Shape-conforming tamp pad
OwnerPaul F. Koch, Julianne P. Kochinventors
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Abstract
A label-affixing device includes a plate and a shape-conforming tamp pad. The plate is configured to move between a first position and a second position. The shape-conforming tamp pad includes a base structure including a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The shape-conforming tamp pad further includes appendages extending from the second surface of the base structure. The first surface of the shape-conforming tamp pad is mounted to the plate. The appendages are configured to at least one of individually compress or individually deform to apply an adhesive label to a non-planar surface of an object responsive to the plate moving from the first position to the second position.
Claims20
A label-affixing device comprising:
- a plate configured to move between a first position and a second position;
- and
- a shape-conforming tamp pad comprising:
- a base structure comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the first surface is mounted to the plate;
- and
- a plurality of appendages extending from the second surface of the base structure, wherein each of the plurality of appendages comprises a body that has a first distal end and a second distal end, the first distal end being coupled to the second surface of the base structure, the second distal end configured to contact an adhesive label, wherein the plurality of appendages are configured to at least one of individually compress or individually deform to apply the adhesive label to a non-planar surface of an object responsive to the plate moving from the first position to the second position.
A shape-conforming tamp pad comprising:
- a base structure comprising a lower surface;
- and
- a plurality of appendages extending from the lower surface, wherein each of the plurality of appendages comprises a body that has a first distal end and a second distal end, the first distal end being coupled to the lower surface of the base structure, the second distal end configured to contact an adhesive label, wherein the plurality of appendages are configured to at least one of individually compress or individually deform to apply the adhesive label to a non-planar surface of an object.
A method comprising:
- disposing an adhesive label above a surface of an object;
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- moving a shape-conforming tamp pad of a label-affixing device from a first position to a second position to cause a plurality of appendages extending from a lower surface of a base structure of the shape-conforming tamp pad to at least one of individually compress or individually deform to apply the adhesive label to the surface of the object, wherein each of the plurality of appendages comprises a body that has a first distal end and a second distal end, the first distal end being coupled to the lower surface of the base structure, the second distal end configured to contact the adhesive label.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.