EP0044016B1 - Apparatus for applying labels to articles - Google Patents

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EP0044016B1
EP0044016B1 EP81105253A EP81105253A EP0044016B1 EP 0044016 B1 EP0044016 B1 EP 0044016B1 EP 81105253 A EP81105253 A EP 81105253A EP 81105253 A EP81105253 A EP 81105253A EP 0044016 B1 EP0044016 B1 EP 0044016B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
    • B65C9/08—Label feeding
    • B65C9/18—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls
    • B65C9/1865—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls the labels adhering on a backing strip
    • B65C9/1876—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls the labels adhering on a backing strip and being transferred by suction means
    • B65C9/188—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls the labels adhering on a backing strip and being transferred by suction means the suction means being a vacuum drum
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C1/00—Labelling flat essentially-rigid surfaces
    • B65C1/04—Affixing labels, e.g. wrap-around labels, to two or more flat surfaces of a polyhedral article
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
    • B65C9/02—Devices for moving articles, e.g. containers, past labelling station

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  • the present invention relates to a labeling device with a device for conveying the articles to be provided with labels, the conveying device having a screw conveyor and a conveyor belt, and with at least one device for applying the labels to the articles.
  • a labeling device according to the first part of claim 1 is known, in which the objects to be labeled are fed on a conveyor belt and conveyed through the device.
  • the objects are gripped by a snail to guide the objects past the labeling station at a constant distance for labeling.
  • a labeling device is known in which the articles are fed to the labeling station via a screw which acts only as a separator. The items are sent to a separate facility, where labeling is done.
  • the object of the present invention is to remedy the disadvantages mentioned.
  • the device described below is used to attach self-adhesive labels to cassette tapes.
  • This device has a base plate 1, which carries the most important parts of the present device. Approximately in the middle of the base plate 1 is a device for the continuous conveyance of the cassettes, which includes a conveyor track 2 for the cassettes 3. On both sides of the conveyor track 2 there are devices for applying labels to the cassettes 3 moving along the conveyor track 2.
  • the conveyor track 2 contains a first conveyor belt 4, which is located at the beginning of the conveyor track 2, and a second conveyor belt 5, which is located at the end of the conveyor track 2 executed in the base plate 1. Between these conveyor belts 4 and 5 there is a screw conveyor 6 which has protruding passages 7. The distance between two adjacent gears 7 of the screw 6 corresponds to the length of the object 3 being transported. Above the end of the first conveyor belt 4 there is a feeder 8, which also contains a conveyor belt and which is arranged so high that it is at the top Surface of the cassette 3 can engage. The conveyor belt of the feeder 8 is also arranged in such a way that its starting part grips the cassettes 3 fed by the first conveyor belt 4 and brings them to the next gear 7 of the screw conveyor 6 at an increased speed. This ensures that the respective cassette 3 is always between two successive courses 7 of the screw 6 and is transported by it in a precisely defined position.
  • the arrangements for attaching labels to cassettes 3 located on both sides of the conveyor track 2 are of identical design, so that it is sufficient if only one of these arrangements is described in detail. It goes without saying that the present device can also have only a single arrangement for attaching the labels if the object in question is to be provided with labels on only one side.
  • the arrangement mentioned has a supply plate 12 on which there is a roll 13 with labels.
  • the label roll 13 consists of a paper tape 14 (FIG. 4) which has a perforation 15 in the middle, the labels 16 to be applied to the cassettes 3 being located on both sides of these openings 15.
  • the arrangement also includes a receiving plate 17 on which the paper tape 14 is wound, from which the labels 16 have already been removed.
  • the receiving plate 17 is driven via a slip clutch, not shown, while in the supply plate 12 it is sufficient to simply brake the movement of the latter so that the label tape has the required tension.
  • the label tape leaving the supply plate 12 is first passed over a free-running pre-centering roller 18, the peripheral part of which is provided with cams 19.
  • cams 19 are advantageously approximately conical and are arranged approximately in the middle of the height of the pre-centering roller 18.
  • the cams 19 are distributed along the roller 18 at such intervals that they can penetrate into the openings 15 of the belt 14. This results in the first adjustment of the height of the tape 14 with the labels 16.
  • the pre-centering roller 18 is followed by a drive roller 20, which is also provided with cams 19. So that the position of the labels on the object 3 is always precisely defined, all moving parts of the present device are driven synchronously and by a common motor 9.
  • the drive roller 20 is thus driven synchronously and it causes that not only the height of the labels 16 relative to the respective cassette 3 guided by the screw 6, but also the lateral position of the labels 16 is always given exactly.
  • the belt 14 After the belt 14 has left the drive roller 20, it passes a pull-off edge 21, over which the belt 14 is guided at a sharp angle to a centering roller 22, which ensures that the central position of the centering roller reached with the pre-centering roller 18 and the drive roller 20 Volume 14 is maintained.
  • the pull-off edge 21 the labels 16 carried until now by the tape 14 are detached therefrom so that the labels 16 can be transferred to the cassettes 3.
  • Adjacent to the pull-off edge 21 is a device for feeding the labels 16 separated from the paper tape 14 to the respective cassette 3.
  • This device contains a rotatable ring 23 which is mounted on the base plate 1 by means of a hub 24 and which is also driven synchronously by the motor 9.
  • the ring 23 has two rows of through openings 25, 26 (FIG. 4). The first row of openings 25 is located in the upper half of the ring 23 and the second row of openings 26 is located in the lower half of the ring 26. These rows of openings 25, 26 are located approximately in the middle of the respective row of Labels 16 on paper tape 14.
  • the hub 24 has a sector-shaped cavity 27 which is connected to a vacuum pump (not shown). This cavity 27 communicates through the openings 25, 26 in the ring 23 with its surroundings. However, this only over a distance, the length of which corresponds to the length of the sector arc 40 in the cavity 27.
  • the hub 24 is displaceable in the base plate 1 on a carriage 32 perpendicular to the conveyor track 2 and is pressed against the conveyor track 2 with the aid of a spring (not shown).
  • the centering roller 22 is followed in the direction of movement of the paper tape 14 by a driven pull roller 28 for the carrier paper 14, the peripheral part of which is made of rubber.
  • the paper tape 14 is pressed against the pulling roller 28 with the aid of a pivotable pressure roller 29, so that the paper tape 14 is stretched over the pull-off edge 21.
  • the rings 23 of the feed device receive their drive via gears (not shown) located in the respective carriage 32 and via wheels 33.
  • the drive rollers 20 are driven via chain drives 11 and chain wheels 34.
  • the different arrangement of the wheels and chains on the left and right of the motor 9 is necessary because the rollers on the left and right of the motor 9 have to rotate in opposite directions, although they are driven by a single motor 9.

