Patent ID: 8881786

Claim:
A device for forming and transferring a sleeve-like label to a container to be labeled, comprising a supporting frame for a carousel designed to support said containers to be labeled, peripherally to said carousel a plurality of forming spindles being provided which are adapted to transfer a respective sleeve-like label onto the outer surface of a container to be labeled, a feeder designed to feed a portion of heat-shrink film to at least one forming spindle and means for wrapping said portion of heat-shrink film around the lateral surface of said forming spindle in order to provide a sleeve-like label designed to be transferred, by transfer means, from said at least one forming spindle to a container to be labeled, feeder means being provided which are adapted to move, along an approach path that has at least one component perpendicular to the axis of said forming spindle, said container to be labeled to a labeling position arranged below said at least one forming spindle and pick-up means adapted to pick up said container with said sleeve-like label fitted around the respective lateral surface along a spacing path for removal from said labeling position which has at least one component perpendicular to the axis of said forming spindle, wherein said at least one forming spindle comprises at least one terminal guiding body, which is arranged at a lower end of said forming spindle and has a lower edge arranged at least partially at a level lower than an upper end of a top portion of said container to be labeled in the labeling position, said at least one terminal guiding body having at least one lateral access opening that can be crossed by said top portion of said container to be labeled arriving at said labeling position along said approach path and leaving said labeling position along said spacing path, said device further comprising means for the angular movement of said forming spindle about its own axis to position said at least one late al access opening along said approach path so as to allow the feeding of said container to be labeled in said labeling position and along said spacing path in order to allow the discharge of said container with said sleeve-like label fitted around the respective lateral surface from said labeling position.