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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:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Albert Aguilar, Carol Stream, IL (US);
Assignee:
Liquid Container L.P., West Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ; B65H / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
425503 ; 264509 ; 271-912 ; 271 11 ; 271 12 ; 271 98 ; 4251261 ; 425522 ;
Abstract
A label pickup mechanism for an in-mold blow molding machine has a rotating magazine system which allows the captive stack of labels to rotate about a center point by sliding on a circular track of a radius common to the base plate of the label magazine and a front plate carried in the label support apparatus. Such rotation prevents the label stack to lose its coordinate position while trying to address label askewness. The label stack is kept compressed against retaining tabs by using label pushers.