Labeling apparatus for attaching a label onto a predetermined position on articles

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A labeling system including a means to compensate for positional shifts of acticles to be labeled is provided. This system includes a labeling drum for providing a label to a vessel such as a bottle, a sensor means for sensing a vessel and/or the angular position thereof on a conveyer and a, controller for controlling the labeling drum to adjust for a degree of shift between a given labeling area on the vessel and a corresponding labeling head provided on a labeling drum. A sensor means is provided at a side of the vessel conveyer and provides a signal at every passage of a vessel to a controller. The controller determines the angular position of the labeling drum in response to the signal …