Patent ID: 6082079
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: B65B,B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
A burster for delivering coupons to a dispensing location, the coupons being provided as a continuous web of successive coupons with a forwardmost coupon having a trailing edge connected by a weakened web portion to a leading edge of a following coupon, each successive coupon being similarly connected in the continuous web, the burster comprising:feed rollers capable of engaging the continuous web of coupons in a nip between the feed rollers and capable of advancing the continuous web of coupons;an activation input capable of receiving triggering information, the activation input activating rotation of the feed rollers upon receiving the triggering information;delivery rollers capable of receiving the continuous web of coupons from the feed rollers in a nip formed by the delivery rollers and capable of advancing the forwardmost coupon toward the dispensing location, the delivery rollers being continually rotated at substantially the same rotational speed as the feed rollers when the feed rollers are rotating; anda deactivation sensor capable of sensing the presence of the forwardmost coupon at a sensing position downstream from the delivery rollers, the deactivation sensor deactivating rotation of the feed rollers immediately upon sensing the presence of the forwardmost coupon which results in separation of the forwardmost coupon from the following coupon along the weakened web portion.