Label printer and system for marking a prolate object

US12151492B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Kilian Klages · Detmold, DE
• Alexander Hofmann · Hanau, DE
• Michael Peter · Lage, DE
• Albrecht Schierholz · Steinheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 6, 2020
• Grant date: Nov 26, 2024
• Expiry date: Jul 16, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R13/465
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A printer for outputting a printed product includes: a print head for printing on a print medium moving in a longitudinal direction, the print medium including a plurality of separate or separable labels detachably arranged on a carrier along the longitudinal direction; and a material interface for outputting the print medium printed by the printer as a printed product, the material interface including a dispensing edge and a support, which deflect the carrier over the dispensing edge and the support downstream of the print head in the longitudinal direction. The dispensing edge is arranged relative to the support in a first position to induce a detaching deflection of the carrier for detaching the respective label. The dispensing edge and the support are arranged in a second position relative to each other to induce an entraining deflection for entraining the respective label on the carrier.