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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1992
Wayne N Collette, Merrimack, NH (US);
Ieuan L Harry, Nashua, NH (US);
Louis M Silva, Nashua, NH (US);
Continental PET Technologies, Inc., Florence, KY (US);
Abstract
An in-mold labelling system for automatically applying labels to the interior of blow mold halves prior to the placement of preforms within such blow mold halves; the preforms are blown to form containers with a label attached thereto. The labelling system is mounted on a rotating drum having a plurality of blow mold sets. A label magazine is also mounted on the drum and preferably carries two stacks of labels. Associated with each label stack is a support shaft having at one end a transverse arm which, in turn, carries a suction cup for pick-up and deposit of the label. The other end of the support shaft extends through a drive mechanism for rotating the support shaft so as to swing the transverse arm to a first position for label pick-up from the magazine and then to a second position for label deposit in the blow mold.