Patent ID: 9195923
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: B42D,G06K

Abstract:
1. A card personalization machine comprising: a machine housing; a card input whereby a card enters the machine housing; a card transport mechanism within the housing that transports a card along a transport path through the card personalization machine; a card personalization mechanism within the machine housing along the transport path that performs a personalization operation on a card; and a card punch mechanism within the housing at the end of the transport path that creates a punch hole on a card, the card punch mechanism includes a first side and a second side, the first side is closer to the card input and to the card personalization mechanism than the second side is, the card punch mechanism has a card inlet at the first side through which a card to be punched enters the card punch mechanism and a card outlet at the first side through which a card that has been punched exits the card punch mechanism, and the card punch mechanism does not include a card outlet at the second side so that a card does not travel through the second side of the card punch mechanism.