Abstract: The present invention is a rotary stamp. It comprises a U-shaped frame, a shaft rotatably inserted in the frame, a bridge mounted on the frame, cylinder means fitted on the shaft and operation means for rotating the shaft. An endless belt-like stamping member is mounted around the cylinder means and the bridge. The cylinder means has flanges at both ends having knurls around the circumferences thereof. On the inner side of the frame elastic plates are provided, each plate having on its lower end a pawl to be engaged by one of the knurls on the flanges of the cylinder means.

Abstract: This invention relates to a belt printing mechanism with parallel mounted endless type belts which carry on their exterior surface print types. These type belts extend around an adjustment wheel and a plurality of star wheels where the star wheels are rotatable about a shaft where each star wheel has four corners. A catch mechanism is held under tension against the star wheels and holds these in predetermined detent positions to prevent free rotation of the star wheels. When printing multi-character symbols, the selected print types of adjacent type belts must be brought into predetermined printing positions. In order to assure a clean print copy, care must be taken that the print types rest in the exact same line height. In order to accomplish this, the catch mechanism for each star wheel is provided with a spring tongue which touches at least two separated points of the perimeter of its associated star wheel between two adjacent corners thereof.

Abstract: A wide endless flexible band (10) is molded on a flat core blade (12) with one group of laterally extending rows of outwardly projecting printing characters (16) molded on one side of the core blade between a set of laterally extending notched guide bars (32). The notches within the guide bars are used to align the wide endless band on a rotary cylindrical arbor (40) precisely with a set of spaced cutters (44) which slit the wide band at laterally spaced intervals into a plurality of relatively narrow endless printing bands. The wide endless band is also molded with a second group of raised characters (14) which correspond to the printing characters and are positioned on the other side of the core blade between a set of laterally extending continuous guide bars (24).

Abstract: An improved, low cost, high speed, impact printing apparatus usable as a typewriter or as a machine printer is disclosed which includes a carriage translatable along a page through a rack and gear assembly and having an electronically controlled printing unit oriented to reveal the line of write and give constant printing characteristics independent of carriage speed. The printing unit includes a thin, lightweight, circular, bidirectionally shiftable, distensible synthetic resin band having printing characters thereon, along with a single, spring-powered impression hammer for selectively engaging and distending the band toward the page in order to print a selected character. Printing and letter-spacing are concurrently initiated and accomplished using only a single, windable, energy-storing mainspring and a mechanical energy transmission assembly coupling the rack and gear assembly and printer in parallel.

Abstract: The continuous type belt is arranged round two rollers, one of which is driven. One straight section of the type belt contacts over its entire length the support designed as a platen.In order to avoid groove on the platen caused by the rotating type belt, and to achieve a distribution of other kinds of wear of the platen over its circumference, a gear motor causes the platen to rotate very slowly (approximately 1 revolution in 72 hours).The platen can also be rotated without a gear motor. For this purpose, the longitudinal axis of the platen is slightly inclined relative to the edge of the type belt. This inclination effects a small movement component in the direction of the platen circumference while the type belt slides along the lateral surface of the platen, said component causing a slow revolution of the platen.

Abstract: The disclosure concerns an index wheel for use in a printing device. The device includes a plurality of type wheels which are coaxially juxtaposed to one another in independently rotatable manner. The outer circumference of each type wheel carries a multiplicity of lands respectively bearing types. The outer circumference of the type wheel also has a multiplicity of engagement grooves, each formed between two adjacent lands. An index wheel of the invention is engageable with each type wheel to rotationally drive the type wheel when the index wheel is manually rotated through a selecting shaft by means of a selecting knob. The index wheel includes a ring-shaped body. A multiplicity of teeth are formed on the outer circumference of the ring-shaped body and are circumferentially spaced such that they engage with the engagement grooves of the respective type wheel. A multiplicity of index letters are respectively borne on the outer circumference of the ring-shaped body between any two adjacent teeth.

Abstract: A printing position adjusting mechanism is disclosed for use in a printer of the type in which a printing head is carried on the leading end portion of a yoke and the row of types of the printing head is arranged in the longitudinal direction of the yoke. The printing position adjusting mechanism includes an externally threaded adjusting ring, which is screwed into the internally threaded hole formed in the front frame plate of the yoke, and its leading end face abuts the opposed leading end face of the yoke. This causes the printing head to be moved longitudinally of the yoke, thereby to adjust the printing position thereof relative to the yoke. For fixing the printing head at a desired printing position to the yoke, an internally threaded hole is formed in the leading end face of the yoke, and a fixing screw is inserted into a center hole through the adjusting ring and extends into the threaded hole in the yoke.

