DE2150750B2 - DEVICE FOR CREATING CHARACTERS ON A TAPE - Google Patents

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The invention relates to a device for generating characters on a tape with a housing in which a printing station serving to generate the characters and also a step-by-step transfer of the tape to the printing station shifting feed device is arranged.

In many cases it is desirable to have certain characters to produce on a longitudinally extending strip of material in order to form a sign, a label or the like. Such strips or tapes are often with pressure sensitive adhesive on the back provided that after applying the desired characters, the label or sign is now on a Support surface can be glued.

Such labels or signs can be generated by a variety of different systems will. For example, if the strip is made of paper or a similar material, printer marks used to produce printed characters on the tape. With another, far The most common system is a soft metal, a strip of vinyl or some other plastic used. These tapes are then gradually moved past an embossing station at which a plurality embossing tools can optionally be brought into the appropriate position to achieve the desired Emboss characters on the strip. Systems of this type are for example in the United States patent 30 06 451 described and illustrated. A similar label making system uses a laminated Tape is used and the desired characters are cut through the top layer and pressed against an underlayer. The remaining part of the upper layer is then peeled off so that the cut-out character remains, usually in a color that matches the color of the base contrasts

Hand-operated embossing or punching machines which are able to add characters to a continuous strip generate, the strip being advanced stepwise after each character generation, are generally limited to the generation of relatively small characters. In the known constructions, the character-generating tools arranged on a disc-like member at a circumferential distance, and for each enlargement of the characters the disk member must be enlarged accordingly in circumference. the end For practical reasons, no satisfactorily operating device is available which, for example, is capable of would be to emboss or cut out characters 25 mm or larger on a tape.

The invention is therefore based on the object of providing a device for generating characters on a self To create longitudinal strips of material in which these characters have a considerable size can be without enlarging the scope of the tool device in accordance with the character size got to. This object is achieved in the device according to the invention mentioned at the outset solved that a drum is mounted on the housing, which generate a plurality of characters Has character elements, which are individually in a selected sequence of the printing station by a feeding device can be fed and by an actuating device in the position generating the character relative to the tape are movable.

The drum is preferably rotatable above a pair of relatively movable pressure plates, between which the tape is advanced step by step. There is also a common actuator used to bring the drawing element in question out of the drum and in front of the belt in order to produce the Compress pressure plates to release the character element by separating the pressure plates to reveal to advance the tape and to return the drawing element to its rest position in the drum.

The invention is therefore particularly concerned with a machine for printing, embossing or punching of characters on a longitudinally extending strip of material to form a sign, a label or the like produce. The strip is fed into the machine below the drum, in which a multitude of irr Circumferentially spaced plungers each of which is a printed, embossed odei can generate punched characters on the strip when actuated accordingly. The drum is rotatably arranged so that now the selected shocks

can be properly located at the printing station which then creates the character on the tape. The actuation of a handle moves the selected one Push the plunger down and close to the belt, and another movement of the handle pushes the plunger against it the tape to perform the process by which the character is created. By releasing the With the handle, the plunger comes free from the tape, and the strip is moved one step into one position advanced, in which the next character can now be generated. In addition, this causes the plunger to move in the drum moved back by lifting so that the drum can now be moved into a position around the to bring the next plunger into working position for the following character.

Below is an embodiment of the invention described in connection with the drawing. In the drawing shows:

F i g. 1 is a perspective view of the device according to the invention,

F i g. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the drum;

F i g. 3 shows a partial bottom view of the drum ratchet, FIG. 3A is a partial view according to 3A-3A of FIG. 3,

4 shows a plan view of the device with the drum removed, with individual parts being cut are,

F i g. 5 is a side view with portions of the drum, housing and base broken away;

F i g. Figure 6 is an end view of the device with parts of the drum, housing and base have broken off,

F i g. 7 is an end view of a typical tappet;

F i g. 8 is a plan view of the plunger along line 8-8 in FIG. 7;

F i g. 9 shows a view from below of the plunger along line 9-9 in FIG. 7,

10 is a perspective view of the hand lever assembly; the feed device and the feed device, FIG. 11 a partial view of the feed device,

F i g. 12 is a perspective view similar to FIG Fig. 10, with individual parts removed,

13 shows a partial front view of the feed device, F i g. 14 is an end view of the dial.

