System and method for applying a label for the automated production of e-vapor devices
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorMartin Garthaffner
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Abstract
A system for use in manufacturing vapor-generating articles may include a rotatable drum that is configured to hold a plurality of the vapor-generating articles. The system may also include a tagging drum that is configured to tag a respective label to a housing of each of the vapor-generating articles. The system may also include a pressing roller that is configured to press a leading edge of the label against the housing after the tagging. The system may further include a rolling drum that is configured to roll the label around the housing after the pressing.
Claims20
A system for applying a label to a vapor-generating article, comprising:
- a rotatable drum configured to hold a vapor-generating article;
- a tagging drum configured to tag a label to a housing of the vapor-generating article;
- a pressing roller arranged downstream from the tagging drum, the pressing roller configured to press a leading edge of the label against the housing while the vapor-generating article is in a seat of the rotatable drum;
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- a rolling drum arranged downstream from the pressing roller, the rolling drum configured to roll the label around the housing.
A method of applying a label to a vapor-generating article, comprising:
- arranging the vapor-generating article in a seat on an outer surface of a rotatable drum configured to hold the vapor-generating article;
- tagging a label to a housing of the vapor-generating article with a tagging drum;
- pressing a leading edge of the label against the housing after the tagging with a pressing roller while the vapor-generating article is in the seat of the rotating drum, the pressing roller arranged downstream from the tagging drum;
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- rolling the label around the housing with a rolling drum after the pressing, the rolling drum arranged downstream from the pressing roller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.