Abstract: An element mounting apparatus includes a movable arm, an electromagnet, a first controller and a glue dispenser. The glue dispenser includes a plate body and a second controller. The plate body includes an inner space containing glue, a through hole defined therein, and a plurality of spaced glue outlets formed in the first surface and communicating with the inner space. The second end of the electromagnet engages the through hole to attract the magnetic element on the first surface of the plate body with the glue outlets surrounding, and repelling the magnetic element to the retainer. The second controller ejects glue out of the inner space of the plate body via the glue outlets, thereby adhesively mounting the magnetic element to the retainer.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus for labeling a container comprising (a) first winder capable of unwinding a heat transfer label from a heat transfer label roll, (b) first vacuum box capable of containing at least a portion of the heat transfer label unwound from the first winder, (c) vacuuming means, (d) heater plate, and (e) heat label applicator. The use of one or more vacuum boxes enables containers to be labeled at a greater speed.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying indicia to a curved surface, including a compound curved surface having multiple axes of curvature. The curved surface is deformed to eliminate one axis of curvature. The invention is usable with hourglass or barrel shaped surfaces, as occur with containers, and to apply labels and other indicia to these surfaces.

Abstract: A method for forming a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag on a packing bag is disclosed and includes the steps of: equidistantly attaching RFID tags to a release film, one by one, to form a roll of tag web; installing the roll of tag web in a packing bag forming device to move the release film along a feeding direction of a packing material; changing a moving direction of the release film for peeling the RFID tags from the release film; intermittently pressing on the RFID tags for attaching the RFID tags to the packing material; bonding the RFID tags to the packing material with a melting technology; and processing the packing material by folding, sealing, and cutting to form packing bags securely installed with the RFID tags. A packing bag forming device for carrying out the method is also disclosed.

Abstract: A security and/or tracking information and graphic image fusion system to be used with verification equipment to provide a tamper proof labeled article having security and/or tracking information thereon. The label comprises a printable sheet having at least one RFID device thereon, and an outer layer thereon. The RFID device provides security and/or tracking information for the labeled article. The label may further include at least one visible image printed thereon. To provide additional layers of security, at least one invisible IR or UV image, or both, may also be printed on the printable sheet to provide security and/or tracking information. The visible image provides the graphic image. The label is permanently fused by an in-mold molding process to an article made of plastic, rubber or the combination thereof to render it tamper proof.

Abstract: The invention concerns a labelling device (1) comprising a conveying device (3) provided with a drive unit (14) for transporting a supporting band (7) having a plurality of labels, and a dispensing device (2). The supporting band (7) comprising labels (6) is unwound on a label roll (9), then, once the labels are removed from the supporting band (7), the latter (7) is wound on a supporting band roll (10). The conveying device (3) has two roll units (8, 12) for the label roll (8) and the supporting band roll (10), said roll units capable of being driven each in different rotational directions. The transporting direction of the supporting band (7) may be reversed by inversion of the driving direction of the drive unit (14) for labelling containers (19) in two different labelling directions (X1, X2). The roll units (8, 12) are identically shaped.

Abstract: A first printing device 12 that performs the printing on a first label L1, a second printing device 18 that performs the printing on a second label L2, and a laminating section 20 that laminates these labels one another and discharges the same therefrom and a sticking device 21 that sticks the first and second labels L1 and L2 to an object W. An unprinted surface of the second label L2 is attached to an adhesive layer A of the first label L1 and a printed surface of the second label L2 is positioned between the object W and the same to be hidden.

Abstract: There is provided a label printer 10 that performs printing on a label L including a front-part label area L1 located at the front side in the feed-out direction and a rear-part label area L2 which is connected thereto. The label printer 10 comprises a printing unit 12 that performs printing on the label L, a sticking unit 14 that sticks the label L to an object W while holding the label L and a turn-over device 15 that turns over the front-part label area L1 to the rear face side of the rear-part label area L2. The sticking unit 14 is arranged so as to stick the label L to the object W after the front-part label area L1 is turned over and attached to the rear-part label area L2 by the turn-over device 15.

