EP0134719A2 - Appareils d'impression - Google Patents

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EP0134719A2
EP0134719A2 EP84306042A EP84306042A EP0134719A2 EP 0134719 A2 EP0134719 A2 EP 0134719A2 EP 84306042 A EP84306042 A EP 84306042A EP 84306042 A EP84306042 A EP 84306042A EP 0134719 A2 EP0134719 A2 EP 0134719A2
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label
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Steven John Diggle
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F33/00—Indicating, counting, warning, control or safety devices
    • B41F33/009—Devices for controlling numbering
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F19/00—Apparatus or machines for carrying out printing operations combined with other operations
    • B41F19/02—Apparatus or machines for carrying out printing operations combined with other operations with embossing
    • B41F19/06—Printing and embossing between a negative and a positive forme after inking and wiping the negative forme; Printing from an ink band treated with colour or "gold"
    • B41F19/064—Presses of the reciprocating type
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41K—STAMPS; STAMPING OR NUMBERING APPARATUS OR DEVICES
    • B41K3/00—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped
    • B41K3/02—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped with stamping surface located above article-supporting surface
    • B41K3/04—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped with stamping surface located above article-supporting surface and movable at right angles to the surface to be stamped
    • B41K3/10—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped with stamping surface located above article-supporting surface and movable at right angles to the surface to be stamped having automatic means for changing type-characters, e.g. numbering devices
    • B41K3/102—Numbering devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41K—STAMPS; STAMPING OR NUMBERING APPARATUS OR DEVICES
    • B41K3/00—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped
    • B41K3/44—Means for handling copy matter
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41P—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO PRINTING, LINING MACHINES, TYPEWRITERS, AND TO STAMPS
    • B41P2219/00—Printing presses using a heated printing foil
    • B41P2219/40—Material or products to be decorated or printed
    • B41P2219/41—Web-like material

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  • This invention relates to printing apparatus used especially but not exclusively for printing labels and packaging material.
  • printing apparatus used especially but not exclusively for printing labels and packaging material.
  • a label printing machine comprising a label stock supply station, a printed label stock collection station spaced from the supply station, a first printing mechanism for printing background label information onto the label stock, a second printing mechanism for printing variable label information onto the label stock, the first and second printing mechanisms being spatially disposed along the label stock flow path between the supply and collection stations, and a microprocessor linked to the second printing mechanism for input- ing selected information into said printing mechanism.
  • the printing machine comprises an indexing mechanism for indexing the label stock in predetermined but variable steps between dwells during which printing is effected, the indexing mechanism comprising a nip through which the label stock passes and defined by a pressure roller and an indexing roller driven by a stepping motor linked to and controlled by the microprocessor.
  • the first printing mechanism comprises a printing head actuated by a ram operated by a one-revolution clutch via a crank, the clutch being controlled by a solenoid-operated spring-loaded brake lever with the solenoid operation being controlled by the microprocessor.
  • the label printing machine comprises a keyboard-controlled microprocessor 20, a label stock supply or feed-off station 21, a microprocessor- controlled, variable information printing station 22, a background printing station 23 at which label stock LS and printing foil PF from a printing foil supply station 24 merge, a laminate supply station 25 (including a laminate backing collection device 26) from which laminate film LF is delivered to the printed label stock LS to be applied to and to flow with the label stock LS, a die-cutting station 27 for cutting the laminate film LF to define label areas, a label stock indexing station 28, a laminate waste collection station 29 and a label stock (printed, laminated and cut) collection station 30.
  • the label stock supply or feed-off station 21 (Figs. 1, 9 and 10) comprises a drive shaft 31 onto which is detachably secured a supply reel 32 of label stock LS, the drive shaft 31 is continuously driven but the transmission of drive to the supply reel 32 is controlled by a brake 33 and a clutch 34 which are alternately operable by the micro-processor 20.
