Hand-held labeler

摘要

A hand-held labeler (20) has a gear driven (46, 47, 48, 49) print head (24) wherein the print head is mounted for straight line movement on an upper housing section (23) and the print head is actuated (28) from a lower housing section (22). The upper housing section can be moved to an open position without interfering with the maintenance of the drive connection with the print head or the advance of a label carrying web through the labeler. A tension spring (150) connects the print head (24) with the upper housing section (22) to urge the print head to its initial position against a boss (38') when the upper housing section is in the open position. When the upper housing portion is closed the gear drive (46-49) cams the print head exactly into its initial position.