Patent ID: 8231289

Claim:
A label tensioning board for a label printer, comprising: a body including a main portion forming a slot therein and a transversely extended portion forming at least one slide rail on a surface thereof, the body also forming a stop on the surface; a shaft rotatably accommodated in the slot of the body and having a first end coupled to an end of the slot and a second end coupled to a side wall of an enclosure; a resilient element coaxially coupled the shaft for providing a torsional returning force on the body relative to the enclosure for tension adjustment of a sheet of label paper accommodated about said label tensioning board; and a slide having opposite side faces each forming a sliding portion slidably engageable to the slide rail of the body to allow for sliding movement of the slide along the slide rail and thus setting a space between the slide and the stop for accommodating and guiding the sheet of label paper; wherein tension applied to the sheet of label paper is adjustable by said label tensioning board.