ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,876, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Labeling apparatus and discharge portion and gripping portion thereof" was invented by Shota Iijima (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A labeling apparatus includes: a housing; a printing portion provided in the housing and configured to print on a plurality of labels of a label sheet being provided with an adhesive layer; a peeling portion provided in the housing and configured to peel the label printed by the printing portion from the elongated mount; a discharge portion provided in the housing and having a discharge port for discharging the label...