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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2014
Applicant:
Datacard Corporation, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Inventors:
Richard C. Nubson, Lakeville, MN (US);
David A. Adkins, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Timothy J. Flitsch, Lakeville, MN (US);
Assignee:
ENTRUST DATACARD CORPORATION, Shakopee, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D 1/04 (2006.01); B26D 5/00 (2006.01); B26D 5/34 (2006.01); B26D 7/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D 1/04 (2013.01); B26D 5/007 (2013.01); B26D 5/34 (2013.01); B26D 7/018 (2013.01); B26F 2210/06 (2013.01); Y10T 83/0259 (2015.04); Y10T 156/1052 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1348 (2015.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for utilizing a trimming device to trim an edge of a plastic card having round corners, are provided. The plastic card has an overlay laminated on a major surface of the plastic card. The periphery of the overlay overhangs the edge of the plastic card. The trimming device trims the overhanging part of the laminated overlay by moving the trimming device along the edge of the personalized document in a direction generally parallel to the major surface of the plastic card.