Patent ID: 7651454

Claim:
A folder gluer apparatus for processing blanks with Braille characters, the apparatus comprising: a printing apparatus for printing the blanks to be printed with the Braille characters; a blank guide device for guiding the blanks through the folder gluer apparatus along a planar path past the printing apparatus; the printing apparatus comprising a pair of rotary embossing tools having opposing embossing surfaces, and the guide device directing the blank between the opposing surfaces of the embossing tools, the embossing tools being shaped and positioned so as to each contact a respective surface of the blank passing between the embossing tools; a pair of parallel shafts, each shaft of the pair of shafts positioned for each of the rotary embossing tools and configured so that each rotary embossing tool rotates on the respective shaft; a folder and a gluer mechanism positioned downstream of the printing apparatus and along the path of the blanks through the folder gluer apparatus, the folder and gluer mechanism configured to fold and to glue the blanks so that the Braille characters are accessible with the blanks folded and glued; and wherein one shaft of the pair of shafts is movable in translation with respect to the other shaft of the pair of shafts in a direction perpendicular to the planar path of the blanks.