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Apparatus for embossing Braille labels

US5449240A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 23, 1992
Grant dateSep 12, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 23, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J3/38
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for manually embossing a Braille label, comprising a work platform, means for securing a label to be embossed to the platform, an embossing lever movably secured to the platform, the lever having an embossing pin extending therefrom, wherein the lever is operatively arranged to be moved to cause the pin to emboss the label; and, means for precisely positioning the embossing pin above the label.

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