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1. Labelling apparatus including a device for transporting the articles (3) to be procided with labels (16), which transporting device comprises a worm conveyer (6) and a conveyer belt (4), and including at least one device for applying the labels onto the articles, characterized in that the worm conveyer (6) is located below that area of the device for applying the labels where the articles are provided with labels, that the conveyer belt (4) is arranged ahead of the worm conveyer (6), and that a feeding device is located above that end of the conveyer belt (4) which is closer to the worm conveyer (4) as well as above the initial section of the worm conveyer (4).

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Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft eine Etikettiereinrichtung mit einer Vorrichtung zur Beförderung der mit Etiketten zu versehenen Gegenstände, wobei die Beförderungsvorrichtung eine Förderschnecke und ein Förderband aufweist, und mit wenigstens einer Vorrichtung zum Anbringen der Etiketten auf die Gegenstände.The present invention relates to a labeling device with a device for conveying the articles to be provided with labels, the conveying device having a screw conveyor and a conveyor belt, and with at least one device for applying the labels to the articles.

Aus der CH-PS Nr. 541 472 ist eine Einrichtung bekannt, die zur Etikettierung von Tonbandkassetten bestimmt ist. Bei dieser Einrichtung wird die jeweilige Tonbandkassette bis an die Stelle gebracht, wo sie mit Etiketten versehen werden soll. An dieser Stelle wird die Kassette gehalten. Mit Hilfe von beidseits der Kassette angeordneten Saugarmen wird je eine Etikette einem Vorrat derselben entnommen und diese werden auf je eine Seite der Kassette angebracht. Dann wird diese Kassette aus dieser Position entfernt und an ihre Stelle tritt eine neue Kassette, die mit den Etiketten nun zu versehen ist.From CH-PS No. 541 472 a device is known which is intended for labeling cassette tapes. With this device, the respective tape cassette is brought to the point where it is to be labeled. The cassette is held at this point. With the aid of suction arms arranged on both sides of the cassette, a label is taken from a stock thereof and these are attached to one side of the cassette. Then this cassette is removed from this position and a new cassette takes its place, which is now to be labeled.