15 shows a cross section along line 15-15 of FIG. 14,

16 is a perspective view of the tape as it is detached after being punched out; F i g. 17 a partial view of the intermediate plate,

F i g. 18 shows a cross section along line 18-18 of FIG. 7th on a larger scale than this

19 is a front view of part of a filling device to determine the size of the tape feed according to the ones attached to the plungers Sign,

FIG. 20 is a view similar to FIG. 19, the Sensing device is in rest position

The device according to the invention is able to to produce large characters 20 on a continuous strip or tape 22 (see Fig. 16). Merely as For example, this tape 22 is formed from several layers and has an underlayer 24 and a Upper layer 26, which is correspondingly connected to the lower layer If, for example, a pestle that is described below, is pressed or pressed against the belt, so that is selected Characters are cut out in layer 26, with the cut piece against backing layer 24 is pressed on or also pressed into this. After the desired character has been generated, the entire top layer is peeled off from the bottom layer so that the mark 20 is exposed and for one Sign, label or the like. Can be used. However, it should be emphasized that the device according to the invention can just as advantageously be used to generate embossed characters in the band 22, the plunger in in this case no punching, but an embossing. If in the following, therefore, of printing, Embossing or punching is spoken of, this only serves as an explanation and is in no way intended to be a restriction represent.

Generally speaking, the present device according to the invention has a base plate 28 on which the various parts are assembled; there is also a housing 30 which extends from the base plate extends from upwards. With 32 a drum is designated as a whole, which is above the housing is arranged. The drum 32 can contain a multiplicity of plungers 34 (see, for example, FIG. 2) record by which the characters 20 on the tape 22 can be generated. The tape is through a Opening 36 introduced in the end wall of the housing. As explained in more detail below, the tape Moved forward step by step with each printing, embossing or punching work cycle. By pressing the manually detectable hand lever 38 is each a plunger 34 down from its slot in the drum and pressed against the tape to create a mark there. The plunger is then back in the drum is moved back by lifting and the tape is advanced. By successive such Working cycles can be a sign or a label or the like. Generated with the desired lettering will.

The drum 32 has an annular drum housing 40 with a substantially inverted cup shape a top wall 42, a cylindrical inner wall 44 and a cylindrical outer wall 46 and is on Bottom open. The top wall has a plurality of substantially radially arranged rectangular slots 48, which have a smaller width at their ends in such a way that they match the cross-sectional shape of the plunger coincide according to FIGS. 8 and 9, as will be explained further below. Furthermore, this is The drum housing is covered by a cover 50 and is releasably fastened there. The lid is usually as View part of the housing. However, it is removable if, for example, a plunger is removed or to be inserted into the drum housing 40.

In order to now arrange the drum housing 40 rotatably and to close the plungers in the relevant slots 48 hold, is a horizontal intermediate plate 52 at a perpendicular distance relative to the base plate 28 arranged and firmly connected to the base plate. The intermediate plate 52 stands on columns 54, which are after extend from the top of the base plate 28 and are fastened with screws 58 (see Figure 5). Up Extending from the top surface of intermediate plate 52 are three headed rivets 60 (Fig. 17), each having an annular collar 62 on one have middle part. The upper ends of these rivets 60 engage in openings 64 in an annular bottom wall 66 a, which is arranged above the intermediate plate 52. Since the intermediate plate is stationary, so is the

Bottom wall 66 stationary during drum rotation. It serves to cover the drum housing 40 downwards and prevents the tappets from falling out of the drum housing.

