1: Apparatus for the application of self adhesive labels sequentially from a supply of self adhesive labels, said apparatus including means for moving the self adhesive labels web from the supply to an application point, said application point including means to cause release of the leading label from the web of self adhesive labels and expose the said released label to be further transported andor applied to an article and wherein said apparatus is, or can be adapted to be, capable of operation with a supply of labels with a backing layer and a supply of labels without a backing layer and wherein lines of weakening are provided between adjacent labels on the label web and the lines of weakening include at least one slit which is located so as to engage with a location formed on a beak or blade provided to break the line of weakening.
2: (canceled)
3: Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the form of blade or beak which is used is changeable between a first form to allow the release of a label from a linerless roll of self adhesive labels and a second form to allow the release of a label from a roll of self adhesive labels with a backing layer.
4: Apparatus according to claim 3 wherein the two forms of blade or beak are provided on the same component.
5-6. (canceled)
7: Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the respective beaks or blades are provided at different locations and selectively used dependent upon the particular form of the roll of self adhesive labels being applied at that time.
8: Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the means for moving the labels from the roll to the application point includes at least two movement means which act on the labels to move the same and at least one of the said movement means is located so as to act on the non-adhesive side of the label supply.
9: Apparatus according to claim 8 wherein further movement means act on the adhesive side of the label either directly in the case of linerless self adhesive label supplies or on the backing layer onto which the adhesive surface of the label is applied.
10: Apparatus according to claim 9 wherein the movement means incorporates at least one belt.
11: Apparatus according to claim 10 wherein the belt acting on the adhesive side of the labels is provided in a split configuration.
12: Apparatus according to claim 11 wherein the said belt is in a configuration in which there is provided a central belt and a belt on either side thereof.
13: Apparatus according to claim 12 wherein the central belt can be driven independently of the said side belts.
14: Apparatus according to claim 8 wherein the movement means which act on the non adhesive side of the self adhesive label is provided in a form so as to encourage movement of the self adhesive label web towards the application location and away from the movement means acting on the adhesive side of the label supply.
15: Apparatus according to claim 14 wherein the movement means include the generation of an air flow to enhance the movement of the labels and ensure that the label supply releases from the belt acting on the adhesive side.
16-17. (canceled)
18: Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the adhesive is applied to the label surface in a series of strips with at least one gap left between said strips and which gap is exposed at least one edge of the label.
19-39. (canceled)
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A fishing rod comprising:
a rod-shaped fishing rod main body;
a fishing line guide including a leg portion arranged on an outer surface of the fishing rod main body and extending along an extension direction of the fishing rod main body; and
a tubular fixing member formed of fiber-reinforced plastic, covering the outer surface of the fishing rod main body and the leg portion, and pressing the leg portion toward the outer surface,
wherein at least one of end surfaces at both axial-direction ends of the fixing member is inclined with respect to a plane orthogonal to an axial direction of the fixing member in a state where the fixing member is not mounted on the fishing rod main body.
2. The fishing rod according to claim 1,
wherein the end surfaces at both of the axial-direction ends of the fixing member are inclined in the same direction with respect to the plane orthogonal to the axial direction of the fixing member in a state where the fixing member is not mounted on the fishing rod main body.
3. The fishing rod according to claim 1,
wherein the fixing member is configured to have a member that can be changed from a state of being displaced to an outer side as an inner surface of the fixing member is subject to a force directed to the outer side to a state of being displaced to an inner side without being thermally contracted as the inner surface is released from the force.
4. The fishing rod according to claim 3,
wherein the fixing member contains a woven fiber extending obliquely with respect to the extension direction of the fishing rod main body.
5. A fishing rod comprising:
a rod-shaped fishing rod main body;
a fishing line guide including a leg portion arranged on an outer surface of the fishing rod main body and extending along an extension direction of the fishing rod main body; and
a tubular fixing member formed of fiber-reinforced plastic, covering the outer surface of the fishing rod main body and the leg portion, and pressing the leg portion toward the outer surface,
wherein the fixing member, in an inner surface thereof, includes a groove extending along the leg portion and accommodating the leg portion at least in part.
6. The fishing rod according to claim 5,
wherein the fixing member is configured to have a member that can be changed from a state of being displaced to an outer side as an inner surface of the fixing member is subject to a force directed to the outer side to a state of being displaced to an inner side without being thermally contracted as the inner surface is released from the force.
7. The fishing rod according to claim 6,
wherein the fixing member contains a woven fiber extending obliquely with respect to the extension direction of the fishing rod main body.
8. A fishing rod comprising:
a rod-shaped fishing rod main body;
a fishing line guide including a leg portion arranged on an outer surface of the fishing rod main body and extending along an extension direction of the fishing rod main body; and
a fixing member having at least one pressing ring formed of fiber-reinforced plastic and pressing a part of the leg portion toward an outer surface of the fishing rod main body.
9. The fishing rod according to claim 8,
wherein the fixing member is configured to have a member that can be changed from a state of being displaced to an outer side as an inner surface of the fixing member is subject to a force directed to the outer side to a state of being displaced to an inner side without being thermally contracted as the inner surface is released from the force.
10. The fishing rod according to claim 9,
wherein the fixing member contains a woven fiber extending obliquely with respect to the extension direction of the fishing rod main body.