Anti-jamming laminator

A laminator for laminating thermal film and paper, the laminator comprising:

• an upper support bracket that operably mounts an upper roller, the upper roller having a plurality of grooves axially spaced along the upper roller;
• an upper paper guide having a roller-receiving channel shaped to receive the upper roller at least partially therethrough;
• an upper plate mounted on the upper paper guide over the roller-receiving channel, the upper plate having a plurality of plate apertures spaced by connecting ribs, the connecting ribs being sized and positioned along the axial direction of the upper roller to each fit within one of the plurality of grooves of the upper roller;
• and
• a lower support bracket that operably mounts a lower roller;
• a lower paper guide having a roller-receiving channel shaped to receive the lower roller at least partially therethrough;
• a plurality of grooves axially spaced along the lower roller, and a lower plate mounted on the lower paper guide over the roller-receiving channel, the lower plate having a plurality of plate apertures spaced by connecting ribs, the connecting ribs being sized and positioned along the axial direction of the lower roller to each fit within one of the plurality of grooves of the lower roller;
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• wherein the upper and lower support brackets are positioned adjacent each other so that the upper and lower paper guides form a laminating paper feeder inlet for receiving the paper and the thermal film, and a laminate paper extruder outlet opposite the laminating paper feeder inlet, that allows the paper and the thermal film to exit the laminator.