Hand-held labeling device with pivotally mounted front plate

US4947747A · kind A · utility

Inventor

• Klaus Hermann · Hirschhorn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 21, 1989
• Grant date: Aug 14, 1990
• Expiry date: Aug 21, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65C2210/0062
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A hand-held labeling device includes a two-line tape-printing mechanism, which can be actuated by means of a movable handle and which can be transferred by a swinging movement of the handle from a rest position to a printing position where characters of the printing mechanism hit against labels arranged above a printing plate so as to print such characters on the labels. A rocking lever fixed to the housing and pivoting about an axis arranged in the front portion of the housing and carrying an inking attachment which during, is guided to ensure that at least one ink roller slides tangentially across the characters before the latter hit upon the labels. Adjoining side walls of the housing, and projecting into the interior of the housing, are fixed in a front plate of the housing of the device. The rocking lever is seated in the said extensions at a distance from the front plate, for pivotal movement about an axis fixed to the housing, and said printing mechanism is accommodated, at least in the rest position, between parts of the said rocking lever arranged adjacent the said fixed axis. The front plate is pivotally mounted to the housing for enclosing the printing mechanism.