EP0423542B1 - Labelling machine having two mounting plates facing each other - Google Patents

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EP0423542B1
EP0423542B1 EP90118930A EP90118930A EP0423542B1 EP 0423542 B1 EP0423542 B1 EP 0423542B1 EP 90118930 A EP90118930 A EP 90118930A EP 90118930 A EP90118930 A EP 90118930A EP 0423542 B1 EP0423542 B1 EP 0423542B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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  • the invention relates to a labeling machine with a standing mounting plate, with a drive motor on this mounting plate, with an output shaft arranged perpendicular to the mounting plate and driven by the drive motor, with a label tape guide arranged on the mounting plate, comprising a drive shaft, several deflecting shafts, and a label tape reel , an empty belt bobbin, each axially parallel to the output shaft and a dispensing edge, and with a slip clutch, which is interposed between the output shaft and the empty belt bobbin.
  • the labels coated with pressure-sensitive adhesive are lined up on a continuous label tape.
  • the label tape is returned at the dispensing edge, angled at a sharp angle, and the labels slide one by one due to their rigidity from the label tape towards the goods being passed, onto which they are pressed and thereby pinned.
  • the web of material can, for example, be a two-lane, deep-drawn container belt which is to be closed with a corresponding two-lane lid band and the lid of which is then to be printed with a label, i.e. a total of two labels side by side for both lanes. But it can also be goods, each for two labels are needed side by side.
  • the object of the invention is to design a labeling machine of the type mentioned at the outset in such a way that two labels can be dispensed next to one another with the smallest possible distance and with the least possible outlay in terms of apparatus with a reliable design.
  • the invention solves this problem by the features of the characterizing part of claim 1.
  • the same proven construction elements can be used as for the first label tape guide, so that safe operation and easy maintenance is ensured.
  • the two label tape guides are close together because only the two mounting plates and the drive motor with the worm gear have to be placed between them so that the labels can be dispensed close together.
  • the two label tape guides can be operated independently of one another when the common drive motor is running will. Accordingly, it is recommended that each label tape guide is assigned a label sensor in the path of the labels, which controls the associated disengageable clutch. In this way it can easily be ensured that the two labels are delivered to the goods exactly for the intended positions, even if the positions on the goods are not arranged mirror-symmetrically to one another or are even offset. A corresponding compensation can be controlled by a goods sensor and taken into account when dispensing the label of the label belt conveyor in question.
  • the drive shafts of both label tape guides are arranged coaxially with one another.
  • the two disengageable clutches are also arranged coaxially.
  • the space required between the mounting plates is larger than that required for the drive motor and if you then want to move the mounting plates closer together, namely to the maximum width of the drive motor, it is advisable to move the drive shafts out of the coaxial arrangement so that the couplings can stand closer together and do not require any additional clearance between the mounting plates.
  • additional resources may then have to be used for the power transmission.
  • printing devices can be assigned to the individual label tape guides.
  • the distance between the two labels can be changed in that a label tape guide is arranged adjustable in the direction of the drive shaft relative to the mounting plate.
  • the labels are expediently placed when the goods are at a standstill. It can also be done while the goods are moving. In the latter case, the label is released in the direction of the goods movement.
  • the narrow design of the labeling machine according to the invention proves to be advantageous because it can then be accommodated, for example above the web, largely within the outer contour of the web, at a location where there is generally space in the current production is available.
  • labels are applied with a bar code, they should pass under the printer in the longitudinal direction of the bars, because the known printers are thus able to print a correct bar code. Then the label falls into the delivery position, but in the longitudinal direction of the bar code. If the barcode is now required in the longitudinal direction of the goods advance on the web, the label must be delivered in the direction of the goods advance. If the bar code on the goods is required in a different orientation, then the label machine has to be reoriented accordingly and it is advantageous that the invention allows both orientation options.
