High speed produce label applicator
CA 2323480 A1 · Owner: Genovese, Frank E. · Inventors: Weisbeck, Richard
Overview
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A labeler for objects, such as fruit or vegetables has a pickup head that , includes a firing piston and a larger piston that is coupled to the firing piston. The pickup head, along with other pickup heads are provided on an , assembly that rotates the heads in a circular manner. When each pickup head is at the 6 o'clock position, a burst of air pressure is provided to the firing piston, thereby causing it to fire and to cause the larger piston to move in an outward direction. This causes the pickup head to extend fully to thereby , cause a label positioned on an applicator at a distal end of the pickup head to contact an object and thereby apply the label to the object. At other …
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- Filed March 10, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 10, 2019.
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