AUTOMATED LABELING APPARATUS USING LABELS HAVING A FLUID ACTIVATABLE ADHESIVE

摘要

An apparatus and method is described herein for automatically labeling using labels (21) having a fluid activatable adhesive along the back surface of such label (21). The apparatus has multiple pallets (32) each being positionable with the lowermost label (21) of a stack (42) of one or more labels (21) to releasably secure by suction the label (21) against the pallet (32), and multiple pads (52) each being positionable with respect to pallets (32) to receive labels (21) from the pallets (32) and then releasably retain such labels (21) until application onto containers (20). Fluid for activating adhesive is applied by an applicator (54a) onto labels (21) retained upon the pad (52) to change the fluid activatable adhesive along the label's back surface from a non-tacky state to a tacky state just prior to application of the label (21) onto the container (20).