ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,634, issued on June 9, was assigned to Evolis SAS (Beaucouze, France).
"Card feeder for a card processing machine" was invented by Serge Olivier (Briollay, France), Benoit Letard (Bellevigne-en Layon, France) and Yves Liatard (Nantes, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A card feeder including a frame, a reservoir receiving a stack of cards, a separation system including a separation roll, a ballast movable on the frame between a support position on the top of the stack and a stowed position on one side of the stack, a door movable on the frame between an open position and a closed position, a transmission system for moving the ball...