Cable drive turret for decoration of articles
AssigneeDennison Manufacturing Company
InventorFritz E. Bauer
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Abstract
Apparatus is disclosed for decorating the sides of bottles and similar articles having a variety of cross-sections, of the type in which a label is pressed onto the article from a carrier web while both the web and article are in motion. The apparatus includes a cam and cam follower mechanism wherein the cam is profiled in the cross-section of the article. The cam and cam follower are driven by a cable moving at the linear velocity of the carrier web in order to coordinate web advance with article rotation. The article is housed on a laterally movable swing arm during labelling to provide a variable axial location.
Claims9
Improved apparatus for transferring indicia from a carrier web to articles, of the type including an indicia-bearing carrier web, means for advancing the carrier web past a labelling site, means for controlling the speed of the carrier web at the labelling site, a roll for impressing the carrier web against an article, a rotatable support for the article, means for rotating the support about an axis at a peripheral velocity matching the speed of the carrier web, and means for moving the support toward and away from the impressing roll, wherein the improvement comprises improved means for rotating the article support, comprising:
- a cam mounted coaxially with said article support so as to rotate in conjunction therewith, said cam being profiled and angularly oriented in accordance with a horizontal cross-section of the article;
- a cam roll in rotating contact with said cam;
- a flexible elongate member running between said cam and cam roll in the plane of their contact surface;
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- means for advancing said flexible elongate member at a controlled relationship to the speed of the carrier web.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.