Einer der Nachteile dieser bekannten Einrichtung ist, daß die Kassetten jeweils angehalten werden müssen, damit sie mit den Etiketten versehen werden können. Da die Zeitspanne, die zur Entnahme einer Etikette und zum Aufdrücken derselben auf die Kassette aus der Sicht einer serienmäßigen Herstellung verhältnismäßig lang ist, sind auch der Leistung dieser bekannten Einrichtung Grenzen gesetzt. Die sich hin- und herbewegenden Teile der bekannten Einrichtung können schwingen und außerdem unterliegt deren Lagerung einem Verschleiß. Die Folge davon ist, daß die Lage der Etiketten auf der jeweiligen Kassette nicht immer genau definiert ist. Diese Situation wird dann noch kritischer, wenn jede Seite einer Kassette mit je zwei Etiketten versehen werden soll.One of the disadvantages of this known device is that the cassettes must each be stopped so that they can be provided with the labels. Since the time it takes for a label to be removed and pressed onto the cassette is relatively long from the point of view of series production, the performance of this known device is also limited. The reciprocating parts of the known device can swing and their storage is also subject to wear. The consequence of this is that the position of the labels on the respective cassette is not always precisely defined. This situation becomes even more critical if each side of a cassette is to be provided with two labels.

Aus der US-PS Nr. 4 192 703 ist eine Etikettiervorrichtung entsprechend dem 1. Teil des Anspruchs 1 bekannt, bei der die zu etikettierenden Gegenstände auf einem Förderband zugeführt und durch die Vorrichtung gefördert werden. Dabei werden die Gegenstände von einer Schnekke erfaßt, um die Gegenstände zum Etikettieren im gleichbleibenden Abstand an der Etikettierstation vorbeizuführen.From US-PS No. 4 192 703 a labeling device according to the first part of claim 1 is known, in which the objects to be labeled are fed on a conveyor belt and conveyed through the device. The objects are gripped by a snail to guide the objects past the labeling station at a constant distance for labeling.

Aus der FR-A-2 250 338 ist eine Etikettiervorrichtung bekannt, bei der die Gegenstände über eine nur als Vereinzeler wirkende Schnecke der Etikettierstation zugeführt wird. Die Gegenstände werden einer separaten Einrichtung zugeführt, und in dieser erfolgt die Etikettierung.From FR-A-2 250 338 a labeling device is known in which the articles are fed to the labeling station via a screw which acts only as a separator. The items are sent to a separate facility, where labeling is done.

Diese Vorrichtungen haben den Nachteil, daß neben der Schnecke auch die Einrichtung, welche die Gegenstände durch die Etikettiereinrichtung führt, und die Etikettierrolle synchronisiert werden müssen.These devices have the disadvantage that in addition to the screw, the device which guides the objects through the labeling device and the labeling roll must also be synchronized.

Die Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung ist, die genannten Nachteile zu beheben.The object of the present invention is to remedy the disadvantages mentioned.

Dies wird bei der Einrichtung der eingangs genannten Art erfindungsgemäß durch die Maßnahmen erreicht, die im kennzeichnenden Teil des Anspruchs 1 definiert sind.This is achieved according to the invention in the establishment of the type mentioned at the outset by the measures defined in the characterizing part of claim 1.

Nachstehend wird ein Ausführungsbeispiel der vorliegenden Erfindung anhand der Zeichnungen näher erläutert. Es zeigt

  • Fig. 1 eine Draufsicht auf die vorliegende Einrichtung,
  • Fig. 2 eine schematische Seitenansicht der Einrichtung nach Fig. 1,
  • Fig. 3 in Seitenansicht einen Teil der Einrichtung nach Fig. 1, wobei diese Seitenansicht um 90° gegenüber der Seitenansicht nach Fig. 2 gedreht ist, und
  • Fig. 4 ein Band, das in der vorliegenden Einrichtung verwendet wird.
An embodiment of the present invention is explained in more detail below with reference to the drawings. It shows
  • 1 is a plan view of the present device,
  • 2 shows a schematic side view of the device according to FIG. 1,
  • 3 shows a side view of part of the device according to FIG. 1, this side view being rotated by 90 ° with respect to the side view according to FIG. 2, and
  • Fig. 4 shows a tape used in the present device.

Die nachstehend beschriebene Einrichtung dient zum Anbringen von selbstklebenden Etiketten auf Tonbandkassetten.The device described below is used to attach self-adhesive labels to cassette tapes.

Diese Einrichtung weist eine Grundplatte 1 auf, welche die wichtigsten Teile der vorliegenden Einrichtung trägt. Etwa in der Mitte der Grundplatte 1 befindet sich eine Vorrichtung zur kontinuierlichen Beförderung der Kassetten, die eine Förderbahn 2 für die Kassetten 3 einschließt. An den beiden Seiten der Förderbahn 2 befinden sich Vorrichtungen zum Anbringen von Etiketten auf die sich entlang der Förderbahn 2 bewegenden Kassetten 3.This device has a base plate 1, which carries the most important parts of the present device. Approximately in the middle of the base plate 1 is a device for the continuous conveyance of the cassettes, which includes a conveyor track 2 for the cassettes 3. On both sides of the conveyor track 2 there are devices for applying labels to the cassettes 3 moving along the conveyor track 2.

