System and method for cleaning data bearing cards

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5401111
SERIAL NO

08020005

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An apparatus and method are described for removing particulate matter from one or more surfaces of a workpiece, such as a credit card blank, prior to printing a graphic design thereon. The apparatus includes a pair of cleaning rollers which engage both sides of the card, the cleaning rollers having an adhesive coating for removing loose particulate matter from the surfaces of the card. The apparatus also includes a stripper system for stripping collected particulate matter away from the cleaning rollers after a predetermined number of cards have been cleaned.

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DATACARD CORPORATIONMINNETONKA MN 55343

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Carney, Glenn R Eagan, MN 5 333
Caron, Paul R Tiverton, RI 25 831
DeBleeckere, Luc Crystal, MN 4 101
Howes, Ronald B Minneapolis, MN 5 99
Moeller, Gretchen J Plymouth, MN 3 99
Nubson, Richard C Eden Prairie, MN 19 864
Sannel, Benjamin H St. Louis Park, MN 15 406
Schofield, Harold D Naragansett, RI 8 209
Squires, Milo B Minneapolis, MN 14 172
Warwick, Dennis J Richfield, MN 21 496
Wickstrom, David E St. Louis Park, MN 11 214

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