Patent ID: 7641749
Filing Date: 2010-01-05
Classification: B65C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of labelling a succession of containers; the method comprising the following steps: identifying each container to assign to each container one of a number of possible types before each container is fed along a labelling path (P), each container being identified on the basis of at least one of colour, shape and size of the container or by processing information from operating machines located upstream from the labelling path (P); assigning each container with one of the possible types; feeding each container along the labelling path (P) through a number of labelling stations, each of the labelling stations being configured for applying a respective label to a container travelling through a respective labelling station; loading the labelling stations with different types of pre-printed labels and assigning to each type of pre-printed labels a category of containers different from the categories of containers of the other types of pre-printed labels so that each type of pre-printed labels loaded in a relevant labelling station is assigned to only a limited number of related containers; and only activating each labelling station to apply a type of pre-printed label to the container travelling through the labelling station if such container is of a type which falls within the category of containers assigned to the type of pre-printed labels loaded in the labelling station; so that each labelling station applies its own pre-printed labels to all and only the limited number of containers falling within the category of containers assigned to the pre-printed labels in the respective labelling station.