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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. 18, 1984
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert F Kontz, Toledo, OH (US);
Assignee:
Owens-Illinois, Inc., Toledo, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65b / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156 64 ; 53367 ; 53585 ; 156350 ; 156569 ;
Abstract
Apparatus and method for orienting the seam of a cylindrical sleeve label or conical label, the label being of a heat shrinkable plastic material and being formed of a length of the plastic with an overlie to form a seam, means for holding a stacked column of labels, means for rotating the labels including rollers, aligning means for aligning the seam of each label at the bottom of the stack, the aligning means including aligned wire fingers that contact the seam and stop the rotation of the label container, each label being adapted for application over the top of a container to form a sleeve label thereon.