US 11,905,064 B2
Labelling apparatus control
Kevin Cartwright, Halesowen (GB)
Assigned to ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/583,360.
Claims priority of application No. 2101109 (GB), filed on Jan. 27, 2021; and application No. 2200458 (GB), filed on Jan. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0234778 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B32B 41/00 (2006.01); B65C 9/40 (2006.01)
CPC B65C 9/40 (2013.01) [B65C 2009/408 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control module for a labelling apparatus, comprising:
an input configured to receive a label generation request indicating a food item to be labelled;
an output configured to provide a print signal to a label printing device; and
a processor configured to:
identify a set of ingredients of the indicated food item in response to receipt of the label generation request;
verify that the identified set of ingredients of the food item is a most recent set of ingredients of the food item;
if the identified set of ingredients of the food item is verified as the most recent set of ingredients of the food item, output the print signal to cause the label printing device to print an information label indicating the set of ingredients of the food item; and
if the identified set of ingredients of the food item cannot be verified as the most recent set of ingredients of the food item, prevent provision of the print signal to the label printing device and provide an error indication to an error output device to cause an error alert to be output.