Appeal No. 1997-0347
Application 08/193,654
This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the final rejection of claims 14 and 16 through 22. Claims 1
through 13 stand allowed.
Claim 14 is representative and is reproduced below:
14. A labeling machine for dispensing labels from a
continuous web of material pulled along a feed path and apply-
ing the labels to a plurality of articles, comprising:
a supply means for providing a supply of the contin-
uous web of material having the labels affixed thereto;
a dispensing means for removing a label from the
continuous web of material for application to the article;
a first driving means positioned along said feed
path downstream of said supply means for imparting a first
pulling force on the continuous web of material, said first
driving means including a metering means for metering the
continuous web of material from said supply means; and
a second driving means positioned along said feed
path downstream of said first driving means for imparting a
second pulling force on the continuous web of material for
pulling the continuous web of material from said supply means
and for maintaining tension in the continuous web of material
immediately downstream of said first driving means at a sub-
stantially constant predetermined level, said second driving
means including a level [sic, lever] arm positioned in abut-
ment with the continuous web of material and pivotable between
first and second position [sic, positions], and a biasing
means operatively connected to said lever arm for biasing said
lever arm toward said second position to create said second
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