Patent ID: 6106624
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: B41F,B42D,Y10T

Abstract:
A tipper apparatus for pigmenting the embossed section of a card, comprising:a card feeder for feeding a card;a pusher for pressing a color ribbon against an embossed section of the card being fed;a ribbon driver for advancing and winding the color ribbon; anda controller for controlling [the] said card feeder and said ribbon driver on the basis of tipping signals received from a host apparatus, transporting the card and the effective section of the ribbon to said pusher, and actuating said pusher;wherein said controller comprises:a color selector for performing a control routine such that said ribbon driver is controlled when a tipping color has been specified by the host apparatus, and a color area of the same color as the tipping color is selected from a plurality of color areas on the color ribbon and is transported to said pusher; anda pressure setter for setting [the] a mode of operation for said pusher in accordance with the tipping color specified by the host apparatus, wherein the mode of operation comprises for each tipping color a temperature, a pressing time, and a pressure exerted on the color ribbon by said pusher.