The housing 40 can rotate above the bottom wall 66. Furthermore, the drum housing has, at a distance from the top wall 42, a central retaining ring 68 which is fastened by screws 70 to an upper ring shoulder 72 of a guide member 74 which extends through a central hole 76 in the bottom wall 66. The guide member 74 has a lower guide ring 78 on which three circumferential notches 80 are provided (see FIG. 2). These notches result in an alignment with the rivets 60 so that the drum can now be appropriately mounted on the intermediate plate 52. The circumference of the guide ring 78 is normally below the annular collars 62 of the rivets, so that if the notches are not aligned (for example when installing or removing the drum) the annular collars 62, the guide member 74, the bottom wall 66 and the drum housing 40 in hold their position on the intermediate plate 52, but allow a rotation of the guide member 74 and the drum housing 40 relative thereto.

The bottom wall 66 has only one slot 82 so that a single plunger can fall through at a time, such as is explained in more detail below. This slot also has a shape corresponding to the plunger. the Intermediate plate 52 is not a complete circular disk, but rather - as in FIG. 4 shown - cut out, so that a plunger passes through the slot 82 on the intermediate plate into the workstation of the Can move plunger actuator into it. The bottom wall 66 is substantially above one circular opening 83, which is provided in the top wall 85 of the housing 30.

In order to bring the individual slots 48 and the plungers arranged there into alignment with the slot 82, a plurality of circumferentially spaced, downwardly directed pins 86 are fastened to the lower surface 84 of the drum housing 40 near the circumference. which can be detected by a rotatable, spring-loaded ratchet wheel 88 which is held on a support arm 90 which is attached to the lower surface of the bottom wall 66 (see FIGS. 2, 3 and 3A).

The individual slots of the drum housing can be numbered accordingly or provided with letters for the relevant plunger arranged there. These can then be brought into register with an alignment mark 92 affixed to the top surface of the housing 30 (see Fig. 1). The operator can then turn the drum 32 by hand until the desired character coincides with the setting mark 92, which indicates that the relevant plunger is in the drum housing above the slot 82. When the drum is rotated past the individual plunger positions, this will lock Notched wheel audible. A spring 94, one end of which is connected to a lug 95 and the other end of which is connected to the bottom wall 66 , presses the support arm 90 and the ratchet wheel 88 radially outwardly into engagement with the pins 86 and prevents the drum from stopping in intermediate positions.

Before the character-forming process is described in more detail, reference is made to FIG. 7 to 9 and 18, in which the plungers 34 can be seen particularly clearly. Each plunger has a substantially rectangular shape in plan view with a flat rear surface 98. A plate-like projection 100 is arranged on the front side, which does not extend to the opposite side edges 102 and 104 of the plunger, but extends to the bottom edge 106 , but the top edge 108 is only achieved with two finger-like projections 110 arranged at a distance. The middle area of the projection piece 100 bears a mark 112 in the form of a punching knife. How clear

18, the outer flank 114 of the individual cutting edges of the character preferably has a direction perpendicular to the plane of the plunger, with which the other inner flank 116 forms an acute angle. This arrangement allows the top layer 26 to be advantageously removed, as explained above, and ensures that the indicia 20 remains on the base.

The bottom edge 106 of the plunger is provided with a hook-like slot 118 which can be engaged by a device in order to pull the plunger downwards to generate the character. As will be explained in more detail below, this device holds the plunger in alignment with the slot 82 and prevents the plunger from falling out of the drum until the handle is actuated.

It should also be noted that the plunger surface 119 between the cut edges forming the character is raised approximately 030 mm above the end face of the projection 100 , so that a sharp character is produced on the tape and an easy removal process is possible. The plunger thus has a large surface area that is pressed against the belt. In this way, even smaller characters, such as a point, are not punched through the tape.

