Apparatus for affixing stencil labels to sheet material of indeterminate length

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR AFFIXING STENCIL LABELS IN SELECTED LONGITUDINAL SPACED RELATIONSHIP UPON SHEET MATERIAL OF INDETERMINATE LONGITUDINAL LENGTH, THE LABELS BEING OF THE TYPE WHICH ARE SECURED TO THE SHEET MATERIAL BY PRESSING AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE LABEL AGAINST THE SURFACE OF THE SHEET MATERIAL, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING: A HOUSING; A LABELING STATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOUSING; FIRST MEANS FOR LOCATING AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE SHEET MATERIAL AT THE LABELING STATION; SECOND MEANS FOR SUPPORTING AND LOCATING A LABEL IN POSITION RELATIVE TO THE SHEET MATERIAL AND THE LABELING STATION SUCH THAT AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE LABEL MAY BE PRESSED AGAINST THE SURFACE OF THE SHEET MATERIAL AT A DESIRED LOCATION THEREON AT SAID STATION; DRIVE MEANS CAPABLE OF BEING SLECTIVELY ACTUATED THROUHGH AT LEAST ONE COMPLETE CYCLE; AFFIXING MEANS FOR STRIKING AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE LABEL IN POSITION IN THE SECOND MEANS AND PRESSING SAID PORTION AGAINST THE SURFACE OF THE SHEET MATERIAL THEREBY AFFIXING THE LABEL TO THE SHEET MATERIAL IN RESPONSE TO THE ACTUATION OF THE DRIVE MEANS THROUGH A COMPLETE CYCLE, SAID AFFIXING MEANS BEING MOVABLE AT LEAST ONCE DURING SAID CYCLE BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION LYING AWAY FROM THE LABEL IN THE SECOND MEANS AND A SECOND POSITION LYING AGAINST AT LEAST SAID PORTION OF THE LABEL AND PRESSING THAT PORTION AGAINST THE SURFACE OF THE SHEET MATERIAL AT THE LABELING STATION; AND TRANSPORT MEANS FOR LONGITUDINALLY ADVANCING THE SHEET MATERIAL WITH THE AFFIXED LABEL RELATIVE TO THE LABELING STATION THROUGH AT LEAST ONE SELECTED INCREMENT EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF THE LONGITUDINAL SPACING DESIRED BETWEEN AFFIXED LABELS IN RESPONSE TO THE ACTUATION OF THE DRIVE MEANS THROUGH A COMPLETE CYCLE.