Die Förderbahn 2 enthält ein erstes Transportband 4, das sich am Anfang der Förderbahn 2 befindet, sowie ein zweites Transportband 5, das sich am Ende der in der Grundplatte 1 ausgeführten Förderbahn 2 befindet. Zwischen diesen Transportbändern 4 und 5 befindet sich eine Förderschnecke 6, welche hervorstehende Gänge 7 aufweist. Der Abstand zwischen zwei benachbarten Gängen 7 der Schnecke 6 entspricht der Länge des jeweils transportierten Gegenstandes 3. Oberhalb des Endes des ersten Transportbandes 4 befindet sich ein Zubringer 8, der ebenfalls ein Transportband enthält und der so hoch angeordnet ist, daß es mit der oben liegenden Fläche der Kassette 3 in Eingriff kommen kann. Das Transportband des Zubringers 8 ist außerdem so angeordnet, daß dessen Anfangspartie die vom ersten Transportband 4 zugeführten Kassetten 3 ergreift und diese mit einer vergrößerten Geschwindigkeit zum Anschlag am nächstliegenden Gang 7 der Förderschnecke 6 bringt. Dadurch wird erreicht, daß die jeweilige Kassette 3 immer zwischen zwei aufeinanderfolgenden Gängen 7 der Schnecke 6 liegt und von dieser in einer genau definierten Lage weiter transportiert wird.The conveyor track 2 contains a first conveyor belt 4, which is located at the beginning of the conveyor track 2, and a second conveyor belt 5, which is located at the end of the conveyor track 2 executed in the base plate 1. Between these conveyor belts 4 and 5 there is a screw conveyor 6 which has protruding passages 7. The distance between two adjacent gears 7 of the screw 6 corresponds to the length of the object 3 being transported. Above the end of the first conveyor belt 4 there is a feeder 8, which also contains a conveyor belt and which is arranged so high that it is at the top Surface of the cassette 3 can engage. The conveyor belt of the feeder 8 is also arranged in such a way that its starting part grips the cassettes 3 fed by the first conveyor belt 4 and brings them to the next gear 7 of the screw conveyor 6 at an increased speed. This ensures that the respective cassette 3 is always between two successive courses 7 of the screw 6 and is transported by it in a precisely defined position.

Die sich an beiden Seiten der Förderbahn 2 befindlichen Anordnungen zum Anbringen von Etiketten auf Kassetten 3 sind gleich ausgebildet, so daß es genügt, wenn nur eine dieser Anordnungen im Einzelnen beschrieben wird. Es versteht sich, daß die vorliegende Einrichtung auch nur eine einzige Anordnung zum Anbringen der Etiketten aufweisen kann, wenn der betreffende Gegenstand nur einseitig mit Etiketten versehen werden soll.The arrangements for attaching labels to cassettes 3 located on both sides of the conveyor track 2 are of identical design, so that it is sufficient if only one of these arrangements is described in detail. It goes without saying that the present device can also have only a single arrangement for attaching the labels if the object in question is to be provided with labels on only one side.

Die genannte Anordnung weist einen Vorratsteller 12 auf, auf dem sich eine Rolle 13 mit Etiketten befindet. Die Etikettenrolle 13 besteht aus einem Papierband 14 (Fig. 4), das in der Mitte eine Perforation 15 aufweist, wobei zu beiden Seiten dieser Öffnungen 15 sich die auf die Kassetten 3 anzubringenden Etiketten 16 befinden. Die genannte Anordnung enthält ferner einen Aufnahmeteller 17, auf dem das Papierband 14 aufgewickelt wird, von dem die Etiketten 16 bereits abgelöst worden sind. Der Aufnahmeteller 17 wird über eine nicht dargestellte Rutschkupplung angetrieben, während beim Vorratsteller 12 es ausreicht, die Bewegung desselben bloß zu bremsen, damit das Etikettenband eine erforderliche Spannung aufweist.The arrangement mentioned has a supply plate 12 on which there is a roll 13 with labels. The label roll 13 consists of a paper tape 14 (FIG. 4) which has a perforation 15 in the middle, the labels 16 to be applied to the cassettes 3 being located on both sides of these openings 15. The arrangement also includes a receiving plate 17 on which the paper tape 14 is wound, from which the labels 16 have already been removed. The receiving plate 17 is driven via a slip clutch, not shown, while in the supply plate 12 it is sufficient to simply brake the movement of the latter so that the label tape has the required tension.