The tape 22 is fed into the housing 30 via the opening 36 in an essentially vertical plane and then moves into a tunnel-like introduction cuff 121, which is provided with a guide rail 122 of essentially C-shaped cross-section (FIGS. 6, 10, 13) aligns. The free end of the band can now run through the housing and emerges through an opening in the housing opposite to the opening 36. The guide rail 122 has a vertical rear wall 124 which ends shortly before the station at which the generation of characters now takes place, wherein the tape can protrude over the end of the guide rail up to the station. The guide rail 122 wire held by feet 126 which are attached to the housing base plate 28. For a further explained below ir connection with the feed device th purpose, the rear wall 124 is provided with a longitudinal Schfitz 128 near the end of the guide rail.

Across the end of the tape guide 122 is a pair of vertical plates 130, 132 supported on horizontal rods 134 which extend forwardly from a pair of stationary frame plates 136, 138 which are fixedly connected to the end pieces of the rod, and these can therefore be referred to as a support plate. The plate 132 is slidably arranged on the rods and therefore came to be referred to as a pressure plate when moving onto the stationary counter plate 130 . The space between the plates 130 and 132 can be used as a space

'' 5 printing station at which on the Bani 22 the sign is generated when the latter passes between the panels. After passing through! the panels will put the bottom edge of the tape on one

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Roll 140 held before the tape exits the housing.

A movement of the pressure plate 132 away from the counter plate 130 and towards it is brought about by the movement of the manually operable hand lever 38 as follows. The hand lever extends into the housing through a slot 142 in the top wall 85 and has a handle 144 at its upper end. The lower end of the hand lever is attached to a shaft 146 which is rotatable in a block 148 at one end and in the Frame plate 136 is mounted at the other end, a center piece of the shaft 146 penetrating an opening 150 of the frame plate 138. A pair of stop members 154, 152 extend upwardly from the base plate and limit movement of the handle between a rest position and an operative position.

Furthermore, a shaft 156 extends between the frame plates 136 and 138, which is arranged in the vicinity of their rear ends and supported therein. The ends of a pair of tabs 158, 160 are attached to this shaft. The other ends of the brackets are connected to one another by a shaft, not visible, which carries a central roller 162 and also a fork 164 , the front end piece of which is pivotably attached to the pressure plate 132 . Furthermore, a cam 166 mounted on the shaft 146 cooperates with the roller 162 (FIG. 12). Therefore, when the hand lever is pulled forward, ie against the operator in front of the device, the cam lifts the roller 162 , which in turn lifts the tabs 158, 160. This results in a forward movement from the pressure plate 132 to the counter plate 130. If the band is now arranged between these plates and a character-generating element is also present between them, then this character is generated on the band 22.

On the shaft 146 is a bevel gear segment is further secured 170 with a stop shoulder 172 which rests in the rest position of the hand lever 38 on an annular flange 174 of a vertical lock pin 176. The lower end of the lock pin 176 is held in a hole of the base plate 28, a spring 178 is arranged between the base plate and the flange 174 , which presses the pin upwards (see Fig. 5,10,12). The upper end of the locking pin is aligned with an opening 180 in the upper wall 85 of the housing and also with a peripheral piece of the lower surface 84 of the drum housing 40, from which the pins 86 protrude downwards Stop shoulder 172 pivoted away from flange 174 so that now spring 178 urges locking pin 176 up through opening 180 and between a pair of pins 86, locking the drum against rotation during this cycle. An annular collar 182 limits the upward movement of the locking pin 176.

As previously mentioned, a feeder 186 is provided to hold the plungers as they slide over the slot 82 and also to draw the aligned and desired plunger between the plates 130 and 132. This feed device 186 has a lever arm 188 which is pivotably arranged at one end of a short shaft 190 which extends forward from the guide rail 122. The lever arm 188 engages between the plates 130 and 132 and extends between the rods 134 in the rest position above. The free end of the lever arm has a horizontal stop lug 192 and a hook 194, which in the rest position extend upwards through the slot 82 (see FIG. 6), and so into the lower ones, similarly

S shaped sections 106 and 118 of the butts! 34 to engage and hold it as the plungers move over the slot. However, when the hand lever is actuated, the plunger aligned with the slot is pulled down and comes next to the tape during the first part of the handle movement. With a further movement of the hand lever, the pressure plate 132 is moved onto the counter plate 130 . Returning the handle to its rest position lifts the plunger back into its starting position within the drum.

