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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1996
Karl Siegfried Schroeder, Clayton, OH (US);
Nigel G Mills, Kettering, OH (US);
William Howard McMahon, Ludlow Falls, OH (US);
Premark FEG L.L.C., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for printing labels having a tacky side and a non-tacky printable side. The apparatus comprises a print head for printing indicia on the printable side of the labels, and a print roller disposed in close proximity to the print head. The print head is thus enabled to print indicia on the labels when the labels are supported by the print roller, the print roller having at least one annular recess in its surface thereof. The apparatus further comprises at least one elongated stripper element retained in and extending from the recess such that upon rotation of the roller, the label is transported to the stripper element. The stripper element thereby lifts the label from the surface of the roller and the label is removed from the print roller.