Patent ID: 6645347
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: B30B,B32B

Abstract:
Press for manufacturing laminated plastic cards from several films to be pressed together, comprising two compression plates (2,3) which are movable in relation to each other and which are heatable and/or coolable and are adapted to receive the films (11) to be pressed in a compression slot, whereby a compression pad (4,5) and a pressure plate (9, 10) are arranged between the films and at least one of the compression plates, and the compression pad (4,5) is connected with an exterior of said at least one compression plate (2,3) by a fastening device (6a,6b/7a,7b) so that the pad (4,5) is held on to and moves up and down with said at least one compression plate (2,3) of the press;wherein the compression pad (4,5) has at least one edge that projects laterally beyond the compression plate (2,3), and the projecting edge is fixed under tensile stress; and, wherein the at least one projecting edge of the compression pad (4,5) is held in a clamp (6b, 7b), which is adjustable approximately parallel to a contact surface of the compression plate (2,3) to provide the tensile stress to the compression pad (4, 5).