US 6,981,536 B2 | ||
Laminator swing arm assembly | ||
Brent D. Lien, Minneapolis, Minn. (US); and Ted M. Hoffman, Eden Prairie, Minn. (US) | ||
Assigned to Fargo Electronics, Inc., Eden Prairie, Minn. (US) | ||
Filed on Apr. 18, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/418,730. | ||
Claims priority of provisional application 60/373980, filed on Apr. 19, 2002. | ||
Prior Publication US 2004/0003899 A1, Jan. 08, 2004 | ||
Int. Cl. B32B 31/00 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 156—378 | 30 Claims |
1. A swing arm assembly for use in a card laminator having a frame, the swing arm assembly comprising:
a swing frame rotatably mountable to the frame for pivotal movement relative to the frame between open and closed positions;
a laminating roller mounted to the swing frame;
a motor mounted to the swing frame and configured to drive a roller actuator to move the laminating roller relative to the
swing frame between a laminating position and a recessed position; and
a sensor mounted to the swing frame and configured to sense a position of the roller actuator.
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