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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brent D. Lien, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Thomas J. Reynolds-Kotz, Burnsville, MN (US);
Assignee:
Fargo Electronics, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/06 ;
Abstract
A card feed drive roller is provided with a drive section that is a soft elastomeric-material which has a coefficient of friction adequate to break away lower cards in a substantial stack of cards and has at least one support section that is of harder material that will limit the amount of compression of the drive section under weight of the card stack. The limitation of the compression of the drive section insures that when an outlet opening is adjusted it will be high enough so one card will always fit through the outlet opening, and multiple cards will not be fed through the opening.