Abstract: The invention relates to a label tape of successive individual labels which are to be appended to articles for sale and which are separated from one another by separating cuts extending transversely with respect to the tape length direction, said tape consisting of a carrier layer formed of polyethylene film and of a printable paper layer firmly bonded to said film.

Abstract: Each arm of a first pair of arms is pivotally connected at spaced-apart pivot locations to a first clamp bracket and to an adjustment bracket, respectively, and each arm of a second pair of arms is pivotally connected at spaced-apart locations to a second clamp bracket and to the adjustment bracket, respectively. A first control is engageable with an arm of the first pair for selectively enabling and preventing pivoting movement thereof, and a second control is engageable with an arm of the second pair for selectively enabling and preventing pivoting movement thereof. When the first and second controls both enable the respective pivoting movements, the second clamp bracket can be moved to a desired position, and, when the first and second controls both prevent the respective pivoting movement, the second clamp bracket retains its position.

Abstract: Magnetic devices are described which include a sheet of magnetic material having a relieved groove/ridge configuration, all the grooves and ridges being straight and parallel, and evenly spaced apart. Such devices can form part of apparatus for use in connection with a dry transfer sheet in assisting setting out a correctly spaced and aligned legend on a desired receptor surface. The apparatus can comprise a base member which, e.g. may be attachable to a designed receptor surface and a sheet-holder member. The sheet-holder member can consist of a bar to which a sheet of dry transfer material may be attached. One side of the bar of the sheet-holder member has a rib which may engage in the base member in one of the parallel grooves therein. The lateral spacing of the parallel grooves and the vertical spacing of lines of letters on the dry transfer sheet correspond to ensure accurate horizontal alignment of letters transferred from different rows on the transfer sheet to the final receptor.

Abstract: An apparatus is described by which a label bearing tape can be transported intermittently in a manually operated labeler. The device contains a transporting carriage (19) reciprocable along the label bearing tape (5). In the carriage a latch (22) with a clamping face (25) is held in frictional engagement with the label bearing tape so that during movement of the carriage in one direction it freely slides on the label bearing tape, while during movement of the carriage in the other direction it clamps the label bearing tape against an abutment surface (26) with self-locking action. The clamping face of the latch is covered with abrasive paper, preferably with an aluminous abrasive paper.

Abstract: Colored legends are produced using a combination of dry transfer, preferably white, lettering, and the application of color thereto. The dry transfer is placed on an intermediate carrier to form the desired legend, the legend then e.g. sprayed over with colors, preferably using a felt tip marker as color source, or colored using a hot blocking foil and the so colored legend then lifted using an adhesive web and liquid treatment of the intermediate carrier to release the legend therefrom and positioned where desired on the final receptor. The adhesive web is then removed to leave the desired legend in the desired color.

Abstract: Imageable products are described which can be made into dry transfer materials and other transfer materials by imaging them in an electrophotographic copier. The imageable products include an adhesive layer having a coating weight of between about 0.5 and 7 grams per square meter, releasably adhered to a substrate. A non-adhesive layer is applied over the adhesive layer, the non-adhesive layer having a thickness of less than about 30 microns and the non-adhesive layer being capable of accepting electrophotographic toner. The non-adhesive layer is incapable of being stripped from the substrate, to which said non-adhesive layer is releasably adhered by said adhesive layer, from a corner of said non-adhesive layer without fracture.

Abstract: Apparatus is described which may be substituted for the vertical rule on a conventional drafting machine arrangement having a pair of rules set at right angles to one another. The apparatus includes a clamp for a transfer sheet which is movable in steps. Used with a dry transfer sheet with lines of letters on it, the interline spacing of which is an integral multiple of the stepped movement spacing of the apparatus, and fitted to a conventional drafting machine, the apparatus assists in applying accurate baseline legends to drawings using dry transfer rather than hand lettering.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for the storage and display of elongate items and particularly marking pens and felt tip markers. The apparatus includes a removable cassette holding a plurality of marking pens. The cassette may be used by an artist or draftsman at a work bench, desk or drafting table in conjunction with a user stand. In the stand the cassette may be moved between two fixed positions, a first position in which the cassettes are tilted forward to permit convenient user access to the pens and a second position in which the cassette is inclined in a rearward position, primarily for storage.The cassettes may also be employed as part of a a rack panel display system. In this system one or more cassettes may be suspended from a rack in which individual cassettes are swingably mounted. Selection of marking pens stored within the cassettes is facilitated by swinging the cassette from side to side thus permitting a person to leaf through as in the pages of a book.

Abstract: A drawing board for use with dry transfer materials is described. The board has a track along one edge and a paper clamp along an adjacent edge. The track bears a bar parallel to the paper clamp which in turn bears a carriage to which a dry transfer sheet can be affixed. The carriage may be racked up and down to bring an appropriate line of dry transfer letters over an appropriate place on a piece of paper held in the paper clamp. The carriage may be provided with a mechanism for holding it firm and then moving the dry transfer sheet clamp slightly. This mechanism enables words to be built up and which the letters are evenly spaced easily and quickly.

