Milo B Squires

US Patent:

6726144, Apr 27, 2004

Filed:

Dec 2, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/308238

Inventors:

Milo B. Squires - Chaska MN

Assignee:

DataCard Corporation - Minneapolis MN

International Classification:

B65H 1810

US Classification:

2425976, 2426112, 400242

Abstract:

Core and spindle technology for use with ribbon materials. The invention has use in many environments in which a ribbon or sheet material is wound onto a core, for example in printers and related equipment used to produce data bearing identity documents. The core and spindle are constructed to prevent the core from locking on the spindle as a result of the core contracting as ribbon material is wound onto the core. The core and spindle permits contraction of the core without squeezing or binding the core to the spindle, so that the core can easily be removed from the spindle once the ribbon is wound onto the core.

US Patent:

6963351, Nov 8, 2005

Filed:

Dec 2, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/308244

Inventors:

Milo B. Squires - Chaska MN, US
Roger D. McCumber - Minnetonka MN, US
Paul M. Kienitz - Maple Grove MN, US
Jeffrey A. Davie - Ham Lake MN, US
Arthur Paulson - Minneapolis MN, US
Bill Myntti - Elk River MN, US
Luc G Debleeckere - Plymouth MN, US

Assignee:

DataCard Corporation - Minnetonka MN

International Classification:

B41J032/00

US Classification:

347214

Abstract:

Improvements relating to identification tags on consumable supply items used in identity document production equipment. The use of identification tags on the consumable supply items allows the document production equipment to recognize the consumable supply items that are loaded into each piece of equipment. The equipment can then initiate a variety of activities that are based on the loaded supply item. The activities are designed to enhance the operation of the equipment for the equipment operator and to provide added value to those customers who utilize consumable supply items that are recognized by the equipment.

US Patent:

7342597, Mar 11, 2008

Filed:

Jun 7, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/146611

Inventors:

Milo B. Squires - Chaska MN, US
Roger D. McCumber - Minnetonka MN, US
Jeffrey A. Davie - Ham Lake MN, US
Arthur Paulson - Minneapolis MN, US
Bill Myntti - Elk River MN, US
Luc G. Debleeckere - Plymouth MN, US

Assignee:

DataCard Corporation - Minnetonka MN

International Classification:

B41J 32/00

US Classification:

347214

Abstract:

Improvements relating to identification tags on consumable supply items used in identity document production equipment. The use of identification tags on the consumable supply items allows the document production equipment to recognize the consumable supply items that are loaded into each piece of equipment. The equipment can then initiate a variety of activities that are based on the loaded supply item. The activities are designed to enhance the operation of the equipment for the equipment operator and to provide added value to those customers who utilize consumable supply items that are recognized by the equipment.

US Patent:

7441970, Oct 28, 2008

Filed:

Nov 10, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/271599

Inventors:

Milo B Squires - Chaska MN, US
Dennis J. Warwick - Richfield MN, US
Richard C. Nubson - Eden Prairie MN, US

Assignee:

DataCard Corporation - Minnetonka MN

International Classification:

B41J 35/08

US Classification:

400234, 400238

Abstract:

Identity document processing equipment with a mechanism designed to maintain tension in a ribbon used in a processing operation in the processing equipment. The tension maintaining mechanism is separate from the supply roll and the take-up roll for the ribbon, eliminating the need for clutches or brakes attached to the supply or take-up rolls to achieve tensioning. Since the tension maintaining mechanism is separate from the supply roll and the take-up roll, the inertia of the supply roll or the take-up roll does not affect the tension on the ribbon during use of the processing equipment.

US Patent:

7458515, Dec 2, 2008

Filed:

Apr 21, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/111456

Inventors:

Milo B. Squires - Chaska MN, US

Assignee:

DataCard Corporation - Minnetonka MN

International Classification:

F16C 13/00

US Classification:

235486, 492 56

Abstract:

A system and method for personalizing cards and other secure identification documents. The card personalization system and method provide improved data integrity, system reliability, and system performance. Improvements to card handling and processing within the modules, improved card transfer between modules, improvements to control of the modules, and other improvements are set forth, all of which contribute, individually and collectively, to achieving these goals.

US Patent:

8079105, Dec 20, 2011

Filed:

Nov 7, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/557212

Inventors:

Milo B. Squires - Chaska MN, US
Timothy J. Flitsch - Lakeville MN, US

Assignee:

DataCard Corporation - Minnetonka MN

International Classification:

B08B 1/02

US Classification:

15 3, 15102, 151035, 1525651

Abstract:

A cleaning mechanism for cleaning one or both side surfaces of a plastic card substrate prior to a processing operation occurring on the cleaned side surface. The cleaning mechanism is designed so that two cleaning rollers, one cleaning roller on a first cleaning station and one cleaning roller on a second cleaning station, are simultaneously cleaned by a single cleaning tape assembly.

US Patent:

20130032587, Feb 7, 2013

Filed:

Apr 26, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/641826

Inventors:

Timothy J. Flitsch - Lakeville MN, US
Richard C. Nubson - Eden Prairie MN, US
Milo B. Squires - Chaska MN, US
Jeanette E. Jordan - Eagan MN, US

Assignee:

DATACARD CORPORATION - Minnetonka MN

International Classification:

H05B 3/42
B26D 1/14
B26D 7/10

US Classification:

219469, 83 39, 83663

Abstract:

Methods and devices are described for securely destroying used ribbon from a document personalization machine in order to render any information retained on the used ribbon as unreadable. In one embodiment, the method includes tapering the used ribbon into a used ribbon strand by feeding the used ribbon through a tapering mechanism. The method also includes heating the used ribbon strand to fuse the used ribbon strand into a used ribbon string thereby rendering any data retained on the used ribbon unreadable.

US Patent:

54011116, Mar 28, 1995

Filed:

Feb 17, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/020005

Inventors:

Richard C. Nubson - Eden Prairie MN
Glenn R. Carney - Eagan MN
Luc DeBleeckere - Crystal MN
Ronald B. Howes - Minneapolis MN
Milo B. Squires - Minneapolis MN
David E. Wickstrom - St. Louis Park MN
Dennis J. Warwick - Richfield MN
Benjamin H. Sannel - St. Louis Park MN
Gretchen J. Moeller - Plymouth MN
Paul R. Caron - Tiverton RI
Harold D. Schofield - Naragansett RI

Assignee:

DataCard Corporation - Minneapolis MN

International Classification:

B41J 2917

US Classification:

400701

Abstract:

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.