US Patent Issued to Dematic on June 23 for "High-rate label applicator method and apparatus" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,281, issued on June 23, was assigned to Dematic Corp. (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

"High-rate label applicator method and apparatus" was invented by Khalil Najjar (Brecksville, Ohio) and Michael Hildebrand (Brecksville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An auto sort and label (ASL) system includes a conveyor, a controller, a sensor, and a label, print, and apply (LPA) system. The conveyor conveys articles through the ASL system. The sensor is positioned along the conveyor and identifies an article. The controller receives sensor data from the sensor. The LPA is positioned alongside the conveyor and prints labels in sequence with the corr...