Wie bereits erwähnt worden ist, ist es erforderlich, die Etiketten 16 auf genau gegebene Stellen der Kassetten 3 anzubringen. Dies wird erreicht, indem das vom Vorratsteller 12 abgehende Etikettenband zunächst über eine freilaufende Vorzentrierrolle 18 geführt wird, deren Umfangspartie mit Nocken 19 versehen ist. Vorteilhaft sind diese Nocken 19 etwa kegelförmig ausgebildet und etwa in der Mitte der Höhe der Vorzentrierrolle 18 angeordnet. Außerdem sind die Nocken 19 der Rolle 18 entlang in derartigen Abständen verteilt, daß sie in die Öffnungen 15 des Bandes 14 eindringen können. Dadurch erfolgt die erste Einstellung der Höhenlage des Bandes 14 mit den Etiketten 16.As has already been mentioned, it is necessary to apply the labels 16 at precisely specified locations on the cassettes 3. This is achieved in that the label tape leaving the supply plate 12 is first passed over a free-running pre-centering roller 18, the peripheral part of which is provided with cams 19. These cams 19 are advantageously approximately conical and are arranged approximately in the middle of the height of the pre-centering roller 18. In addition, the cams 19 are distributed along the roller 18 at such intervals that they can penetrate into the openings 15 of the belt 14. This results in the first adjustment of the height of the tape 14 with the labels 16.

Auf die Vorzentrierrolle 18 folgt eine Antriebsrolle 20, die ebenfalls mit Nocken 19 versehen ist. Damit die Lage der Etiketten auf dem Gegenstand 3 immer genau definiert ist, werden alle beweglichen Teile der vorliegenden Einrichtung synchron und von einem gemeinsamen Motor 9 angetrieben. Die Antriebsrolle 20 wird somit auch synchron angetrieben und sie bewirkt, daß nicht nur die Höhenlage der Etiketten 16 gegenüber der jeweiligen von der Schnecke 6 geführten Kassette 3, sondern auch die seitliche Lage der Etiketten 16 immer genau gegeben ist.The pre-centering roller 18 is followed by a drive roller 20, which is also provided with cams 19. So that the position of the labels on the object 3 is always precisely defined, all moving parts of the present device are driven synchronously and by a common motor 9. The drive roller 20 is thus driven synchronously and it causes that not only the height of the labels 16 relative to the respective cassette 3 guided by the screw 6, but also the lateral position of the labels 16 is always given exactly.

Nachdem das Band 14 die Antriebsrolle 20 verlassen hat, passiert es eine Abzugskante 21, über welche das Band 14 unter einem scharfen Winkel zu einer Zentrierrolle 22 geführt wird, welche dafür sorgt, daß die mit der Vorzentrierrolle 18 und der Antriebsrolle 20 erreichte mittige Lage des Bandes 14 aufrechterhalten bleibt. An der Abzugskante 21 erfolgt die Ablösung der bis jetzt durch das Band 14 getragenen Etiketten 16 von diesem, damit die Etiketten 16 auf die Kassetten 3 übertragen werden können.After the belt 14 has left the drive roller 20, it passes a pull-off edge 21, over which the belt 14 is guided at a sharp angle to a centering roller 22, which ensures that the central position of the centering roller reached with the pre-centering roller 18 and the drive roller 20 Volume 14 is maintained. At the pull-off edge 21, the labels 16 carried until now by the tape 14 are detached therefrom so that the labels 16 can be transferred to the cassettes 3.

An der Abzugskante 21 angrenzend ist eine Vorrichtung zur Zuführung der vom Papierband 14 abgetrennten Etiketten 16 zur jeweiligen Kassette 3 angeordnet.Adjacent to the pull-off edge 21 is a device for feeding the labels 16 separated from the paper tape 14 to the respective cassette 3.

Diese Vorrichtung enthält einen drehbaren Ring 23, der mittels einer Nabe 24 auf der Grundplatte 1 gelagert ist und der vom Motor 9 aus ebenfalls synchron angetrieben wird. Der Ring 23 weist zwei Reihen durchgehender Öffnungen 25, 26 auf (Fig. 4). Die erste Reihe von Öffnungen 25 befindet sich in der oberen Hälfte des Ringes 23 und die zweite Reihe von Öffnungen 26 befindet sich in der unteren Hälfte des Ringes 26. Diese Reihen von Öffnungen 25, 26 befinden sich dabei etwa in der Mitte der jeweiligen Reihe von Etiketten 16 auf dem Papierband 14.This device contains a rotatable ring 23 which is mounted on the base plate 1 by means of a hub 24 and which is also driven synchronously by the motor 9. The ring 23 has two rows of through openings 25, 26 (FIG. 4). The first row of openings 25 is located in the upper half of the ring 23 and the second row of openings 26 is located in the lower half of the ring 26. These rows of openings 25, 26 are located approximately in the middle of the respective row of Labels 16 on paper tape 14.

