JPH0150658B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a packaging device, and particularly to a printed matter pasting device for pasting printed matter such as a label onto a container such as a bottle or a box.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> Packaging devices are commonly used to fill containers with articles, to close containers, and to label containers. Examples of the most commonly used containers include bottles and boxes used to package food products and placed on store shelves, or other containers used for both domestic and industrial purposes. A label is affixed to such a package to indicate the contents of the package and to write instructions on how to use the contents of the package.

However, there is a problem in that there may not be enough room to write all the necessary information and explanatory text regarding the contents of the package. For example, in the case of pharmaceutical products, it is desirable to attach printed matter in the form of folded paper to the package.
This is because such flaps provide sufficient space to describe the package. However, printed materials such as such flaps and bound booklets cannot be easily applied with the type of mechanisms used to apply simple labels. The bulkiness and tendency of such printed products to unfold require specially constructed equipment capable of handling folded or bound printed products. It will therefore be appreciated that labeling devices are insufficient for applying flaps or interlocking prints to containers, especially bottles for containing medicines or food products. The present invention is intended to solve the problem of attaching bulky printed matter to containers and the like.

<Means for Solving the Problems> In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides an adhesive transfer tape for conveying the printed matter from the printed matter supply means (hopper) to the pressure pasting position on the container. To provide a printed matter pasting device configured to do so. The hopper is equipped with a gate for delivering printed matter one at a time. In order to synchronize the arrival of the printed matter at the position where the printed matter is applied to the container with the arrival of the container, a photoelectric sensor is provided to detect the presence of the printed matter and the presence of the container. At the position where printed matter is pasted, the adhesive transfer tape is
It is driven in a sharp bend around the edge of a release plate that peels the print from the tape. The adhesive has a greater affinity or adhesion for the print than it does for the tape, so it separates from the tape that carried it, adheres to the print, and transfers the print to a pressure roller or brush. This allows it to be crimped onto the surface of the container. Basically, the printed matter pasting device of the present invention is a printed matter pasting device for pasting printed matter consisting of a single sheet or a folded sheet onto the surface of an article conveyed by a conveyor, in which the printed matter is pasted one by one. means for supplying printed products for delivery; pressure application means for pressing one of the printed products onto the surface of said article; guiding means for guiding said article past said pressure application means; a tape supply means for supplying an adhesive transfer tape whose front surface is coated with an adhesive in order to convey it to the press application means; passing the tape past the foremost printed matter in the printed matter supply means; a print pick-up bar disposed so as to be in contact with the surface of the tape supplied from the tape supply means for guiding; and a tape adhesion of the foremost print in the print supply means by the movement of the tape. pressing means for pressing the printed matter in the printed matter supplying means toward the bar so that the printed matter is attached to the adhesive of the tape and pulled out from the adhesive of the tape; a tape moving means for moving the adhered tape from the pick-up bar toward the pressure application means and the article; and one of the printed matter to which adhesive has been transferred from the tape.
disposed in close proximity to the pressure application means between the pressure application means and the printed product pick-up bar for stripping the adhesive from the tape such that the adhesive can be transferred from the tape to the pressure application means. a peeling means; a first sensing means disposed close to the pressure applying means for detecting the position of the article; a second sensing means disposed between the bar and the tape, in response to signals from each of the first and second sensing means, feeding the tape to the pressure application means for one of the printed products; actuating means for actuating the tape moving means to advance past the stripping means a distance sufficient to cause the adhesive to adhere to the main body of the tape with an adhesive force less than the adhesive force to the printed product; It is attached to the surface.

<Function> In the printed matter pasting device of the present invention, sublime printed matter is pasted one by one on a continuous adhesive transfer tape, and after the tape conveys the printed matter to the position on the article where the printed matter is pasted, the tape The printed material is separated from the printed material and attached to the article.

DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS Referring to the accompanying figures, a conveyor 20 is shown having a conveyor 22 for conveying containers or articles, such as bottles 24, past a print applicator 26. According to the invention, the printed matter pasting device 26
The printed matter 28 is attached to the side of the bottle 24. As means for guiding the bottles 24, the transport device 20 can incorporate, for example, a screw 30, which is shown in phantom in the attached figure. Screw 3
0 has threads 32 spaced apart from each other by a distance equal to the diagonal of the cross section of the bottles 24 so as to accurately position the bottles 24 as they pass successively past the device 26 on the conveyor 22. The transport device 20 is an "on-demand" device and feed mechanisms other than feed screws may be used. Bottle 24 is shown by way of example only; other articles of circular or rectangular cross section may also be conveyed by conveyor 22 to have printed matter 28 applied thereto.

The printed matter pasting device 26 uses a roll 101 of adhesive transfer tape (hereinafter also simply referred to as "tape").
Then, a hopper (print material supply means) 102 that holds and supplies the printed material 28 is used. The print pick-up bar 103 is a tape (for convenience, a "roll of tape" is also used).
A "tape" (also designated by reference numeral 101) is guided through an opening in the hopper 102 so that the adhesive applied to the front side of the tape 101 engages one of the prints 28 in the hopper 102. This adhesive is attached to the front surface of the tape 101 with an adhesive force smaller than the adhesive force to the printed matter. Next, the tape 101 is passed through a pair of rollers 104 and 10.
4', and the printed matter 28 is successively pressed and fixed onto the tape 101 by these rollers.

The printed product pasting device 26 further includes an electric eye or sensor 105 for detecting the arrival of printed products, an inverted arcuate plate 106, and an idler roller 1.
07. Pressure pasting means, that is, pasting roller 108, take-up roller 109, drum 110 for receiving the used tape 101 (from which the adhesive has been removed and transferred to the printed matter), and peeling off the printed matter 28 from the tape 101 together with the adhesive. A sensor 11 for detecting articles such as a peeling plate 111 for removing, an adjustable gate 112 in the opening of the hopper 102, and a printed matter pasting device 26 on the conveyor 22.
It is equipped with 4. Furthermore, the device 26 includes a tape 1
01, an idler roller 118 for guiding the tape from the drum 116 to the pick-up bar 103, and a frame mechanically connecting the drum 116, the idler roller 118, the pick-up bar 103 and the other rollers of the mechanism 26. 120 (partially shown in phantom) is provided.

The frame 120 also serves to hold the brake pads 122 in pressure contact with the drum 116 in order to apply a braking force when the tape 101 is unwound from the drum 116. Hopper 102
A plunger 124 is provided therein, driven by a spring 126 or a constant force spring motor (not shown), for pushing the printed product 28 towards the pick-up bar 103 . An idler roller 128 is provided to guide the tape 101 around the take-up roller 109, and a roller 130 is provided to press the tape 101 against the take-up roller 109. A take-up roller 10 is used to advance the tape 101 and wind up the used tape onto the drum 110.
9 and drum 110, a motor 132 is mechanically coupled to take-off roller 109 and drum 110, as indicated by dashed line 134. The take-up roller 109 and the drum 110 constitute a tape moving means for moving the tape. A drive electronics unit 136 of known construction is adapted to provide electronic signals for operating the motor 132 in response to signals from a logic unit 138 connected thereto. Motor 132, drive electronic circuit unit 136
and the logic unit 138 are collectively referred to as "actuation means".
It is called.

Logic unit 138 is activated by signals sent from print sensor 105 and article sensor 114 via leads 140,142.
That is, the signal from article sensor 114 is transmitted to bottle 24.
It is notified that the printer has moved forward to a position for receiving the printed matter 28. A signal from the print sensor 105 then indicates that the tape 101 has advanced enough to complete the application of one print 28 to the bottle 24. Logic unit 138 is responsive to signals from article sensor 114 and print sensor 105 and initiates operation of device 26 to advance tape 101 when bottle 24 arrives at a predetermined location and when one print product 28 is detected. The device 26 for terminating the advancement of the tape 101 is stopped when the bottle 24 is completely secured.

In operation, the adhesive transfer tape 101 is supplied in various widths depending on the width of the printed product 28 delivered by the mechanism 26. The required width of the tape 101 is also determined by the height of the position of the printed material to be applied to the bottle 24.

