Method and apparatus for heat sealing labels on containers
CA 2034012 C · Owner: B & H Manufacturing Company · Inventors: Potter, Terry C.
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Labeling machine for applying labels of heat softenable material to containers comprising a rotating cylindrical vacuum drum which picks up labels in succession at a label receiving station as it rotates transports each, label to a label applying station at which the leading end of each label is applied to a container; means to rotate each container to which the leading end of a label has been applied to wrap the label around the container and to lap the trailing end of the label over the leading end and while so doing to apply pressure to the lapped junction of the leading and trailing ends, and means in the form of a heat applicator located within the drum extensible through, an opening …
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- Filed January 11, 1991 and granted September 26, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 11, 2011.
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