EP1140635A1 - Printing and delivery device for label tags - Google Patents

Printing and delivery device for label tags

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EP1140635A1
EP1140635A1 EP00901572A EP00901572A EP1140635A1 EP 1140635 A1 EP1140635 A1 EP 1140635A1 EP 00901572 A EP00901572 A EP 00901572A EP 00901572 A EP00901572 A EP 00901572A EP 1140635 A1 EP1140635 A1 EP 1140635A1
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Eggo Haschke
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Poly Clip System GmbH and Co KG
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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
    • B65C7/00—Affixing tags
    • 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
    • B65C9/46—Applying date marks, code marks, or the like, to the label during labelling

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  • the invention relates to a device for printing and feeding semi-rigid labels (tags) to packaging sealing machines such as sausage clip machines or the like, with a feed device for pulling a label strand from a supply and conveying the label strand through a printing station to a delivery station.
  • Feed rollers are common, but they have the disadvantage that a slippage between the surface of the roller and the labels can lead to misalignment of the labels in the cycle, especially since considerable accelerations and decelerations have to be dealt with again and again because of the clocked feed.
  • the need for reliable printing in the course of the label feed to the sealing machine further increases the problem.
  • the invention seeks to remedy this.
  • the feed device has a translationally reciprocating finger which engages behind a paragraph of the respective label during the working stroke and pushes it forward by a defined distance, while it glides over the subsequent label during the return stroke until it reaches behind the paragraph of this subsequent label at the end of the return stroke.
  • the translationally timed feed has the advantage that it allows printing on each label immediately before it is delivered to the packaging machine.
  • the finger is preferably in the form of a two-pronged fork which engages behind two shoulders of the respective label which are aligned perpendicular to the direction of advance. This stabilizes the translatory feed and prevents any tendency to tilt and thus jam.
  • a further development provides that a pin extending perpendicular to the label feed plane prestresses the subsequent label in the effective plane of the finger or the fork during the return stroke. It is fundamentally irrelevant whether the label is raised into the effective plane of the finger or fork or is lowered into the label plane during the working stroke. However, because of the flexibility of the label material, it is also possible to leave it at one level and to allow the prongs of the fork to bend the label elastically on both sides during the return stroke, so that after the return stroke has been completed, the label completely returns to the fork plane.
  • the pin which is arranged in the middle between the paths of the fork tines, presses against the front area of the subsequent the label that he reliably lifts the adjacent paragraphs of the label to be fed into the delivery station into the effective plane of the forks or holds it there.
  • the arrangement is advantageously made such that a printing or embossing roller lifted off during the working stroke is pressed against the subsequent label and labeled on the return stroke.
  • This can be done in particular in such a way that the printing or embossing roller presses the label against a stationary printing matrix provided with adjustable character sets.
  • one stroke of the feed device is used to advance the label strand and the other stroke (return stroke) is used to print on the subsequent label.
  • the method according to the invention for printing and feeding semi-rigid labels (tags) to packaging closing machines such as sausage clip machines or the like is closely related to this, which is characterized in that a label is clocked from a chain via perforations of labels attached to each other ( Feed stroke and return stroke) is pushed from a standby position into a removal position, from which it is pulled off while separating the perforation to the next label, the next label being in the standby position being printed during the return stroke.
  • a label suitable for treatment in a device of the type described above has a narrow central section against the direction of advance and then a wider section, the front edge of the narrow section of each label hanging on the rear edge of the preceding label and a predetermined breaking line being provided there, while the mutually exposed rear edge sections form the shoulders for the fork.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic overview drawing of the device in a plan view partially folded into the plane of the drawing
  • Figure 2 is a perspective view of the device without a supply roll.
  • Fig. 3 is a perspective view similar to FIG. 2, in which parts of the
  • Figure 4 is a perspective view of the feed fork.
  • a vertical table 3 is fastened to a floor bracket 1 by means of stands 2, into which the guide track 4 for a strand of labels 5 is incorporated.
  • a further stand 6 is attached (at the rear), which carries the supply 7 of labels 5 in the form of a roll rotatably mounted on the carrier.
  • the label strand 5a runs from the supply 7 via a deflection roller 8 into the guideway 4 of the table 3.
