Abstract: The chip feeder for the chip mounter includes a tape feeding mechanism for feeding a carrier tape that includes a rotating connection member for connecting the carrier tape, a first motor for driving the rotating connection member and a first transmission mechanism for transmitting drive power to the rotating connection member, and a cover peeling mechanism for peeling a top cover tape from the carrier tape that includes a peeling reel for winding the top cover tape, a second motor for driving the peeling reel and a second transmission mechanism for transmitting drive power to the peeling reel. The first and second motors are outer rotor motors each of which includes a cylindrical stator fixed to a base having exciter coils and pole pieces, and a cylindrical rotor arranged around the stator with a gap. The first and second transmission mechanisms are engaged with outer surfaces of the rotors.

Abstract: A device for dispensing a label from a backing strip comprises a cartridge, a tab, and a detaching mechanism. The tab includes a first side, a second side and distal end. The detaching mechanism is configured to operatively cause the strip of backing material to be routed along each of the first and second sides of the tab and configured to detach the label from the strip of backing material as the corresponding strip of backing material traverses the distal end of said tab.

Abstract: A novel bandage dispenser is disclosed for dispensing bandages from a roll of sterilized, individually wrapped bandages. Several bandage feeding mechanisms are disclosed, to serially dispense a bandage and simultaneously strip off the liner surrounding the bandage, upon depression of a hand actuated switch. Also disclosed is an improved roll of bandages suitable for use in the bandage dispenser.

Abstract: A manual stamp dispenser encases a roll of stamps or labels within a housing and provides tension to the roll as the stamps are advanced and discharged therefrom. The stamps are adhered to a backing strip by a pressure sensitive adhesive such that the stamps are released from the backing strip by reverse bending the strip around a dispensing surface. Tension is provided to the stamp strip by a tensioning tab on a supply roll holder and a tensioning arm positioned along a guide surface between the supply roll holder and the dispensing surface.

Abstract: Supply of tape components in which a tape replacement can be performed without any loss in performance is provided for by unwinding a first tape from a first reel, moving components located in the pockets of said first tape to a pickup position where they are picked up by a placement machine, splicing the end of said first tape to the start of a second tape wound on a second reel, and replacing said first reel by said second reel. A splice sensor is included for detecting a splice between the first and second tape. The signals from such splice sensor allow for an automatic and synchronous take over of the related data of the newly joined second tape.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a bead-inlaid picture by inputting a desired original image as a motif for a bead-inlaid picture by an image input device, dividing the inputted original image into each of pieces in a size equal with that of a bead, comparing numerical data for the hue and the brightness obtained for each of the pieces and numerical data for the hue and the brightness predetermined for each of the beads and replacing the numerical data for each of the pieces with a color code allocated to a bead having numerical data most approximate with the obtained data and outputting signals corresponding thereto by an image processing device, feeding beads allocated with color codes while dividing them on every color codes by a feeder, arranging the thus fed beads in accordance with the arranged sequence for each of the pieces in the original image by an actuator and, fusing the arranged beads on a glass plate.

Abstract: A label dispenser includes a frame whose upper surface defines, in lateral cross-section, an arcuate trough within which to receive a supply of spiral-wound label-bearing linings or rolls. A pair of guide rods mounted on the frame in parallel-spaced relation to the trough's front edge guide the end of each lining first upwardly and then sharply downwardly so as to cause separation of individual labels from their respective linings upon movement of each lining relative to the guide rods. At least one spacer engages each guide rod at a like location intermediate the rod's ends so as to maintain the relative position of each guide during operation of the dispenser thereby to eliminate deleterious lateral deflection of one or more of the guide rods. Another rod is mounted on the frame in parallel-spaced relation to the trough's rear edge. Dividers slidably and pivotally supported by the rearward rod provide lateral support for the individual linings.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for removing components that are adhesively mounted on a release coated web roll and applying them to items includes holding the component securely in a chuck and then peeling the web from underneath the component. This is achieved by forcing a chuck against a component on a movable peeler plate and holding it in place with vacuum. Tension on the web then pulls the peeler plate away from the component while the web passes over the edge of the peeler plate and peels the web from the adhesive face of the component.

