LABELLING MACHINE
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Abstract
There is described a labeling machine for dispensing labels derivable from a web travelling along a feed path and applying them to articles travelling along an article path. The machine includes a web supply reel; a dispenser to unwind the web off the supply reel and for feeding the web towards an affixing station of the labeling machine, at which the labels are sequentially applied to the articles sequentially arriving thereat. The dispenser including a driver to control the advancement along the feed path of the web from which labels are derivable in accordance with the advancement along the article path of the articles to which the labels are to be applied; and a web tension control selectively actuatable to exert on the supply reel a torque directed against the unwinding sense of the web.
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18 Claims
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10. A labeling machine to dispense and apply labels from a web to articles travelling along an article path, said labeling machine comprising:
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a web supply reel; a dispenser to unwind the web from the supply reel and direct the web along a feed path to an affixing station that sequentially applies the labels to the articles as each article travels along the article path; and a driver to control the advancement of the web along the feed path and the advancement of the articles along the article path such that individual labels are applied to each one of the articles, the driver including a web tension control to selectively actuate said supply reel thereby controlling a torque directed against said web. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for dispensing a plurality of labels from a web and applying the individual labels to articles travelling along an article path, said method:
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unwinding the web from a supply reel; feeding the web along a feed path towards an affixing station at which the individual labels are sequentially applied to the articles sequentially arriving at the affixing station; and controlling the advancement along the feed path of the web in accordance with the advancement along the article path of the articles to which the labels are to be applied; and wherein a tension is selectively exerting on said supply reel such that a torque is directed against the unwinding sense of said web. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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