Abstract: A vacuum station comprising a main housing and a pair of arms extending from the main housing. The arms are configured to hold a roller. The main housing has a front face and a rear face, with the front face having a recess therein. An air path extends from the front face to the rear face. The vacuum station also includes a removable plate having a plurality of suction holes therethrough located within the recess in the front face of the main housing. The removable plate is removably connected to the main housing by magnets. A sheet of labels can be held to the removable plate by a suction force through the air path in the main housing and the suction holes in the removable plate.

Abstract: A label vacuum-grip cylinder calibration system comprising an indicator support holder supporting a first indicator and a second indicator. The indicators each have a display face with a display. Projection areas of the display faces project perpendicularly from the display faces. The indicator support holder supports the first indicator and the second indicator such that a first projection area and a second projection area do not overlap and neither the first indicator nor the second indicator obscures either display.

Abstract: A bottle gripping assembly kit including a bottle gripping finger assembly having bottle grip arms and an actuator for actuating the bottle gripping finger assembly for selectively grabbing and releasing a bottle. The actuator including a plurality of actuator heads and a base, wherein a selected one of the actuator heads can be connected to the base dependent on the size of the bottle. The plurality of actuator heads each have engagement surfaces adapted to abut the bottle grip arms to force the first ends of the bottle grip arms towards each other. Each of the actuator heads has a distance between the engagement surfaces that is different than a distance between the engagement surfaces of the remaining actuator heads, thereby allowing the selected one of the actuator heads to be selected depending on the size of the bottle.

Abstract: A suction strip for a label vacuum-grip cylinder. The suction strip comprising a slide plate and a pad at least partially received within the slide plate. When the at least one suction strip is inserted into the slot of the label vacuum-grip cylinder, the slot compresses the pad into a depression in the slide plate. The slide plate comprises a panel, a rearwardly extending wall extending rearwardly from the panel and a rear peripheral rim extending rearwardly from the rearwardly extending wall. The panel and the rearwardly extending wall define a suction area within the rearwardly extending wall. The depression is on a step defined by a surface of the rearwardly extending wall and within the rear peripheral rim. The slide plate including at least one retaining element for retaining the pad within the depression. Each of the slide plates can have a different character formed in the face thereof.

Abstract: A label vacuum-grip cylinder calibration system comprising an indicator support holder supporting a first indicator and a second indicator. The indicators each have a display face with a display. Projection areas of the display faces project perpendicularly from the display faces. The indicator support holder supports the first indicator and the second indicator such that a first projection area and a second projection area do not overlap and neither the first indicator nor the second indicator obscures either display.

Abstract: A vacuum station comprising a main housing and a pair of arms extending from the main housing. The arms are configured to hold a roller. The main housing has a front face and a rear face, with the front face having a recess therein. An air path extends from the front face to the rear face. The vacuum station also includes a removable plate having a plurality of suction holes therethrough located within the recess in the front face of the main housing. The removable plate is removably connected to the main housing by magnets. A sheet of labels can be held to the removable plate by a suction force through the air path in the main housing and the suction holes in the removable plate.

Abstract: A petri dish holder and lid opener comprising a petri dish lower portion holder including a lower shelf for holding the lower portion of a petri dish and a petri dish lid holder pivotally connected to the petri dish lower portion holder, with the petri dish lid holder having an upper shelf for holding a lid of a petri dish. The lower shelf has a bottom surface for holding the petri dish. The upper shelf has a bottom lip configured to be smaller than the lid of the petri dish. Rotation of the petri dish lid holder relative to the petri dish lower portion holder is configured to remove the lid of the petri dish from the lower portion of the petri dish.

Abstract: A bottle gripping assembly including a pair of bottle gripping arms each having a grip member for gripping a bottle therebetween. The bottle gripping assembly also includes a base supporting the bottle gripping arms, with the base having a top surface and a recess into the top surface, a wear pad located in the recess of the base, with the wear pad and the base under the upper surface of the recess having a pair of aligned fastener holes, a pair of fasteners, with each one of the fasteners extending through one of the bottle gripping arms and into one of the fastener holes to connect the bottle gripping arms to the wear pad and the base, and a pair of wear bushings, with each of the wear bushings having a tubular portion that extends into one of the bottle gripping arms and surrounds a portion of the fasteners.

Abstract: A bottle gripping assembly comprising a pair of bottle gripping arms, each of the bottle gripping arms having a grip member such that when the grip members of the bottle gripping arms are moved toward each other, the pair of bottle gripping arms can grip a bottle therebetween. The bottle gripping assembly also includes a base for supporting the pair of bottle gripping arms, the base including an opening adjacent the pair of bottle gripping arms. The opening is configured to accept an actuator therethrough for actuating the bottle gripping arms to move the grip members of the bottle gripping arms toward each other. Each of the bottle gripping arms includes a leaf spring made of PEEK adapted to abut the actuator.

Abstract: A bottle gripping assembly including a pair of bottle gripping arms each having a grip member for gripping a bottle therebetween. The bottle gripping assembly also includes a base supporting the bottle gripping arms, with the base having a top surface and a recess into the top surface, a wear pad located in the recess of the base, with the wear pad and the base under the upper surface of the recess having a pair of aligned fastener holes, a pair of fasteners, with each one of the fasteners extending through one of the bottle gripping arms and into one of the fastener holes to connect the bottle gripping arms to the wear pad and the base, and a pair of wear bushings, with each of the wear bushings having a tubular portion that extends into one of the bottle gripping arms and surrounds a portion of the fasteners.