EP0248375A1 - Méthode et dispositif pour transférer des étiquettes adhérant sur une bande-porteuse - Google Patents

Méthode et dispositif pour transférer des étiquettes adhérant sur une bande-porteuse Download PDF

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EP0248375A1
EP0248375A1 EP87107873A EP87107873A EP0248375A1 EP 0248375 A1 EP0248375 A1 EP 0248375A1 EP 87107873 A EP87107873 A EP 87107873A EP 87107873 A EP87107873 A EP 87107873A EP 0248375 A1 EP0248375 A1 EP 0248375A1
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Werner Rometsch
Eckhard Mulfinger
Volkmar Böhmer
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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
    • B65C9/1884—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 movable vacuum arm or pad
    • 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
    • B65C9/40—Controls; Safety devices
    • B65C9/42—Label feed control
    • 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
    • B65C9/0006—Removing backing sheets
    • B65C2009/0009—Removing backing sheets by means of a peeling tip

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  • the invention relates to a method for dispensing labels from a label tape which has a carrier tape and adhesive labels adhering to it, the label advance required during the dispensing process being achieved by movement around a label detaching edge around which the carrier tape comes from a supply roll and to a carrier tape rewinder leading, loop-shaped, and the label to a label transfer device, eg a movable suction device, which transfers the detached label to the label, is donated.
  • the invention further relates to a device for performing such a method.
  • a labeling system for transferring the dispensed labels to a label holder is known, the label being brought in front of this label holder with the aid of a controlled movable dispensing edge and being taken over by the dispenser when the dispensing edge is withdrawn.
  • a disadvantage of this known system is that the label tape is deflected at least twice in the form of a loop, and that high tape tensile forces occur with a relative movement between the label tape and the dispensing edge. These can tear the label tape.
  • the result is labeling inaccuracies.
  • Another disadvantage of the multiple deflection is particularly evident in the case of wide label tapes, where the required stable structure of the system makes it very difficult to insert the tape. Limit the relatively large moving masses the cycle of labeling upwards, ie high labeling speeds are not possible.
  • this object is achieved in the aforementioned method in that each time a new label is fed in the direction of the label transfer member while blocking the carrier tape at a point after the label peeling edge the latter is moved by a linear drive in the label advancing direction in order to make a partial advance of a label Perform label transfer member, and that the label is then precisely positioned in front of the label transfer member by a rotating drive arranged at a point after the label peeling edge. Because the majority of the label tape feed is generated by a linear drive with a high specific output, typically a pneumatic working cylinder, the process is very fast.
  • the label tape on the label peeling edge remains flat, despite the differences in tensile force due to friction in the tape before and after this edge. A positionally accurate transfer to the label transfer element is thereby achieved. This effect can be improved by an additional brake.
  • Another great advantage of a device according to the invention is that the moving masses are small because the Label removal edge only needs to have a small mass and its guide can also be designed with low mass.
  • the simple tape guide simplifies the insertion of the label tape, which is particularly advantageous with wide label tapes.
  • the inserted label tape essentially has the shape of an elongated hairpin, while in the device according to DE-A 32 33 546, for example, the tape forms three loops next to one another.
  • Fig. 1 shows an embodiment of a labeling device according to the invention. This device is in its starting position for a subsequent labeling cycle.
  • This labeling device uses a label tape 1 in the form of a carrier tape 1a, usually coated with a transparent silicone varnish, on which individual printed pressure-sensitive adhesive labels 1b are located.
  • the label tape 1 is located on a supply roll 2 and is guided by the latter via a deflection roller 20 to a stationary table 21, against which it is pressed by an adjustable, continuous brake 3.
  • This brake 3 serves to maintain a corresponding tension in the label tape.
  • a signal transmitter or sensor 4 serves to detect the position of the individual labels 1b on the carrier tape 1a. He can e.g. a microswitch that detects the edges of the labels or a photoelectric sensor, e.g. a light barrier which emits a signal when the transparent carrier tape 1a is in its gap and allows light to pass through.
  • a microswitch that detects the edges of the labels
  • a photoelectric sensor e.g. a light barrier which emits a signal when the transparent carrier tape 1a is in its gap and allows light to pass through.
  • the parking brake 5 works pneumatically, and the pneumatics are electrically controlled in the usual way.
  • the label transfer element 9 To the left of the longitudinally movable label detaching edge 6 is the label transfer element 9, shown in FIG. 1 in the rest position, with its pneumatic drive 9a.
  • the label transfer member 9 can e.g. be a vacuum-operated suction device, as is known in many ways to the person skilled in the art of labeling devices, so that a detailed representation is unnecessary.
  • the linear drive 10 can e.g. be an electric linear motor, or a pneumatic or hydraulic working cylinder. Typical of such linear motors is their high specific power and their rapid acceleration. Since the stroke of the linear drive 10 must be different for different label formats, namely slightly less than half the label length, or slightly less than half the label division (the label division is the distance between the center of two successive labels 1 on the carrier tape 1a), this becomes Stroke limited by two adjustable stops 11 and 13 which cooperate with a connecting element 14 which rigidly connects the linear drive 10 with the label peeling edge 6. Furthermore, two limit switches 16 and 17 are provided in the manner shown for detecting the position of this connecting element 14. The limit switch 17 detects the retracted position of the label detaching edge 6 shown in FIG. 1, while the limit switch 16 detects the advanced position of the label detaching edge 6 shown in FIG. 2.
  • a control unit 15 typically a microprocessor controlled by a corresponding program, has a mains connection 15a and, as shown, is connected to the sensor 4, the rotating drive 7a of the pair of extraction rollers 7, and the limit switches 16 and 17 by lines indicated by dashed lines. also with the corresponding (not shown) control valves of the pneumatically operated devices, that is Parking brake 5, the drive 9a for the label transfer element 9, and the linear drive 10.
  • the control device 15 controls the chronological sequence of the movement processes according to the invention, as will be described below.
  • the operation of the device according to FIG. 1 is as follows: First, the control unit 15 blocks the motor 7a, so that the pair of take-off rolls 7 stands and clamps the carrier belt 1a and thereby blocks it. Now the linear drive 10 is switched on and moves the label detaching edge 6 forward as far as the stop 11. The abutment against the stop 11 can - like the abutment against the stop 13 - be damped by small shock absorbers, not shown, which are expediently attached to the connecting element 14.
  • a label 1b on the label detaching edge 6 in such a way that it is flush with its front edge.
  • a label has the length D.
  • the label peeling edge 6 is now advanced by one stroke, which e.g. is smaller than D / 2, ie slightly smaller than half the label length D, this stroke being determined by the distance between the stops 11 and 13.
  • the foremost label 1b is thereby detached from the carrier tape 1a and pushed under the sucker 9, but has not yet reached its exact, final position, but is still missing, for example, a few millimeters.
  • the motor 7a is switched on by the control unit 15, and the pulling roller pair 7 moves the carrier tape 1a forward at a low speed until the sensor 4 indicates to the control unit 15 the correct position of the label tape 1.
  • This movement process is indicated by the arrow 22 in FIG. 4B.
  • the label 1b is located at its end exactly under the suction device 9, as is also shown in FIG. 2.
  • the control unit 15 activates the brake 5 and presses the label strip 1 against the table 21.
  • the linear drive 10 is switched off, e.g. in the case of a pneumatic cylinder, this is depressurized, and the motor 7a is switched to rapid feed so that the pair of take-off rollers 7 pulls the carrier tape 1a off and feeds the take-up roll 8 until the label detaching edge 6 is pulled back into its starting position by the carrier tape 1a, thus abuts the stop 13, the limit switch 17 emitting a corresponding signal.
  • the carrier tape 1a is completely pulled off the label 1b, which is located on the suction device 9 and is held thereon by vacuum.
  • this pull-off movement advantageously takes place against a braking force, for example, as shown, against the force of a spring 25 with a flat spring characteristic, or against the force of a one-sided damping cylinder (not shown).
  • a braking force for example, as shown
  • the spring 25 in FIG. 1 is not in the gap between the suction device 9 and the goods to be labeled 12, but rather, for example, in front of or behind this gap.
  • the suction device 9 serving as the label transfer element can transfer the label onto the product to be labeled 12, as is also shown in FIGS. 3 and 4D .
  • the control unit 15 then moves the suction device 9 back into its rest position by means of its drive 9a, and the cycle described can then start again. Due to the return stroke, i.e. the pull-off movement, of the label peeling edge 6, a label 1b comes to rest on it so that its front edge is flush with the left end of the label peeling edge 6, and this can be adjusted by adjusting the stop 13.
  • the label tape 1 is deflected only on the deflection roller 20, for example, by 45 °, and then on the label detaching edge 6 by 180 °, so that the label tape 1 roughly the shape of a when inserted into the machine elongated hairpin.
  • the entire labeling device according to the invention has an extremely flat structure, so that two such devices can be used back to back.
  • the invention prevents the formation of "bubbles" in the labeling tape 1 in the area of the label detaching edge 6 and thereby increases the labeling accuracy.
  • the invention results in a small stroke of the label peeling edge 6 for the transfer of the labels 1b, which also increases the working speed, and moreover - due to the small thickness of the label peeling edge 6 - a very small stroke of the label transfer member 9, particularly in comparison to the device DE - A 32 33 546.

