Labeling machine

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR APPLYING LABLES TO THE SIDES OF FLAT BASE MEMBERS, COMPRISING A FRAME, FIRST CONVEYOR MEANS ON SAID FRAME FOR HORIZONTALLY FEEDING SAID MEMBERS EDGEWISE IN SUCCESSION ALONG THE FRAME, A FIRST LABEL-APPLYING MECHANISM ON SAID FRAME BELOW SAID CONVEYOR MEANS FOR APPLYING A LABEL TO THE UNDERSIDE OF EACH MEMBER AS IT MOVES PAST THE MECHANISM, A ROTARY INVERTER ON SAID FRAME HAVING A NUMBER OF RADIAL BASE-MEMBER-RECEIVING SLOTS, SAID INVERTER BEING ROTATABLE IN ONE DIRECTION TO ROTATE SAID SLOTS SUCCESSIVELY THROUGH A FIRST POSITION, WHEREIN EACH SLOT IS DISPOSED TO RECEIVE A LABELED BASE MEMBER FROM SAID CONVEYOR MEANS, AND A SECOND POSITION 180* DISPLACED FROM SAID FIRST POSITION, WHEREIN THE BASE MEMBER IN EACH SLOT IS INVERTED AND HAS ITS UNLABELED SIDE LOWERMOST, SECOND CONVEYOR MEANS ON SAID FRAME FOLLOWING SAID INVERTER FOR EXTRACTING THE BASE MEMBER FROM EACH INVERTER SLOT IN SAID SECOND POSITION AND HORIZONTALLY FEEDING EACH MEMBER EDGEWISE ALONG SAID FRAME, A SECOND LABEL-APPLYING MECHANISM ON SAID FRAME BELOW SAID SECOND CONVEYOR MEANS FOR APPLYING A LABEL TO THE UNDERSIDE OF EACH MEMBER MOVING PAST THE LATTER MECHANISM, AND MEANS FOR SYNCHRONOUSLY DRIVING SAID COVEYOR MEANS AND INTERMITTENTLY ROTATING SAID INVERTER IN SAID ONE DIRECTION SO THAT EACH INVERTER SLOT IS SUCCESSIVELY ARRESTED IN SAID FIRST POSITION TO RECEIVE A BASE MEMBER FROM SAID FIRST CONVEYOR MEANS AND IN SAID SECOND POSITION TO DELIVER ITS RESPECTIVE BASE MEMBER TO SAID SECOND CONVEYOR MEANS.