Abstract: A film-supplying device is provided for supplying a ring-shape adhesive-film to a film-affixing device having an alignment shaft-member, where the ring-shape adhesive-film is attached on a release sheet. The device comprises a table and a sheet transport mechanism. The release sheet is transported in a predetermined direction on the table by the sheet transport mechanism. The table is provided with an opening. The alignment shaft-member is inserted through the opening. The table is also provided with a peel portion that is used to peel off the ring-shape adhesive-film from the release sheet. Further, the table is provided with a passageway that is formed from the opening to the peel portion, in the predetermined direction.

Abstract: A device for placing suspended labels including a multiple-page information section onto a bottleneck. The device includes a bottle conveying device for conveying bottles into a work area, and an application device having a pair of essentially parallel cantilevers which define a horizontal distance therebetween and end in the work area. Each cantilever includes a supply unit for grasping one side of the suspended label and for supplying the suspended label, wherein the cantilevers define an open intermediate space therebetween and are arranged such that a bottle reaching the work area extends with its neck into the intermediate space. A stop is provided in the area of the supply units for straightening the information portion of the suspended label.

Abstract: A tape supplier and a refill cartridge for a binding apparatus are disclosed, which can prevent a supply error of a tape from occurring and facilitate supply of the tape. Also, an outer surface of the tape is not contaminated by an additive when the tape is supplied. A tape cassette 156 constituting the tape supplier includes a first rotational shaft 91 rotatably supporting a tape roll 140, a second rotational shaft 92 designed to collect a sheet 127a of the tape roll by winding the same in a roll type, a third rotational shaft 93 designed to collect a sheet 127b by winding the same in a roll type, and a tape ejection roller assembly 95 outwardly ejecting a tape provided between the two sheets. A refill cartridge 120 is designed such that the tape roll 140 having tapes 132a, 132b, . . .

Abstract: A specification-attaching apparatus includes a transferring mechanism for transferring a specification received in a specification receiving unit into an opening in a platform, wherein the specification is retained in the opening by opposite stop members disposed pivotably and spacedly in the opening. An attaching unit is disposed above the platform, and includes a suction member mounted on a bottom end of a pressing rod, and is operable so as to drive downward movement of the suction member to suck the specification retained in the opening, and so as to drive downward movement of the specification sucked by the suction member to pass through the opening such that the specification sucked by the suction member is attached to a top end of a container conveyed by a container conveying unit, wherein the top end of the container is sprayed with glue by a glue-spraying unit.

Abstract: An apparatus of this invention includes: a workpiece holding mechanism that holds a ring frame and a wafer; a tape supplying device that supplies a continuous dicing tape or a continuous carrier tape to which a precut dicing tape is joined, to a joining position; a joining unit that joins the continuous dicing tape or the precut dicing tape separated from the carrier tape, to the ring frame and the semiconductor wafer; a tape cutting mechanism that cuts the dicing tape joined to the ring frame along a contour of the ring frame; and a residual tape collecting section that takes up and collects a residual tape after the cutting.

Abstract: A specification-attaching apparatus includes a transferring unit for transferring a specification fed from a specification-feeding unit to an attaching unit that includes a suction member movable, in response to rotation of a pivot rod, in sequence among angularly spaced sucking, standby and releasing positions. The suction member is operable so as to switch from a non-sucking state to a sucking state when at the sucking position, thereby sucking the specification transferred from the transferring unit and to switch from the sucking state to the non-sucking state when at the releasing position, thereby releasing the specification sucked thereby. A container sprayed with glue by a glue-spraying unit is conveyed by a motor-driven container conveying unit to move in synchronization with and contact the suction member during movement of the suction member from the standby position to the releasing position so that the specification is attached to the container.

Abstract: The invention proposes a potting machine (1) for potting flowerpots (2), with a conveying device (3) comprising a plurality of pot retainers (4) for a respective flowerpot (2), and with a housing ring (5) surrounding the conveying device (3). To enable the flowerpots to be labeled in a simple manner even during the potting operation, the potting machine (1) comprises a labeling device (11) which is provided with a dispensing tongue (12) for stripping off labels (13) and applying them to the flowerpots (2). The labeling device (11) is connected to a positioning device (22) comprising a joint (23) and having a positioning arm (24) for pivoting the labeling device (11) and positioning the dispensing tongue (12) against the flowerpots (2).

