Label peeling device
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKikuo MIZUTANI
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a label peeling device includes a tray, a pressing unit, and a control unit. The tray is configured to support a label sheet thereon. The pressing unit is configured to be driven in a direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the label sheet. The control unit is configured to drive the pressing unit toward a central portion of the label sheet supported on the tray. The control unit performs peeling control to peel a liner sheet and a label body of the label sheet from each other by pressing an edge of the label sheet and thereby curving the label sheet.
Claims20
A label peeling device comprising:
- a tray configured to support a label sheet thereon;
- a lateral guide for the label sheet configured to be moved in a direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the label sheet;
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- a control unit configured to control movement of the lateral guide toward a central portion of the label sheet supported on the tray so as to peel a label body from the label sheet.
An image forming system, comprising an image forming apparatus, and a post-processing apparatus that includes:
- a tray configured to support a label sheet thereon;
- a lateral guide for the label sheet configured to be moved in a direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the label sheet;
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- a control unit configured to control movement of the lateral guide toward a central portion of the label sheet supported on the tray so as to peel a label body from the label sheet.
A method of peeling a label body from a label sheet in a post-processing apparatus of an image forming system, comprising:
- conveying a label sheet supported on a tray;
- and
- moving a lateral guide for the label sheet in a direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the label sheet toward a central portion of the label sheet so as to peel a label body from the label sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.