EP0131852A2 - Automatisches Etikettiergerät zum Einbauen in eine Verpackungsmaschine für pharmazeutische, kosmetische und ähnliche Produckte, wobei die Verpackungsmaschine vom kontinuierlichen oder unterbrochenen Arbeitstyp ist - Google Patents

Automatisches Etikettiergerät zum Einbauen in eine Verpackungsmaschine für pharmazeutische, kosmetische und ähnliche Produckte, wobei die Verpackungsmaschine vom kontinuierlichen oder unterbrochenen Arbeitstyp ist Download PDF

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EP0131852A2
EP0131852A2 EP84107816A EP84107816A EP0131852A2 EP 0131852 A2 EP0131852 A2 EP 0131852A2 EP 84107816 A EP84107816 A EP 84107816A EP 84107816 A EP84107816 A EP 84107816A EP 0131852 A2 EP0131852 A2 EP 0131852A2
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Dine Bertolazzi
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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

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  • This invention relates to an automatic labelling machine for incorporation to case packaging machines for pharmaceutical,cosmetic,and the like products, both of the continuous and intermittent,or alternating,feed types.
  • the invention relates to an essential modular apparatus adapted for automatic application of self-sticking labels to packaging cases or cartons, both as filled or empty and flattened, on conventional packaging machines of the continuous and intermittent feed types.
  • off-the-line machines do not lend themselves for use at the product packaging station, because, like all labelling machines, they are based on the principle of concurrent delivery of a label to the exact point of application to a packaging case or carton, through the use of light detectors or the like, and quite unreliable in actual practice owing to the occurrence of light reflection phenomena or other effects hindering proper centering thereof; furthermore, the varied selection of the areas where a label or punch may be applied, which are left for the discretion of the manufacturers, has heretofore prevented full use of the off-the-line labelling machine capabilities.
  • an object of this invention to provide an automatic labelling apparatus in the form of a compact labelling head adapted for convenient incorporation to packaging machines of the continuous type and to apply conventional labels perfectly centered on a packaging case or carton even where speed variations are experienced with the packaging machine during the production cycle, and hence independently of the packaging machine rate of operation and of whether this happens to be of the continuous or intermittent type, as well as an apparatus adapted for out-of-line installation on alternating packaging machines.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a labelling head of the modular type, which can use large capacity label rolls, employ conventional printer assemblies, and cut off lengths or segments of a self-sticking module (label) from a continuous web which are overprinted at the moment of their application, thus bringing about a significant economical advantage resulting from the absence of waste material.
  • an automatic labelling machine for incorporation to a case packaging machine, of the type providing for continuous or intermittent feed of packaging cases by means of pushers or the like, and provided with a printer head and a wedge element for breaking labels away from a carrier web being paid out from a storage reel
  • labelling machine comprises, in accordance with this invention, a feeder stand mounted rotatable about a parallel axis to the packaging case forward feed plane and having hinged peripherally thereto, at angularly spaced locations, oscillating arms guided at the opposed ends along a cam-like profile annular guide and each carrying a box-like body alternately subjected to a vacuum and adapted to receive a label from said label detaching wedge element and apply it onto a case moving along the transport line under pressure horizontally thereon, means being also provided of rotating said arm carrying stand and advancing said label carrying web, as well as sensor and timer means for synchronising the rotational speed of said rotatable arm
  • said oscillating arms are guided, at the remote ends thereof to the ends hinged to the rotatable stand, along a closed profile guide so configured as to impart to each oscillating arm a substantially vertical attitude at the area of detachment and pick-up of a label and a horizontal attitude at the area of application of the label to a packaging case, said profile of said cam being effective to enable the label carrying box-like body to move horizontally over a short distance in order to ensure that the label is applied to the moving packaging case.
  • a fixed blade forming the anvil blade for a cutting edge associated with each label pick-up box-like body, said anvil blade and cutting edge forming a cutter means for cutting off lengths of continuous (label-forming) self-sticking web laminated onto a silicone coated transfer web.
  • a packaging machine to which the labelling machine or head of this invention may be attached comprises essentially the end portion 1 of a case or package continuous feeder 2; the feeder 1 includes a chain conveyor provided with pusher toes 3, which are spaced apart at equal distances and operative to push, in the direction of the arrow F each case or carton at a constant preset speed.
