Rfid tag/label rejection
OwnerJames P. Harkins, Rick D. Blantoninventors
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Abstract
A label applicator system, upon detection of a bad label, moves a peel plate away from a platen roller and towards a take-up spool to increase the angle between the path of the liner toward the peel plate and the path of the liner away from the peel plate. The angle increases sufficiently to prevent the bad label from separating from the liner. The movement of the peel plate is approximately parallel to the movement of a tamp pad for moving and affixing a good label to a package. Because the processing of the bad label does not reduce tension in the liner to drop the liner into the path of the tamp pad and the movement of the peel plate does not cross into the tamp pad path, movement of the tamp pad is not hindered by the bad label processing.
Claims22
A system for controlling a label peeling operation on a roll of labels on a liner, comprising:
- a roller;
- a take-up spool onto which the liner is wound;
- and
- a peel plate located at a nominal position adjacent the roller to enable a label to be separated the liner when the label is pulled across an end of the peel plate, wherein the peel plate is movable from the nominal position toward the take-up spool when a bad label is detected and movable back to the roller.
A system for controlling label peeling in a printer or applicator system comprising:
- means for moving labels affixed to a liner toward a peel point;
- means for determining whether a label affixed to the liner is bad;
- means for providing tension to the liner at the peel point sufficient to peel the label from the liner;
- and
- means for increasing an angle between the liner path towards the peel point and the liner path moving away from the peel point when a bad label is detected to prevent the bad label from separating from the liner.
The system of claim 15, wherein the means for reducing comprises a pair of clamps.
A method for controlling a label peeling operation on a roll of labels affixed to a liner, comprising:
- moving labels affixed to a liner toward a peel point;
- determining whether a label affixed to the liner is bad;
- providing tension to the liner at the peel point sufficient to peel the label from the liner;
- and
- increasing an angle between the liner path towards the peel point and the liner path moving away from the peel point when a bad label is detected to prevent the bad label from separating from the liner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.