesive coating for carrying pieces of the literature from said .[.hopper.]. .Iadd.storing .Iaddend.means to said pressing means;PA1 means for moving said tape to said pressing means repetitively such that there are time intervals of advancement of the tape alternating with rest intervals during which said tape is stationary;PA1 vacuum operated transporting means for transferring a piece of the literature from said .[.hopper.]. .Iadd.storing .Iaddend.means to said tape during one of said rest intervals, said transporting means including suction cup means for engaging with a piece of the literature upon initiation of a vacuum, and for releasing the piece of literature upon termination of the vacuum;PA1 vacuum means coupled to said suction cup means for applying a vacuum thereto and for terminating such vacuum;PA1 a swing-arm assembly for carrying said suction cup means from said .[.hopper.]. .Iadd.storing .Iaddend.means to the adhesive coating on said tape so as to permit engagement of said piece of literature with the adhesive coating;PA1 a crank drive rotatably driven and connecting with said swing-arm assembly to impart motion thereto for transferring the literature;and PA1 a vacuum valve driven by a shaft of said crank drive in synchronism with the operation of said swing-arm assembly, said vacuum valve initiating the vacuum and suction of the suction cup means at one position of said swing-arm assembly, said vacuum valve terminating the vacuum and the suction of the suction cup means at a second position of the swing-arm assembly;and said system further comprising PA1 a pad disposed adjacent said second position of said suction cup means and on the opposite side of said tape from said suction cup means in said second position;PA1 means for positioning said pad at the backside of said tape, said positioning means advancing said pad to said tape for restraining a transverse movement of said tape in response to pressure of said literature associated with the emplacement of said literature upon said adhesive coating by said transporting means, said positioning means retracting said pad from said tape upon a withdrawal of said suction cup means for said tape, thereby inhibiting any contact of said suction cup means with said adhesive coating;and PA1 means for synchronizing the operation of said positioning means with movement of said crank drive, thereby to co-ordinate the positioning of said pad with the operation of said transporting means.
  2. 8.
    8. A system for applying a piece of literature to an object, said system comprising:PA1 means for pressing the piece of literature against the object;PA1 .[.a hopper.]. .Iadd.means .Iaddend.for storing pieces of literature;PA1 means for moving a tape having an adhesive coating to said pressing means;PA1 suction cup means movable between a first position in which said suction cup means picks up, by a vacuum, the piece of literature from said .[.hopper.]. .Iadd.storing means .Iaddend.and a second position in which said suction cup means delivers said piece of literature onto said adhesive coating of said tape and said vacuum is terminated;and PA1 means disposed adjacent said second position for urging said tape toward said suction cup means and against said piece of literature as said suction cup means deliver said piece of literature onto said adhesive coating of said tape.
Independent claims2