Patent ID: 7832445

Claim:
A laminator assembly comprising a pair of rollers, the rollers defining a compression zone therebetween for compressing a substantially flat lamination pouch as the pouch is fed between the rollers and advanced through the compression zone for exit on the exit side of the rollers, a heat source being provided for heating the lamination pouch as the lamination pouch is compressed between the rollers, the laminator assembly further comprising first and second sets of blade members positioned on the exit side of the rollers and spaced from a compression-plane of the rollers, each set of blade members being arranged axially along a respective roller and in close proximity to an exterior surface of the respective roller for preventing the lamination pouch from passing between the roller and respective blade members; wherein the blade members of the first set of blade members are out of axial alignment with the blade members of the second set of blade members.