Patent ID: 7160412
Filing Date: 2007-01-09
Classification: B65C,B65H,G09F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of applying hanging labels over the neck of a bottle comprising the steps of: providing a roll of hanging labels joined in a single continuous web, without a separate support web and without a line of weakness between labels each hanging label being planar and defining a neck-aperture extending through the plane of the label; feeding the hanging label web through a guide channel to an applicator comprising a cutting means disposed adjacent to a feed belt means including an upper and a lower feed belt; separating a hanging label from the web via the cutting means of the applicator; transporting and positioning the neck-tag over the neck of a bottle by means of the feed belt means; and releasing the hanging label onto the neck of the bottle, with the aperture encompassing the neck of the bottle.