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Patent US8087772 - Identification card printer-assembler for over-the-counter card issuing - Google Patents
The present invention relates to assembling identification documents in an over-the-counter issuing environment. In one implementation of the present invention, we provide an ink jet printer-based assembling system. An identification document substrate receives ink jet printed information. The printed...http://www.google.com/patents/US8087772?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8087772 - Identification card printer-assembler for over-the-counter card issuing
Publication number US8087772 B2
Application number US 12/352,378
Also published as US7824029, US20040066441, US20100020151
Publication number 12352378, 352378, US 8087772 B2, US 8087772B2, US-B2-8087772, US8087772 B2, US8087772B2
Inventors Robert Jones, Daoshen Bi, Dennis Mailloux
Patent Citations (67), Non-Patent Citations (21), Referenced by (7), Classifications (27), Legal Events (3)
Identification card printer-assembler for over-the-counter card issuing
US 8087772 B2
Identification Card Printer-Assembler For Over-The-Counter Card Issuing (Application No. 60/379,646, Inventors: Dennis Mailloux, Daoshen Bi and Robert Jones), filed May 10, 2002; and
Application of pigmented jet inks to ID cards (Application No. 60/379,704, Inventors Daoshen Bi, Dennis Mailloux, and Robert Jones), filed May 10, 2002,
Contact Smart Cards Having a Document Core, Contactless Smart Cards Including Multi-Layered Structure, PET-Based Identification Document, and Methods of Making Same (application Ser. No. 10/329,318, filed Dec. 23, 2002—Inventors Robert Jones, Joseph Anderson, Daoshen Bi, Thomas Regan, and Dermis Mailloux,);
Covert Variable Information on Identification Documents and Methods of Making Same (application Ser. No. 10/330,032, filed Dec. 24, 2002—Inventors: Robert Jones and Daoshen Bi);
Image Processing Techniques for Printing Identification Cards and Documents (application Ser. No. 10/411,354, filed Apr. 9, 2003—Inventors Chuck Duggan and Nelson Schneck)
Shadow Reduction System and Related Techniques for Digital Image Capture (Application No. 60/410,544, filed Sep. 13, 2002—Inventors: Scott D. Haigh and Tuan A. Hoang).
Systems and Methods for Managing and Detecting Fraud in Image Databases Used With Identification Documents (Application No. 60/429,501, filed Nov. 26, 2003—Inventors James V. Howard and Francis Frazier);
Enhanced Shadow Reduction System and Related Technologies for Digital Image Capture (Application No. 60/447,502, filed Feb. 13, 2003—Inventors Scott D. Haigh, Tuan A. Hoang, Charles R. Duggan, David Bohaker, and Leo M. Kenen);
Integrating and Enhancing Searching of Media Content and Biometric Databases (Application No. 60/451,840, filed Mar. 3, 2003);
Optically Variable Devices with Embedded Data for Authentication of Identity Documents (Application No. 60/459,284, filed Mar. 31, 2003—Inventor Robert Jones);
Optically Variable Devices with Encrypted Embedded Data for Authentication of Identity Documents (Application No. 60/463,660, filed Mar. 31, 2003—Inventors Robert Jones and Leo Kenen); and
Image Processing Techniques for Printing Identification Cards and Document (Application no. 60/463,659, filed Mar. 31, 2003 Inventors Robert Jones and Brian Labrec.
Each of the above U.S. Patent documents is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety. The present invention is also related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/747,735, filed Dec. 22, 2000, 09/602,313, filed Jun. 23, 2000, and Ser. No. 10/094,593, 10 filed Mar. 6, 2002, U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/358,321, filed Feb. 19, 2002, as well as U.S. Pat. No. 6,066,594. Each of the above U.S. Patent documents is herein incorporated by reference.