  • the affected machine portion further includes a reel 4 for a self-sticking label carrier web 5, of a type known per se, a set of guide, deflector and tension rollers 6,7,8, ...., a printer head 9 operative to overprint the labels with a desired inscription, a device 10 for adjusting the tension on the web 5 and being hand operated, and a driven take-up roller 12 for taking up the silicone coated web 11 after the labels have been detached therefrom.
  • Schematically indicated at 13 are a pair of side- by-side prismatic supports, in between which supports is an automatic labelling head as shown in Figures 2 and 3.
  • the automatic labelling head of this invention comprises a spider element 14, set for rotation about its barycentric axis 15, which axis extends horizontally and parallely to the plane of the conveyor 1 for the cases 3,3a, 3b, ....
  • the spider element 14 has four identical spokes 14a,14b,14c and 14d, orthogonal to one another; it is driven in a counterclockwise direction by a specially provided motor (not shown).
  • Each oscillating arm 17a,.... carries on one side a respective box-like body 19, all the bodies being identical to one another and alternately formed with a vacuum therein by means of a suitable vacuum pump, not shown.
  • the front face 19a of each box-like body 19 is flat, perforated, and dimensioned to receive and retain, by the action of the inside vacuum, a label picked up from the label carrier web 5, as explained hereinafter; furthermore, the corner edge 20 of each box-like body 19 is configured to provide a cutting edge for separating, substantially with a guillotine motion, cuttings of self-sticking module as shown in Figure 3 and further discussed hereinafter.
  • a blade 22 which is hingedly connected to a fixed support or stand and can swing in a vertical plane against the bias force of springs 23.
  • the blade 22 forms the fixed anvil blade for the cutting edge 20 of each box-like body 19.
  • a flat section 24 of the conveying surface for the cases 3a, 3 , 3b .... which is mounted yieldably and oscillably against the bias of springs 25.
  • the section 24 is in essence an oscillating plate arranged to receive a case at the precise position for centered application under a pressure of a label, as effected by the cited box-like bodies 19.
  • the cam 18 has, as mentioned, a special profile, the peculiar aspect whereof resides in the provision of a bottom profile section 18a lying substantially parallel to the plane of advancement 1 of the cases to allow (as explained hereinafter) each arm 17 and respective label-carrying box-like body 19 to follow, during the label application step and over a certain distance, the case movement while holding the label pressed onto the case, as is required to cause the self-sticking label to adhere on the case body without shifting from its centered position.
  • the profile of the cam 18 is such that the four oscillating arms 17a,17b, ...., being forced to rotate with the spider 14 with one end held along a constant radius circle, can be oriented, because obliged by their other ends to follow a shaped path different from a circle, to assume vertical positions at the label separation area, inclined intermediate positions, and a substantially horizontal position, and over a certain distance, at the lower area of application of the label to the cases.
  • the above- described labelling head is adapted to cut self-sticking labels (i.e., segments thereof) off a continuous self-sticking web laminated onto a continuous carrier web.
  • a web 5b is fed onto the separating wedge 21 which carries a continuous self-sticking web 5c.
  • the cutting edge 20 of the box-like body 19, on reaching the separating wedge 21, will cut off a segment 5d of self-sticking web by acting against the fixed anvil blade 22, the cut being effected substantially guillotine- fashion.
  • the fixed anvil blade 22 is preferably configured yoke-like, 26, to provide two limited edge portions 26 rather than a continuous edge spanning the full width of the web 5c. This particular configuration of the anvil blade, by allowing formation of a slight bend line in the web against the edges 27 at the time of cutting, ensures a perfectly regular cut to be achieved.
  • the labelling machine of this invention is further provided with sensors or feelers, of an electric or mechanical or the like type, positioned on the case conveyor, as well as with timers and electric actuating circuits, cooperating to synchronise the case advancement rate with the angular velocity of the spider carrying the oscillating arms and to start and stop the forward movement of the label carrier web, as well as to start and stop the vacuum pump for generating the vacuum within the box-like bodies 19. All these elements are of a known type, and hence no further discussed herein.
  • the labelling machine of this invention operates essentially as follows.
  • the perforated surface of the box-like body will contact the label and hold it back owing to the vacuum condition prevailing within the box-like body; the label, as so held back, is transferred by the oscillating arm toward the application area, and along this path, the oscillating arm moves gradually into an inclined position until it reaches the horizontal position at the application area.
  • the distance from the surface receiving the case 3a (which in the meantime has been delivered onto the oscillating plate and is indicated at 3 in Figure 2) to the label carrying face of the box-like body is such that the latter will press the case to stably apply the self-sticking label, and that pressure is maintained over a certain distance (thanks to the horizontal profile section 18a of the cam 18).
  • the cycle may be repeated by the operation of other oscillating arms, which pick up one label and apply it to successive cases being moved forward at a constant rate.