Abstract: A set of flexible endless printing bands are arranged in two rows spaced in tandem relation for simultaneously printing two lines of characters. Each band in each row is supported by a corresponding indexing gear which includes a thin flange portion projecting outwardly between adjacent bands. A row of corresponding idle gears is disposed between the rows of printing bands, and each idle gear connects the two indexing gears supporting a corresponding set of bands in the two rows. A band indexing mechanism is axially movable within one row of indexing gears and provides for simultaneously indexing each set of corresponding printing bands. Each endless printing band may be molded with a series of long pads each supporting a numerical printing character and integrally connected by thin flexible link portions and short pads carrying visually readable characters.

Abstract: There is disclosed a print head for printing two lines of data. Relatively thin spacers separate adjacent drive wheels and adjacent portions of the printing bands. A relatively thick spacer is disposed adjacent sets of printing bands of at least one line so that the printing bands print two spaced-apart fields of data.

Abstract: Apparatus for printing and applying pressure-sensitive labels carried on a release liner of supporting material where the label stock advancement mechanism is a feed wheel which advances the release liner. A brake prevents movement of the label stock during application of a label. A ratchet and pawl arrangement incrementally advances the feed wheel each time a hand lever is returned to its rest position. At the same time, a second ratchet and pawl arrangement is effective to remove the brake during the incremental label stock advancement. The feed and brake release ratchets are preferably integrally connected to opposite sides of the feed wheel. Mechanisms are also provided for ensuring removal of the brake prior to incremental label stock advancement and for manually latching the brake in its released position during loading of label stock in the apparatus.

Abstract: A rotary type rubber stamp of the present invention comprises an assembly of an endless rubber stamp belt, a pair of guide pulleys mounted on shafts for rotating stamp belt, the shafts being spaced apart from each other and mounted on the inner side walls of a case, the stamp belt having a plurality of unit stamp portions connected with each other through a relatively thin hinge portion of the stamp belt, each of said unit stamp portions having on its back surface widthwise of the stamp belt a ridge-like projection to be engaged with mating grooves formed respectively on the pulleys, one of which pulleys being substantially square in section and the other being circular in section, and cooperating projections and recesses on the square pulley and inner side walls of the case, respectively, for releasably retaining the stamp in position during use.

Abstract: A sleeve member of elastomeric material is mounted on one of the driving and driven pulleys between which the type-carrier is passed. The sleeve member is wetted with a lubricant liquid so that a friction occurring between the type-carrier and the platen is minimized.

Abstract: There is disclosed a print head with toothed drive wheels for advancing respective printing members such as printing bands. The print head has one or more blank elements or spacers having toothed surfaces defining a gap or space which enables an indexing gear to be shifted smoothly relative to the toothed drive wheels.

Abstract: A marking machine having plural marking heads, the novel heads being separately reciprocable between a retracted storage position and an extended marking position to provide plural print lines on, e.g., a label. The marking heads reciprocate in motion planes angled relative one to another, with at least one of the motion planes being angled at an acute angle to the machine's platen, to permit closer spacing of the print lines one to the other on the label. The marking machine also includes a novel inker mechanism that permits an ink pad to be easily removed from gravity connected relation with its motor for re-inking of the pad apart from the machine. The marking machine further includes a novel print adjustor mechanism for each marking head which selectively cooperates with all print bands on wheels of that head for easy and simple manual repositioning of the bands on wheels as desired.

Abstract: There is disclosed a print head including a one-piece support block or mounting block having a support member and a concave surface for rotatably mounting a series of drive wheels, the drive wheels being coupled to a series of printing bands which are trained about the respective wheels and the support. The support includes four abutment shoulders and each printing band is provided with a series of lugs on its underside having end faces cooperable with the abutment shoulders when the printing band is in a selected position to print a desired character.

