Abstract:
These are disclosed date-coded labels, printing bands for date coding, hand-held labelers capable of date coding and method of date coding. The labels carry pre-printing of seven color zones representative of the days of the week, and overprinting all the color zones except the selected color zone representative of the selected day of the week.
Abstract:
A label affixing machine having a core holding mechanism in which the core holding mechanism is provided in a label-protecting cover body provided openably about a main body housing of the label affixing machine. By rotating the label-protecting cover body, a label roll held by the core holding mechanism can be accommodated within the main body housing of the label affixing machine, a label core support shaft is operable to emerge from and descending into the main body housing in accordance with opening and closing operations of the label-protecting cover body. A fall preventing member slidably supports a side face of the label roll on the core holding mechanism.
Abstract:
There is disclosed a hand-held labeler which is easy to load, clean and service. The labeler has a gear driven print head wherein the print head is situated on an upper housing section and the print head is actuated from a lower housing section. The upper housing section can be moved to an open position without interfering with the maintenance of the drive connection with the print head or the advance of a label carrying web through the labeler. An inker enables an ink roller to be easily inserted and removed without ink from the ink roller being transferred to the user's hands. An impression control device has only a small number of parts and is easy to assemble.
Abstract:
An improved label stamper which is capable of stamping prices on labels attached on a tape so as to attach the stamped labels on commodities is disclosed. A tape loading mechanism of the label stamper is constituted such that a loading case goes in and out of the machine by functions of a pair of folding and extending legs, so that the label tape can be loaded in a convenient manner. A guide is constituted such that a front plate and a rear plate are fastened across a narrow gap, and this gap forms a guide channel. In a holding mechanism, a push plate is disposed facing toward a base plate, and the push plate interlocks a movable lever to the loading case. Thus, if the tape is inserted into the guide channel, the tape is automatically press-held to the base plate. In a stamping mechanism, a selecting hole of a selecting wheel for driving a stamping belt is provided with a recess and a triangular protuberance. Thus two selecting wheels will never be engaged together, and fingers of a selecting bar are accurately coupled to the selected wheel. In a carrying mechanism, carrying rollers are provided in the form of a cartridge, and this cartridge is replaceably accommodated within a cartridge compartment. This improves the compactness and the performance of the label stamper, and the cartridge can be conveniently replaced.
Abstract:
A manual, or hand-held labelling device has a printing apparatus and a pivoting lever on which pivoting lever there is a journal pivot pin on which an inking roller can be loosely mounted. For axially securing the inking roller on the journal pivot pin, within the housing of the manual labelling device, there can be at least one raised, guide track in the form of a circular arc, on the housing of the labelling device, and on the side opposite to the pivoting lever. This guide track essentially corresponds to the path of the inking roller on the pivoting lever as the pivoting lever is moved during a labelling operation, and thus supports the inking roller from moving axially off of the pivot pin during movement of the pivoting lever during the labelling operation.
Abstract:
The disclosure concerns a label peeling device for use with a label issuing machine, such as a hand labeler or a measuring printer. There is a feed unit for feeding a label web, which web comprises a plurality of labels temporarily adhered in series to a web of backing paper. A peeling unit turns and deflects the backing paper web rearwardly, as it is being fed by the feed unit, and the labels peel one by one from the backing paper at the line of deflection due to the rigidity of the labels. An auxiliary label peeling member is arranged in the vicinity of that portion of the peeling unit at which the backing paper and the labels separate. In some embodiments, the auxiliary peeling member has a label abutment portion so placed, shaped and sized that any label which might fail to peel from the backing paper merely by the reverse turning of the backing paper web is moved to abut the label abutment portion until it is forcibly peeled from the backing paper. The auxiliary peeling member comprises a rotary member which is rotatable in the advancing direction of the labels. Any label, which might otherwise fail to peel off, abuts and rides over the rotary member. In another embodiment, a scraper reciprocates toward the deflection line along the surface of the backing paper from which the labels are peeled for peeling any label off the backing paper web.
Abstract:
The labeler in accordance with the present invention is constructed so that a plurality of labels which are consecutively stuck onto a carrier strip are separated in sequence from the carrier strip by turning back the carrier strip at the carrier strip turnback part and intermittently feeding said carrier strip along with the rotational movement of the feed drum. Two feed rollers which depress the carrier strip onto the feed drum are provided. A circular guide member which forms a clearance for feeding the carrier strip between said guide member and the outer periphery of the feed drum is provided between said two fed rollers, and a pivotable frame is provided between the feed rollers for which said guide member is not provided, and a stripper is provided on the inside of the pivotable frame to separate the carrier strip fed by the feed drum from said feed drum. The pivotable frame is provided with a cutter edge for cutting the carrier strip so that the carrier strip separated at the carrier strip turnback part can be cut.
Abstract:
There is disclosed label printing and applying apparatus by which labels are successively printed and applied to merchandise. The apparatus feeds pressure sensitive labels mounted on a web of supporting material to a printing zone and to a delaminating zone. An applicator disposed downstream of the delaminating zone is used to apply the labels to merchandise.
Abstract:
There is disclosed a hand-held labeler having a print head with electrically selectable printing elements for printing and applying pressure sensitive labels. The labeler has a housing with a handle and structure for mounting a roll of pressure sensitive labels releasably carried on a carrier web. The labeler has a movable section which mounts a keyboard and a control circuit on a circuit board. The control circuit controls the printing elements. Labels are printed by the printing elements as the carrier web is advanced, and labels are delaminated at a delaminator and dispensed into label applying relation to an applicator. The print head is mounted on a support and is continuously spring-urged toward the platen. Movement of the print head toward the platen is limited to prevent damage. The support and the print head can be moved away from the platen from the outside of the labeler to facilitate threading of the web. The print head support can be skewed to provide uniform pressure contact of the printing elements with the labels. An electrical energy source, for example a battery, can be located in a hole in the label roll.
Abstract:
The disclosure concerns a correction label applying device for a portable label printing machine, which is used to correct the characters printed on price tags. The correction label applying device is detachably secured to the body of the portable label printing machine. The price tag holding device of the label applying device is provided with adjusting means in which the positions of stoppers which receive the tip edge portion of an inserted price tag and the positions of a pair of guides which guide both the side edges of the inserted price tag can be changed. A leaf spring gives elastic force to the price tag holder.