Kinred M Bowling

7131774, Nov 7, 2006

Mar 30, 2004

10/812682

Randall L. Redman - Beavercreek OH, US
Kinred Bowling - Dayton OH, US

Premark FEG L.L.C. - Wilmington DE

B41J 11/20

400 58, 400 59, 400649

A printer for printing between a print roller and a print head having a print head alignment system is provided. The print head alignment system includes a print roller assembly, a print head support assembly and an actuating assembly. The print roller assembly includes at least one stop and a print roller mounted thereto. The print head support assembly includes a print head mounted thereto and at least one detent, a surface of the detent engaging a surface of the stop to maintain alignment of the print head with the print roller. The actuating assembly is associated with one of the print head support assembly and the print roller assembly to separate the detent and the stop before moving one the print head and print roller to provide an access space between the print head and the print roller for allowing print media to be removed and inserted.

7488003, Feb 10, 2009

Mar 30, 2006

11/393606

Robert J. Weisz - Thornhill, CA
Nigel G. Mills - Kettering OH, US
Kinred Bowling - Dayton OH, US
Karl S. Schroeder - Clayton OH, US

Premark FEG L.L.C. - Wilmington DE

B42D 15/00
A61F 13/15
B41F 1/08

283105, 283 81, 283103, 156227, 101288

A supply of labels may be configured to facilitate folding. A label handling method involves initiating a label fold prior to a label completely exiting a label exit opening. A label apparatus includes a label obstructing member to promote label folding.

8066442, Nov 29, 2011

Jan 27, 2009

12/360499

Robert J. Weisz - Thornhill, CA
Nigel G. Mills - Kettering OH, US
Kinred Bowling - Dayton OH, US
Karl S. Schroeder - Clayton OH, US

Premark FEG L.L.C. - Wilmington DE

B41J 15/00
B65H 37/00
B65H 45/00
B65H 29/00

400613, 400611, 400642, 400646

A supply of labels may be configured to facilitate folding. A label handling method involves initiating a label fold prior to a label completely exiting a label exit opening. A label apparatus includes a label obstructing member to promote label folding.

8432567, Apr 30, 2013

Jun 26, 2009

12/492809

Nigel G. Mills - Kettering OH, US
Randall L. Redman - Beavercreek OH, US
Kinred Bowling - Vandalia OH, US

Premark FEG L.L.C. - Glenview IL

H04Q 5/22
G06K 1/00

358 115, 400 76, 400 88, 235375, 235439, 235470, 340 105, 3405721, 3405723, 3405727

A label printer for handling labels with RFID tags includes one or more advantageous features such as locating an RF encoder unit antenna in position to read and/or write to label antennas after the label antennas have exited a label output slot of the printer, providing light elements to indicate status of a read and/or write operation to a label RFID tag or a voiding step to void labels when a read and/or write operation is unsuccessful.

51447878, Sep 8, 1992

Jan 14, 1991

7/641020

Michael A. Whitby - West Milton OH
Philip A. Ratermann - Troy OH
Kinred Bowling - Dayton OH

Premark FEG Corporation - Wilmington DE

B65B 1118
B65B 5712

53 66

An elevator-type package wrapping machine which determines as by premeasurement the length of packages fed at a first level thereto, comprises a film gripper for initially drawing a fixed length of stretch film horizontally from a supply roll to a fixed stop position in the machine. While the film is held by the film gripper, a package which has one edge thereof at a predetermined distance from the fixed stop position is elevated to a second level above the level of the gripper into the film such that the package draws a first addition to the length of film drawn by the gripper, according to the height of the package. A vertically-moving horizontal bar is moved into contact with the film remote from the fixed stop position to pull a second additional length of film from the film source in accordance with the measured package length, if required. A film cutter is provided for severing the film from its source while the film is stationary, following which, film side and rear underfolders fold the lateral edges of the film and the rear edge of the film extending from the film source under the package. The underfolders and horizontal bar are operated independent mechanisms, enabling separate timing of each.

48053732, Feb 21, 1989

Oct 1, 1987

7/120568

Joseph M. Gaccetta - Dayton OH
Kinred Bowling - Dayton OH
Lee E. Trouteaud - Dayton OH
Michael A. Whitby - Dayton OH

Hobart Corporation - Troy OH

B65B 5708

53 77

A collapsible elevator for a package elevating wrapping machine comprises a base member, a package supporting member and a pair of spring-biased rods. The rods resiliently engage the package supporting member to maintain it in a package elevating position relative to the base member, yet permit it to be resettably collapsed relative to the base member upon exertion of a defined force on the package supporting member. The package supporting member comprises a top plate and two downwardly extending spaced supports which have notches in their lower ends for receiving the spring-biased rods. The supports define surfaces which taper inwardly toward the top plate to facilitate resetting the elevator. An electrical switch is coupled to the base member and a switch actuating rod is coupled to the package supporting member and adapted to activate the electrical switch upon collapse of the elevator. The package elevating wrapping machine is shutdown upon a signaled elevator collapse to substantially reduce the possibility of damaging the machine by the jam condition which caused the collapse of the elevator.