In order to effect this movement of the lever arm 188 , the following construction is provided (see particularly FIGS. 10 and 12). A bevel gear 198 , which meshes with the bevel tooth segment 170 , is arranged on a shaft 196 which is arranged at right angles to the shaft 146 . When the hand lever 38 is operated, the shaft is rotated 1% clockwise as shown in the drawings. A fork 200 is fixedly connected to the shaft 1% in a rotationally fixed manner and rotatably holds a roller 202 at the outer end on a shaft 206. Furthermore, a leaf spring 204 presses on the roller. The protruding end of a shaft 206 also cooperates with the fork end of a bracket 208 which is firmly connected to the lever arm 188 and moves with it. Furthermore, a spring 207 is provided which normally tries to move the tab 208 counterclockwise. When the hand lever 38 is actuated, the shaft 206 pivots the tab 208 counterclockwise, whereby the lever arm 188 is moved with the plunger downwards. At the end of the full hand lever movement, the fork 200 is pivoted clockwise into a position essentially parallel to the base plate 28.

At the end of the individual printing work cycles, ie when the plates 130, 132 are separated and the plunger is lifted from the position between the plates, the tape is advanced step by step in order to be able to pick up the next character.

The feed device is designated as a whole by 212 and has a horizontal arm 238 which is arranged pivotably on a vertical shaft 240. As is clear from FIG. 4 and FIG. 11, one end of the arm 238 is provided with a tip 224 which is arranged on the belt 22 when the latter is in the guide rail 122 .

This point is also arranged at the longitudinal slot 128 , which is preferably equipped with a counter-member 222 , which is in the general plane of the rear wall 124 and opposite to the point 224

is provided Further, with the pointed end of the arm 238 which is connected one end of a spring 216, which tries to rotate the arm in the counterclockwise direction about the shaft 240 in FIG. 11 the other end of the arm 238 is provided with a sensing fingers 236 extends essentially perpendicular to the arm and is arranged adjustably there. The free end of the scanning finger 236 slides on a curve 234. This results in the following effect.

When the hand lever is in its rest position, the scanning finger 236 lies against the high section of the Curve 234, so that now the arm 238 in a clockwise direction according to FIG

is pivoted. When the hand lever is operated, i. H. the operator is moved to, it results from the inclination of the curve 234 via the spring 216 a pivoting of the arm 238 counterclockwise (see Fig. 11). During this pivoting, the tip 224 of the arm can slide freely on the belt, ie according to these figures to the right. When the hand lever returns and the shaft 206 rotates in the opposite direction however, the arm 238 is pivoted clockwise so that the tip 224 now engages the tape and this past the upper and lower support rollers 226 into the space between the plates 130 and 132 pushes. It is true that the tip 224 can also be used without the longitudinal slot 128 and the mating member 222 but the result is better and more even step feed if the tape is not along the Rear wall 124 is dragged along, but when the tape only through the tip against the mating member 222 is pressed, which is made of a suitable plastic having a low coefficient of friction can be formed.

In order to be able to set the size of the tape feed for each printing work cycle, an adjustment element is required 228 is provided (see Fig. 13). This adjustment is pivotable on the frame plate 138 through a pin 230 attached. A portion of the adjusting member provided with detents extends through a Rear wall opening 232 of the housing and can be grasped by hand. The front section of the Adjustment member is provided with a curve 234. By turning the adjusting member 228, the position of the Curve and the pivoting path of the arm 238 can be adjusted, whereby the size of the feed step of the Band is set.