Abstract: Method and apparatus for bonding a polarizing plate high in operating efficiency and yield. The apparatus includes a cutting unit for cutting at least a polarizing plate of a strip-shaped film, composed of the polarizing plate and a release film bonded to the polarizing plate, leaving the release film uncut, when a forward end side pre-severed end face of the strip-shaped film perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the strip-shaped film has traveled up to a length corresponding to a length of a substrate, to form a film piece, a release film separating unit for separating the release film from the film piece thus severed, and a bonding unit for bonding the tacky surface of the film piece freed of the release film to a mating position of the substrate so that the forward end side end face of the transported substrate is parallel to the pre-severed end face of the film piece.

Abstract: A manipulation and printing device for labels fed from label sheets, in which labels (15) are fed to a cutting group (18) placed above a feed belt (19) of suction type (20) equipped with superficial holes, placed perpendicular to the feed direction of a continuous label sheet (12), and to a labeller (30), in which it is foreseen associated to the first feed belt (19) a second feed belt (24) and a print head (23), placed near a first side end perpendicular to the feed direction of the label sheet (12), the feed belts (19, 24) being facing in one of their sections in order to advance the single printed label from the print head (23) towards the labeller (30).

Abstract: An overcoat application apparatus is used to transfer an overcoat material from a donor support to a printed media. The overcoat application apparatus in this case includes a laminate cartridge, a donor supply reel, a donor guide bar, a heated fuser roller, a pressure roller, a peel bar, and a take-up reel. The donor supply reel provides a continuous source of donor plus overcoat material. The donor guide bar guides printed media and the donor plus overcoat into a nip created by forcing the heated fuser roller and pressure roller together. The heated fuser roller is used to transport the printed media and donor through the nip and apply heat to the donor and printed media. The pressure roller is used to apply pressure to the fuser roller in order to produce the mechanical nip. The nip plus the heat causes the overcoat material on the donor to be transferred to the printed media.

Abstract: An applicator roll (1) is described for a labeling apparatus for paying out and applying self-adhesive labels, which with each operating cycle moves one self-adhesive label into a dispensing position underneath an applicator roll. Depending on the printing mechanism used in the labeling apparatus, whether printing an even or an odd number of digits, it is advantageous to arranged a profiled ring (32) formed on a sleeve (31) of the applicator roll (1) in the center or off center. In addition, label formats of different widths require applicator rolls of different widths. These problems are solved in the applicator roll (1) described here in that its sleeve (31) supports two cylindrical jackets (34) on either side of the profiled ring (32). The cylindrical jackets (34) are axially displaceable on the sleeve (31) and can be releasably, positively locked in several positions against axial shifting, preferably by mutual engagement of an annular collar (38) and an annular groove (40).

Abstract: An apparatus and method for inhibiting the peeling of labels from a web is disclosed. A web with a plurality of labels is pulled towards a peeling edge. An antenna examines at least one of the labels. Based at least in part on the antenna's examination of at least one label, one or more of a peel inhibiting device and a peeling edge is moved towards or away from the other. The combination of the edge and device forms a rounded surface over which the web and labels are pulled. As the web and label(s) pass across the combination of the edge and device, the separation of at least one of the labels from the web is inhibited.

Abstract: A radio-frequency identification tag and tape applicator. A preferred embodiment of the invention provides an applicator that includes a tag and tape handling system having a base, a tape supply holder attached to the base, a tag supply holder attached to the base, a tag applying mechanism attached to the base for applying a tag to a length of tape and that includes a taping head for applying the tag and the length of tape to an object. A preferred embodiment of the invention provides a radio-frequency identification tag applicator that includes a tag supply holder, a carrier roll holder, a carrier path from the supply roll holder to the carrier roll holder, a tag dispensing mechanism along the carrier path between the supply roll holder and the carrier roll holder for applying a tag to an object, and an interrogator for writing information to tags along the carrier path between the tag supply holder and the tag dispensing mechanism.

