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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2016
Assa Abloy Ab, Stockholm, SE;
Jeffrey Stangler, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
James Rieck, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Russell Ericson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assa Abloy AB, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A credential production device includes a printing device, a laminating device, a transfer ribbon accumulator, a processing assembly, and a frame. The printing device is configured to print an image to the transfer ribbon. The laminating device is configured to transfer printed images from the transfer ribbon to a substrate. The transfer ribbon accumulator adjusts a length of a portion of a ribbon path, along which the transfer ribbon is routed, in response to different transfer ribbon feed rates. The processing assembly supports the transfer ribbon, at least a portion of the printing device or a portion of the laminating device, and at least a first portion of the transfer ribbon accumulator. The frame supports the second portion of the transfer ribbon accumulator. The processing assembly and the frame are configured to move relative to each other between first and second positions.