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.
Claims18
A pressing roller for applying a label to a vapor-generating article, comprising:
- a roller body defining a plurality of flutes in an outer face of the roller body, the roller body configured to be adjacent to a rotatable drum carrying the vapor-generating article and configured to be driven relative to the rotatable drum such that one of the plurality of flutes contacts and presses a leading edge of the label against the vapor-generating article, the leading edge of the label being an unsecured leading edge.
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;
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- pressing a leading edge of the label against the vapor-generating article with one of a plurality of flutes in an outer face of the roller body, the pressing the leading edge of the label against the vapor-generating article including pressing an unsecured portion of the leading edge of the label against the vapor-generating article.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.