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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
James R. Meier, St. Paul, MN (US);
Steven J. Brandt, Savage, MN (US);
Brent D. Lien, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Spencer L. Tapp, Richfield, MN (US);
Assignee:
Fargo Electronics, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/52 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/52 ;
Abstract
A card hopper for holding a stack of identification cards that are to be printed or in other ways processed has an outlet opening on one end through which the cards are fed. The outlet opening is adjustable in size to accommodate cards of different thicknesses by using a control gate that is slidably mounted relative to the hopper and can be adjusted through the use of a cam actuator to change the opening size of the outlet opening. Manual operation is shown using both rotating and sliding cams.