  • a carriage 1 2 is translationally mounted between the brackets 1 1.
  • a pneumatic piston / cylinder unit moves the carriage 1 2 back and forth between the brackets 1 1.
  • a fork 1 3 effecting the label advance is fastened, the bent prongs 14 of which protrude into the guideway 4 in the table 3 (FIG. 4).
  • a pressure roller 1 5 pressure or embossing roller
  • a pressure roller 1 5 is mounted on the carriage 1 2, in such a way that it is pressed with the aid of a piston rod 1 6 and a further pneumatic piston / cylinder unit 1 7 against the labels located in the feed path 4 or can be lifted off from these (Fig. 1).
  • a printing unit 1 8 on the back of the table 4 with adjustable character sets which, through an opening (not shown in FIG. 3 but indicated) in the guideway 4, provide the desired lettering prints on the label 5 there in the ready position when it is pressed against the printing unit 1 8 by the roll 1 5 during the return stroke of the carriage 1 2 (towards the supply 7).
  • a stem 20 is attached to the table 3 in the direction of advance, which extends the guideway 4 and receives labels 5 when they are advanced from the ready position in the area of the table 3.
  • An ab- Foldable cover 21 (Fig. 2; omitted in Fig. 3) closes the guideway 4 within the stem 20. It has a deflection section 22 at the end of the guideway 4, which deflects the front label 5 when it is pushed out, so that it moves away from the processing capping machine removed and torn off the following label by tensile force.
  • FIG. 3 shows a label 5 'in the foremost (removal) position and behind it the subsequent label 5 "in a transfer position.
  • the fork 1 3 causing the feed is - just like the carriage 1 2 moving it - in the rearmost position
  • the offset prongs 14 of the fork 1 3 therefore engage behind paragraphs 5b of that label 5, which are formed by the front section 5d of the label adjoining the rear edge 5c being narrower than its subsequent section 5e (FIG. 5)
  • the rear edge 5c and the front section 5d of the subsequent label are provided with a predetermined breaking point in the form of a perforation, which makes it easier to tear off the label 5 transferred to the sealing machine.
  • FIG. 5 also illustrates the process of feeding labels in the guideway 4 of the table 3.
  • a feed stroke has just ended, in which the fork 1 3 with its tines 14 behind the shoulders 5b of the foremost ( partially cut away) label 5 'and - in the drawing - shifted from right to left.
  • the second label 5 "is in the transfer position, while the third label 5" 'is in the ready position and is printed in the manner described above on the return stroke now following.

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Abstract

The invention relates to a device for printing and delivering semi-rigid tag-type labels (5) to packaging and sealing machines. Said device comprises a feed unit having a finger (13) which moves linearly to and fro and during the working stroke grasps a shoulder of the label concerned and advances said label along a defined trajectory. During the return stroke it glides over the next label and grasps the shoulder of said label at the end of the return stroke. This ensures that each tag-type label is correctly printed and delivered for attachment to the object to be labeled. Preferably, one label at a time from a chain of labels connected by perforations is cyclically moved from a ready position into a peel-off position and the next label is printed during the return stroke.

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Bedruck- und Zufuhr-Vorrichtung für Etiketten-Anhänger Printing and feeding device for label tags
Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung zum Bedrucken und Zuführen halbsteifer Etiketten (Anhänger) zu Verpackungs-Verschließmaschinen wie Wurst-Clipsmaschinen o. dgl., mit einer Vorschubeinrichtung zum Abziehen eines Etikettenstranges von einem Vorrat und Weiterfördern des Etikettenstranges durch eine Druckstation bis zu einer Abgabestation.The invention relates to a device for printing and feeding semi-rigid labels (tags) to packaging sealing machines such as sausage clip machines or the like, with a feed device for pulling a label strand from a supply and conveying the label strand through a printing station to a delivery station.