Abstract: A type character selecting mechanism for use in a printing head which is equipped with a plurality of juxtaposed endless bands bearing type characters on their outer surfaces. The mechanism includes a plurality of juxtaposed selecting gears engageable with the corresponding endless bands for turning the same. Each of the selecting gears is formed on its inner side with a series of internal teeth. A selecting shaft is axially slidable through coaxial holes of the gears and is rotatable. The selecting shaft has a locking member at its inner end which is engageable with the internal teeth of one of the gears for locking the same in position. The type characters borne on the two outer bands are semi-fixed; the type characters borne on the remaining inner bands are changeable. The selecting gears for turning the outer bands have their internal teeth angularly displaced from internal teeth of the selecting gears for turning the remaining inner bands.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of making a print head assembly and a print head assembly. The print head assembly is comprised of one or more subassemblies. Each subassembly is made up of relatively few parts including a mounting block having a concave mounting surface, a series of drive wheels supported at their outer peripheries on the mounting surface, and a series of printing bands with which the drive wheels are engaged. The subassemblies can be readily assembled on a fixture. Thereafter, each subassembly is oriented relative to side plates to make a print head assembly.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a selective printing apparatus adapted to be used in a hand held labeler. The apparatus includes selectively settable printing members driven by wheels coupled by gearing with read wheels for indicating the selected data to be printed. The read and print wheels are driven by a manually movable, shiftable and rotatable selector shaft. The print wheels are detented and the selector shaft is detented within holes in the print wheels. An indicator slidably mounted by a stationary frame is coupled to the selector shaft through a lost-motion connection to enable the print head to move between printing and non-printing positions.

Abstract: Printing apparatus comprising a housing having at least two oppositely disposed side walls; a plurality of sets of juxtaposed printing elements; a plurality of internally toothed, annular setting wheels supported with respect to the housing for respectively positioning the printing elements; a hollow, axially shiftable, setting shaft extending at least into the annular setting wheels, the setting shaft including (a) a drive member for engaging the internal teeth of a selected one of the setting wheels and (b) a detenting member; a pin mounted with respect to one of the side walls, the pin extending into the hollow setting shaft and including a plurality of detent recesses longitudinally extending along the surface of the pin, the distance between at least two of the recesses corresponding to the width of at least one of the setting wheels, the detenting member of the setting shaft engaging a selected one of the recesses for axially positioning the setting shaft at the setting wheel to be driven.

Abstract: There is disclosed a multi-line print head for a labeler. The print head includes a plurality of lines of printing members and a selector for each line. Each selector includes a shaft rotatable by a respective knob. The knobs are close to each other in certain axial positions. Each knob can transmit rotation and axial movements to its respective shaft. However, any knob can be shifted axially to a limited extent relative to its respective selector shaft to a position clear of any other knob. Thus, the other knob or knobs do not interfere with manual rotation of the selected knob.

Abstract: A set of flexible endless printing bands are arranged in two rows spaced in tandem relation for simultaneously printing two lines of characters. Each band in each row is supported by a corresponding indexing gear which includes a thin flange portion projecting outwardly between adjacent bands. A row of corresponding idle gears is disposed between the rows of printing bands, and each idle gear connects the two indexing gears supporting a corresponding set of bands in the two rows. A band indexing mechanism is axially movable within one row of indexing gears and provides for simultaneously indexing each set of corresponding printing bands. Each endless printing band may be molded with a series of long pads each supporting a numerical printing character and integrally connected by thin flexible link portions and short pads carrying visually readable characters.

Abstract: A wide endless flexible band (10) is molded on a flat core blade (12) with one group of laterally extending rows of outwardly projecting printing characters (16) molded on one side of the core blade between a set of laterally extending notched guide bars (32). The notches within the guide bars are used to align the wide endless band on a rotary cylindrical arbor (40) precisely with a set of spaced cutters (44) which slit the wide band at laterally spaced intervals into a plurality of relatively narrow endless printing bands. The wide endless band is also molded with a second group of raised characters (14) which correspond to the printing characters and are positioned on the other side of the core blade between a set of laterally extending continuous guide bars (24).

