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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2003
Lyle C. Bungert, Lakeville, MN (US);
Brian Clemens, Chicago, IL (US);
Brett Ryan Johnson, Roseville, MN (US);
Jennifer Astwood, Robbinsdale, MN (US);
Charles Austen Angell, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Lyle C. Bungert, Lakeville, MN (US);
Brian Clemens, Chicago, IL (US);
Brett Ryan Johnson, Roseville, MN (US);
Jennifer Astwood, Robbinsdale, MN (US);
Charles Austen Angell, Minneapolis, MN (US);
DataCard Corporation, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Abstract
Improvements that facilitate loading of supply items into data bearing identification or financial document production equipment. Supply items include web materials that are used in data bearing identification or financial document production equipment, and which are supplied from a supply cylinder and wound onto a take-up cylinder after use. Examples of supply items include monochromatic and multi-color print ribbons, webs that carry laminate patches, cleaning tape, and other web materials that are used up during use of the equipment. Data bearing identification or financial document production equipment include thermal printers, laminators and combinations thereof, and other equipment that utilize supply items.