Dispenser for different width label rolls and method of using
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1. A dispenser for use in dispensing label rolls of different widths comprising:
- a base member including a bottom wall, a side wall extending about the periphery of the bottom wall and a first latching means for cooperating with a second latching means of a cover member to attach said base member and cover member together, said first latching means including;
first and second spaced walls extending from the bottom wall of said base member, said first wall including a first surface having first upper and lower spaced laterally extending ribs and said second wall including a second surface having second upper and lower spaced laterally extending ribs; and
first and second fingers affixed to and extending from said first and second walls, said first and second walls being bendable toward each other such that forces on said first and second fingers can cause bending of said first and second walls toward each other to the extent of displacing the first upper and lower ribs and the second upper and lower ribs;
a cover member including;
a top wall;
aperture means for accessing said first latching means when said cover member is placed on said base member, said aperture means including spaced first and second apertures situated in said top wall so as to permit access to said first and second fingers when said cover member is placed on said base member; and
second latching means for cooperating with said first latching means to attach said base member and said cover member together, said second latching means including;
first and second spaced latching flange members extending from said top wall of said cover member and being arranged to engage said first and second surfaces of said first and second walls of said base member when said cover member is placed over and urged toward said base member, said first and second latching flange members bending said first and second walls of said base member so as to pass over and past said first and second upper ribs of said first and second walls and allowing said first and second walls of said base member to retract and become latched to said first and second latching flange members by said first and second upper ribs of said first and second walls at a first latching position and bending said first and second walls of said base member so as to pass over and past said first and second lower ribs of said first and second walls and allowing said first and second walls of said base member to retract and become latched to said first and second latching flange members by said first and second lower ribs of said first and second interior walls at a second latching position;
and forces on said first and second fingers of said base member accessible through said first and second apertures bringing said first and second fingers toward each other causing said first and second upper ribs of said first and second walls of said base member to be brought toward each other and said first and second lower ribs of said first and second walls of said base member to be brought toward each other to allow said first and second latching flange members of said cover member to move past said first and second upper and lower ribs and, thereby, unlatch said first and second latching flange members from said first and second upper and lower ribs of said first and second walls of said base member and said cover member from said base member.
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Abstract
A dispenser for labels supported on a liner formed as a roll wherein the dispenser has a base member and a cover member which are provided with a first bendable latching member and a cooperating second latching member, respectively, for latching the members together. Apertures in the cover member permit access to the first bendable latching member of the base member for permitting the cover member to be unlatched from the base member.
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30 Claims
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1. A dispenser for use in dispensing label rolls of different widths comprising:
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a base member including a bottom wall, a side wall extending about the periphery of the bottom wall and a first latching means for cooperating with a second latching means of a cover member to attach said base member and cover member together, said first latching means including;
first and second spaced walls extending from the bottom wall of said base member, said first wall including a first surface having first upper and lower spaced laterally extending ribs and said second wall including a second surface having second upper and lower spaced laterally extending ribs; and
first and second fingers affixed to and extending from said first and second walls, said first and second walls being bendable toward each other such that forces on said first and second fingers can cause bending of said first and second walls toward each other to the extent of displacing the first upper and lower ribs and the second upper and lower ribs;a cover member including;
a top wall;
aperture means for accessing said first latching means when said cover member is placed on said base member, said aperture means including spaced first and second apertures situated in said top wall so as to permit access to said first and second fingers when said cover member is placed on said base member; and
second latching means for cooperating with said first latching means to attach said base member and said cover member together, said second latching means including;
first and second spaced latching flange members extending from said top wall of said cover member and being arranged to engage said first and second surfaces of said first and second walls of said base member when said cover member is placed over and urged toward said base member, said first and second latching flange members bending said first and second walls of said base member so as to pass over and past said first and second upper ribs of said first and second walls and allowing said first and second walls of said base member to retract and become latched to said first and second latching flange members by said first and second upper ribs of said first and second walls at a first latching position and bending said first and second walls of said base member so as to pass over and past said first and second lower ribs of said first and second walls and allowing said first and second walls of said base member to retract and become latched to said first and second latching flange members by said first and second lower ribs of said first and second interior walls at a second latching position;and forces on said first and second fingers of said base member accessible through said first and second apertures bringing said first and second fingers toward each other causing said first and second upper ribs of said first and second walls of said base member to be brought toward each other and said first and second lower ribs of said first and second walls of said base member to be brought toward each other to allow said first and second latching flange members of said cover member to move past said first and second upper and lower ribs and, thereby, unlatch said first and second latching flange members from said first and second upper and lower ribs of said first and second walls of said base member and said cover member from said base member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for use in dispensing labels from label rolls having different widths comprising:
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providing a base member including a bottom wall, a side wall extending about the periphery of the bottom wall and a first latching means for cooperating with a second latching means of a cover member to attach said base member to said cover member, said first latching means including;
first and second walls extending from the bottom wall of said base member, said first wall including a first surface having first upper and lower spaced laterally extending ribs and said second wall including a second surface having second upper and lower spaced laterally extending ribs; and
first and second fingers affixed to and extending from said first and second walls, said first and second walls being bendable toward each other such that forces on said first and second fingers can cause bending of said first and second walls toward each other to the extent of displacing the first upper and lower ribs and the second upper and lower ribs;providing a cover member including;
a top wall;
aperture means for accessing said first latching means when said cover member is placed on said base, said aperture means including spaced first and second apertures situated in said top wall so as to permit access to said first and second fingers when said cover member is placed on said base member; and
second latching means for cooperating with said first latching means to attach said base member and cover member together, said second latching means including;
first and second spaced latching flange members extending from said stop wall of said cover member and being arranged to engage said first and second surfaces of said first and second walls of said base member when said cover member is placed over and urged toward said base member, said first and second latching flange members bending said first and second walls of said base member so as to pass over and past said first and second upper ribs of said first and second walls and allowing said first and second walls of said base member to retract and become latched to said first and second latching flange members by said first and second upper ribs of said first and second walls at a first latching position and bending said first and second walls of said base member so as to pass over and past said first and second lower ribs of said first and second walls of said base member and allowing said first and second walls of said base member to retract and become latched to said first and second latching flange member by said first and second lower ribs of said first and second walls of said base member at a second latching position;placing a label roll having one of said first and second widths in said base member; placing said cover member on said base member and urging said cover member toward said base member until said cover member is latched to said base member at the one of the first and second latching positions corresponding to the width of said label roll paced in said base member; and accessing said first and second fingers of said base member through said first and second apertures and applying a force urging said first and second fingers toward each other so as to displace said first and second upper and lower ribs of said first and second walls of said base member to allow said first and second latching flange members of said cover member to move past said first and second upper and lower ribs and, thereby, unlatch said first and second latching flange members from said first and second upper and lower ribs of said first and second walls of said base member and said cover member from said base member.
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