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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2009
Michael Skaggs, Olathe, KS (US);
Ronald A. Leonard, Peculiar, MO (US);
Travis Putman, Gardner, KS (US);
George Brown, Overland Park, KS (US);
Michael Skaggs, Olathe, KS (US);
Ronald A. Leonard, Peculiar, MO (US);
Travis Putman, Gardner, KS (US);
George Brown, Overland Park, KS (US);
ScriptPro LLC, Mission, KS (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for applying a label to a specific location on a vial. The apparatus may comprise a label dispenser, a vial placement assembly for orienting the vial and placing it onto a track, a pushing device for pushing the vial down the track into an adhesive side of the label, and a labeling gate for contacting a non-adhesive side of the label to smooth the label onto the vial. The apparatus may further comprise a label positioning device for correcting unwanted curling of the label, a stopper positioned to engage a portion of the pushing device as the vial contacts the label to cause the pushing device to release the vial, and a label-release switch configured to signal for the label dispenser to release a trailing edge of the label once the vial contacts the labeling gate.