Abstract: A film-supplying device is provided for supplying a ring-shape adhesive-film to a film-affixing device having an alignment shaft-member, where the ring-shape adhesive-film is attached on a release sheet. The device comprises a table and a sheet transport mechanism. The release sheet is transported in a predetermined direction on the table by the sheet transport mechanism. The table is provided with an opening. The alignment shaft-member is inserted through the opening. The table is also provided with a peel portion that is used to peel off the ring-shape adhesive-film from the release sheet. Further, the table is provided with a passageway that is formed from the opening to the peel portion, in the predetermined direction.

Abstract: A high-speed labeling device (20) is provided for use on form, fill and seal packaging equipment or other types of thermoforming equipment. The device (20) includes a label dispensing unit (22) operable to sequentially and successively deliver a plurality of labels to a delivery location (56). A label transport assembly (24) is locates adjacent to unit (22) and has a shiftable label-receiving component (58) operable to receive labels (28). A control assembly (55, 68, 54a) is operably coupled with the dispensing unit (22) and transport assembly (24) in order to dispense the plural webs (28) as a group and without interruption in the movement of the component (58) during sequential dispensing of the labels (28). The device (20) can achieve labeling speeds up to 50% greater than those obtainable with conventional labelers.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for coating the peripheral surfaces of a large plastic television frame. The frame is mounted on a special metal fixture having a surface that complements the peripheral surfaces of the frame. Composite material on a foil having good abrasion resistance, good chemical resistance, selective adhesion properties and high gloss characteristics is bonded to the plastic frame using heat and pressure, but bonding does not occur between the metal fixture and the composite material even though the same heat and pressure are applied to the composite material and to the fixture. The bonding apparatus includes a conveyor system, a foil dispensing roll, a foil take-up roll, a heated roller and structure to move the heated roller so as to squeeze the foil between the roller and the moving fixture and frame assembly. A complete manufacturing system includes a frame molding machine, the bonding apparatus, an inspection station and a packaging station.

Abstract: A component transfer device (100) according to the present invention includes a roller device (130) adapted for moving a liner (110) having a plurality of components (120) removably adhered thereto. The component transfer device includes a gripper (140) adapted for selectively gripping the liner, and a placement actuator (160) adapted for engaging a desired component (122) of the plurality of components. The placement actuator is further adapted for placing the desired component on a target device (176). The gripper and placement actuator are removably coupled with a coupler (150), with the coupler adapted for moving the placement actuator when the roller device moves the liner. In this manner, a controlled movement of the placement actuator and desired component is achieved.

Abstract: A pathology distribution system 10 is provided for automated sample container 14, 15 distribution. The system 10 comprises a loading station 500 for loading samples in primary containers 14 of different types, a sample handling station 16 for receiving the containers 14 and identifying the container types and samples therein, and a container distribution station 38 for distributing the containers in areas or racks in the distribution station 38 marked for analyzing processes prescribed for the samples therein.

Abstract: A labeling machine for prism-shaped bottles having an axially-offset neck, comprising a first carousel, which conveys the bottles to a first labeling assembly, which applies the labels to one of the faces, and a second carousel, which conveys the bottles to a second labeling assembly, which applies the labels to an opposite face; the carousels are connected in series by at least one pair of bottle transfer devices.

Abstract: A label applicator system provides for high speed, accurate label transfer from a web to items moving on an item transport along a path relative to the system. The items, such as bottles, have a contoured surface. The applicator includes a supply reel for supplying labels on a web and a take-up for taking up the web after transfer of the label. A drive roller moves the web through the applicator system. The system includes a web positioning assembly and a movable label applicator head. A contour sensor senses the bottle contour and develops a profile for the head to follow to apply the labels to the bottles. The supply, take-up and the drive are operably engaged with one another to maintain a relatively constant tension in the web.

Abstract: Method and apparatus of manufacturing color plastic zipper are disclosed. The method includes feeding a continuous row of half-finished plastic zipper, feeding a continuous strip of color transfer film, overlaying the half-finished plastic zipper and the color transfer film and positioning same, intermittently advancing the overlaid half-finished plastic zipper and the color transfer film, heating and pressing the overlaid half-finished plastic zipper and the color transfer film in an interval when the advancing stops for uniformly transferring color of the color transfer film to a portion of the half-finished plastic zipper, advancing the half-finished plastic zipper and the color transfer film again, separating the finished color plastic zipper from the color transfer film while intermittently advancing, and cooling the finished color plastic zipper and the color transfer film. The invention has advantages of high efficiency, high yield, and having a low manufacturing cost.

