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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2007
Applicants:
Ted M. Hoffman, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Jeffrey L. Stangler, Eagan, MN (US);
John P. Skoglund, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Ted M. Hoffman, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Jeffrey L. Stangler, Eagan, MN (US);
John P. Skoglund, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Fargo Electronics, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/58 (2006.01); B41J 13/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A credential production device is provided. The credential production device includes a card holder. The card holder includes a housing having a base and a card press. The card press is configured to apply a load to a top card of a stack of cards supported above the base. The load includes a perpendicular load component oriented perpendicularly to the base and having a magnitude that increases as a thickness of the stack of cards decreases.