Patent ID: 9428294
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: B65C,F16M,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A labeling machine, comprising a carousel comprising a plurality of peripheral seats each of which are adapted to accommodate a supporting carriage of a labeling station provided with front and rear wheels for resting on the floor and for allowing said supporting carriage to approach said seats, each seat being supported integrally by the structure of the carousel and comprising means adapted to lock a carriage in such a position as to ensure the correct application of labels to containers present on the carousel by the labeling station mounted on said carriage, wherein the seats are provided with locking means which are adapted such that the carriages are locked in each seat in an identical position with respect to the carousel, so as to ensure the possibility of interchange of carriages among the various seats, and with the front wheels in a lifted position with respect to the floor and the rear wheels resting on the floor, wherein: each carriage comprises a front pair and a rear pair of cylindrical tabs which are transversely aligned, the tabs of the rear pair being aligned longitudinally with the tabs of the front pair, and further comprises two coaxial wheels which are fixed externally to the carriage along an axis which is transverse to said carriage; and each seat comprises a substantially horizontal plate which is shaped appropriately so as to penetrate between the two cylindrical tabs which form respectively the front pair and the rear pair, so as to ensure that the carriage has a correct radial position with respect to the carousel when it is pushed by an operator, a slider being present on said plate, having means for movement at right angles to said plate and supporting two hooks, which are adapted to make contact with the two wheels which are fixed to the carriage, so as to cause the lifting thereof from a position in which all the wheels are in contact with the floor to a preset height with the front wheels raised from said floor.