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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2008
Kenji Murakami, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Murakami, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The object of the present disclosure is to provide a label application device which can easily perform label applying operation by protruding a portion of the label towards an article in a mountain-shape and automatically applying the label. The label application device includes: a label holding unit comprising of an attracting board provided with a pair of divided bodies and attracting and holding a label supplied from the label supplying unit; a folding and applying unit folding and protruding a portion of a label held by the label holding unit in a mountain-shape forming a folded portion having a first side face and a second side face with an apex portion as a border therebetween, and applying an outer end portion, provided next to a folded portion via a bent portion, to an article; wherein the folding and applying unit includes: a folding unit, wherein the divided bodies and are relatively approaching and separating the other and when approaching the other, and a portion of the label is folded by pressing such that the bent portion of the label at each end surface opposing each of the divided body and forming the folded portion; and a movement control unit controlling the movement of the folding unit.