Appeal No. 1996-3198 Page 2
Application No. 08/371,642
indicated as allowable by the examiner (final rejection, page
2).
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a hand-held labeler
having an elastomeric member placed on the handle exterior and
a method of making the labeler. According to appellant, the
provision of elastomeric material for the handle helps to
"...prevent slippage..." and "...absorb the impact..." when
using the labeler (specification, pages 1 and 2, carryover
paragraph). An understanding of the invention can be derived
from a reading of exemplary claims 1 and 11, which are
reproduced below.
1. A hand-held labeler, comprising: a housing having a
manually graspable handle which subjects the user to impact
during use, means on the housing for mounting a label supply
roll of a composite web having labels releasably adhered to a
carrier web, a platen, a print head cooperable with the platen
for printing on the labels, means for delaminating printed
labels from the carrier web, means for applying printed labels,
means for advancing the composite web to peel a printed label
from the carrier web and advance the printed label into label
applying relationship with label applying means and to advance
another label into the printing position, wherein the advancing
means includes an operating lever disposed at the handle and
engageable by the user’s fingers, wherein the handle includes a
substantially rigid handle member, a frictional elastomeric
member on the exterior of the handle member, and the
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