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US 5,065,896 AGranted
Label dispenser
OwnerDonald Jurgichinventor
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Abstract
A label dispenser for stripping adhesive-backed labels from a dispensing strip which has a stripping edge extending at an acute angle with respect to a feed path. The dispensing strip passes from the stripping edge crosswise beneath the feed path after label removal has been performed.
Claims13
A label dispenser for stripping adhesive-backed labels from a dispensing strip, comprising:
- a frame;
- strip supporting means on the frame for supporting a said dispensing strip;
- a table on said frame projecting in a longitudinal lead direction from said strip supporting means, said table having a stripping edge at its lead end extending at an acute angle to said lead direction between a back longitudinal table edge and a shorter front longitudinal table edge;
- and
- a take-up reel on said frame behind said back longitudinal table edge for receiving a dispensing strip passing rearward beneath said table after removal of labels therefrom responsive to passage of the dispensing strip over said stripping edge after traveling over said table from said strip supporting means.
2 more elements
A method of stripping adhesive-backed labels from a dispensing strip, comprising:
- advancing said strip along a linear infeed path to a stripping edge extending at an acute angle to said path;
- and
- passing the advancing strip over said stripping edge and crosswise beneath said path to free labels from the dispensing strip at the stripping edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.