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Docket M-377-C
The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive
property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. Hand-held apparatus for printing and applying
pressure sensitive labels releasably carried on a web of
supporting material, comprising: a frame having a handle,
means for supporting a roll of pressure sensitive labels, a
movably mounted print head, a platen assembly including a
platen and means for solidly supporting the platen on the
frame for rocking movement in any plane, means disposed
adjacent the platen for delaminating printed labels from the
web, means disposed adjacent the delaminating means for applying
printed labels, a driver for advancing the web, means for guiding
the web from the roll, to between the platen and the print head,
about the delaminating means and to the driver, means including
an actuator disposed at the handle for effecting movement of
the print head into cooperation with the platen and for
effecting movement of the driver to advance the web, wherein
the platen supporting means includes a support cantilever-mounted
to the frame and cooperating bearing surfaces between the
cantilever-mounted support and the platen without any other
supporting means between the platen and the support for
compensating for deflection of the cantilever-mounted support
to enable the platen to accommodate to the print head during
printing coaction between the print head and the platen, and
means separate and distinct from the bearing surfaces for
connecting the platen, the support and the bearing surfaces
in assembled relationship without affecting the capability of
the platen to deflect during printing coaction.
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2. Hand-held apparatus for printing and applying
pressure sensitive labels releasably carried on a web of
supporting material, comprising: a frame having a handle,
means for supporting a roll of pressure sensitive labels, a
movably mounted print head, a platen assembly including a
platen and means for solidly supporting the platen on the
frame for rocking movement in any plane, means disposed
adjacent the platen for delaminating printed labels from the
web, means disposed adjacent the delaminating means for applying
printed labels, a driver for advancing the web, means for guiding
the web from the roll, to between the platen and the print head,
about the delaminating means and to the driver, means including
an actuator disposed at the handle for effecting movement of
the print head into cooperation with the platen and for
effecting movement of the driver to advance the web, wherein
the platen supporting means includes a support cantilever-mounted
to the frame and cooperating bearing surfaces between the
cantilever-mounted support and the platen without any other
supporting means between the platen and the support for
compensating for deflection of the cantilever-mounted support
to enable the platen to accommodate to the print head during
printing coaction between the print head and the platen, and
means separate and distinct from the bearing surfaces for
connecting the platen, the support and the bearing surfaces
in assembled relationship without affecting the capability of
the platen to deflect during printing coaction, wherein
one of the bearing surfaces is a projection which is less
than a hemisphere.
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3. Hand-held apparatus for printing and applying
pressure sensitive labels releasably carried on a web of
supporting material, comprising: a frame having a handle,
means for supporting a roll of pressure sensitive labels, a
movably mounted print head, a platen assembly including a
platen and means for solidly supporting the platen on the
frame for rocking movement in any plane, means disposed
adjacent the platen for delaminating printed labels from the
web, means disposed adjacent the delaminating means for
applying printed labels, a driver for advancing the web,
means for guiding the web from the roll, to between the platen
and the print head, about the delaminating means and to the
driver, means including an actuator disposed at the handle for
effecting movement of the print head into cooperation with the
platen and for effecting movement of the driver to advance
the web, wherein the platen supporting means includes a
support cantilever-mounted to the frame and cooperating
bearing surfaces between the cantilever-mounted support and
the platen without any other supporting means between the
platen and the support for compensating for deflection of the
cantilever-mounted support to enable the platen to accommodate
to the print head during printing coaction between the print
head and the platen, and means separate and distinct from
the bearing surfaces for connecting the platen, the support and
the bearing surfaces in assembled relationship without affecting
the capability of the platen to deflect during printing coaction,
wherein one of the bearing surfaces is a recess which is less
than a hemisphere.
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4. Hand-held apparatus for printing and appyling
pressure sensitive labels releasably carried on a web of
supporting material, comprising: a frame having a handle,
means for supporting a roll of pressure sensitive labels, a
movably mounted print head, a platen assembly including a
platen and means for solidly supporting the platen on the
frame for rocking movement in any plane, means disposed
adjacent the platen for delaminating printed labels from the
web, means disposed adjacent the delaminating means for applying
printed labels, a driver for advancing the web, means for guiding
the web from the roll, to between the platen and the print head,
about the delaminating means and to the driver, means including
an actuator disposed at the handle for effecting movement of
the print head into cooperation with the platen and for
effecting movement of the driver to advance the web, wherein
the platen supporting means includes a support cantilever-mounted
to the frame and cooperating bearing surfaces between the
cantilever-mounted support and the platen without any other
supporting means between the platen and the support for
compensating for deflection of the cantilever-mounted support
to enable the platen to accommodate to the print head during
printing coaction between the print head and the platen, and
means separate and distinct from the bearing surfaces in
assembled relationship without affecting the capability of the
platen to deflect during printing coaction, wherein one of
the bearing surfaces is a projection which is less than a
hemisphere and wherein the other bearing surface is a recess
which is less than a hemisphere.
