EP1060993A2 - Magasin pour étiquettes - Google Patents

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EP1060993A2
EP1060993A2 EP00102160A EP00102160A EP1060993A2 EP 1060993 A2 EP1060993 A2 EP 1060993A2 EP 00102160 A EP00102160 A EP 00102160A EP 00102160 A EP00102160 A EP 00102160A EP 1060993 A2 EP1060993 A2 EP 1060993A2
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cassette
banderoles
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Rolf Kramp
Rainer Herrmann
Thomas Jung
Norbert Schulte
Wolfgang Wurf
Heiko Hertrich
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British American Tobacco Germany GmbH
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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
    • B65C9/10—Label magazines
    • B65C9/105—Storage arrangements including a plurality of magazines

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  • the present invention relates to a device and a system for handling Banderoles.
  • the present invention is applicable in the technical field, that with the fastening of banderoles for cigarette boxes, so-called Tax stamps busy.
  • banderoles are printed as sheets by the competent authority of the respective country sent to the user, here the cigarette manufacturer, and then for production provided. For this purpose, the printed sheets are placed on top of one another and onto the banderole format cut, i.e. punched out on a punching device. Stack of banderoles with some A thousand banderoles are then conventionally provided in type cases and used for Banderolers brought into production where they are hand-fed into a banderole feed chute be inserted.
  • the preamble of claim 1 is based on a device for handling Banderoles, as described in DE 197 30 307 A1.
  • the banderole stacks are placed in a container-like, larger cassette via a linear conveyor delivered to the banding machine.
  • the cassette lies horizontally and horizontally and comprises several parallel chambers, in each of which banderole stacks are arranged.
  • On one side of each chamber a slide for the stack of banderoles is arranged while on the other side, a closure member, namely a lowerable pin is provided. After this Lowering the pin at the discharge end of a chamber can be done with the banderoles Slider pushed out and brought to a feed conveyor.
  • the at least one Has cassette which is arranged so that banderoles from it into a banding machine each cassette is substantially vertical on its cassette holder arranged and positionable via a band feed shaft of the banding machine.
  • the invention also applicable to banders with inclined band feed chutes; under Under certain circumstances, a vertical entry section can be found at the upper part of the feed shaft be trained as will be described in more detail below.
  • the device has modular character and thus enables the attachment to known banding machines without intervention in the control or the mechanics of the banding machine.
  • each cassette is of the Removable cassette holder and has a slot for only a stack of banderoles on.
  • the advantage according to the invention comes into play, that of a modular Construction comes from.
  • the cassettes are detachably attached to the cassette holder can be, it is possible to fill such cassettes with banderole stacks beforehand, so that only one filled cassette is attached to the cassette holder for refilling must become.
  • the cassette holder is on rotatable carousel with a vertical axis of rotation, removable from the banding machine the circumference of which the cassettes are arranged.
  • a carousel arrangement brings the The advantage of this is that a large number of cassettes filled with banderoles are prepared and can be easily attached to the circumference of the carousel. Operational When a cassette has been emptied, the machine can move the carousel by one Angular position are rotated so that the next filled cassette over the banderole feeder of the banding device is positioned and the banding replenishment for is secured for a long time. A pre-filled cassette can then be attached to the empty cassette Carousel to be attached.
  • each cassette is advantageously arranged such that it can be changed in position he during the opening process in a fixed position in relation to the banding machine or Banderole feed shaft arranged recording is added.
  • the closure can be a slide that runs in a guide at the discharge opening of the cassette, whereby it can be actuated on both sides by an opening and closing device, which in particular is designed as a sliding tongue device.
  • the invention is also for inclined band feed chutes applicable, as they are provided on some machines, such as. B. on banders for high-speed packaging machines.
  • the banderole feed chute becomes so to realize such inclined chutes designed that he a lower, sloping shaft section and an upper has a shaft section curved towards the vertical, on which the cassette holder then can be arranged substantially vertically.
  • the problem can arise that the banderoles in the curved section from the vertical direction of movement in an approximately 45 ° bevel have to be redirected.
  • the inclination of the banderoles is inclined at the bottom Shaft section hardly changed until the upper end of the shaft.
  • Newly introduced Banderole stacks therefore do not hit the previously fed banderoles flat, but in at an acute angle, so that banderoles bend regularly, and this interference too Lead downtimes on the packaging machine.
  • Fanning out has several advantages.
  • One of the advantages is there in that the fanning out causes the banderoles at the upper end of the curved shaft section come to rest horizontally again, i.e. it is prevented that the band inclination in the lower section of the shaft continues upwards.