Es ist bekannt, selbstklebende Etiketten im Zusammenhang mit automatischen Etiketten-Bändern, welche Maschinen zum Verpacken von Lebensmitteln zugeordnet sind, unmittelbar vor der Etiketten-Abgabe zu bedrucken, um beispielsweise Verfallsangaben für das verpackte Lebensmittel erst in dem für das Verfallsdatum maßgeblichen Verpackungszeitpunkt anzubringen. Für bestimmte Lebensmittel- Verpackungen eignen sich selbstklebende Etiketten nicht, weil sie beispielsweise auf feuchten oder fettigen Wursthüllen nicht ausreichend haften. Für diese Fälle ist es bekannt, statt eines selbstklebenden Etiketts Etiketten-Anhänger beim Verschließen etwa von Wurstenden in die dafür benutzten Mittel einzubeziehen, also insbesondere einen Abschnitt des Anhängers gemeinsam mit einem Zopf aus Verpackungsmaterial durch eine Verschlußklammer an der Verpackung zu befestigen. Problematisch ist im einen wie im anderen Falle das Zuführen der Etiketten zu den jeweils verwendeten Verpackungsmaschinen. Üblich sind Vorschubrolien, die jedoch den Nachteil haben, daß ein Schlupf zwischen der Rolienoberfläche und den Etiketten zu einer Fehlausrichtung der Etiketten im Taktzykius führen kann, zumal wegen des getakteten Vorschubs immer wieder erhebliche Beschleunigungen und Verzögerungen bewältigt werden müssen. Dies gilt in besonderem Maße für Etiketten-Anhänger, welche regelmäßig aus steiferem Material als selbstklebende Etiketten bestehen müssen und schon deshalb ein höheres Gewicht haben. Die Notwendigkeit eines zuverlässigen Bedrückens im Laufe der Etiketten-Zuführung zur Verschließmaschine vergrößert die Problematik noch.It is known to print self-adhesive labels in connection with automatic label tapes, which are assigned to machines for packaging food, immediately before the label is dispensed, in order, for example, to provide expiry dates for the packaged food only at the packaging time that is decisive for the expiry date. Self-adhesive labels are not suitable for certain food packaging because, for example, they do not adhere sufficiently to moist or greasy sausage casings. For these cases, it is known to include label tags instead of a self-adhesive label when closing, for example, sausage ends in the means used for this purpose, that is to say in particular to fasten a section of the tag together with a braid made of packaging material to the packaging by means of a closure clip. In both cases, it is problematic to feed the labels to the packaging machines used in each case. Feed rollers are common, but they have the disadvantage that a slippage between the surface of the roller and the labels can lead to misalignment of the labels in the cycle, especially since considerable accelerations and decelerations have to be dealt with again and again because of the clocked feed. This applies in particular to label tags, which must consist of stiffer material than self-adhesive labels and therefore have a higher weight. The need for reliable printing in the course of the label feed to the sealing machine further increases the problem.
Dem will die Erfindung abhelfen. Sie besteht hinsichtlich ihres apparativen Aspekts darin, daß die Vorschubeinrichtung einen translatorisch hin- und herbewegten Finger aufweist, der beim Arbeithub hinter einen Absatz des jeweiligen Etiketts greift und dieses um eine definierte Wegstrecke vorschiebt, während er beim Rückhub über das nachfolgende Etikett gleitet, bis er am Ende des Rückhubs hinter den Absatz dieses nachfolgenden Etiketts greift. Auf diese Weise wird sichergestellt, daß jedes Etikett exakt und reproduzierbar in die Abgabestation gelangt, so daß es bei der Abgabe an die Verschließmaschine nicht zu Fehlfunktionen kommen kann. Darüber hinaus hat der translatorisch getaktete Vorschub den Vorteil, daß er das Bedrucken jedes Etiketts unmittelbar vor seiner Abgabe an die Verpackungsmaschine erlaubt.The invention seeks to remedy this. In terms of its apparatus, it consists in the fact that the feed device has a translationally reciprocating finger which engages behind a paragraph of the respective label during the working stroke and pushes it forward by a defined distance, while it glides over the subsequent label during the return stroke until it reaches behind the paragraph of this subsequent label at the end of the return stroke. In this way it is ensured that each label reaches the dispensing station exactly and reproducibly, so that malfunctions cannot occur during the dispensing to the sealing machine. In addition, the translationally timed feed has the advantage that it allows printing on each label immediately before it is delivered to the packaging machine.
