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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:
Mar. 23, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ronald S Kaminski, Bowling Green, OH (US);
Assignee:
Owens-Illinois Closure Inc., Toledo, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156567 ; 156245 ; 156568 ; 156571 ; 156D / ; 264509 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for delivering labels and the like to a compression molding machine for molding plastic closures wherein the labels or disks are delivered successively from a source to the cavities. The method and apparatus comprises an indexing turret supporting a plurality of stacks of labels, a pick and place turret for removing a label from a stack, and a label inserter turret which tracks a portion of the path of the cavities of the compression molding machine and delivers the labels successively into the cavities.