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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2007
Lyle C. Bungert, Lakeville, MN (US);
Bryan D. B. Hoeve, Farmington, MN (US);
George Harvey, Plymouth, MN (US);
Lyle C. Bungert, Lakeville, MN (US);
Bryan D. B. Hoeve, Farmington, MN (US);
George Harvey, Plymouth, MN (US);
ENTRUST DATACARD CORPORATION, Shakopee, MN (US);
Abstract
Document personalization machines with a mechanism designed to operate as an in-line document puncher/voider. The document personalization machine includes a document personalization mechanism that performs a personalization operation on the document, a document transport mechanism that transports the document along a document path through the document personalization machine and a document punch mechanism that creates a punch hole on the document. The document can be, for example, a card such as a financial (e.g. credit and debit) card, drivers' license, and a national identification document, or another documents such as a passport. A punched hole can, for example, indicate that the document is void, destroy a magnetic stripe, integrated circuit chip or other information storage medium on the document, or provide access for a lanyard, a key ring and the like.