Label applicator
CA 2074330 A1 · Owner: Markem Corporation · Inventors: Beliveau, David Bernard
Overview
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A label applicator and method for applying labels to an article is provided that changes the orientation of a label from a horizontal to a vertical orientation before the label is applied to the article so that, the label is not applied to the article in the same or parallel, plane that the label is presented to the applicator. The label applicator includes a housing formed from a first faceplate and a second faceplate each having a plurality of holes passing therethrough which define an interior chamber adapted to be connected to a source of reduced pressure. The second faceplate extends in a plane that, in the preferred embodiment, is substantially perpendicular to the plane of the first …
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- Filed July 21, 1992. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 21, 2012.
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