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Manually-operated labeler

US4699685A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 27, 1986
Grant dateOct 13, 1987
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Expiry dateJan 27, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T156/18
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A manually-operated labeler has a casing provided with a tape holder for holding a roll-shaped label tape consisting of a carrier strip and a number of labels which are consecutively stuck onto the carrier strip and with a handle, a drive mechanism provided with a lever which is manually operated and an operating part extending inside the casing operated by the lever, a feed drum which is manually operated and an operating part extending inside the casing operated by the lever, a feed drum which is intermittently driven by the drive mechanism and thus feeds a specified length of the carrier strip of the label tape, a bottom cover pivoted to the casing to form a bottom of the casing and which adapted to turn back said carrier strip, and a carrier strip feed-out mechanism for feeding out the carrier strip from the casing in cooperation with said feed drum, and a notched slit provided in a side wall of the casing to separate the side wall along a line extending from the tape holder to the bottom side, such that said feed drum is opposed to an impression member by which the label tape is depressed against the bottom cover to be stationary while it is not fed by the feed drum.

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