Patent ID: 7603830
Filing Date: 2009-10-20
Classification: B65B,B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for inserting coupons from a coupon source to a receiving container, the method comprising the steps of: feeding an entering coupon from the coupon source into at least one pair of opposed rollers and being adjustable between a closed position and an open position; wherein the at least one pair of opposed rollers includes an upper roller mounted to a main carriage housing and a lower roller mounted to a frame; automatically slidably adjusting the position of a main carriage system including the main carriage housing a motor to move the main carriage housing relative to the lower roller mounted to the frame so as to apply an adjustable pressure to the entering coupon to effectuate separation of the entering coupon from the coupon source by positioning the at least one pair of rollers in the closed position, said adjustment of the main carriage housing being made as a function of sensed torque of the motor; and driving said opposed rollers in both the closed and open positions such that the entering coupon is separated from the coupon source and directed across a second pair of opposed rollers and into a receiving container.