  • a dancer or kicker roller 35 carried by a pivoted arm 36 is disposed downstream of the supply reel 32, in terms of label stock flow through the machine, which arm 36 is secured to a rotatable shaft 37 mounting a pair of cams 38 adapted, on shaft rotation, to operate a pair of over-ride microswitches 39 which control the brake 33 and clutch 34 in case of microprocessor malfunction.
  • the shaft 37 has fast thereon a bar 40 to which is secured a flexible element 41 which passes round a fixed guide 42 and is connected, in turn, to a spring 43 anchored to the machine frame 44, the spring 43 loading the arm 36 and consequently the kicker roller 35 to a position adjacent the supply reel 32.
  • the label stock LS extends from the supply reel 32 around the kicker roller 35 and then up and over two guide rollers 45, 46 into the variable-information input printing station 22.
  • the latter incorporates a dot matrix printer 47 (although it will be manifest to any person skilled in the art that alternative forms of intelligent printer may be employed) linked to the microprocessor 20 as indicated at L and releasably secured (bolted or clipped) on a platform 48 which is adjustable along the label stock flow path.
  • the platform 48 slides on rails 49 and mounts two gearwheels 50 mounted on a rotatable spindle 51 below same engageable with fixed racks 52.
  • a knob 53 is secured to the spindle 51 to effect rotation thereof and of the gearwheels 50 to move the platform 48 to-and-fro along the rails 49.
  • a lock nut 54 is provided on the spindle 51 to secure the platform 48 in adjusted position.
  • the dot matrix _ printer position can be adjusted to suit the size and/or format of the labels to be produced in any one run.
  • the background printing station 23 Downstream of the dot matrix printer 47 is the background printing station 23 within which is located a printing bed 55 on which the label stock LS dwells during printing.
  • This printing bed 55 is height and level adjustable by conventional means known to those skilled in the art and not forming part of this invention.
  • the heater/printing assembly 56 is carried by a ram 57 movable by a crank 57A or other conventional means for converting rotary motion into linear motion connected to a continuously-driven shaft 58 (see Figs. 2, 7 and 8) through a one-revolution clutch 59 having a circumferential cam track 60 in the driving clutch plate and in which engages one end of a pivotal lever 61 urged by a spring 62 into the cam track 60 normally to immobilise the clutch 59.
  • the lever 61 is pivoted to release the clutch 59, i.e. to allow same to engage to drive the ram down and then up, by a actuator pin 63 controlled by a solenoid 64 linked to the microprocessor 20 as indicated at L and thereby controlled by the microprocessor 20.
  • Printing foil PF activated by heat is supplied - to the background printing area to overlie the label stock LS during each printing operation.
  • the printing foil PF is fed from a supply reel 65 mounted on a freely rotatable spindle 66 and passes under guides 67 and 68 and then across the label stock flow path at the background printing area, down round an upper guide rod 69 and a lower guide rod 70 and back across but under the label stock flow path, through a nip 71 and onto a collection reel 72 detachably secured on a driven shaft 73.
  • the nip 72 is defined by a bottom freely- rotatable rubber-covered pressure roller 74, whereof the pressure can be adjusted in any convenient known manner, and an indexing roller 75 fast on a driven shaft 76. At one end (the non-driven end), the shaft 76 is connected by a gearing 77 and a toothed belt 78 to the collection reel shaft 73 to drive same when the indexing roller 75 is driven.
  • the indexing roller shaft 76 has on its other end a gearwheel 79 with which meshes a gearwheel 80 driven by a crank arm 81 connected by a linkage 82 to a rotatable lever 83 to which, in turn, is adjustably secured a bar 84 fast on a continuously rotatable shaft 85 driven from the machine drive to be described later.
  • the rotatable lever 83 is position adjustable along the bar 84 to vary the effective length of the lever/bar combination 83, 84 and consequently the stroke of the crank arm 81. In this way, the indexed length of printing foil PF is controlled.
