ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,791, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Toshiba Tec K.K. (Tokyo).
"Label printer" was invented by Shuji Yokoyama (Sunto Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A label printer for printing on a label sheet that is stored in a rolled shape and includes a base sheet and a plurality of labels attached thereon, includes a platen roller configured to convey the label sheet, a head configured to print on a label of the conveyed label sheet, a peeling bar by which the printed label is peeled off from the base sheet, a winding shaft configured to rotate to wind thereon the base sheet from which the printed label has been peeled off,...