Abstract: A label dispenser is disclosed for peeling individual adhesive-backed labels from a continuous strip of release paper upon which the labels are stored. The dispenser comprises a frame having a guide edge extending between the opposite sides of the frame and positioned adjacent to a top of the label dispensing end of the frame. When a strip of release paper containing an adhesive-backed label thereon passes over the guide edge it makes an abrupt turn as it passes over the guide edge, and the label is peeled from the release paper. A drive mechanism is positioned below the guide edge and spaced inwardly within the frame from the guide edge. The drive mechanism pulls the strip of release paper over the guide edge.

Abstract: A hydraulic pump and valve unit is disclosed which is particularly useful in a system using a hydraulic cylinder for raising and lowering the cab of a truck. The unit includes a pump which is connected to a valve intake chamber which, in turn, opens axially into a flat end of a larger valve chamber. An annular thrust seal is slidably mounted in the valve intake chamber, and spring means biases the thrust seal against the flat end of a valve spool which is rotatably mounted in the valve chamber. The valve spool has a pair of flow passages therein which connect respective ports in the flat end of the valve spool with corresponding ports in the cylindrical surface of the valve spool. The ports in the cylindrical surface of the valve spool register with a second pair of cooperating flow passages which deliver hydraulic fluid under pressure from the unit to a system such as a hydraulic cylinder, and return hydraulic fluid from such system to the unit.