Abstract: A product dispenser which comprises a somewhat rectangular housing having front and rear walls, integral with a side wall, a top wall portion and a bottom wall portion and a removable side wall. The top wall is provided with a slot perpendicular with the side wall and the front wall has a slot therein. A product holder is fixed to the side wall in an area below the slot in the top wall. A take-up reel is secured on an axle molded to the fixed side walls below the fixed top portion. The take-up and dispenser reel includes outer flanges which extend below the side walls so that the flanges can roll on a surface below the side walls in order to take-up a backing sheet while simultaneously dispensing the product from the product holder. The removable side wall is removed to load the product in the product holder and to remove the backing sheet from the take-up reel. If there is no backing sheet, the product is fed via the slot in the top wall by hand in order to dispense the product.

Abstract: An apparatus for removal of adhesive-backed objects attached to a liner with the objects and liner constituting a pad which includes a curved surface and a removal head. The curved surfaces preferably a drum, is adapted to receive the pad of the adhesive-backed objects for disposition around the drum with a radius sufficient to spread the individual objects of the pad apart. The removal head is positioned adjacent the drum for selectable engagement with the objects of the pad. The removal head includes at least one piston movable between a first position out of contact with the pad and a second position where the piston contacts the pad and applies a force thereto to securely maintain the position of the pad around the drum. The removal head further includes at least one gripper member positioned for engagement with an individual object of the pad. The gripper member is movable between a first position away from the drum and a second position adjacent an individual object attached to the liner.

Abstract: A label dispenser for dispensing labels stored on a backing tape includes a main housing and a top cover that are connected at one end by a first hinge and an access door connected to the main housing by a second hinge. The top cover, main housing and access door form an enclosure having a storage compartment, a dispensing slot, a tape discharge slot and a writing window. A roll of labels stored on a backing tape is contained within the compartment and is threaded through the window and the tape discharge slot so that the labels are dispensed through the dispensing slot when the backing tape is pulled through the tape discharge slot. Information can be written on the labels as they pass through the writing window. Preferably, the top cover, the main housing and the access door are all formed as a single, unitary structure in a single injection molding operation.

Abstract: A device for dispensing and applying stamps, labels, stickers, and other self-adhesive products mounted on a backing web. Sliding the device across a contacting surface rotates the single moving part, a drive roller. The drive roller pulls the backing web around a delaminating bend. This separates the self-adhesive product from the web and applies it to the contacting surface. Some embodiments of the invention discharged the used webbing. The other embodiments automatically collect and store the webbing within their housings.

Abstract: A system for establishing and maintaining the identity of a medication in a syringe (80) from the point in time that a medication is withdrawn from a vial (30) to the point in time that the medication is administered to a patient. This method is based on integrating a label dispenser (40) including preprinted, pressure sensitive, syringe labels (71) with a medicine vial (30). As the medication is withdrawn from the vial a label is provided that identifies the contents of the vial. When this label is applied to the syringe it provides the ability to verify that the correct medication and dosage is being administered to the correct patient. Subsequently the label can be removed from the syringe and used to provide a permanent record of the administration.

Abstract: An inexpensive material dispenser for a roll or rolls of linerless labels may be in tube form, or constructed from a folded sheet blank. The tube may be removably closed at one or both ends and have an exterior peripheral surface with at least a portion of adhesive release material. A roll of linerless labels is loose in the tube interior and dispensed through an opening in the peripheral surface. A cardboard or paperboard blank may be folded so that end tabs are received within (having an interference fit with) a roll core, or a core for a plurality of label rolls. The labels of the plurality of rolls are prevented from touching each other.

Abstract: An adhesive label dispenser which can accommodate multiple rolls, which allows for easy substitution of rolls without disassembly of the device, and which eliminates the need for continuous removal and disposal of the used backing paper.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for dispensing an adhesive-backed article. An adhesive-backed article has a first adhesive disposed on at least a portion of its bottom surface. The bottom surface of the adhesive-backed article is bonded to the top surface of a backing layer by a bond formed by the first adhesive. The top surface of the adhesive-backed article is bonded to the bottom surface of the support layer by a bond formed by a second adhesive disposed on at least a portion of the bottom surface. The bond formed between the top surface of the adhesive backed article and the bottom surface of the support layer is stronger than the bond between the bottom surface of the adhesive-backed article and the top surface of the backing layer such that when the support layer is separated from the backing layer, .the adhesive-backed article remains affixed to the support layer.

Abstract: A parts feeder for feeding parts that are disposed on a carrier having a base tape and an adhesive tape. Parts are disposed above holes which are formed at equal intervals on the base tape, and the parts are held by an adhesive tape adhered to a lower surface of the base tape. The feeder includes a pitched feeding mechanism for intermittently feeding the carrier tape at a predetermined pitch, a separating mechanism for separating the adhesive tape from the base tape in synchronization with the feeding of the carrier tape at an adhesive tape separating stage, and a pressing mechanism for pressing the parts disposed on the base tape against the base tape prior to the separation of the adhesive tape from the base tape at the adhesive tape separating stage.