Vorzugsweise hat der Finger die Form einer zweizinkigen Gabel, die hinter zwei, senkrecht zur Vorschubrichtung fluchtende Absätze des jeweiligen Etiketts greift. Dies stabilisiert den translatorischen Vorschub und beugt jeder Verkantungs- und damit Verklemmneigung vor.The finger is preferably in the form of a two-pronged fork which engages behind two shoulders of the respective label which are aligned perpendicular to the direction of advance. This stabilizes the translatory feed and prevents any tendency to tilt and thus jam.
Eine Weiterbildung sieht vor, daß ein sich senkrecht zur Etiketten-Vorschubebene erstreckender Stift beim Rückhub das nachfolgende Etikett in die Wirkebene des Fingers bzw. der Gabel vorspannt. Grundsätzlich ist unerheblich, ob zum Arbeitshub das Etikett in die Wirkebene des Fingers bzw. der Gabel angehoben oder diese(r) in die Etikettenebene abgesenkt wird. Wegen der Nachgiebigkeit des Etikettenmaterials ist es jedoch auch möglich, es bei einer Ebene zu belassen und beim Rückhub die Zinken der Gabel das Etikett beidseitig elastisch abbiegen zu lassen, so daß nach Abschluß des Rückhubs das Etikett vollständig in die Gabelebene zurückkehrt. Der mittig zwischen den Wegen der Gabelzinken ortsfest angeordnete Stift drückt jeweils derart gegen den vorderen Bereich des nachfolgen- den Etiketts, daß er die angrenzenden Absätze des zum Vorschub in die Abgabestation anstehenden Etiketts zuverlässig in die Wirkebene der Gabelzinken hebt bzw. dort hält.A further development provides that a pin extending perpendicular to the label feed plane prestresses the subsequent label in the effective plane of the finger or the fork during the return stroke. It is fundamentally irrelevant whether the label is raised into the effective plane of the finger or fork or is lowered into the label plane during the working stroke. However, because of the flexibility of the label material, it is also possible to leave it at one level and to allow the prongs of the fork to bend the label elastically on both sides during the return stroke, so that after the return stroke has been completed, the label completely returns to the fork plane. The pin, which is arranged in the middle between the paths of the fork tines, presses against the front area of the subsequent the label that he reliably lifts the adjacent paragraphs of the label to be fed into the delivery station into the effective plane of the forks or holds it there.
Im übrigen ist die Anordnung vorteilhaft so getroffen, daß eine beim Arbeitshub abgehobene Druck- oder Prägerolle beim Rückhub gegen das nachfolgende Etikett gepreßt ist und dieses beschriftet. Das kann insbesondere derart geschehen, daß die Druck- oder Prägerolle das Etikett gegen eine stationäre, mit einstellbaren Zeichensätzen versehene Druckmatrix preßt. Auf diese Weise wird der eine Hub der Vorschubeinrichtung zum Vorschieben des Etikettenstrangs und der andere Hub (Rückhub) zum Bedrucken des nachfolgenden Etiketts benutzt. Bei Beendigung eines Arbeitspensums gehen also höchstens einzelne Etiketten wegen einer später falschen Bedruckung verloren.In addition, the arrangement is advantageously made such that a printing or embossing roller lifted off during the working stroke is pressed against the subsequent label and labeled on the return stroke. This can be done in particular in such a way that the printing or embossing roller presses the label against a stationary printing matrix provided with adjustable character sets. In this way, one stroke of the feed device is used to advance the label strand and the other stroke (return stroke) is used to print on the subsequent label. When a workload ends, at most individual labels are lost due to incorrect printing later on.
In engem Zusammenhang damit steht das erfindungsgemäße Verfahren zum Bedrucken und Zuführen halbsteifer Etiketten (Anhänger) zu Verpackungs-Ver- schließmaschinen wie Wurst-Clipsmaschinen o. dgl., welches sich dadurch auszeichnet, daß aus einer Kette über Perforationen aneinanderhängender Etiketten jeweils ein Etikett taktweise (Vorschubhub und Rückhub) aus einer Bereitschaftsstellung in eine Abnahmestellung geschoben wird, aus der es unter Auftrennen der Perforation zum nächsten Etikett abgezogen wird, wobei während des Rückhubs das nächste - in der Bereitschaftsstellung befindliche - Etikett bedruckt wird.The method according to the invention for printing and feeding semi-rigid labels (tags) to packaging closing machines such as sausage clip machines or the like is closely related to this, which is characterized in that a label is clocked from a chain via perforations of labels attached to each other ( Feed stroke and return stroke) is pushed from a standby position into a removal position, from which it is pulled off while separating the perforation to the next label, the next label being in the standby position being printed during the return stroke.
