Magazine page labeling apparatus
AssigneeAvery International Corporation
InventorPhillip L. Spear
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Abstract
An apparatus for applying labels across the pages of a magazine as it is being conveyed with the binding of the magazine first, includes a label dispenser for applying a label to the trailing edge of the magazine with only a portion of the label being secured to the cover of the magazine. A high speed brush is then actuated to brush the rearwardly extending portion of the label down across the open pages of the magazine. A jet of air then swings the label forward over the other cover of the magazine, and the final operation utilizes an additional brush to secure the end of the label in place over the edge of the other cover of the magazine, so that the label extends from one cover across the open pages and onto the other cover of the magazine.
Claims8
An apparatus for applying self-adhesive labels over the pages of magazines to hold the pages closed, as the magazines are moving along a conveyor line with the binding leading and the open pages trailing, comprising:
- means for dispensing a label and applying it onto the back edge of one cover of said magazine to extend over the rear edge of said magazine;
- means for brushing said label down across the pages of said magazine;
- means for directing a jet of air in the direction of travel of said magazines to deflect said label forward over the lower cover of said magazine;
- and
- means for brushing said label forward in the direction of movement of said magazines and for firmly applying said label to the lower cover of said magazine, whereby said label extends from the top cover over the normally exposed cut pages of said magazine and into engagement with the lower cover, so that the magazine may not easily be perused without destroying the label.
An apparatus for applying labels over the rear and the two sides of a high speed moving object comprising:
- means for dispensing a label and sticking it onto the back edge of one side of said object to extend beyond the rear of said object;
- means for brushing said label across the rear of said object;
- means for directing a jet of air in the direction of travel of said objects to deflect said label forward over the other side of said object;
- and
- means for brushing said label forward in the direction of movement of said object and for firmly applying said label to the other side of said object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.