| 摘要 |
One of the most effective methods of marketing a new product is to sample it, get it into the hands of millions of prospective customers so they can test it, feel it, taste it or smell it. Product sampling is practiced, however, only when it can be done economically. The present invention relates to the economical sampling of thin absorbent tissues such as toilet tissue, paper toweling, facial tissue and similar thin, lightweight products. The present invention reduces the cost of hand tipping samples of absorbent paper tissues from approximately $60.00 per 1,000 to below $9.00 per 1,000. This 85% reduction in costs will enable tissue producers to sample their products to more consumers so they can test them prior to buying. In the present invention, a printed front cover, the tissue sample or samples, and a printed back cover are delivered to a collator in continuous ribbons. The ribbons are glued together on their "stub edge" so they become a single tissue/sampler, perforated, cut to length and trimmed at speeds ranging from 8,000 to 16,000 tissue/samplers per hour. Several methods of binding tissue/samplers have been developed, including the use of hot and cold glue systems, and spot and strip gluing. The invention is applicable to both coated and uncoated papers for the front and back covers.
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