摘要 |
PCT No. PCT/GB92/01223 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 3, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 3, 1994 PCT Filed Jul. 6, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO93/01055 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 21, 1993The invention provides an improved label printing apparatus comprising, in a first aspect, a printer head for printing information on a plurality of labels carried on a backing sheet, the printer head being mounted on a carrier plate which is hingedly mounted along one edge thereof so as to be displaceable between a first printing position and a second non-printing position, the apparatus being provided with means to cause such displacement comprising first magnetic means arranged to hold the carrier plated in the second position against a force exerted by a spring which is compressed in this position, the means further including second magnetic means having a reversible polarity such that the carrier plated may be attracted or repelled thereto or repelled therefrom. |