US 5,395,174 A · Apparatus for printing labels

Abstract

An apparatus for printing labels can have a printing area, a deflector area designed as a shaft or an edge located behind the printing area in the transport direction of the labels, around which deflector the carrier strip can be guided, and where the labels, on account of their stiffness, can be detached from the carrier strip, while the adhesive glue remains on the underside of the label. In addition, the printing apparatus can also have a supporting apparatus with a contact area near the output opening for the labels, against which supporting area the labels, output via the output opening, come into contact with their underside. The contact area of the support apparatus can preferably be formed by the exposed surfaces of balls mounted so that they can rotate in at least one retaining strip, so that during the label output, the labels preferably do not stick to the support apparatus, as such sticking would significantly interfere with the output of the labels.

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Dependent claims

Apparatus for printing labels, the labels having a first side thereof at least partially coated with adhesive, and the labels being detachably glued by means of the adhesive to a carrier strip, said apparatus comprising:

a printing area for printing the labels;
a deflector area located behind the printing area in a transport direction of the labels, in the form of a shaft or an edge, around which the carrier strip can be guided, and where the labels can be detached from the carrier strip on account of their stiffness, whereby the adhesive remains on the underside of the label;
an output opening for the labels located behind the deflector area in the transport direction of the labels, and with
a support apparatus with a contact area, with which the labels detached from the carrier strip and outpost via the output opening come into contact by means of their underside, characterized by the fact that the contact area of the contact device is formed by the exposed surfaces of balks mounted so that they can rotate in at least one retaining strip.

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Apparatus for printing labels, the labels having a first side thereof at least partially coated with adhesive, said apparatus comprising:

label supply means for supplying labels to be printed;
means for printing the labels;
means for feeding labels from said label supply means to said printing means;
means for receiving printed labels from said printing means;
means for transporting printed labels from said printing means to said receiving means, said means for transporting defining a path of transport from said printing means to said receiving means and said transport path defining a direction of transport;
said receiving means comprising:
a plurality of balls, said balls comprising a material having minimal adhesion characteristics to the adhesive;
means for rotatably mounting each of said plurality of balls in an area after said printing means in the direction of transport of the printed labels;
and
at least one of said plurality of balls being disposed for contacting adhesive of the first side of a printed label for retaining a printed label.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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