Abstract: A pallet labeler station for applying a printed label to a loaded pallet at a predetermined label position includes a label printer for printing a label to be affixed to the loaded pallet, a rotatable label applicator mechanism for applying the printed label to the loaded pallet at the predetermined label position and a drive mechanism for moving the label applicator mechanism so as to apply the printed label to the loaded pallet at the predetermined label position. The label applicator mechanism is capable of applying printed labels to two sides of a loaded pallet with each label being applied at a predetermined label position defined for each of the two sides of the loaded pallet.

Abstract: The invention provides a pick and place assembly for transferring a film of material. The assembly comprises a collet having a substantially convex contact surface for contacting the film, the collet including a vacuum suction device operative to generate a force to hold the film. The film may comprise a thermoplastic adhesive tape or B-stage thermoset epoxy coated film.

Abstract: To label products on a conveyor, a target area for a given product conveyed on the conveyor is determined relative to a frame of reference. One of a plurality of labellers fixed at different transverse positions over the conveyor, which one labeller is at a transverse position which is within the transverse extent of the target area is then activated in order to label the product. Each labeller may have a turret with a number of flexible bellows with an interior air diffuser. The air diffuser has a central opening facing the tamping end of the bellows and at least one side opening. This arrangement can enhance the responsiveness of the bellows. Each labeller may also have a de-mountable label cassette with a drive pinion or geneva gear. The label cassette may have a driven pin wheel for moving the pin holed release tape of a label web.

Abstract: There is provided a method and apparatus for sticking a polarizer to a liquid crystal panel. The method includes advancing a liquid crystal panel or similar substrate along a conveyance line, peeling a separate sheet from a polarizer to expose an adhesive layer, and sticking the polarizer to the liquid crystal panel or other substrate.

Abstract: A product labeling apparatus has a plurality of labelers, an imager for imaging products; and a processor responsive to an output of the imager and operatively connected to a control input of each of the labelers. The processor processes an image received from the imager to identify a portion of a product which portion will pass a target area of a given labeller. The processor then tracks progress of that portion of the product and controls an appropriate one of the labelers to label the portion of the product when that portion of the product is at the target area of the given labeler.

Abstract: In a finishing apparatus, such as would be used with a copier or high-speed printer, an applicator places stickers on a folded sheet or booklet, to prevent the sheet or booklet from unfolding or opening. At one point in the operation, the folded sheet or booklet is “backed up” in its basic process direction to receive a sticker on its trailing edge, and backed up further so that the sticker is folded over the trailing edge by a pair of crease rolls.

Abstract: A label peeling mechanism has a peeling member for peeling adhesive backed labels from a backing member of a continuous label strip. A conveying unit conveys the continuous label strip to the peeling member. A discharge frame has a discharge opening for discharging the adhesive backed labels peeled by the peeling member from the backing member of the continuous label strip. A slack preventing member integral with the discharge frame suppresses slack of the continuous label strip as the adhesive backed labels are peeled by the peeling member from the backing member of the continuous label strip.

Abstract: An air blast applicator for applying adhesive-backed labels (2) includes a peel knife (13) for sequentially partially peeling successive labels from a backing strip (6). A gas stream (28) is directed at each label passing to the peel knife (12) to assist removing it and prevent it reattaching to the backing strip (6). An air amplifier (25) has a tube therein such that a gas flow through the tube causes air to be drawn through the air amplifier (25) inducing the air flow (28) directed at the label (2). A blast (20) of gas applies each label (2).

Abstract: A laminating apparatus 20 for a DVR as an optical disc comprises front side peeling means 24 for peeling a protective film P1 from a protective label L having the protective film P1 and a release-liner D adhered thereto, a peel plate 25 for peeling off the release-liner D from the protective label L from which the protective film P1 has been peeled, and laminating means 29 for laminating the protective label L after the peeling of the protective film P1 and the release-liner D to a DVR recording substrate by laminating the protective label L to the DVR recording substrate B with a predetermined pressing force.

