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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2002
Joseph M. Vijuk, Oakbrook, IL (US);
William C. Neubauer, Grayslake, IL (US);
Ilija Ilijevski, Schererville, IN (US);
Joseph M. Vijuk, Oakbrook, IL (US);
William C. Neubauer, Grayslake, IL (US);
Ilija Ilijevski, Schererville, IN (US);
Vijuk Equipment, Inc., Elmhurst, IL (US);
Abstract
An informational item processing apparatus is provided with a conveyor unit that transports a plurality of informational items having printed information thereon from a first location to a second location; an adhesive applicator that applies adhesive to a plurality of the informational items as the informational items pass from the first location to the second location; and a controller operatively coupled to the adhesive applicator, the controller comprising a processor and a programmed circuit. The controller is programmed to cause the adhesive applicator to successively apply adhesive to each of a preselected number of informational items that consecutively pass from the first location to the second location; the controller is programmed to cause the adhesive applicator not to apply adhesive to an informational item that immediately follows the preselected number of informational items to which adhesive was applied; and the controller is programmed to successively apply adhesive to a preselected number of informational items that consecutively follow the informational item to which adhesive was not applied.