Labeling device for bottles and the like
US4361460A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 25, 1981 |
| Grant date | Nov 30, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 25, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T156/178
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Labeling machine comprising a turret carrying plural pallets for periodically picking up glue, picking up a label on the glue, and transferring the glued label to a bottle or other workpiece by rotating the turret and oscillating the pallets radially inward and outward. Each pallet has a double-acting dog clutch for engaging or disengaging the drive which oscillates it; the clutch can be shifted only when the turret is at a particular angular position at which the pallet is sufficiently radially retracted to be clear of the sources of glue and labels and the mechanism for transferring labels. When a bottle is presented for receiving a label from a particular pallet the clutch is shifted to or maintained at its position for engaging the oscillating drive so the pallet transfers a glued label for application to the bottle. When no bottle is presented to be labelled by a pallet its clutch is shifted to or maintained at its position for disengaging the oscillating drive so the pallet is locked in a radially retracted position, clear of the source of labels and the mechanism for transferring labels to bottles. The machine is capable of labeling bottles very rapidly, and yet when a gap o…
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