Patent ID: 6568451
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: B65C,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for labelling individual foodstuffs packages comprising:a feed unit which transports a package to be labeled, wherein the feed unit comprises a horizontal conveyance path for the package comprising a feed-in-section, a continuous belt, a weighing section, an application section in which a printed label is applied to an underside of the package being transported along said conveyance path and an exit section; and a printing device which prints a label detachably affixed to a carrier strip; wherein the application section comprises a roller which is driven so as to be synchronous with the package during the application process of the label, said roller being located adjacent to and below a terminal position of said belt, said roller receiving said package from said belt and conveying said package to said exit section of said conveyance path, wherein the printed label is removed from the carrier strip and carried by a part of an outer circumference of the roller and fed to the package, and wherein a point of labelling the package coincides with a zenith of the roller, and wherein said point of labelling is arranged on a horizontal projection in the direction the belt.