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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. 23, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
B & H Manufacturing Company, Inc., Ceres, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65C / ; B65C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156215 ; 156449 ; 156D / ; 156D / ;
Abstract
Labels or other segments or sheet material are wrapped around containers or other articles and adhered thereto by adhesive at the ends of the label. At each end pressure is applied by a vacuum drum acting on the end of the label to adhere it to the container. In between the container is caused to spin end is moved about the axis of the vacuum drum by direct contact of the drum with the container.