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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2024
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Hugh A. Connell, Evesham, GB;
Robert Andrew Holmes, Worcester, GB;
Ian D. Taylor, Warwickshire, GB;
Austin Knoblauch, Centerville, OH (US);
Randall L. Redman, Beavercreek, OH (US);
Kevin Cartwright, Halesowen, GB;
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A printer includes a label supply roll hub, a media path along which label stock is movable and a printhead positioned along the media path. The label supply roll hub comprises a hub body and at least one wireform member positioned on the hub body and configured such that at least a core engaging portion of the wireform member is pressed radially inward when engaged by a label supply roll core sliding axially onto the label supply roll hub, wherein the wireform member is configured to apply radially outward pressure against the label supply roll core after the core engaging portion is pressed radially inward.