Labeler

• US 5,900,110 A
• Filed: 07/15/1997
• Issued: 05/04/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC (Avery Dennison Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Monarch Marking Systems, Inc. (Avery Dennison Corporation)
• Inventors: Makley, James A., Moore, Mark W., Goodwin, Brent E., Keller, Thomas P.
• Primary Examiner(s): YAO, SAMCHUAN CUA
• Application Number:
  US08/893,923
• Time in Patent Office: 658 Days
• Field of Search: 156/384, 156/387, 156/577, 156/584, 156/579, 235/472, 235/454, 235/470, 235/462, 101/288
• US Class Current: 156/577
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 11/0025 Handling copy materials differing in width
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/36 for portability , i.e. hand-held printers or laptop printers B41J3/4075 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/4075 Tape printers; Label printers
• CPC Class Codes: B65C 11/0226 electrically driven
• CPC Class Codes: B65C 11/0284 Linerless labels
• CPC Class Codes: B65C 11/0289 using electrical or electro-mechanical means B65C11/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65C 2210/0018 permanent
• CPC Class Codes: B65C 2210/0075 Applying rollers
• CPC Class Codes: B65C 2210/0086 platens
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1795 Implement carried web supply
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/18 Surface bonding means and/or assembly means with handle or handgrip
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1994 Means for delaminating from release surface

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.

Claims

1. A hand-held labeler, comprising:

a housing having a handle, the housing having space for receiving a label roll composed of a composite label web having a series of labels releasably adhered to a carrier web, a print head and a cooperable platen, a delaminator for delaminating printed labels from the carrier web, an applicator at a front portion of the housing for applying printed labels, a keyboard at the rear portion of the housing, the housing having a movable housing section, the housing section being movably mounted between an open position to provide access to the label roll receiving space in the housing and a closed or operating position, and a scanner mounted on the movable housing section.

2. A hand-held labeler as defined in claim 1 including means for releasably latching the movable housing section in the operating position.

3. A hand-held labeler as defined in claim 1, wherein the print head is mounted on the movable housing section.

4. A hand-held labeler as defined in claim 1, including means for mounting label rolls of different widths.

5. A hand-held labeler as defined in claim 1, including opposed hubs for mounting label rolls of different widths.

6. A hand-held labeler as defined in claim 1, and a movable discharge chute for the carrier web.

7. A hand-held labeler as defined in claim 1, wherein the platen includes a platen roll, and an electric motor for driving the platen roll.

8. A hand-held labeler as defined in claim 7, and a driven feed roll for the carrier web.

9. A hand-held labeler as defined in claim 8, wherein the motor drives both the platen roll and the feed roll.

10. A hand-held labeler as defined in claim 9, including gearing between the motor and the platen and feed rolls.