Pressure-sensitive label receiving and applying station

Claim 1

A LABEL RECEIVING AND APPLYING STATION COMPRISING A VACUUM HOUSING IN COMMUNICATION WITH MEANS TO MAINTAIN THE AIR PRESSURE THEREIN BELOW THAT OF THE AMBIENT AIR, SAID VACUUM HOUSING HAVING A GRID ON ONE SIDE THEREOF FORMED OF AN OPEN NETWORK OF SUPPORT MEMBERS THE OUTER SURFACES OF WHICH ARE SUBSTANTIALLY COPLANAR, FLEXIBLE TUBING CONNECTING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID GRID AND COMPRISING A MULTIPLICITY OF CONNECTING STATIONS POSITIONED INTERMEDIATE ADJACENT SUPPORT MEMBERS, SAID STATIONS EACH BEING OPEN TO THE PASSAGE OF AMBIENT AIR THERETHROUGH WHEN UNCONNECTED TO A FLEXIBLE TUBE, A MULTIPLICITY OF LENGTHS OF FLEXIBLE TUBING EACH HAVING ONE END IN COMMUNICATION WITH A SOURCE OF COMPRESSED AIR AND THE OTHER END ADAPTED TO BE REMOVABLY ATTACHED TO A SAID STATION, MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF COMPRESSED AIR SIMULTANEOUSLY INTO SAID LENGTHS OF FLEXIBLE TUBING, THE NUMBER OF SAID LENGTHS OF FLEXIBLE TUBING BEING SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF SAID STATIONS, WHEREBY SAID OTHER ENDS OF SAID LENGTHS OF FLEXIBLE TUBING CAN BE ATTACHED TO AN EQUAL NUMBER OF STATIONS IN VARYING PATTERNS AS TO PROVIDE MEANS TO CONVENIENTLY SELECT THE COLLECTIVE PROFILE OF COMPRESSED AIR EMANATING FROM THE SAID OTHER ENDS OF SAID LENGTHS OF FLEXIBLE TUBING.