The drum 116 is loaded with a roll of tape 101 so that the tape is unwound from the roll as needed to tape the prints 28 to be applied to the bottles 24 one by one. When the tape 101 is unwound, the tacky adhesive is exposed on the front side of the tape. The tape 101 that has been fed out is
18 and is guided to the hopper 102 and the pick-up bar 103. The bar 103 is the spring 1
26 or constant force spring motor (not shown)
and printed matter 28 with tape 101 and bar 10
The tape 101 is constantly pressed against the pressing force of the plunger 124 which presses the tape 101 in the direction shown in FIG.

As the tape 101 advances, the adhesive force of the tape's adhesive causes the printed matter 28 to be pulled into the hopper 102.
drawn from. Adjustable print gate 112
can be adjusted so that one print 28 is pulled out of the hopper 102 for each advance of the tape 101. The pick bar 103 may also be adjusted relative to the frame 120, such as by an adjustment screw (not shown), so that it is accurately positioned proximate the opening of the hopper 102. Thereby, the desired amount of adhesive is brought into contact with the prints 28 in order to sequentially pull the prints 28 out of the hopper 102.

Each time the tape 101 advances one frame, one print 28 is pulled out of the hopper 102 and attached to the tape 101. Attachment of the printed matter 28 to the tape 101 proceeds sequentially each time the tape 101 advances one frame. Thus, a continuous series of printed matter 28 is produced by the adhesive pressure roller 10.
4, 104' thereby forcing the print product against the adhesive of the tape 101 and ensuring that the adhesive is completely adhered to the print product. After the adhesive is peeled off from the tape 101 at the peel-off plate 111, it remains on the print 28 and is used to secure the print 28 to the bottle 24. A series of prints 28 pass along a plate 106 provided with an inverted arc shape, thereby creating a photoelectric sensor 10 between each print 28.
A gap is created that allows the rays from 5 to pass through. Sensor 105 thus registers one advance of tape 101 and the print attached thereto.

As an alternative to this alignment sensor 105, a reflected line scanner 143 (FIG. ) may also be used. When this scanning type positioning device is used, the inverted circular arc plate 106 and the photoelectric sensor 1
There is no need to provide 05.

The series of printed products is guided past idler rollers 107 towards stripping plate 111 . on the other hand,
The tape 101 goes around the end of the plate 111 by an idler roller 128 and is guided by the idler roller 128 to a take-off roller 109 . A take-off roller 109 is rotated by a motor 132 and pulls the tape 101 around the edge of the plate 111, peeling one print 28 from the tape 101 and separating it from the roller 108 and the bottle 24 to which the print 28 is to be applied. Send directly into the space between. Particularly in the case of light containers, the overhead clamping action is preferably provided by an overhead clamping belt of known construction. After the adhesive adhered to the print is peeled off from the backing paper of the tape 101, it remains attached to the print and adheres to the side of the bottle 24. Thus, as bottles 24 pass by rollers 108 on conveyor 22, rollers 108 rotate to apply prints 28 to bottles 24. The used tape 101 from which the printed matter 28 has been peeled off is guided by an idler roller 128 and guided along the back side of the peeling plate 111 to a take-up roller 109 , and via an idler roller 130 to the drum 110 that rotates together with the roller 109 . It is wound up.

The movement of the bottle 24 and the movement of each label 28 are synchronized by an article sensor 114, a print sensor 105,
logic unit 138, drive circuit unit 136,
and motor 132. That is, 1
The two bottles 24 are pasted onto the roller 1 by the conveyor 22.
When the object is transported to 08, the object sensor 1
14 sends a signal via logic unit 138 to drive circuit unit 136 to begin operation of motor 132. Thereby, the tape 101 begins to advance and one print 28 is removed from the peeling plate 111.
The bottle 24 is separated from the tape 101 at
The roller 108 begins to adhere the paper to the side surface of the paper.
Application of print 28 to bottle 24 continues until print sensor 105 sends a signal via logic unit 138 and drive circuit unit 136 to stop motor 132 from operating. The print sensor 105 signals the required advance of the tape 101 and the row of prints 28 by the distance of the inverted arc plate 106 to indicate that the print row has advanced the distance of one print. By the way, it is positioned relative to the printed matter row. Thus, a signal from print sensor 105 sent through conductor 140 causes one to the side of bottle 24 to detect print 28.
Displays that pasting is completed. The circuit structure of the logic unit 138 is, for example, similar to that of the drive circuit unit 1.
conductor 140 is set by a signal on conductor 142 to provide a logic one signal that activates conductor 36.
It can be constructed by a set/reset type flip-flop (not shown) which is reset by a signal of . Alternatively, the logic unit may be configured with a latch relay (not shown);
A signal from lead 142 may lock the relay, and a signal from lead 140 may indicate the relay to its original state. The motor 132 may be, for example, a well-known DC motor or a step motor, and the circuitry of the drive circuit unit 136 may be of a well-known type for driving the motor 132. Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above,
The present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

