Patent ID: 9180706
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A credential production device comprising: a frame having a cartridge chamber; a substrate input; a substrate transport configured to deliver individual substrates from the substrate input along a processing path; a support member having a first end and a second end, the support member pivotally coupled to the frame at a first axis located between the first end and the second end such that the support member is divided into a first portion extending from the first axis to the first end and a second portion extending from the first axis to the second end; and a transfer roller coupled to the first portion of the support member and configured to rotate about a transfer roller axis, which is perpendicular to the first axis; wherein the transfer roller is supported within the cartridge chamber during installation of a transfer ribbon cartridge into the cartridge chamber and removal of a transfer ribbon cartridge from the cartridge chamber.