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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
May. 07, 2008
Robert Francis, Savage, MN (US);
Leon Gershenovich, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Mark Oeltjenbruns, Shakopee, MN (US);
Robert Francis, Savage, MN (US);
Leon Gershenovich, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Mark Oeltjenbruns, Shakopee, MN (US);
HID Global Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A credential manufacturing device includes a card supply positioned adjacent to a main card input and configured to hold a plurality of plastic card substrates, a card transport, a card processing device, an auxiliary input and a card rotator. The card transport is configured to feed individual card substrates from the card supply through the main card input and along a processing path. The card processing device is either a print head or a laminating roller and is in line with the processing path. The auxiliary input is displaced from the main card input and the processing path, and positioned in line with an auxiliary input path, which is transverse to the processing path. The auxiliary input is configured to receive individual card substrates for travel along the auxiliary input path. The card rotator is configured to rotate individual card substrates to a plurality of indexed angular orientations including a first orientation, in which the card rotator is oriented to the processing path and a second orientation in which the card rotator is oriented to the auxiliary input path.