Asymmetric peel plate for a label-dispensing apparatus and peel assist plate

An asymmetric peel plate for a label-dispensing apparatus for separating labels from a liner as the liner travels along a liner path extending in a longitudinal direction through the label-dispensing apparatus, the asymmetric peel plate comprising:

• a set of liner support surfaces defining a portion of the liner path, the set of liner support surfaces being angled with respect to one another and converging at a bending line running parallel with the longitudinal direction;
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• a peel edge disposed at a longitudinally forward end of the set of liner support surfaces, the peel edge having a set of peel edge linear portions being angled with respect to one another and converging at a peel edge apex that is positioned at a forward end of the bending line;
• wherein no plane exists perpendicular to the liner path if the liner was unbent that is collinear with the bending line in which the peel edge and the set of liner support surfaces are both reflectionally symmetrical about the plane;
• wherein angles as measured between each of the set of peel edge linear portions and the bending line are different from one another;
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• wherein the asymmetric peel plate has a plane perpendicular to the liner path if the liner was unbent that is collinear with the bending line and wherein an angle measured between each of the set of liner support surfaces and the plane perpendicular to the liner path if the liner was unbent that is collinear with the bending line are different from one another.