Patent ID: 8267138

Claim:
A laminator for use in laminating optically active sheeting to a substrate, comprising: a conveyor that advances one or more substrates through the laminator; equipment that facilitates unwinding of a roll of optically active sheeting such that an adhesive-coated major surface of the optically active sheeting faces the one or more substrates and a major surface of the sheeting is opposite the adhesive-coated major surface; and equipment that facilitates alignment of the optically active sheeting with the one or more substrates, including an alignment tool in the form of a razor that cuts through the optically active sheeting when the razor has been manually adjusted to align the proximal edge of the substrate with indicia on the optically active sheeting; and wherein the alignment tool is positioned adjacent to the conveyor so that a portion of the alignment tool can be manually adjusted to align the proximal edge of the substrate with indicia on the optically active sheeting—and then can be used to cause the adhesive-coated major surface of the optically active sheeting to physically contact the substrate.