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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:
Jan. 30, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sinclair International Limited, Norwich, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65C / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
221 73 ; 156495 ; 156541 ; 156D / ;
Abstract
A machine particularly for applying labels to non-uniform items such as fruit and vegetables, the labels being provided along a carrier strip and the carrier strip having profiled edges, said machine including means for separating the labels from the carrier, a profiled means, such as a profiled roller, engageable with the edges of the carrier to advance the carrier strip from a storage means to the separating means.