EP1272393A1 - Device for applying self-adhesive, unsupported labels to flat objects - Google Patents

Device for applying self-adhesive, unsupported labels to flat objects

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EP1272393A1
EP1272393A1 EP01929295A EP01929295A EP1272393A1 EP 1272393 A1 EP1272393 A1 EP 1272393A1 EP 01929295 A EP01929295 A EP 01929295A EP 01929295 A EP01929295 A EP 01929295A EP 1272393 A1 EP1272393 A1 EP 1272393A1
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Jürgen FRANCKE
Frank Voss
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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
    • B65C9/40—Controls; Safety devices
    • B65C9/42—Label feed control
    • 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
    • B65C1/02—Affixing labels to one flat surface of articles, e.g. of packages, of flat bands
    • B65C1/021—Affixing labels to one flat surface of articles, e.g. of packages, of flat bands the label being applied by movement of the labelling head towards 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
    • B65C9/08—Label feeding
    • B65C9/18—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls
    • B65C9/1803—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls the labels being cut from a strip
    • B65C9/1815—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls the labels being cut from a strip and transferred by suction means
    • B65C9/1819—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls the labels being cut from a strip and transferred by suction means the suction means being a vacuum drum
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T156/00—Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
    • Y10T156/17—Surface bonding means and/or assemblymeans with work feeding or handling means
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
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    • Y10T156/1702—For plural parts or plural areas of single part
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T156/00—Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
    • Y10T156/17—Surface bonding means and/or assemblymeans with work feeding or handling means
    • Y10T156/1702—For plural parts or plural areas of single part
    • Y10T156/1744—Means bringing discrete articles into assembled relationship
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T156/00—Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
    • Y10T156/17—Surface bonding means and/or assemblymeans with work feeding or handling means
    • Y10T156/1702—For plural parts or plural areas of single part
    • Y10T156/1744—Means bringing discrete articles into assembled relationship
    • Y10T156/1768—Means simultaneously conveying plural articles from a single source and serially presenting them to an assembly station

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  • the invention relates to a device for applying self-adhesive, strapless labels according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a general problem is also the handling and, in particular, the transport of the labels to the shipment surface if the labels have a self-adhesive surface.
  • DE 36 22 502 AI describes a labeling head machine in which the labels on the labeling head, which prints the labels on the object, are held by means of openings in the head surface, which are connected to a vacuum source.
  • the invention specified in claim 1 has for its object to provide a device for applying self-adhesive, carrier-free labels to flat objects, in which the labels are fed quickly with little susceptibility to interference and which ensures high throughput.
  • n devices with n> 1 for applying labels one behind the other on the transport path of the flat objects the surface of the pressure and application drum for application applying a distance from the respective object allowing the printing and application of the labels and when not applying the surface of the pressure and application drum is at a distance from the object, which reliably prevents annoying contact.
  • the devices are then controlled as required. It is thus possible to apply several labels to an object or to label every nth object in order to increase the throughput in each device.
  • the label feeding and cutting device is shaped in such a way that the slightly curved or uncurved label strip at the entrance into one of the surface of the press-on and the label receiving the label Applied drum adapted curvature is transferred at the exit. It is advantageous to make openings connected to a vacuum source in this guide surface for holding the label strip on the guide surface.
  • the guide surface on its side edges can have the label strip on the guide surface even without narrow pressure-holding narrow cover surfaces with an adhesive-repellent surface.
  • a friction wheel drive consisting of a friction wheel with a controlled drive and a pressure roller, which pushes the label strip onto the pressure and application drum in the dimensions provided.
  • the friction wheel drive is advantageously pivotably mounted on an axis of rotation which is arranged in the middle and perpendicular to the guide surface in the label feed direction in front of the friction wheel.
  • FIG. 3 shows a schematic view of the friction wheel drive and its storage.
  • the self-adhesive label strip 1 is pulled off from a supply roll 2 by a label strip unrolling device 3 known per se in tape form and fed to a label feeding and cutting device 4.
  • the label strip 1 is advanced onto a pressure and application drum 17 perpendicular to the transport plane of the flat objects 20 in accordance with the required length and cut off when the pressure and application drum 17 is at a standstill.
  • the label strip 1 is guided over a shaped guide 7, which passes in the label strip advancing direction 5 from a slightly curved or uncurved guide surface at the entrance into one of the label-receiving surface of the pressure and application drum 17 having a curved guide surface at the exit.
  • a motor-controlled friction wheel drive consisting of friction wheel 8 with drive 9 and pressure roller 10, is integrated into the guide 7.
  • the label strip 1 is thus pushed in the direction of the labeling device 11, consisting of the pressure and application drum 17, which has openings on the receiving part which are also connected to a vacuum source 19, a drum drive 18 and a spring-mounted counter roller 26, and even in transferred a cylindrical shape.
  • the knife drive 13 moves the knife 14 over the label strip 1 onto the counter knife 15 and shears off a label 16.
  • the label 16 is now only carried by the pressure and application drum 17.
  • the objects 20 to be labeled are moved past the labeling device 11 at a uniform speed 21 along a path on the side facing away from the label feeding and cutting device 4.
  • the pressure and application drum 17 stops. Then it is accelerated with the label 16 to the same speed as the speed 21 of the object 20, measured on the outer surface of the drum.
  • the direction of movement 22 is shown in FIG. 2.
