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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1981
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1980
Albert J Harvey, Fairfield, OH (US);
Diamond International Corporation, New York, NY, US;
Abstract
An apparatus for and method of applying heat transferable labels from a web onto a hollow article. The articles to be decorated pass through the apparatus continuously with the label being applied without any stoppage or other intermittent motion imparted to the article being decorated. In this respect, the articles are conveyed to a receptacle holding means which receives and holds the article while passing through the decorating station. The label carrying web, which is driven through the decorating station, is heated both at and prior to the decorating station to facilitate transfer without the necessity of interrupting either the movement of the label carrying web or article to be decorated.