Method of labeling containers
AssigneeB & H Manufacturing Company, Inc.
InventorSvatoboj Otruba
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Abstract
A method of labeling containers utilizing a labeler having multiple port vacuum drum is disclosed. The multiple port vacuum drum has a first cavity which is supplied with one level of vacuum suitable for picking up label segments from a cutter with limited tension. The vacuum drum has a second cavity which is supplied with another, higher level of vacuum suitable for firmly griping the label segments as an adhesive of the like is applied to the label segment. The second cavity may be further divided into a label application segment with lower vacuum pressure. The cutter drum has an arcuate cavity to which vacuum is supplied at the end first contacting the labeling material web with reduced vacuum being provided at the label cut off point and label release point.
Claims15
A method of labeling containers comprising:
- providing a web of labeling material;
- severing the web into label segments;
- feeding the label segments to a vacuum drum;
- picking up the label segments by the vacuum drum with a first level of vacuum supplied through a first cavity located within the vacuum drum;
- holding the label segments on the vacuum drum with a second level of vacuum supplied through a second cavity located within the vacuum drum, said second cavity being separate from the first cavity, and wherein said second level of vacuum is greater than the first level of vacuum;
- acting on the label segments while the label segments are being held on the vacuum drum by the second level of vacuum;
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- applying the label segments to said containers.
A method of labeling containers comprising:
- feeding a label to a rotating vacuum drum;
- transferring the labels on the vacuum drum initially by a first controllable level of vacuum supplied through a first cavity in the vacuum drum;
- holding the label on the vacuum drum by a second controllable level of vacuum supplied through a second cavity in the vacuum drum as the label is rotated by the vacuum drum;
- treating a surface on the label as it is held by the second controllable level of vacuum, said first and second controllable levels of vacuum being independently controlled;
- applying the label to a container while the label is partially held on the vacuum drum by the second controllable level of vacuum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.