APPARATUS FOR PRINTING OR APPLYING SELF-ADHESIVE LABELS

摘要

An apparatus for printing and/or applying self-adhesive labels which adhere as a strip or separately at equal distances on a carrier strip/ which is formed with recesses or marginal indentations which are arranged at spacings, which corresponds to the spacings of the leading edges of the labels, is equipped with a feed mechanism which pulls off the carrier strip intermittently for the feeding of a label. This feed mechanism works together with a feeler device scanning the carrier strip. The feeler device grasps into the recesses or marginal indentations of the carrier strip with at least one lead. The feed mechanism comprises a winding drum for winding up the carrier strip; the winding drum is provided with a non-reverse stop. The drum is capable of being driven by means of a freewheel clutch controlled by the feeler device through such an angle of rotation that that section of the carrier strip wound on by the winding drum always corresponds to the scanned or explored spacing (A).