EP1145962A1 - Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Anbringen von Siegelmarken an Zigarettenpackungen - Google Patents

Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Anbringen von Siegelmarken an Zigarettenpackungen Download PDF

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EP1145962A1
EP1145962A1 EP01830218A EP01830218A EP1145962A1 EP 1145962 A1 EP1145962 A1 EP 1145962A1 EP 01830218 A EP01830218 A EP 01830218A EP 01830218 A EP01830218 A EP 01830218A EP 1145962 A1 EP1145962 A1 EP 1145962A1
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Silvano Boriani
Fiorenzo Draghetti
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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
    • B65C9/20—Gluing the labels or articles
    • B65C9/22—Gluing the labels or articles by wetting, e.g. by applying liquid glue or a liquid to a dry glue coating
    • B65C9/2204—Gluing the labels or articles by wetting, e.g. by applying liquid glue or a liquid to a dry glue coating using spraying means
    • B65C9/2208—Applying the liquid on the article
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C1/00—Labelling flat essentially-rigid surfaces
    • B65C1/04—Affixing labels, e.g. wrap-around labels, to two or more flat surfaces of a polyhedral 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
    • B65C9/20—Gluing the labels or articles
    • B65C9/22—Gluing the labels or articles by wetting, e.g. by applying liquid glue or a liquid to a dry glue coating
    • B65C9/2204—Gluing the labels or articles by wetting, e.g. by applying liquid glue or a liquid to a dry glue coating using spraying means
    • B65C9/2213—Applying the liquid on the label
    • B65C9/2217—Applying the liquid on the label discretely, i.e. several points or strips or interrupted films

