US 2015/0085047 A1Published application

Card production system inserter with insert printer

AssigneeDataCard Corporation

InventorsBrian Beech, Thomas J. Wagener

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Abstract

Systems, mechanisms, and methods are described that relate to the production of a custom printed insert(s) that can be custom printed prior to insertion of the custom printed insert(s) into an envelope along with a personalized card/carrier combination for mailing to the intended holder of the personalized card. The inserts are custom printed using an insert printer that is located in the inserter mechanism that is used to insert the insert(s) and the card/carrier combination into an envelope for mailing to an end user of the card. The inserter mechanism can have an “off-line” configuration, i.e. configured as a stand-alone mechanism, or configured for “in-line” use, i.e. used together with other mechanisms.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A card production system, comprising:

a card personalization system that is configured to personalize plastic cards and output personalized plastic cards;
a card fixing mechanism connected to the card personalization system and receiving the personalized plastic cards therefrom, the card fixing mechanism is configured to attach one or more personalized cards received thereby to an associated carrier form to produce a card/carrier combination;
a form folding mechanism connected to the card fixing mechanism and receiving the card/carrier combination therefrom, the form folding mechanism is configured to fold the card/carrier combination and output the folded card/carrier combination;
and
an inserter mechanism connected to the form folding mechanism and receiving the folded card/carrier combination therefrom, the inserter mechanism includes at least one hopper that is configured to contain a plurality of inserts to be printed on and an insert printing mechanism associated with the hopper and receiving an insert from the hopper to print on the received insert to produce a custom printed insert, and the inserter mechanism is configured to match the custom printed insert with the folded card/carrier combination.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/496,334Filed 25 Sep 2014
Priority: 25 Sep 2013
Published: 26 Mar 2015
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Classification9 codes

B41J 13/12
Sheet holders, retainers , movable guides, or stationary guides: specially adapted for small cards, envelopes, or the like , e.g. credit cards,…
B41F 17/00
Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not
B41J 2/01
Characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material: ink jet
B42D 5/027
Continuous form sets: sheets or cards attached to a carrier strip or web

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Application61/882,401Us provisional application · filed 25 Sep 2013
US 9,415,580 B2Related patent
US 2015/0085047 A1This patent

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