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US 11,479,380 B2Granted
Stamp application
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorPatrick McElhinney
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for applying stamps to a group of packages wherein the stamps are arranged in a predetermined pattern and the packages in the group are arranged in a different pattern, such that the stamps are applied to the packages uniformly and without waste using an apparatus having one or more carriages moveable in the x- and/or y-directions.
Claims16
An apparatus comprising:
- an applicator carriage including,
- at least one stamp applicator;
- a product carriage configured to hold a grouping of product packages;
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- a roll carriage between the applicator carriage and the product carriage, the roll carriage configured to hold a roll of stamps, the roll carriage moveable in an x-direction, a y-direction or both the x-direction and the y-direction, and the applicator carriage, the product carriage or both the applicator carriage and the product carriage being independently moveable such that at least one stamp of the roll of stamps is aligned relative to at least one product package of the grouping of product packages.
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