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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2001
Richard L. Dunlap, Cairo, OH (US);
Edward L. Sanford, Lima, OH (US);
David M. Amirault, Troy, OH (US);
Plastipak Packaging, Inc., Plymouth, MI (US);
Abstract
Label transfer apparatus ( ) and a method for transferring labels ( ) from a label stack ( ) for in-mold labeling prior to blow molding utilize a transfer head ( ) that is movable on a rotary table ( ) with additional transfer heads ( ), adjacent a label magazine ( ) with an exposed end ( ) from which the labels are sequentially dispensed. The transfer head includes a pair of vacuum openings ( ) to which a vacuum is supplied and an actuator ( ) moves the transfer head with a rolling motion to engage the one vacuum opening with the label to initially pull an extremity ( ) of the label, to subsequently pull an intermediate portion ( ), and to finally engage the other vacuum opening with the label to pull an opposite extremity ( ) of the label away from the label stack in a manner that permits high speed labeling.