A compact disc labeling device for manual application of a label to a compact disc includes an assembly having a circumferential flange with an upper flange surface, a piston, a first rod having a diameter approximately equal to the diameter of the label's central aperture and that extends from the upper surface of the piston, and a second rod having a diameter approximately equal to the diameter of the disc's central aperture and that extends from the first rod. In use, a label is placed on the flange with the first rod projecting through its central aperture and the disc positioned on the second rod through its central aperture. When the piston is moved from an upper first position to a lower second position, the disc is applied to the label.
This apparatus comprises an annular disk supporting the label and allowing to axially shift in its inside a support being provided for supporting the compact disc. This apparatus is characterised in that the annular disk forms at its central opening an integrally formed neck extending downwards and being provided to have its open bottom secured to a base plate from whose central portion an integrally formed upright pin projects upwards and beyond the top surface of the support being provided for supporting the compact disc, said support integrally extending downwards in the shape of a spring resting on the base plate. The support being provided for supporting the compact disc has an axial passage being apt to guide it on the pin of the base plate.
A compact disk labeling system for use in applying an adhesive label to a surface of a compact disk. The system comprises a side wall with a shape that substantially matches the exterior shape of the compact disk and which registers the compact disk. A flat shelf is formed a predetermined distance below an upper edge of the side wall that forms an upper cavity. The shelf has a central opening with a plurality of slots extending outward therefrom toward the side wall. A hub is formed on the shelf that comprises a plurality of tabs that extend away from a top surface of the shelf. The hub is sized to allow a central hole in the adhesive label to register thereto. The central opening and slots in the shelf allow the hub to flex.
A device for the positioning of a label, having a central aperture and peripheral edge, onto a surface of a disk, having a central hole and an outer edge including three components: (1) a support base for the label having a central aperture; (2) a centering spindle having a first and second, reduced diameter portions for relatively centering the label and disk, the disk being seated on a shoulder between the first and second diameter portions; and (3) a compressible foam pad cylindrical in shape adapted to be adhered to the bottom of the second diameter portion of the spindle and positioned in an aperture in the base on which the spindle may be seated. With the disk retained on the shoulder and centered by the second diameter portion of the spindle passing therethrough, the disk is moved towards the label supported adhesive side up on the base. The first diameter portion of the spindle enters the aperture in the base, centering the label relative to the disk and compressing the foam pad, which exerts a counterforce, uniformly between the disk and label as the two are adhered and united, to uniformly adhere the label to the disk without wrinkles or air pockets. The device can be shipped in a knock-down state by placing the components within the base, inverting the same and providing a cover plate removably connected to the base.
A device for the positioning of a label, having a central aperture and peripheral edge, onto a surface of a disk, having a central hole and an outer edge including three components: (1) a support base for the label having a central aperture; (2) a centering spindle having a first and second, reduced diameter portions for relatively centering the label and disk, the disk being seated on a shoulder between the first and second diameter portions; and (3) a compressible foam pad cylindrical in shape adapted to be adhered to the bottom of the second diameter portion of the spindle and positioned in an aperture in the base on which the spindle may be seated. With the disk retained on the shoulder and centered by the second diameter portion of the spindle passing therethrough, the disk is moved towards the label supported adhesive side up on the base. The first diameter portion of the spindle enters the aperture in the base, centering the label relative to the disk and compressing the foam pad, which exerts a counterforce, uniformly between the disk and label as the two are adhered and united, to uniformly adhere the label to the disk without wrinkles or air pockets. The spindle and pad can be formed as an integral unit to reduce the components to two by the addition of a stabilizing plate ultrasonically welded to the pad at one end, and at its other end, the pad can be ultrasonically welded to the spindle.
A device for applying a label to a disc includes a support member, preferably in the form of a plate for supporting a label on its upper surface, the plate having a central opening through which projects a disc positioning member, for example, in the form of a rod and a carriage member, preferably in the form of a plurality of bearings mounted on resilient arms. The bearings are adapted to move under pressure from above from a first position in which the bearings project upwardly through the opening to support the disc in spaced apart relationship to the label and to retain the label through its central aperture in concentric alignment with the disc to a second position in which the bearings are retracted below the upper surface of the plate for lowering the disc onto the label whereupon the label is adhered to the disc and is no longer retained by the bearings. Release of the downward pressure results in the labelled disc springing up for removal from the device leaving the bearings in their first position ready for repeated use.