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EP0575766A2 (fr) * 1992-05-27 1993-12-29 Etifix Etikettiersysteme GmbH Procédé et dispositif pour appliquer des étiquettes autocollantes sur des récipients
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FR2797250A1 (fr) * 1999-08-03 2001-02-09 Jean Pierre Libre Procede et dispositif de prelevement, en vue de leur pose, d'etiquettes auto-adhesives, depuis une bande de support
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EP0665165A1 (fr) * 1994-01-28 1995-08-02 Logopak Systeme Christopher Hastings-Long Procédé et dispositif pour distribuer et déposer des articles plats auto-adhésifs
EP0779221A1 (fr) * 1995-12-12 1997-06-18 Nagler Metall Technik Dispositif pour appliquer des étiquettes sur un matériau en forme de bande
FR2797250A1 (fr) * 1999-08-03 2001-02-09 Jean Pierre Libre Procede et dispositif de prelevement, en vue de leur pose, d'etiquettes auto-adhesives, depuis une bande de support
WO2004085264A1 (fr) * 2003-03-25 2004-10-07 Perlos Oyj Dispositif de decollement et procede d'utilisation de celui-ci
US8012279B2 (en) 2003-09-20 2011-09-06 Herma Gmbh Labeling method and device
WO2006030456A1 (fr) * 2004-09-13 2006-03-23 Pricer Ab Appareil de collage d'etiquettes
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