Patent ID: 6985167

Claim:
A card cleaner assembly for use in an identification card printer comprising: first and second cleaner pinch rollers adapted to receive a transported card therebetween; first and second tape rollers supporting a cleaning tape loop, the cleaning tape loop sandwiched between the second cleaner pinch roller and the first tape roller and including debris-collecting exterior surface that engages the second cleaner pinch roller; a first bracket for supporting the first and second cleaner pinch rollers and the first tape roller; a second bracket supporting the second tape roller, wherein the first and second brackets are configured in sliding arrangement having a roller release position in which at least one of the first and second cleaner pinch rollers or the first tape roller is removable, and an operating position in which the first and second cleaner pinch rollers are set to clean a transported card; and a biasing mechanism configured to bias the first and second brackets in the operating position.