Patent ID: 11958653
Assignee: nan
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus for dispensing peel-off labels from a roll of peel-off labels or an accordion-folded stack of peel-off labels, the peel-off labels being adhered to a web along a longitudinal direction of the web, the web having a width normal to the web longitudinal direction, the apparatus comprising:
a. a label supply location and a flow path from the label supply location, the web being movable along the flow path from the label supply location;
b. a peeling edge, the peeling edge being disposed along the flow path, the flow path having a configuration to peel the peel-off labels from the web at the peeling edge as the web moves along the flow path;
c. the configuration of the flow path to peel the peel-off labels from the web at the peeling edge comprising a cam disposed along the flow path immediate prior to the peeling edge as the web moves along the flow path from the label supply location, the cam being movable with respect to the peeling edge, the cam being configured to bear on the web immediately prior to the peeling edge as the web moves along the flow path, the configuration of the flow path to peel the peel-off labels from the web at the peeling edge further comprising a change in a flow path direction at the peeling edge, the cam defining the change in the flow path direction at the peeling edge when the cam bears upon the web immediately prior to the peeling edge as the web moves along the flow path, the change in the flow path direction at the peeling edge as the web moves across the peeling edge being user selectable by a movement of the movable cam.