Patent ID: 6896829

Claim:
A method of making composite discs continuously, the method comprising: forming a first and a second support layer, each said first and second support layers being disc shaped and having a first surface with information indicia and a second surface; forming a third support layer, said third support layer having a first surface with information indicia and a second surface; adding a respective first, second and third information layer to said first, second and third support layers to form respective first, second and third intermediate discs; transporting said first and second intermediate discs in an alternating sequence to a sequencer; transporting said third intermediate discs to said sequencer; forming with said sequencer a first sequence of discs consisting of alternating first and third intermediate discs; feeding said first sequence to a transfer station; positioning each first and third intermediate disc at said transfer station with said first and third support layers being arranged in a facing relationship, with said first and third information layers being adjacent; separating said third support layer from said third information layer to form a fourth intermediate disc; and joining said second and said fourth intermediate discs.