Patent ID: 7124796
Filing Date: 2006-10-24
Classification: B65C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for transferring at least one label portion from a label assembly onto an object comprising: a base; a stop wall connected to the base; an application area defined on a first surface of the base and bounded at one end by the stop wall; a first stripping member connected with respect to a first end portion of the application area, the first stripping member having at least one stripping finger extending from the stop wall toward the application area and suspended over at least a portion of the application area; and a second stripping member connected with respect to a second end portion of the application area and suspended over at least a portion of the application area, wherein at least a portion of the label assembly is positionable in a gap formed between the first stripping member and the application area and a gap formed between the second stripping member and the application area to position the at least one label portion on the base surface between the first stripping member and the second stripping member, wherein the label assembly remains on the application area following transfer of the at least one label portion from the label assembly onto the object.