Rolling contact label printer and applicator

Claim 1

A HAND TOOL APPARATUS FOR PRINTING LABELS ON TAPE, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A FRAME SIZED TO FIT THE HAND; MEANS FOR SUPPORTING A SUPPLY OF TAPE WITH RESPECT TO SAID FRAME; MANUALLY ACTUABLE MOTION SUPPLYING MEANS ON SAID FRAME FOR ENGAGING SAID TAPE TO ADVANCE A LENGTH THEREOF ALONG AN OPERATINS PATH; FIRST AND SECOND ROTARY PRINTING MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME FOR SEVERALLY APPLYING IN A ROLLING MOTION SELECTED INDICIA TO SAID TAPE AT PREDETERMINED PORTIONS THEREOF AS IT IS ADVANCED ALONG SAID PATH; SYNCHRONIZING MEANS COOPERABLE WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND PRINTING MEANS AND SAID MOTION SUPPLYING MEANS TO SYNCHRONIZE SAID ROTATABLE PRINTING MEANS WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF SAID TAPE TO ENSURE PRINTING THEREON IN SAID PREDETERMINED PORTIONS; CLUTCH MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID MOTION SUPPLYING MEANS, SAID CLUTCH MEANS INCLUDING A MANUALLY GRASPABLE PORTION FOR MANUALLY ACTUATING SAID CLUTCH TO PERMIT DISENGAGEMENT OF SAID MOTION SUPPLYING MEANS FROM SAID SYNCHRONIZATION MEANS, SAID MANUALLY GRASPABLE PORTION BEING ROTATABLE TO PERMIT SELECTIVE MANUAL RETRACTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF SAID TAPE ALONG SAID OPERATIONS PATH.