Abstract: A film sticking/testing equipment mainly includes a transmission mechanism, a film sticking apparatus and a test apparatus. The transmission mechanism is used for delivering at least a touch pad. The film sticking apparatus has a film release base to allow a protect film being released from a rolling belt, which temporarily adheres with the protect film. The protect film is attracted by the film sticking apparatus and adhered to the surface of the touch pad by way of vacuum suction. The testing apparatus provides a test rod traveling along a preset locus on the touch pad to take the output test value of the touch pad and input to the computer device such that the test value is compared with the preset value in the computer device to distinguish qualified touch pads from unqualified touch pads.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for bonding a polarizing plate high in operating efficiency and yield. The apparatus includes a cutting unit for cutting at least a polarizing plate of a strip-shaped film, composed of the polarizing plate and a release film bonded to the polarizing plate, leaving the release film uncut, when a forward end side pre-severed end face of the strip-shaped film perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the strip-shaped film has traveled up to a length corresponding to a length of a substrate, to form a film piece, a release film separating unit for separating the release film from the film piece thus severed, and a bonding unit for bonding the tacky surface of the film piece freed of the release film to a mating position of the substrate so that the forward end side end face of the transported substrate is parallel to the pre-severed end face of the film piece.

Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus conveying a roll of liner stock bearing removably adhered components such as labels. The liner is pulled through the feeder by a capstan drive having opposed fluted nip rollers driven by a stepper motor. Advance of the stepper motor is controlled by a programmable electronic controller. The linered labels are led through a tensioner and around an acute-angle peeler edge which separates the labels from the liner. The peeling action advances a label onto a platform comprising a bed of rollers having an inherently low-adherence surface. Preferably the rollers are undercut to form circumferential ridges and reduce the surface area in contact with the label adhesive and to minimize adherence thereto. When peeling of a label is completed, the label has been advanced onto the roller bed to precisely the proper location for acquisition by a pick-and-place machine.

Abstract: With a thin film bearing surface of a substrate directed toward an insulation film which is formed on a surface of a quartz plate, the substrate and the quartz plate are moved closer to each other and the insulation film is tightly adhered to the thin film bearing surface (adhering process). The quartz plate alone is then selectively peeled off, thereby completing transfer of the insulation film onto the substrate (peeling process). In this manner, the insulation film is disposed on the thin film bearing surface of the substrate, and a transportation mechanism then houses the substrate in a substrate cassette. Meanwhile, after the quartz plate is transported by the transportation mechanism to a cleaning unit and cleaned by the cleaning unit (cleaning process), the quartz plate is returned to a plate-like member cassette and waits in this cassette until reused next time.

Abstract: A heat transfer decorating machine is disclosed. In particular, the disclosed heat transfer decorating machine provides mechanisms to allow the machine to be rapidly re-configured from applying labels to a particular article configuration to applying labels to a different article configuration by an operator without substantial use of tools. In addition, the disclosed heat transfer labeling machine features a distributed drive system which provides a motor for all major movable mechanical elements rather than use a centralized drive system with a distributed transmission. Further, the disclosed heat transfer decorating machine is capable of labeling filled and chilled articles by providing for removal of environmental contamination prior to application of the labels.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a frame, first and second supply rolls and a substrate processing assembly including a resiliently deformable structure configured to apply pressure to the first and second supply rolls to perform a substrate processing operation. A method for processing a substrate includes providing first and second supply rolls rotatably mounted to the substrate processing apparatus, wherein at least one of the first and second supply rolls has pressure-sensitive adhesive provided thereon. The selected substrate is enabled to be fed in a substrate receiving opening with the first and the second substrates positioned on opposing sides thereof. The first and second substrates are advanced through the substrate receiving opening. A resiliently deformable structure deforms to apply pressure to the selected substrate and the first and second substrates as they are advanced through the substrate receiving opening, thereby bonding the adhesive to the selected substrate.

