Patent ID: 7712509
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: B65C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for automatically applying labels to produce, wherein a rotary bellows applicator carries a plurality of bellows, and each of said bellows has an upper surface, and wherein adhesive labels are carried in a label cassette wherein a label carrier strip moves along an axis of motion along a guide plate to a stripper edge, wherein said stripper edge forms a straight line perpendicular to said axis of motion, and wherein said labels are stripped from said label carrier strip and are transferred to said upper surface of a rotating bellows and thereafter applied by said bellows to the produce, comprising a rotary bellows applicator, three or more label cassettes angularly, disposed adjacent said applicator, and conveyor means for conveying singulated produce items past said rotary bellows applicator, wherein each of said label cassettes includes a guide plate having said stripper edge, and wherein said guide plate forms an angle φ with said upper surface of said rotary bellows applicator when said upper surface is adjacent said stripper edge, wherein φ is between 30° and 60°.