Abstract: A transfer device for transferring a lightweight object by pneumatic pulse, the device including a pneumatic pulse generator connected to a transfer member, wherein the pneumatic pulse generator includes bellows installed between a fixed base and a plate actuated by an actuating member so as to flatten the bellows between the base and the plate, the transfer member including a hollow guide in communication with the bellows, the hollow guide being closed by a piston sliding under the effect of a pneumatic pulse against the force of a return spring.

Abstract: The invention provides a labeling machine comprising a structure, a labeling head capable of pivoting relative to the structure about a pivot axis, the labeling head being fitted with gripper means for gripping a label holding it in a plane that is substantially normal to the pivot axis of the labeling head, and placing means carried by the labeling head and adapted to take the label held by the gripper means and place it on an article to be labeled that is present on the labeling machine. According to the invention, the gripper means hold a label in such a manner that a corner thereof coincides substantially with the point of intersection of the pivot axis and the plane of the label.

Abstract: The invention relates to a transfer device for transferring a lightweight object by pneumatic pulse, the device comprising a pneumatic pulse generator connected to a transfer member, wherein the pneumatic pulse generator comprises bellows installed between a fixed base and a plate actuated by an actuating member so as to flatten the bellows between the base and the plate, the transfer member comprising a hollow guide in communication with the bellows, the hollow guide being closed by a piston sliding under the effect of a pneumatic pulse against the force of a return spring.

Abstract: The invention provides a labeling machine comprising a structure, a labeling head capable of pivoting relative to the structure about a pivot axis, the labeling head being fitted with gripper means for gripping a label holding it in a plane that is substantially normal to the pivot axis of the labeling head, and placing means carried by the labeling head and adapted to take the label held by the gripper means and place it on an article to be labeled that is present on the labeling machine. According to the invention, the labeling head carries a printer having active print means and means for driving the label through the printer, and the gripper means is situated immediately downstream from the active print means and wherein the active print means are adapted to receive a strip supporting adhesive labels coming from a roll, the labeling head having deflector members to impart a twisted trajectory to the support strip between the roll and the active print means.