Patent ID: 7591120

Claim:
An apparatus for handling coupons in the production of packs with at least one coupon applied to each pack, the coupon ( 11 ) having been folded a number of times, wherein the coupon is removed from a magazine ( 20 ), in a region of a packer ( 13 ) and fed to the pack, characterized by the following features: a) the coupons ( 11 ) are produced by a coupon-production means ( 16 ) in a region of a separate coupon assembly ( 15 ), b) the coupon-production means ( 16 ) is followed by a distributor system ( 17 ) for feeding the coupons ( 11 ) one after the other to a filling station ( 18 ), c) upright magazines ( 20 ) are kept in a region of the filling station ( 18 ), wherein the coupons ( 11 ) are conveyed one after the other into the magazines ( 20 ), which are open at the top, by a filling conveyor ( 61 ), and wherein a coupon stack ( 19 ) is formed within each magazine ( 20 ), and d) the magazines ( 20 ) filled with coupons ( 11 ) are set down on a transporting cart ( 42 , 43 ) for transporting a selected number of magazines ( 20 ) to the packer ( 13 ).