Patent ID: 7478661

Claim:
Apparatus for assembling secure composite documents comprising a first laminar element having a central region and a peripheral region separable from one another, a second laminar element of substantially the same perimetral dimensions as the first, and means for securing the second laminar element to the first laminar element in a substantially inseparable manner at the said peripheral region of said first laminar element, the said apparatus comprising a first storage container for said first laminar element of the composite document, a second storage container for said second laminar element of the composite document intended to bear the secure information on one face thereof, first guide means for guiding only said first laminar element bearing an adhesive from said first storage container to the means for securing and second guide means separate and distinct from the first guide means for guiding only the second laminar element from said second storage container so that said first laminar element is in a face-to-face relationship with said second laminar element after the secure information has been applied to the said one face of said second laminar element, with said one face of said second laminar element facing said first laminar element, and means for activating said means for securing together the peripheral regions of the said two laminar elements.