Abstract: An integral plastic housing has front and rear walls, which terminate in downwardly extending tongues which define slots open at their lower ends, and two opposite side walls adapted to be resiliently spread apart and formed with axially aligned apertures. An axle is snap-fitted in the apertures. A cross-piece is fitted on the side walls at the lower end of the housing. At least one drum is mounted on the axle and rotatable about the axis thereof and integrally formed with a setting wheels which protrudes through the slots. At least one stamp band is trained around the drum and the cross-piece and adapted to be engaged with the underside of the cross-piece and to be forced by the latter against a surface to be stamped. The side walls are adapted to be sufficiently spread apart to permit the axle to be inserted into the housing from below and to be snap-fitted into said apertures.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a hammer actuated printer comprising a printing drum, a plurality of type carrying belts secured around the printing drum, and a plurality of hammers for depressing a paper toward a selected type carried on the type carrying belts. A plurality of separator strips are formed on the printing drum surface for separating the type carrying belts from each other. The separator strips have a height higher than that of the types carried by the type carrying belts, thereby precluding the paper from coming in contact with types which are not selected.

Abstract: There is disclosed label printing and applying apparatus by which labels are successively printed and applied to merchandise. The apparatus feeds pressure sensitive labels mounted on a web of supporting material to a printing zone and to a delaminating zone. An applicator disposed downstream of the delaminating zone is used to apply the labels to merchandise.

Abstract: A plurality of print hammers disposed along a print station are caused to be swung against a print band and there is provided a top edge guide to limit upward movement of the band and maintain the print band in a precise path in its travel past the print station. The print band is trained around pulleys which are biased upwardly by light springs to maintain the band in contact with the top edge guide.

Abstract: A printing apparatus comprising a stationary frame structure having accommodated therewithin a plurality of printing hammers arranged in a row, a tiltable support structure positioned in front of the frame structure and rotatable about an axis fixed on the frame structure, a type carrier movable on the support structure partially along a straight travelling path extending in parallel with the row of the printing hammers and forming an elongated clearance between the travelling path and the row of the printing hammers, position retaining means for holding the support structure in an inoperative position having the travelling path of the type carrier spaced wider apart from the row of the printing hammers, clearance adjusting means for minutely adjusting the above mentioned clearance depending upon the thickness of the printing sheet or sheets to be printed at a time, and cam means providing a mechanical and functional intervention between the position retaining and clearance adjusting means.

Abstract: A printing apparatus comprising a type carrier to travel along a print line on a printing paper, a plurality of printing hammers to be selectively driven to strike the printing paper against an inking ribbon and the inking ribbon against a platen in front of the inking ribbon, and a support member supporting the type carrier, inking ribbon and platen thereon, wherein the support member is movable between a position holding the type carrier, inking ribbon and platen in positions capable of performing printing operation but intercepting the line of sight between the print line and the operator's eyes and a position holding the type carrier, inking ribbon and platen in inoperative positions but providing an unobstructed line of sight from the operator's eyes toward the print line for enabling the operator to clearly view the printed information along the print line.

Abstract: A type positioning mechanism for use in a printing device of a hand labeler, or the like, including a plurality of rotatable, coaxial selecting wheels, corresponding rotatable coaxial positioning members juxtaposed to and spaced from the selecting wheels and corresponding endless type bands each formed with a plurality of printing types and arranged to run over a corresponding pair of the selecting wheels and positioning members; the type positioning mechanism includes a guide block which is stationary relative to the selecting wheels and positioning members; the guide block has parallel bores therein; pins are received in the corresponding bores and are slidable back and forth; there are thrust members, each integral with the corresponding pin and having one end formed with a conically or wedge shaped projection that is engageable with a complementary depression in the corresponding positioning member for holding the corresponding type band at a particular printing orientation; biasing means urge the thrust

Abstract: In a line printer character belt in which characters are mounted on flexible fingers which are struck by printing hammers toward a platen in the printing operation, the fingers are flexed toward the platen by a projection on the fingers or on a character block on which the fingers are mounted. Vibration subsequent to the printing operation is eliminated, thereby providing excellent printing quality free of dirt and ghosts.

Abstract: There is disclosed a print head having a print head frame, a plurality of drive wheels, a support, and a plurality of printing bands trained about the support and the respective wheels so that the selected printing elements can be presented at a printing zone. Each printing band has a plurality of different printing elements connected by hinges. The support has a pair of support members having respective elongated lands, and the lands have tapered entries and terminate at opposed generally parallel shoulders. Each printing band has spaced apart, generally flat, smooth lugs at its underside. The support shoulders are spaced apart by a distance approximately equal to the length of a lug. The support lands contact only the undersides of adjacent hinges while a printing element is at a printing zone. Each wheel has a plurality of notches to receive the lugs on the underside of the respective printing band.

