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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1999
Michael J Natalizia, Narragansett, RI (US);
Zachery J Schartner, Narragansett, RI (US);
Astro-Med, Inc., West Warwick, RI (US);
Abstract
A transport apparatus and method for transporting labels along a printing path of a printing device is disclosed. The transport apparatus includes a label transfer station including a first peeling device for deflecting the web supplied by the payoff roller to a take-up roller, the deflection of the web being at such an angle that a label mounted on the web is peeled from the web as the web passes over the first peeling device, a discrete carrier for receiving the peeled label from the web and transporting the label along the printing path and through the printing assembly and a second peeling device for deflecting the discrete carrier, the deflection of the discrete carrier being at such an angle that the label mounted on the discrete carrier is peeled from the discrete carrier as it passes over the second peeling device.