Label applying method and associated receptacle

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9532594
APP PUB NO 20140290672A1
SERIAL NO

14305452

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A label applying apparatus and a related method are provided. The label applying apparatus may include a label applicator and a receptacle. The label applicator may include a displaceable piston with an applicator surface configured to receive a label. The receptacle may include walls that define an interior compartment. Further the receptacle may include a pivotable cover member that pivots about a hinge between a closed position that covers an upper opening of the receptacle and an open position in which articles of material may be inserted into the interior compartment. The distal end of an upper portion of the pivotable cover member may engage the articles such that the articles are retained in a position whereby the displaceable piston extends into the interior compartment and applies a label to a label application surface of the most proximate one of the articles to the applicator surface of the displaceable piston.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Coleman,, Sr Benjamin Floyd Winston-Salem, US 3 1
Hardy, Victor Lee Clemmons, US 2 1
Weaver, Robert Eugene High Point, US 3 1

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