EP0008306A1 - Label positioning mechanism for printing machine - Google Patents
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- EP0008306A1 EP0008306A1 EP19780100698 EP78100698A EP0008306A1 EP 0008306 A1 EP0008306 A1 EP 0008306A1 EP 19780100698 EP19780100698 EP 19780100698 EP 78100698 A EP78100698 A EP 78100698A EP 0008306 A1 EP0008306 A1 EP 0008306A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
- B65C11/00—Manually-controlled or manually-operable label dispensers, e.g. modified for the application of labels to articles
- B65C11/02—Manually-controlled or manually-operable label dispensers, e.g. modified for the application of labels to articles having printing equipment
- B65C11/0205—Manually-controlled or manually-operable label dispensers, e.g. modified for the application of labels to articles having printing equipment modified for the application of labels to articles
- B65C11/021—Manually-controlled or manually-operable label dispensers, e.g. modified for the application of labels to articles having printing equipment modified for the application of labels to articles label feeding from strips
- B65C11/0215—Labels being adhered to a web
- B65C11/0236—Advancing the web by a cog wheel
- B65C11/0247—Advancing the web by a cog wheel by actuating a handle manually
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
- B65C2210/00—Details of manually controlled or manually operable label dispensers
- B65C2210/0067—Details of manually controlled or manually operable label dispensers accommodating labels of different sizes
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- the present invention relates to a label printing machine, and more particularly to a label positioning mechanism for use with the label printing machine.
- a feed wheel in order to feed a continuous strip of labels onto a printing platen, a feed wheel is turned while having its pawls engaging with the slits which are formed in the continuous label strip. In order to ensure the engagement and accordingly the feed, therefore, the label strip has to be brought into contact with the feed wheel.
- the conventional label positioning mechanism has such a label positioning member mounted in the body of the printing machine as can be brought to and from the label advancing circumference of the feed wheel.
- the prior art has failed to provide a label positioning mechanism which can bring the continuous label strip into contact with the feed wheel in a reliable manner even with a simplified construction and and which can accomplish the operations of loading and unloading the label strip onto and from the feed wheel.
- an object of the present invention to provide a label positioning mechanism for use with a printing machine, which is free from the drawbacks concomitant with the prior art.
- Another but major object of the present invention is to provide a label positioning mechanism of the above type, in which a label positioning member can be brought to and from the label advancing surface of a feed wheel by the actuation of an operating shaft and in which the label positioning member is urged to the label advancing surface of the feed wheel by the biasing force of biasing means so that the label strip can be pushed onto the feed wheel without any fail to ensure its feed and so that the loading and unloading operations of the label strip onto and from the feed wheel can be carried out easily and smoothly, while simplifying the overall constructure of the label printing mechanism.
- a label positioning mechanism for use with a printing machine, which is operative to print one by one the labels removably adhered in series to a strip of backing paper
- said label positioning mechanism comprising: a feed wheel mounted rotatably in the body of said printing machine and formed on its circumference with a label advancing surface which is engageable with the label strip for advancing the same in a preset direction; a label positioning member connected pivotally to the body of said printing machine such that it is rotatable between a first position, where it is apart from the label advancing surface of said feed wheel thereby to form an opening inbetween, and a second position, where it is close to the same thereby to leave a clearance having a spacing substantially equal to the thickness of said label strip; an operating shaft mounted rotatably in the body of said printing machine; an arm mechanism having its one end fixed to said operating shaft and its other end connected pivotally to said label positioning member thereby to transmit the operating force of said operating shaft to said label positioning member when the former
- the machine body 1 is equipped with a grip 2, a hand lever 3, a printing head 4 and a not-shown printing platen, all of which are required for the printing operations.
- the machine body 1 thus constructed has its upper center portion formed integrally with a label holder side plate 6, which in turn is equipped at its center with a core retainer 7.
- the continuous label strip 8 is composed of a number of labels which are removably adhered to the surface of a strip of backing paper.
- This backing paper strip is formed at its preset positioned with not-shown slits, which are sized to be detachably retained by the pawls 10 of a later- described feed roller 9.
- the label holder side plate 6 is equipped at its rear end (or at the righthand side of Fig. 1) with a guide roller 11, by which the leading end of the continuous label strip 8 is guided while being retained thereon.
