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 pressing roller for applying a label to a vapor-generating article, comprising:
- a roller body configured to be adjacent to a rotatable drum carrying the vapor-generating article to which the label is adhered at an intermediate location between a leading edge of the label and a trailing edge of the label;
- and
- a plurality of flutes in an outer face of the roller body, the roller body configured to be driven relative to the rotatable drum such that one of the plurality of flutes contacts the leading edge of the label and presses the leading edge of the label against a housing of the vapor-generating article.
A method of applying a label to a vapor-generating article, comprising:
- rotating a roller body adjacent a rotatable drum carrying the vapor-generating article to which the label is adhered at an intermediate location between a leading edge and of the label and a trailing edge of the label;
- bringing one of a plurality of flutes in an outer face of the roller body into contact with the leading edge of the label;
- and
- pressing the leading edge of the label against a housing of the vapor-generating article to affix the leading edge of the label to the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.