Label dispensers

Claim 1

IN A DISPENSER FOR DISPENSING PRESSURE-SENSITIVE LABELS FROM A SUPPLY OF STOCK CONSISTING OF A SERIES OF SUCH LABELS BORNE BY A LINER, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING A SUPPLY OF LABEL STOCK, A ROTATABLE TAKE-UP DRUM FOR WINDING THEREON A LINER LED FROM THE SUPPLY OF LABEL STOCK, A MOVABLE CARRIER MEDIUM, A STRIPPER ELEMENT, MEANS FOR SECURING THE STRIPPER ELEMENT TO SAID CARRIER MEDIUM, SAID STRIPPER ELEMENT BEING MOVABLE FORTH AND BACK ALONG WITH THE CARRIER MEDIUM IN A CYCLE OF MOVEMENT HAVING A WORK THROW AND A RETURN THROW, SAID STRIPPER ELEMENT HAVING A GUIDE MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE OVERRUN BY AND TO DEFINE A BEND IN THE RUN OF A LINER EXTENDING IN A FIRST REACH FROM THE SUPPLY OF LABEL STOCK TO SAID GUIDE MEMBER, AND THENCE, IN A SECOND REACH TO ITS JOINDER WITH THE LINER-WINDING ON THE TAKE-UP DRUM MEANS FOR DEPRIVING THE TAKE-UP DRUM OF ROTATION ON THE WORK THROW OF THE STRIPPER ELEMENT, SAID GUIDE MEMBER ON SAID WORK THROW OF THE STRIPPER ELEMENT, SLIDING ALONG SAID RUN OF THE LINER IN RETREAT FROM SAID JOINDER THEREOF WITH THE DRUM''S LINER-WINDING, SHIFTING THE LINER''S BEND ALONG SAID LINER, CAUSING THE LINER TO TRAVERSE SAID BEND AND TO PEEL AWAY FROM A LINER-BORNE LABEL CON-U TIGUOUS TO SAID BEND, THUS FREEING SUCH LABEL FOR DELIVERY FROM THE STRIPPER ELEMENT, SAID STRIPPER ELEMENT, ON ITS SAID WORK THROW, LENGTHENING SAID RUN OF THE LINER, DRAWING THE ADDED LENGTH FROM THE SUPPLY OF LABEL STOCK, AND MEANS FOR TURNING THE TAKE-UP DRUM ON THE RETURN THROW OF THE STRIPPER ELEMENT TO RESTORE THE RELATIONSHIP EXISTING, AT THE START OF THE WORK THROW, BETWEEN SAID STRIPPER ELEMENT AND THE DRUM''S LINER-WINDING, SAID STRIPPER ELEMENT ON ONE OF ITS THROWS IN A CYCLE OF MOVEMENT, COACTING WITH THE TAKE-UP DRUM TO EFFECT THE WRAPPING OF THE LINER ONTO THE LINER-WINDING ON SAID DRUM AND TAKE UP THE SAID LENGTHENING OF SAID RUN OF THE LINER.