Die Nabe 24 weist einen sektorförmigen Hohlraum 27 auf, der an eine Vakuumpumpe (nicht dargestellt) angeschlossen ist. Dieser Hohlraum 27 steht durch die Öffnungen 25, 26 im Ring 23 mit dessen Umgebung in Verbindung. Dies allerdings nur über eine Strecke, deren Länge der Länge des Sektorbogens 40 beim Hohlraum 27 gleicht.The hub 24 has a sector-shaped cavity 27 which is connected to a vacuum pump (not shown). This cavity 27 communicates through the openings 25, 26 in the ring 23 with its surroundings. However, this only over a distance, the length of which corresponds to the length of the sector arc 40 in the cavity 27.

Die Nabe 24 ist in der Grundplatte 1 auf einem Schlitten 32 senkrecht zur Förderbahn 2 verschiebbar und mit Hilfe einer Feder (nicht dargestellt) gegen die Förderbahn 2 hin angedrückt.The hub 24 is displaceable in the base plate 1 on a carriage 32 perpendicular to the conveyor track 2 and is pressed against the conveyor track 2 with the aid of a spring (not shown).

Auf die Zentrierrolle 22 folgt in der Bewegungsrichtung des Papierbandes 14 eine angetriebene Zugrolle 28 für das Trägerpapier 14, deren Umfangspartie aus Gummi ist. Das Papierband 14 wird mit Hilfe einer schwenkbar gelagerten Anpreßrolle 29 gegen die Zugrolle 28 angedrückt, so daß das Papierband 14 über die Abzugskante 21 gespannt wird.The centering roller 22 is followed in the direction of movement of the paper tape 14 by a driven pull roller 28 for the carrier paper 14, the peripheral part of which is made of rubber. The paper tape 14 is pressed against the pulling roller 28 with the aid of a pivotable pressure roller 29, so that the paper tape 14 is stretched over the pull-off edge 21.

Die vorliegende Einrichtung arbeitet wie folgt:

  • Vom Vorratsteller 12 gelangt der jeweilige Abschnitt des die Etiketten 16 tragenden Bandes 14 über eine Zugentlastungsrolle 30 bis zur Vorzentrierrolle 18, wo die Perforation 15 in der Papierbahn 14 mit den Nocken 19 der Vorzentrierrolle 18 in Eingriff gelangt. Dadurch wird eine allfällige Abweichung der Höhenlage der Papierbahn 14 von der gewünschten Höhenlage derselben zum erstenmal korrigiert. Dann gelangt die Papierbahn 14 mit den Etiketten 16 bis zur Antriebsrolle 20, deren Nocken 19 zwei Aufgaben erfüllen. Erstens stellen sie die für die Papierbahn 14 erforderliche Höhenlage sicher und zweitens bestimmen sie die seitliche Lage der sich auf der Papierbahn 14 befindlichen Etiketten in bezug auf die Kassette 3, wie dies vorstehend erläutert worden ist. So ausgerichtet gelangen die Etiketten 16 bis zur Abzugskante 21. In der Zwischenzeit bewegen sich auch die Kassetten 3 eine hinter der anderen zunächst auf dem ersten Transportband 4, bis sie vom Zubringerband 8 erfaßt und mit einer vergrößerten Geschwindigkeit zum Anschlag am nächstliegenden Schneckengang 7 gebracht werden. Dann treten die Kassetten 3 aus dem Reibeingriff mit dem Band des Zubringers 8 aus und die weitere Bewegung der Kassetten 3 wird nur durch die rotierende Schnecke 6 bestimmt. So gelangt die jeweilige Kassette 3 bis zum Ring 23, der an der Bewegungsbahn 2 der Kassetten 3 angrenzt.
The present facility works as follows:
  • The respective section of the tape 14 carrying the labels 16 passes from the supply plate 12 via a strain relief roller 30 to the pre-centering roller 18, where the perforation 15 in the paper web 14 engages with the cams 19 of the pre-centering roller 18. This corrects any deviation of the height of the paper web 14 from the desired height of the paper web 14 for the first time. Then the paper web 14 with the labels 16 reaches the drive roller 20, the cams 19 of which perform two tasks. First, they ensure the height required for the paper web 14, and second, they determine the lateral position of the labels on the paper web 14 with respect to the cassette 3, as has been explained above. Aligned in this way, the labels 16 reach the pull-off edge 21. In the meantime, the cassettes 3 also move one behind the other initially on the first conveyor belt 4 until they are gripped by the feed belt 8 and are brought to a stop at the next worm gear 7 at an increased speed . Then the cassettes 3 emerge from the frictional engagement with the belt of the feeder 8 and the further movement of the cassettes 3 is only determined by the rotating screw 6. The respective cassette 3 thus reaches the ring 23 which is adjacent to the path of movement 2 of the cassettes 3.

