Patent ID: 8545666

Claim:
A labeling apparatus for applying wrap labels, the labeling apparatus comprising: a first conveyor section; a second conveyor section aligned with the first conveyor section thereby defining a conveying surface along which a package is conveyed in a conveying direction, the first conveyor section being spaced from the second conveyor section in the conveying direction thereby defining a gap between the first conveyor section and the second conveyor section; a label conveyor located at least partially below the conveying surface having a vertical orientation to define an upward wrap label feed path to deliver a wrap label upwardly through the gap between the first and second conveyor sections; a wiper assembly located above and spaced vertically from the conveying surface to define a space between the wiper assembly and the conveying surface, the wiper assembly is arranged to receive a leading edge of the wrap label when it is delivered from the label conveyor and to position the leading edge of the wrap label such that the wrap label spans the space between the wiper assembly and the conveying surface for delivery of an adhesive surface of the wrap label over an edge of the package as the package passes through the space.