EP0624522A1 - Etikettiermaschine - Google Patents

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EP0624522A1
EP0624522A1 EP94201293A EP94201293A EP0624522A1 EP 0624522 A1 EP0624522 A1 EP 0624522A1 EP 94201293 A EP94201293 A EP 94201293A EP 94201293 A EP94201293 A EP 94201293A EP 0624522 A1 EP0624522 A1 EP 0624522A1
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Ottaviano Bertani
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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
    • B65C3/00—Labelling other than flat surfaces
    • B65C3/06—Affixing labels to short rigid containers
    • B65C3/08—Affixing labels to short rigid containers to container bodies
    • B65C3/14—Affixing labels to short rigid containers to container bodies the container being positioned for labelling with its centre-line vertical
    • B65C3/16—Affixing labels to short rigid containers to container bodies the container being positioned for labelling with its centre-line vertical by rolling the labels onto cylindrical containers, e.g. bottles
    • 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
    • B65C9/1869—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls the labels adhering on a backing strip and being transferred directly from the backing strip onto the 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
    • B65C9/26—Devices for applying labels
    • B65C9/30—Rollers
    • B65C9/32—Cooperating rollers between which articles and labels are fed

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  • This patent concerns the application of the label, counter-label and a third label known as the seal or neck-band to bottles.
  • the label and counter-label are applied to opposite sides of the cylindrical portion of the bottle body, whereas the seal is applied to its frusto-conical part or to the cylindrical part of its neck.
  • These machines comprise a star feeder which feeds the bottles equidistantly spaced to at least one labelling station in which at least the label is applied.
  • Said station is positioned along the path of an intermittently moving conveyor, which comprises means for immobilizing the bottle while simultaneously rotating it.
  • a label feeder and a presser roller which causes the labels to adhere to the bottle.
  • the labels used in these machines are of self-adhesive type and are provisionally fixed on a continuous web.
  • the web slides along the edge of a blade which is parallel to the generatrices of that part of the bottle to which the label is to be applied, and is positioned close to it.
  • the web reverses its direction of movement, whereas the more rigid label continues in the same direction to position itself in front of the bottle at the disposal of the presser roller.
  • the web moves at the peripheral speed of the bottle.
  • Said labelling stations are not able to apply the so-called seal to the frusto-conical part of the bottle in a sufficiently precise manner.
  • the seal consists of a fairly thin strip with a widened part at its centre or, rarely, a single proper seal of circular or oval shape.
  • the plan development of the seal is therefore similar to a half moon.
  • the seal must be applied such that when adhering to the bottle it lies perfectly centered relative to the underlying rectangular label and perfectly horizontal.
  • An object of the invention is to locate the application station for at least one label directly on the star feeder, so avoiding the need to transfer the bottle into a separate application station distant from the star.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide means for applying the seal in a perfectly horizontal and centered position on the frusto-conical part of a bottle or on its cylindrical neck.
  • a further but no less important object of the invention is to unify the application of the label and seal, and possibly of the counter-label, in a single station.
  • a machine provided with a star feeder the bays of which, for receiving the bottle, are provided with means, such as rollers, which enable the bottle to rotate about its axis without it sliding within the bay.
  • a rubber presser and drive roller rotated by an electric motor and mounted such that it can make contact with the bottle or be spaced therefrom.
  • means are provided for placing the seal or neck-band in the desired position such that its central part adheres to the bottle first.
  • the blade which detaches the seals from their support web, and which is positioned parallel to the bottle surface is followed in the label direction of advancement by a projecting rectangular tang on which the label already detached from the web slides without adhering to it.
  • Said tang has a length slightly less than one half the length of the label, and is positioned with its front edge parallel to the possibly frusto-conical surface of the bottle, at a short distance from it.
  • the edge of the tang is very close to, and almost coincident with, the bottle generatrix which is to receive the centre or rather the centre line of the label.
  • said generatrix is that corresponding to the centre, or centre line, of the possible underlying rectangular label fixed to the cylindrical part of the bottle.