- each of the upper label inlet members 12 has its upper end positioned in the vicinity of the guide roller 11 and its lower end positioned in the vicinity of the upper end portion of a guide plate 13, which will be described later.
- the intermediate portion of each of the upper label inlet members 12 between the two ends thereof is gently curved along the outer surface of the continuous label strip 8.
- the afore-mentioned guide plate 13 is made to have a generally rectangular shape and to depend from the front (which is located in the lefthand side of Fig. 1) of the lower end portions of the lower label inlet members 14. There is located at the back of the guide plate 13 a pressure tongue 16 which is hinged to depend from the lower end portions of the lower label inlet members 14. The pressure tongue 16 thus hinged is always biased by a torsion spring 17 in the direction to be brought into contact with the back of the guide plate 13.
- an operating shaft 18 of rectangular section which is rotatably mounted to the machine body 1 by means of two rollers 18a.
- a lock lever 19 is formed with a rectangular hole so that it is fixed therethrough to one end portion of the operating shaft 18.
- the lock lever 19 is made to have a cylindrical main portion 20 formed in its outer circumference with an engagement notch 21, which is made into and out of engagement, by the raising and laying operations of the lock lever 19, with the engagement projection 23 of such an L-shaped engagement member 22 as is fixed to the outer side of the machine body 1.
- the upright portion 22a of the engagement member 22 is made of an elastic material so as to ensure and facilitate the engagement and disengagement between the engagement notch and projection 21 and 23.
- a pair of operating arms 25, which are juxtaposed at a preset spacing while being connected by means of a bridge member 24, at their end portions 25a through their rectangular holes 26.
- the other end portions 25b of the operating arms 25 are arranged before and below the operating shaft 18.
- a pair of connecting arms 27 are pivotally connected at their one ends 27a to the other end portions 25b of the operating arms 25, respectively.
- the arms 27 thus connected are made to depend from the other end portions 25b of the operating arms 25 and to have their other ends 27b pivotally connected to the one end 29a of a label positioning member 29 through a long pin 28.
- there are mounted three guide rollers 30 equidistantly and rotatably on that long pin 28 so as to smoothen the feed of the continuous label strip 8.
- the afore-mentioned label positioning member 29 is made of a synthetic resin or the like such that it is curved along the outer circumference of the feed wheel 9, which will be described later in detail.
- the label positioning member 29 is connected at its other end 29b to the machine body 1 pivotally by a preset angle by means of a shaft 31.
- the center portion of the label holding member 32 is exposed to the outside through an aperture 33 which is formed in the label positioning member 29.
- a pair of widthwise regulating side plates 34 are formed to depend from the both side edges of the label positioning member 29 so as to regulate the widthwise play of the continuous label strip 8.
- the label positioning member 29 thus constructed is brought to approach and leave the feed wheel 9 of cylindrical shape through the continuous label strip 8.
- the feed wheel 9 is mounted to the machine body 1 by means of a shaft 36 such that it can be turned a preset pitch by the manual squeezing action of the hand lever 3 of the machine body 1.
- the outer circumference of the feed roller 9 acts as a label advancing surface which is formed equidistantly with a number of the pawls 10 in the circumferential direction of the feed wheel 9.
- a pair of torsion springs 38 are wound on the center portion of the afore-mentioned operating shaft 18 such that they have their one ends 38a retained on the upper edges of the operating arms 25 and their other ends 38b retained on the upper edge of the bridge member 24.
- the both operating arms 25 are always biased to rotate counter-clockwise about the operating shaft 18, as viewed in Fig. 2.
- the label positioning member 29 is biased to rotate clockwise about the shaft 31 by the actions of the operating arms 25 so that it is pushed onto the label advancing surface 35 of the feed wheel 9.
- FIG. 1 shows the condition, under which the lock lever 19 is at its raised position so that its engagement notch 21 is in engagement with the engagement projection 23 of the engagement member 22.
- the operating arms 25 have their other ends 25b held before and above their one ends 25a
- the label positioning member 29 has its one end 29a held at the upper limit of its rotations so that it establishes an open space together with the label advancing surface 35 of the feed wheel 9.
