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US 6,113,293 AGranted
Label printer having lever actuated cutter
AssigneeBrady Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsRobert L. Schanke, Brent A. Bandholz
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Abstract
A cutting mechanism for a hand held printer includes a lever pivotally mounted to a base and coupled to a slidably mounted blade. Pivotal movement of the lever translates the blade along a cutting axis to cut labeling media. The lever is automatically returned to the noncutting position by a spring, and the blade is biased toward the cutting bar by a spring incorporated in the blade mounting mechanism. The blade has a chevron shape to provide a clean cut in a short cutting stroke.
Claims3
A hand held label printer comprising:
- a housing having a labeling media path disposed therein;
- a printing mechanism disposed along said labeling media path;
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- a cutting mechanism disposed at an end of said labeling media path, said cutting mechanism including:
- a base;
- a blade mounted to said base for sliding motion along a cutting plane;
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- a lever having one end for engagement by a user, and being slidably coupled to said blade and pivotally mounted to said base, such that pivotal movement of said lever from a noncutting position to an actuated position slidably moves the coupling in a transverse direction to translate said blade along the cutting plane through a labeling media in said labeling path, thus cutting said labeling media;
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- a flapper pivotally mounted to said base, said flapper being urged against a surface for holding a cut label.
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