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EP84107816A 1983-07-19 1984-07-05 Automatisches Etikettiergerät zum Einbauen in eine Verpackungsmaschine für pharmazeutische, kosmetische und ähnliche Produckte, wobei die Verpackungsmaschine vom kontinuierlichen oder unterbrochenen Arbeitstyp ist Withdrawn EP0131852A3 (de)

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IT2240583U IT8322405V0 (it) 1983-07-19 1983-07-19 Apparecchiature etichettatrice automatica, inseribile su macchine confezionatrici di astucci per prodotti farmaceutici, cosmetici e simili del tipo ad avanzamento sia continuo che intermittente.

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Cited By (9)

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GB2208841A (en) * 1987-08-13 1989-04-19 New Jersey Machine Inc Labelling system
US4844771A (en) * 1987-10-16 1989-07-04 Label-Aire Inc. Printer-tamp label applicator
FR2635503A1 (fr) * 1987-08-13 1990-02-23 New Jersey Machine Inc Systeme et procede d'etiquetage
GB2243357A (en) * 1990-04-27 1991-10-30 Mead Corp Attaching identification panels to bottle crates
FR2694269A1 (fr) * 1992-07-30 1994-02-04 Neyret Guy Dispositif pour la pose d'étiquettes amenées adhérant sur une bande sans fin.
US5489360A (en) * 1993-10-04 1996-02-06 Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Label sticking apparatus and label tape
US6006808A (en) * 1998-05-07 1999-12-28 J.I.T. Technologies, Inc. Label tamp
CN108609252A (zh) * 2018-06-28 2018-10-02 东莞理工学院 一种包装盒自动贴标机
IT202000008263A1 (it) 2020-04-17 2021-10-17 Europrogetti Srl Apparecchiatura per il rivestimento di scatole in cartone con porzioni di foglio autoadesivo

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DE1206785B (de) * 1959-02-20 1965-12-09 Alfred Schmermund Vorrichtung zur Aufbringung von Etiketten auf Werkstuecke mittels umlaufendem Greiferzylinder
US4032388A (en) * 1975-11-19 1977-06-28 Leon Tucker Dunning Transfer mechanism
FR2464195A1 (fr) * 1979-09-05 1981-03-06 Metraplan Spa Dispositif pour la depose automatique d'etiquettes autocollantes

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DE1206785B (de) * 1959-02-20 1965-12-09 Alfred Schmermund Vorrichtung zur Aufbringung von Etiketten auf Werkstuecke mittels umlaufendem Greiferzylinder
US4032388A (en) * 1975-11-19 1977-06-28 Leon Tucker Dunning Transfer mechanism
FR2464195A1 (fr) * 1979-09-05 1981-03-06 Metraplan Spa Dispositif pour la depose automatique d'etiquettes autocollantes

Cited By (12)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2208841A (en) * 1987-08-13 1989-04-19 New Jersey Machine Inc Labelling system
FR2635503A1 (fr) * 1987-08-13 1990-02-23 New Jersey Machine Inc Systeme et procede d'etiquetage
GB2208841B (en) * 1987-08-13 1991-12-11 New Jersey Machine Inc Labelling system
US4844771A (en) * 1987-10-16 1989-07-04 Label-Aire Inc. Printer-tamp label applicator
GB2243357A (en) * 1990-04-27 1991-10-30 Mead Corp Attaching identification panels to bottle crates
GB2243357B (en) * 1990-04-27 1994-03-02 Mead Corp Applicator for attaching identification panels to bottle crates
FR2694269A1 (fr) * 1992-07-30 1994-02-04 Neyret Guy Dispositif pour la pose d'étiquettes amenées adhérant sur une bande sans fin.
US5489360A (en) * 1993-10-04 1996-02-06 Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Label sticking apparatus and label tape
US6006808A (en) * 1998-05-07 1999-12-28 J.I.T. Technologies, Inc. Label tamp
CN108609252A (zh) * 2018-06-28 2018-10-02 东莞理工学院 一种包装盒自动贴标机
IT202000008263A1 (it) 2020-04-17 2021-10-17 Europrogetti Srl Apparecchiatura per il rivestimento di scatole in cartone con porzioni di foglio autoadesivo
EP3895885A1 (de) 2020-04-17 2021-10-20 Europrogetti S.r.l. Vorrichtung zum verkleiden von kartonschachteln mit kälteaufkleberabschnitten

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