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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 1978
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sidney T Carter, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
A-T-O Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156444 ; 156475 ; 1564 / ; 156487 ; 156497 ; 156556 ; 156D / ; 156D / ;
Abstract
A labeling machine wherein there is a picker mechanism for tangentially attaching labels to the necks of bottles traveling along a predetermined path in predetermined spaced relation such that the planes of the tangentially attached labels are substantially parallel to the direction of travel, and longitudinally spaced means arranged along said path comprising jets which displace the ends of the labels transversely of the path and wipers which apply wiping forces to the ends to wrap the transversely displaced ends about the necks.