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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
David L Poole, Libertyville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400 88 ; 400613 ; 101288 ;
Abstract
A thermal hand-held printer applicator is disclosed preferably having a roller for gripping the work, a governor for limiting the speed of the roller and thereby the speed of motion of the printer applicator over the work, a tachometer for measuring the roller speed, a print head for printing an image on one of a thermally sensitive web of self adhesive labels, drive means for advancing the web and ejecting one label onto the work, and smoothing means for applying the label to the work.