  • the labels are dispensed while the web is at a standstill, several pairs of labels can be dispensed with each stop by using the labeling machine during the stoppage moved accordingly on a sled.
  • Similar labels can be dispensed from the two label tape guides. However, labels of different sizes and different shapes and different prints can also be used, and these can also be delivered in a completely different cycle, depending on how the goods passing by require it.
  • 1 and 2 denote two mounting plates, which are arranged plane-parallel at a distance from one another.
  • the common drive motor 3 is mounted between the mounting plates.
  • the axis 4 of the drive motor extends parallel to the mounting plates.
  • a worm gear 5 is coupled on the output side of the drive motor, the output shaft 6 of which extends perpendicular to the mounting plates.
  • a gear 56, 62 is inserted, which meshes with a gear 58 via an intermediate gear 57.
  • the gear 58 is torsionally rigid with two disengageable clutches 7, 8, each of which drives a drive shaft 9, 10.
  • the two drive shafts are coaxial to one another and extend outside the mounting plates 1, 2.
  • the two drive shafts 9, 10 each belong to a label tape guide, generally designated 11 or 12.
  • the label tape guide 11 is located outside the mounting plate 1 and the label tape guide 12 on the opposite side, outside the mounting plate 2.
  • the two label tape guides are arranged and formed approximately mirror-symmetrically to each other.
  • the label tape guide 12, which is visible in Figure 1, because it faces the viewer, comprises a label tape bobbin 13 with associated storage 14, which is attached to the mounting plate 1, as well as deflection rollers 15 to 21 and a pressure roller 23, which the empty label tape against the drive shaft 10 presses and finally an empty belt bobbin 24 which is plugged onto a corresponding empty belt bobbin shaft 25.
  • the label tape guide 12 includes a dispensing edge 26, around which the label tape 27 is guided with sharp edges, so that the labels are dispensed there one after the other, as indicated for the label 29 in FIG.
  • a unit 28 operated with compressed air, on the underside of which, when a label is dispensed, air suction is generated, by means of which the label is held and subsequently air pressure is generated, by means of which this label then suddenly downwards is delivered to the underlying goods 30.
  • the goods belong to a web 31, which is guided on a conveyor belt 32 in the direction of arrow 34 past the delivery position.
  • the web is two-lane, as can be seen in FIG. 2, where the second web is designated 33.
  • the second web is operated by the other label tape guide 11.
  • a label sensor 40 is provided in the path of the labels which gives a signal when a label passes by.
  • a goods sensor 41 is provided which emits a signal when a product passes by.
  • the signals of the label sensor 40 and of the goods sensor 41 control one associated with the label sensor 12, not shown, in one Box housed electronics, which in turn controls the clutch 8 and the compressed or suction air for the unit 28, so that the individual labels are delivered at exactly the right moment and placed exactly in relation to the goods passing by in the correct position.
  • Designated at 50 is a printing unit which, triggered by the electronics mentioned, passes a pre-programmed print on it when it passes through a label.
  • This can be, for example, one of the known bar codes.
  • the parts of the label tape guide 12 described so far are also provided with the label tape guide 11, only in an approximately mirror-symmetrical design and are also operated accordingly.
  • the parts are therefore partly with the same reference numerals as designated for the other label tape leader, with the difference only with a dash.
  • outer mounting plates 51, 52 are provided, which are plane-parallel to the mounting plates 1, 2 and in which some or all of the shafts are mounted for reasons of stability. But you can also do without these outer mounting plates and store the shafts in question.
  • the label tape bobbin in the axial direction, for example further outward from the inner position shown in FIG. 2 and correspondingly also the empty tape bobbin 24 and the printing unit 50, as a result of which the distance between the dispensed bobbins indicated by the double arrow 55 increases.
  • the parts can be locked in the new position by means of brackets (not shown) against unintentional axial displacement.
  • Corresponding the other label tape guide is also axially displaceable. In this way, the distance between the dispensed labels indicated by the double arrow 55 in FIG. 2 can be determined or adjusted.
  • the gear wheels 56 and 62 each have a circumferential groove, over each of which a drive belt 59, 65 is placed, which drives a slip clutch 61, 67 via an associated pulley 60, 66.
  • the slip clutch 61 in turn drives the empty band reel shaft 25 and the slip clutch 67 drives the empty band reel shaft 25 '.

