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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2019
Applicant:
Assa Abloy Ab, Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Ted M. Hoffman, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Tanya Snyder, Edina, MN (US);
John Skoglund, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Phillip Umberger, Jordan, MN (US);
Evan Pastor, Edina, MN (US);
Assignee:
ASSA ABLOY AB, Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 15/00 (2006.01); B23K 26/362 (2014.01); B32B 37/18 (2006.01); B32B 38/00 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 15/00 (2013.01); B23K 26/362 (2013.01); B32B 37/18 (2013.01); B32B 38/0008 (2013.01); B65H 5/062 (2013.01); B32B 2425/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A card flipper includes a frame, a receptacle, and a motor. The receptacle is supported by the frame for a rotation about a flipping axis. The receptacle is configured to support a card in a support plane and receive and discharge cards along a card feed axis. The motor is configured to drive rotation of the receptacle, the support plane and the card feed axis about the flipping axis. The flipping axis is oblique to the card feed axis and is displaced from the support plane.