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Card-cleaning assembly for card printing devices

  • US 20050052491A1
  • Filed: 03/24/2004
  • Published: 03/10/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A card-cleaning assembly for a printer, comprising:

  • a card-cleaning means comprising a card-cleaning roller mounted to a frame of the printer, and adjacent to a surface of the card so that the roller collects debris from the card surface; and

    a cleaning means for removing debris from the card-cleaning roller, the cleaning means, comprising;

    (i) a pivot arm pivotably attached to the printer frame; and

    (ii) an adhesive tape cartridge mounted to the pivot arm, the tape cartridge including a supply tape core and a take up tape core;

    wherein a force exerted on the pivot arm causes the arm to pivot so that the tape cartridge and cleaning roller engage each other, and the tape removes debris from the roller as the tape is peeled from the supply tape core to the take up tape core and the cleaning roller rotates.

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