Patent ID: 6698487
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: B32B,B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
A master processing system comprising:a frame; a removable cartridge removably mounted to said frame, said removable cartridge comprising (a) a cartridge body structure including at least a pair of sidewalls and (b) first and second feed rolls carrying respective supplies of first and second stock material, said feed rolls being mounted to said cartridge body structure to enable the stock materials to be unwound from their respective feed rolls, at least one of said stock materials having a layer of adhesive disposed thereon; said frame being constructed and arranged such that a master can be inserted into said master processing assembly together with the stock materials unwound from their respective feed rolls and disposed on opposing sides of the master; said master processing assembly being constructed and arranged to perform a master processing operation wherein said processing assembly causes adhesive bonding between the master and stock materials being fed in a feed side thereof and subsequently discharges the processed master and stock materials outwardly from a discharge side thereof; said cartridge having a substrate supporting member extending between said sidewalls thereof and providing a substrate supporting surface on the feed side of said master processing assembly, said substrate supporting surface being configured to support the master during feeding of the master into said master processing assembly; said cartridge having a master engaging structure extending generally transversely across said substrate supporting surface, said master substrate engaging structure having a master engaging surface that engages the master while supported on said substrate support surface so as to apply a frictional resistance to advancement of the master in said feeding direction to thereby tension the master.