(19)
(11) EP 0 972 711 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
10.05.2000 Bulletin 2000/19

(43) Date of publication A2:
19.01.2000 Bulletin 2000/03

(21) Application number: 99202303.6

(22) Date of filing: 13.07.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B65C 11/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 17.07.1998 US 93238 P
30.06.1999 US 345274

(71) Applicant: Eltron Industries, Inc.
Simi Valley, California 93065 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Engel, James William
    CA 93063 (US)

(74) Representative: Weatherald, Keith Baynes 
Castles, 17 Lansdowne Road
Croydon CR0 2BX
Croydon CR0 2BX (GB)

   


(54) Label printer


(57) An imaging forming device for separating a printable medium (10) from a protective backing of a continuous strip (12) attached thereto, the imaging forming device includes a stepped stripper roller shaft (38) encircled by a roller sleeve (42) adapted to press a platen (22) of the device wherein the imaging forming device causes the continuous strip (12) to pass over a stripper bar (28) and directs the protective backing to move under the stripper bar (28) and between the platen and the roller sleeve while the printable medium continuously moves outward of the device from over the stripper bar.






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