Waste stripper for label-making machines

Claim 1

A WASTE STRIPPER COMPRISING, (A) A PAIR OF VERTICAL, SPACED MOUNTING PLATES, (B) A HORIZONTAL PLATE SPANNING SAID MOUNTING PLATES FOR SUPPORTING A WEB OF LABEL-MAKING STOCK, (C) A REWIND ROLLER CARRIED BY A SHAFT JOURNALED FOR ROTATION WITHIN ALIGNED, VERTICAL SLOTS FORMED AT THE UPPER ENDS OF THE MOUNTING PLATES, (D) A DRIVE ROLLER ROTATABLY CARRIED BY THE MOUNTING PLATES AND POSITIONED TO SUPPORT SAID REWIND ROLLER, (E) A FIRST IDLER ROLLER HAVING A SURFACE PROXIMATE TO SAID HORIZONTAL PLATE, (F) BEARING MEANS SUPPORTING SAID FIRST IDLER ROLLER FOR ROTATION ABOUT AN AXIS PARALLEL TO THE PLANE OF SAID HORIZONTAL PLATE, (G) ADJUSTABLE SPRING-BIASING MEANS FOR POSITIONING SAID BEARING MEANS IN A PREDETERMINED POSITION WHILE AFFORDING LINEAR MOVEMENT THEREOF PARALLEL TO THE HORIZONTAL PLATE, (H) A SECOND IDLER ROLLER, AND (I) SPRING-BIASED BEARING MEANS CARRIED BY THE SAID VERTICAL MOUNTING PLATES AND SUPPORTING SAID SECOND IDLER ROLLER FOR ROTATION ABOUT AN AXIS SPACED A GREATER DISTANCE FROM THE HORIZONTAL PLATE THAN THAT OF THE SAID FIRST IDLER ROLLER.