Abstract: A multi-line printing head for being mounted on a portable label printing machine, or the like: The printing head comprises printing devices and a housing for detachably supporting the printing devices; each printing device comprises: a pair of elongated frames; a plurality of large-diameter rotation wheels pivotally mounted to the upper portions of the frames and carrying stamp belts; an H-shaped member pivotally secured to the lower portions of the frames and being pivotable relative to the frames; the H-shaped member carrying a plurality of small-diameter rotation pieces; stamp belts supported by the rotation wheels and by the rotation pieces; on the opposed inside surfaces of side walls of the housing are formed printing device support means; in one embodiment, those support means comprise vertically extending inwardly projecting ridges which vertically and closely support the H-shaped members of the printing devices; in another embodiment, those support means comprise closely spaced vertically oriented g

Abstract: There is disclosed a compact print head utilizing printing bands, coaxial drive wheels, a single selector for the drive wheels and support structure by which two or more lines of data can be printed on a record or other suitable surface.

Abstract: A self-inking hand stamp incorporating an oscillating motion of the printing assembly which produces an effective printing action even when the hand stamp is not carefully aligned perpendicular to the printing surface. A wiping action of the printing assembly removes excessive ink from the printing characters prior to the printing stroke.

Abstract: A system for marking money to permit stolen money to be traced to its source in which each bill received by a business is stamped with a two part code including a date and a business identification number whereby, upon a theft, the date and identifying number can be distributed permitting others receiving the money to identify it as being stolen.

Abstract: Print smearing observed in double wide hammers can be controlled and reduced by providing the impact face of the print hammer with a concave cylindrical radius of curvature wherein the cylindrical axis is parallel to the vertical font direction. The radius of curvature is chosen according to impact energy and font velocities. In other embodiments, the timing of impact between the hammer and font characters may be offset such that the center of the print column leads the center of the impact hammer at the time of impact. In another embodiment, the radius of cylindrical curvature may be ground off center from the center line of the print hammer by a predetermined offset.

Abstract: A frame attachable to the numbering shaft of a conventional printing press supports and guides belts bearing print elements side-by-side across a printing head such that the belt paths define parallel columns and drive and indexing means position the belts such that print elements fall in selected rows to define at least one predetermined code pattern which prints a machine readable code.

Abstract: A type bearing band assembly for use in a high speed impact printer comprising a flexible band having a plurality of cylindrical slugs secured to the band outer surface and extending across the width thereof. Each slug has end faces which open into bores or cavities extending axially into the slug. A plurality of type modules are provided, each including a head having front and rear faces. One or more raised type characters are formed on each module front face. A shank extends from each module rear face through a slug end face and is secured in the slug cavity.

Abstract: A character belt for use in a high speed impact printer comprises an endless band having an outer surface on which equally spaced cylindrical sleeves are formed so as to surround central portions of cylindrical slugs extending across the width of the band. Each slug has a raised type character on at least one end face thereof. The band and sleeves are integrally formed in a molding operation which yields a band which is relatively flexible about an axis extending parallel to the band's axial direction and relatively rigid about a line coincident with the circumference of the band. The plastic material selected to form the belt preferably exhibits good elastic damping characteristics and high abrasion resistance along the band inner surface. A high tensile strength core material is embedded in the band for dimensional stability.

Abstract: An endless printing belt for a rotary rubber stamp, which comprises an endless rubber belt body having a plurality of printing letter sections on a surface thereof and a reinforcing endless belt fabric embedded in back side of said endless belt body, said endless belt fabric being woven by wefts including stainless steel fine wires disposed in parallel to one another in the lengthwise direction and warps including filamentary yarns.

Abstract: A Detent device for a key shaft of a printing mechanism, in particular for price marking apparatus, in which the printing types are settable by means of positioning wheels mounted juxtaposed rotatable about an axis, said positioning wheels having internal gearing into which pinion is capable of being engaged which is secured to the axially adjustable key shaft and in which the key shaft cooperates with a detent device which has detent recesses arranged juxtaposed in spacings corresponding to the widths of the wheels parallel to the key shaft according to the number of the positioning wheels as well as a detent resiliently engaging therein and in which on the key shaft a pointer extending over the circumference of the positioning wheels and being arranged with its point in a plane extending at a right angle to the key shaft and passing through the pinion is secured non-shiftable axially and is guided secured against rotation in the housing of the printing mechanism, characterized in that the pointer has a dete

Abstract: An improved hand stamp for numbering, dating, etc. is provided. The stamp has printing belts, a shaft and a plurality of polygonal members. The shaft has a protrusion along the entire length, and the polygonal members have a through-hole and a plurality of grooves on the circumferential surface of the through-hole such that the position of the polygonal members may be fixed by an engagement between the protrusion and the grooves. The printing belts are rotated by a rotation of the polygonal members about the shaft against the engagement between the protrusion and the grooves.

