Label shuttle and clamp bar assembly for a label placement machine

US6273170A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Amistar Corporation · US

Inventors

• Daniel C. Finn · Valley Center, US
• Jerome L. Weber · Escondido, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 2, 1999
• Grant date: Aug 14, 2001
• Expiry date: Jun 2, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T156/171
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A label placement machine used for placing labels on articles, the label placement machine including a label supply having one or more labels, a label shuttle assembly capable of retrieving a label from the label supply and transporting the label from the label supply to a pickup zone and a label placement head retrieving the label from the label shuttle at the pickup zone and transporting the label from the pick up zone to the article to be labeled, the label placement head then attaching the label to the article while the label shuttle returns to the label supply to retrieve another label.