Card Cartridge
AssigneeFargo Electronics, Inc.
InventorsMartin A. Pribula, James R. Meier, Stacy W. Lukaskawcez, Anthony L. Lokken, Gary A. Lenz, Jeffrey D. Upin, Gary M. Klinefelter
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Abstract
A card cartridge includes a housing having a pair of opposing side walls, a top, a front wall, a back wall opposite the front wall, and a base. The housing includes an interior cavity that is sized to accommodate a stack of cards, a card access, and a card output slot. The card access allows a card transport mechanism to engage a lead card contained in the housing and feed the lead card through the card output slot.
Claims42
A card cartridge for use with an identification card printer comprising a housing having an interior cavity that is sized to accommodate a stack of cards, the housing including a pair of opposing side walls, a top, a front wall, a back wall opposite the front wall, a base, a card access, through which a card transport mechanism can engage a lead card, and a card output slot.
A card cartridge for use with an identification card printer comprising:
- a housing having an interior cavity that is sized to accommodate a stack of cards, the housing including a pair of opposing side walls, a top, a front wall, a back wall opposite the front wall, a base, a card access, through which a card transport mechanism can engage a lead card of an enclosed stack of cards, and a card output slot;
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- a biasing mechanism adapted to apply a force to an end card of the stack of cards and direct the lead card toward the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.