Encodable strip attachment and removal apparatus

摘要

An apparatus and method for applying correction strips with encodable indicia to bank checks and similar documents and for removing previously applied correction strips from checks and reapplying a new correction strip to such a check. The apparatus includes feed mechanism for feeding checks without previously applied correction strips and with previously applied correction strips along parallel feed paths which merge to a common feed path provided by plural endless flexible belts. A rotatable drum is interposed in the common feedpath and is disposed in proximity to a heater element engageable with a heat activatable adhesive band portion of the correction strip for applying the adhesive band to the front lower face of bank checks and similar documents. A rotary cutter is disposed in one of the parallel feed paths for cutting a previously applied correction strip from the lower edge of a check. Feed mechanism associated with the apparatus includes parallel feed slots and endless transport belts for receiving respectively a check without a previously applied correction strip and a check with a previously applied correction strip. An operator actuable switch is provided to select an operating mode wherein a check may have a correction strip applied thereto, be transported through the apparatus without application of a correction strip, and have an old correction strip removed from a check and a new correction strip applied to that check.