Aisle marker applicating machine
AssigneeW. H. Brady Co.
InventorGunther Hans Mahn
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Abstract
A machine for applying marker labels carried on a liner web onto a floor surface in order to mark aisles or other boundaries on the floor, in which the liner web is driven intermittently so that markers closely spaced thereon are applied to the floor at a greater spacing, which machine incorporates a simplified driving mechanism based around a pivotal foot lever which is conveniently actuated for engagement and disengagement of the drive means which transports the liner through the machine and which also optionally may include a stripper member having a curved edge about which the liner travels for improved dispensing of the labels from the liner.
Claims6
In a floor marker applicating machine of the type adapted to transport a liner carrying closely spaced pressure sensitive adhesive markers from a supply roll thereof to a take-up reel and including (a) a housing, (b) rotatable elements on which the machine is moved along a floor, and (c) drive means driven by one of the rotatable elements and adapted for intermittent transport of the liner from the supply reel to the take-up reel, during which transport a marker is dispensed from the liner onto a floor surface when the liner passes about a stripper edge positioned between the two reels,
- the improvement wherein:
- (1) a foot lever is attached to a shaft pivotally mounted in the housing and includes a portion extending beyond the rear of the machine,
- (2) a first element of the drive means is associated with a shaft rotated upon movement of the machine and a second element of the drive means is carried on the foot lever;
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- (3) the foot lever is pivotable between a first position wherein the first drive element and second drive element are interconnected for intermittent transport of the liner through the machine and a second position in which the first and second drive elements are disconnected from one another so that the liner remains stationary upon movement of the machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.