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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2006
Eric Auboussier, Saint Jean de Braye, FR;
Benoît Berthe, Orleans, FR;
Yannick Suzanne, Chateauneuf sur Loire, FR;
Eric Auboussier, Saint Jean de Braye, FR;
Benoît Berthe, Orleans, FR;
Yannick Suzanne, Chateauneuf sur Loire, FR;
DataCard Corporation, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention concerns a high speed machine for personalizing portable objects, incorporating an integrated circuit comprising at least one memory, the machine comprising a transfer device () for the portable objects to be personalized and a compact rotating drum () containing a plurality of interface electronic circuits, called couplers, each of these couplers being connected to at least one personalization station () comprising at least one linking device with the integrated circuit of a portable object, characterized firstly in that each of these couplers is removably mounted so that it can be adapted to the type of programming used for the personalization data, and secondly in that the personalization stations () are also removable for their adaptation to the type of portable objects () to be personalized and/or to the couplers used, the rotating drum () comprising grooved sections containing a plurality of grooves for latching of the personalization stations ().