Abstract: A large area intermittent imprinter having transfer tape supply and take-up reels carried by a main frame with guide means directing the tape past a large area imprint head carried on a shaft reciprocatingly journaled in the main frame support and coupled to a reciprocating drive means through a cam and follower connection to a pivoted force transmitting member whereby the large area imprint head is stabilized through the journal support with the drive connection consisting of a simple rigid linkage.

Abstract: A method and device for imprinting indicia on a product bag in cooperation with a product bagging machine in which the imprinting operation does not hinder or interfere with an accelerated packaging operation, including the steps of first continuously moving products to be bagged along a conveying surface in a spaced and generally aligned end-to-end relationship, second inflating a product bag by an air jet in order to receive the product, third prior to filling the inflated bag shifting it laterally into contact with a printer head of an imprinter device which is disposed off to the side of the moving stream of aligned and spaced products, and fourth imprinting the inflated bag during the interval of time that the space between adjacent moving products is adjoining the imprinter device.

Abstract: An imprinting device for selectively marking a surface, for example a container, web, or the like, comprising a frame member having a power cylinder mounted thereon with a power arm ram reciprocatable in a first direction. A rigid non-sliding linkage connects the ram to a pivotable yoke member carried by the frame which in turn is pivotably connected to a type carrying member carrying a stamp head. The tupe carrying member is pivotable around a fixed point on the frame through a lost motion connection. The stamp has a vertical stamping movement and a horizontal inking movement. In the vertical movement the stamp projects above a plane of the frame while in the horizontal movement it is brought into contact with a disposable ink cartridge carried by the frame.