US4095524A
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Ink supply mechanism for dichromic portable labeling machine
Assignee: SATO A CORP OF JAPAN KK
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Filing: 1977-02-28
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Granted: 1978-06-20
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Expires: 1997-02-28
Abstract
Abstract A dichromic ink supply mechanism for use in a hand operated labeler which prints labels dichromically: the ink supply mechanism comprises holding means pivotally attached to a manual actuating lever, two inking rollers respectively impregnated with inks of different colors and both being rotatably and removably carried on the holding means, and guide passages in the frame of the labeler for guiding reciprocating motion of the holding means and the rollers.
Inventors
- 👤 Yo Sato
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 06:54
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65C; B65C11/00; B65C11/02; B65C11/0205; B65C11/021; B41; B41K; B41K3/00; B41K3/54; B41K3/60; B65C2210/00; B65C2210/0037; B65C2210/004; B65C2210/0045; B65C2210/0051; B65C2210/0056; B65C2210/0059; B65C2210/0062
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
422 words
A portable label printing and applying machine, comprising: a machine frame; an actuating lever movable with respect to said frame; a printing head including at least a first and a second printing member with a respective first and second printing surface thereon and having type characters on said printing surface; said printing head being attached to and being movable with said actuating lever; means normally biasing said printing head to a standby position; said actuating lever being movable to move said printing head from said standby position to an inking position at which said printing surfaces are inked by inking rollers pressing against said printing surfaces with a predetermined pressure and being further movable by said actuating lever to a printing position at which said printing surfaces contact a label to imprint it; an ink supply mechanism comprising: holding means pivotally attached to said actuating lever for moving said holding means with respect to said frame as said actuating lever moves; at least a first and a second inking roller rotatably carried on said holding means so as to be rotatable with respect to said holding means and said first inking roller being rotatable over said first printing surface and said second inking roller being rotatable over said second printing surface; a first guide in said frame for guiding motion of said first inking roller; a second guide in said frame for guiding motion of said second inking roller; first and second guide engaging means located at said first and second rollers, respectively, and connected for movement therewith; said first and said second guide engaging means slidably engaging and being slidable along said first and said second guides, respectively; said guides and said printing surfaces being so positioned and shaped that said inking rollers are spaced from said printing surfaces when said printing head is in said standby position, such that said each of first and second printing surfaces are engaged by the respective one of first and second inking rollers when said actuating lever has been manually actuated partially through its stroke and such that said inking rollers are moved out of the pathway of said printing head when said actuating lever is moved through its full stroke and said printing surfaces are moved to imprint a label and further wherein said guides are shaped to cause said second inking roller to move away from said printing surfaces after said second inking roller contacts said second printing surface, thereby to prevent said second inking roller from contacting said first printing surface.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
422 words
A portable label printing and applying machine, comprising: a machine frame; an actuating lever movable with respect to said frame; a printing head including at least a first and a second printing member with a respective first and second printing surface thereon and having type characters on said printing surface; said printing head being attached to and being movable with said actuating lever; means normally biasing said printing head to a standby position; said actuating lever being movable to move said printing head from said standby position to an inking position at which said printing surfaces are inked by inking rollers pressing against said printing surfaces with a predetermined pressure and being further movable by said actuating lever to a printing position at which said printing surfaces contact a label to imprint it; an ink supply mechanism comprising: holding means pivotally attached to said actuating lever for moving said holding means with respect to said frame as said actuating lever moves; at least a first and a second inking roller rotatably carried on said holding means so as to be rotatable with respect to said holding means and said first inking roller being rotatable over said first printing surface and said second inking roller being rotatable over said second printing surface; a first guide in said frame for guiding motion of said first inking roller; a second guide in said frame for guiding motion of said second inking roller; first and second guide engaging means located at said first and second rollers, respectively, and connected for movement therewith; said first and said second guide engaging means slidably engaging and being slidable along said first and said second guides, respectively; said guides and said printing surfaces being so positioned and shaped that said inking rollers are spaced from said printing surfaces when said printing head is in said standby position, such that said each of first and second printing surfaces are engaged by the respective one of first and second inking rollers when said actuating lever has been manually actuated partially through its stroke and such that said inking rollers are moved out of the pathway of said printing head when said actuating lever is moved through its full stroke and said printing surfaces are moved to imprint a label and further wherein said guides are shaped to cause said second inking roller to move away from said printing surfaces after said second inking roller contacts said second printing surface, thereby to prevent said second inking roller from contacting said first printing surface.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
55 words
The label printing and applying mechanism of claim 1, wherein said first guide and said first inking roller are further from said actuating lever than said second guide and said second inking roller, respectively; said first and said second guides extending along said frame generally transversely to the path of motion of said printing head.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
132 words
The label printing and applying mechanism of claim 2, wherein said second guide further comprises an escape passage inclined downwardly in the direction of motion of said printing head toward the printing position and being inclined forwardly which is in the direction of motion of said second inking roller with said holder as said printing head is moving toward the print position and is in the direction in which said printing head first passes said second printing surface and thereafter passes said first printing surface, and the inclination of said escape passage is for enabling said second inking roller to move down more extensively than said first inking roller as said holding means moves forwardly through said frame, thereby also enabling said second inking roller to avoid contacting said first printing surface.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The label printing and applying mechanism of claim 1, wherein said first inking roller is impregnated with ink of one color and said second inking roller is impregnated with ink of another color.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
55 words
