Abstract: An apparatus and method for decorating articles is provided with article carriers which are advanced with a stepwise motion along a guide track on a circulatory conveyor path whereby each article is passed, on the same carrier, through successive treatment stations. The article carriers are releasably connectible to a reciprocally movable conveyor means which, upon movement thereof in the conveying direction, is engageable with the article carriers, while upon movement thereof in the opposite direction to the conveying direction, it is out of engagement with the article carriers. The conveying stepping motions and the residence times of the articles in the various stations are adaptable to the respective conditions obtaining. The guide track may be subdivided into two portions which are disposed at a spacing from each other, and the spacing between the two portions can be bridged across by reciprocal movable sections carrying the article carriers.

Abstract: In an apparatus for cutting portions such as labels or tickets from a continuously moving web, the web is passed between a blade and a co-operating support member. As the web moves past the blade, the blade is displaced during the cutting operation in the same direction as the web and synchronously therewith, but over a shorter distance than the length of the portion to be cut out. The blade is then disengaged from the web and returned to its initial starting position. The support member may also be displaced in the opposite direction to the movement of the web and blade during the cutting operation.

Abstract: In a process and apparatus for cutting portions such as labels or tickets from a continuously moving web, the web is passed between a blade and a co-operating support member. As the web moves past the blade, the blade is displaced during the cutting operation in the same direction as the web and synchronously therewith, but over a shorter distance than the length of the portion to be cut out. The blade is then disengaged from the web and returned to its initial starting position. The support member may also be displaced in the opposite direction to the movement of the web and blade during the cutting operation.