Patent ID: 6454988
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: B29C

Abstract:
A method for dispensing labels from a label magazine to first and second label transfer mechanisms comprising the steps of:(a) aligning said label magazine and said first label transfer mechanism; (b) providing relative movement in a first direction between said label magazine and said first label transfer mechanism and gripping a first label with said first label transfer mechanism; (c) providing relative movement between said label magazine and said first label transfer mechanism in a second direction lateral to said first direction to align said label magazine with said second label transfer mechanism such that a portion of said first label supported on said first label transfer mechanism is aligned with said label magazine; (d) imparting relative movement between said magazine and said second label transfer mechanism toward one another; and (e) causing said second label transfer mechanism to remove a second label from said magazine while said first label remains engaged on said first label transfer mechanism in overlapping relationship to said second label.