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US 4,176,603 AGranted
Label strip inserting device
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Sato Kenkyusho
InventorYo Sato
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Abstract
A label strip inserting device for use in a label printing machine; the inserting device comprises: a platen pivotally secured to the machine frame, a label guide member pivotally secured to the frame, an operating member interlocked with the platen and the guide member; rotation of the operating member moves the platen and guide member between widely spaced inoperative positions enabling insertion of a label strip and closely spaced operative positions; the operating member has a guide surface that is rotated to define part of the label strip pathway when the guide member is in its inoperative position; label guide pieces on the machine frame positioned near a label holder on the frame; the guide member aligns with the guide pieces to define an insertion pathway when the guide member is in the inoperative position.
Claims11
A label strip insertion device for a label printing machine, wherein said machine comprises:
- a frame;
- feed means attached to said frame for advancing a label strip along said frame;
- an insertion device comprising:
- a platen supported on said frame for motion between a lowered first inoperative position relatively further from said feed means and an upraised first operative position relatively nearer to said feed means;
- said platen having an upwardly facing surface over which a label strip can be fed and said upwardly facing surface being moved nearer to said feed means as said platen is moved to said first operative position;
- a label guide member having a lower surface portion generally opposed to said feed means and beneath which the label strip can be fed;
- said guide member being supported on said frame for motion between an upraised second inoperative position relatively further from said feed means and a lowered second operative position relatively nearer to said feed means;
- said guide member being so placed that when it is in its second operative position, said lower surface portion thereof urges the label strip against said feed means for engagement thereby;
- said first and second inoperative positions being such that a widened space between said guide member and said feed means is created upon movement of said guide member and said platen to their respective said second and first inoperative positions;
- an operating member supported on said frame for motion between a third position and a fourth position, and connected to both said platen and said guide member, such that said operating member transmits the motion of said platen to said guide member, whereby said platen and said guide member move simultaneously to their respective said first and second operative position when said operating member is in its said third position and to their respective said first and second inoperative position when said operating member is in its said fourth position;
- said operating member having a label strip guide surface which, when said operating member in said fourth position, has a first orientation, which extends along a direction that directs a label strip into said widened space;
- said operating member label strip guide surface being so shaped and said guide member being so shaped that when said operating member is in said fourth position, a label strip fed past said operating member to said guide member is slightly deflected by said label strip guide surface before it is engaged by said guide member, whereby the label strip may be kept taut.
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A label strip insertion for a label printing machine, wherein said machine comprises:
- a frame;
- feed means attached to said frame for advancing a label strip along said frame;
- said frame having a forward end toward which the label strip is to be fed and having a rearward end opposite its said forward end;
- a first pivot mount on said frame, a platen pivotally supported on said first pivot mount;
- said platen having an upwardly facing surface over which a label strip is fed;
- said platen upwardly facing surface being located forward in said frame of said first pivot mount;
- said platen being pivotable such that said surface thereof is pivotable between a first lowered inoperative position and a first upraised operative position;
- a second pivot mount on said frame and located forwardly on said frame of said first pivot mount;
- a label guide member pivotally supported on said second pivot mount and extending generally rearwardly in said frame of said second pivot mount;
- said label guide member having a lower surface portion;
- said guide member being pivotable between an upraised second inoperative position and a lowered second operative position, such that a widened space is formed between said guide member and said feed means upon movement of said guide member and said platen to their respective said first and second inoperative positions;
- a third pivot mount on said frame located rearwardly in said frame of said second pivot mount;
- an operating member pivotally supported at said third pivot mount for pivoting thereabout;
- said platen being pivotally connected to said operating member at a fourth pivot mount remote from said third pivot mount;
- said guide member being pivotally connected at a fifth pivot mount to said operating member and said fifth pivot mount being spaced from said third and said fourth pivot mounts;
- said fourth pivot mount being generally rearward in said frame of said first and said fifth pivot mounts;
- the connections between said operating member on the one hand and said platen and said guide member on the other hand being such that said operating member transmits the motion of said platen to said guide member, whereby said platen and said guide member move simultaneously to their respective said first and second operative and inoperative positions.
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