  • the means for placing the seal or neck-band are represented by the blade which detaches the seals or neck-bands from the web, and which in this case is arranged with its axis cutting the bottle axis and with its front edge substantially horizontal.
  • said blade can be vertically movable, this being particularly advantageous for applying round, oval or rectangular seals, ie not of half-moon shape, as are neck-bands for example.
  • the means for causing the label to adhere to the conical part of the bottle is an idle frusto-conical sponge roller positioned at the end of a rotatable arm, and having a taper substantially equal to that of the bottle and its axis advantageously inclined to the bottle axis by an angle double said taper.
  • roller can be idly mounted on the shaft of the underlying rubber presser and drive roller.
  • Figure 1 shows a horizontal table 1 fixed to a base 2.
  • the table 1 carries columns 3 supporting the bottle resting surface 4, columns 5 and 6 supporting the label and counter-label distribution stations respectively, and a bottle feed star 100.
  • the star consists of a horizontal circular disc 7 coplanar with the surface 4, and on which there are fixed discs 9 and 10 rigidly connected together by columns 11.
  • the periphery of the discs 9 and 10 comprises bays 12 with a radius at least a few millimetres greater than the radius of the bottles 33 to be fed.
  • the star moves stepwise, driven by a usual stepping motor, not shown, each step being of 360 degrees divided by the number of bays 12 present in the star.
  • the number of bays present in the star depends on the number of operating stations provided, in addition to the label application station, along the path of the star.
  • idle rollers 13 In proximity to the bays 12 and in a position symmetrical about the radius joining the centre of the disc to the centre of the bays there are provided idle rollers 13, the lateral surface of which projects a few millimetres beyond the edge of the relative bay 12.
  • the outer surface of the rollers 13 is preferably of rubber.
  • the support 14 carries an idle shaft 16 which is supported by bearings, not visible in the figures, and on the upper part of which there is fixed a rubber-covered roller 17.
  • the structure 20 supports an encoder 22 keyed onto the shaft 16.
  • the shaft 16 On its lower part the shaft 16 carries a toothed pulley 23, which is rotated by a belt 24 driven by a usual electric motor, not shown.
  • a usual label distributor unit 27 and counter-label distributor unit 28 respectively are positioned on the columns 5 and 6 there are positioned a usual label distributor unit 27 and counter-label distributor unit 28 respectively, said labels being provisionally arranged on two webs 26 and 25 which pass about two blades 34 and 35 respectively so that the labels 27 and counter-labels 28 are detached when the webs slide over the front edge of said blades.
  • the speed of the webs is equal to the tangential speed of the roller 17.
  • the cylinder-piston unit 21 operates to press the roller 17 against the bottle with a force of some tens of daN.
  • the position of the end of the blades 34 and 35 is such that when the labels and counter-labels separate from the webs 25 and 26 they are inserted between the roller 17 and bottle 33.
  • Figures 2 and 3 show the machine of Figure 1 provided with only the device for applying seals.
  • said figures show an inclined blade 201 about which the web 202 provisionally carrying the seals 30 moves.
  • the blade 201 is supported by a structure 204, which is supported by the base via a telescopic column 205 and a hinge 206, and can be adjusted so as to be tangential to the frusto-conical surface of the bottle 33.
  • the web 202 unwinds from a reel 207, slides along the front side of the blade 201, slides about its front edge and rewinds onto a reel not visible in the figure.
  • the front end of the blade 201 is slightly curved, a roller 208 maintaining the web adhering to the blade before it passes about its front edge.
  • the roller 208 is fixed and carries at one end a right angled bracket 209 which extends beyond the edge of the blade 201.
  • the bracket 209 lowerly supports a tang 210 covered with antiadhesive material on which the seal 30 slides before coming into contact with the frusto-conical surface of the bottle.
  • the length of the bracket 209 and relative tang 210 are such that the seal projects from this latter at least by an amount sufficient to expose its central part.
  • roller 17 there is fixed a bracket 211 supporting a column 212, to the top of which there is pivoted a shaped lever 213.
  • a pneumatic actuator 214 is positioned between the bracket 211 and the end of the lever 213 there is positioned a pneumatic actuator 214.