- the continuous label strip 8 which is held on the core retainer 7, is unrolled therefrom so that its leading end is inserted by way of the guide roller 11 into the clearance 15 between the upper and lower label inlet members 12 and 14 and further advanced along these members 12 and 14.
- the label strip 8 thus advanced brings its leading end into abutment against the rear surface of the guide plate 13, where it turns its advancing direction so that its leading end can proceed between the guide plate 13 and the pressure tongue 16. Since, in this instance, the pressure tongue 16 is urged forward by the. action of the torsion spring 17, the leading end of the label strip 8 is guided, while running on the upper surface of the pressure tongue 16, into the opening which is formed between the label positioning member 29 and the feed wheel 9. Then, the label strip 8 is advanced along the label advancing surface 35 of the feed wheel 9 until it is fed to the outside from between that surface 35 and the other end 29b of the label positioning member 29.
- the afore-mentioned lock lever 19 is laid down so as to release the engagement between the notch 21 and the projection 23. Then, the operating shaft 18 is turned counter-clockwise, as viewed in Fig. 1, and the operating arms 25 are accordingly turned counter-clockwise about the operating shaft 18. It should be noted here that the rotations of the operating arms 25 can take place promptly and smoothly because the biasing forces of the torsion springs 38 act in the direction to promote the rotations of the operating arms 25.
- the connecting arms 27 are moved downward in accordance with the rotations of the operating arms 25 so that the label positioning member 29 is turned clockwise, as viewed in Fig. 1, about the shaft 31 until it pushes the continuous label strip 8 in position onto the label advancing surface 35 of the feed wheel 9, as. can be seen from Figs. 2 and:3.
- the pushing operation of the label positioning member 29 can be accomplished reliably because the biasing forces of the torsion springs 38 act to bias the connecting arms 27 downwardly, as viewed in Fig. 2, through the operating arms 25.
- the feed wheel 9 is turned a preset pitch so that the continuous label strip 8 can be fed in a desired direction by the actions of the pawls 10 on the feed wheel 9.
- the label strip 8 as a whole can be taken out of the machine body 1 by way of that opening, the pressure tongue 16, the guide plate 13 and the clearance 15 between the inlet members 12 and 14 in the order recited.
- the label positioning member is urged toward the feed wheel by the biasing forces of the elastic members, the continuous label strip never fails to be pushed onto the feed wheel so that it can be fed without fail in accordance with the rotations of the feed wheel.
- the label positioning member is made capable of approaching and leaving the label advancing surface of the feed wheel, the loading and unloading operations of the label strip onto and from the feed wheel can be accomplished easily and promptly.
- This advantage can be reflected by the case, in which the labels are peeled off from their backing strip and adhered to the feed wheel or the like. Even in this case, those labels can be removed without any difficulty.
- the major components of the label positioning mechanism of the present invention are five, namely, the label positioning member, the arm mechanism, the operating shaft, the elastic member and the feed wheel.
- the number of parts required is relatively small for the label positioning mechanism of this kind, while simplifying the construction, so that the label positioning mechanism of the invention can suit itself for mass production.
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- The present invention relates to a label printing machine, and more particularly to a label positioning mechanism for use with the label printing machine.
- Generally speaking, in a printing machine such as a label printing and applying machine, in order to feed a continuous strip of labels onto a printing platen, a feed wheel is turned while having its pawls engaging with the slits which are formed in the continuous label strip. In order to ensure the engagement and accordingly the feed, therefore, the label strip has to be brought into contact with the feed wheel.
- For this purpose, the conventional label positioning mechanism has such a label positioning member mounted in the body of the printing machine as can be brought to and from the label advancing circumference of the feed wheel. However, the prior art has failed to provide a label positioning mechanism which can bring the continuous label strip into contact with the feed wheel in a reliable manner even with a simplified construction and and which can accomplish the operations of loading and unloading the label strip onto and from the feed wheel.
- It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide a label positioning mechanism for use with a printing machine, which is free from the drawbacks concomitant with the prior art.
- Another but major object of the present invention is to provide a label positioning mechanism of the above type, in which a label positioning member can be brought to and from the label advancing surface of a feed wheel by the actuation of an operating shaft and in which the label positioning member is urged to the label advancing surface of the feed wheel by the biasing force of biasing means so that the label strip can be pushed onto the feed wheel without any fail to ensure its feed and so that the loading and unloading operations of the label strip onto and from the feed wheel can be carried out easily and smoothly, while simplifying the overall constructure of the label printing mechanism.
