Patent ID: 11912021
Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 4:
5. A printing apparatus, comprising:
a body including a base and a roll holding area with a roll holding support extending from the base for receiving a roll of label stock;
a plurality of rollers located along a label stock feed path from the roll holding area to a label stock exit zone of the body, the plurality of rollers including a tensioning roller that is movable relative to the base to dissipate tension loads on label stock during label stock movement;
wherein the tensioning roller is mounted on a pivot assembly for movement between an operating position and a label stock loading position, wherein the pivot assembly includes a pivot bar and a lever arm for manually pivoting the pivot bar:
wherein a slot extends inward from a feed path side of the base and the slot is open at the feed path side of the base, wherein the tensioning roller is positioned along the slot when the tensioning roller is in the operating position, and the tensioning roller is located externally of the slot when the tensioning roller is in the label stock loading position.