公开(公告)号：US09931874B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-03

申请号：US15349719

申请日：2016-11-11

Applicant: Entrust Datacard Corporation

Inventor： Arthur J. Paulson ,  James A. Kalthoff ,  Alexander K. Zaborowski ,  Bryan D. Hoeve

IPC: B41J33/16 ,  B65H75/10 ,  B65H75/18

CPC classification number: B41J33/16 ,  B65H75/10 ,  B65H75/185

Abstract: A mounting of a ribbon supply on a re-useable cartridge is described where the mounting is designed so that the supply friction, supply and control of the ribbon supply are substantially independent of the cartridge. When the supply rolls are initially mounted on the cartridge, the supply rolls are frictionally engaged with the cartridge to reduce the tendency for the supply rolls to rotate or move prior to being loaded into the printer, which would loosen the ribbon material by unwinding, thereby reducing slack in the ribbon material. When the cartridge is loaded into a card personalization machine, features on the card personalization machine automatically reduce the frictional engagement between the supply rolls and the cartridge, permitting the supply rolls to rotate substantially freely relative to the cartridge so that the supply friction, supply and control are substantially independent of the cartridge.

公开(公告)号：US10699509B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-30

申请号：US15616184

申请日：2017-06-07

Applicant: ENTRUST DATACARD CORPORATION

Inventor： Alexander K. Zaborowski ,  David E. Wickstrom ,  Patrick C. Cronin ,  Rajesh K. Juriasingani

IPC: G07F7/08 ,  G07F19/00 ,  G06Q20/34 ,  B41J13/12 ,  G06K13/08 ,  B65H3/24

Abstract: A card mechanism used in an array with other card mechanisms. Each card mechanism handles plastic cards that are to be personalized and provided to end users. The plastic cards can be cards such as financial cards including credit and debit cards, identification cards, driver's licenses, and other plastic cards that are personalized. The card mechanism(s) can supply cards to be personalized in one or more other card mechanisms and/or in a card personalization machine used with the card mechanism(s) in which case the card mechanism(s) is configured as a card input hopper, collect cards that have been personalized in which case the card mechanism is configured as a card output hopper, and/or perform one or more personalization operations on the cards in which case the card mechanism is configured as a card personalization mechanism.

公开(公告)号：US10668714B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-02

申请号：US15801974

申请日：2017-11-02

Applicant: ENTRUST DATACARD CORPORATION

Inventor： Alexander K. Zaborowski ,  Craig Berry ,  Rajesh K. Juriasingani

IPC: B41F16/00 ,  B42D25/46 ,  B42D25/47 ,  B42D25/455 ,  B42D25/20 ,  B42D25/23 ,  B42D25/24

Abstract: Retransfer printing methods and systems are described where a variable stripping process is utilized while stripping all or a portion of the retransfer film (also known as intermediate transfer media) from the surface of a substrate. The variable stripping process includes stripping the retransfer film from different sections of the substrate surface while applying different tensions to the retransfer film and/or at different transport speeds of the retransfer film and the substrate.