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An apparatus and associated method for applying labels having a pressure sensitive adhesive on at least one face to articles. The label applicator includes a supporting structure supporting a label dispenser having a peeler bar and a label receiver. The label dispenser is adapted to remove labels fr

An apparatus and associated method for applying labels having a pressure sensitive adhesive on at least one face to articles. The label applicator includes a supporting structure supporting a label dispenser having a peeler bar and a label receiver. The label dispenser is adapted to remove labels from a backing strip and transfer the labels to the label receiver. The peeler bar is configured with an integral heater to heat each label as the label is passed over the peeler bar. A hot gas dispenser is attached to the label dispenser and is used to dispense a flow of heated air against the label to soften the adhesive on each label as the label is passed from the label dispenser to the label receiver. The label receiver is adapted to releasably retain the label and transfer the label onto a surface on the article.

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1. A label applicator for removing labels from an elongated backing strip and for applying at least one of the labels to a surface on an article, said label applicator comprising:a supporting structure; a label receiver movably mounted to the supporting structure, said label receiver having a label

1. A label applicator for removing labels from an elongated backing strip and for applying at least one of the labels to a surface on an article, said label applicator comprising:a supporting structure; a label receiver movably mounted to the supporting structure, said label receiver having a label receiving face for releasably refraining a label; a label dispenser attached to the supporting structure for removing at least one label having am adhesive layer thereon from the backing strip and for transferring the label onto the label receiving face, said label dispenser comprising a peeler bar having a peeling surface over which the backing strip can be drawn for removing the label from the backing strip; and a hot gas dispenser attached to the supporting structure and in fluid connection with a supply of a pressurized gas, said hot gas dispenser comprising a heater for heating the gas, a nozzle for discharging the heated gas, and a passageway fluidly connecting the supply of gas with the heater and the nozzle, the nozzle being an integral part of the peeler bar and being positioned to discharge the heated gas between the label dispenser and the label receiver, so that the heated gas is discharged against the adhesive layer on said label after the label has been removed from the backing strip and before it has been deposited onto the label receiving face; wherein the label receiver is adapted to transfer a label retained thereon to the surface on the article.