Patent ID: 11858774
Assignee: DMT SOLUTIONS GLOBAL CORPORATION
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A system for folding a carrier that has at least one card attached thereto, the system comprising:
a paper inlet for receiving a carrier having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the carrier comprising at least one card attached thereto;
a paper path defined, in part, by an interface of one or more drive belts operably coupled to a drive motor configured to cause the one or more drive belts to advance the carrier along the paper path from the paper inlet;
a paper guide positioned along the paper path downstream from the paper inlet;
a feeding nip formed at an interface of a first roller and a second roller and positioned downstream from the paper guide and configured to receive the first portion of the carrier as the carrier advances along the paper path;
a folding nip formed at an interface of the second roller and a third roller and downstream from the feeding nip; and
a movable fold chute configured to transition between a first position and a second position, wherein:
when in the first position, an inner lumen of the fold chute is aligned with the feeding nip and configured to receive at least the first portion of the carrier from the feeding nip without the attached card being bent; and
when in the second position, movement of the fold chute causes a buckle to be formed in the second portion of the carrier and the inner lumen of the fold chute is aligned with the folding nip such that the buckled second portion of the carrier is ingested into the folding nip to thereby create a fold in the second portion without folding the at least one attached card.