Patent ID: 7922857

Claim:
A label joining method for folding back and reversing an release paper that holds a label joined thereto while the release paper being fed forward, suction-holding from above by a suction head a printed surface of the label that is separated from the release paper by the folding-back and fed forward, and feeding and joining the label to a work piece, the method comprising the step of: suction-holding the downward suction surface of the suction head onto the label by approaching the suction head in a forwardly inclined posture to a top of the label being separated so as to make the label and the suction surface parallel to each other under a state where a part of a rear end portion of the label is kept joining and holding onto the release paper while a front end portion of the label fed forward from a folded-back position of the release paper is received on a lifting receiver base to keep the label in a forwardly and downwardly inclined posture and by pressing the label to the work piece.