<Effects of the Invention> As explained above, according to the present invention, the sublime printed matter is conveyed from the hopper to the press pasting position of the article by the adhesive transfer tape.
Even sublime printed matter can be affixed to objects.
In addition, since a sensor is installed to detect the presence of printed matter and the presence of the article, when conveying the printed matter to the position where it is attached to the article, the movement of the article and the movement of the adhesive transfer tape that supports the printed matter are synchronized. This allows the printed matter to be reliably pasted at the pasting position of the article.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The attached figure is a schematic plan view showing the mechanism of the invention for applying printed matter to a moving container. 22... Conveyor, 24... Bottle (article), 2
8... Printed matter, 101... Roll of adhesive transfer tape, 102... Printed matter supply means (hopper),
103...pickup bar, 105...sensor, 10
... Reverse circular arc plate, 108 ... Pressure pasting means (roller), 109 ... Take-up roller, 110 ... Drum, 111 ... Peeling plate, 112 ... Gate, 114 ... Sensor, 116 ... Drum, 12
6... Spring.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a printed matter pasting device for pasting printed matter consisting of a single sheet or a folded sheet onto the surface of an article conveyed by a conveyor, a means for feeding printed matter one by one. 102; pressure application means 108 for pressing one of the printed products onto the surface of said article; guiding means 30 for guiding said article past said pressure application means 108; and said pressure application means for each printed product. Adhesive transfer tape 1 whose front surface is coated with adhesive to transport it to
tape supply means 116 for supplying 01; and contacting the surface of the tape supplied from the tape supply means 116 for guiding the tape past the foremost printed product in the product supply means 102; a printed matter pick-up bar 103 arranged as shown in FIG. pressing means 124 and 126 for pressing the printed matter toward the bar and adhering the foremost printed matter to the adhesive of the tape; and the pressing means for picking up the tape with the printed matter attached from the bar 103 and applying the pressure. 108 and tape moving means 10 for moving towards the article.
9,110, and 1 of the printed matter to which the adhesive was transferred from the tape.
placed in close proximity to the pressure application means between the pressure application means and the printed product pick-up bar 103 for stripping the adhesive from the tape so that the adhesive can be transferred from the tape to the pressure application means 108. a first sensing means 114 disposed close to the pressing and pasting means to detect the position of the article;
and a second sensing means 105 disposed between the peeling means 111 and the print pickup bar 103 to sense the position of the printed matter on the tape; and the first and second sensing means 114, 105. In response to each signal, said tape moving means 109, 110 are adapted to advance said tape past said stripping means a sufficient distance to feed one of said printed products to said pressure applying means. actuating means 138, 136, 132 for actuating the printed matter, the adhesive being adhered to the front surface of the tape with an adhesive force less than the adhesive force to the printed matter. 2. The tape moving means is connected to the operating means and includes a tape take-up means 109 for pulling out a new tape, and a tape winding means for receiving and winding up the used tape from the peeling means 111. A printed matter pasting device according to claim 1. 3. The pressing and pasting means 108 includes a roller that rotates with the movement of the article and presses one of the printed products against the article so that the printed matter and the article are bonded together with an adhesive. The printed matter pasting device according to item 1. 4. The printed matter according to claim 1, wherein the second sensing means 105 includes an inverted arcuate plate curved to separate successive printed matter from each other in order to activate the second sensing means 105. Pasting device.