  • the position and speed of the drum are synchronized with the object 20 to be glued by a control, so that when the part of the pressure and application drum 17 with the label 16 arrives at the object web, the object 20 can take over the self-adhesive label 16 in a targeted manner ,
  • the jacket of the pressure and application drum 17 is formed into a first area 23 and a second area 24.
  • the first cladding region 23 has a circular curvature, the center of the circle being in the axis of rotation.
  • the casing surface is shifted inwards to such an extent that a disruptive contact of the objects 20 in the rest position is avoided.
  • This lateral surface can likewise have the same circular curvature as in the first lateral region 23, only the center of the circle is displaced beyond the axis of rotation.
  • Both jacket areas 23, 24 are connected by corresponding transition areas 25. This has the effect that, on the one hand, the pressure and application drum 17 cannot protrude into the object web during rest phases, for example when cutting labels or during application breaks, and thus the objects 20 or parts thereof cannot be influenced. On the other hand, a certain even pressure can be exerted against the flat objects during application in order to transfer the self-adhesive label 16. In order to support the transfer of the labels to the objects 20, a counterpressure can be generated by the rotating pressure roller 26.
  • This effect achieved by the different jacket areas of the pressure and application drum 17 with a spatially fixed axis of rotation can also be achieved if the pressure and application drum 17 is designed as a circular cylinder and if it is movably mounted in the direction of the objects 20. For application it is then moved in the direction of the object in such a way that the label can be printed on, and when not applied it is moved back in such a way that contact with the objects 20 is avoided.
  • This embodiment is not shown in the drawing, but can easily be implemented by a specialist on the basis of his specialist knowledge.
  • the motor-controlled friction wheel drive consisting of friction wheel 8 with drive 9 and pressure roller 10, is mounted on a chassis 27 (FIG. 3).
  • the friction wheel 8 and the pressure roller 10 are located in an opening 34 in the guide 7.
  • This chassis 27 is pivotably mounted at a certain distance 28 in the label strip feed direction 5 in front of the friction wheel drive on an axis of rotation 29 which is arranged centrally and perpendicular to the guide 7. It is thereby achieved that the label strip 5 with its long edges 30 aligns itself automatically with the boundary surfaces 31 attached to the side of the guide 7. If, for example, one of the long edges 30 is printed on one of these boundary surfaces 31 by any circumstance, this long edge 30 should be able to move laterally as a result of a managerial force.
  • the chassis 27 can be influenced by the force of a spring 32 in its zero position. By varying the spring force, the label strip 1 can be oriented to one of the two boundary surfaces 31. So that the edges of the label strip 1 do not stand out from the guide 7 even when the vacuum source 19 is switched off, narrow cover surfaces 33 with adhesive-repellent surfaces are attached to the boundary surfaces 31.

Abstract

The invention relates to a device that is provided with a pressing and applying drum (17) which is driven during start-stop operation and is used for applying the labels (16) to flat objects (20) that are transported along a conveying path. A label strip (1) having a bend that matches the receiving drum surface is pushed onto the side of the pressing and applying drum (17) with the adhesive side thereof facing towards the outside and vertically in relation to the transport plane of the flat objects (20) by means of a label conveying and cutting device (4), whereby said side faces away from the objects (20). The portion which is situated on the stationary pressing and applying drum (17) is cut off by means of a cutter device that is adapted to the bend.

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Vorrichtung zum Aufbringen von selbstklebenden, tragerlosen Etiketten auf flache GegenstandeDevice for applying self-adhesive, strapless labels to flat objects
Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung zum Aufbringen von selbstklebenden, tragerlosen Etiketten gemäß dem Oberbegriff des Patentanspruchs 1.The invention relates to a device for applying self-adhesive, strapless labels according to the preamble of claim 1.
Bei der Bearbeitung von flachen Sendungen, insbesondere von Briefen, Postkarten usw. durch PostbefOrderungsunternehmen tritt das Problem einer sicheren und schnellen Aufbringung von Etiketten auf flache Sendungen auf. Ein Beispiel hierfür ist das automatische Nachsenden von Sendungen. Hierbei werden Sendungen zur Nachsendung aussortiert und entsprechend vorgegebenen Daten, die in einer Datenbasis gespeichert sind, adressiert. Diese Sendungen werden mit einem Etikett beklebt, das sowohl die alte Adresse als auch einen möglicherweise auf der Sendungsoberfläche aufgebrachten Barcode abdeckt. An- schließend wird das Etikett mit einem neuen Barcode sowie der entsprechenden neuen Adresse versehen. Die Aufbringung des Etiketts erfolgt dabei in Vorrichtungen, die in automatische Briefverteilanlagen integriert sind. Das Sendungsaufkommen für solche Verteilanlagen ist unterschiedlich in Format, Gewicht und Dicke. Die Sendungen werden in solchen Anlagen z. B. mit Geschwindigkeiten von 3,6 m/sec befördert, was hohe Anforderungen an die Geschwindigkeit, mit der die Aufbringung der Etiketten erfolgen muß, sowie bei der exakten Positionierung der Etiketten stellt. Ein generelles Problem stellt dar- über hinaus die Handhabung und insbesondere der Transport der Etiketten zur Sendungsoberflache dar, wenn die Etiketten eine selbstklebende Oberflache besitzen.When handling flat mail items, in particular letters, post cards, etc., by mail carrier companies, the problem of safe and quick application of labels to flat mail items arises. An example of this is the automatic forwarding of shipments. In this case, mail items are sorted out for forwarding and addressed in accordance with predetermined data which are stored in a database. These items are stuck with a label that covers both the old address and a barcode that may be on the item's surface. The label is then given a new barcode and the corresponding new address. The label is applied in devices that are integrated in automatic mail distribution systems. The shipment volume for such distribution systems is different in format, weight and thickness. The shipments are in such systems such. B. conveyed at speeds of 3.6 m / sec, which places high demands on the speed at which the labels must be applied and on the exact positioning of the labels. A general problem is also the handling and, in particular, the transport of the labels to the shipment surface if the labels have a self-adhesive surface.