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5. Hand-held apparatus for printing and applying
pressure sensitive labels releasably carried on a web of
supporting material, comprising: a frame having a handle,
means for supporting a roll of pressure sensitive labels, a
movably mounted print head, a platen assembly including a
platen and means for solidly supporting the platen on the
frame for rocking movement in any plane, means disposed
adjacent the platen for delaminating printed labels from the
web, means disposed adjacent the delaminating means for applying
printed labels, a driver for advancing the web, means for guiding
the web from the roll, to between the platen and the print head,
about the delaminating means and to the driver, means including
an actuator disposed at the handle for effecting movement of
the print head into cooperation with the platen and for
effecting movement of the driver to advance the web, wherein
the platen supporting means includes a support cantilever-mounted
to the frame and cooperating bearing surfaces between the
cantilever-mounted support and the platen without any other
supporting means between the platen and the support for
compensating for deflection of the cantilever-mounted support
to enable the platen to accommodate to the print head during
printing coaction between the print head and the platen, and
means separate and distinct from the bearing surfaces for
connecting the platen, the support and the bearing surfaces
in assembled relationship without affecting the capability of
the platen to deflect during printing coaction, wherein the
connecting means includes resilient snap means.
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6. Hand-held apparatus for printing and applying
pressure sensitive labels releasably carried on a web of
supporting material, comprising: a frame having a handle,
means for supporting a roll of pressure sensitive labels, a
movably mounted print head, a platen assembly including a
platen and means for solidly supporting the platen on the
frame for rocking movement in any plane, means disposed
adjacent the platen for delaminating printed labels from the
web, means disposed adjacent the delaminating means for applying
printed labels, a driver for advancing the web, means for guiding
the web from the roll, to between the platen and the print head,
about the delaminating means and to the driver, means including
an actuator disposed at the handle for effecting movement of
the print head into cooperation with the platen and for
effecting movement of the driver to advance the web, wherein
the platen supporting means includes a support cantilever-mounted
to the frame and cooperating bearing surfaces between the
cantilever-mounted support and the platen without any other
supporting means between the platen and the support for
compensating for deflection of the cantilever-mounted support
to enable the platen to accommodate to the print head during
printing coaction between the print head and the platen, and
means separate and distinct from the bearing surfaces for
connecting the platen, the support and the bearing surfaces
in assembled relationship without affecting the capability of
the platen to deflect during printing coaction, wherein one
of the bearing surfaces is a projection which is less than a
hemisphere, wherein the connecting means includes resilient
snap means.
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7. Hand-held apparatus for printing and applying
pressure sensitive labels releasably carried on a web of
supporting material, comprising: a frame having a handle,
means for supporting a roll of pressure sensitive labels, a
movably mounted print head, a platen assembly including a
platen and means for solidly supporting the platen on the
frame for rocking movement in any plane, means disposed
adjacent the platen for delaminating printed labels from the
web, means disposed adjacent the delaminating means for applying
printed labels, a driver for advancing the web, means for guiding
the web from the roll, to between the platen and the print head,
about the delaminating means and to the driver, means including
an actuator disposed at the handle for effecting movement of
the print head into cooperation with the platen and for
effecting movement of the driver to advance the web, wherein
the platen supporting means includes a support cantilever-mounted
to the frame and cooperating bearing surfaces between the
cantilever-mounted support and the platen without any other
supporting means between the platen and the support for
compensating for deflection of the cantilever-mounted support
to enable the platen to accommodate to the print head during
printing coaction between the print head and the platen, and
means separate and distinct from the bearing surfaces for
connecting the platen, the support and the bearing surfaces
in assembled relationship without affecting the capability of
the platen to deflect during printing coaction, wherein the
connecting means includes resilient snap means, the platen and
the snap means being of one-piece molded plastics construction.
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8. Hand-held apparatus for printing and appyling
pressure sensitive labels releasably carried on a web of
supporting material, comprising: a frame having a handle,
means for supporting a roll of pressure sensitive labels, a
movably mounted print head, a platen assembly including a
platen and means for solidly supporting the platen on the
frame for rocking movement in any plane, means disposed
adjacent the platen for delaminating printed labels from the
web, means disposed adjacent the delaminating means for applying
printed labels, a driver for advancing the web, means for guiding
the web from the roll, to between the platen and the print head,
about the delaminating means and to the driver, means including
an actuator disposed at the handle for effecting movement of
the print head into cooperation with the platen and for
effecting movement of the driver to advance the web, wherein
the platen supporting means includes a support cantilever-mounted
to the frame and cooperating bearing surfaces between the
cantilever-mounted support and the platen without any other
supporting means between the platen and the support for
compensating for deflection of the cantilever-mounted support
to enable the platen to accommodate to the print head during
printing coaction between the print head and the platen, wherein
one of the bearing surfaces is a projection which is less than a
hemisphere, and means separate and distinct from the bearing
surfaces for connecting the platen, the support and the
bearing surfaces in assembled relationship without affecting
the capability of the platen to deflect during printing
coaction, wherein the connecting means includes resilient
snap means, the platen and the snap means being of one-piece
molded plastics construction.
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