Abstract: In a line thermal head printer apparatus, a ribbon tape is moved, only while printing is to be made, synchronously with the moving velocity of the object to be printed. The ribbon tape is moved only by the amount needed for printing and the amount of use of the ribbon tape is reduced and yet a beautiful printing is made. Ribbon tape 2 unwound from a heat transfer ribbon tape master roll 1 is lapped with a packaging material film 8 on a platen roller 6 and printing is made by a line thermal head 5 on the packaging material film 8. The ribbon tape 2 is stopped by a braking action making use of a maximum static torque characteristic of a stepping motor until a portion to be printed of the packaging material film 8 approaches, and is moved by the stepping motor only when the portion to be printed of the packaging material film 8 arrives.

Abstract: A bread slicer using endless blades, in which finger holders holding fingers are provided for guiding the endless blades so as to position the blades quickly and accurately. A plurality of endless blades are stretched between a pair of drums and fingers are provided, each finger having engagement pieces for guiding each of the endless blades in engagement therewith so as to position the blades, and each finger is held on a finger holder. The finger holders 1 are slidably positioned on guide bars 2. A spacer shaft is disposed parallel to the guide bars, and rows of plural spacers which are different in terms of width are attached on the spacer shaft. By rotating the spacer shaft, selected rows of spacers can be made to intervene between the finger holders 1. The spacer shaft 5 is rotated after being shifted by an air cylinder.

Abstract: The article-to-be-bagged feeding device for feeding an article to be bagged into an opened bag, adopted in the bagging apparatus according to the present invention, has two gripping members disposed in parallel which are reciprocated in the direction of feeding the article to be bagged. The feeding device has a gripping member operator for guiding the two gripping members, in such a manner that the mutual interval between the gripping members is narrowed, thereby causing them to grip the article to be bagged when they advance towards the bag, and further the mutual interval of the gripping members is widened when they retreat from the bag, and the mutual interval thereof is slightly widened when they are transferred from forward movement to rearward movement.