Labeler
AssigneeMonarch Marking Systems, Inc.
InventorsBrent E. Goodwin, Thomas P. Keller, James A. Makley, Mark W. Moore
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Abstract
There is disclosed a hand-held labeler for printing and applying labels and for printing tags. The labeler has a keyboard, a display, a scanner, and a battery-containing handle. The labeler is user-friendly and compact. The labeler can be easily loaded with label and tag webs of different widths. The labeler has a discharge chute for the carrier web which can be slid to a position outside the labeler for easy cleaning.
Claims6
Apparatus for printing on composite webs of labels releasably adhered to a carrier web, the apparatus comprising a housing, a print head disposed in the housing, a platen roll cooperable with the print head, means for selectively mounting rolls of composite webs of different widths, a keyboard disposed at a rear portion of the housing, a delaminator disposed adjacent the print head for delaminating printed labels from the carrier web, an applicator disposed at a front portion of the housing adjacent the print head for applying delaminated labels, the housing having a movable housing section, means for pivotally mounting the housing section adjacent the keyboard for movement between open and closed positions, wherein a roll of a composite web can be loaded onto the selective mounting means when the housing section is in its open position, a scanner mounted on the housing section, a feed roller for advancing the carrier web, means for providing a path for the composite web from the roll to between the print head and platen roll, about the delaminator to the feed roller and to a position outside the housing, and means drivingly coupled to the platen roll and to the feed roller for driving the feed roller at a peripheral speed slightly greater than the peripheral speed of the platen roll.
Apparatus for printing on composite webs of labels releasably adhered to a carrier web, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing, a print head disposed on the housing, a driven platen roll cooperable with the print head, the housing having a space for receiving a label roll composed of a composite label web having a series of labels releasably adhered to a carrier web, a keyboard disposed at a rear portion of the housing, a delaminator for delaminating printed labels from the carrier web, an applicator disposed at a front portion of the housing adjacent the print head for applying delaminated labels, the housing having a housing section movable between open and closed positions, wherein a label roll can be loaded into the space when the housing section is in its open position, a feed roller driven at a peripheral speed slightly greater than the peripheral speed of the platen roll for advancing the carrier web, the carrier web being movable along a path from the label roll to between the print head and platen roll, about the delaminator and to the feed roller, and a scanner mounted on the housing section.
Apparatus for printing on composite webs of labels releasably adhered to a carrier web, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing, the housing having a housing section pivotable between open and closed positions, wherein a label roll can be loaded into the space when the housing section is in its open position, a print head disposed on the housing, a driven platen roll cooperable with the print head, the housing having a space for receiving a label roll composed of a composite label web having a series of labels releasably adhered to a carrier web, a keyboard disposed at the rear of the housing, a delaminator for delaminating printed labels from the carrier web, a feed roller driven at a peripheral speed slightly greater than the peripheral speed of the platen roll for advancing the carrier web, the carrier web being movable along a path from the label roll to between the print head and platen roll, about the delaminator and to the feed roller, and a scanner mounted on the pivotable housing section.
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