Patent ID: 7971620

Claim:
A one-touch label-dispensing device for dispensing labels marked with time information comprising: a clock means for generating current date information; at least one label marking means for marking date information onto said labels; at least one label peeling device for peeling each label, in turn, from a web of backing paper, said label peeling device being positioned after said label marking means so that marked labels can be peeled from said backing, said label peeling device comprising: at least one peeling unit positioned after said label marking means past which said label web is advanced, and said peeling unit including deflecting means for deflecting said backing paper web sharply in a direction that said labels will normally separate from said backing paper web as said backing paper web advances past said deflecting means; at least one feed unit for advancing said label web from a supply unit of labels past said label marking means, said peeling unit and from said label dispensing device, and for advancing the backing paper web beyond said deflecting means wherein said actuation means is adapted to initiate time information, label marking and label dispensing by applying a pulling force to a protruding portion of the label.