Patent ID: 8020601
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: B65C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Machine for equipping articles with labels, such as vessels or similar items, comprising: a rotatable carousel which transports the articles; a rigid frame supporting the rotatable carousel; a drive motor, wherein the drive motor rotates a vertical spindle; an aggregate reception, the aggregate reception comprising: an exchangeable labeling aggregate for equipping the articles with labels as the articles are transported by the carousel, the labeling aggregate having at least one second element that matingly engages with the at least one first element disposed on the top surface of the cross bar to center and fix the position of the labeling aggregate relative to the periphery of the carousel, wherein the upward and downward displacement of the cross bar by the drive motor allows the labeling aggregate to be lifted into different operational positions to set different label adhesion heights.