Abstract: A portable file comprises a case formed with two side panels, a front panel, a back panel, a bottom and a top. The two side panels, back panel and bottom form an integral structure. A first hinge connects the integral structure and the rear end of the top and permits pivoting movement of the top between a closed position and an open position. A second hinge connects the integral structure and the bottom of the front panel and permits pivoting movement of the front panel between a closed position and an extended position. A latch connects the top and the front panel whereby they can be releasably retained in their respective closed positions, and a handle is connected to the case whereby it can be carried. The side panels are formed with supports for a plurality of hanging files, and the top is formed with a retainer cooperating with the supports for retaining the hanging files on the supports when the top is in the closed position, notwithstanding tipping of the case.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hand labeling apparatus for printing and applying adhesive labels on articles. The apparatus comprises a printer (21) held by a printer carrier (20) which is pivotable between an inoperative and an operative position. In the inoperative position the printer carrier (20) holds the printer (21) lifted off an adhesive label (11) lying on a printing platen (14), while in operative position it holds the printer (21) in contact with the adhesive label (11). By drive means (3, 30, 5) the printer carrier (20) can be moved from the inoperative into the operative position and can be automatically returned to the inoperative position under the influence of a resetting force. In order to prevent double imprints on the adhesive label the device includes retaining means (46, 60) which hold the printer carrier (20) in the operative position with a retaining force that is less strong than the resetting force.

Abstract: A labeling device is described by means of which adhesive labels can be printed, dispensed, and applied on an article. During each operating cycle an adhesive label is printed in the device and transported into a dispensing position below an applicator roll which is mounted for rotation on an elastically deformable axle. In order to render the applicator roll yieldable to a degree desirable to make it conform to the surface to be provided with an adhesive label, the applicator roll is supported on the axle in a central region of its longitudinal extension, while on either side of said central region there follow axle bore regions extending up to the end faces of the applicator roll in which the latter surrounds the axle with a clearance.

Abstract: A label strip including a carrier strip and labels adhering in series to the carrier strip by means of an adhesive layer. The label strip is for use in label printing or dispensing apparatuses, in which the carrier strip is drawn by a pull-off device progressively around a deflection device where the labels are released from the carrier strip. The labels are made from a material stiffer than paper. The side of the labels facing the carrier strip is adhesive-repellent while the side of the carrier strip facing the labels has an adhesive-retaining surface. Moreover, the adhesive layer is applied as at least one narrow band to the carrier strip so that the areas of the side of the carrier strip which come into contact with the pull-off device are adhesive-free.

Abstract: The invention resides in the field of intermittently transporting of tapes, especially the transporting of tapes bearing adhesive labels in an apparatus by means of which the adhesive labels can be dispensed individually in succession and applied on an article. The device (14) used for transporting the tape includes a tape clamp movable forward and backward along the tape with a clamping member (31) movable between a tape clamping position and a tape releasing position and a counterclamp member (32); the tape (9) is passed between the clamping member (31) and the counterclamp member (32). The tape (9) is provided with control recesses (25) and the transporting device (14) comprises a control sensor (39) bringing the clamping member (31) into the tape clamping position when said sensor drops into a control recess (25). The control sensor (39) is movable relative to the clamping member (31) and is designed so that, when dropping into a control recess (25) it comes into positive engagement with the tape (9).

Abstract: The machine, which is equipped with a print head (5) which is movable vertically between two walls (25, 26) of its housing, comprises a device intended to prevent said motion, when the character selection rod (20) of said print head is left in its extended position.The selection rod comprises an engagement element (23) for the engagement of a series of rotary elements (16, 17) which bear printing characters.The safety device comprises a retractable movable stop (28) firmly connected to the print head (5) and subjected to the pressure of a spring (35), and a fixed counter-abutment (29) rigidly connected to a wall (26) of the housing.At the end of the return stroke of the selection rod (20), the movable stop (28) is retracted by the push of said rod, whose engagement element (23) then develops a retaining force which is greater than the action of the spring (35).

Abstract: The machine comprises a print table (8) and a print head (3) which are intended for the printing of characters on labels (11) borne by a continuous strip (10).The print head (3) comprises a pusher (32), a lateral stop (29) and two detention notches (30, 31), and the print table (8) has a rotary cam (33) with return prism (34) and cocking spring (35), having three lifts (38).Upon the typing, one lift is turned by the pusher (32) and the following lift comes laterally against the stop (29). When the print head rebounds, this lift engages in a notch (30) and holds the print head spaced from the print table.This arrangement is provided to prevent a second printing of characters on the labels as a result of rebound. In a variant, the rotary cam is replaced by a reciprocating bolt.

Abstract: The present machine is intended for the printing of selected characters on labels borne by a continuous tape (13) passing over a print table (11) and driven by a chassis (22) imparted a reciprocating movement by the operating of a trigger.In order to prevent the strip of labels from being pulled towards the outside at the time of the pulling off of the label said machine has a hand brake (28, 30) located in front of the print table.This brake comprises a pivoting brake shoe (28) which is placed out of operation during the transport stroke of the continuous strip (13) by an interceptor (32) which is fastened to the transport chassis (22). This arrangement is established in order to permit a precise and effective braking action without requiring recourse to tolerances which are incompatible with mass production.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for imprinting and dispensing pressure-sensitive labels adhering to a carrier tape. The apparatus comprises an operating lever for controlling a printing mechanism and for controlling a feed means for stepwise drawing of the carrier tape over a platen and around a peel edge at which the pressure-sensitive labels detach from the carrier tape and move into a dispensing position. In the rest position of the operating lever the carrier tape is clamped by a braking means where the braking means is biased against the carrier tape by a spring. By means of a cam gearing arranged between the brake actuating member and the operating lever the brake actuating member can be pivoted against the bias of the spring from the carrier tape clamping position into a carrier tape release position when the operating lever has covered a part of its travel from the rest position into the operative position.