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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2009
Benjamin J. Kolp, Derby, CT (US);
David W. Beckstrom, Roxbury, CT (US);
Benjamin J. Kolp, Derby, CT (US);
David W. Beckstrom, Roxbury, CT (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A postage label dispensing system for dispensing adhesive-backed labels including a face material having an adhesive backing and a liner material detachably bonded to the adhesive backing. The adhesive backing defines a plurality of longitudinal adhesive strips and at least one non-adhesive region disposed therebetween and the face material includes at least one longitudinal cut disposed adjacent to, and aligned with, the non-adhesive region. The label dispensing system includes a system for displacing a supply of label material along a feed path and a peeler guide interposing the feed path operative to (i) guide the label material between upper and lower guide members of the peeler guide, (ii) induce a bend in the liner material along an axis substantially parallel to the at least one longitudinal cut, and (iii) separate an edge of the face material from the liner material along at least a portion of the longitudinal cut.