A sticker placing device is provided for placing stickers and/or patches onto a surface. The sticker placing device comprises: a cylindrical guiding body having an upper opening, a lower opening and a guiding channel extending therebetween; a sticker cartridge for holding a stack of stickers and/or patches, which sticker cartridge is insertable into the guiding channel via the lower opening; and a sticker placer which is moveable connected to the guiding body and which comprises a pusher which extends at least partly into the sticker cartridge and the guiding body for pushing onto the stack, wherein the sticker cartridge comprises first coupling members and the sticker placer comprises second coupling members. The first and second coupling members are configured to form a one-way coupling. The one-way coupling allows movement of the sticker cartridge in the insert direction and blocks movement in a direction opposite to the insert direction.

A method of custom labeling products in which users specify, via a purchasing interface, product label images in correspondence with products. A label group is generated for each of the users. The label group includes an indicator label image providing a purchase identifier and product identifiers, and the product label images arranged in a sequence specified by the product identifiers. The label groups are printed to produce printed label groups. The printed label groups are transferred to a labeling machine. A conveyor system is controlled to release, for each of the printed label groups, the sequence of the products specified by the product identifiers. Printed product labels of each of the printed label groups are applied to the corresponding sequence of the products.

A sticker placing device is provided for placing stickers and/or patches onto a surface. The sticker placing device comprises: a cylindrical guiding body having an upper opening, a lower opening and a guiding channel extending therebetween; a sticker cartridge for holding a stack of stickers and/or patches, which sticker cartridge is insertable into the guiding channel via the lower opening; and a sticker placer which is moveable connected to the guiding body and which comprises a pusher which extends at least partly into the sticker cartridge and the guiding body for pushing onto the stack, wherein the sticker cartridge comprises first coupling members and the sticker placer comprises second coupling members. The first and second coupling members are configured to form a one-way coupling. The one-way coupling allows movement of the sticker cartridge in the insert direction and blocks movement in a direction opposite to the insert direction.

The present disclosure provides embodiments of a sticker dispenser including a dispenser body. The dispenser body defines an inner cavity arranged along a longitudinal axis. A pusher member is disposed within the cavity and extends along the longitudinal axis. A sticker cartridge is movable within the dispenser body along the longitudinal axis, and an outside surface of cartridge is shaped to fit into the inner cavity. A plurality of stickers are arranged in a stack and disposed within the cartridge. Each sticker includes an adhesive surface and a non-adhesive surface. A bottommost sticker is arranged at a distal end of the cartridge and a topmost sticker is arranged within the cartridge proximal of the bottommost sticker.

A method of custom labeling products in which users specify, via a purchasing interface, product label images in correspondence with products. A label group is generated for each of the users. The label group includes an indicator label image providing a purchase identifier and product identifiers, and the product label images arranged in a sequence specified by the product identifiers. The label groups are printed to produce printed label groups. The printed label groups are transferred to a labeling machine. A conveyor system is controlled to release, for each of the printed label groups, the sequence of the products specified by the product identifiers. Printed product labels of each of the printed label groups are applied to the corresponding sequence of the products.

A labeling device may include a platform configured to advance objects, a sensing device directed toward the objects as the objects are advanced, and a label supply. The labeling device may include a robot configured to pick-up labels from the label supply and apply the labels to the objects as the objects are advanced, and a controller configured to operate the robot based upon the vision device.