Furthermore, a stroke adjusting device is provided in order to adjust the stroke of the pressure plate 132 of the counter plate 130 set, whereby different pressures can be set for the printing processes and strips of different Strength can be edited more easily. This stroke adjustment device has a setting wheel 246, which is attached to the frame plate 136 (see Figs. 10 and 14). This dial is eccentric on a shaft 156 that has a flattened portion 248. On the inside of the dial a plurality of locking grooves 250 are provided, which interact with a locking lug 251 of the frame plate 136 and are held there with a force fit. A peripheral portion of the adjustment wheel 246 extends through the Rear wall of the housing for the purpose of manual adjustment. Rotation of dial 246 results in one incremental rotation of the eccentric shaft 156, whereby the path of the tabs 158, 160 and thus the Stroke of the pressure plate 132 is changed.

Another important feature of the invention is that the strip feed depends on the width the generated characters is determined. Therefore, when the letter "I" is stamped on the tape, it is a smaller strip feed than desired for the character »W«. Sensing is particularly important the width of the characters solely through the plunger itself, so that, regardless of the plunger in the drum are arranged, the correct strip feed is generated after the ram to the strip material was pressed.

As is clear from FIGS. 7 to 9, the individual tappets are provided with a nose 254, which extends forward to the protrusion 100 near the bottom edge 106. The position of the nose relative to the Side edge 102 of the plunger now determines the tape advance. With a smaller feed, for example for the letter "I," nose 254 is adjacent to side edge 102, while for a wide Mark this lobe is at a further distance from the edge.

As is clear from FIGS. 19 and 20, a Carriage 262 is provided, which has a hook 256 at its opposite end, which in the rest position as in F i g. 20 'shown is arranged. The carriage 262 is slidable on rollers 264 and 266 and has a Tab 214 on which shaft 206 acts. When the handle is operated, the spring 216 moves the Carriage 262 to the right, this hook is then stopped by the nose 254 so that another Carriage movement is prevented. The carriage path is thus determined by directly feeling the tappets limited and controlled, and as a result the tape advance is left in the carriage movement adjusted accordingly.

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Claims (1)