Ein zur Behandlung in einer Vorrichtung der vorstehend beschriebenen Art geeignetes Etikett weist entgegen der Vorschubrichtung einen schmalen zentrischen Abschnitt und anschließend einen breiteren Abschnitt auf, wobei der Vorderrand des schmalen Abschnitts jedes Etiketts am Hinterrand des voraufgehenden Etiketts hängt und dort eine Sollbruchlinie vorgesehen ist, während die beiderseitig freiliegenden Hinterrandabschnitte die Absätze für die Gabel bilden.A label suitable for treatment in a device of the type described above has a narrow central section against the direction of advance and then a wider section, the front edge of the narrow section of each label hanging on the rear edge of the preceding label and a predetermined breaking line being provided there, while the mutually exposed rear edge sections form the shoulders for the fork.
Die Zeichnungen veranschaulichen die Erfindung, und zwar zeigtThe drawings illustrate the invention and shows
Fig. 1 eine schematische Übersichtszeichnung der Vorrichtung in einer teilweise in die Zeichenebene geklappten Draufsicht;1 shows a schematic overview drawing of the device in a plan view partially folded into the plane of the drawing;
Fig. 2 eine perspektivische Darstellung der Vorrichtung ohne Vorratsrolle; Fig. 3 eine der Fig. 2 ähnliche perspektivische Ansicht, bei der Teile derFigure 2 is a perspective view of the device without a supply roll. Fig. 3 is a perspective view similar to FIG. 2, in which parts of the
Vorrichtung weggelassen oder weggeschnitten sind;Device omitted or cut away;
Fig. 4 in perspektivischer Darstellung die Vorschubgabel; undFigure 4 is a perspective view of the feed fork. and
Fig. 5 in drei verschiedenen Taktstadien (A - C) die Relativstellung derFig. 5 in three different cycle stages (A - C) the relative position of the
Vorschubgabel und der Etiketten in Draufsicht und Seitenansicht.Feed fork and the labels in top view and side view.
An einem Bodenwinkel 1 ist mittels Ständern 2 ein vertikaler Tisch 3 befestigt, in den die Führungsbahn 4 für einen Strang von Etiketten 5 eingearbeitet ist. Am Tisch 3 ist (rückwärtig) ein weiterer Ständer 6 befestigt, welcher den Vorrat 7 an Etiketten 5 in Form einer am Träger drehbar gelagerten Rolle trägt. Der Etikettenstrang 5a läuft vom Vorrat 7 über eine Umlenkrolle 8 in die Führungsbahn 4 des Tisches 3 ein.A vertical table 3 is fastened to a floor bracket 1 by means of stands 2, into which the guide track 4 for a strand of labels 5 is incorporated. On the table 3, a further stand 6 is attached (at the rear), which carries the supply 7 of labels 5 in the form of a roll rotatably mounted on the carrier. The label strand 5a runs from the supply 7 via a deflection roller 8 into the guideway 4 of the table 3.
Auf Stangen 10, welche sich parallel zueinander und zum Tisch 3 zwischen Halterungen 1 1 erstrecken, ist ein Wagen 1 2 translatorisch zwischen den Halterungen 1 1 verschiebbar gelagert. Eine nicht im einzelnen dargestellte pneumatische Kolben/Zylinder-Einheit fährt den Wagen 1 2 zwischen den Halterungen 1 1 taktweise hin und her.On bars 10, which extend parallel to each other and to the table 3 between brackets 1 1, a carriage 1 2 is translationally mounted between the brackets 1 1. A pneumatic piston / cylinder unit, not shown in detail, moves the carriage 1 2 back and forth between the brackets 1 1.
