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US 11,623,836 B2Granted
Grit roller feeder rollers for sticky media
AssigneeToshiba America Business Solutions, Inc.
InventorsMichael W Lawrence, Brad W Towe, William M. Connors
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Abstract
A system and method for advancing sticky media through printers includes one or more feed rollers comprised of a grit roller. The grit roller contacts an adhesive side of liner-less label stock removed from a roll or stack for printing. The grit roller works cooperatively with an opposing, counter-rotating roller to remove the label stock from the roll and feed it to a printer.
Claims6
A liner-less label stock conveying system comprising:
- a pick roller comprised of a grit roller configured to contact an adhesive side of an unlined label stock;
- a motor configured to generate a rotational force to cause the grit roller to rotate on an axis thereof;
- wherein the unlined label stock is removed from the grit roller and fed to a nip between first and second feed rollers of an associated printer;
- wherein the first feed roller has a grit surface configured to contact the adhesive side of the unlined label stock;
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- wherein the unlined label stock is comprised of a top label from a stack of labels and wherein the pick roller is further configured to contact an adhesive side of a next top label in the stack after the unlined label stock is fed to the nip.
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A method of conveying liner-less label stock for printing comprising:
- contacting an adhesive side of an unlined label stock received from an associated roll thereof with a surface of a pick roller comprised of a grit roller;
- generating a rotational force to cause the grit roller to rotate on an axis thereof;
- wherein the unlined label stock is removed from the grit roller and fed to a nip between first and second feed rollers of an associated printer;
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- wherein the first feed roller has a grit surface configured to contact the adhesive side of the unlined label stock.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.