Patent ID: 8979406
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: B26D,B31D,B41J,B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A label producing apparatus comprising: a cartridge holder capable of attaching and detaching a cartridge configured to supply a label tape; a feeder configured to pull out and feed said label tape from said cartridge mounted to said cartridge holder; a movable blade configured to advance and retreat with respect to a tape transport path by said feeder, and cut said label tape fed by said feeder at a desired length; a driving roller configured to contact and discharge said label tape, provided further on a downstream side than said movable blade on said tape transport path; a driven roller provided so that it can advance and retreat between a contact position where it can contact said label tape positioned on said tape transport path with said driving roller from an opposite side and insert said label tape between itself and said driving roller, and a separated position where it separates from said label tape positioned on said tape transport path in an amount equivalent to a predetermined distance; a motor configured to rotate in a single direction only and generate a driving force for an advancing and retreating movement of said movable blade with respect to said tape transport path, and a rotational movement of said driving roller; a gear mechanism configured to transmit said driving force of said motor to said driving roller so that said driving roller rotates along with a rotational movement of said motor; and an advancing and retreating adjustment device configured to adjust an advancing and retreating movement of said driven roller with respect to said driving roller and an advancing and retreating movement of said movable blade with respect to said tape transport path, associated with a rotation of said motor in said single direction, to a desired mode in coordination with each other, said advancing and retreating adjustment device advancing and retreating said driven roller and said movable blade in coordination so that said driven roller is in said contact position for a predetermined time period after cutting of said label tape is completed by said movable blade, wherein said advancing and retreating adjustment device comprises: a conversion device configured to convert the rotation of said motor in said single direction to said advancing and retreating movement of said movable blade a coordination device configured to rotate a support member around a predetermined rotational center in coordination with said advancing and retreating movement of said movable blade by the rotation of said motor in said single direction, said coordination device comprising: said support member configured to rotatably support said driven roller, and capable of rotating with respect to said predetermined rotational center.