Title:
CARD STACK LIFTER AND EXCEPTION FEED
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002001493
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A printer (10) for printing identification cards, in particular, is provided with a hopper (38, 40) for holding a stack (65A, 67A) of cards (65, 67) to be printed. A card feeder (66) will feed one card at a time from the hopper (38, 40). The hopper (38, 40) is mounted so that it can be moved away from the card feeder (66) and provide a space (110) into which a single card (112) can be manually fed to the card feeder (66) for processing and printing. The hopper (38, 40) then can be returned to its normal feeding position after the single card (112) has been printed.
Inventors:
MEIER JAMES R
Application Number:
PCT/US2001/020295
Publication Date:
April 11, 2002
Filing Date:
June 26, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
FARGO ELECTRONICS INC (US)
International Classes:
B41J13/00; B65H1/06; B65H1/28; B65H3/44; B65H11/00; G06K13/08; G06K13/103; G06K13/14; (IPC1-7): G06K13/08; B65H1/06
Foreign References:
| EP0774732A2 | 1997-05-21 | |||
| US5299796A | 1994-04-05 | |||
| US4783064A | 1988-11-08 |
Other References:
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 010, no. 183 (P - 472) 26 June 1986 (1986-06-26)
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 007, no. 199 (M - 240) 3 September 1983 (1983-09-03)
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 007, no. 199 (M - 240) 3 September 1983 (1983-09-03)
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