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US 4,143,754 AGranted
Labelling machines with article guide plate
AssigneeMorgan Fairest Limited
InventorPaul J. Eldred
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AssigneeMorgan Fairest Limited
InventorPaul J. Eldred
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A labelling machine has each of a number of article supporting plates mounted in a rotary table for movement within a recess in a guide plate when a clamp presses an article against a spring urging the supporting plate to a position flush with the guide plate, and the supporting plate has a plurality of peripheral notches making a sliding fit with projections on the guide plate extending into the recess and having surfaces converging towards each other in the direction away from the clamp, whereby each article coming into contact with the converging surfaces of the projections as the clamp pressing the article causes the supporting plate to move into the recess in the guide plate against the spring urge results in the article being moved into a definite position on the supporting plate in relation to its cross-sectional shape.
A labelling machine comprising an article supporting plate, a clamp for pressing an article to the supporting plate, a guide plate with a recess within which the article supporting plate can move against a spring urge when the clamp moves towards the supporting plate to press an article to it, a plurality of notches spaced round the periphery of the article supporting plate, and a corresponding number of projections on the guide plate extending into the recess and making a sliding fit in the notches in the article supporting plate, with the surfaces of the projections facing the clamp converging towards each other in the direction away from the clamp to align the article in a predetermined position on the supporting plate as the clamp moves toward the supporting plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.