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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 1977
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1975
Larry P Ellefson, Seattle, WA (US);
Interface Mechanisms, Inc., Mountlake Terrace, WA (US);
Abstract
A label printer is disclosed for imprinting characters in succession on label stock comprising an elongated strip of label stock backing having a front surface and a back surface and further comprising a plurality of labels removably adhering to and spaced along the front surface of the elongated strip. The label printer takes the label stock from a supply position, passes it in a first direction by a print station, then passes the label stock with the imprinted labels through a label stripping apparatus which includes a first pin mounted so as to extend transversely to the first direction of label stock travel and bearing against the back surface of the label stock backing. The label printer draws the label stock from the label stripping apparatus in a second direction which is substantially at right angles to the first direction so as to result in separation of individual imprinted labels as the label stock passes around the first pin. To avoid imprecision in the characters that are being imprinted at the print station, due to slack in the elongated strip caused when the label stock backing passes around the first pin and bulges away therefrom, a second pin is located to apply pressure to the front surface of the elongated strip at a point where the elongated strip is travelling in the second direction after passing around the first pin.