GB1343494A - Label accumulator for addressing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

1343494 Labelling machine XEROX CORP 12 May 1971 [15 May 1970] 14449/71 Heading B8F [Also in Division B6] A labelling machine comprises a label transfer wheel 17 for labelling articles and a label accumulator 21 which holds a supply of labels 11, separated from sheet 20, prior to transfer to wheel 17 in order that the supplying means and transfer wheel need not be exactly synchronized. The labels are detached a row at a time from the sheet, previously slit lengthwise by slitters 63, by guillotine 40, and fed to the accumulator on the upper run of endless belt 35, moving around pulleys 38, 39. A stripping finger 34 detaches the labels from pulley 38 and they collect, standing on edge on the base 27, in the accumulator. A pick-off wheel 22 removes the labels through gap 25, between base and rear wall 28, to shoe 30 of transfer wheel 17. Vacuum acts through slots in belt 35, the pulley 38, wheel 22 and shoe 30 to hold the labels against the moving parts. Articles such as envelopes, are fed by a conveyer between the transfer wheel 17 and a pressure roll (not shown). The spacing between the wheel 17 and the pressure roll may be adjustable to accommodate articles of different thicknesses. For coating the underside of the labels with adhesive a glue dispensing roller is mounted to the left of wheel 17, as seen in Fig. 2. Alternatively label information only may be transferred to the articles, for instance wax impressions carried on the label may be transferred by including suitable heating means in wheel 17.