Aus der US-A-5 200 007 ist eine Vorrichtung zum Aufbringen von Etiketten auf flache Sendungen, die vereinzelt auf einer Kante stehend mit einer Fόrdervorrichtung entlang eines Forderweges transportiert werden, beschrieben. Sie besitzt eine EtikettenfOrdervorrichtung zur Forderung der auf einem Substrat befindlichen Etiketten, die von einer Sensoreinrichtung zur Ermittlung der Sendungsvorderkante gesteuert wird und eine Andruck-bzw. Applikatorvorrichtung zum Applizieren/ Andru- cken der Etiketten auf die Sendungsoberflache. In dieser Vorrichtung werden die Etiketten mit Verteilinformationen bedruckt. Ein Etikettieren bei hohen Transportgeschwindigkeiten der Sendungen ist hiermit nicht möglich.From US-A-5 200 007 a device for applying labels to flat mail items, which are occasionally transported standing on one edge with a conveying device along a conveying path, is described. She has one Label conveying device for demanding the labels located on a substrate, which is controlled by a sensor device for determining the front edge of the item and a pressure or Applicator device for applying / printing the labels on the surface of the item. In this device, the labels are printed with distribution information. Labeling at high transport speeds of the items is not possible with this.
In der DE 36 22 502 AI wird eine Etikettierkopfmaschine beschrieben, bei der die Etiketten auf dem Etikettierkopf, der die Etiketten auf den Gegenstand druckt, mit Hilfe von Offnungen in der Kopfoberflache, die mit einer Unterdruckquelle verbunden sind, gehalten werden.DE 36 22 502 AI describes a labeling head machine in which the labels on the labeling head, which prints the labels on the object, are held by means of openings in the head surface, which are connected to a vacuum source.
Der im Anspruch 1 angegebenen Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Vorrichtung zum Aufbringen von selbstklebenden, tragerlosen Etiketten auf flache Gegenstande zu schaffen, bei der die Zuführung der Etiketten schnell bei geringer Störanfälligkeit erfolgt und die einen hohen Durchsatz gewahrleistet .The invention specified in claim 1 has for its object to provide a device for applying self-adhesive, carrier-free labels to flat objects, in which the labels are fed quickly with little susceptibility to interference and which ensures high throughput.
Der Betrieb der Andruck- und Appliziertrommel im Start-Stop- Betrieb, wobei das Etikett bei ihrem Stillstand vom Etiket- tenstreifen getrennt wird, die Trommel zum Übergeben des Etiketts an den Gegenstand auf dessen Geschwindigkeit beschleunigt wird und nach Übergabe wieder abgebremst wird, so daß die Trommel nach einer Umdrehung wieder in der Ausgangslage bereit ist für die Aufnahme des nächsten Etikettes mit der klebenden Seite nach außen, und das Schieben des Etikettenstreifens senkrecht zur Transportebene der flachen Gegenstande auf die den Gegenstanden abgewandte Seite der Andruck- und Appliziertrommel mit der aufnehmenden Trommeloberflache entsprechenden Krümmung und das Abtrennen des auf der Andruck- und Appliziertrommel befindlichen Etikettenstreifens mit einer der Krümmung angepaßten Messereinrichtung gestattet ein schnelles und sicheres Applizieren der Etiketten auf die schnell vorbeibewegten Gegenstande bei wahlbarer Etikettenhohe.The operation of the pressure and application drum in the start-stop mode, the label being separated from the label strip when it is stationary, the drum for transferring the label to the object is accelerated to its speed, and is braked again after transfer so that after one revolution the drum is ready for the next label with the adhesive side facing outwards, and the label strip is pushed perpendicular to the plane of transport of the flat objects onto the side of the pressure and application drum with the receiving drum surface facing away from the objects Corresponding curvature and the severing of the label strip located on the pressure and application drum with a knife device adapted to the curvature allows the labels to be applied quickly and safely to the quickly moved objects with selectable label height.
Vorteilhafte Ausgestaltungen der Erfindung sind in den Unter- anspruchen dargestellt.Advantageous embodiments of the invention are presented in the subclaims.
So gestattet es die vorteilhafte Ausfuhrung der Andruck- und Appliziertrommel mit raumlich fester Drehachse, mit einem ersten Mantelbereich, der die Etiketten aufnimmt, und einem zweiten, soweit nach innen versetzten Mantelbereich, dass die flachen Gegenstande nicht berührt werden, flache Gegenstande an der Andruck- und Appliziertrommel vorbei zu transportieren, ohne daß ein Etikett auf den Gegenstand appliziert wird.This allows the advantageous design of the pressure and application drum with a spatially fixed axis of rotation, with a first jacket area that receives the labels and a second jacket area that is offset inward so far that the flat objects are not touched, flat objects on the pressure and to transport the application drum past without a label being applied to the object.
