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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Benjamin H Sannel, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Steven A Miller, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
Robert A Sells, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Datacard Corporation, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
209652 ; 271181 ; 271303 ;
Abstract
A card output hopper apparatus (20) receives cards (82) and delivers them to a preselected card tray (42). The output hopper rotatable deflector (52). The deflector (52) is situated in a recieving position to deflect a delivered card (82) toward a card tray (42). The deflector (52) rotates as the card is delivered to drive the card past a retainer (64) and onto a card stack in the card tray (42). The deflector (52) is also rotatable to a receiving position to deflect the card toward an opposing card tray (44).