US 8,066,045 B2Granted

Hand labeler

AssigneeJoe & Samia Management Inc.

InventorJoseph Z. Sleiman

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Abstract

A hand held labeler has a support liner wheel that is driven by a motor to accurately advance the label web, while providing adequate storage for the support liner of an entire label web. In one embodiment, the labeler includes a micro-controller that controls the motor to vary the speed of the support liner wheel to accommodate for the increased speed of the label web as the circumference of the support liner grows on the support liner wheel. The labeler also includes an applicator to separate the labels from the support liner. The applicator may include a trigger mechanism that is connected to the micro-controller to signal the micro-controller that a label has been placed on an item. The micro-controller may be programmed to start the motor upon receiving the signal from the trigger mechanism. In another embodiment, the support liner wheel is sized to accommodate the support liner of an entire label web, such that the support liner wheel does not need to be emptied or replaced before depositing all of the labels of a particular label web.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A labeler comprising:

a housing including a handle extending from said housing;
a label web, said label web including a plurality of labels supported on a support liner;
a label web support extending from said housing, said label web support rotatably supporting said label web;
an applicator extending from said housing, said applicator separating said labels from said support liner;
a motor supported on said housing, said motor capable of selectively advancing said label web to move one of said labels to said applicator;
and
a support liner wheel extending from said housing, said support liner wheel receiving said support liner, said support liner wheel sized to receive said entire support liner of said label web, wherein said motor is connected to said support liner wheel to rotate said support liner wheel, wherein the labeler includes a micro-controller connected to said motor, said micro-controller programmed to vary the speed of said support liner wheel, wherein said applicator includes a trigger switch connected to said micro-controller, said trigger switch capable of being actuated to turn on said motor, the labeler including a sensor supported on said housing, said sensor sensing movement of one of said labels on said label web, said micro-controller connected to said sensor and programmed to determine a label index time, and to control the power output of said motor as a function of said label index time.

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Facts

Application: 12/521,086Filed 19 Oct 2007 · us provisional application
Priority: 20 Oct 2006
Published: US 2010/0051201 A14 Mar 2010
Granted: 29 Nov 2011
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

B65C 11/004
Modified for the application of labels to articles: label feeding from strips
B65C 11/006
Manually-controlled or manually-operable label dispensers, e.g. modified for the application of labels to articles: using electrical or…
B65C 2210/0072
Details of manually controlled or manually operable label dispensers: specific details of different parts
B65C 2210/0094
Specific details of different parts: label sensing devices