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  • the present invention relates to a method and a device for the application of labels to packets of cigarettes.
  • the object of the invention is to overcome the aforementioned drawback.
  • the stated object is realized according to the present invention in a method of applying labels to packets of cigarettes that involves the application of one such label to each packet, straddling one corner edge, characterized in that it comprises at least the steps of tacking the label to the corner edge with a hot melt adhesive, and affixing the ends of the label to the two faces of the packet contiguous to the corner edge.
  • the present invention relates also to a device for applying labels to packets of cigarettes.
  • a device for applying labels to packets of cigarettes, wherein one label is applied to each packet, straddling one corner edge, the label and the packet defining a first area of mutual contact located on the corner edge and second areas of mutual contact located on the two faces of the packet contiguous to the corner edge, typically a device comprising first conveying means by which the packets are advanced singly and in succession along a first predetermined path toward an affixing station, and second conveying means by which the labels are advanced singly and in succession along a second predetermined path toward the affixing station, characterized in that it comprises a second gumming device operating in conjunction with at least one of the first and second conveying means and serving to apply a hot melt adhesive to at least one portion of the first area of mutual contact in order to tack the label to the packet at the corner edge, also a first gumming device operating in conjunction with at least one of the first and second conveying means, by which the second areas of mutual contact are coated with adhesive in such
  • 1 denotes a portion of a packaging machine and 2 denotes a device, in its entirety, for the application of labels 3 to packets 4 of cigarettes.
  • the portion 1 of the packaging machine comprises first conveying means, denoted 5 in their entirety, by which the packets 4 are taken up singly at an infeed section 6 and advanced in succession along a first predetermined feed path P1 in a first feed direction F1 toward an affixing station 7 where a label 3, consisting for example in a manufacturing levy or revenue stamp, is applied to each packet 4.
  • the device 2 comprises applicator means located at the affixing station 7 and denoted 8 in their entirety, of which the function is to attach one label 3 to each of the advancing packets 4.
  • such applicator means 8 comprise a transfer unit 9 by which the labels 3 are supplied and affixed one to each packet 4; the unit 9 in question comprises a second conveyor centred on a corresponding axis 10 and appearing as a drum 11 rotatable anticlockwise in the direction denoted F2 in figure 1, so as to advance the labels 3 along a second predetermined path P2 and toward the affixing station 7, at which point the first path P1 and the second path P2 run substantially tangential.
  • the drum 11 operates cantilevered from a fixed vertical bulkhead 12 presented by the portion 1 of the packaging machine, disposed with its axis 10 of rotation extending transversely to the first and second feed paths P1 and P2 and delimited radially by a substantially cylindrical wall 13 presenting a plurality of angularly equispaced means 14 by which to retain one relative label 3, each consisting in a boss 15 integral with the wall 13 and delimited radially by a surface 16 presenting a cylindrical profile concentric with the wall 13 of the drum 11.
  • the drum 11 incorporates radial ducts, denoted 17 and indicated by phantom lines in figures 1 and 2, passing through each boss 15 and the relative part of the cylindrical wall 13 and terminating at the end remote from the axis 10 in respective suction holes 18 positioned to attract the labels 3.
  • the holes 18 are arranged on the surface 16 of each boss 15 in rows and connected by way of the aforementioned radial ducts 17 to a pneumatic circuit not shown in the drawings, being conventional in embodiment.
  • each boss 15 and by the wall 13 underneath is a radial slot 19 affording passage to a respective fold-down blade 20 capable of movement along a substantially radial trajectory relative to the drum 11 brought about by an actuating mechanism denoted 21 in its entirety, between a retracted position assumed upstream of the affixing station 7 in relation to the direction of rotation F2 of the drum 11, in which the blade 20 is located inside drum 11 as in figure 1, and an extended position assumed at the affixing station 7 in which the blade 20 projects in part from the surface 16 of the respective boss 15.
  • the actuating mechanism 21 is associated with a parallelogram linkage 22 of which the function and the mechanical structure are disclosed in US Patent n° 5,111,633, to which reference may be made for a full description of the structure and operation of the components which drive the drum 11, also of the pneumatic circuit and of the actuating mechanism 21 operating the parallelogram linkage 22.
  • labels 3 are released to the transfer unit 9 from a feed unit 23 mounted to the bulkhead 12 and incorporating a storage and feed line 24 along which the labels 3 advance.
  • the line 24 is equipped with a magazine 25 containing a stack 26 of the labels 3, which are taken up by suction from the bottom of the selfsame stack 26 in conventional manner by a circular sector 27, and passed cyclically to the single bosses 15 of the drum 11.
  • the first conveying means 5 comprise a substantially horizontal belt conveyor 28 looped around pulleys 29 (one only of which is visible in figure 1), by which packets 4 of cigarettes are caused to advance in succession along the first path P1 in the first direction F1, each lying flat and disposed with its predominating longitudinal axis extending transversely to the path P1, in contact with a horizontal surface 30 afforded by a pair of rails 31 (one only of which is visible in figure 1) each presenting a profile substantially of L shape when seen in section; the two rails 31 are spaced apart one from the other, extending parallel to the vertical bulkhead 12 and perpendicularly to the axis 10 of the drum 11.
  • the packets 4 are maintained in alignment by two lateral conveyors 32 (one only of which is visible in figure 1) disposed on either side of the belt conveyor 28, at a height above a top branch of the selfsame conveyor 28, which is furnished also with a plurality of outwardly projecting and uniformly distributed pushing appendages 33 occupying the space between the two rails 31 in such a way as to engage the packets 4 and direct them toward the affixing station 7.
  • the device 2 will be seen to comprise a first gumming device 34, stationed along the second path P2 beyond the magazine 25 in the direction of rotation F2 described by the drum 11, and a second gumming device 35 stationed further along the path P2.
  • the first gumming device 34 comprises a reservoir 36 and a pair of coaxial rollers 37 (one only of which is visible in figure 1), disposed tangentially to the surface 16 of each boss 15 and in such a way, as discernible clearly from figure 3 in particular, as to deposit two substantially parallel dabs 38 of cold setting adhesive on the face 3a of each label 3 destined to enter into contact with the relative packet 4.
  • the labels 3 are transferred to the periphery of the drum 11 from above by the circular sector 27, released cyclically onto the surfaces 16 of the bosses 15 and retained on each surface through the agency of the suction holes 18.
  • two elongated dabs 38 of cold setting adhesive material are applied to the outward facing surface 3a of the label 3, whereas at the gumming station occupied by the second gumming device 35, a spot 40 of hot melt adhesive is applied to this same surface 3a of the label 3 by the nozzle 39.
  • Each gummed label 3 arrives thus at the affixing station 7 and is offered to a relative packet 4; more exactly, the end 41 of the label 3 positioned forwardmost along the direction of rotation F2 of the drum 11 is offered to the top face 42 of the packet 4, whilst the remaining end 43 projecting freely from the top face 42 is bent immediately and flattened against the flank face 44 of the packet 4 adjoining the top face 42. In this situation the label 3 remains tacked to one corner edge 45 of the packet 4 by the action of the spot 40 of hot melt adhesive.
  • the second gumming device 35 when stationed along the first path P1 associated with the belt conveyor 28 in a position immediately upstream of the affixing station 7, can be made to place the spot 40 of hot melt adhesive exactly on the corner edge 45 as in figure 5, or alternatively on the top face 42 or the flank face 44 of the packet 4, in either case immediately adjacent to the corner edge 45 as in figures 6 and 7 respectively.
  • the function of the spot 40 of hot melt adhesive applied to the first area of mutual contact 46 is to tack the gummed label 3 in effect instantaneously to the packet 4 and prevent it thus from springing back to the former flat condition, ensuring that the correct position, straddling the corner edge 45 of the packet 4, is maintained for a length of time sufficient for the dabs 38 of cold setting adhesive to cure completely.

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  • Wrapping Of Specific Fragile Articles (AREA)
  • Labeling Devices (AREA)
  • Closing Of Containers (AREA)
  • Basic Packing Technique (AREA)
  • Manufacturing Of Cigar And Cigarette Tobacco (AREA)
EP01830218A 2000-04-10 2001-03-29 Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Anbringen von Siegelmarken an Zigarettenpackungen Expired - Lifetime EP1145962B1 (de)

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IT2000BO000210A IT1320985B1 (it) 2000-04-10 2000-04-10 Metodo e dispositivo per l'applicazione di fascette a pacchetti disigarette.
ITBO000210 2000-04-10

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US5111633A (en) * 1989-12-18 1992-05-12 G. D. Societa Per Azioni Device for applying strips of material of packets of substantially parallelepiped shape
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US4312699A (en) * 1979-01-18 1982-01-26 Hauni-Werke Korber & Co. K.G. Apparatus for attaching adhesive-coated sheets to cigarette packs or the like
US5111633A (en) * 1989-12-18 1992-05-12 G. D. Societa Per Azioni Device for applying strips of material of packets of substantially parallelepiped shape
US5972153A (en) * 1996-11-19 1999-10-26 Focke & Co. (Gmbh & Co.) Method for manufacturing labels and applying them to packets

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US20150246743A1 (en) * 2012-09-28 2015-09-03 Kronoplus Technical Ag Apparatus and process for applying labels to boxes
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