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US 6,805,183 B2Granted
Printer
AssigneePaxar Americas, 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.
Claims36
Apparatus for printing on a printable web, comprising:
- a housing having space for receiving a web roll of a printable web, the housing having housing sections movable relative to each other to enable a web roll to be loaded into the web roll space, a print head, a platen roll cooperable with the print head to print on the web, the print head being mounted on one of the housing sections, the platen roll being mounted on the other of the housing sections, the print head and the platen roll being movable into and out of printing cooperation upon movement of the housing sections relative to each other, a pair of web roll mounting members for a mounting the web roll, a rack and gear assembly including a rack coupled to each web roll mounting member, the rack and gear assembly enabling the web roll mounting members to move in unison and to center-justify the web in alignment with the print head.
Apparatus for printing on a printable web, comprising:
- a housing having space for receiving a web roll of a printable web, the housing having housing sections movable relative to each other to enable a web roll to be loaded into the web roll space, a print head, a platen roll cooperable with the print head to print on the web, the print head being mounted on one of the housing sections, the platen roll being mounted on the other of the housing sections, the print head and the platen roll being movable into and out of printing cooperation upon movement of the housing sections relative to each other, a pair of web roll mounting members for a mounting the web roll, a rack connected to each web roll mounting member, and a gear coupled to each rack to enable the web roll mounting members to move in unison and to center-justify the web in alignment with the print head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.