Printing device for printing stickers on a continuous roll

Claim 1

A PRINTING MACHINE FOR IMPRINTING LABELS ADHESIVELY AND REMOVABLY SECURED ON A CONTINUOUS ROLL OF TAPE, SAID MACHINE COMPRISING A BASE, A GUIDE MEMBER SECURED ON SAID BASE AND THROUGH WHICH SAID TAPE IS ADVANCED, A RECIPROCATING UNIT SUPPORTED ON SAID BASE, SAID RECIPROCATING UNIT COMPRISING AN UPPER FRAME MEMBER AND A PAIR OF FRONT LEGS AND A PAIR OF REAR LEGS SECURED TO SAID UPPER FRAME MEMBER FOR SUPPORTING SAME, WITH THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID LEGS PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED ON SAID BASE, A PRINTING UNIT REMOVABLY SUPPORTED AT THE FORWARD END OF SAID UPPER FRAME MEMBER, CRANK MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID RECIPROCATING UNIT AND ADAPTED WHEN ROTATED TO RECIPROCATE SAID UNIT, A FINGER SECURED ADJACENT THE REAR END OF SAID RECIPROCATING UNIT AND ADAPTED TO EXTEND INTO SAID GUIDE MEMBER AND ENGAGE THE TAPE WHEN SAID RECIPROCATING MEMBER IS MOVED FORWARDLY TO ADVANCE SAID TAPE THROUGH SAID GUIDE MEMBER, A STATIONARY INKING MEMBER SUPPORTED ON SAID BASE ABOVE SAID GUIDE MEMBER AND ENGAGED BY SAID PRINTING UNIT ON THE RETURN MOVEMENT OF SAID RECIPROCATING UNIT.