Patent ID: 8066048
Filing Date: 2011-11-29
Classification: B65C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device for applying labels to a label carrier comprising a movable rack which defines a plurality of magazine sites, each of the magazine sites being configured for accommodating a label magazine that is suitable for accommodating a number of labels, and which includes docking means with the aid of which the rack can be docked to a labelling unit prepared for applying the individual labels from a selected label magazine to the label carrier, and a supply unit through which a selected label magazine can be transferred from the magazine site within the rack to an operating position at which the labels are taken hold of by the labelling unit and applied individually to one of the label carriers, wherein the supply unit is arranged between the rack and the labelling unit and comprises a handling means with at least one handling element with the aid of which a selected label magazine can be transferred from the magazine site within the rack to the operating position, and wherein the handling means is associated with the labelling unit and defines docking countermeans through which the docking means of the rack can be mechanically connected to the labelling unit.