Patent ID: 8052835

Claim:
An incorrect label removal system for removing unwanted labels from a web of labels in a labeling machine, said incorrect label removal system comprising: a label peel assembly positioned between two fixed points along the direction of travel of the web of labels, said label peel assembly including a unitary peel unit having continuous outer surfaces from which labels may be selectively separated from the web due to the direction of travel of the web around at least a portion of said unitary peel unit, said unitary peel unit providing a first orientation in which the web travels around a non-peel portion of the outer surfaces of the unitary peel unit such that labels remain on the web as the web passes over the non-peel portion, and said unitary peel unit selectively providing a second orientation in which the web travels around a peel portion of the outer surfaces of the unitary peel unit such that labels are removed from the web as the web passes over the peel portion, wherein the non-peel portion is continuous with the peel portion, and wherein said label peel assembly provides that a length of the web between the two fixed points is substantially the same when the label peel assembly is in each of the first orientation and the second orientation.