Credit card cutting machine and associated method for cutting
CA 2503514 A1 · Owner: Discover Financial Services Llc · Inventors: Machnowski, Nicole Marie; Wilson, Kimberly Sue; Stuckel, Robert W.
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A machine (10) is provided for cutting credit cards debit cards or special , value cards to an unconventional size or shape or altenatively to a smaller rectangular size. The machine includes a feed device (12), a first conveyor , (18) with a plurality of nests (26) for receiving cards from the feed device and transporting them individually to a cutting station (24) a cutting device , (32,34) for cutting the cards and a delivery device (40) for removing the cut cards from the cutting station.
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- Filed September 25, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 25, 2023.
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