Patent ID: 8434540

Claim:
A labeling machine, comprising: a housing defining a space capable of mounting at least one module on at least two different external mounting stations, and an arm having an arm portion capable of holding a label supply roll and having a base portion, the arm portion being oblique to the base portion, one of the housing and the base portion having at least two first locating surfaces that are spaced apart from one another and the other of the housing and the base portion having at least one second locating surface selectively cooperable with either one of the first locating surfaces such that the base may be mounted to the housing at any one of the different mounting stations on the housing in either a first orientation or a second orientation which is different than the first orientation, wherein the arm portion extends away from the housing in a first direction when the base is mounted to the housing in the first orientation and the arm portion extends away from the housing in a second direction when the base is mounted to the housing in the second orientation, said second direction being different than the first direction.