Patent ID: 6763870
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: B65C,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of applying labels to packets, in particular packets of cigarettes, traveling in a given direction (D1) along a first path (P1) with a given spacing (P) and arranged a given distance (I) apart; the method comprising feeding a gripping head (33) along a second path (P2), applying a said label (2) to a first face (9) of said packet (3) and inserting said gripping head (33) between one packet (3) and the adjacent following packet (3) to apply said label (2) along said first face (9); said first face (9) being perpendicular to said given direction (D1); said gripping head comprising a gripping wall (39) in the form of a cylindrical sector, having suction holes (40), and rotating about a first, a second and a third axis (30, 32, 34) parallel to one another and to said gripping wall (39).