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For labelling in two paths next to one another, a labelling machine is designed with two labelling band guides (11, 12) in mirror-symmetrical arrangement next to one another. <IMAGE>

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Etikettiermaschine mit einer stehenden Montageplatte, mit einem Antriebsmotor an dieser Montageplatte, mit einer senkrecht zu der Montageplatte angeordneten Abtriebswelle, die von dem Antriebsmotor angetrieben wird, mit einer an der Montageplatte angeordneten Etikettenbandführung, umfassend eine Antriebswelle, mehrere Umlenkwellen, eine Etikettenbandbobine, eine Leerbandbobine, jeweils achsparallel zur Abtriebswelle und eine Spendekante, und mit einer Rutschkupplung, die der Abtriebswelle und der Leerbandbobine zwischengeschaltet ist.The invention relates to a labeling machine with a standing mounting plate, with a drive motor on this mounting plate, with an output shaft arranged perpendicular to the mounting plate and driven by the drive motor, with a label tape guide arranged on the mounting plate, comprising a drive shaft, several deflecting shafts, and a label tape reel , an empty belt bobbin, each axially parallel to the output shaft and a dispensing edge, and with a slip clutch, which is interposed between the output shaft and the empty belt bobbin.

Bei einer aus dem DE-U-8706722 bekannten Etikettiermaschine dieser Art sind die Etiketten mit Haftkleber beschichtet auf einem durchgehenden Etikettenband aufgereiht. Das Etikettenband wird an der Spendekante scharf umgewinkelt zurückgeführt und dabei schieben sich die Etiketten einzeln nacheinander infolge ihrer Steifigkeit vom Etikettenband ab in Richtung auf die vorbeigeführte Ware, auf die sie niedergedrückt und dadurch angeheftet werden.In a labeling machine of this type known from DE-U-8706722, the labels coated with pressure-sensitive adhesive are lined up on a continuous label tape. The label tape is returned at the dispensing edge, angled at a sharp angle, and the labels slide one by one due to their rigidity from the label tape towards the goods being passed, onto which they are pressed and thereby pinned.

In manchen Fällen ist es wünschenswert, zwei Etiketten nebeneinander auf eine Warenbahn abzuheften. Bei der Warenbahn kann es sich zum Beispiel um ein, zweibahniges, tiefgezogenes Behälterband handeln, das mit einem entsprechenden zweibahnigen Deckelband verschlossen werden soll und deren Deckel dann jeweils mit einer Etikette, also insgesamt zwei Etiketten nebeneinander für beide Bahnen, bedruckt werden soll. Es kann sich aber auch um Waren handeln, von denen jede für sich zwei Etiketten nebeneinander benötigt.In some cases it is desirable to attach two labels side by side onto a web. The web of material can, for example, be a two-lane, deep-drawn container belt which is to be closed with a corresponding two-lane lid band and the lid of which is then to be printed with a label, i.e. a total of two labels side by side for both lanes. But it can also be goods, each for two labels are needed side by side.

In diesen und ähnlichen Fällen ist oft nicht genügend Platz für die Anordnung von zwei Etikettiermaschinen entsprechend dicht nebeneinander vorhanden.In these and similar cases there is often not enough space for the arrangement of two labeling machines close together.

Aufgabe der Erfindung ist es, eine Etikettiermaschine der eingangs genannten Art, so auszugestalten, daß mit möglichst geringem Abstand zwei Etiketten nebeneinander abgegeben werden können und mit möglichst geringem vorrichtungsmäßigem Aufwand bei betriebssicherer Ausgestaltung. Die Erfindung löst diese Aufgabe durch die Merkmale des kennzeichnenden Teils des Anspruchs 1. Für die zweite Etikettenbandführung können die gleichen bewährten Konstruktionselemente wie für die erste Etikettenbandführung verwendet werden, so daß sicherer Betrieb und einfache Wartung gewährleistet ist. Die beiden Etikettenbandführungen liegen eng nebeneinander, weil dazwischen nur die beiden Montageplatten und der Antriebsmotor mit dem Schneckenradgetriebe Platz finden müssen, so daß die Etiketten entsprechend dicht nebeneinander abgegeben werden können. Mit "etwa spiegelsymmetrisch" soll hier und im folgenden zum Ausdruck gebracht werden, daß es sich nicht um eine ganze strenge Spiegelsymmetrie handelt, weil die beiden Etikettenbandführungen durchaus unterschiedlich ausgestaltet sein können, zum Beispiel der eine mit einem Druckwerk und der andere ohne ein solches. Es können auch die einander zugeordneten Wellen beider Etikettenbandführer achsparallel zueinander, statt wie vorzugsweise, koaxial zueinander angeordnet sein und dergleichen mehr.The object of the invention is to design a labeling machine of the type mentioned at the outset in such a way that two labels can be dispensed next to one another with the smallest possible distance and with the least possible outlay in terms of apparatus with a reliable design. The invention solves this problem by the features of the characterizing part of claim 1. For the second label tape guide, the same proven construction elements can be used as for the first label tape guide, so that safe operation and easy maintenance is ensured. The two label tape guides are close together because only the two mounting plates and the drive motor with the worm gear have to be placed between them so that the labels can be dispensed close together. With "about mirror symmetry" is to be expressed here and below that it is not a whole strict mirror symmetry, because the two label tape guides can be designed differently, for example one with a printing unit and the other without one. The mutually assigned shafts of both label tape guides can also be arranged axially parallel to one another, instead of, as is preferred, coaxially to one another and the like.