Abstract: A simple, inexpensive, and easy to construct label dispenser is provided for linerless labels. The dispenser is made from a rectangular strip of cardboard or paper board having four parallel fold lines defining the strip into first through fifth panels and with first and second openings in the first and fifth panels and a third opening in the third panel. The strip is folded about the fold lines to form an open ended rectangular parallelepiped with the first and fifth panels in face to face engagement. A plastic plug is inserted into the first and second openings, making a friction fit with them and holding the first and fifth panels together. A second plug is inserted into the third opening, and the plugs define a pivot axis for a roll of linerless labels.

Abstract: The invention relates to a portable dual advance dispenser for a supply of linered tape material having an adhesive tape mounted in separable strips on a release liner. The dispenser includes a frame for supporting a supply of linered tape material and a dispensing apparatus for dispensing desired portions of the linered tape. The dispensing apparatus includes a rotatable liner dispensing member which directs a portion of the liner in a different direction from the adhesive tape, a rotatable adhesive tape material dispensing apparatus for dispensing the adhesive tape, a separation member to separate the liner from the adhesive tape, and a drive transfer mechanism which causes interaction between the rotatable adhesive tape material dispensing apparatus and the rotatable liner dispensing member. If the user selects a first dispensing option, adhesive tape is pulled from the adhesive tape dispensing apparatus, and the liner is advanced through the liner dispensing apparatus.

Abstract: The invention provides a label dispenser for separating adhesive backed labels from their backing paper and method of operating the same. The label dispenser comprises a base, and a body attached to a top surface of the base and having a motor housing portion, a microswitch housing portion, and an upper tray portion. A gear motor is enclosed in the motor housing portion and has an opening for receiving a shaft. The shaft extends outside the motor housing portion and below the upper tray portion through an opening formed in a side wall of the motor housing portion. A microswitch is attached to an inner wall of the microswitch housing portion. The microswitch is electrically connected to the motor and has a lever arm extending upward into an opening formed in the microswitch housing portion.

Abstract: A label sensor (45) serves to sense or scan a backing strip (14) that is provided with labels (17) thereon, and serves to control a labeling process in a labeling machine. The label sensor has a spring element (80) coupled to a ferromagnetic core (87) provided with a winding (85) thereon. The spring element (80) also is coupled to a surface following member (94) arranged to contact the side of the backing strip (14) carrying the labels (17). In operation, the winding (85) is excited with radio-frequency signal, and the voltage at the winding (85) is evaluated by an electrical evaluation circuit (103). This voltage is a function of whether the surface follower (94) is located on a label (17) or in a gap (20) between two labels, and it may serve to control a labeling machine.

Abstract: An apparatus capable of supplying electronic components successively to a loading position of an electronic component mounting machine at a high speed and in a stable manner is disclosed, in which a dancing guide is operatively connected with a feeding unit for taking out a predetermined length of the electronic-component tape from a supply reel before feed pins of the feed unit advance a carrier tape of the electronic-component tape to move a leading one of the electronic components into the loading position. Preferably, the apparatus further includes a separating unit, operatively connected with the feed unit, for separating an adhesive tape from the leading electronic component and the carrier tape before said feed pins advance the carrier tape. The separating unit is composed of a pair of spaced movable guide rollers and a fixed guide roller.

Abstract: Electronic parts that have axially extending leads are separated from a first strip on which they are supplied for being rearranged and retaped to provide a second strip for supply to an automatic assembly machine. The parts are separated from the first strip by cutting the strip transverse to the strip at locations between adjacent parts. The tape chips remaining on the separated parts are removed by engaging them with movable jigs, located on opposite sides of a body portion of the part, and by moving the jigs along the leads away from the body portion. The jigs are mounted on a rotating rotor and engage grooves in a stationary cam. The jigs move toward and away from each other by the engagement with the grooves as the jigs are moved around the stationary cam. After the parts are separated and the tape chips removed, the parts are transferred to a retaping machine to be attached to the second strip.

Abstract: A single-use tape applicator includes a pair of sidewalls spaced laterally from one another to define a tape storage enclosure, and two posts extending between the sidewalls and spaced from one another to define a generally oval-shaped run. A closed loop of backing material is supported by the posts and is movable relative to the posts along the run. The length of the loop is substantially equal to the length of the run. A piece of tape coated on one side with an adhesive material is supported and carried on the backing material. The enclosure defines an opening through which the tape is pulled from the backing material and dispensed.

