Patent ID: 6096153
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: G08B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of continuously manufacturing security tags, comprising the steps of:supplying housing stock material in a continuous web from a first supply station in a production line;forming housing cavities in the housing stock material without separating the continuous web in a plastic forming station located in the production line downstream of the first supply station;cutting resonator strips material into resonator strips of precise length while being held in strip holders, and then ejecting the resonator strips from the strip holders directly into the housing cavities positioned below the strip holders in a resonator feed station in the production line located downstream of the plastic forming station;closing and sealing the housing cavities with the resonator strips therein by placing lid stock material over open ends of the housing cavities in a second supply station located in the production line downstream of the plastic forming station; andattaching bias strips and cover stock material to an outer surface of the lid stock material remote from the housing cavities in adjacent bias feed and third supply stations in the production line downstream from the resonator feed station such that the cover stock material is over the bias strips.