  • a frusto-conical roller 18 of very soft material such as sponge.
  • Figures 4 and 5 show the machine of Figure 1, provided with a second embodiment of the device for applying seals 30 of half-moon shape.
  • a frusto-conical member 18 of soft material such as sponge On the shaft 16 above the roller 17 there is fixed a frusto-conical member 18 of soft material such as sponge.
  • the cylinder-piston unit 21 draws the support 14 towards the bottle with the result that the roller 17 and frusto-conical member 18 make contact with the bottle 33 (see Figure 5), to make the label, counter-label and seal adhere securely thereto by the rotation of the bottle about its axis.
  • Figures 6 to 11 show a further improvement in the machine illustrated in Figures 4 and 5.
  • Said improvement consists of the fact that the blade 29 can undergo vertical movement, by which seals not of half-moon shape can be applied to the cylindrical part of the bottle neck, for example to stick rectangular neck-bands to said cylindrical part.
  • the distributor unit for the neck-bands 30 comprises a vertical plate 350 supported by a column 136 fixed to the base 1. From the plate 350 there projects the spindle 351 supporting the reel from which the web 31 carrying the neck-bands 30 is unwound. Said web 31 passes about the rollers 39 and 40, the blade 29, the rollers 44, 43, 42, 45 and the dragging roller 46 to pass to the recovery roller 47, all fixed to the plate 350.
  • the blade 29 is fixed to a plate 48 connected to the plate 350 by connecting rods 51 and 52 rotating about pins 49, 50, 54 and 55.
  • a usual cylinder-piston unit 56 is connected to the plate 350 by a pin 57 and to the plate 48 by a pin 58.
  • the neck-band or seal 30 to be placed on a cylindrical neck as shown in Figure 6 remains attached along its entire length to the web 31.
  • the cylinder-piston unit 56 operates before the bottle begins to rotate about itself, in order to raise the blade 29 and enable the roller 18 to press the entire neck-band 30 directly against the bottle.
  • the operation of the cylinder-piston unit 56 also causes the appendix 520 and hence the roller 43 to rotate about the pin 54.
  • the length of the appendix 520 is such that the path of the web 31 between the rollers 44, 43, 42 when the blade 29 is raised is greater than this path when the blade 29 is lowered, by an amount equal to double the stroke of the blade 29. This enables the web 31 to remain taut during the raising of the blade.
  • the position of the end of the blades 34 and 35 is such that when the labels 27 and counter-labels 28 separate from the respective webs 26 and 25 they are inserted between the roller 17 and bottle 33.
  • the webs carrying the labels 27 and counter-labels 28 are at rest.
  • the encoder 22 is rigid with the lower part of the shaft 16.
  • An electronic control system equipped with a usual microprocessor begins to count the encoder pulses starting from the moment in which the roller 17 and hence the bottle 33 begin to rotate.
  • the microprocessor After the bottle has undergone a rotation of about 180 degrees the microprocessor halts the roller 18 and reverses its movement, luring this second movement the label and counter-label are fed and attached, in that the microprocessor, under the control of the encoder, drives the web carrying the label 27 such that its end begins to attach to the bottle when the angle which it still has to undergo in order to reach the initial position is equal to the angle subtended on the bottle by one half of the label.
  • the roller 17 then continues to rotate, to rotate the bottle through a further angle greater than 180 degrees.
  • the blade 29 becomes repositioned in its lowest position.

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
ITRE930045 1993-05-14
ITRE930045A IT1262318B (it) 1993-05-14 1993-05-14 Gruppo per applicare etichette alla parte troncoconica delle bottiglie
ITRE930081A IT1262337B (it) 1993-11-18 1993-11-18 Gruppo per applicare simultaneamente in una stessa stazione collarino,etichetta e controetichetta alla bottiglia.
ITRE930081 1993-11-18
ITRE940016 1994-03-11
IT94RE000016A ITRE940016A1 (it) 1994-03-11 1994-03-11 Gruppo per applicare simultaneamente in una stessa stazione collarino, etichetta e controetichetta alla bottiglia

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