Labelling station for labelling objects, such as bottles

A labelling station for a labelling machine for supplying labels to objects, such as bottles or the like, said labelling station comprising a plurality of stations located one behind another along a track;

• the plurality of stations comprising an adhesive application apparatus, a label feed station and a label transfer station;
• said labelling machine comprising:
• a rotatable support mounted on a central axis for rotation by each of the plurality of stations;
• a least one extracting means for the labels;
• said extracting means including drive shaft means;
• said extracting means being mounted on said drive shaft means for rotation on said rotatable support for movement by each of the stations during each rotation of said rotatable support;
• means for rotating said extracting means;
• said extracting means rotating means comprising cam means and cam follower means;
• said cam means including a first cam disc and a second cam disc;
• said first cam disc and said second cam disc being disposed below said rotatable support mounted on said central axis;
• said first cam disc including a first outer cam surface extending about said central axis;
• said second cam disc including a second outer cam surface extending about said central axis;
• said first cam disc being disposed above said second cam disc;
• said cam follower means for following said cam means;
• means for operably connecting said follower means to said drive shaft means;
• said follower means being mounted for rotation about a follower axis on said rotatable support for providing at least a portion of the rotation of said extracting means;
• said follower means including a first pair of followers being disposed in substantially the same horizontal elevation as said first cam disc;
• said first pair of followers for making contact with said first outer cam surface, and a second pair of followers being disposed in substantially the same horizontal elevation as said second cam disc;
• said second pair of followers for making contact with said second outer cam surface;
• each of said first pair of followers and said second pair of followers being mounted on a follower support element at substantially opposite sides of a follower axis;
• said follower means being rotatable by said cam means for producing said rotation of said extracting means;
• said means for operably connecting said follower means to said drive shaft means being for rotating said drive shaft means;
• said means for operably connecting said follower means to said drive shaft means comprising:
• a bearing shaft;
• said follower means defining a shaft-free open area between said first pair of followers;
• and
• said bearing shaft being disposed away from said shaft-free open area;
• said shaft-free open area being disposed below said bearing shaft;
• said drive shaft means at least partly defining an additional shaft-free open area disposed below said drive shaft means.