US 12,252,292 B2
Systems and methods for applying labels to food products
Tim Moore, Fresno, CA (US); and David Southwood, Fresno, CA (US)
Assigned to Sinclair Systems International, LLC, Fresno, CA (US)
Filed by Sinclair Systems International, LLC, Fresno, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/333,589.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/351,873, filed on Jun. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0399138 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. B65C 9/18 (2006.01); B65C 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65C 9/1876 (2013.01) [B65C 9/0006 (2013.01)] 35 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
19. A method of applying labels to food products, comprising:
pulling a label on two part backing along a pathway comprising one or more rollers to a stripping point in a first direction, the two part backing comprising a first strip and a second strip;
removing the two part backing from the label by pulling the label from the first strip and the second strip at the stripping point using suction;
continuing to pull the first strip and the second strip over a first plate to direct the first strip in a second direction and the second strip in a third direction, the second and third directions being different from the first direction;
further pulling the first strip and the second strip over a second plate that is configured to further direct the first strip and the second strip in a fourth direction that is different than any of the first direction, the second direction, and the third direction.