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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2002
Martin A. Pribula, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
James R. Meier, Falcon Heights, MN (US);
Stacy W. Lukaskawcez, Shakopee, MN (US);
Gary M. Klinefelter, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Leonid S. Gershenovich, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Gary A. Lenz, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Jeffrey D. Upin, Edina, MN (US);
Fargo Electronics, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to an identification card printer that can be used with a card cartridge that protects a stack of cards stored therein from environmental contamination and establishes a card transport plane, from which other components of the identification card printer can be aligned, independent of the card cartridge. The identification card printer includes a cartridge receiver adapted to receive the card cartridge and a card transport mechanism. The card transport mechanism includes a pair of feed rollers, portions of which extend to the cartridge receiver and define the card transport plane.