The label printing and applying mechanism of claim 4, wherein said first guide and said first inking roller are further from said actuating lever than said second guide and said second inking roller, respectively; said first and said second guides extending along said frame generally transversely to the path of motion of said printing head.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
The label printing and applying mechanism of claim 4, wherein said inking rollers are removably attached on said holding means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
165 words
The label printing and applying mechanism of claim 6, wherein said holding means further comprises: said holding means holds said inking rollers to move in the same general direction through the respective said guide engaging means; a pivot on said yoke; pivotable linkage means which is pivotally attached to said yoke at said yoke pivot so as to move with said yoke as said actuating lever is operated and so as to pivot with respect to said yoke around said yoke pivot as said actuating lever is operated; a first fixedly located engagement element on said machine frame; a second engagement element on said linking means and in engagement with said first engagement element on said machine frame, such that as said yoke moves and said first and said second engagement elements remain in engagement, said holding means is pivoted rapidly around said yoke pivot, thereby to move said inking rollers out of the way of motion of said printing head toward the print position.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
56 words
The label printing and applying mechanism of claim 7, wherein said first and second engagement elements are further from said actuating lever than said yoke pivot, whereby as said printing head moves toward the print position, said inking rollers are rapidly pivoted away from said actuating lever and out of the way of said printing head.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
50 words
The label printing and applying mechanism of claim 8, wherein said first engagement element on said machine frame comprises a pin thereon and said second engagement element on said linkage means comprises a leg of said linkage means and means on that leg for engaging said pin on said frame.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
132 words
The label printing and applying mechanism of claim 9, wherein said second guide further comprises an escape passage inclined downwardly in the direction of motion of said printing head toward the printing position and being inclined forwardly which is in the direction of motion of said second inking roller with said holder as said printing head is moving toward the print position and is in the direction in which said printing head first passes said second printing surface and thereafter passes said first printing surface, and the inclination of said escape passage is for enabling said second inking roller to move down more extensively than said first inking roller as said holding means moves forwardly through said frame, thereby also enabling said second inking roller to avoid contacting said first printing surface.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
81 words
The label printing and applying mechanism of claim 9, wherein said holding means comprises a first holder to which said first inking roller is rotatably connected and a second holder to which said second inking roller is rotatably connected; said first and said second holders being pivotally connected to pivot with respect to each other and also to form an integrated assembly; biasing means for urging one said holder to pivot with respect to the other said holder in one direction.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
The label printing and applying mechanism of claim 11, wherein said inking rollers are removably attached on said holding means.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
84 words
The label printing and applying mechanism of claim 1, wherein said holding means comprises a first holder to which said first inking roller is rotatably connected and a second holder to which said second inking roller is rotatably connected; said first and said second holders being pivotally connected to pivot with respect to each other and also to form a unitary assembly which moves together; biasing means for urging one said holder to pivot with respect to the other said holder in one direction.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
46 words
The label printing and applying mechanism of claim 1, further comprising a yoke attached to said actuating lever to be moved therewith; said actuating lever being pivotally attached to said frame and said yoke being pivotable therewith; said holding means being removably attached to said yoke.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
45 words
The label printing and applying mechanism of claim 1, wherein said first and second guides comprise respective first and second passages in said frame and said guide engaging means of said first and said second inking rollers respectively comprise first and second guide roller means.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
46 words
The label printing and applying mechanism of claim 15, wherein said first and second guide passages comprise respective first and second guide grooves cut into said machine frame; said first and said second guide roller means respectively engage in said first and said second guide grooves.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
76 words
The label printing and applying mechanism of claim 16, wherein said frame has two opposite side surfaces and said first and second guide roller means are located at one said side surface of said frame said first guide groove is cut deeper into said frame at said one side surface thereof than said second guide groove; said guide roller means of said inking rollers are of a size to extend into the respective said guide grooves.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
152 words
The label printing and applying machine of claim 17, wherein said frame comprises two opposed frame plates; each said frame plate respectively having said two opposite side surfaces and the respective said one side surfaces of said frame plates being opposed; said first and said second guide roller means respectively comprise a pair of guide rollers, and one of each said pair of rollers is located at each end of the respective said inking roller; said first and said second guide grooves being cut at opposed positions into both said one sides of said frame plates, said first guide grooves being cut deeper into said frame plate one sides than said second guide grooves; the space between said first guide rollers of said first inking roller being correspondingly larger than the space between said second guide rollers of said second inking rollers, thereby to be received in the respective said guide grooves.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
132 words
The label printing and applying mechanism of claim 18, wherein said second guide further comprises an escape passage inclined downwardly in the direction of motion of said printing head toward the printing position and being inclined forwardly which is in the direction of motion of said second inking roller with said holder as said printing head is moving toward the print position and is in the direction in which said printing head first passes said second printing surface and thereafter passes said first printing surface and the inclination of said escape passage is for enabling said second inking roller to move down more extensively than said first inking roller as said holding means moves forwardly through said frame, thereby also enabling said second inking roller to avoid contacting said first printing surface.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1981-06-19 | 1981-12-19 | 1982-06-20 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1985-06-19 | 1985-12-19 | 1986-06-20 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1989-06-19 | 1989-12-19 | 1990-06-20 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |