Apparatus for applying body and neck labels to bottles

Claim 1

A BOTTLE-LABELLING MACHINE OF THE TYPE IN WHICH BODY LABELS ARE PRESENTED TO A SPACED SUCCESSION OF BOTTLES BY A ROTARY DELIVERY DRUM TO WHICH THE LABELS ARE HELD, GUMMED SIDE OUT, BY SUCTION OPENINGS IN THE DRUM, THE DRUM SERVING TO ROLL THE BOTTLES ALONG A CONCENTRIC PRESSURE MEMBER FOR COMPLETE APPLICATION OF THE LABELS TO TAKE PLACE BY ROLLING THEM FROM THE DRUM ONTO THE BOTTLES, PROVIDED WITH A ROTATABLE FEED MEMBER OF THE TYPE BEARING A NUMBER OF UNIFORMLY-SPACED DOWNWARDLYDIRECTED PRESSER HEADS ROUND ITS PERIPHERY FOR CLAMPING BOTTLES SUPPLIED TO A SUPPORT TRACK, AND CHARACTERIZED BY THE PRESSURE HEADS AND THE SUPPORT TRACK PASSING CLOSE TO THE PERIPHERY OF THE DELIVERY DRUM AT THE PERIPHERAL SPEED OF THE DELIVERY DRUM, AND BY MEANS FOR PRESENTING A NECK LABEL ACROSS THE PATH OF EACH BOTTLE IN ADVANCE OF THE POSTION AT WHICH THE BOTTLE ENCOUNTERS THE DELIVERY DRUM, WITH THE GUMMED SIDE OF THE LABEL FACING THE ONCOMING BOTTLE, MEANS FOR WIPING THE NECK LABELS TO THE BOTTLES BEFORE THEY ENCOUNTER THE DELIVERY DRUM, AND MEANS FOR RELEASING THE PRESSER HEADS FROM THE BOTTLES IMMEDIATELY BEFORE EACH BOTTLE ENCOUNTERS THE DELIVERY DRUM, AND ALSO CHARACTERIZED IN THAT THE PRESSER HEADS ARE NON-NOTATABLE WITH RESPECT TO THEIR OWN AXES.