Label dispensing device and method
AssigneeBrady Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsSohail Anwar, Peter Hartmann
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Abstract
A label dispensing device is disclosed for dispensing labels from a web that has a web path extending through the label dispensing device. The label dispensing device includes a dispensing member and a transition member. The dispensing member is shaped to effectuate a flexure of the web and includes a peel edge disposed along a portion of the web path. The transition member has a web control surface disposed along a portion of the web path. The web control surface is downstream of the peel edge and is configured to engage the first side of the web, thereby reducing the flexure of the web effectuated by the dispensing member.
Claims20
A label dispensing device for dispensing labels from a web carrying labels on a first side thereof and having a web path that extends through the label dispensing device, the label dispensing device comprising:
- a dispensing member being shaped to effectuate a flexure of the web travelling along the web path, the flexure being in a direction transverse to a direction of travel of the web along the web path, the dispensing member further having a peel edge disposed along a portion of the web path;
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- a transition member having a web control surface disposed along a portion of the web path curving downwardly away from the dispensing member, the web control surface being downstream of the peel edge and the web control surface being configured to engage the first side of the web to reduce the flexure of the web effectuated by the dispensing member.
A method of dispensing labels from a web in which a web path extends through a label dispensing device, the label dispensing device including a dispensing member shaped to effectuate a flexure of the web travelling along the web path and carrying labels on a first side of the web, the flexure being in a direction transverse to a direction of travel of the web along the web path, the dispensing member further having a peel edge disposed along a portion of the web path, the method comprising:
- feeding the web over the dispensing member toward the peel edge while effectuating a flexure of the web;
- turning the web over the peel edge and back toward a transition member;
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- feeding the web over a web control surface of the transition member, in which the web control surface is downstream of the peel edge, curves downwardly away from the dispensing member, and engages the first side of the web to reduce the flexure of the web effectuated by the dispensing member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.