Patent ID: 11858009
Assignee: ENTRUST CORPORATION
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 11:
12. A card/carrier combination handling system, comprising:
a card/carrier combination production system that includes a card personalization system that is configured to personalize plastic cards, a carrier form printer that is configured to generate printed carrier forms, a card fixing mechanism that is configured to fix at least one personalized card to a printed carrier form to produce a card/carrier combination, and a folding mechanism that is configured to fold a card/carrier combination to produce a folded card/carrier combination;
the card/carrier combination production system further includes an output from which folded card/carrier combinations produced therein are output one-by-one; and
a card/carrier combination sorter system connected to the output of the card/carrier combination production system, the card/carrier combination sorter system includes:
an input configured to receive a plurality of the folded card/carrier combinations one-by-one into the card/carrier combination sorter system;
a transport path extending from the input along which the plurality of folded card/carrier combinations are transported in the card/carrier combination sorter system;
at least one bin that is configured to receive select ones of the plurality of folded card/carrier combinations; and
a diverter disposed along the transport path that is engageable with the folded card/carrier combinations to divert the select ones of the plurality of folded card/carrier combinations from the transport path into the at least one bin.