Patent ID: 6527888
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: B65C,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for high speed application of tags to advancing articles comprising:a source of a plurality of tags on a continuous web; a tag transfer drum having a plurality of slots for engaging said plurality of tags on said continuous web as said drum rotates; a first servo motor having a shaft to which said drum is attached for rotating said drum in predetermined increments; means positioned adjacent to said drum for pressing each tag of said plurality of tags into one of said plurality of slots as said tag transfer drum rotates; means positioned adjacent to said drum for removing said web from said tags secured within said plurality of slots of said drum; means for ejecting each of said plurality of tags onto one of said advancing articles when said advancing articles pass by said rotating drum; and a second servo means having a shaft to which said ejecting means is attached for controlling said ejecting means.