Credit card embossing system, embosser and indent imprinter, and method of operation
US6352206B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 17, 1999 |
| Grant date | Mar 5, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 17, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K13/07
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention is an embossing system, embosser and indent imprinter and method of operation thereof. The invention includes a plurality of stations (34, 36, 40, 42, 44 and 46) including an embossing station (38); a carriage (162) for holding an item (60) to be processed by the system at the plurality of stations including the embossing station; a carriage transport (180) which moves the carriage while holding the item to be processed along a plurality of spaced apart transport paths; and wherein at least one station is disposed on each of the plurality of transport paths and the carriage transport moves the carriage holding the item along the plurality of transport paths to each of the plurality of processing stations at which processing is performed on the item.
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