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US 2018/0290780 A1Published application
Automated labeling method and apparatus
AssigneeNorth Zion Management LLC
InventorJamie Allen Kelso
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Abstract
An automated labeling method and apparatus includes a label web-severing mechanism and a label-applying assembly, the web-severing mechanism configured to synchronously sever a plurality of labels from a self-wound label web, and the label-applying assembly configured to synchronously apply the plurality of severed labels to a corresponding plurality of articles to be labeled.
Claims6
An automated method for labeling of an article, comprising:
- severing a label from a label web;
- extending the end of a label-applying head to pick up the severed label;
- retracting the end of the label-applying head with the picked-up label;
- rotating the end of the label-applying head with the picked-up label;
- and
- extending the end of the label-applying head so as to apply the picked-up label to the article.
3 more elements
A method for labeling articles, comprising:
- synchronously collecting a plurality of labels from a self-wound label web;
- and
- synchronously applying the plurality of collected labels to a corresponding plurality of articles to be labeled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.