Da die Drehbewegung der Antriebsrolle 20 und der Schnecke 6 synchronisiert ist, löst sich eine obere und eine untere Etikette 14 vom jeweiligen Papierband 14 an der Abzugskante 21 in einem derartigen Moment ab, daß diese Etiketten 14 genau an jene Stelle gelangen können, die für sie auf der Kassette 3 vorgesehen ist. Dies bewirkt der sich drehende Ring 23. Wie gesagt ist in der Nabe 24 ein unter Unterdruck stehender sektorförmiger Hohlraum 27 vorhanden. Der eine Schenkel 38 dieses sektorförmigen Hohlraumes 27 liegt in der Nähe der Abzugskante 21 während der andere Schenkel 39 des Hohlraumes 27 etwa senkrecht zur Förderbahn 2 steht. Der Hohlraum 27 kann somit mit seiner Umgebung nur über einen sich zwischen den Schenkeln 38 und 39 erstreckenden Sektor 40 in Verbindung stehen, der allerdings durch einen entsprechenden Abschnitt des Ringes 23 mit den Öffnungen 25, 26 zugedeckt ist. Dieser Bogen 40 entspricht der Strecke, auf der die von Papierband 14 losgelösten Etiketten 16 zur jeweiligen Kassette 3 bewegt werden. Wegen dem im sektorförmigen Hohlraum herrschenden Unterdruck, strömt die Umgebungsluft durch die sich auf dieser Strecke 40 befindlichen Öffnungen 25, 26 im sich drehenden Ring 23 hindurch.Since the rotational movement of the drive roller 20 and the screw 6 is synchronized, an upper and a lower label 14 detaches from the respective paper tape 14 on the pull-off edge 21 in such a moment that these labels 14 can get to exactly the place that is appropriate for them is provided on the cassette 3. This is caused by the rotating ring 23. As said, a sector-shaped cavity 27 is present in the hub 24. The one Leg 38 of this sector-shaped cavity 27 is close to the pull-off edge 21, while the other leg 39 of the cavity 27 is approximately perpendicular to the conveyor track 2. The cavity 27 can thus only be connected to its surroundings via a sector 40 which extends between the legs 38 and 39, but which is covered by the corresponding section of the ring 23 with the openings 25, 26. This sheet 40 corresponds to the distance on which the labels 16 detached from paper tape 14 are moved to the respective cassette 3. Because of the negative pressure prevailing in the sector-shaped cavity, the ambient air flows through the openings 25, 26 located on this section 40 in the rotating ring 23.

Da der Anfang dieser Strecke 40 sich bei der Abzugskante 21 befindet, hinter der die Etiketten 14 bereits lose sind, werden die nun freien Etiketten 16 durch die in die Öffnungen 25, 26 strömende Luft gegen die Umfangsfläche des sich ebenfalls synchron drehenden Ringes 23 angedrückt. So gehalten gelangen die Etiketten 16 bis zu jener Stelle der Förderbahn 2, an welcher sie auf eine der sich kontinuierlich bewegenden Kassetten 3 angebracht werden, während der abgefedert gelagerte Ring 23 auf einer solchen Kassette 3 abrollt.Since the beginning of this section 40 is at the pull-off edge 21, behind which the labels 14 are already loose, the now free labels 16 are pressed against the circumferential surface of the ring 23, which also rotates synchronously, by the air flowing into the openings 25, 26. Held in this way, the labels 16 reach the point on the conveyor track 2 at which they are attached to one of the continuously moving cassettes 3, while the spring-mounted ring 23 rolls on such a cassette 3.