  • the banderoles tracked from the top of the cassette in a horizontal position also horizontally aligned banderoles fall, and the aforementioned buckling and malfunctions no longer occur, so that the packaging machine comes to a standstill can be avoided.
  • Another advantage of the fanning out according to the invention is the brief separation the banderoles. Adhesive banderoles are thereby detached from one another and the consequence of this is a trouble-free machine run.
  • the fanning out devices formed by projections protruding into the feed shaft are in turn advantageously wave profiles, especially those with several wave peaks and valleys arranged one behind the other.
  • the projections mentioned can also be in a different way than the above-mentioned wave profiles are executed, namely for example as pawls, edges, profiled inserts or resilient ledges. Any combination of such projections can also in individual cases lead to optimal results.
  • the invention further relates to a device for locking a cassette with banderoles and with a closure for the discharge opening of the cassette opposite a feed chute of a banding device, which is characterized in that the closure is designed in this way is that it is in the opening process in a opposite the banding machine or the feed shaft positionally arranged recording is recorded.
  • this device design causes the cassette when opening the Closure is locked in the correct position and thus from an overly accurate Start-up control for the cassettes can be disregarded. Also in the context of this device there is the possibility of compressed air actuation for the opening and closing device to provide.
  • a cassette holder and the opening and closing device and the compressed air supply by means of a carrier with a support arm on a base plate in a fixed position with respect to the banding machine or the band feeding shaft to be appropriate.
  • the closure is a slide that is in a guide at the discharge opening the cassette runs, being on both sides of the opening and closing device can be actuated, which is designed in particular as a sliding tongue device, the slide is located in the holder, this in the base plate, and the base plate is by means of the support arm fixed in position with respect to the banding machine, so that the precise locking becomes possible.
  • the invention further relates to a system for filling cassettes with banderole stacks, in which the cassettes are filled by means of a banderole stack feed device.
  • banderole stacks are still placed in feed cassettes by hand used. They can get dirty, damaged and fall (especially when loosening a paper strapping), so that their adhesiveness is impaired could be.
  • the present invention has the filling process for automated the cassettes to provide a feeder.
  • This band stack feed device can the band stack in one device transfer, as described above in various embodiments.
  • the gripper So that can they can be designed as a gripper running on a rail or as one with a gripper equipped robotic arm, the gripper each automatically punched and cut Takes up the stack of banderoles and inserts them into the cassette.
  • the one described here Device for receiving the cassettes consisting of base plate, locking device, Carousel, electrical control, compressed air control and sliding tongue device can so that they can also be used to fill the cassettes with banderoles.
  • the removable cassette can also be mounted vertically on a single suspension to be hung above a band feed chute of a bander.
  • the reference numeral 1 denotes a banding machine, which has a Banderole feed chute 2 stacked banderoles are fed. Laterally above the Chute 2 is a carousel 5 shown here in side view rotatably, one Rotary drive 6 for the carousel 5 is driven by the motor (electric motor) 4.
  • Figure 2 shows the carousel in more detail shown how such a carousel 5 can be attached to the banding machine 1.
  • the Support arm 8 is pivotally connected to the banding device 1 and holds a base plate 7.
  • All elements of the device according to the invention are attached to the base plate 7, in Figure 2 is shown here only the motor 4 and the belt drive 6, one on the top Side of the base plate projecting mandrel 9 can rotate.
  • the holding mandrel 9 carries the carousel 5 and the connection can be, for example, a releasable cone fit.
  • the base plate comprises the opening and closing mechanism in section 13, which is made in two parts and has a recess 12 in the middle, which in operation the lower part of a cassette and the upper part of a banderole feed shaft 2 records.
  • the opening and closing mechanism has two slide tongues 10 and 11 on both sides of the recess 12, wherein the slide 11 is responsible for opening the cassette lock.
  • the slide 10 on the other hand causes the cassette shutter to close.
  • the mode of action when opening - And closing the cassette lock is shown in more detail in Figure 4.
  • FIG. 4 shows a side view of a device according to the invention.
  • the carousel 5 serving as a cassette holder is rotatable in the left area put on.
  • it consists of an unspecified center girder and two peripheral brackets 31o (top) and 31u (bottom) attached to it.
  • the circumferential brackets 31o and u each have hooks 14 which extend over the circumference are distributed so that cassettes 3 can be hung next to each other.
  • a suspended cassette 3 is shown. It is by means of a fixation additionally locked, this fixation consisting of a shoulder 15 and a pin 27 there, which can penetrate resiliently biased into a hole in the back of the cassette 3.
  • the carousel can always be rotated by the drive shown in Figure 2, until the next filled cassette is over the banderole 2. This is by means of Light barriers, not shown, can be implemented via a controller.