Dieser Effekt wird in einer weiteren vorteilhaften Ausgestaltung dadurch erzielt, daß die kreiszylinderfor ige Andruck- und Appliziertrommel auf die Transportbahn der flachen Gegenstande gesteuert zu- und von ihr wegbewegbar angeordnet ist.This effect is achieved in a further advantageous embodiment in that the circular cylinder-shaped pressure and application drum is arranged in a controlled manner on the transport path of the flat objects and is arranged to be movable away from it.
Besonders vorteilhaft ist es, n Vorrichtungen mit n > 1, zum Aufbringen von Etiketten an der Transportbahn der flachen Gegenstande hintereinander anzuordnen, wobei zum Applizieren die Oberflache der Andruck- und Appliziertrommel einen das Andrucken und Applizieren der Etiketten erlaubenden Abstand zum jeweiligen Gegenstand und beim Nichtapplizieren die Oberflache der Andruck- und Appliziertrommel einen Abstand zum Gegenstand aufweist, der eine störende Berührung sicher verhindert. Die Vorrichtungen werden dann je nach Bedarf ange- steuert. So ist es möglich, auf einen Gegenstand mehrere Etiketten aufzubringen oder zur Erhöhung des Durchsatzes in jeder Vorrichtung jeden n-ten Gegenstand zu etikettieren.It is particularly advantageous to arrange n devices with n> 1 for applying labels one behind the other on the transport path of the flat objects, the surface of the pressure and application drum for application applying a distance from the respective object allowing the printing and application of the labels and when not applying the surface of the pressure and application drum is at a distance from the object, which reliably prevents annoying contact. The devices are then controlled as required. It is thus possible to apply several labels to an object or to label every nth object in order to increase the throughput in each device.
In einer vorteilhaften Ausgestaltung ist die Etikettenforder- und -Schneidevorrichtung so geformt, daß der am Eingang schwach gekrümmte oder ungekrummte Etikettenstreifen in eine der die Etiketten übernehmenden Oberflache der Andruck- und Appliziertrommel angepaßte Krümmung am Ausgang überfuhrt wird. Dabei ist es vorteilhaft, in diese Fuhrungsflache zum Halten des Etikettenstreifens an der Fuhrungsflache mit einer Unterdruckquelle verbundene Offnungen einzubringen.In an advantageous embodiment, the label feeding and cutting device is shaped in such a way that the slightly curved or uncurved label strip at the entrance into one of the surface of the press-on and the label receiving the label Applied drum adapted curvature is transferred at the exit. It is advantageous to make openings connected to a vacuum source in this guide surface for holding the label strip on the guide surface.
Zusatzlich kann die Fuhrungsflache an ihren seitlichen Randern den Etikettenstreifen an der Fuhrungsflache auch ohne Unterdruck haltende schmale Deckflachen mit Klebstoff abweisender Oberflache aufweisen.In addition, the guide surface on its side edges can have the label strip on the guide surface even without narrow pressure-holding narrow cover surfaces with an adhesive-repellent surface.
Um ein seitliches Ausweichen des Etikettenstreifens über die Fuhrungsflache hinaus zu verhindern, besitzt sie an ihren seitlichen Randern den Etikettenstreifen leitende Begrenzungsflachen.In order to prevent the label strip from moving sideways beyond the guide surface, it has boundary surfaces which conduct the label strip at its lateral edges.
In einer weiteren Ausgestaltung befindet sich in der Fuh- rungsfläche ein Durchbruch für einen Reibradantrieb, bestehend aus einem Reibrad mit gesteuertem Antrieb und einer Andruckrolle, der den Etikettenstreifen im jeweils vorgesehenen Maße auf die Andruck- und Appliziertrommel schiebt.In a further embodiment, there is an opening in the guide surface for a friction wheel drive, consisting of a friction wheel with a controlled drive and a pressure roller, which pushes the label strip onto the pressure and application drum in the dimensions provided.
Um einen ausgerichteten, sich selbst justierenden Lauf des Etikettenstreifens über die Fuhrungsflache der EtikettenfOrder- und -Schneidevorrichtung zu gewahrleisten, ist der Reib- radantrieb vorteilhafterweise schwenkbar auf einer Drehachse gelagert, die mittig und senkrecht zur Fuhrungsflache in Eti- kettenzufuhrrichtung vor dem Reibrad angeordnet ist.In order to ensure an aligned, self-adjusting run of the label strip over the guide surface of the label conveying and cutting device, the friction wheel drive is advantageously pivotably mounted on an axis of rotation which is arranged in the middle and perpendicular to the guide surface in the label feed direction in front of the friction wheel.
Anschließend wird die Erfindung in einem Ausfuhrungsbeispiel anhand der Zeichnung naher erläutert.The invention is explained in more detail in an exemplary embodiment with reference to the drawing.
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FIG 1 eine schematische Seitenansicht der Vorrichtung zum1 shows a schematic side view of the device for
Aufbringen von selbstklebenden, tragerlosen Etiketten auf flache Gegenstande FIG 2 eine schematische Draufsicht der Vorrichtung zum Aufbringen der EtikettenApply self-adhesive, strapless labels to flat objects 2 shows a schematic top view of the device for applying the labels
FIG 3 eine schematische Ansicht des Reibradantriebs und seiner Lagerung.3 shows a schematic view of the friction wheel drive and its storage.
