Hand labeler

Claim 1

A HAND OPERABLE LABELING DEVICE FOR ACCOMPLISHING A PLURALITY OF OPERATIONAL CYCLES WHEREBY LABELS ARE ADHERED TO MERCHANDISE, EACH CYCLE INCLUDING THE STEPS OF PRINTING, DISPENSING AND APPLYING A LABEL FROM A CONTINUOUS LABEL STRIP WHICH HAS BEEN UNWOUND FROM A LABEL SUPPLY ROLL, COMPRISING HOLDER MEANS SECURED TO SAID DEVICE FOR MAINTAINING SAID LABEL SUPPLY ROLL IN A FIXED POSITION WHEREBY SAID LABEL SUPPLY ROLL MAY BE ROTATED TO UNWIND SAID LABEL STRIP THEREFROM, A FIRST HANDLE WHEREBY SAID DEVICE MAY BE GRIPPED, A SECOND HANDLE PIVOTALLY SECURED TO SAID FIRST HANDLE, A BASE FRAME SECURED TO SAID FIRST HANDLE AND EXTENDING BEYOND THE PIVOTAL INTERSECTION OF SAID HANDLES, A PIVOTING FRAME SECURED TO SAID SECOND HANDLE AND EXTENDING BEYOND THE PIVOTAL INTERSECTION OF SAID HANDLES, LIMIT MEANS FOR PERMITTING THE NON-PIVOTED ENDS OF SAID HANDLES TO MOVE A MAXIMUM DISTANCE AWAY FROM ONE ANOTHER TO AN INITIAL POSITION, SAID HANDLES AT THE INITIAL POSITION FORMING AN ACUTE ANGLE THEREBETWEEN, A PRINTING MECHANISM FOR PRINTING SAID LABELS, SAID PRINTING MECHANISM HAVING COMPONENTS SECURED TO SAID PIVOTING FRAME, AND COMPONENTS SECURED TO SAID BASE FRAME, A DRIVE MECHANISM FOR MOVING SAID LABEL STRIP THROUGH SAID DEVICE, SAID DRIVE MECHANISM BEING SECURED TO SAID BASE FRAME, AND A DISPENSER-APPLICATOR MECHANISM FOR SEPARATING SAID LABELS FROM SAID LABEL STRIP AND APPLYING SAID LABELS AS DESIRED, SAID DISPENSER-APPLICATOR MECHANISM BEING SECURED TO SAID BASE FRAME.