  • the laminate is a transparent adhesive-backed film strip LF supplied with a removable paper backing strip BS. It is supplied on a reel 86 which is detachably mounted on a rotatable shaft 87 for rotation therewith, the shaft 87 is connected to the machine drive via an alternately operable brake 88 and clutch 89 in the same manner as the label stock supply station and for this reason the laminate supply station 25 will not be described in detail.
  • the laminate passes from the supply reel 86 around a guide roller 90 carried by a driven shaft 91 and then down and around a dancer or kick roller 92 carried by a pivotal arm 93 arrangement identical with that of the label stock supply or feed-off station and then up to two guide spindles 94, 95 where the laminate film LF and backing paper BS separate, the laminate film LF with adhesive side remote from the guide spindle 95 passing down towards the printed label stock LS.
  • the backing paper BS passes around the guide spindle 94 onto a collection reel 96 rotatable with a continuously rotatable spindle 97 driven from the machine drive.
  • the adhesive backed laminate film LF passes under through a pressure nip 98 incorporating a bottom pressure roller 99 between which nip the printed label stock LS also passes whereby the laminate film LF is pressed onto the printed label stock LS to adhere thereto.
  • the now printed and laminated label stock passes to the die cutting station 27.
  • This is identical in construction and operation to the background printing station save that the printing/heating assembly is replaced by a support head 100 to the underside of which is replaceably fitted a cutting die or rule (not shown) of a configuration determined by the desired label format.
  • a cutting die or rule (not shown) of a configuration determined by the desired label format.
  • the printed, laminated and cut label stock LS now passes through the indexing station 28 (Figs. 1, 5 and 6) which comprises two rollers defining a nip 101 through which the label stock passes.
  • the nip is defined by a bottom indexing roller 102 directly driven by a stepping motor 103 linked to the micro- processor 20 as indicated at L and thereby controlled by the microprocessor 20, and a top rubber-covered - pressure roller 104 carried in a frame 105 pivotally mounted at 106 on the machine frame 107.
  • a pressure screw 108 acts on the frame 105 to permit pressure adjustment.
  • the printed, laminated and cut label stock LS now moves under a roller 109 at the downstream side of which the cut waste laminate film LW passes upwardly to be wound on a collection reel 110 rotatably fast but detachably mounted on a shaft 111 driven from the shaft 97 of the backing paper collection reel 96.
  • the label stock LS continues through a nip defined by guide rollers 112, 113 to the label stock collection station 30.
  • the latter comprises a shaft 114 rotated continuously by the machine drive on which is mounted a collection reel 115 forihe finished label stock LS.
  • the latter after passing through the nip rollers 112, 113 passes down around guide rollers 116, 117 and then around a dancer or kick roller - 118 carried by a spring-loaded pivotal arm 119 and a final guide roller 120 to the collection reel 115.
  • the machine drive (Fig. 2) comprises an electric motor 121 and a reduction gear 122 from the output shaft 123 various drives are transmitted by chain transmissions, i.e. chain and gearwheel transmissions.
  • a chain transmission 124 connects the output shaft 123 to the drive shaft 31 of the label stock feed-off reel 32, the rotation of which shaft is, of course, controlled by the alternately operating brake 33 and clutch 34.
  • a chain transmission 125 connects the output shaft 123 and the drive shaft 114 of the label stock collection reel 115.
  • a transfer chain transmission 126 connects the output shaft 123 to an upper shaft, i.e. the shaft 58 which drives the printing/heating assembly ram 57 through the one-revolution clutch 59 and crank 57A described above.
  • a chain transmission 127 connects the shaft 58 to a second and parallel shaft 58X which drives the cutting ram 57X through the one-revolution clutch 59X and crank described above.
  • a chain transmission 128 connects the shaft 58X to the shaft 85 which drives the rotatable lever 83 of the drive to the printing foil indexing roller 75.
