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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2008
Applicant:
Volker Till, Hofheim am Taunus, DE;
Inventor:
Volker Till, Hofheim am Taunus, DE;
Assignee:
KHS AG, Dortmund, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of labeling bottles and a machine therefor in which indicia on the bottles is monitored to determine where to produce indicia on at least one predetermined portion substantially transverse to a longitudinal container axis of each container, such as the top of a bottle cap. The indicia is aligned with the orientation of at least one indicium, such as a side label, on at least one portion of the same container in a predetermined spatial relationship.