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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 1988
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1985
Syed A Asghar, Brockton, MA (US);
Fritz Bauer, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Joseph F Callinan, Natick, MA (US);
Voldemars Kaliksons, Harvard, MA (US);
Jack Zettler, Stow, MA (US);
Peter Imondi, Providence, RI (US);
Alan Wysoki, Millis, MA (US);
Tim Somadelis, Auburn, MA (US);
Dennison Manufacturing Company, Framingham, MA (US);
Abstract
A decorator controlled by a signal processor for applying heat transfer labels and the like to articles. Servo circuits accept processor commands and direct operation of label feed and transfer elements. A transfer roller moves in a continuously variable manner to follow the contour of the article surface. A position roller precisely matches web movement to article movement, or enables controlled stretching or shrinking of the labels as they are applied to articles. A turret loads, indexes, and unloads articles for label application at two decorating sites. Indexing of the articles takes place as the turret is rotated.