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US 2022/0185610 A1Published application
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.
Claims20
A liner-less label stock conveying system comprising:
- a grit roller configured to contact an adhesive side of an unlined label stock received from a associated roll thereof;
- a counteracting surface disposed on nonadhesive side of the unlined label stock configured to bias the grit roller against the adhesive side;
- 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 an associated printer.
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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 a associated roll thereof with a surface of a grit roller;
- biasing the adhesive side against the surface of the grit roller via a counteracting surface disposed on a nonadhesive side of the 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 an associated printer.
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A system for liner-less label stock comprising:
- a grit roller configured to contact an adhesive surface of a top sheet of a stack of liner-less label stock;
- the grit roller configured to rotate to move the top sheet to a nip disposed between feed rollers;
- the feed rollers further configured to cooperatively rotate to remove the top sheet from the stack.
A method comprising:
- contacting an exposed adhesive surface of a top sheet of a stack of label stock with a grit roller;
- rotating the grit roller to move the top sheet relative to the stack to a nip between first and second grip rollers, wherein a grip roller contacting the exposed adhesive surface is comprised of a grit surface;
- rotating the grip roller to move the top sheet from the stack;
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- retracting the grip roller.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.