Card printing apparatus

Details Card printing apparatus Card printing apparatus

1995-03-13

1997-09-16

Hilten, John S.

Typewriting machines

Typing by other than type-face or type-die

Thermal

40012017, 400525, B41J 2315

Patent

active

056673167

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for printing plastic cards consists of a thermal transfer printing station including ribbon and a thermal printhead for printing an image on a receptor surface of a receptor card, and a guided carriage for transporting the receptor card beneath the thermal printhead. The carriage includes a resilient surface for receiving the receptor card with a receptor surface facing upwardly. The carriage is guided on a pair of rails, and is driven by a threaded rod which passes through a threaded bore in the carriage, wherein rotation of the threaded rod by a motor causes movement of the carriage along the guide rails. The apparatus further includes a hopper for storing a plurality of cards for printing, and a cleaning station for cleaning the receptor surface of the card prior to printing. The threaded-rod driven carriage insures proper registration and tracking of the receptor card as it passes underneath the printhead.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5080512 (1992-01-01), Schofield et al.
patent: 5281038 (1994-01-01), Schofield et al.

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