Patent ID: 8251115

Claim:
A postage label dispensing system for dispensing adhesive-backed labels, comprising: a system for displacing a supply of label material along a feed path, the label material including a face material having an adhesive backing and a liner material detachably bonded to the adhesive backing, the adhesive backing defining a pair of longitudinal adhesive strips and a non-adhesive region disposed therebetween, the liner material having a longitudinal cut disposed adjacent to, and aligned with, the non-adhesive region to define a pair of liner strips having longitudinal edges substantially parallel to the feed path of the label material; a means for inducing a bend along an axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal cut and in an area corresponding to the non-adhesive region, the bend causing the longitudinal edges of each liner strip to separate from the face material thereby producing an opening between the face material and the liner strips; a peeler plow disposed along the feed path and downstream of the bending means, the peeler plow having tip portion and an arcuate blade disposed to each side of the tip portion, the tip portion operative to penetrate the opening between the face material and the liner strips, and the arcuate blades operative to peel the liner strips from the adhesive backing of the face material; and a processor, operative to control the conveyance system such that the tip portion of the peeler plow penetrates the opening between the face material and liner strips and the liner strips are peeled from the face material to dispense an application ready printed label.