Patent ID: 8616878

Claim:
A heat-sensitive adhesive label manufacturing device which manufactures a heat-sensitive adhesive label from a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet having a heat-sensitive adhesive layer, the heat-sensitive adhesive label manufacturing device comprising: a thermal activation section having a thermal head for heating and thermally activating the heat-sensitive adhesive layer of the heat-sensitive adhesive sheet while the thermal head is in contact with the heat-sensitive adhesive layer, and having a platen roller disposed opposite to the thermal head for conveying the heat-sensitive adhesive sheet between the platen roller and the thermal head to transport the heat-sensitive adhesive sheet in a transport direction; and a label discharge section having a plurality of discharge rollers disposed on a downstream side of the thermal activation section and having a guide member disposed opposite and spaced apart from the plurality of discharge rollers to provide a space therebetween along which the heat-sensitive adhesive sheet is conveyed by the plurality of discharge rollers without being pressed between the plurality of discharge rollers and the guide member; wherein a discharge roller closest to the thermal activation section among the plurality of discharge rollers is a drive discharge roller configured to undergo rotation at a peripheral speed different from a peripheral speed of the platen roller to convey the heat-sensitive adhesive sheet in the transport direction; and wherein when a rear end portion of the heat-sensitive adhesive sheet reaches the drive discharge roller, rotation of the drive discharge roller stops and the heat sensitive adhesive sheet is held in a state in which a forward end portion of the heat-sensitive adhesive sheet sticks out of a discharge port of the label discharge section toward an exterior thereof.