Die beiden Etikettenbandführungen können bei laufendem gemeinsamem Antriebsmotor unabhängig voneinander betrieben werden. Dementsprechend empfiehlt es sich, daß jeder Etikettenbandführung ein Etikettenfühler in der Bahn der Etiketten zugeordnet ist, der die zugehörige, ausrückbare Kupplung ansteuert. Auf diese Weise kann leicht sichergestellt werden, daß die beiden Etiketten exakt für die vorgesehenen Positionen an den Waren abgegeben werden, auch wenn die Positionen an den Waren nicht spiegelsymmetrisch zueinander angeordnet sind oder gar versetzt sind. Ein entsprechender Ausgleich kann durch einen Warenfühler angesteuert werden und bei der Etikettenabgabe des betreffenden Etikettenbandförderers berücksichtigt werden.The two label tape guides can be operated independently of one another when the common drive motor is running will. Accordingly, it is recommended that each label tape guide is assigned a label sensor in the path of the labels, which controls the associated disengageable clutch. In this way it can easily be ensured that the two labels are delivered to the goods exactly for the intended positions, even if the positions on the goods are not arranged mirror-symmetrically to one another or are even offset. A corresponding compensation can be controlled by a goods sensor and taken into account when dispensing the label of the label belt conveyor in question.

Es empfiehlt sich, daß für einige der Umlenkrollen beider Etikettenbandführungen durch beide Montageplatten durchgehende Lagerstangen vorgesehen sind. Diese durchgehenden Stangen können dann gleichzeitig dazu dienen, die Montageplatten in ihrer angestrebten planparallelen Stellung zueinander zu fixieren.It is recommended that continuous bearing rods are provided for some of the deflection rollers of both label tape guides through both mounting plates. These continuous rods can then simultaneously serve to fix the mounting plates in their desired plane-parallel position to one another.

Es empfiehlt sich im Interesse einer konstruktiven Einheitlichkeit, daß die Antriebswellen beider Etikettenbandführungen koaxial zueinander angeordnet sind. In diesem Fall sind auch die beiden ausrückbaren Kupplungen koaxial angeordnet. Unter Umständen ist der dadurch geforderte Platz zwischen den Montageplatten größer als der für den Antriebsmotor erforderliche und wenn man dann die Montageplatten noch enger zusammenrücken möchte, nämlich auf die maximale Breite des Antriebsmotors, empfiehlt es sich, die Antriebswellen aus der koaxialen Anordnung herauszurücken, so daß die Kupplungen dichter beieinanderstehen können und keinen zusätzlichen Abstand der Montageplatten bedingen. Für die Kraftübertragung muß man dann allerdings gegebenenfalls zusätzliche Mittel einsetzen.In the interest of a uniform design, it is recommended that the drive shafts of both label tape guides are arranged coaxially with one another. In this case, the two disengageable clutches are also arranged coaxially. Under certain circumstances, the space required between the mounting plates is larger than that required for the drive motor and if you then want to move the mounting plates closer together, namely to the maximum width of the drive motor, it is advisable to move the drive shafts out of the coaxial arrangement so that the couplings can stand closer together and do not require any additional clearance between the mounting plates. However, additional resources may then have to be used for the power transmission.

In Fällen, in denen die Etiketten bedruckt werden sollen, können den einzelnen Etikettenbandführungen Druckvorrichtungen zugeordnet sein.In cases where the labels are to be printed, printing devices can be assigned to the individual label tape guides.

Der Abstand zwischen den beiden Etiketten kann veränderbar sein dadurch, daß eine Etikettenbandführung in Richtung der Antriebswelle justierbar gegenüber der Montageplatte angeordnet ist.The distance between the two labels can be changed in that a label tape guide is arranged adjustable in the direction of the drive shaft relative to the mounting plate.

Das Aufsetzen der Etiketten erfolgt zweckmäßig im Stillstand der Ware. Es kann aber auch erfolgen während die Ware sich bewegt. Im letztgenannten Fall wird die Etikette abgegeben, in Richtung der Warenbewegung. Besonders für diesen Fall erweist sich die schmale Ausgestaltung der Etikettiermaschine nach der Erfindung als günstig, weil diese dann, zum Beispiel oberhalb der Warenbahn, weitgehend innerhalb der Außenkontur der Warenbahn, untergebracht werden kann, an einer Stelle, wo in der laufenden Produktion im allgemeinen Platz zur Verfügung steht.The labels are expediently placed when the goods are at a standstill. It can also be done while the goods are moving. In the latter case, the label is released in the direction of the goods movement. Especially in this case, the narrow design of the labeling machine according to the invention proves to be advantageous because it can then be accommodated, for example above the web, largely within the outer contour of the web, at a location where there is generally space in the current production is available.

Wenn Etiketten aufgebracht werden, mit einem Strichcode, dann sollten diese in Längsrichtung der Striche unter dem Drucker durchlaufen, weil die bekannten Drucker so in der Lage sind, einen einwandfreien Strichcode zu drucken. Dann fällt die Etikette in die Abgabeposition, aber in Längsrichtung des Strichcodes an. Wird der Strichcode nun in Längsrichtung des Warenvorschubs auf der Warenbahn benötigt, ist die Etikettenabgabe in Richtung des Warenvorschubs erforderlich. Wird der Strichcode auf der Ware in anderer Orientierung benötigt, dann muß man die Etikettenmaschine entsprechend umorientieren und es ist vorteilhaft, daß die Erfindung beide Orientierungsmöglichkeiten gestattet.If labels are applied with a bar code, they should pass under the printer in the longitudinal direction of the bars, because the known printers are thus able to print a correct bar code. Then the label falls into the delivery position, but in the longitudinal direction of the bar code. If the barcode is now required in the longitudinal direction of the goods advance on the web, the label must be delivered in the direction of the goods advance. If the bar code on the goods is required in a different orientation, then the label machine has to be reoriented accordingly and it is advantageous that the invention allows both orientation options.

Wenn die Etiketten im Stillstand der Warenbahn abgegeben werden, kann man bei jedem Stillstand mehrere Etikettenpaare abgeben, indem man während des Warenstillstandes die Etikettiermaschine auf einem Schlitten entsprechend verschiebt.If the labels are dispensed while the web is at a standstill, several pairs of labels can be dispensed with each stop by using the labeling machine during the stoppage moved accordingly on a sled.

Aus den beiden Etikettenbandführungen können gleichartige Etiketten abgespendet werden. Es kann sich aber auch um unterschiedlich große und um unterschiedliche geformte und um unterschiedlich bedruckte Etiketten handeln und diese können auch in einem ganz anderen Takt abgegeben werden, je nachdem, wie die vorbeilaufenden Waren das erfordern.Similar labels can be dispensed from the two label tape guides. However, labels of different sizes and different shapes and different prints can also be used, and these can also be delivered in a completely different cycle, depending on how the goods passing by require it.

Bemerkenswert ist, daß die erfinderische Etikettiermaschine durch ihre paarige Ausgestaltung und schmale Bauweise in dieser Hinsicht vielfältige Anwendungsmöglichkeiten bietet.It is noteworthy that the inventive labeling machine, due to its paired design and narrow construction, offers a wide range of possible applications.

Die Erfindung wird nun anhand der beigefügten Zeichnung näher erläutert.The invention will now be explained in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawing.