Der selbstklebende Etikettenstreifen 1 wird von einer Vorratsrolle 2 durch eine an sich bekannte Etikettenstreifenab- rolleinrichtung 3 in Bandform abgezogen und einer Etiketten- forder- und -Schneidevorrichtung 4 zugeführt.The self-adhesive label strip 1 is pulled off from a supply roll 2 by a label strip unrolling device 3 known per se in tape form and fed to a label feeding and cutting device 4.
In der Etikettenforder- und -Schneidevorrichtung 4 wird der Etikettenstreifen 1 auf eine Andruck- und Appliziertrommel 17 senkrecht zur Transportebene der flachen Gegenstande 20 entsprechend der benotigten Lange vorgeschoben und bei stillstehender Andruck- und Appliziertrommel 17 abgeschnitten. Dazu wird der Etikettenstreifen 1 über eine geformte Fuhrung 7 gefuhrt, die in Etikettenstreifenvorschubrichtung 5 von einer schwach gekrümmten oder ungekrummten Fuhrungsflache am Eingang in eine der die Etiketten aufnehmenden Oberflache der Andruck- und Appliziertrommel 17 angepaßte Krümmung aufweisende Fuhrungsflache am Ausgang übergeht.In the label feeding and cutting device 4, the label strip 1 is advanced onto a pressure and application drum 17 perpendicular to the transport plane of the flat objects 20 in accordance with the required length and cut off when the pressure and application drum 17 is at a standstill. For this purpose, the label strip 1 is guided over a shaped guide 7, which passes in the label strip advancing direction 5 from a slightly curved or uncurved guide surface at the entrance into one of the label-receiving surface of the pressure and application drum 17 having a curved guide surface at the exit.
In der Oberflache der Fuhrung 7 befinden sich Offnungen, die mit einer Unterdruckquelle 6 verbunden sind. In die Fuhrung 7 ist ein motorgesteuerter Reibradantrieb, bestehend aus Reibrad 8 mit Antrieb 9 und Andruckrolle 10, integriert. Damit wird der Etikettenstreifen 1 in Richtung der Etikettierein- richtung 11, bestehend aus der Andruck- und Appliziertrommel 17, die an dem aufnehmenden Teil ebenfalls an eine Unterdruckquelle 19 angeschlossene Offnungen aufweist, einem Trommelantrieb 18 und einer federnd gelagerten Gegenrolle 26, geschoben und selbst in eine Zylinderform überfuhrt.In the surface of the guide 7 there are openings which are connected to a vacuum source 6. A motor-controlled friction wheel drive, consisting of friction wheel 8 with drive 9 and pressure roller 10, is integrated into the guide 7. The label strip 1 is thus pushed in the direction of the labeling device 11, consisting of the pressure and application drum 17, which has openings on the receiving part which are also connected to a vacuum source 19, a drum drive 18 and a spring-mounted counter roller 26, and even in transferred a cylindrical shape.
Nachdem mit Hilfe des Reibradantriebs der Etikettenstreifen 1 bis zu einer in gewissen Grenzen frei bestimmbare Hohe 12 oberhalb der Messereinrichtung vorgeschoben wurde, fahrt der Messerantrieb 13 das Messer 14 über den Etikettenstreifen 1 auf das Gegenmesser 15 und schert ein Etikett 16 ab. Das Etikett 16 wird nunmehr nur durch die Andruck- und Applizier- trommel 17 getragen.After using the friction wheel drive, the label strip 1 up to a height 12 that can be freely determined within certain limits has been advanced above the knife device, the knife drive 13 moves the knife 14 over the label strip 1 onto the counter knife 15 and shears off a label 16. The label 16 is now only carried by the pressure and application drum 17.
Auf einem geeigneten, nicht dargestellten Transportmittel werden die zu etikettierenden Gegenstande 20 mit gleichmäßiger Geschwindigkeit 21 entlang einer Bahn an der von der Eti- kettenforder- und -Schneidevorrichtung 4 abgewandten Seite an der Etikettiereinrichtung 11 vorbeigefuhrt .On a suitable means of transport, not shown, the objects 20 to be labeled are moved past the labeling device 11 at a uniform speed 21 along a path on the side facing away from the label feeding and cutting device 4.