- According to a major feature of the present invention, there is provided a label positioning mechanism for use with a printing machine, which is operative to print one by one the labels removably adhered in series to a strip of backing paper, said label positioning mechanism comprising: a feed wheel mounted rotatably in the body of said printing machine and formed on its circumference with a label advancing surface which is engageable with the label strip for advancing the same in a preset direction; a label positioning member connected pivotally to the body of said printing machine such that it is rotatable between a first position, where it is apart from the label advancing surface of said feed wheel thereby to form an opening inbetween, and a second position, where it is close to the same thereby to leave a clearance having a spacing substantially equal to the thickness of said label strip; an operating shaft mounted rotatably in the body of said printing machine; an arm mechanism having its one end fixed to said operating shaft and its other end connected pivotally to said label positioning member thereby to transmit the operating force of said operating shaft to said label positioning member when the former is actuated; and biasing means for urging said label positioning member to the second-named position through said arm mechanism.
- Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompaning drawings, in which:
- Fig. 1 is a simplified side elevation of the label printing machine such as a label printing and applying machine of portable type, in which the label positioning mechanism according to the present invention is used, with the label positioning member being apart from the feed wheel;
- Fig. 2 is also a simplified side elevation of the label printing machine with the label positioning member being positioned close to the label advancing circumference of the feed wheel; and
- Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view showing the essential components of the label positioning mechanism partially in an exploded manner.
- The label positioning mechanism according to the present invention will now be described with reference to Figs. 1 to 3.
- Indicated generally at reference numeral 1 is the body of a printing machine such as a hand labeler, with which the label positioning mechanism is to be used. The machine body 1 is equipped with a
grip 2, ahand lever 3, a printing head 4 and a not-shown printing platen, all of which are required for the printing operations. The machine body 1 thus constructed has its upper center portion formed integrally with a labelholder side plate 6, which in turn is equipped at its center with acore retainer 7. There is attached removably and rotatably to the core retainer 7 a continuous strip oflabels 8 which is rolled on a not-shown core. Thecontinuous label strip 8 is composed of a number of labels which are removably adhered to the surface of a strip of backing paper. This backing paper strip is formed at its preset positioned with not-shown slits, which are sized to be detachably retained by thepawls 10 of a later- describedfeed roller 9. On the other hand, the labelholder side plate 6 is equipped at its rear end (or at the righthand side of Fig. 1) with aguide roller 11, by which the leading end of thecontinuous label strip 8 is guided while being retained thereon. - There are located at the upper portion of the machine body 1 a pair of upper
label inlet members 12 which are made integral therewith while leaving a preset clearance therefrom in the widthwise direction. Each of the upperlabel inlet members 12 has its upper end positioned in the vicinity of theguide roller 11 and its lower end positioned in the vicinity of the upper end portion of aguide plate 13, which will be described later. The intermediate portion of each of the upper label inletmembers 12 between the two ends thereof is gently curved along the outer surface of thecontinuous label strip 8. There are located below the upper label inlet members 12 a pair of lowerlabel inlet members 14 which are also made integral with the machine body 1 such that they are curved along theupper members 12. Thus, there is formed aclearance 15 of preset spacing between the upper surfaces of thelower members 14 and the lower surfaces of theupper members 12. It should be noted here that the upper end portions of the bothlabel inlet members continuous label strip 8 without any difficulty. - The afore-mentioned
guide plate 13 is made to have a generally rectangular shape and to depend from the front (which is located in the lefthand side of Fig. 1) of the lower end portions of the lowerlabel inlet members 14. There is located at the back of the guide plate 13 apressure tongue 16 which is hinged to depend from the lower end portions of the lowerlabel inlet members 14. Thepressure tongue 16 thus hinged is always biased by a torsion spring 17 in the direction to be brought into contact with the back of theguide plate 13. - There is located in front of the
