Labeling device with an installation for marking labels

Claim 1

In a label applying turret for picking labels from an extraction cylinder at one side of the turret and transferring the labels to objects to be labeled at another side of the turret, said turret having a series of outwardly facing label transfer and support pads and grip means at the leading edge of the pads to hold labels on the pads as the turret rotates between the extraction cylinder and the objects to be labeled, the improvement comprising a corresponding series of outwardly facing label markers mounted on the turret adjacent to the leading edge of the pads and substantially flush with said pads, each label marker being associated with a corresponding pad whereby respective labels gripped by the grip means and carried by said pads also lie against associated adjacent markers, and inwardly pressing means for pressing the labels against the markers to cause marked impressions on the labels in the course of transfer of the labels from the extraction cylinder to the objects to be labeled, said grip means respectively comprising for each pad a pair of gripper elements disposed adjacent the opposite sides of the marker at the leading edge of that pad whereby to grip the leading edge of the label in close proximity to and at opposite sides of the marker and hold the leading edge of the label between said gripper elements against movement during the marking thereof between said gripper elements.