Methods and apparatus for producing and for applying labels to necks of bottles without separate support web

摘要

An apparatus for applying labels including hanging labels, in the form of a continuous web of material to containers is defined. The apparatus includes first and second reels on which the continuous web material is wound for application to containers by the apparatus. The apparatus includes an automatic splicing arrangement for feeding web material from a second reel after the first reel is exhausted. The labels are in the form of a continuous web of material and no separate support web is provided for the labels. The apparatus includes a pair of interchange rollers and a pair of associated guide means which merge to define a single guide means, and an indexing means disposed adjacent the point where the guide means merge. The interchange rollers are synchronously driven by a single drive means via a servo means or the like. The web of labels is made by printing on one or both sides of the web of material and plough-folding the web of material parallel to the longitudinal axis of the material to generate a succession of joined multi-layer labels or leaflets.