guide plate 13 anoperating shaft 18 of rectangular section, which is rotatably mounted to the machine body 1 by means of two rollers 18a. As seen from Fig. 3, alock lever 19 is formed with a rectangular hole so that it is fixed therethrough to one end portion of theoperating shaft 18. Thelock lever 19 is made to have a cylindricalmain portion 20 formed in its outer circumference with anengagement notch 21, which is made into and out of engagement, by the raising and laying operations of thelock lever 19, with theengagement projection 23 of such an L-shaped engagement member 22 as is fixed to the outer side of the machine body 1. It should be noted here that theupright portion 22a of theengagement member 22 is made of an elastic material so as to ensure and facilitate the engagement and disengagement between the engagement notch andprojection - There are fixed to the operating shaft 18 a pair of operating
arms 25, which are juxtaposed at a preset spacing while being connected by means of abridge member 24, at their end portions 25a through theirrectangular holes 26. Theother end portions 25b of the operatingarms 25 are arranged before and below theoperating shaft 18. A pair of connectingarms 27 are pivotally connected at their one ends 27a to theother end portions 25b of the operatingarms 25, respectively. Thearms 27 thus connected are made to depend from theother end portions 25b of the operatingarms 25 and to have theirother ends 27b pivotally connected to the one end 29a of alabel positioning member 29 through along pin 28. It should be noted here that there are mounted threeguide rollers 30 equidistantly and rotatably on thatlong pin 28 so as to smoothen the feed of thecontinuous label strip 8. - The afore-mentioned
label positioning member 29 is made of a synthetic resin or the like such that it is curved along the outer circumference of thefeed wheel 9, which will be described later in detail. Thelabel positioning member 29 is connected at itsother end 29b to the machine body 1 pivotally by a preset angle by means of ashaft 31. There is mounted on the lower surface of the label positioning member 29 alabel holding member 32 which has its one end 32a retained on the one end 29a of themember 29 and its other end 32b retained on theother end 29b of the same. The center portion of thelabel holding member 32 is exposed to the outside through anaperture 33 which is formed in thelabel positioning member 29. A pair of widthwise regulatingside plates 34 are formed to depend from the both side edges of thelabel positioning member 29 so as to regulate the widthwise play of thecontinuous label strip 8. - The
label positioning member 29 thus constructed is brought to approach and leave thefeed wheel 9 of cylindrical shape through thecontinuous label strip 8. Thefeed wheel 9 is mounted to the machine body 1 by means of ashaft 36 such that it can be turned a preset pitch by the manual squeezing action of thehand lever 3 of the machine body 1. The outer circumference of thefeed roller 9 acts as a label advancing surface which is formed equidistantly with a number of thepawls 10 in the circumferential direction of thefeed wheel 9. - On the other hand, a pair of
torsion springs 38 are wound on the center portion of the afore-mentionedoperating shaft 18 such that they have their one ends 38a retained on the upper edges of the operatingarms 25 and theirother ends 38b retained on the upper edge of thebridge member 24. As a result, the both operatingarms 25 are always biased to rotate counter-clockwise about theoperating shaft 18, as viewed in Fig. 2. Thus, thelabel positioning member 29 is biased to rotate clockwise about theshaft 31 by the actions of the operatingarms 25 so that it is pushed onto thelabel advancing surface 35 of thefeed wheel 9. - Now, the loading and unloading operations of the
continuous label strip 8 onto and from the label positioning mechanism thus far described will be described hereinafter. The description is first made upon the case, in which thelabel strip 8 is to be loaded onto the label positioning mechanism. Fig. 1 shows the condition, under which thelock lever 19 is at its raised position so that itsengagement notch 21 is in engagement with theengagement projection 23 of theengagement member 22. As a result, theoperating arms 25 have theirother ends 25b held before and above their one ends 25a, and thelabel positioning member 29 has its one end 29a held at the upper limit of its rotations so that it establishes an open space together with thelabel advancing surface 35 of thefeed wheel 9. - Under this condition, the
continuous label strip 8, which is held on thecore retainer 7, is unrolled therefrom so that its leading end is inserted by way of theguide roller 11 into theclearance 15 between the upper and lowerlabel inlet members members label strip 8 thus advanced brings its leading end into abutment against the rear surface of theguide plate 13, where it turns its advancing direction so that its leading end can proceed between theguide plate 13 and thepressure tongue 16. Since, in this instance, thepressure tongue 16 is urged forward by the. action of the torsion spring 17, the leading end of thelabel strip 8 is guided, while running on the upper surface of thepressure tongue 16, into the opening which is formed between thelabel positioning member 29 and thefeed wheel 9. Then, thelabel strip 8 is advanced along thelabel advancing surface 35 of thefeed wheel 9 until it is fed to the outside from between thatsurface 35 and theother end 29b of thelabel positioning member 29. - After that, the afore-mentioned
