Label applying method and associated receptacle

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A receptacle for use in applying labels, the receptacle comprising:
an end wall configured to support at least one article defining a label application surface substantially parallel therewith; a bottom wall and at least one sidewall configured to cooperate to support the at least one article such that the label application surface thereof is disposed at a selected position, the end wall, the bottom wall and the sidewall each being engaged with one another to collectively define an interior compartment, the sidewall extending upwardly from the bottom wall to define an opening configured to receive the at least one article therethrough such that the at least one article extends from the interior compartment through the opening; and a pivotable cover member opposed to the bottom wall and configured to be pivotable about a hinge positioned opposite from the end wall, the pivotable cover member having a distal end configured to engage the at least one article extending from the receptacle through the opening, so as to urge the at least one article against the end wall, when pivoted toward the end wall, wherein the end wall extends upwardly from the bottom wall past the opening to support the article inside and outside of the interior compartment.