Printer belt drive for moving a card
US5685657A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 23, 1996 |
| Grant date | Nov 11, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 23, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J3/60
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a transport for cards to be repeatedly scan printed with component colors. In the transport, a pair of belt rollers are fixed axially parallel in a frame, the belt rollers defining circumferential annular aligned grooves. Belts encircle the belt rollers, positioned in the grooves, and extend to define a virtual working bed on which the card is moved to be printed. Pinch rollers retain the card fixed to the belts. In sequence, cards are cleaned, magnetically processed and printed.
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