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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 1997
Filed:
May. 25, 1995
Judith A Shackelford, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Paul Mulhauser, New York, NY (US);
Paul J Kotowski, Foster, RI (US);
Other;
Abstract
An index tray is pivoted in a housing, the tray having a recess for receiving a sticky coated disc and resiliently urged out of the housing for receiving the disc. An alignment detent device holds the tray in a retracted position in the housing cavity with the disc aligned at a predetermined location. A sheet of paper with pictorial or graphical indicia thereon is inserted into the cavity above the tray and disc. A transparent cylindrical press knob permits visual alignment of the indicia to the disc. Blades attached to the knob lower edge penetrate the sheet when the knob is depressed. A clamp coupled to the knob clamps the sheet to the tray in response to depressing the knob. After the knob is depressed, it is permitted to rotate in one direction only by a ratchet device to sever the sheet into a mating disc shape for attachment to the sticky surface of the disc on the tray. After the sheet is cut, the knob is lifted automatically and the tray, when released, springs open. An ejector mechanism on the tray ejects the completed decorative disc from the tray. An interlock precludes the blades from engaging the tray before the tray is placed in the cutting position.