Wahrend des Schneidens des Etikettenstreifens 1 bleibt die Andruck- und Appliziertrommel 17 stehen. Danach wird sie mit dem Etikett 16 auf die gleiche Geschwindigkeit wie die Geschwindigkeit 21 des Gegenstandes 20, gemessen an der Trommelaußenflache, beschleunigt. Die Bewegungsrichtung 22 ist in FIG 2 dargestellt. Durch eine Steuerung wird die Trommelposition und -geschwindigkeit mit dem zu beklebenden Gegen- stand 20 synchronisiert, sodaß beim Eintreffen des Teils der Andruck- und Appliziertrommel 17 mit dem Etikett 16 an der Gegenstandsbahn eine zielgenaue Übernahme des selbstklebenden Etikettes 16 durch den Gegenstand 20 möglich ist. Der Mantel der Andruck- und Appliziertrommel 17 ist in einen ersten Be- reich 23 und einen zweiten Bereich 24 ausgeformt. Der erste Mantelbereich 23 besitzt eine kreisförmige Krümmung, wobei der Kreismittelpunkt in der Drehachse liegt. Beim zweiten Mantelbereich 24 ist die Mantelfläche soweit nach innen verschoben, daß eine störende Berührung der Gegenstande 20 in der Ruhelage vermieden wird. Diese Mantelflache kann ebenfalls die gleiche kreisförmige Krümmung wie beim ersten Mantelbereich 23 aufweisen, nur ist der Kreismittelpunkt über die Drehachse hinaus verschoben. Beide Mantelbereiche 23, 24 sind durch entsprechende Ubergangsbereiche 25 verbunden. Dies bewirkt, daß einerseits die Andruck- und Appliziertrommel 17 in Ruhephasen, z.B. beim Etikettenschneiden oder bei Appli- zierpausen nicht in die Gegenstandsbahn ragen kann und damit die Gegenstande 20 oder Teile davon nicht beeinflußt werden können. Anderseits kann beim Applizieren ein gewisser gleichmäßiger Druck gegen die flachen Gegenstande ausgeübt werden um das selbstklebende Etikett 16 zu übergeben. Zur Unterstut- zung der Etikettenubergabe an die Gegenstande 20 kann durch die mitlaufende Andruckrolle 26 ein Gegendruck erzeugt werden.During the cutting of the label strip 1, the pressure and application drum 17 stops. Then it is accelerated with the label 16 to the same speed as the speed 21 of the object 20, measured on the outer surface of the drum. The direction of movement 22 is shown in FIG. 2. The position and speed of the drum are synchronized with the object 20 to be glued by a control, so that when the part of the pressure and application drum 17 with the label 16 arrives at the object web, the object 20 can take over the self-adhesive label 16 in a targeted manner , The jacket of the pressure and application drum 17 is formed into a first area 23 and a second area 24. The first cladding region 23 has a circular curvature, the center of the circle being in the axis of rotation. In the second casing area 24, the casing surface is shifted inwards to such an extent that a disruptive contact of the objects 20 in the rest position is avoided. This lateral surface can likewise have the same circular curvature as in the first lateral region 23, only the center of the circle is displaced beyond the axis of rotation. Both jacket areas 23, 24 are connected by corresponding transition areas 25. This has the effect that, on the one hand, the pressure and application drum 17 cannot protrude into the object web during rest phases, for example when cutting labels or during application breaks, and thus the objects 20 or parts thereof cannot be influenced. On the other hand, a certain even pressure can be exerted against the flat objects during application in order to transfer the self-adhesive label 16. In order to support the transfer of the labels to the objects 20, a counterpressure can be generated by the rotating pressure roller 26.
Dieser durch die unterschiedlichen Mantelbereiche der An- druck- und Appliziertrommel 17 bei raumlich fester Drehachse erzielte Effekt kann auch erreicht werden, wenn die Andruck- und Appliziertrommel 17 als Kreiszylinder ausgebildet ist, und wenn sie beweglich in Richtung der Gegenstande 20 gelagert ist. Zum Applizieren wird sie dann so in Richtung Ge- genstand bewegt, daß das Etikett angedruckt werden kann, und beim Nichtapplizieren wird sie so zuruckbewegt , daß eine Berührung mit den Gegenstanden 20 vermieden wird. Diese Ausfuhrung ist in der Zeichnung nicht dargestellt, kann aber von einem Fachmann aufgrund seines Fachkonnens ohne weiteres rea- lisiert werden.This effect achieved by the different jacket areas of the pressure and application drum 17 with a spatially fixed axis of rotation can also be achieved if the pressure and application drum 17 is designed as a circular cylinder and if it is movably mounted in the direction of the objects 20. For application it is then moved in the direction of the object in such a way that the label can be printed on, and when not applied it is moved back in such a way that contact with the objects 20 is avoided. This embodiment is not shown in the drawing, but can easily be implemented by a specialist on the basis of his specialist knowledge.
Der motorgesteuerte Reibradantrieb, bestehend aus Reibrad 8 mit Antrieb 9 und Andruckrolle 10 , ist auf einem Chassis 27 montiert (FIG 3). Reibrad 8 und Andruckrolle 10 befinden sich in einem Durchbruch 34 der Fuhrung 7. Dieses Chassis 27 ist in einem gewissen Abstand 28 in Etikettenstreifenvorschub- richtung 5 vor dem Reibradantrieb schwenkbar auf einer Drehachse 29 gelagert, die mittig und senkrecht zur Führung 7 angeordnet ist. Dadurch wird erreicht, daß sich der Etiket- tenstreifen 5 mit seinen Langskanten 30 zu den seitlich an der Fuhrung 7 befestigten Begrenzungsflachen 31 selbsttätig ausrichtet. Wird durch irgend einen Umstand z.B. eine der Langskanten 30 an eine dieser Begrenzungsflachen 31 gedruckt, so soll diese Langskante 30 durch eine auftretende Fuhrungs- kraft seitlich ausweichen können. Ermöglicht wird das durch die bewegliche Anordnung des Reibradantriebes auf dem Chassis 27. Infolge der seitlichen Verschiebung des