In der Zeichnung zeigt:

  • Figur 1 eine Etikettiermaschine mit einer zugehörigen Warenbahn in Funktion, von der Seite gesehen,
  • Figur 2 die Ansicht gemäß dem Pfeil II aus Figur 1, allerdings der Übersicht halber ohne eingezogene Etikettenbänder,
  • Figur 3 in der Ansicht entsprechend Figur 2 einen Teilschnitt ohne Etikettenbänder und ohne die zugehörige Warenbahn und
  • Figur 4 den Teilschnitt IV aus Figur 2, jedoch ohne die Warenbahn.
The drawing shows:
  • FIG. 1 shows a labeling machine with an associated web of material in operation, seen from the side,
  • FIG. 2 shows the view according to arrow II from FIG. 1, but for the sake of clarity without the label tapes being drawn in,
  • Figure 3 in the view corresponding to Figure 2 shows a partial section without label tapes and without the associated web and
  • Figure 4 shows the partial section IV of Figure 2, but without the web.

In der Zeichnung sind mit 1 und 2 zwei Montageplatten bezeichnet, die planparallel mit Abstand zueinander angeordnet sind. Zwischen den Montageplatten ist der gemeinsame Antriebsmotor 3 gelagert. Die Achse 4 des Antriebsmotors erstreckt sich parallel zu den Montageplatten. Abtriebseitig des Antriebsmotors ist ein Schneckengetriebe 5 angekoppelt, dessen Abtriebswelle 6 sich senkrecht zu den Montageplatten erstreckt. Auf die beiden Enden der Abtriebswelle ist je ein Zahnrad 56, 62 gesteckt, das über ein Zwischenrad 57 mit einem Zahnrad 58 kämmt. Das Zahnrad 58 ist drehsteif mit zwei ausrückbaren Kupplungen 7, 8 verbunden, die je eine Antriebswelle 9, 10 antreiben. Die beiden Antriebswellen sind koaxial zueinander und erstrecken sich außerhalb der Montageplatten 1, 2. Die beiden Antriebswellen 9, 10 gehören zu je einer allgemein mit 11 beziehungsweise 12 bezeichneten Etikettenbandführung. Die Etikettenbandführung 11 befindet sich außerhalb der Montageplatte 1 und die Etikettenbandführung 12 auf der gegenüberliegenden Seite, außerhalb der Montageplatte 2. Die beiden Etikettenbandführungen sind etwa spiegelsymmetrisch zueinander angeordnet und ausgebildet. Die Etikettenbandführung 12, die in Figur 1 sichtbar ist, weil sie dem Beschauer zugekehrt ist, umfaßt eine Etikettenbandbobine 13 mit zugehöriger Lagerung 14, die an der Montageplatte 1 befestigt ist, sowie Umlenkrollen 15 bis 21 und eine Anpreßrolle 23, die das leere Etikettenband gegen die Antriebswelle 10 drückt und schließlich eine Leerbandbobine 24, die auf eine entsprechende Leerbandbobinenwelle 25 gesteckt ist. Außerdem gehört zu der Etikettenbandführung 12 eine Spendekante 26, um die das Etikettenband 27 scharfkantig herumgeführt wird, so daß dort die Etiketten einzeln nacheinander, wie für die Etikette 29 in Figur 1 angedeutet, abgegeben werden. Über der Abgabeposition, die die Etikette 29 einnimmt, befindet sich ein mit Preßluft betriebenes Aggregat 28, an dessen Unterseite bei Abgabe einer Etikette Luftsog erzeugt wird, durch den die Etikette festgehalten wird und anschließend Luftdruck erzeugt wird, durch den diese Etikette dann schlagartig nach unten auf die darunter befindliche Ware 30 abgegeben wird. Die Ware gehört zu einer Warenbahn 31, der auf einem Förderband 32 in Pfeilrichtung 34 an der Abgabeposition vorbeigeführt wird. Die Warenbahn ist zweibahnig, wie dies in Figur 2 sichtbar ist, wo die zweite Warenbahn mit 33 bezeichnet ist. Die zweite Warenbahn wird von dem anderen Etikettenbandführer 11 bedient.In the drawing, 1 and 2 denote two mounting plates, which are arranged plane-parallel at a distance from one another. The common drive motor 3 is mounted between the mounting plates. The axis 4 of the drive motor extends parallel to the mounting plates. A worm gear 5 is coupled on the output side of the drive motor, the output shaft 6 of which extends perpendicular to the mounting plates. On the two ends of the output shaft, a gear 56, 62 is inserted, which meshes with a gear 58 via an intermediate gear 57. The gear 58 is torsionally rigid with two disengageable clutches 7, 8, each of which drives a drive shaft 9, 10. The two drive shafts are coaxial to one another and extend outside the mounting plates 1, 2. The two drive shafts 9, 10 each belong to a label tape guide, generally designated 11 or 12. The label tape guide 11 is located outside the mounting plate 1 and the label tape guide 12 on the opposite side, outside the mounting plate 2. The two label tape guides are arranged and formed approximately mirror-symmetrically to each other. The label tape guide 12, which is visible in Figure 1, because it faces the viewer, comprises a label tape bobbin 13 with associated storage 14, which is attached to the mounting plate 1, as well as deflection rollers 15 to 21 and a pressure roller 23, which the empty label tape against the drive shaft 10 presses and finally an empty belt bobbin 24 which is plugged onto a corresponding empty belt bobbin shaft 25. In addition, the label tape guide 12 includes a dispensing edge 26, around which the label tape 27 is guided with sharp edges, so that the labels are dispensed there one after the other, as indicated for the label 29 in FIG. Above the dispensing position which the label 29 occupies, there is a unit 28 operated with compressed air, on the underside of which, when a label is dispensed, air suction is generated, by means of which the label is held and subsequently air pressure is generated, by means of which this label then suddenly downwards is delivered to the underlying goods 30. The goods belong to a web 31, which is guided on a conveyor belt 32 in the direction of arrow 34 past the delivery position. The web is two-lane, as can be seen in FIG. 2, where the second web is designated 33. The second web is operated by the other label tape guide 11.