  • a chain transmission 129 connects the shaft 58X and the shaft 87 of the laminate feed-off reel 86 and the shaft 91 of the guide roller 90. In the case of the feed-off reel shaft 87, the rotation of this is, as aforesaid, controlled by the alternately operating brake 88 and clutch 89.
  • a chain transmission 130 from the shaft 58 drives the backing paper take-up reel shaft 97 from which a chain transmission 131 extends to drive the laminate waste take-up reel shaft 111.
  • a manual drive is provided for use in "inching" the machine drive, during the machine threading operation for example.
  • This comprises a shaft 132 with a gearwheel 133 at one end for engagement with a gearwheel 134 on the motor shaft 135.
  • the shaft 132 and consequently its gearwheel 133 is normally urged away from the motor shaft gearwheel 134 by a spring 136.
  • label printing machine is ready for use.
  • label stock LS is threaded through the machine from the supply take-off reel 32 to the collection reel 115;
  • printing foil PF is threaded across the label stock flow path between its supply take-off reel 65 and collection reel 72;
  • laminate film LF is threaded through the machine to the collection reel 115 with a start-off length of backing paper BP wound on its collection reel 96 and a start-off _ length of waste laminate LW wound on its collection reel 110;
  • the background printer type is set up and the heater box is activated; (5) the appropriate cutting die or rule is fitted to the cutting head; (6) the variable information and other parameters, for example indexing length and rate of label production, is fed into the microprocessor 20 by the operator.
  • the machine is now actuated and, as aforesaid, predetermined lengths of label stock LS and laminate film LF are delivered into the flow system, usually one label length at a time, the label/stock indexing and the printing foil indexing and the printing and cutting rams and the dot-matrix printer being operational.
  • stage 1 variable information is printed on a label area
  • stage 2 background information
  • stage 3 a "stage 2" label area is cut by the cutting die or rule
  • the microprocessor has a keyboard 137 and V.D.U. 138. It directly controls the dot matrix printer 47 and the indexing stepping motor 103. Through an electrical interface 139 to the label printing (L.P.) machine it controls the machine electrics 140, for example, the electric drive motor 121, the electrical heating of the heater box of the background printer, and also through the electrical interface 139 it controls the solenoid valves 64 of the one-revolution clutches 59, 59X.
  • L.P. label printing
  • the microprocessor additionally via control logic circuitry 141 is controlling linked via the override microswitches 39 to the brake 33, 88 and the clutch 34, 89 of the label stock feed-off reel shaft 31 and the laminate feed-off reel shaft 87 to alternately operate the brakes and the clutches.
  • the dot matrix printer 47 in this instance, has its customary paper feed drive rendered inoperative and its customary main drive is employed to move its print head across the label stock.
  • This print head may, for example, have a fortyeight character set with a 3mm. character height. It can, for example, print two lines of information, 84mm. wide, at a speed of two lines per second.
  • Such a printer can print up to eighty (80) labels per minute depending on the amount of variable information to be printed.
  • printers While reference has been made to a dot matrix printer it will be appreciated that any other form of intelligent printer may be employed in the present invention. Examples of such printers are ink jet printers, thermal printers and laser printers.
  • the indexing stepping motor 103 may, for example, be advanced in steps of 0.010 of an inch and have a step rate of 1650 steps per second.
  • the label stock feed-off station 21 and the laminate feed-off station 25 at regular predetermined intervals supply a controlled (brake and clutch) predetermined length (usually one label length) of label stock LS and laminate film LF to the flow path through the machine and in consequence of this the stepping motor 103 is not loaded by having to pull the label stock LS and laminate film LF off the supply reels.
  • the stepping motor's sole function is to index the combined label stock and laminate film.
  • label stock supply reel shaft 31 and the laminate supply reel shaft 87 may, alternatively, be driven by stepping motors controlled by the microprocessor, or by one stepping motor with appropriate transmissions to the two shafts.
  • Selecting "2" permits unprinted label stock to be indexed through the machine a selected predetermined length (the machine may possibly be inched for threading by selecting "2").

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