Device for preparing and applying labels and a method of operation thereof

US6080250A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG · DE

Inventors

• Uwe Urban · Paderborn, DE
• Bernhard Lutz · Delbrück, DE
• Udo Tewes · Paderborn, DE
• Thomas Lüthi · Aarau, CH
• Heinz Strohdiek · Paderborn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 2, 1998
• Grant date: Jun 27, 2000
• Expiry date: Jun 2, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65C9/1884
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for preparing and applying labels and a method of operating said device is provided. The device includes three parts: a roller transport track, a label dispenser and a label manipulator. The latter can pick up a label deposited by the label dispenser on the roller transport track and stick it at a predetermined point onto an object arranged in any desired way in a three-dimensional space.