lock lever 19 is laid down so as to release the engagement between thenotch 21 and theprojection 23. Then, theoperating shaft 18 is turned counter-clockwise, as viewed in Fig. 1, and theoperating arms 25 are accordingly turned counter-clockwise about theoperating shaft 18. It should be noted here that the rotations of the operatingarms 25 can take place promptly and smoothly because the biasing forces of the torsion springs 38 act in the direction to promote the rotations of the operatingarms 25. - In this meanwhile, the connecting
arms 27 are moved downward in accordance with the rotations of the operatingarms 25 so that thelabel positioning member 29 is turned clockwise, as viewed in Fig. 1, about theshaft 31 until it pushes thecontinuous label strip 8 in position onto thelabel advancing surface 35 of thefeed wheel 9, as. can be seen from Figs. 2 and:3. It should be noted here that the pushing operation of thelabel positioning member 29 can be accomplished reliably because the biasing forces of the torsion springs 38 act to bias the connectingarms 27 downwardly, as viewed in Fig. 2, through the operatingarms 25. - If, under such condition, the
hand lever 3 or the like of the machine body 1 is actuated or squeezed, thefeed wheel 9 is turned a preset pitch so that thecontinuous label strip 8 can be fed in a desired direction by the actions of thepawls 10 on thefeed wheel 9. - Now, the description will be made upon the case, in which the
continuous label strip 8 is to be unloaded from thefeed wheel 9. When thelock lever 19 is raised from its laid position of Fig. 2, the operatingshaft 18 is turned clockwise, as viewed in the same Figure. The operatingarms 25 are accordingly turned clockwise about the operatingshaft 18 so that theirother ends 25b are held at the upper limit of their rotations by the engagement between thenotch 21 of thelock lever 19 and theprojection 23 of theengagement member 22. - During the rotations of the operating
arms 25, the connectingarms 27 are pulled upward so that thelabel positioning member 29 is turned counter-clockwise, as viewed in Fig. 2, about theshaft 31. As a result, the afore-mentioned opening is formed again between thatmember 29 and thefeed wheel 9, thus restoring the initial condition of Fig. 1. - After that, if that portion of the
continuous label strip 8 in the vicinity of the upper ends of the upper and lowerlabel inlet members label strip 8 as a whole can be taken out of the machine body 1 by way of that opening, thepressure tongue 16, theguide plate 13 and theclearance 15 between theinlet members - As has been described hereinbefore, the following points will be appreciated as the advantages of the label positioning mechanism according to the present invention.
- First of all, since the label positioning member is urged toward the feed wheel by the biasing forces of the elastic members, the continuous label strip never fails to be pushed onto the feed wheel so that it can be fed without fail in accordance with the rotations of the feed wheel.
- Since, moreover, the label positioning member is made capable of approaching and leaving the label advancing surface of the feed wheel, the loading and unloading operations of the label strip onto and from the feed wheel can be accomplished easily and promptly. This advantage can be reflected by the case, in which the labels are peeled off from their backing strip and adhered to the feed wheel or the like. Even in this case, those labels can be removed without any difficulty.
- It should be appreciated as a further advantage that the bringing operations of the label positioning member to and from the feed wheel can be carried out easily and promptly simply by actuating the operating shaft.
- Since, still moreover, the pushing operation of the label positioning member onto the feed wheel is accomplished by the biasing forces of the elastic members, it can take place smoothly and promptly.
- The major components of the label positioning mechanism of the present invention are five, namely, the label positioning member, the arm mechanism, the operating shaft, the elastic member and the feed wheel. Thus, the number of parts required is relatively small for the label positioning mechanism of this kind, while simplifying the construction, so that the label positioning mechanism of the invention can suit itself for mass production.
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NL7801161A (en) * | 1977-02-04 | 1978-08-08 | Sato Kenkyusho | LABEL SIZING DEVICE FOR A LABEL PRINTING MACHINE. |
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