The present invention is an apparatus and method for cutting individual label strips from a roll of label web utilizing a cutter assembly. A label cutter comprises a cutter assembly for continuously and independently controlling the rotational speeds of a rotating cutter shaft, a stationary shaft, and a label feed roller is provided. The length of the label strip is controlled by the distinct speed of rotation of a stationary knife, the stationary knife is rotatably coupled to the stationary shaft. At least one cutter blade is operatively associated to the rotating cutter shaft for cutting the label web. The stationary knife rotates with a speed of rotation different from the speed of rotation of the cutter blade to produce longer or shorter label length strips. The frequency at which the cutter blade meets the stationary knife is inversely related to the length of the label strip that is produced during cut off.

A system for use in manufacturing vapor-generating articles may include a rotatable drum that is configured to hold a plurality of the vapor-generating articles. The system may also include a tagging drum that is configured to tag a respective label to a housing of each of the vapor-generating articles. The system may also include a pressing roller that is configured to press a leading edge of the label against the housing after the tagging. The system may further include a rolling drum that is configured to roll the label around the housing after the pressing.

One embodiment of this invention is an elastic roller including: a roller shaft; and an elastic material member surrounding the roller shaft. The elastic material member may include: an inner layer elastic material member disposed on an outer periphery of the roller shaft, a coating layer disposed on an outer periphery of the inner layer elastic material member, a first side end part circumferential surface having a first side end part, and a second side end part circumferential surface having a second side end part. The coating layer is formed from a silicone resin having a hardness of 20 degrees or less based on a spring type hardness tester Asker C in accordance with SRIS 0101. The second side end part circumferential surface having an elastic roller diameter that gradually decreases towards the second side end part opposite to the first side end part.

A manufacturing method of a labeled article includes a preparing step of preparing a label bulk roll formed by winding up a continuous label body being linerless into a roll shape, a feeding step of feeding the continuous label body from the label bulk roll, a cutting step of cutting the continuous label body into individual units of labels, an activating step of activating an adhesive layer of the label, a conveying step of conveying an activated label that is the label including the adhesive layer in an activated state from an activation position where the adhesive layer is activated to a separated position separated from the activation position, and an affixing step of affixing the activated label to an article at the separated position.

A labelling machine (1) for labelling containers moving on a transport system (2), includes a labelling unit (8) having a supplying roll (19) of a pre-printed label web and a cutting drum (20) providing for both cutting a label from the label web and applying it onto a container. The cutting drum (20) is located at the release point of a label to the container to be labeled.

A labeling machine, which includes a conveyor of containers to be labeled along an advancement path and at least one labeling unit arranged along the advancement path and provided with a respective transfer drum that can move in rotation about its own axis, with respect to a supporting base, and which is adapted to receive, in adhesion to its lateral surface, from a feeder unit, labels to be applied to the containers, at a feeding station, and to transfer the labels received at the feeding station to respective containers that arrive from the conveyor at a transfer station which is angularly spaced apart from the feeding station about the axis of the transfer drum; at least one portion of a sector of the lateral surface of the transfer drum is rotatably movable, with respect to the remaining part of the transfer drum.

A label affixing device includes a wrapping portion, a housing, and an attachment portion. With wrapping portion, an adherend to which a portion of a label to be affixed is affixed is inserted into the insertion position. The wrapping portion then rotates to wrap the label around the adherend and affix it. The housing rotatably supports the wrapping portion. The attachment portion is provided with a bar member disposed on the housing, and accepts an attachment of a clip sandwiching and holding a holding member. The label affixing device can be held on a rack or the like by the clip. The label affixing device can stably affix a label to an adherend while the label affixing device is held to a holding member by a clip attached to an attachment portion. The label application device can be stably supported by the clip and the rear surface of the housing.