Für den Etikettenführer 12 ist in der Bahn der Etiketten ein auf diese gerichteter Etikettenfühler 40 vorgesehen, der beim Vorbeilaufen einer Etikette ein Signal gibt. In der Warenbahn 31 ist ein Warenfühler 41 vorgesehen, der beim Vorbeilauf einer Ware ein Signal abgibt. Die Signale des Etikettenfühlers 40 und des Warenfühlers 41 steuern eine dem Etikettenfühler 12 zugeordnete, nicht dargestellte, in einem Kasten untergebrachte Elektronik, die ihrerseits die Kupplung 8 und die Druck- beziehungsweise Saugluft für das Aggregat 28 ansteuert, so daß die einzelnen Etiketten exakt im richtige Moment abgegeben und exakt mit Bezug auf die vorbeilaufende Ware an der richtigen Position aufgesetzt werden.For the label guide 12, a label sensor 40 is provided in the path of the labels which gives a signal when a label passes by. In the web 31, a goods sensor 41 is provided which emits a signal when a product passes by. The signals of the label sensor 40 and of the goods sensor 41 control one associated with the label sensor 12, not shown, in one Box housed electronics, which in turn controls the clutch 8 and the compressed or suction air for the unit 28, so that the individual labels are delivered at exactly the right moment and placed exactly in relation to the goods passing by in the correct position.

Mit 50 ist ein Druckwerk bezeichnet, das angesteuert von der genannten Elektronik beim Durchlauf einer Etikette auf diese einen vorprogrammierten Druck abgibt. Dabei kann es sich zum Beispiel um einen der bekannten Strichcodes handeln.Designated at 50 is a printing unit which, triggered by the electronics mentioned, passes a pre-programmed print on it when it passes through a label. This can be, for example, one of the known bar codes.

Die bis jetzt beschriebenen Teile der Etikettenbandführung 12 sind genauso bei der Etikettenbandführung 11, lediglich in etwa spiegelsymmetrischer Ausführung vorgesehen und werden auch entsprechend betrieben. Die Teile sind deshalb zum Teil mit den gleichen Bezugsziffern, wie für den anderen Etikettenbandführer bezeichnet, zum Unterschied lediglich mit einem nachgesetzten Strich.The parts of the label tape guide 12 described so far are also provided with the label tape guide 11, only in an approximately mirror-symmetrical design and are also operated accordingly. The parts are therefore partly with the same reference numerals as designated for the other label tape leader, with the difference only with a dash.

Für beide Etikettenbandführer sind äußere Montageplatten 51, 52 vorgesehen, die zu den Montageplatten 1, 2 planparallel stehen und in denen aus Stabilitätsgründen einige oder alle der Wellen gelagert sind. Man kann aber auch auf diese äußeren Montageplatten verzichten und die betreffenden Wellen fliegend lagern.For both label tape guides, outer mounting plates 51, 52 are provided, which are plane-parallel to the mounting plates 1, 2 and in which some or all of the shafts are mounted for reasons of stability. But you can also do without these outer mounting plates and store the shafts in question.