Am Wagen 1 2 ist einerseits eine den Etikettenvorschub bewirkende Gabel 1 3 befestigt, deren abgekröpfte Zinken 14 in die Führungsbahn 4 im Tisch 3 ragen (Fig. 4). Andererseits ist am Wagen 1 2 eine Anpreßrolle 1 5 (Druck- oder Prägerolle) gelagert, und zwar derart, daß sie mit Hilfe einer Kolbenstange 1 6 und einer weiteren pneumatischen Kolben/Zylinder-Einheit 1 7 gegen die im Vorschubweg 4 befindlichen Etiketten gedrückt oder von diesen abgehoben werden kann (Fig. 1 ).On the carriage 1 2, on the one hand, a fork 1 3 effecting the label advance is fastened, the bent prongs 14 of which protrude into the guideway 4 in the table 3 (FIG. 4). On the other hand, a pressure roller 1 5 (pressure or embossing roller) is mounted on the carriage 1 2, in such a way that it is pressed with the aid of a piston rod 1 6 and a further pneumatic piston / cylinder unit 1 7 against the labels located in the feed path 4 or can be lifted off from these (Fig. 1).
Etwa auf halbem Vorschubweg des Wagens 1 2 zwischen den Halterungen 1 1 befindet sich rückseitig des Tisches 4 eine Druckeinheit 1 8 mit einstellbaren Zeichensätzen, welche durch eine - in Fig. 3 nicht dargestellte, aber angedeutete - Öffnung in der Führungsbahn 4 hindurch die gewünschte Beschriftung auf das sich dort in der Bereitschaftsstellung befindliche Etikett 5 druckt, wenn es beim Rückhub des Wagens 1 2 (zum Vorrat 7 hin) von der Rolle 1 5 gegen die Druckeinheit 1 8 gepreßt wird.Approximately halfway through the carriage 1 2 between the brackets 1 1 there is a printing unit 1 8 on the back of the table 4 with adjustable character sets which, through an opening (not shown in FIG. 3 but indicated) in the guideway 4, provide the desired lettering prints on the label 5 there in the ready position when it is pressed against the printing unit 1 8 by the roll 1 5 during the return stroke of the carriage 1 2 (towards the supply 7).
In Vorschubrichtung anschließend an den Tisch 3 ist ein Vorbau 20 angebracht, welcher die Führungsbahn 4 verlängert und Etiketten 5 aufnimmt, wenn sie aus der Bereitschaftsstellung im Bereich des Tisches 3 vorgeschoben werden. Eine ab- klappbare Abdeckung 21 (Fig. 2; in Fig. 3 weggelassen) verschließt die Führungsbahn 4 innerhalb des Vorbaues 20. Sie hat am Ende der Führungsbahn 4 einen Umlenkabschnitt 22, welcher beim Ausschieben des jeweils vordersten Etiketts 5 dieses umlenkt, so daß es von der weiterverarbeitenden Verschließmaschine abgenommen und durch Zugkraft vom nachfolgenden Etikett abgerissen wird.A stem 20 is attached to the table 3 in the direction of advance, which extends the guideway 4 and receives labels 5 when they are advanced from the ready position in the area of the table 3. An ab- Foldable cover 21 (Fig. 2; omitted in Fig. 3) closes the guideway 4 within the stem 20. It has a deflection section 22 at the end of the guideway 4, which deflects the front label 5 when it is pushed out, so that it moves away from the processing capping machine removed and torn off the following label by tensile force.
Fig. 3 zeigt ein Etikett 5' in der vordersten (Abnahme-)Stellung und dahinter das nachfolgende Etikett 5" in einer Übergabestellung. Die den Vorschub bewirkende Gabel 1 3 befindet sich -ebenso wie der sie bewegende Wagen 1 2 - in der hintersten Stellung. Daher greifen dort die abgekröpften Zinken 14 der Gabel 1 3 hinter Absätze 5b jenes Etiketts 5, welche dadurch gebildet sind, daß der an den Hinterrand 5c anschließende vordere Abschnitt 5d des Etiketts schmaler ist als sein anschließender Abschnitt 5e (Fig. 5). Zwischen dem Hinterrand 5c und dem vorderen Abschnitt 5d des anschließenden Etiketts ist eine Sollbruchstelle in Form einer Perforation vorgesehen, welche das Abreißen des an die Verschließmaschine übergebenen Etiketts 5 erleichtert.3 shows a label 5 'in the foremost (removal) position and behind it the subsequent label 5 "in a transfer position. The fork 1 3 causing the feed is - just like the carriage 1 2 moving it - in the rearmost position The offset prongs 14 of the fork 1 3 therefore engage behind paragraphs 5b of that label 5, which are formed by the front section 5d of the label adjoining the rear edge 5c being narrower than its subsequent section 5e (FIG. 5) The rear edge 5c and the front section 5d of the subsequent label are provided with a predetermined breaking point in the form of a perforation, which makes it easier to tear off the label 5 transferred to the sealing machine.
