Label stripping machine
OwnerRichard F. Hurstinventor
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Abstract
A semi-automatic Label Stripping Machine for detaching labels from round containers in which a labeled container is placed on a container receiver platform means, a spring loaded stabilizing top roller means is brought down overtop and abuting the container, the container is rotated on its central vertical axis by a rotary drive means operably connected to said container receiving platform means, and, while said container is rotated, a razor means, operably connected to a vertical drive means, moves down the outside circumferal labeled wall of the container, spirally cutting off the label from the container.
Claims9
A label stripping machine for cutting labels from the outside wall of irregular cylindrical shaped containers comprising:
- a base housing,
- rotary platform means mounted on said housing for receiving one end of said cylindrical shaped container,
- stablizing guide means mounted on said housing and adapted to rotably clamp the other end of said cylindrical shaped container,
- drive means mounted on said housing and operably connected to said rotary platform means,
- blade bracket means movably supported on said housing for movement parallel to the outer wall of said irregular cylindrical shaped container,
- blade means mounted on said blade bracket, and
- blade bracket actuating means for moving said blade means into contact with said labels along said outside wall of said irregular cylindrical shaped container to spirally cut said label from said container.
The method of removing a label from the outside of an irregular shaped cylindrical container comprising the steps of
- centering said irregular shaped container on a rotatable platform,
- applying an axial pressure on one end of said container to frictionally engage said container with said rotatable platform,
- rotating said rotatable platform,
- simultaneously axially moving a resiliently mounted cutting blade along the outside of said irregular cylindrical shaped container, and
- urging said resiliently mounted cutting blade into engagement with the outside of irregular shaped container to spirally remove said label attached thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.