Label applicator
First Claim
1. An apparatus for receiving and applying labels, comprising:
- an enclosure having a generally planar face plate formed with a plurality of openings therein communicating with the interior of the enclosure;
means for maintaining a partial vacuum within said enclosure in order to cause a label to adhere to the outside of the face plate;
means for causing the label to transfer from the face plate to a label receiving surface; and
means on said face plate for causing the adhered label to bow outward from the plane of the face plate.
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Abstract
A label applicator is disclosed for receiving pressure-sensitive labels which have been peeled from a backing strip and for applying the labels to a desired surface. The tendency of the labels to bunch or wrinkle as they are delivered to the applicator face is avoided by causing the labels to bow or curve outward slightly from the plane of the face plate, with the bowing or curvature occurring across the width of the label in a direction transverse to the feed direction. The bowing increases the longitudinal stiffness of the label in the feed direction, and allows the label to be pushed across the applicator face without bunching or wrinkling even when relatively long and narrow labels are employed.
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6 Claims
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1. An apparatus for receiving and applying labels, comprising:
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an enclosure having a generally planar face plate formed with a plurality of openings therein communicating with the interior of the enclosure; means for maintaining a partial vacuum within said enclosure in order to cause a label to adhere to the outside of the face plate; means for causing the label to transfer from the face plate to a label receiving surface; and means on said face plate for causing the adhered label to bow outward from the plane of the face plate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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