Patent claims: 1. Device for generating characters on a tape with a housing in which a to Generating the printing station serving the characters and also a stepwise the ribbon to the printing station displacing feed device is arranged, characterized in that on the Housing (30) a drum (32) is mounted, which generate a plurality of characters (20) Has character elements (34) that are individually selected by a feeding device (200, 206, 208, 188) The sequence can be fed to the printing station (130, 132) and is actuated by an actuating device (156, 158) in the position generating the character (20) can be moved relative to the band (22). 2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the housing (30) is an intermediate member (66) with a feed slot (82) through which the drawing elements (34) from the drum (32) of the Printing station (130, 132) can be supplied. 3. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the feed device (200, 206, 208, 188) engages the feed slot (82) and the character elements (34) during rotation of the drum keeps at their altitude. 4. Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the character elements are in the form of a flat plunger (34) which are inserted into a plurality of receiving slots in the drum (32) are arranged and on one end face the printing form (114, 116, 119) generating the character (20) have, and that the plungers (34) have a driving part which is from the feed device (200,206,208, 188) is detectable. 5. Device according to claim 4, characterized in that the driving part on the bottom edge (106) of the plunger (34) is arranged and has a hook-like recess (118). 6. Device according to one of claims 1 bir- 5, characterized in that the printing station has two opposite pressure plates (130, 132) which by the actuating device (156, 158) on one another to be movable, whereby the printing process by a between the printing plates (130, 132) arranged sign element (34) can be driven through. 7. Device according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the housing (30) is a preferably manually operable lever (38) is attached, which is outward, preferably so upwards, and which is in operative connection with the feed device (200, 206, 208, 188), the Advancing device (212) and the actuating device (156,158). 8. Device according to claim 7, characterized in that that the arrangement is made so that at the initial movement of the lever (38) in a Direction the character element (34) is brought down to the printing station (130, 132) that in the further movement of the lever (38) in the same direction the character element (34) against the tape (22) is pressed, and that when the lever (38) is moved in the opposite direction, the character element (34) released and brought back into the drum (32) and also the feed device (212) is operated. 9. Device according to one of claims 2 to 8, characterized in that the drum (32) is rotatable step by step, in each case the desired character element (34) with the feed slot (82) for To bring escapes. 10. Device according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the drum (32) when Actuation of the lever (38) is locked by a locking mechanism (176,178). 11. Device according to claim 10, characterized characterized in that the locking member (176, 178) is a spring-loaded locking pin (176) that moves from an unlocked position into a locking position relative to the Drum (32) is movable. 12. Device according to one of claims 6 to 11, characterized in that one of the pressure plates (130, 132) is stationary and the other is relative to this can be moved in a straight line 13. Device according to one of claims 6 to 12, characterized in that in the rest position the two pressure plates (130, 132) below and on both sides of the feed slot (82). 14. Device according to one of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that the feed device (200, 206, 208, 188) has a pivotable lever arm (188), the end piece (194) of which extends in the rest position through the feed slot (82) into the drum (32) extends in and holds the character element (34) located on the feed slot (82) there, and that when pivoting the lever arm (188) downwards, for example by operating the lever (38), the Character element (34) is brought down into the printing station (130,132). 15. Device according to one of claims 8 to 14, characterized in that during the initial movement of the lever (38) of the lever arm (188) with the drawing element (34) being carried downwards pivotable and upon the end movement of the lever (38) the movable pressure plate (132) on the stationary counter plate (130) can be moved. 16. Device according to claim 15, characterized in that by the initial movement of the lever (3S) in the opposite direction removes the movable pressure plate (132) from the counter plate (130) can be moved away and that by further movement in the same direction of the Lever arm (188) can be pivoted upwards while returning the character element (34) into the drum (32) is 17. Device according to one of claims 6 to 16, characterized in that a tape guide (122) is provided in the housing (30) which extends onto the space between the pressure plates (130, 132) and is in alignment therewith 18. Device according to claim 17, characterized in that the feed device (212) a feed arm (238) with a driving element (224) which is mounted on the in the tape guide (122) existing band (22) can be pushed back and that is in one direction of movement on the pressure plates (130, 132) presses into the band (22) and takes it with it. 19. Device according to one of claims 15 to 18, characterized in that a feed adjustment device (228, 236) is provided to the tape feed when moving the lever (38) in the opposite direction to adjust. 20. Device according to claim 19, characterized in that between the lever (38} and the feed arm (238) the feed adjustment device (228, 236) is provided, which has a curve (234) with which the feed arm (238) cooperates. 21. A device according to claim 19 or 20, characterized in that the cam (234) or the scanning (236) thereof are adjustable. 22. Device according to one of claims 1 to 21, characterized in that the drum mortar (32) in one position is removable and secured in another position against removal, but on the Housing (30) is rotatable 23. Device according to one of claims 6 to 22, characterized in that the feed device (200, 206, 208, 188) for adjusting the path of the movable pressure plate (132) is adjustable 24. Device according to one of claims 1 to 23, characterized in that the character elements (34) have a sensing member (254) with which the feed device (212) cooperates so as to the feed path is to be set after the printing operation. 25. Device according to claim 24, characterized in that the sensing element is one of the Character element (34) is a protruding nose (254) with which a driver (256) is attached to the feed device (212) belonging carriage (262) cooperates, which in backward movement on the belt (22) is movable along and in the opposite direction at least indirectly the band (22) accordingly the rear end position of the driver (256) on the nose (254). 26. Device according to one of claims 1 to 25, characterized in that the printing form of the Drawing elements (34) has a flat base, from which at least one cutting part (114, 116) extends outwardly according to the character (20) that the printing form extends a first, approximately flank (114) extending perpendicular to the surface and has a second flank (116) which forms an acute angle with the first. 27. Device according to claim 26, characterized in that a plurality of cutting parts (114, 116) is present, which has a flat surface (119) that is increased compared to the base area. at least partially include.