Label dispenser

Abstract

The present invention concerns the field time/date labelling of products or packaging for products, such as those having a limited life before perishing. According to the present invention there is provided a device for dispensing labels marked with time information relating to a time-dependent characteristic of a product, which device comprises: clock means for generating current time information; time adjustment means for logging an adjustment time period and adding the period to the current time information thereby to generate future time information; user responsive actuation means for sampling current time information and the calculated future time information; label marking means for marking sampled time information onto the labels; and a label dispensing mechanism for dispensing marked labels from the device, wherein in the actuation means is adapted to permit device operation at least two user-selectable modes, the first mode providing a label marked with the current time information and not the future, and the second mode providing a label marked with future time information, and optionally the current time information.

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