Patent ID: 6213460
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A label support for an integrated label having a continuous paper backing and a label portion releasably adhered to a portion of the continuous paper backing to form a label portion thicker than a paper portion formed by the remainder of the continuous paper backing so that the integrated label has varying thicknesses in its feeding direction for use in a media support tray having a support surface and a dam inclined at an angle to the support surface, said label support including:a base having a support surface on which integrated labels of varying thicknesses in their feeding direction can be stacked;said base having at least one restraint extending upwardly from its rear at an acute angle to said support surface of said base to engage each of the integrated labels at its trailing edge when the integrated labels are supported by said support surface of said base, said restraint having an acute angle smaller than the complement of the obtuse angle of the dam in the media support tray against which each of the integrated labels has its leading edge advanced during feeding;and said base having at least one first spacing element extending downwardly to engage the support surface of the media support tray in which said label support is disposed to space at least the rear of said base from the support surface of the media support tray to dispose said support surface of said base higher at its rear end than at its front end.