Patent ID: 8584334

Claim:
A widening device for applying label sleeves on objects wherein an inner diameter of the label sleeve is smaller than a diameter of a perimeter of the objects on which the label sleeve is to be applied, the widening device comprises: first and second widening jaws, wherein the widening jaws each engage an inner surface of the label sleeve; a third widening jaw and a fourth widening jaw are movably arranged between the first widening jaw and the second widening jaw in such a way that the third widening jaw and the fourth widening jaw also engage the inner surface of the label sleeve; a pair of articulated supports wherein one of the pair of articulated supports carries the third widening jaw and one of the pair of articulated supports carries the fourth widening jaw, wherein each of the pair of articulated supports includes a first movable lever and a second movable lever and a respective common pivot for pivotably connecting each of the pairs of the first movable levers and the second movable levers; wherein the first widening jaw is hingeably mounted on a first arm, and the second widening jaw is hingeably mounted on a second arm; and, wherein the levers are hinged with a respective end opposite the respective common pivot to a first arm and to a second arm with a second respective pivot.