Patent ID: 8020601

Claim:
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: a vertically disposed guide secured to the frame; a rigid cross bar slidably coupled to guide, the cross bar engaging the spindle such that when the drive motor rotates in a first direction, the cross bar is upwardly displaced relative to the drive motor, and when the drive motor rotates in a second direction, the cross bar is downwardly displaced relative to the drive motor; and at least one first element disposed on a top surface of the cross bar; and 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.