Patents by Inventor Jerry L. Steinbach

Jerry L. Steinbach has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Desktop card printer
    Patent number: 8702328
    Abstract: A desktop card print having an improved automatic card feed hopper that employs a card picking mechanism that includes an automatic gate mechanism in combination with a card edge assist picker while providing a card exception slot for manual feeding of a card, a removable ribbon cassette that employs a magnetic encoder mechanism for tracking the motion of a ribbon mounted on the ribbon cassette, a scanning station that is configured and arranged to capture an image of one or more surfaces of the card as it passes the scanner, and a power take-off (PTO) gear adjacent the rear end of the printer for use in driving an additional processing mechanism to be mounted at the rear of the printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: DataCard Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Charles Cronin, Peter David Schuller, David Evert Wickstrom, Lyle Cecil Bungert, Jerry L. Steinbach
  • DESKTOP CARD PRINTER
    Publication number: 20110217109
    Abstract: A desktop card print having an improved automatic card feed hopper that employs a card picking mechanism that includes an automatic gate mechanism in combination with a card edge assist picker while providing a card exception slot for manual feeding of a card, a removable ribbon cassette that employs a magnetic encoder mechanism for tracking the motion of a ribbon mounted on the ribbon cassette, a scanning station that is configured and arranged to capture an image of one or more surfaces of the card as it passes the scanner, and a power take-off (PTO) gear adjacent the rear end of the printer for use in driving an additional processing mechanism to be mounted at the rear of the printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: DATACARD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patrick Charles Cronin, Peter David Schuller, David Evert Wickstrom, Lyle Cecil Bungert, Jerry L. Steinbach