Semi-automatic syringe label applicator
AssigneeMedical Packaging Corporation
InventorRonald C. Kavchok
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Abstract
A label applicator for applying a label to a cylindrical portion of an object may comprise a roller and a label handler, with the roller rotating the object to which the label is being applied and the label handler separating a label from its backer and extending the label towards the object being rotated by the roller. The distance between the label handler and the object rotated by the roller is less than a length of the label. The label applicator may further comprise a printer, such as a thermal transfer printer, which may be configured to print labels for a plurality of objects to which different labels are applied consecutively.
Claims14
A label applicator for applying a label to a cylindrical segment of an object, the applicator comprising:
- a roller for rotating the segment of the object;
- a label handler, wherein a label extending from the label handler contacts the segment of the object rotated by the roller;
- a labeling zone;
- and
- a motorized arm for moving the roller into contact with the segment of the object,
- wherein the roller contacts the segment of the object after the object enters the labeling zone, and
- wherein a single motor moves the motorized arm and rotates the roller consecutively, such that when the roller contacts the segment, the arm stops moving and the roller begins to rotate.
A label applicator for applying a label to a cylindrical segment of an object, the applicator comprising:
- a roller for rotating the segment of the object;
- a label handler, wherein a label extending from the label handler contacts the segment of the object rotated by the roller;
- a labeling zone;
- a printer;
- and
- a processor, wherein the processor transmits printing instructions to the printer for a plurality of objects to which labels are applied consecutively, and wherein the printing instructions for consecutive objects are different,
- wherein the roller contacts the segment of the object after the object enters the labeling zone, and
- wherein the printing instructions are determined by a detected feature of the object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.