Apparatus for printing labels
US5395174A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 19, 1994 |
| Grant date | Mar 7, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 19, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65C9/0006
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for printing labels can have a printing area, a deflector area designed as a shaft or an edge located behind the printing area in the transport direction of the labels, around which deflector the carrier strip can be guided, and where the labels, on account of their stiffness, can be detached from the carrier strip, while the adhesive glue remains on the underside of the label. In addition, the printing apparatus can also have a supporting apparatus with a contact area near the output opening for the labels, against which supporting area the labels, output via the output opening, come into contact with their underside. The contact area of the support apparatus can preferably be formed by the exposed surfaces of balls mounted so that they can rotate in at least one retaining strip, so that during the label output, the labels preferably do not stick to the support apparatus, as such sticking would significantly interfere with the output of the labels.
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