Patent ID: 6491080
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: B65C,Y10T

Abstract:
In a label application apparatus comprising:a main housing having a roller thereon; a supply reel mounted to the main housing and having an indefinite length web of label material thereon; an applicator mounted to the main housing for applying a label to an object; a feed mechanism for feeding the continuous web of label material from the supply reel to the applicator; a cutting mechanism associated with the applicator comprising a pivotally-mounted blade and a stationary blade; the improvement comprising: wherein at least one of the pivotally-mounted blade and the stationary blade comprises a adhesive accumulation recess in register with the other of the pivotally-mounted blade and the stationary blade whereby excess adhesive encountered during cutting operations is accumulated in the adhesive accumulation recess and not on cutting surfaces of the at least one of the pivotally-mounted blade and the stationary blade.