Card substrate laminating device

US10688764B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ASSA ABLOY AB · SE

Inventors

• John P. Skoglund · Prior Lake, US
• Michael Woizeschke · Bloomington, US
• Ted M. Hoffman · Eden Prairie, US
• Tanya Jegeris Snyder · Edina, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 2, 2015
• Grant date: Jun 23, 2020
• Expiry date: Oct 2, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T156/1744
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A card substrate laminating device includes a transfer ribbon and a transfer roller. The transfer ribbon includes a carrier layer and a transfer layer attached to the carrier layer. The transfer roller is configured to heat and transfer a portion of the transfer layer from the carrier layer to a surface of a card substrate. The transfer roller has a circumference that is less than one-half of a length of the card substrate.