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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2005
Toru Takami, Shiojiri, JP;
Koji Yamada, Okaya, JP;
Toru Takami, Shiojiri, JP;
Koji Yamada, Okaya, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A label peeling mechanism for a label printer comprising a web-bending guide having a convex curved surface for bending a continuous web having labels affixed to the web; an upstream web pressure guide disposed downstream of a said print head in the label printer and having a plurality of ribs disposed upstream in the web transportation direction from the convex curved surface of the web-bending guide opposite an upstream guide surface of the web-bending guide for contacting the web before peeling the labels from the web and a downstream web pressure guide disposed downstream in the web transportation direction.