Patent ID: 8186408

Claim:
A labeling apparatus in which pressure sensitive adhesively backed labels which are releasably adhered to a backing strip are each respectively marked with indicia and attached to an elongate object, said apparatus comprising: a structural support member; a label supply roller, coupled to said support member, for supplying said labels and adhered backing strip to said apparatus; label guide means for moving said labels through said apparatus; a label print station, coupled to said support member, for marking indicia on said labels; a label peeler, coupled to said support member, for removing said labels from said backing strip wherein said label peeler includes a label peel plate, a peel spring, and a label peel roller set; a puck assembly rotatably coupled to said support member, said puck assembly including a puck member having an interrupted circumferential surface defining an opening; a gripper assembly, coupled to said support member, for grasping and moving said elongate object relative to said opening; and a take-up roll, rotatably coupled to said support member, for receiving said backing strip.