Method of cutting off labels

US11685134B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BIZERBA SE & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Joerg Haigis · Balingen, DE
• Moritz Dehner · Hechingen, DE
• Pascal Eppler · Albstadt, DE
• Alexander Hirsch · Rolling Meadows, US
• Peter Will · Denver, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 8, 2021
• Grant date: Jun 27, 2023
• Expiry date: Jul 8, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65C2210/007
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of cutting off self-adhesive linerless endless tape labels, using a cutter of a label printer, wherein the cutter comprises a transport roller, which is rotatable about an axis of rotation, and a blade unit that is linearly travelable in parallel with the axis of rotation of the transport roller and that has a cutting blade directed in the direction toward the transport roller, where tape labels pass between the transport roller and the blade unit, and are transported further step-wise in a motorized manner, by one label, and, between two consecutive further transport steps, the blade unit is linearly traveled in a motorized manner between a start position and a target position in order to cut off a label, such that the label is completely cut off and is held at the transport roller by the blade unit in the target position of the blade unit.