Abstract: A system (30) is provided for interconnecting a first component (10) having multiple first bonding sites (16) and a second component (12) having multiple second bonding sites (18). The system (30) includes a leadframe (40) coupled to the first component (10) and the second component (12) that advances from a first position (50) to a second position (52). A film tape carrier (32) advances a wirefilm (20) removably coupled to the film tape carrier (32) into the first position (50). The wirefilm (20) includes a substantially planar film (22) and multiple wire strands (14), each wire strand (14) having a first end (24) that contacts a first bonding site (16) and a second end (26) that contacts a second bonding site (18). A film attach tool (62) contacts the first component (10) and the second component (12) with the wirefilm (20) at the first position (50) to interconnect the first component (10) and the second component (12).

Abstract: A method for attaching an adhesive tape includes the steps of, disposing the adhesive tape having an adhesive surface on a support body with the adhesive surface down, rolling an attaching roller having adhesive strength on the other not-adhesive surface of the adhesive tape so that the adhesive tape is transferred onto the attaching roller and is come into tight contact therewith, and rolling the attaching roller on a surface of a member to be attached which is located in a predetermined position so that the adhesive tape adhered to the attaching roller is attached onto the surface of the member. Respective adhesive strengths A, B and C are set to have a relation of A<B<C, where A designates adhesive strength between the adhesive surface of the adhesive tape and the support body, B designates adhesive strength between the not-adhesive surface of the adhesive tape and the attaching roller, and C designates adhesive strength between the adhesive surface of the adhesive tape and the member to be attached.

Abstract: A tamp pad for a label applicator permits use of a single, reconfigurable pad for use with labels of different sizes. Such a pad is used in a label applicator of the type for separating labels from a continuous carrier strip and carrying the labels to and applying the labels to an object positioned at the applicator. The tamp pad includes a first surface configured to receive a label and secure the label thereto by a vacuum. The first surface has a plurality of vacuum openings arranged in at least two series of openings. Each of the openings in a series is aligned with one another and the openings of each series are spaced from the openings of each other series. A second surface has a vacuum channel and at least two depending sub-channels formed therein. The vacuum and sub-channels are configured for receipt of a blocking element to prevent communication of the vacuum through a selected one of the series of openings.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for transferring a discrete pressure sensitive label from a plurality of continuous webs of discrete pressure sensitive labels to a continuous series of discrete objects moving in multiple columns wherein the web and labels are mounted to a plurality of label stations removably mounted to a bridge member providing common utilities to each of the plurality of label stations, the web and labels are brought into contact tangentially with a perforated rotating transfer machine mounted on a hub, the web and labels in contact with the perforated rotating transfer means for a portion of its arc of circumference, the label being subjected to a vacuum during rotation while simultaneously redirecting the web away from the perforated rotating transfer means, the label maintaining contact with the rotating transfer means until registration with a pressure port at which point the label is subjected to a pressurized gas flow and is blown from the rotating ting to the object to be labeled when that ob

Abstract: A label affixer shoe, having an application blade with an edge, a first surface, and a second surface, and a pivot connected to said blade. The pivot is arranged such that at the shoe is pivotable between a first orientation and a second orientation. The first surface, edge, said second surface are configured to separate a label from a liner at the shoe edge when the label and liner are moved from the first surface of the shoe past the edge toward the second surface. The shoe may be incorporated into an affixer carriage, also including a pivot actuator for pivoting the shoe. The shoe may be incorporated into an affixer module, also including a translation actuator for translating the shoe between first and second positions, a card feed mechanism for delivering a card to a label receiving position near the shoe, a label feed mechanism for delivering a label to a applying position near the shoe. The shoe, label receiving position, and applying position are arranged as follows.

Abstract: A labeler for applying labels to articles is provided. The labeler includes a label application device having an opening in an end thereof. The label application device is expandable when subjected to pressure. The labeler also includes a positioner for supporting the label application device and moving the label application device between a label pick-up position and a label application position. A vacuum source and a pressure source are also provided which can be selectively connected to the label application device such the label application device is subject to pressure when adjacent the label application position and subject to vacuum for picking up and retaining a label on the label application device at the label pick-up position. The labeler also includes a flow control element having at least one flow control passage therein which defines at least one air flow path through the flow control element to the label application device opening.