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A label applicator comprising a supporting structure and a label receiver mounted on the supporting structure for movement between a retracted position and an extended position. A label dispenser supplies a label to the label receiver when the label receiver is in the retracted position. The label i

A label applicator comprising a supporting structure and a label receiver mounted on the supporting structure for movement between a retracted position and an extended position. A label dispenser supplies a label to the label receiver when the label receiver is in the retracted position. The label is releasably retained on the label receiver. The label receiver is then moved to the extended position where the label is transferred by an air blast from the label receiver to an article.

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A method for supplying a label to a surface of an article comprising: moving the article to be labeled through a label applying station; providing a label receiver having a label receiving face and passage means opening at said face; supplying a label to a label receiving face of the label receiver

A method for supplying a label to a surface of an article comprising: moving the article to be labeled through a label applying station; providing a label receiver having a label receiving face and passage means opening at said face; supplying a label to a label receiving face of the label receiver when the label receiver is in a first position; applying reduced pressure to the passage means of the label receiver which is sufficient to releasably retain the label on the label receiving face of the label receiver; advancing the label receiver along a path from the first position toward the labeling station to a label applying position in which the label receiving face of the label receiver is spaced from the article as the article is moved through the label applying station, the label receiving face of the label receiver being substantially closer to the article in the label applying position than in the first position when the article is moved through the label applying station; applying a blast of gas through the passage means of the label receiver and against the label on the label receiving face of the label receiver to remove the label from the label receiving face when the label receiver is in the extended position and to transfer the label to the surface of the article at the labeling station without pressing the label against the article with the label receiver; and returning the label receiver to the first position along said path whereby the label receiver moves in both directions along said path between said first position and said label applying position.