Labelling machines

Claim 1

A LABELLING MACHINE OF THE TYPE DESCRIBED COMPRISING A PICK-UP MEMBER WITH AT LEAST TWO APERTURES, DRIVE MEANS FOR INTERMITTENTLY ROTATING SAID PICK-UP MEMBER, A GUMMING DEVICE FOR APPLYING GUM ALONG EACH SIDE OF EACH APERTURE IN TURN, A LABEL STACK TO APPLY A LABEL ACROSS EACH APERTURE IN TURN, A TRANSFER MEMBER CONTINUOUSLY ROTATABLE ABOUT AN AXIS PARALLEL TO AT LEAST ONE OF THE POSITIONS OF REST OF THE APERTURES OF THE PICK-UP MEMBER AND HAVING AN ARM THAT CARRIES A TRANSFER FINGER IN AN ORBITAL PATH THAT INTERSECTS AN APERTURE IN SAID ONE POSITION OF REST, THE TRANSFER FINGER BEING ROTATABLE ABOUT ITS OWN AXIS WITH RESPECT TO THE ARM AND BEING PROVIDED WITH LABEL-HOLDING SUCTION OPENINGS ALONG THE LENGTH OF ONE OF ITS FACES, MEANS TO MAINTAIN SAID ONE FACE OF THE TRANSFER FINGER ALWAYS PARALLEL TO THE PART OF THE PICK-UP MEMBER CONTAINING THE APERTURE TEMPORARILY OCCUPYING SAID ONE POSITION OF REST WHEREBY SAID TRANSFER FINGER IS ORIENTATED ON ITS CARRYING ARM WITH SAID ONE FACE FACING TOWARDS THE APERTURE THROUGH WHICH IT IS ABOUT TO PASS IN SAID ONE POSITION OF REST, A FEED PATH FOR GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL UPRIGHT ARTICLES, CONVEYOR MEANS FOR FEEDING THE ARTICLES IN SPACED RELATION PAST A LABELLING STATION POSITIONED ALONG SAID FEED PATH, DELIVERY MEANS AT SAID LABELLING STATION CONSISTING OF TWO WIPER FLAPS DISPOSED EDGE-