Es ist möglich, die Etikettenbandbobine in Achsrichtung zu verschieben, zum Beispiel aus der in Figur 2 gezeichneten innneren Stellung weiter nach außen und entsprechend auch die Leerbandbobine 24 und das Druckwerk 50, wodurch sich der durch den Doppelpfeil 55 angezeigte Abstand der abgegebenen Bobinen zueinander vergrößert. Die Teile sind in der neuen Stellung durch nichtdargestellte Feststeller gegen unbeabsichtigtes axiales Verschieben feststellbar. Entsprechend ist auch der andere Etikettenbandführer axial verschieblich. Auf diese Weise läßt sich der durch den Doppelpfeil 55 in Figur 2 angezeigte Abstand zwischen den abgegebenen Etiketten feststellen beziehungsweise einjustieren.It is possible to move the label tape bobbin in the axial direction, for example further outward from the inner position shown in FIG. 2 and correspondingly also the empty tape bobbin 24 and the printing unit 50, as a result of which the distance between the dispensed bobbins indicated by the double arrow 55 increases. The parts can be locked in the new position by means of brackets (not shown) against unintentional axial displacement. Corresponding the other label tape guide is also axially displaceable. In this way, the distance between the dispensed labels indicated by the double arrow 55 in FIG. 2 can be determined or adjusted.

Die Zahnräder 56 und 62 weisen je eine Umfangsnut auf, über die je ein Treibriemen 59, 65 gelegt ist, der über eine zugehörige Riemenscheibe 60, 66 eine Rutschkupplung 61, 67 antreibt. Die Rutschkupplung 61 treibt ihrerseits schlupfend die Leerbandbobinenwelle 25 und die Rutschkupplung 67 treibt die Leerbandbobinenwelle 25′.The gear wheels 56 and 62 each have a circumferential groove, over each of which a drive belt 59, 65 is placed, which drives a slip clutch 61, 67 via an associated pulley 60, 66. The slip clutch 61 in turn drives the empty band reel shaft 25 and the slip clutch 67 drives the empty band reel shaft 25 '.

Claims (4)

  1. Labelling machine with an upright mounting plate (1), with a driving motor (3) on said mounting plate (1), with a driven shaft (6), driven by the driving motor (3), at right angles to the mounting plate (1), with a labelling tape guide (11) arranged on the mounting plate (1) and which comprises a driving shaft (9), several guide shafts, a label tape roll, an empty tape roll, which are in each case axially parallel to the driven shaft (6) and a distributing edge and with a slip clutch (67), which is interposed between the driven shaft and the empty tape roll, characterized in that a second mounting plate (2) is positioned in plane-parallel manner facing the first mounting plate (1), that the driving motor (3) and the driven shaft (6), which is driven by the driving motor (3) by means of a worm gear (5), are placed between the two mounting plates (1, 2) and the label tape guide (11) in external manner on the first mounting plate (1), that externally on said second mounting plate (2) and facing the first label tape guide (11) and preferably approximately mirror symmetrical to the latter, is provided a second label tape guide (12) comprising a driven shaft (10), several guide shafts (15 to 22), a label tape roll (13), an empty tape roll (24), which are in each case axially parallel to the driven shaft (6), and a distributing edge (26) and that the driven shaft (6) on the one hand and the driving shafts (9, 10) of the two label tape guides (11, 12) on the other in each case have an interposed disengageable clutch (7, 8), said clutches being operable independently of one another, that the empty tape roll (24) of the second label tape guide and the driven shaft of a second slip clutch (60) is interposed and that one of the label tape guides (11, 12) is adjustably positioned in the direction of its driving shaft (9, 10) relative to the associated mounting plate (1, 2).
  2. Labelling machine according to claim 1, characterized in that with each label tape guide (11, 12) is associated a label sensor (40, 40′) in the path of the labels and which controls the associate, disengageable clutch (7, 8).
  3. Labelling machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the driving shafts (9, 10) of both label tape guides (11, 12) are arranged coaxially to one another.
  4. Labelling machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that with each label tape guide (11, 12) is associated a printing mechanism (50, 50′) directed at the path of the labels.
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