Fig. 5 veranschaulicht auch den Ablauf des Vorschubs von Etiketten in der Führungsbahn 4 des Tisches 3. In der Darstellung gemäß Fig. 5a ist ein Vorschubhub soeben beendet, bei dem die Gabel 1 3 mit ihren Zinken 14 hinter die Absätze 5b des dort vordersten (teilweise weggeschnittenen) Etiketts 5' gegriffen und - in der Zeichnung - von rechts nach links geschoben hatte. Das zweite Etikett 5" befindet sich in der Übergabestellung, während das dritte Etikett 5"' in der Bereitschaftsstellung liegt und beim nun folgenden Rückhub in der oben beschriebenen Weise bedruckt wird.FIG. 5 also illustrates the process of feeding labels in the guideway 4 of the table 3. In the illustration according to FIG. 5a, a feed stroke has just ended, in which the fork 1 3 with its tines 14 behind the shoulders 5b of the foremost ( partially cut away) label 5 'and - in the drawing - shifted from right to left. The second label 5 "is in the transfer position, while the third label 5" 'is in the ready position and is printed in the manner described above on the return stroke now following.
Diese (halbe) Rückhubstellung zeigt Fig. 5b. Die - wie in den übrigen Teilfiguren dieser Zeichnung nur strich-punktiert angedeutete - Gabel 1 3 gleitet über das Etikett 5" zurück und biegt es dabei (was nicht dargestellt ist) beidseitig etwas ab. Ein Stift 23 liegt jedoch unterseitig am vorderen Bereich des vorderen Etikettabschnitts 5d an und drückt dieses derart zur Gabel hin, daß sichergestellt ist, daß nach Erreichen der in Fig. 5c dargestellten völlig zurückgezogenen Stellung der Gabel 1 3 auch das Etikett 5" so im Vorschubweg 4 bereitgehalten wird, daß bei einem erneuten Vorschubhub der Gabel 1 3 (nach links in Fig. 5c) die Zinken 14 der Gabel 1 3 wiederum sicher unter bzw. hinter die Absätze 5b des Etiketts 5" greifen und dieses aus der Übergabestellung in die Abnahmestellung vorschieben. 5b shows this (half) return stroke position. The fork 1 3 - as indicated by dash-dotted lines in the other partial figures of this drawing - slides back over the label 5 "and bends it slightly (which is not shown) on both sides. However, a pin 23 lies on the underside of the front area of the front Label section 5d and presses it towards the fork in such a way that it is ensured that after reaching the fully retracted position of the fork 1 3 shown in FIG. 5c, the label 5 "is also held ready in the feed path 4 in such a way that when the fork is pushed again 1 3 (to the left in FIG. 5c) grip the prongs 14 of the fork 1 3 again securely under or behind the shoulders 5b of the label 5 "and push it forward from the transfer position into the removal position.

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1 . Vorrichtung zum Bedrucken und Zuführen halbsteifer Etiketten (Anhänger) zu Verpackungs-Verschließmaschinen wie Wurst-Clipsmaschinen o. dgl., mit einer Vorschubeinrichtung zum Abziehen eines Etikettenstrangs von einem Vorrat und Weiterfördern des Etikettenstrangs durch eine Druckstation bis zu einer Abgabestation, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Vorschubeinrichtung mindestens einen translatorisch hin- und herbewegten Finger (1 3) aufweist, der beim Arbeitshub hinter einen Absatz (5b) des jeweiligen Etiketts (Fig. 5: 5') greift und dieses um eine definierte Wegstrecke vorschiebt, während er beim Rückhub über das nachfolgende Etikett (5") gleitet, bis er am Ende des Rückhubs hinter den Absatz (5b) dieses nachfolgenden Etiketts (5") greift.1 . Device for printing and feeding semi-rigid labels (tags) to packaging sealing machines such as sausage clip machines or the like, with a feed device for pulling off a label strand from a supply and further conveying the label strand through a printing station to a delivery station, characterized in that the Feed device has at least one translationally reciprocating finger (1 3) which engages behind a shoulder (5b) of the respective label (Fig. 5: 5 ') during the working stroke and advances this by a defined distance, while on the return stroke it moves over the subsequent label (5 ") slides until it reaches behind paragraph (5b) of this subsequent label (5") at the end of the return stroke.
