Abstract: A method of automatically applying a separate label to each object conveyed past a labelling station by initially separating each label from a carrier strip comprised of first and second parallel carrier strip portions having a plurality of labels spaced therealong, each label being releasably adhered to both said first and second carrier strip portions.

Abstract: An elongated label strip suitable for use with motor driven first and second sprocket rollers for sequentially delivering labels to a mechanism operable to apply each delivered label to an object conveyed therepast. The label strip includes first and second elongated carrier strip portions positioned parallel to and closely spaced from one another to define a separation line between adjacent edges. Each carrier strip portion defines a plurality of uniformly spaced cuts therein aligned parallel to the separation line for cooperatively receiving the sprockets of one of said rollers. A multiplicity of labels is carried by and spaced along the carrier strip portions with each label being releasably adhered to both the first and second carrier strip portions so as to bridge the separation line therebetween.

Abstract: Apparatus for automatically sequentially applying labels to objects characterized by a plate having an edge defining a V shaped region. A strip transport means moves a label strip comprised of first and second parallel carrier strip portions, having labels adhered thereto bridging said portions, along the upper surface of the plate toward the apex of the V shaped region. The strip transport means then pulls the two carrier strip portions in diverging directions around the edge portions of the V shaped region to thus release the label bridging the carrier strip portions at that point. The label strip has index marks therealong which cooperate with the strip transport means to prevent any cumulative differential linear movement between the carrier strip portions. The index marks comprise points on the strip whose physical characteristics, such as optical, magnetic, electrical or structural enable the marks to be readily distinguished by a sensor from other areas on the strip.

Abstract: There is provided a new arrangement for pressure sensitive labels mounted along a carrier strip, and also a new method and means for removing these labels from the carrier strip and applying them to a product. The label carrier strip is divided down its middle forming separable halves, with the labels mounted over both halves. The separable halves carrier strip is pulled along a plate towards a V-shaped notch in one edge of said plate. The V is somewhat wider than the carrier strip. At the notch, the two halves of the carrier strip bend and are drawn through the V-shaped notch, each half over a different side of the V. This causes the two carrier strip halves to follow divergent paths from each other, and also from the label, forcibly releasing the label from the carrier strip halves. The label is thereby forced to continue in a straight line over and past the V-shaped notch until it is free of the carrier strip. It cannot follow the carrier strip halves through the V.