摘要 |
A card inverter (10) or "flipper" is used in connection with card printers (14) and laminators (20) for inverting cards (18) which are to be printed and/or laminated on two sides, so that after operations on one side have been completed, the card (18) can be inverted and fed back to the processing stations for processing the second side of the card. This can be done with cards that are being programmed, for example, "Smart Cards" that will be moved to different stations for processing, and also can be used in connection with lamination stations (20) where the card (14) will be printed on two sides, and then a laminate film layer placed over both sides of the card. The card inverter (10) or flipper is supported about a central axis that bisects the plane of the card (18), and the inversion is about this axis so that the card plane is maintained in the first position of the card (18) as well as the inverted position of the card (18).
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