Embodiment 1 Process for Ink Jet Printing an Identification Document
Embodiment 2 Dual Ink let Printing Process
A common lamination material includes polycarbonate or polyester. Most frequently, such laminates include an adhesive layer or coating, such as EVA, EVA blends, etc. The laminator 205 receives laminate in the form of continuous webs from upper laminate supply 212 a and lower laminate supply 212 b. The laminate webs are fed from the supplies 212 a and 212 b via guide rolls 210 a and 210 b, respectively. The laminate webs are preheated with upper and lower preheating rollers 208 a and 208 b. An adhesive side of the laminate preferably faces (and contacts) the preheating rollers 208 a and 208 b. The preheating rollers 208 a and 208 b heat their respective laminates so as to bring the temperature of the laminate adhesive slightly below an activation temperature (around 170° F.) of the adhesive (e.g., between about 5-20° F. below the activation temperature). The preheating temperature is preferably such that the laminate material (e.g., amorphous polyester) does not soften to a point where it would unduly stretch from the preheating rollers 208 a and 208 b to the laminator roller 206. Laminator rolls 206 a and 206 h provide heat to activate the laminate adhesive, and press the upper and lower laminate onto respective upper and lower sides of the printed substrate sheet. In one implementation the laminator rollers 206 raise the laminate temperature from the activation temperature to about 230-240° F. In another implementation, we maintain our preheating rollers 208 a and 208 b between 150-180° F., and our laminator rollers 206 between 250-330° F. Since the speed of lamination is proportional to the lamination temperature (e.g., hotter is faster), in some implementations we raise the laminator rolls 206 above 330° F.
Embodiment 3 Dual Ink jet Printing Process with Alternate Printer Configurations
Embodiment 4 Dual Ink Jet Printing Process with Alternate Laminator
Embodiment 5 Single Ink Jet Printing Process
Embodiment 6 Ink Jet Printing with Carrier Supported Laminates
We note that the carrier web 600 including the bonded or carried laminate patches 606 over the carrier web windows, can be introduced to the laminator 205 in roll form (e.g., replacing the laminate web supply 212 a and 212 b shown in FIGS. 2 and 3). As an alternative, the carrier web is feed through a guide roller (e.g., rollers 210 a and 210 b) from a box or other source of fan-folded laminate patches on carrier web. In this alternative implementation, the source of fan-folded laminate patches 606 on carrier web 600 replaces the upper and lower laminate supply 212 a and 212 b.
The orientation of the card and laminate patches 606 is not limited to that illustrated in FIGS. 9 an 10. FIGS. 11A-11B are illustrative examples of sheet and print directions for first and second travel orientations, in accordance with embodiments of the invention. For the example of ID documents having a substantially rectangular shape, the windows 602 can be oriented on the carrier web 600 such that the long axis of the ID document travels in the machine direction (long orientation, FIG. 11 A) or such that the short axis of the card travels in the machine direction (short orientation, FIG. 11B).
We note that the pull rollers 206 a and 206 b can be replaced with a pin or notch-based conveyance system in this third embodiment. A pin or notch system can also be optionally used in the printer paths 203 and 204 b.
As an alternative implementation, the substrate is provided as a roll (e.g., web), instead of sheets. The system then includes a sheet cutter to cut a substrate at some point 20 prior to the printing process.
Embodiment 7 Additional Alternative Implementation
Embodiment 8 Rotary Table or Linear Carriage Using Platen Lamination
Embodiment 9 Semi-Automated Process
Embodiment 10 Injection Molding Process
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U.S. Classification 347/104, 347/101, 347/2
International Classification B41M5/50, B41J3/00, B41M5/00, B41J13/12, B41J3/60, B41J11/00, B42D15/10, B41J2/01
Cooperative Classification B42D25/435, B41J2/01, B42D25/475, B41J11/0015, B42D25/45, B42D25/40, B42D25/23, B41M7/0027, B42D25/00, B41J3/60, B41M5/508, B41J13/12
European Classification B41J11/00C, B41J3/60, B41J13/12, B42D15/10
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