Patent ID: 7946330

Claim:
A machine for applying labels ( 2 ) to containers ( 3 ) in the tobacco industry, machine ( 1 ) comprising: a conveying device ( 10 ) for feeding a container ( 3 ) in a traveling direction (A) along a given path (P 1 ) through an application station ( 11 ); and a feed assembly ( 19 ) for feeding one label ( 2 ) at a time along a feed path (P 2 ) from a transfer station ( 23 ; 27 ) to the application station ( 11 ), and which comprises at least one gripping assembly ( 36 ) for retaining the label ( 2 ) and applying the label ( 2 ) to a given portion of the container ( 3 ) at the application station ( 11 ), the feed assembly ( 19 ) being movable crosswise to the traveling direction (A) to adjust the given portion of the container ( 3 ) to which the label ( 2 ) is applied, the feed assembly ( 19 ) comprising a store ( 20 ) of labels ( 2 ), and an application unit ( 30 ) for applying the label ( 2 ) to the container ( 3 ); the application unit ( 30 ) and the store ( 20 ) being movable with respect to each other crosswise to said traveling direction (A) and to said feed path (P 2 ).