Stage pad and label rejector

Claim 1

A LABELING APPARATUS COMPRISING MEANS FOR ADVANCING AN ARTICLE PAST A LABELING REGION, MEANS FOR PREVENTING MOVEMENT OF THE ARTICLE TO THE LABELING REGION, MEANS FOR ADVANCING A LABEL TO THE LABELING REGION, SAID LABEL ADVANCING MEANS INCLUDING A CYCLICALLY ACTING DEVICE FOR PROCURING ADVANCEMENT AND DELIVERY OF A LABEL DURING EACH CYCLE, SAID LABEL ADVANCING MEANS BEING EFFECTIVE FOR ADVANCING A PROPER OR AN IMPROPER LABEL TO THE LABELING REGION, MEANS DIFFERENTIALLY RESPONSIVE TO EACH LABEL AT ITS APPROACH TO THE LABELING REGION AND EFFECTIVE TO DETERMINE THE PRESENCE OF A PROPER OR AN IMPROPER LABEL AND TO OBTAIN ACTUATION OF SAID ARTICLE MOVEMENT PREVENTING MEANS WHEN THE PRESENCE OF AN IMPROPER LABEL IS DETERMINED, A COUNTING DEVICE, A FIRST SWITCH RESPONSIVE TO THE PRESENCE OF AN ARTICLE WHICH HAS BEEN MOVED PAST SAID MOVEMENT PREVENTING MEANS AND MEANS CONTROLLED BY SAID FIRST SWITCH FOR PROCURING A SAID CYCLE OF OPERATION, A NORMALLY OPEN SECOND SWITCH INCLUDED IN SAID LATTER CONTROLLED MEANS AND CONNECTED TO SAID DIFFERENTIALLY RESPONSIVE MEANS TO BE CLOSED WHEN A PROPER LABEL IS PRESENT AND TO BE CLOSED AND THEN REOPENED WHEN AN IMPROPER LABEL IS DETERMINED, A NORMALLY CLOSED THIRD SWITCH CONNECTED TO BE OPENED BY THE PRESENCE OF AN ARTICLE AT THE LABELING REGION, AND A NORMALLY CLOSED FOURTH SWITCH CONNECTED TO SAID DEFFERENTIALLY RESPONSIVE MEANS TO BE OPENED WHEN A LABEL APPROACHES THE LABELING REGION AND AT A TIME PRIOR TO THE CLOSING OF SAID FIRST SWITCH, AND CIRCUIT MEANS INCLUDING SAID SECOND SWITCH AND TWO BRANCHES IN ONE OF WHICH IS THE FIRST SWITCH AND IN THE OTHER OF WHICH ARE THE THIRD AND FOURTH SWITCHES IN SERIES, SAID CIRCUIT MEANS BEAING CONNECTED FOR ACTUATING SAID COUNTING DEVICE.