  • the cassette 3 to be seen from the side in FIG. 4 lies directly above the band feed chute 2 in the recess 12, which can be seen in FIG. 3 from above is.
  • the structure of a cassette can be shown with reference to FIG.
  • FIG. 5 is the Cassette shown in three views, the top left view being a front view of the open part of the cassette and the top right view is a rear view. Under the A front view is shown.
  • the cassette consists essentially of the two side walls 19 and 20, which have a back plate not designated are kept at a certain distance from each other. about A recess in the rear plate runs the struts 17o (top) and 17u (bottom). How from the front view shown below, the cassette thus forms a receiving shaft 28 in which banderoles can be stacked.
  • the cassette 3 On the lower discharge side the cassette 3 is a cassette lock arranged as a slide 16, which is in a guide 21 runs, which is incorporated on both sides on the lower side of the side plates 19 and 20. In the guide 21, the slider 16 can be pushed out to the rear, so that End of discharge of the cassette 3 is opened and the banderoles can fall out.
  • One for Half open position is shown in the front view.
  • the cassette also has a slide 18 which is also guided at the upper end, through which it can be completely closed.
  • a slide 18 which is also guided at the upper end, through which it can be completely closed.
  • FIG. 5 shows the opening and closing mechanism, which is shown in FIG is understand.
  • Figure 4 shows the cassette from the side and in Outbreak can be seen that the closure 16 has moved out here on the left, that is, in the Open position. It is located in the receptacle 29, where it has the cassette 3 opposite Band feed slot 2 centered precisely. The exact centering follows from the fact that the receptacle 29 is arranged fixedly opposite the base plate 7, which in turn firmly attached to the banding device 1 and therefore also positional with respect to the Feeder shaft 2 is arranged.
  • Figures 7 and 8 are now two embodiments of an inventive Filling system for cassettes with banderole stacks shown.
  • Figure 7 shows on the right side an upper view of a banding machine 1 with one placed thereon Carousel 5.
  • the tilted view shown on the left it is now visible like a stack of banderoles 24 via a gripper 25 which runs on a rail 23 into the carousel 5 in a Cassette 3 are inserted. This makes manual introduction unnecessary and damage the banderoles can be avoided.
  • FIG. 8 A further automated filling device is shown in FIG. 8, in which a gripper 30 is attached to a robot arm 26.
  • the gripper 30 also guides the banderoles stacks of carousel 5.
  • FIG. 9 shows a further aspect of the present invention, namely a preferred embodiment of a band feed shaft curved in the upper region 2, as it is already shown in principle in Figure 1.
  • Some high speed packaging machines as they are available on the market, show one in the bottom Area at an inclined band feed shaft. So the present invention can be used with these machines with their vertical cassettes, the upper part of these shafts must be curved towards the vertical become.
  • FIG. 9 now shows such a band feed chute 2 below a cassette 3, which has a sloping, straight, lower shaft section 43 and has an upper shaft section 45 curved towards the vertical.
  • the bands at the upper end of the curved shaft section 45 again essentially lie vertically so that the banderoles coming out of the cassette are essentially horizontal Layer fall down on the horizontally arranged, upper stack part in the feed shaft 2 fall and thus buckling or malfunctions and downtimes on the Packaging machine can be avoided.
  • the second advantage lies in the fact that when fanning the stack of banderoles in the upper shaft section 45 - because the banderoles are transported further down - at the same time there is an auto-leafing effect in which the banderoles are briefly separated. Adhesive banderoles can thereby be separated from each other, which guarantees trouble-free machine operation.
  • Wave profiles 44 or individual pawls 42 arranged one behind the other are used, combinations are also possible.
  • the present invention is very universal, that is to say also in the case of packaging machines with oblique Band feeds applicable.

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CA002308809A CA2308809C (fr) 1999-06-11 2000-05-15 Appareil et systeme pour la manutention de banderoles
JP2000159025A JP2001018934A (ja) 1999-06-11 2000-05-29 帯飾りを取り扱うための装置およびシステム
US09/590,882 US6488142B1 (en) 1999-06-11 2000-06-09 Apparatus and system for handling banderoles
KR1020000031969A KR100683161B1 (ko) 1999-06-11 2000-06-10 밴더롤 처리 장치 및 시스템

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DE19926713A DE19926713B4 (de) 1999-06-11 1999-06-11 Vorrichtung zur Handhabung von Banderolen
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EP1125843A1 (fr) 2000-02-16 2001-08-22 Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.) Dispositif pour manipuler des flans, spécialement des banderoles d'emballages pour cigarettes
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