Abstract: A dispenser dispenses linerless labels in a web from a roll. The dispenser includes a housing with a shaft in the housing for receipt of the core of a roll of labels mounting them for rotation about an axis. First and second substantially planar guide surfaces guide movement of the labels away from the shaft in a plane substantially parallel to a plane containing the axis of rotation, and first and second rollers are mounted at the end of the guide surfaces for rotation about axes parallel to the axis of rotation of the roll. Each roller may comprise a stationary rod with a freewheeling tube over the rod. The labels are maintained taut during dispensing to assist the process of one label being stripped from another. The dispenser is used in a method of dispensing linerless quadrate pressure sensitive adhesive labels by pulling the labels between the rollers and alternately breaking them over the first roller, and then the second roller, to strip each label from its trailing label.

Abstract: A label separating mechanism separates labels from a web of release liner upon which the labels are carried. The separating mechanism includes a separator bar, a guide bar, and two support members that hold the bars. The first support member has a "J"-shaped slot and the second support member has a flared mounting hole. One end of the guide bar slides in the slot between a first position and a second position. The other end of the guide bar pivots in the flared hole as the first end slides in the slot. The separator bar is fixed. When the guide bar is in the first position, the two bars define a label release path. When the guide bar is in the second position, a gap is formed to facilitate threading of the web between the bars.

Abstract: An item applicator machine having an item support which reciprocates in reference to an applicator arm. The item support is reciprocated within an item supply strip loop. The supply strip is advanced as the item support moves under the applicator arm. The supply strip is locked as the item support moves away from the applicator arm causing an item support dispensing edge to peel an item from the supply strip. A vacuum head on the applicator arm engages the item just prior to the item support's movement away from the applicator arm and picks up the dispensed item and applies it to an object. Curved faces are provided on alternative vacuum heads which are easily interchangeable with the flat faced vacuum head.

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: An apparatus for automatically taping electronic components arranged such that when a timing belt retaining lead terminals of electronic components in its retainer grooves is engaged with a toothed pulley of a first rotary drum, the lead terminals are lifted to be transferred from the timing belt to the first rotary drum. The electronic components are transferred from the first drum to a third rotary drum via a second rotary drum being retained by their retainer teeth. A base tape is fed to the periphery of the third rotary drum and an adhesive tape is applied on the base tape, thereby fixing the lead terminals.

Abstract: A label dispenser for self-adhesive labels arranged on separate sheets, with a stack holder for the sheets, is described which is distinguished by the following features:a sheet feed device (8) for the sheets;a deflector device (deflector--or pivotal roller 2), which, in the feed direction of each sheet, is pivotable immediately in front of the bending edge (1) into the feed path;a drive for a draw-off device, which pulls the sheet in contact with it at an angle to the feed direction; andand a control for the sheet feed device, the deflector device and the draw-off device such that each sheet is firstly advanced with its leading edge over the bending edge (1); that the deflector device is then actuated and subsequently the draw-off device feeds the sheet transferred to it, taking with it the first label or the first row of labels beyond the bending edge until the trailing label edge is located substantially in the vicinity of the bending edge (1), then interrupts the further withdrawal of the label or all of

Abstract: A label separator apparatus has a label separating member for separating labels one by one from a long and narrow label carrying paper, on which the labels are adhered, by acutely turning the carrying paper toward a no-label-adhered side thereof while the carrying paper is moved in its longitudinal direction. The label separator apparatus further has a label-rising restrictor located above the label being separated form the paper which contacts a rear end portion of the label which is being separated while the label rises together with the paper from the separating member, so that the label is prevented from being completely separated from the paper.

Abstract: A microscopic preparation marker includes a tape carrying a series of self-bonding marks which in use become preferentially bonded to the preparation. The device includes a spool with a supply of the marker-carrying substrate tape and another spool that drives the tape so that the tape leaves on the surface of the cover slide of the preparation, surrounding an area of interest that is to be later examined in more detail, a new mark each time the substrate tape is advanced and pressed against the cover glass. The device can be applied in scientific fields that use optical microscopes.

Abstract: An adhesive label separator has an edge for abruptly changing the path of the backing paper to achieve separation of the label from its backing paper. A mechanism is provided for adjusting the height of the edge to accommodate different sizes of labels, and also to deactivate the separator. The height adjustment mechanism may be a pin and slot assembly, or it may be motor-driven. A sensor mechanism is provided for sensing whether the label has been removed from the paper. The label separator is suitable for use with typewriters and computer printing devices.

