Method to print and apply labels to products
AssigneeFluence Automation LLC
InventorsRichard Wojdyla, Brian Bowers, Tim Palmer, Tomasz K. Bednarek
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Abstract
The present application relates to a method and system for labeling one or more products such as packages transported along a conveyer, and more specifically to applying a label on a respective package by way of a vertically adjustable assembly positioned above the conveyor. The adjustable assembly includes at least a label printer and an applicator for printing and applying the label on a surface of the package on the conveyor.
Claims20
A method for labeling a plurality of packages with a movable label applicator assembly for a labeling material including at least a printer and an applicator, the method comprising:
- receiving data representing a height and a length of each of the packages transported along a conveyor;
- controlling conveyor speed based on a calculated pitch required between a first package and a trailing second package;
- printing data by way of the printer on a first label;
- applying the first label to the first package with the label applicator assembly positioned above the conveyor;
- adjusting or maintaining a vertical height of the label applicator assembly, based on any calculated height difference between the first package and the second package, at a sufficient height required for labeling of the second package;
- printing data, by way of the printer, on a second label intended for the second package;
- feeding the labeling material into a vacuum system;
- withdrawing the labeling material from the vacuum system;
- altering an amount of the labeling material within the vacuum system when the vertical height of the label applicator assembly is adjusted;
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- applying the second label to the second package by way of the applicator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.