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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
May. 03, 2002
William M. Hoffman, Hamilton, OH (US);
Stuebing Automatic Machine Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
Calendars, posters and the like have slides applied to spaced top and bottom edges in an efficient and cost effective manner without diminishing production output levels nor requiring operator manipulation and involvement. The system includes a first and a second semi-automatic or automatic tinner which are joined together by a conveyor or a similar apparatus for transferring each of the serially processed calendars, posters or the like. Each calendar is processed in the first tinner to have a slide applied to a first or top edge of the calendar or poster. Each one is then serially discharged from the first tinner onto a conveyor in which the leading edge of the calendar includes the slide. The conveyor automatically transfers and reorients each calendar to the second tinner so that upon entering the second tinner, the bottom or opposite edge without the slide is the leading edge. The second tinner applies a slide without operator involvement or manipulation. The calendars are then discharged from the second tinner for stacking and further processing.