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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2011
Patrick Charles Cronin, Bloomington, MN (US);
Peter David Schuller, Elko, MN (US);
David Evert Wickstrom, Bloomington, MN (US);
Lyle Cecil Bungert, Lakeville, MN (US);
Jerry L. Steinbach, Champlin, MN (US);
Patrick Charles Cronin, Bloomington, MN (US);
Peter David Schuller, Elko, MN (US);
David Evert Wickstrom, Bloomington, MN (US);
Lyle Cecil Bungert, Lakeville, MN (US);
Jerry L. Steinbach, Champlin, MN (US);
DataCard Corporation, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Abstract
A desktop card print having an improved automatic card feed hopper that employs a card picking mechanism that includes an automatic gate mechanism in combination with a card edge assist picker while providing a card exception slot for manual feeding of a card, a removable ribbon cassette that employs a magnetic encoder mechanism for tracking the motion of a ribbon mounted on the ribbon cassette, a scanning station that is configured and arranged to capture an image of one or more surfaces of the card as it passes the scanner, and a power take-off (PTO) gear adjacent the rear end of the printer for use in driving an additional processing mechanism to be mounted at the rear of the printer.