US 6,321,814 B1Granted

Disk labeling devices

AssigneeNeato, LLC

InventorsPeter H. Tracy, Gregory R. Veilliex, Robertson Parkman, Michael D. Cecchi

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Abstract

A labeler for the placement of a label, having a central aperture and a peripheral edge, onto a surface of a disk, having central hole and an outer edge, comprising a disk positioning member having points of contact with the spindle hole and/or the outer edge of the disk, for positioning the disk; a label positioning member having points of contact with the central aperture and/or peripheral edge of the label, for positioning the label; and a joining member interconnected with said disk positioning member and said label positioning member, having a first position in which the label and the disk are spaced and a second position in which the disk and the label are contacted. The label positioning member is preferably a tapered cylinder which is adapted to be inserted in the central aperture. The disk positioning member is preferably a cylindrical rod. The tapered cylinder and cylindrical rod may be an integral structure.

Claims2

Dependent claims

A device for applying a label having a central aperture of a first diameter to a disk having a central aperture of a second diameter, wherein the first diameter is greater than the second diameter, the device comprising:

a plate provided with an upper surface capable of supporting the label;
a coaxial structure received through a hole in said plate for aligning said disk and label, said coaxial structure including
a stop intermediate its height for supporting a disk in spaced relation to a label on said plate, and
a cylindrical portion having an outer surface of a diameter slightly less than the central aperture first diameter of the label extending downwardly from said stop to center a label relative to a disk seated on said stop, and
a central spindle of a diameter slightly less than the central aperture second diameter of the disk extending upwardly from said stop to center a disk relative to a label supported on said plate, and
a base having an upper end, a lower end, and a spring that cooperates with said cylindrical portion of said coaxial structure,
said plate extending laterally on the upper end of said base, and
said cylindrical portion is slidably received in said base through the hole in said plate and is adapted to move from a first position against the bias of said spring to a second position sufficient to enable contact between a disk seated on said stop and a label on said plate.

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Facts

Application: 08/685,555Filed 24 Jul 1996 · continuation in part
Priority: 8 Aug 1994
Granted: 27 Nov 2001
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

B65C 9/265
Manually operable: specially adapted for compact discs
B65C 1/02
Labelling flat essentially-rigid surfaces: affixing labels to one flat surface of articles, e.g. of packages, of flat bands
B65C 9/26
Details of labelling machines or apparatus: devices for applying labels
G11B 7/26
Record carriers characterised by shape, structure or physical properties, or by the selection of the material: apparatus or processes specially…

Family

Application08/287,153Parent of this continuation · filed 8 Aug 1994
Application08/410,239Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 24 Mar 1995
PCT/US95/10150Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 8 Aug 1995
US 5,543,001 AParent of this continuation-in-part
Application08/410,239Parent of this continuation
Application08/287,153Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 6,321,814 B1This patent

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