Patent ID: 9561877
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: B65C,Y10T

Claim:
1. An apparatus for automatically applying to objects labels having a back surface with fluid activatable adhesive, the apparatus comprising: a dispensing magazine for retaining a plurality of individual labels in a stack; a guidance mechanism configured to provide a first path for moving a plurality of labels along the first path, the labels each having a front surface and a back surface with a fluid activatable adhesive, the guidance mechanism including: a device configured to modulate a location of the dispensing magazine to transfer the one of the labels to the first transfer member; a suction supply mechanism coupled to the first transfer member and configured to provide suction to the multiple openings, the suction supply mechanism controllable to vary a strength of the suction applied to the multiple openings based on the size and a weight of the one of the labels; an adhesive activation station along the first path configured to apply to the back surface of the labels a fluid to activate the fluid activatable adhesive along the back surface of the labels, the adhesive activation station including one or more spraying mechanisms for applying the fluid onto each of the labels as the labels move through the adhesive activation station along the first path; and a label application station at an end of the first path configured to apply the labels with the activated adhesive from the first path onto an exterior surface of a corresponding object along a second path.