Labeling apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING A LABEL FROM A LABEL SUPPLYING MEANS TO THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF A SECTION OF AN OPEN BLOW MOLD SO THAT THE LABEL THEREAFTER MAY BE AFFIXED TO A CONTAINER AS IT IS BLOWN FROM A PARISON WITHIN THE BLOW MOLD WHEN THE LATTER IS IN A CLOSED POSITION COMPRISING: A STATIONARY SUPPORTING FRAME, AN ACTUATING CYLINDER HELD IN A FIXED POSITION BY SAID FRAME, A PISTON SLIDEABLY MOUNTED IN SAID CYLINDER AND HAVING A PISTON ROD, SUPPORT MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED WITH SAID PISTON ROD, ROTATING MEANS TO ROTATE SAID SUPPORT MEANS WITH RESPECT TO SAID PISTON ROD, A LABEL SUPPORTING PLATE HAVING A LABEL SUPPORTING SURFACE OF A SHAPE CORRESPONDING TO THAT OF SAID SECTION OF SAID BLOW MOLD, VACUUM MEANS IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID LABEL SUPPORTING SURFACE FOR SELECTIVELY RETAINING THEREON A LABEL RECEIVED FROM SAID SUPPLYING MEANS, A PLURALITY OF LINKS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND SAID LABEL SUPPORTING PLATE, MEANS TO ROTATE SAID LINKS TO MOVE SAID LABEL SUPPORTING PLATE AWAY FROM SAID SUPPORT MEANS, WHEREBY SAID ACTUATING CYLINDER IS ACTUATED TO WITHDRAW SAID SUPPORT MANS FROM SAID BLOW MOLD, AND THEREAFTER SAID ROTATING MEANS ROTATES SAID SUPPORT MEANS SO THAT SAID LABEL SUPPORTING PLATE IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY WITH SAID LABEL SUPPLYING MEAN, AND THEREAFTER SAID VACUUM MEANS IS ACTUATED TO RETAIN ON SAID LABEL SUPPORTING SURFACE A LABEL SUPPLIED BY SAID LABEL SUPPLYING MEANS, AND THEREAFTER S IAD ROTATING MEANS IS ROTATED TO MOVE SAID MEANS AWAY FROM SAID LABEL SUPPLYING MEANS, AND THEREAFTER SAID ACTUATING CYLINDER IS ACTUATED TO MOVE SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND SAID LABEL SUPPORTING PLATE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID BLOW MOLD AND INTO SAID BLOW MOLD AND THEREAFTER ACTUATING SAID MEANS TO ROTATE SAID LINKS TO MOVE SAID LABEL SUPPORTING PLATE AWAY FROM SAID SUPPORTING MEANS TO PLACE SAID LABEL AGAINST SAID SECTION OF SAID OPEN BLOW MOLD, AND THEN DEACTIVATING SAID VACUUM MEANS TO ALLOW SAID LABEL TO BE RETAINED OF SAID SURFACE OF AIS BLOW MOLD, AND THEN ACTUATING SAID MEANS TO ROTATE SAID LINKS TO MOVE SAID LABEL SUPPORTING PLATE AWAY FROM SAID SURFACE OF SAID BLOWN MOLD, AND THEN ACTUATING SAID CYLINDER TO WITHDRAW IN THE DIRECTION OF THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID BLOW MOLD THE SUPPORT MEANS AND SAID LABEL SUPPORTING PLATE FROM SAID BLOW MOLD.