2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 , dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Finger die Form einer zweizinkigen Gabel (1 3) hat, die hinter zwei, senkrecht zur Vorschubrichtung fluchtende Absätze (5b) des jeweiligen Etiketts greift.2. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the finger has the shape of a two-pronged fork (1 3) which engages behind two, perpendicular to the feed direction paragraphs (5b) of the respective label.
3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß ein sich senkrecht zur Etiketten-Vorschubebene erstreckender Stift (23) beim Rückhub das nachfolgende Etikett in die Wirkebene des Fingers bzw. der Gabel (1 3) vorspannt.3. Apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a perpendicular to the label feed plane extending pin (23) biases the subsequent label in the effective plane of the finger or fork (1 3) during the return stroke.
4. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß eine beim Arbeitshub abgehobene Druck- oder Prägerolle (1 5) beim Rückhub gegen das nachfolgende Etikett (5) gepreßt ist und dieses beschriftet.4. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a lifted printing or embossing roller (1 5) during the return stroke is pressed against the subsequent label (5) and labeled.
5. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Druck- oder Prägerolle (1 5) das Etikett (5) gegen eine stationäre, mit einstellbaren Zeichensätzen versehene Druckmatrix (1 8) preßt.5. The device according to claim 4, characterized in that the printing or embossing roll (1 5) presses the label (5) against a stationary, with adjustable character sets provided printing matrix (1 8).
6. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß eine Führung (Umlenkabschnitt 22) am Auslaufende des Vorschubweges (Führungsbahn 4) den vorderen Abschnitt (5d) des Etiketts (5) umlenkt. 6. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a guide (deflection section 22) at the outlet end of the feed path (guide track 4) deflects the front section (5d) of the label (5).
7. Etikett zur Behandlung in einer Vorrichtung gemäß einem der Ansprüche 2-6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß es entgegen der Vorschubrichtung einen schmalen zentrischen Abschnitt (5d) und anschließend einen breiteren Abschnitt (5e) aufweist, wobei der Vorderrand des schmalen Abschnitts (5d) jedes Etiketts (5) am Hinterrand (5c) des voraufgehenden Etiketts (5) hängt und dort eine Sollbruchlinie vorgesehen ist, während die beiderseitig freiliegenden Hinterrandabschnitte die Absätze (5b) für die Gabel (1 3) bilden.7. The label for treatment in a device according to one of claims 2-6, characterized in that it has a narrow central section (5d) and then a wider section (5e) against the direction of advance, the front edge of the narrow section (5d) each label (5) hangs on the rear edge (5c) of the preceding label (5) and a predetermined breaking line is provided there, while the rear edge sections exposed on both sides form the shoulders (5b) for the fork (1 3).
8. Verfahren zum Bedrucken und Zuführen halbsteifer Etiketten (Anhänger) zu Verpackungs-Verschließmaschinen wie Wurst-Ciipsmaschinen o. dgl., dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß aus einer Kette (5a) über Perforationen aneinanderhängender Etiketten jeweils ein Etikett (5) taktweise (Vorschubhub und Rückhub) aus einer Bereitschaftsstellung in eine Abnahmestellung geschoben wird, aus der es unter Auftrennen der Perforation zum nächsten Etikett abgezogen wird, wobei während des Rückhubs das nächste - in der Bereitschaftsstellung befindliche - Etikett bedruckt wird. 8. A method for printing and feeding semi-rigid labels (tags) to packaging sealing machines such as sausage Ciips machines or the like, characterized in that a label (5) intermittently (feed stroke and return stroke) from a chain (5a) via perforations of contiguous labels ) is pushed from a standby position into a removal position, from which it is peeled off to open the next label while the perforation is being opened, the next label being in the standby position being printed during the return stroke.
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