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Apparatus for making a magnetically readable card

US6481994B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMay 13, 1999
Grant dateNov 19, 2002
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Expiry dateMay 13, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/25
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention includes an apparatus for making a magnetically readable card. The apparatus includes a mechanism for providing a polymeric extrudable substrate material and one or more magnetic strips. The substrate is extruded in an extruder. The apparatus also includes a mechanism wherein the magnetic strips are aligned and coextruded with the polymeric substrate in the extruder to form a continuous length of magnetic strips and polymeric material.

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