Patent ID: 8382164
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: B43M

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for automatically inserting a series of contents into a series of respective containers, the apparatus including: means for sequentially feeding the series of containers to an insertion station, means for sequentially feeding the series of contents to the insertion station, each one of the series of contents bearing identifying indicia, means for sequentially inserting respective ones of the series of contents into corresponding ones of the series of containers such that a material of each container visually obscures the identifying indicia on the corresponding contents so that the identifying indicia are not visible externally of the container, means for reading the visually obscured identifying indicia on each content through the material of the corresponding container while the identifying indicia are not visible externally of the corresponding container, means for deriving visible indicia from the visually obscured identifying indicia read through the material of the corresponding container, and means for applying the derived visible indicia to the exterior of the corresponding container.