Patent ID: 7338572

Claim:
A laminator system for laminating opposing sides of a document, comprising: a frame; a laminator unit provided on the frame; a pair of cooperating structures operable to feed substrates into the laminator unit; a supply of stock material provided on the frame, the stock material having adhesive provided on an adhesive carrying surface thereof; a feeder system operable to feed a selected length of the stock material from the supply in a feeding direction so that a leading portion of the selected length passes beyond the pair of cooperating structures and a trailing portion of the selected length extends from the pair of cooperating structures towards the supply with an intermediate portion of the selected length between the leading and trailing portions positioned adjacent the cooperating structures, the supply of stock material being oriented such that the adhesive carrying surface at the intermediate portion faces generally away from the cooperating structures, the pair of cooperating structures being oriented transversely with respect to the feeding direction; a folder member movable between (a) a disengaged position enabling the stock material to pass beyond the pair of cooperating structures in the feeding direction, and (b) an engaged position urging the intermediate portion in between the cooperating structures in a transversely folded relation, thereby enabling a lead end of the document to be received in the folded intermediate portion so that the cooperating structures can feed the document with the leading and trailing portions of the selected length on opposing sides thereof into the laminator unit; and a cutter positioned between the supply and the pair of cooperating structures in the feeding direction, the cutter being operable to cut the stock material transversely with respect to the feeding direction to cut the selected length of the stock material from a remainder of the stock material; the laminator unit being operable to activate the adhesive as the document and the leading and trailing portions of the selected length of the stock material are advanced therethrough, thereby bonding the leading and trailing portions to the opposing sides of the document.