Abstract: A label dispenser for stripping adhesive-backed labels from a dispensing strip which has a stripping edge extending at an acute angle with respect to a feed path. The dispensing strip passes from the stripping edge crosswise beneath the feed path after label removal has been performed.

Abstract: An adhesive bandage dispensing device is provided which facilitates efficient and quick access to an adhesive bandage. The device has a base, a spool holder, a removal platform having a slicer and cutter and an adhesive bandage carrier spool mounted to the device by the spool holder. A continuous strip of adhesive bandages is mounted on the spool. The strip consists of separate adhesive bandages wrapped in a protective coating. The action of pulling the strip away from the spool over the platform causes a portion of the protective covering of strip to be sliced by the slicer. This will expose a bandage which then can be lifted off the remaining portion of the protective coating for use. After this, the cutter is used to separate the bandageless strip from the device for subsequent disposal.

Abstract: The label dispenser and holder of the present invention includes a rectangular frame having a bottom support member, a top member, a pair of spaced apart end members, a back member, and a front member. At least two rectangular label dispensers are positioned within the holder. The holder includes various brackets which permit it to be universally mounted to various types of supporting surfaces, including a bracket for detachably securing the holder to a person's belt. The dispenser box of the present invention includes a pair of spaced apart slits in the edge wall of the box. Either one or two guide members are provided within the box for guiding a label type having a backing strip and a label strip detachably adhered to one side of the backing strip. The guide members guide the label tape so that the labels are separated from the backing strip and are expelled from one of the two slots in the edge wall of the box.

Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing labels from a backing strip upon which the labels are mounted with a pressure-sensitive adhesive backing on the labels, the labels being adapted to be peeled away from the backing strip by sharply reversely bending the backing strip over an edge. The used backing strip is automatically collected and stored within the housing as the strip is unwound from the supply roll and the pressure-sensitive adhesive backing labels dispensed from the dispenser. The dispenser includes only one moving part namely a combined take up roll and hand wheel both of which are confined within the housing of the dispenser.

Abstract: A machine particularly for applying labels to non-uniform items such as fruit and vegetables, the labels being provided along a carrier strip and the carrier strip having profiled edges, said machine including means for separating the labels from the carrier, a profiled means, such as a profiled roller, engageable with the edges of the carrier to advance the carrier strip from a storage means to the separating means.

Abstract: A packaging device for storing, dispensing and collecting a plurality of blood collection units. The packaging device includes a rectangularly shaped container, a first opening for dispensing unused blood collection units and a second opening for receiving the blood collection units after use. The device includes a slidable tape positioned on the upper surface of the container which is in the form of a continuous band mounted on the container. The unused blood collection units are attached to the slidable tape within the container and movement of the slidable tape with respect to the container advances the unused blood collection units into the first opening so that they are then removed from the slidable tape. A bag being initially folded and disposed within the portion of the container for holding the unused blood collection units, the ends of the bag having an open end attached to the container in alignment with a second opening for receiving and holding used blood collection units.

Abstract: The labeler in accordance with the present invention has an approximately L-shaped housing to which a reversed L-shaped handle is attached and is provided with a keyboard and an input signal display on the vertical part of the housing. The housing incorporates an electrical system for receiving and processing input signals from the keyboard, a label tape roll retainer, an electrical printer for printing necessary information on labels and a mechanism for moving a carrier strip of a label tape. The electric energy for the electrical circuits is supplied to respective electrical circuits from an internal power supply provided inside the handle or an external power supply connected to the handle by a cord.

Abstract: A dispenser for correction tape, reinforcement tabs and the like which is singularly capable of housing and dispensing one at a time of a permanent correction tape or permanent reinforcement tabs each of which includes a releasable backing sheet. The dispenser is also capable of housing and dispensing a readhering correction tape which does not require a separate backing sheet. The dispenser is of integral plastic construction molded as a single unit preferably by injection molding. The dispenser is adapted for easy loading and dispensing of the permanent correction tape, the permanent reinforcement tabs, or the readhering type correction tape. The dispenser is composed of a case which has a backface, two opposite facing side walls, a bottom panel, and an open front area. A cylindrical spindle is connected to the backface and protrudes into the case. The spindle holds the tape. The dispenser is provided with a first and a second cutting member and two threading members disposed therebetween.

