Patent ID: 6883576

Claim:
A quick change roll-fed high speed labeling system, comprising: a conveyor for moving articles to be labeled; an infeed screw assembly for spacing and stabilizing the articles, said infeed screw assembly comprising a feedscrew having a plurality of pockets for receiving and properly spacing successive ones of the articles as they enter said system, and a gear drive for driving said feedscrew, said feedscrew being pivotable through a range of motion both horizontally and vertically; a rotatable starwheel assembly having a plurality of spaced pockets for receiving individual ones of the articles therein; a rotatable vacuum drum assembly, a supply of roll fed labels, wherein said labels are dispensed singly onto a label receiving face of said rotatable vacuum drum assembly; a jackshaft for driving said feedscrew, wherein said gear drive comprises a right angle gearbox for transferring power to said jack shaft; wherein said gear drive further comprises a geartrain having a first gear, a second idler gear, and a third gear which rotatably drives said feedscrew.