Patent ID: 8267142

Claim:
A modular labeling station detachably connectable to a labeling machine and operable to affix labels to containers held by a carousel of said labeling machine, said modular labeling station having a proximal side at which the labeling station is connectable to the labeling machine and a distal side opposite the proximal side and facing away from the labeling machine when the labeling station is connected to the labeling machine, the labeling station comprising: a base intended to stand on a floor on the distal side and to be coupled to the labeling machine on the proximal side of the labeling machine, a labeling unit adjustably mounted on the base by means of a support plate, and centering means for mounting the base on said labeling machine, said centering means comprising a station side portion adapted to couple to a corresponding machine side portion of the labeling machine, wherein the base comprises: a foot block having one or more feet for supporting the labeling station on the floor, said one or more feet being provided only on the distal side of the labeling station, a central block rotatably connected to the foot block by a first hinge which allows relative rotation of the central block with respect to the foot block about a horizontal axis, wherein said station side portion of the centering means is provided at the central block on the proximal side of the labeling station, the support plate of the labeling unit is rotatably connected to the central block by a second hinge arranged at the proximal side of the labeling station and allowing relative rotation of the support plate with respect to the central block about an adjustment axis, said adjustment axis of said second hinge is different from said horizontal axis of said first hinge, said second hinge is arranged at a distance from said station side portion of the centering means, and further comprising lifting means connected between the central block and the support plate and operable to adjust the position of the support plate relative to the central block by lowering or raising a distal end of the support plate with respect to the central block thereby rotating the support plate about the adjustment axis.