Patent ID: 7955469
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: B65C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of labeling a container comprising the steps: (a) unwinding from a first winder a heat transfer label from a heat transfer label roll; wherein the heat transfer label comprises a heat label releasably affixed to a heat label transfer web; (b) rolling unwound heat transfer label along a roller of a heat idler affixed along a path; (c) heating the heat transfer label, rolled from the roller of a heat idler, along a heating surface of a heater plate, wherein the distance the heat transfer label passes along the heating surface comprising a heating contact length; (d) moving the roller of the heat idler along the path to change the heating contact length; (e) applying the releasable affixed label to a container to provide a labeled container; and (f) vacuuming the heat transfer label, unwound from the first winder, in a vacuum box.