Abstract: The label dispenser and holder includes a rectangular frame having a bottom support member, a top member, a pair of spaced apart end members, a back member, and a front member. At least two rectangular label dispensers are positioned within the holder. The holder includes various brackets which permit it to be universally mounted to various types of supporting surfaces, including a bracket for detachably securing the holder to a person's belt. The dispenser box of the present invention includes a pair of spaced apart slits in the side wall of the box. A guide member is within the box and includes a central portion positioned adjacent one of the slots and a pair of leaf portions extending in opposite directions from the central portion. The leaf portions and the central portion are in close spaced relationship to the side wall adjacent the elongated slot.

Abstract: A label dispensing device 10 that defines a path for a liner 14 carrying the labels 13 including an edge 18 defining an abrupt change in direction so that when the liner 14 is pulled around the edge 18 a label 13 will separate from the liner 14 and continue past the edge 18 to a position sensed by a sensor that stops the device 10 so that the label 13 may be manually removed for application to an object. A support member 26 having a distal portion 28 supporting the sensor is adjustable to position the sensor at various distances from the edge 18 to thus afford dispensing of various length labels 13. A guide member 30 between the distal portion 28 and a position adjacent the edge 18 has a surface adapted to afford sliding movement of the adhesive coated surface of the labels 13 along the guide member 30 to the sensor. The guide member 30 changes length as necessary upon movement of the support member 26 to its various positions.

Abstract: A dispenser for correction tape, reinforcement tabs and the like which is singularly capable of housing and dispensing one at a time of a permanent correction tape or permanent reinforcement tabs each of which includes a releasable backing sheet. The dispenser is also capable of housing and dispensing a readhering correction tape which does not require a separate backing sheet. The dispenser is of integral plastic construction molded as a single unit preferably by injection molding. The dispenser is adapted for easy loading and dispensing of the permanent correction tape, the permanent reinforcement tabs, or the readhering type correction tape. The dispenser is composed of a case which has a backface, two opposite facing side walls, a bottom panel, and an open front area. A cylindrical spindle is connected to the backface and protrudes into the case. The spindle holds the tape. The dispenser is provided with a first and a second cutting member and two threading members disposed therebetween.

Abstract: The invention concerns a label dispenser to dispense and deposit stick-on labels, whereby in each operational cycle one stick-on label is moved into a dispensing position below a compression roller with a contoured surface and a sleeve by means of which the compression roller is rotatably supported on a fixed shaft. The compression roller comprises individually designed cross-sectionally contoured rings which rest through spring elements mounted to their interiors on the sleeve.

Abstract: A label applicator is disclosed for receiving pressure-sensitive labels which have been peeled from a backing strip and for applying the labels to a desired surface. The tendency of the labels to bunch or wrinkle as they are delivered to the applicator face is avoided by causing the labels to bow or curve outward slightly from the plane of the face plate, with the bowing or curvature occurring across the width of the label in a direction transverse to the feed direction. The bowing increases the longitudinal stiffness of the label in the feed direction, and allows the label to be pushed across the applicator face without bunching or wrinkling even when relatively long and narrow labels are employed.

Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing small labels such as the tab applied to garment hangers to indicate size is designed to be held and manipulated in one hand leaving the operator's other hand free to apply the label. The dispenser separates labels from a carrier web or tape and deposits them on a holder in a convenient position to be lifted off by the operator and applied. The carrier web or tape can be manipulated to pass through the dispenser and the labels separated by operator using the thumb and index finger of the hand holding the dispenser.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for rapidly and automatically unloading electronic circuit packages from zero insertion force sockets on a burn-in board or the like by inverting the burn-in board and placing sequential rows of the sockets in compressive rolling contact with a roller supported beneath the burn-in board. Means are provided to capture the electronic circuit packages as they fall from the sockets and to store the packages in carrier tubes.

Abstract: A band carrying labels is transported step by step from a feed reel over a label removing station to a take-up reel. The drive mechanism consists of a double acting pneumatic cylinder pivotably connected to a frame, movement of the piston rod to effect trransport of the band is initiated by an optical scanner which senses the presence of a properly positioned box to which the label is to be applied. The return movement stopping the band transport is initiated by a band sensing device. The piston rod is coupled to the take-up reel by a rectangular linkage. The linkage causes the take-up reel to be moved with an angular velocity which increases during each transport step in such a way that the final linear velocity of the band at the end of each transport step is substantially independent of the diameter of the coil on the take-up reel.

Abstract: A hand held labeler having an optical reader attached thereto whereby an encoded article may be scanned to provide information to the labeler. The information may be used to set the print head of the labeler.