Da wegen dem Schenkel 39 die Saugwirkung dort aufhört, wo der Ring 23 auf der Kassette 3 abrollt, bleibt die jeweilige Etikette 16, dank ihrer Klebeschicht, der Kassette 3 haften. Da die jeweilige Etikette 16 bis zum Andrücken derselben auf die Kassette 3 geführt war, hat sie auch die vorgegebene Lage auf der Kassette 3 eingenommen. Die mit Etiketten 16 versehenen Kassetten 3 werden dann mit Hilfe des zweiten Transportbandes 5 zur weiteren Behandlung abtransportiert. Das nun von Etiketten 16 freie Papierband 14 gelangt dann über die Zentrierrolle 22 und die Zugrolle 28 bis zum Aufnahmeteller 17. In Fig. 3 ist der Antrieb eines Teils der vorliegenden Einrichtung dargestellt. Wie bereits erwähnt worden ist, werden alle Teile der Einrichtung von einem gemeinsamen Motor 9 aus angetrieben. Die Aufnahmeteller 17 für das Papierband 14 werden über Kettentriebe 11 und Kettenräder 31 angetrieben. Die Ringe 23 der Zuführvorrichtung erhalten ihren Antrieb über im jeweiligen Schlitten 32 befindliche Getriebe (nicht dargestellt) sowie über Räder 33. Die Antriebsrollen 20 werden über Kettentriebe 11 und Kettenräder 34 angetrieben. Die unterschiedliche Anordnung der Räder und Ketten links und rechts vom Motor 9 ist deswegen erforderlich, weil die Rollen links und rechts vom Motor 9 gegensinnig drehen müssen, obwohl sie von einem einzigen Motor 9 aus angetrieben sind.Since because of the leg 39 the suction stops where the ring 23 rolls on the cassette 3, the respective label 16, thanks to its adhesive layer, the cassette 3 adheres. Since the respective label 16 was guided onto the cassette 3 until it was pressed against it, it also assumed the predetermined position on the cassette 3. The cassettes 3 provided with labels 16 are then transported away for further treatment with the aid of the second conveyor belt 5. The paper tape 14, now free of labels 16, then passes via the centering roller 22 and the pulling roller 28 to the receiving plate 17. The drive of part of the present device is shown in FIG. 3. As has already been mentioned, all parts of the device are driven by a common motor 9. The receiving plate 17 for the paper tape 14 are driven via chain drives 11 and chain wheels 31. The rings 23 of the feed device receive their drive via gears (not shown) located in the respective carriage 32 and via wheels 33. The drive rollers 20 are driven via chain drives 11 and chain wheels 34. The different arrangement of the wheels and chains on the left and right of the motor 9 is necessary because the rollers on the left and right of the motor 9 have to rotate in opposite directions, although they are driven by a single motor 9.

In den Zeichnungen ist eine Einrichtung zum beidseitigen Anbringen von Etiketten an Tonbandkassetten dargestellt. Selbstverständlich kann die vorliegende Einrichtung auch mit nur einer Anordnung zum Anbringen von Etiketten arbeiten. Außerdem versteht es sich, daß mit Hilfe der vorliegenden Einrichtung auch andersartige Gegenstände als Tonbandkassetten mit Etiketten versehen werden können.In the drawings, a device for attaching labels on both sides of tape cassettes is shown. Of course, the present device can also work with only one arrangement for applying labels. In addition, it goes without saying that with the help of the present device, other types of objects than tape cassettes can also be provided with labels.

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1. Labelling apparatus including a device for transporting the articles (3) to be procided with labels (16), which transporting device comprises a worm conveyer (6) and a conveyer belt (4), and including at least one device for applying the labels onto the articles, characterized in that the worm conveyer (6) is located below that area of the device for applying the labels where the articles are provided with labels, that the conveyer belt (4) is arranged ahead of the worm conveyer (6), and that a feeding device is located above that end of the conveyer belt (4) which is closer to the worm conveyer (4) as well as above the initial section of the worm conveyer (4).
2. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the direction of the axis of the worm conveyer (6) coincides practically with the direction of travel of the articles (3), and that the distance between two adjoining threads (7) of the worm conveyer (6) corresponds with the length of the article (3) to be transported.
3. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the worm conveyer (6) is followed by a further conveyer belt (5).
4. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the device for applying the labels (16) onto the articles comprises a freewheeling primary centering roller (18) as well as a following driving roller (20) for a tape (14) supporting labels, that a drawing off edge (21) follows the driving roller (20) which borders a device for feeding of the labels (16) peeled off of the supporting tape (14) towards the respective article (3), and that there is provided a centering roller (22) and thereafter a drawing roller (28) for the tape (14) which already has been freed of the labels.
5. Apparatus according to claim 4, characterized in that the primary centering roller (18), the driving roller (20) and the centering roller (22) are provided with pins (19).
6. Apparatus according to claim 5, characterized in that the center area of the supporting tape (14) is provided with a perforation (15) into which the pins (19) may be located, and that the labels are arranged at either side of the perforations (15).
7. Apparatus according to claim 4, characterized in that the circumferential area of the drawing roller (28) is of rubber, and that a pressing roller (29) is allocated to the drawing roller (28).
8. Apparatus according to claim 5, characterized in that the device for feeding the labels (16) which are peeled off of the supporting tape (14) comprises a ring (24) operating at subatmospheric pressure and rotatably supported on a hub, that the ring is provided with through openings (25, 26), and that the ring is arranged such, that its circumferential surface borders the path of movement of the articles (3).
9. Apparatus according to claims 6 and 8, characterized in that the through openings (25, 26) in the ring (23) form two rows, and that one of each of the rows of openings is located at either side of the perforations (15) formed in the supporting web.
10. Apparatus according to claim 8, characterized in that the hub (24) is located on a slide (32) movable laterally to the axis of the worm conveyer (6).
11. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that its movable parts are driveable from a common motor (9).
12. Apparatus according to claim 4, characterized in that a feeding device for the labels (16) each is located at either side of the device of transporting articles (3).
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