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Card flipper

US11034536B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18References

19Claims

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Assignee

ASSA ABLOY AB · SE

Inventors

Ted M. Hoffman · Eden Prairie, US
Tanya Jegeris Snyder · Edina, US
John P. Skoglund · Prior Lake, US
Phillip Umberger · Jordan, US
Evan Pastor · Edina, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 1, 2019
Grant date	Jun 15, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 2, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65H2701/1914
WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A card flipper includes a frame, a receptacle, and a motor. The receptacle is supported by the frame for a rotation about a flipping axis. The receptacle is configured to support a card in a support plane and receive and discharge cards along a card feed axis. The motor is configured to drive rotation of the receptacle, the support plane and the card feed axis about the flipping axis. The flipping axis is oblique to the card feed axis and is displaced from the support plane.

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