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US 4,124,429 AGranted
Label applicator with belt transport
AssigneeLabel-Aire Inc.
InventorMichael Crankshaw
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Abstract
A label applicator including a wrap around label applicator, a transport for transporting labels to the wrap around label applicator, and a label dispenser for sequentially supplying labels to the transport.
Claims10
A label applicator for applying labels to articles wherein the labels are provided on an elongated backing strip and the articles are conveyed through a labeling station, said label applicator comprising:
- means for moving the backing strip with the labels thereon longitudinally of the backing strip through a label removal station;
- means at the label removal station for peeling at least one of the labels from the backing strip;
- retaining means at the label removal station for receiving and releasably retaining said one label when said one label is at least partially removed from the backing strip;
- a transport having movable means for moving labels in a first direction from a first location to a second location;
- first means responsive to at least one of the articles being in a predetermined position for transferring said one removed label from said retaining means to the transport at the first location;
- a wrap around label applicator;
- means for transferring said one label from the transport at the second location to said wrap around label applicator;
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- said wrap around label applicator including means for wrapping said one label at least part way around said one article.
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A label applicator for applying labels to articles wherein the labels are provided on an elongated backing strip and the articles are conveyed through a labeling station, said label applicator comprising:
- means for moving the backing strip with the labels thereon longitudinally of the backing strip through a label removal station;
- a peeling bar at the label removal station and having a peeling surface over which the backing strip can be drawn by said moving means for peeling at least one of the labels from the backing strip;
- retaining means at the label removal station for receiving and releasably retaining said one label at the label removal station when said one label is at least partially removed from the backing strip;
- a wrap around label applicator;
- a transport having movable means for moving labels in a first direction from a first location to the wrap around label applicator;
- said peeling surface extending generally in said first direction whereby said moving means can draw the backing strip over the peeling bar in a direction generally transverse to said first direction;
- first means for transferring said one removed label from said retaining means to the transport at the first location;
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- said wrap around label applicator receiving said one label from said transport and including means for wrapping said one label at least part way around said one article.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.