Patent ID: 6159334
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: B30B,B32B,B42D,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for adhering a protective film to a personal data recording surface of an individual identification booklet, comprising a heat press board and a pressure receiving board disposed in vertically opposed relationship, an upper and a lower belt disposed between opposing surfaces of said heat press board and said pressure receiving board, and a booklet transfer mechanism interposed between opposing surfaces of said upper and lower belts and adapted to intermittently transfer an identification booklet, said upper and lower belts and the identification booklet interposed between said upper and lower belts being heated while being held under pressure between said opposing surfaces of said heat press board and said pressure receiving board so that the protective film bound into the identification booklet is thermally adhered to the personal date recording surface when said book transfer mechanism stops transferring of the identification booklet, wherein said booklet transfer mechanism comprises a plurality of bar pushers extending in a direction orthogonal to the booklet transferring direction and spacedly juxtaposed in the booklet transferring direction, and said bar pushers are arranged such that each of said bar pushers pushes a rear end face of the identification booklet to transfer the identification booklet while being interposed between said upper and lower belts.