LABEL PRINTING AND APPLYING APPARATUS

摘要

The disclosure relates to a hand-held apparatus for printing and applying pressure sensitive labels carried on n web of supporting material. The apparatus has a frame with a manually graspable handle, a stationary platen and a print head which has selectively settable printing members. The apparatus also includes a delaminator for delaminating printed labels from the supporting material web and an applicator for applying printed labels. A feed wheel is rotatable in only one direction and is engageable with the web for advancing the web and effecting label delamination at the delaminator. There is a mechanism for moving the feed wheel and the print head. The mechanism includes an actuator disposed at the handle, a first gear segment driven by the actuator and a second gear segment meshing with the first gear segment, the first and second gear segments being pivotally mounted on the frame for oscillating movement of the actuator and oscillation of the gear segments effecting movement of the print head.