Abstract: A printing device for a portable label printing machine: The printing device is of the type in which the indicating wheels that both choose the types to be printed and that indicate the chosen types are arranged in a row on a common axis and the type wheels that carry the types to be printed and that are connected with the indicating wheels to be moved thereby are also arranged on another common axis and all of the wheels are located between side frames of the printing device; an indexing shaft having a selector knob is slid along the axis of and through the indicating wheels; the indexing shaft carries a pinion which engages the interior of the selected indicating wheel to rotate that wheel; the indicating wheels are supported around their peripheries in a blind hole formed in one of the side frames.

Abstract: A printing apparatus including a plurality of movable flexible endless belts incorporated in a plate drum which are aligned side by side, each of the endless belts being provided with spaced printing type on its outer peripheral surface and arranged side by side in at least on row within the plate drum. The endless belt has power transmitting means including an electromagnetic clutch which is coupled to a slip ring segment for feeding current to the clutch. A plurality of slip ring segments are arranged on substantially concentric circular lines. Every time each of the belts is displaced by a distance corresponding to one spacing between adjacent type, the displacement is detected as an electric pulse by a detecting means. A selected type can be brought to a specified position by the use of means for selectively determining the duration of energization of the electromagnetic clutch based on the detection effected as above.

Abstract: A print medium in the form of a stretchable band on which printing indicia are discretely arranged in linear array. The band may be incorporated in a typewriter or like device, selection of a character being effected by stepwise movement of the band to bring the appropriate indicium to a printing station which is relatively moveable along the printline.

Abstract: There is disclosed a low to medium speed printer for use with a digital computer that is characterized by improved throughput, low cost and flexibility. These characteristics are achieved by the fact that it prints in either direction, that several print actuators are time shared among the various print columns of the paper and the print actuators can be readily added to or subtracted from depending on the performance per cost objectives desired.

Abstract: An improved rotary printing head for being mounted on a portable labeling machine or the like comprising a plurality of side-by-side indexing wheels all having polygonal shape; the peripheral sides of the polygonal indexing wheels are either provided with types or they support stamp belts having types thereon; the indexing wheels are supported at their axes by a fixed positioning member which is provided with a respective, elastic engagement piece for each indexing wheel, and the engagement pieces each have index wheel engagement projections; particular desired types on the indexing wheels can be accurately positioned by rotating the indexing wheel and then bringing the engagement projections into engagement with indexing grooves formed on the inside surface of the indexing wheels.

Abstract: In printing apparatus in which a line of characters is printed on a record medium, by means of differentially timed operation of a line of print hammers, as the characters pass predetermined columnar positions of the record medium, the character font size can be changed. On each change of front size, a control circuit adjusts the timing of the actuation of the hammers so that the number of printing cycles necessary to print a line of characters is varied according to the font size used.

Abstract: An endorser assembly comprising inking, ink transfer and endorser rolls resiliently mounted within a modular type supporting frame to enable removal and replacement of the entire endorser assembly from paper handling apparatus. The endorser and ink rolls are adapted to be easily removed from and replaced in the supporting frame. The endorser roll is adapted to print variable and semi-permanent graphic data on sheets processed by the document count handling device and may be selectively moved between an engaged and disengaged position without being removed from the proper handling apparatus. The data-bearing surfaces are resilient and raised relative to the endorser roll surface. A backing platen cooperative with the endorser roll is provided with grooves aligned with the data-bearing surfaces to prevent "back printing" of the processed sheets being endorsed.

Abstract: There is disclosed label printing and applying apparatus by which labels are successively printed and applied to merchandise. The apparatus feeds pressure sensitive labels mounted on a web of supporting material to a printing zone and to a delaminating zone. An applicator disposed downstream of the delaminating zone is used to apply the labels to merchandise.