Premark Feg L.l.c.

Hobart Corporation

Kinred Bowling

Nigel G Mills

Karl Siegfried Schroeder

Randall L Redman

Michael A Whitby

Robert J Weisz

Karl S Schroeder

Mark Edward Eberhardt, Jr

Lee E Trouteaud

Philip Anthony Ratermann

William Howard McMahon

James Carl Meyer

Joseph M Gaccetta

Mark E Eberhardt

A label printer for handling labels with RFID tags includes one or more advantageous features such as locating an RF encoder unit antenna in position to read and/or write to label antennas after the label antennas have exited a label output slot of the printer, providing light elements to indicate status of a read and/or write operation to a label RFID tag or a voiding step to void labels when a read and/or write operation is unsuccessful.

Printer and scale for handling RFID labels

A supply of labels may be configured to facilitate folding. A label handling method involves initiating a label fold prior to a label completely exiting a label exit opening. A label apparatus includes a label obstructing member to promote label folding.

Label supply, label handling method and label printing apparatus

A printer for printing between a print roller and a print head having a print head alignment system is provided. The print head alignment system includes a print roller assembly, a print head support assembly and an actuating assembly. The print roller assembly includes at least one stop and a print roller mounted thereto. The print head support assembly includes a print head mounted thereto and at least one detent, a surface of the detent engaging a surface of the stop to maintain alignment of the print head with the print roller. The actuating assembly is associated with one of the print head support assembly and the print roller assembly to separate the detent and the stop before moving one the print head and print roller to provide an access space between the print head and the print roller for allowing print media to be removed and inserted.

Self-aligning print head mechanism and related printer and method

A thread covering assembly for threaded shafts of food equipment components such as scale adjustment feet includes at least one thread cover positioned around the threaded shaft and moveable along the length of the threaded shaft for preventing the threads of the shaft from being exposed to the environment.

Thread covering assembly for adjustable support feet and the like

A print head assembly for use in a printer which includes a platen roller positioned adjacent a paper path and a first positioning member associated with the platen roller includes a print head and a support for the print head. The support is positioned for sliding along a longitudinal member. A second positioning member extends from one of the print head and the support for movement therewith. The second positioning member slides into contact with the first positioning member to position the print head relative to the platen roller. A cam follower arrangement urges the print head into engagement with the platen roller.

Laterally adjustable print head

An elevator-type package wrapping machine which determines as by premeasurement the length of packages fed at a first level thereto, comprises a film gripper for initially drawing a fixed length of stretch film horizontally from a supply roll to a fixed stop position in the machine. While the film is held by the film gripper, a package which has one edge thereof at a predetermined distance from the fixed stop position is elevated to a second level above the level of the gripper into the film such that the package draws a first addition to the length of film drawn by the gripper, according to the height of the package. A vertically-moving horizontal bar is moved into contact with the film remote from the fixed stop position to pull a second additional length of film from the film source in accordance with the measured package length, if required. A film cutter is provided for severing the film from its source while the film is stationary, following which, film side and rear underfolders fold the lateral edges of the film and the rear edge of the film extending from the film source under the package. The underfolders and horizontal bar are operated independent mechanisms, enabling separate timing of each. The package is then pushed essentially horizontally in an outfeed direction, at which time the gripper releases the film and allows the released portion to be underfolded beneath the package as it is pushed. The package is then passed over a heated belt to seal the overlapping edges of the film beneath the package.

Package wrapping method and machine

A collapsible elevator for a package elevating wrapping machine comprises a base member, a package supporting member and a pair of spring-biased rods. The rods resiliently engage the package supporting member to maintain it in a package elevating position relative to the base member, yet permit it to be resettably collapsed relative to the base member upon exertion of a defined force on the package supporting member. The package supporting member comprises a top plate and two downwardly extending spaced supports which have notches in their lower ends for receiving the spring-biased rods. The supports define surfaces which taper inwardly toward the top plate to facilitate resetting the elevator. An electrical switch is coupled to the base member and a switch actuating rod is coupled to the package supporting member and adapted to activate the electrical switch upon collapse of the elevator. The package elevating wrapping machine is shutdown upon a signaled elevator collapse to substantially reduce the possibility of damaging the machine by the jam condition which caused the collapse of the elevator.

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Dayton, OH, United States of America

Kinred Bowling