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US 2011/0214818 A1Published application
Machine for Equipping Articles with Labels
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsErich Eder, Thomas Oestreicher, Dieter Leykamm
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Abstract
A machine for equipping articles with labels, such as vessels or similar items, including at least one carousel which transports the articles, at least one exchangeable labeling aggregate which is arranged on the periphery of the carousel for equipping the articles, where, on the periphery of the carousel, at least one stationary floor-supported aggregate reception for a labeling aggregate is arranged.
Claims20
Machine for equipping articles with labels, such as vessels or similar items, comprising:
- a rotatable carousel which transports the articles;
- a rigid frame supporting the rotatable carousel;
- an aggregate reception, the aggregate reception comprising:
- a substantially planar plate pivotably coupled to the frame;
- at least one first element disposed on a top surface of the plate;
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- at least one foot disposed on a bottom surface of the plate,
- wherein the plate can be pivoted from an operational position into a non-operational position, wherein in the operational position, the plate is substantially parallel to a floor surface and the at least one foot contacts the floor surface to support the plate, and in the non-operational position, the plate is substantially perpendicular to the floor surface;
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- an exchangeable labeling aggregate for equipping the articles with labels as the articles are transported by the carousel, the labeling aggregate having at least one second element that matingly engages with the at least one first element disposed on the top surface of the plate when the plate is in the operational position to center and fix the position of the labeling aggregate relative to the periphery of the carousel.
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Machine for equipping articles with labels, such as vessels or similar items, comprising:
- a rotatable carousel which transports the articles;
- a rigid frame supporting the rotatable carousel;
- an aggregate reception, the aggregate reception comprising:
- a substantially planar plate pivotably coupled to the frame;
- at least one first element disposed on a top surface of the plate;
- and
- at least one foot disposed on a bottom surface of the plate,
- wherein the plate can be pivoted from an operational position into a non-operational position, wherein in the operational position, the plate is substantially parallel to a floor surface and the at least one foot contacts the floor surface to support the plate, and in the non-operational position, the plate is substantially perpendicular to the floor surface;
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- an exchangeable labeling aggregate for equipping the articles with labels as the articles are transported by the carousel, the labeling aggregate having at least one second element that matingly engages with the at least one first element disposed on the top surface of the plate when the plate is in the operational position to center and fix the position of the labeling aggregate relative to the periphery of the carousel,
- wherein a pair of raised ledges engages corresponding guide rollers to allow for positioning of the labeling aggregate relative to the plate such that the at least one first element of the plate is in alignment with the at least one second element of the labeling aggregate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.