Tag printing machine

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR PRINTING TAGS INDIVIDUALLY, OR IN STRIP FORM, COMPRISING A FRAME, A TAG PRINT MEANS, A CARRIER, A PLATEN MOUNTED ON SAID CARRIER, A TAPE SUPPLY CARRIED BY SAID CARRIER, A TAPE FEED ROLL MOUNTED AT ONE END OF SAID PLATEN DRIVE MEANS FOR INTERMITTENTLY ROTATING SAID TAPE FEED ROLL, SAID CARRIER BEING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED IN SAID FRAME AND BEING MOVABLE FORWARDLY TO MOVE THE TAPE OVERLYING THE PLATEN INTO PRINTING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID PRINT MEANS TO PRINT A TAG PORTION ON SAID TAPE, SAID CARRIER BEING MOVABLE REARWARDLY FROM SAID PRINT MEANS, SAID TAPE FEED ROLL DRIVE MEANS BEING OPERABLE UPON INITIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CARRIER TO ROTATE SAID ROLL TO FEED A PREDETERMINED TAG LENGTH OF SAID TAPE ACROSS SAID PLATEN, A KNIFE PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID CARRIER AT THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID PLATEN, KNIFE ACUATOR MOUNTED ON A FIXED SUPPORT AND POSITIONED FOR ENGAGEMENT BY SAID KNIFE DURING THE LATTER PORTION OF THE MOVEMENT OF SAID CARRIER AND BEING OPERABLE UPON SUCH ENGAGEMENT TO MOVE SAID KNIFE ABOUT ITS PIVOTAL MOUNTING INTO CUTTING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE TAPT TO SEVER A PRINTED TAG THEREFROM, SAID KNIFE ACTUATOR BEING MOUNTED FOR LIMITED MOVEMENT AND BEING SHIFTABLE OUT OF THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID KNIFE, A TAPE RE-WIND ROLL MOUNTED ON SAID CARRIER MOTION TRANSMITTING MEANS OPERABLE UPON ACTUATION OF SAID TAPE FEED DRIVE MEANS TO EFFECT ROTATION OF SAID RE-WIND ROLL TO WIND THE PRINTED TAPE, AND RELEASABLE MEANS FOR HOLDING SAID ACTUATOR IN SHIFTED POSITION.