Apparatus for producing labels

Claim 1

APPARATUS, IN COMBINATION WITH A TYPEWRITER, FOR PRODUCING LAMINATED LABELS, COMPRISING: (A) A TYPEWRITER HAVING A PLATEN AND A CARRIAGE; (B) A FRAME ADAPTED FOR MOUNTING ON THE CARRIAGE OF SAID TYPEWRITER; (C) A FIRST GEAR AROUND THE SURFACE OF SAID PLATEN; (D) A ROLLER ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME AND HAVING RESILIENT MEANS URGING SAID ROLLER AGAINST SAID PLATEN; (E) A SECOND GEAR ON SAID ROLLER MESHING WITH SAID FIRST GEAR, SAID FIRST AND SECOND GEARS HAVING A RATIO SUCH THAT THE SURFACE SPEED OF SAID ROLLER IS GREATER THAN THE SURFACE SPEED OF SAID PLATEN AS SAID PLATEN IS ROTATED; (F) A FIRST SPOOL ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME, SAID FIRST SPOOL SUPPORTING AND PAYING OUT A SUPPLY OF BASE-TAPE MATERIAL, SAID BASE-TAPE MATERIAL PASSING AROUND THE PLATEN IN POSITION TO RECEIVE PRINTED INDICIA FROM SAID TYPEWRITER AND THEREAFTER THREADED BETWEEN THE PLATEN AND SAID ROLLER; (G) A SECOND SPOOL ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME, SAID SECOND SPOOL SUPPORTING AND PAYING OUT A SUPPLY OF TRANSPARENT ADHESIVE-TAPE MATERIAL SAID TRANSPARENT ADHESIVE-TAPE MATERIAL PASSING AROUND SAID ROLLER ONTO THE PRINTED SURFACE OF SAID BASE-TAPE MATERIAL, SAID ROLLER PRESSING THE ADHESIVE SURFACE OF SAID TRANSPARENT ADHESIVE-TAPE MATERIAL INTO INTIMATE CONTACT WITH THE PRINTED SURFACE OF SAID BASE-TAPE MATERIAL; AND (H) MEANS FOR POSITIONING EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND SPOOLS WHEREBY SAID TRANSPARENT ADHESIVE-TAPE MATERIAL AND SAID BASE-TAPE MATERIAL ARE MAINTAINED IN ALIGNMENT FOR PRESSING TOGETHER.