US 12,404,066 B2
Labeling machine
Riccardo Bardini, Torri del Benaco (IT)
Assigned to P.E. LABELLERS S.P.A., Porto Mantovano (IT)
Appl. No. 18/284,088
Filed by P.E. LABELLERS S.P.A., Porto Mantovano (IT)
PCT Filed Sep. 16, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/075459
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 26, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/207130, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 6, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102021000007778 (IT), filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0166398 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. B65C 9/18 (2006.01); B65C 9/00 (2006.01); B65C 9/02 (2006.01); B65C 9/22 (2006.01)
CPC B65C 9/1819 (2013.01) [B65C 9/02 (2013.01); B65C 9/226 (2013.01); B65C 2009/0075 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A labeling machine, comprising: a conveyor of containers to be labeled along an advancement path and at least one labeling station, which is arranged along said advancement path, said labeling station comprising an unreeling assembly for a label ribbon, on which multiple labels are printed in succession, and at least one drum designed to receive on a lateral surface thereof said label ribbon or labels obtained by cutting said label ribbon, at least one skid being arranged at a peripheral region of said drum and having at least one relief portion with a relief directed outward with respect to a remaining part of the lateral surface of said drum, at least one glue roller being arranged laterally to said drum and being designed to apply glue at least on regions of said labels that rest on said at least one relief portion of said at least one skid, wherein at least said relief portion of said at least one skid is made of an elastically yielding material, wherein said at least one skid is constituted by a body which is made entirely of the elastically yielding material and wherein said at least one skid has at least one internal cavity which is adapted to facilitate elastic pliability at least of said relief portion.