Patent ID: 7832440

Claim:
A machine for applying pressure sensitive sample chips to a card, which includes: a linear conveyor for receiving and transporting cards, and at least one sample application station disposed along said conveyor, said sample application station including: a feed roller overlying and spaced from said conveyor for holding a spool containing at least one row of individual pressure sensitive sample chips on a substrate, a first plate having an edge immediately overlying and spaced from said conveyor to permit passage of cards beneath said edge, a drive roller spaced from said feed roller and said first plate for drawing the substrate from the spool on said feed roller over said edge to separate the pressure sensitive sample chips from the substrate and apply the chips to the cards, and a resilient roller adjacent to said edge for pressing pressure sensitive sample chips removed from the substrate onto cards transported on said conveyor, wherein said first plate is suspended from a second plate, and said resilient roller is mounted to said second plate by a pivot arm that is pivotal with respect to said first plate and said second plate such that said pivot arm and said roller can be pivoted away from said edge and said conveyor to an elevated position for set-up and maintenance of said machine.