Patent ID: 6823921
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: B65C,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for applying a security element for electronic article surveillance to a label, comprising a plurality of stations that the devices pass through in succession, said stations comprising:a pick-up station for labels in which one label at a time is picked up from a stack of labels, wherein each label is moved into a correct pick-un position by a feed; an applicator station in which at least one security element at a time is applied to each label wherein each security element is moved into a correct position by a feed; a storage station for the labels having the security elements thereon, each said label having the security element thereon being deposited in a label stack, said storage station comprising a magazine, into which each label having a security element thereon is deposited; and a plurality of suction heads which are exposed to pressure below atmospheric in phases between the pick-up station and the storage station, said suction heads disposed on a rotary unit which which transfer the labels from the pick-up station to the applicator station and which transfer the labels with the security elements from the applicator station to the storage station, said pick-up station, said applicator station and said storage station arranged tangent to a circular path upon which the suction heads travel.