FRITZ E BAUER
Engineering in Shrewsbury, MA

4511425, Apr 16, 1985

Jun 13, 1983

6/503486

Mary G. Boyd - Framingham MA
Donald R. Smith - Hingham MA
Peter F. Imondi - Providence RI
Norman A. Hiatt - Framingham MA
Fritz E. Bauer - Shrewsbury MA
John M. Anemaet - Millis MA
Alfred K. MacKenzie - Wayland MA

Dennison Manufacturing Company - Framingham MA

B32B 3100, B30B 502, B44C 300

156493

Apparatus for heat transfer labelling of articles using a resilient pad maintained at elevated temperatures. Decorative laminates affixed to a support member such as a web are fed to a heated platen. A resilient pad consisting of a silicone elastomer is pressed against the laminate at the heated platen, whereby the laminate adheres to the pad when it retracts from the platen. The heated pad is then pressed against an article to be labelled, to which the transfer substrate adheres in preference to the pad surface. The resilient pad is typically heated to a temperature above ambient temperature but lower than that of the heated platen. The pad is heated by repetitive contact with the platen, and additionally by an independent heater. The pad may include one or more interior heating elements, or an exterior radiant heater located adjacent the pad during periods between label transfers. This apparatus is well suited to the labelling of articles of a wide variety of sizes, shapes, and materials.

4732641, Mar 22, 1988

Jul 1, 1985

6/750447

Jacek A. Nechay - Northboro MA
Fritz E. Bauer - Shrewsbury MA
Bernard R. Danti - Lexington MA
Mark Lukkarinen - Merrimack NH

Dennison Manufacturing Co. - Framingham MA

B65C 904, B65C 900, B44C 100

156448

Application of heat transfer labels to articles. A roller having a smooth elastomeric coating turns against a moving web. The web carries heated labels which are transferred to the roller. The roller, with a transferred label thereon, turns against a moving article, and transfers the label to same. The elastomeric coating conforms to the article surface.

4300974, Nov 17, 1981

Sep 3, 1980

6/183704

Fritz E. Bauer - Shrewsbury MA

Dennison Manufacturing Company - Framingham MA

B65H 2500, B32B 3100, B44C 3100

156360

Apparatus is disclosed for decorating the sides of bottles and similar articles having a variety of cross-sections, of the type in which a label is pressed onto the article from a carrier web while both the web and article are in motion. The apparatus includes a cam and cam follower mechanism wherein the cam is profiled in the cross-section of the article. The cam and cam follower are driven by a cable moving at the linear velocity of the carrier web in order to coordinate web advance with article rotation. The article is housed on a laterally movable swing arm during labelling to provide a variable axial location.

4832783, May 23, 1989

Dec 7, 1987

7/131482

Jack A. Nechay - Northboro MA
Fritz E. Bauer - Shrewsbury MA
Bernard R. Danti - Lexington MA
Mark Lukkarinen - Merrimack NH

Dennison Manufacturing Company - Framingham MA

B65C 904, B65C 900, B44C 100

156448

Application of heat transfer labels to articles. A roller having a smooth elastomeric coating turns against a moving web. The web carries heated labels which are transferred to the roller. The roller, with a transferred label thereon, turns against a moving article, and transfers the label to same. The elastomeric coating conforms to the article surface.

4735664, Apr 5, 1988

Aug 6, 1985

6/763101

Syed A. Asghar - Brockton MA
Fritz Bauer - Shrewsbury MA
Joseph F. Callinan - Natick MA
Voldemars Kaliksons - Harvard MA
Jack Zettler - Stow MA
Peter Imondi - Providence RI
Alan Wysoki - Millis MA
Tim Somadelis - Auburn MA

Dennison Manufacturing Company - Framingham MA

B32B 3100

156 64

A decorator controlled by a signal processor for applying heat transfer labels and the like to articles. Servo circuits accept processor commands and direct operation of label feed and transfer elements. A transfer roller moves in a continuously variable manner to follow the contour of the article surface. A position roller precisely matches web movement to article movement, or enables controlled stretching or shrinking of the labels as they are applied to articles. A turret loads, indexes, and unloads articles for label application at two decorating sites. Indexing of the articles takes place as the turret is rotated.