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A LABEL MARKING DEVICE FOR A MACHINE FOR ATTACHING IDENTIFICATION TABS TO BATCHES EACH CONSISTING OF A VARIABLE GIVEN NUMBER OF TEXTILE ARTICLES, COMPRISING IDENTIFICATION CHARACTER TAB MARKING MEANS, ADDITIONAL TAB MARKING MEANS, BOTH SAID MARKING MEANS IMPARTING IDENTICAL MARKINGS TO TABS ON ALL ARTICLES, COUNTING MEANS FOR RECORDING THE SUCCESSIVE OPERATIONS OF THE MACHINE, MEANS FOR ADVANCING SAID COUNTING MEANS STEP-BY-STEP IN ONE DIRECTION FROM A STARTING POSITION ON SUCCESSIVE OPERATIONS OF THE MARKING DEVICE FOR THE SAID GIVEN NUMBER IN SAID BATCH OF ARTICLES TOWARDS AN END POSITION AFTER EVERY ARTICLE OF SAID BATCH HAS BEEN MARKED, PRESETTABLE SELECTOR MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID COUNTING MEANS SELECTIVELY IN THE SAME DIRECTION TO A STARTING POSITION SPACED FROM SAID END POSITION BEFORE MARKING A SUBSEQUENT BATCH OF ARTICLES, THE SAID STARTING POSITION BEING DETERMINED BY SAID SELECTOR MEANS ACCORDING TO THE SAID GIVEN NUMBER FOR THE FOLLOWING BATCH OF ARTICLES, AND MEANS OPERABLE BY SAID COUNTING MEANS FOR PREVENTING OPERATION OF THE MACHINE AFTER SAID IDENTICAL MARKINGS HAVE BEEN APPLIED TO ALL SAID GIVEN NUMBER OF TABS, WHEREIN SAID COUNTING MEANS INCLUDES A RATCHET WHEEL ADVANCED STEP-BY-STEP IN ONE DIRECTION AT SUCCESSIVE MARKING OPERATIONS, A BATCH NUMBER PRINTING WHEEL, SETTING MEANS FOR ADJUSTING SAID BATCH NUMBER PRINTING WHEEL AND MEANS ON SAID BATCH NUMBER PRINTING WHEEL TO ADVANCE SAID RATCHET WHEEL IN THE SAME DIRECTION TO A PRESET POSITION REPRESENTING A NUMBER OF ARTICLES IN A BATCH CORRESPONDING TO THE NUMBER OF STEPS BY WHICH THE RATCHET WHEEL IS ADVANCED TO A PREDETERMINED POSITION WHERE OPERATION OF THE MACHINE IS PREVENTED.