Joints and connections – Molded joint – Fusion bond – e.g. – weld – etc.
Reexamination Certificate
1998-10-23
2001-06-05
Browne, Lynne H. (Department: 3629)
Joints and connections
Molded joint
Fusion bond, e.g., weld, etc.
C206S308100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06241417
ABSTRACT:
The invention concerns a process and a device for the attachment of an object especially a data carrier disk to a surface, especially a print medium.
The term “data carrier disk” means so-called CD ROMs or other disks which store digitally variable or invariable data; especially so-called compact disks. Such data carriers are frequently inserted in magazines or books in order to provide the user with additional information which he is able to read or further process with a special playback unit. However, the invention is also applicable to small flasks of perfume, cream samples, supplements, material samples and other objects.
Print media for instance are books, magazines, folders, supplements or similar information carriers made of paper, foil or similar materials while the information carriers in exceptional cases can also be without print.
In order to attach the object or the data carrier disk to a book or magazine the data carrier disk for instance is inserted in a paper or foil pocket and this pocket is glued to one page of the book or magazine. Frequently the data carrier disk is directly arranged behind the cover of the book or magazine. This makes it possible with a punched-out window in the cover to provide a view of the data carrier disk attached in the book or magazine.
However, the insertion of data carrier disks or other objects in paper pockets or foil pockets is highly labor intensive and only possible in large quantities with highly complicated machines. In addition the delivery, singling out, positioning and gluing of the bags onto a special page of a book or magazine requires sophisticated machinery. As a consequence the distribution of data carrier disks in books or magazines requires very expensive machinery which ultimately increases the manufacturing cost and consequently the price of the books or magazines.
The invention is based on the task of developing a process and a device of the type described above in order to attach objects such as data carrier disks to a surface such as a print medium easily and at a favorable price.
This task according to the process is solved in that the object is placed on the surface or the surface on the object for attachment there. This surface can subsequently also be bound to a print medium.
In this process the data carrier disk in a first process step is placed on a surface such as a plate of paper or cardboard and attached to it. This process step is technically far easier accomplished than the insertion of a data carrier disk into a bag since it is understandably simpler to place a data carrier disk with its level side onto a surface than introducing it with high precision into a flexible bag. Even the attachment of the data carrier disk to the surface is easily accomplished by gluing or other means of attachment.
In a second process step the surface to which the object is attached can be bound to a print medium such as a book or magazine. In this process the surface is so placed between the pages of the book or magazine that it is included in the binding process of the book or magazine. As a result no additional devices for positioning and gluing small bags are required when binding the book or magazine but the surface according to the invention is bound into the book or magazine like an ordinary book page.
The mentioned process steps can be accomplished with known machines at a favorable price, rapidly and in high quantities with high precision. As a consequence the quantity that can be processed per unit time can be increased on the one hand while known simple machines can be employed on the other.
It is advantageous for the process according to the invention if the object for attachment is at least partly coated with a layer, especially a foil and the layer is attached to the surface. This foil on the one hand serves to protect the data carrier disk. On the other hand however the foil can also cover the data carrier disk at least in part and serve for the attachment of the data carrier disk to the surface. Beside these functional advantages of the foil a foil is also suited to increase the impression of value.
The device according to the invention for the attachment of an object, especially a data carrier disk to a surface, especially a print medium, such as a book or magazine is characterized by a means of attachment for the attachment of an object placed on the surface. Preferably the means of attachment are chosen so that an adequate attachment is achieved simply by the placing on top of another or pressing onto another of object and surface or of a layer covering the object and the surface.
This permits a highly simplified construction of the machines to be used.
The means of attachment can also include a mechanical means of attachment such as a staple. Such staples made of plastic or metal can for instance be pushed through a central hole of a data carrier disk and the surface below, retaining the data carrier disk on the surface with the head of the staple and the legs which deform during the attachment. The staple can also be attached to the surface similar to a press stud.
The mechanical means of attachment according to an embodiment can be so constructed that it is automatically destroyed when removing the object. For instance the manufacture from polystyrene with intended breaking points results in a seal effect the break of which for instance could be tied with the acceptance of license conditions for the data carrier disk. It is also possible to use a bonding surface where the bond created by the bonding surface is firmer than one of the materials bonded to the bonding surface. Consequently, the surface to which it was attached will be damaged when detaching the object.
It is advantageous if the means of attachment is formed by an embossing provided in the surface. An embossing provided in the surface for instance permits a detachable attachment of a data carrier disk to the surface without the need for additional means of attachment. Here the circumference of the data carrier disk and/or its whole area can serve for attachment.
In order to facilitate the attachment it is advantageous in many cases if the surface is provided with a recess into or onto which the object can be placed. This for instance facilitates at least the partial covering with a layer or foil of the object.
A simple attachment for instance of a data carrier disk to a surface is also possible by using a glue or bonding element such as for instance a bonding pad or a bonding layer. Such bonding facilities are known and widely distributed.
A particularly elegant kind of attachment is achieved in that the means of attachment possesses a layer attached to the surface at least partially covering the object. Such a layer is preferably a foil which on the one hand enables the joining of the data carrier disk with the surface and increases the impression of value of the device on the other.
A simple attachment is achieved in that the layer at least partly is self-adhesive preferably at the point at which it is attached to the surface. In order to avoid a reaction between object and surface it is advisable to provide the layer with glue only at its outer edge at which it comes into contact with the surface.
Especially thicker objects would result in folds in the foil when attached by means of a foil. It is therefore advantageous if the foil is stretchable for instance through heating up or possesses a structure which permits that the layer is deformed when placed on the object or even assumes the shape of the object.
A preferred embodiment of the layer provides that it possesses holes or is gas permeable in order to hold an object arranged on the layer by means of a suction element arranged on its side. This makes it possible with a suction head to first take up the foil and subsequently, with the same suction head holding the foil, to take up another object which is subsequently placed on a surface together with the foil. With this principle several air permeable elements as layer structure can be held by the same suction head and positione
Browne Lynne H.
Cottingham John R.
Day Ursula B.
Feiereisen Henry M.
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