Reibrades 8 kommt es zu einer Schragstellung des Reibradantriebes zur Forderrichtung, der bewirkt, daß das Reibrad 8 schräg über den Etikettenstreifen 1 rollt und damit die seitliche Auslenkung des Chassis 27 zurückgenommen wird. Das Chassis 27 kann durch die Kraft einer Feder 32 in seiner Nulllage beeinflusst werden. Durch Variation der Federkraft laßt sich der Etikettenstreifen 1 an eine der beiden Begrenzungsflächen 31 orientieren. Damit sich die Rander des Etikettenstreifens 1 auch bei abgeschalteter Unterdruckquelle 19 nicht von der Füh- rung 7 abheben, sind an den Begrenzungsflachen 31 schmale Deckflachen 33 mit klebstoffabweisenden Oberflachen angebracht . The motor-controlled friction wheel drive, consisting of friction wheel 8 with drive 9 and pressure roller 10, is mounted on a chassis 27 (FIG. 3). The friction wheel 8 and the pressure roller 10 are located in an opening 34 in the guide 7. This chassis 27 is pivotably mounted at a certain distance 28 in the label strip feed direction 5 in front of the friction wheel drive on an axis of rotation 29 which is arranged centrally and perpendicular to the guide 7. It is thereby achieved that the label strip 5 with its long edges 30 aligns itself automatically with the boundary surfaces 31 attached to the side of the guide 7. If, for example, one of the long edges 30 is printed on one of these boundary surfaces 31 by any circumstance, this long edge 30 should be able to move laterally as a result of a managerial force. This is made possible by the movable arrangement of the friction wheel drive on the chassis 27. As a result of the lateral displacement of the friction wheel 8 there is an inclined position of the friction wheel drive to the direction of movement, which causes the friction wheel 8 to roll obliquely over the label strip 1 and thus the lateral deflection of the chassis 27 is reduced. The chassis 27 can be influenced by the force of a spring 32 in its zero position. By varying the spring force, the label strip 1 can be oriented to one of the two boundary surfaces 31. So that the edges of the label strip 1 do not stand out from the guide 7 even when the vacuum source 19 is switched off, narrow cover surfaces 33 with adhesive-repellent surfaces are attached to the boundary surfaces 31.

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1. Vorrichtung zum Aufbringen von selbstklebenden Etiketten auf flache Gegenstande, die vereinzelt mit einer Forder- Vorrichtung entlang eines vorgegebenen Forderweges transportiert werden, mit einer gesteuert angetriebenen Andruck- und Appliziertrommel (17), die so gesteuert angetrieben ist, dass das Etikett (16) beim Andrucken auf die vorgesehene Stelle des Gegenstandes (20) annähernd die gleiche Geschwindigkeit wie der Gegenstand (20) aufweist und deren Oberflache mit einer Unterdruckquelle (19) verbundene Offnungen zum Halten der Etiketten (16) aufweist, mit einer federnden und/oder federnd gelagerten Gegenrolle (26) zum Andrucken der Etiketten (16) auf die Oberfla- ehe der Gegenstande (20) und mit einer Etikettenforder- und -Schneidevorrichtung (4) zum Zufuhren eines Etikettenstreifens (1) zur Andruck- und Appliziertrommel (17) und Abschneiden des auf der Andruck- und Appliziertrommel (17) befindlichen Etikettenstreifenteils, die unter Verwendung mindestens eines Sensors zur Ermittlung der1. Apparatus for applying self-adhesive labels to flat objects, which are occasionally transported with a conveying device along a predetermined conveying path, with a controlled driven pressure and application drum (17) which is driven in a controlled manner so that the label (16) when pressed onto the intended location of the object (20) has approximately the same speed as the object (20) and the surface of which has openings for holding the labels (16) connected to a vacuum source (19), with a spring-loaded and / or spring-loaded bearing Counter roll (26) for pressing the labels (16) onto the surface of the objects (20) and with a label feeding and cutting device (4) for feeding a label strip (1) to the pressing and applying drum (17) and cutting off the on the pressure and application drum (17) located part of the label strip, which using at least one sensor for detection ttung the
Position des Gegenstandes (20) gesteuert wird, wobei die im Start-Stop-Betrieb gesteuert angetriebene Andruck- und Appliziertrommel (17) nach der Beschleunigung aus dem Stand und Applizierung des Etiketts (16) so abbremsbar ist, dass sie nach insgesamt einer Umdrehung wieder in der Ausgangslage zum Stehen kommt und wobei die Etiket- tenforder- und -schneidevorrichtung (4) diesen Etikettenstreifen (1) entsprechend der Krümmung der Oberflache der Andruck- und Appliziertrommel (17) aus seiner Ebene her- aus vorkrümmt, in Richtung der Drehachse der Andruck- und Appliziertrommel (17) entsprechend der gewählten Etikettenhohe mit der klebenden Seite nach außen auf die stillstehende Andruck- und Appliziertrommel (17) aufschiebt und vom übrigen Etikettenstreifen (1) abtrennt.Position of the object (20) is controlled, the pressure and application drum (17), which is driven in a controlled manner in the start-stop mode, being able to be braked after acceleration from a standing position and application of the label (16) in such a way that it rotates again after a total of one revolution comes to a standstill in the starting position and the label-feeding and cutting device (4) curves this label strip (1) out of its plane according to the curvature of the surface of the pressure and application drum (17), in the direction of the axis of rotation of the Push the pressure and application drum (17) according to the selected label height with the adhesive side facing outwards onto the stationary pressure and application drum (17) and separate it from the rest of the label strip (1).
Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Andruck- und Appliziertrommel (17) mit einer raumlich festen Drehachse einen ersten, die Etikette aufnehmenden Mantelbereich (23), m dem sich die mit der Unterdruckquelle (19) verbundenen Offnungen befinden, mit einer kreisförmigen Krümmung, wobei der Kreismittelpunkt in der Drehachse liegt, und einen zweiten Mantelbereich (24) aufweist, dessen Oberflache soweit nach innen verschoben ist, dass eine störende Berührung der flachen Gegenstande (20) durch den zweiten Mantelbereich (24) vermieden wird, und beide Bereiche (23, 24) über die gleiche Krummungsπch- tung aufweisende Ubergangsbereiche (25) miteinander verbunden sind.Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pressure and application drum (17) with a spatially fixed axis of rotation a first jacket area (23) receiving the label, with the openings connected to the vacuum source (19), with a circular curvature, the center of the circle being in the axis of rotation, and a second jacket area (24), the surface of which is as far as possible is shifted inward so that a disruptive contact of the flat objects (20) by the second jacket region (24) is avoided, and both regions (23, 24) are connected to one another via transition regions (25) having the same curvature.
3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, wobei die kreiszylmderfor- mige Ardruck- und Appliziertrommel (17) auf die Trans- portbahn der flachen Gegenstande gesteuert zu- und von ihr wegbewegbar angeordnet ist.3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the circular-cylinder-shaped printing and applying drum (17) is arranged in a controlled manner on the transport path of the flat objects and is arranged such that it can be moved away from it.
4. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 2 oder 3, wobei an der Transportbahn der flachen Gegenstande (20) hintereinander n Vorrichtungen mit n > 1 zum Aufbringen von Etiketten (16) angeordnet sind und ede Vorrichtung auf jeden m-ten Gegenstand mit m > 1 ein Etikett (16) appliziert, wobei m und n voneinander unabhängige Variablen sind und wobei zum Applizieren die Oberflache der Andruck- und Appli- ziertrommel (17) einen das Andrucken und Applizieren der Etiketten (16) erlaubenden Abstand zum jeweiligen Gegenstand (20) und beim Nichtapplizieren die Oberflache der Andruck- und Appliziertrommel (17) einen Abstand zum Gegenstand (20) aufweist, der eine störende Berührung si- eher verhindert.4. Apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein n devices with n> 1 for applying labels (16) are arranged one behind the other on the transport path of the flat objects (20) and each device has a label on every m-th object with m> 1 (16), where m and n are mutually independent variables and the surface of the pressure and application drum (17) is a distance from the respective object (20) that allows printing and application of the labels (16) and when not applied the surface of the pressure and application drum (17) is at a distance from the object (20), which prevents interference.
5. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Etikettenforder- und -Schneidevorrichtung (4) eine geformte Fuhrung (7) aufweist, über die der Etikettenstreifen (1) gefuhrt ist, und die in Streifentransportrichtung von einer schwach gekrümmten oder ungekrummten Fuhrungsflache am Etikettenstreifenemgang m eine der die Etiketten (16) aufneh- menden Oberflache der Andruck- und Appliziertrommel (17) angepasste Krümmung aufweisende Fuhrungsflache am Etikettenstreifenausgang übergeht.5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the label feeding and cutting device (4) has a shaped guide (7) over which the label strip (1) is guided, and in the strip transport direction of a slightly curved or uncurved guide surface at the label strip entrance m one which receives the labels (16) ming surface of the pressure and application drum (17) with a matching curvature at the label strip exit.
6. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, wobei sich m der Fuhrungs- flache mit einer Unterdruckquelle (6) verbundene Offnun- gen zum Ansaugen des Etikettenstreifens (1) an die Fuhrung (7) befinden.6. The device according to claim 5, wherein there are openings in the guide surface connected to a vacuum source (6) for sucking the label strip (1) onto the guide (7).
7. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, wobei die Fuhrungen (7) an ihren seitlichen Randern den Etikettenstreifen (1) an der Fuhrung (7) haltende schmale Deckflachen (33) mit kleb- stoffabweisender Oberflache aufweisen.7. The device according to claim 5, wherein the guides (7) have on their lateral edges the label strip (1) on the guide (7) holding narrow cover surfaces (33) with an adhesive-repellent surface.
8. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, wobei die Fuhrung (7) an ihren seitlichen Randern den Etikettenstreifen (1) leitende ein seitliches Ausweichen des Etikettenstreifens (1) über die Fuhrungsflache hinaus verhindernde Begrenzungsflachen (31) aufweist.8. The device according to claim 5, wherein the guide (7) on its lateral edges of the label strip (1) has a lateral evasion of the label strip (1) on the guide surface preventing limiting surfaces (31).
9. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, wobei sich in der Fuhrungs- flache ein Durchbruch (34) für einen den Etikettenstreifen (1) auf die Andruck- und Appliziertrommel (17) schiebenden Reibradantrieb, bestehend aus einem Reibrad (8) mit gesteuertem Antrieb (9) und einer Andruckrolle (10), befindet .9. The device according to claim 5, wherein in the guide flat there is an opening (34) for a friction wheel drive which pushes the label strip (1) onto the pressure and application drum (17), consisting of a friction wheel (8) with a controlled drive (9 ) and a pressure roller (10).
10. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, wobei der Reibradantrieb schwenkbar auf einer Drehachse (29) gelagert ist, die mittig und senkrecht zur Führungsflache in Etikettenzu- fuhrrichtung vor dem Reibrad (8) angeordnet ist. 10. The device according to claim 5, wherein the friction wheel drive is pivotally mounted on an axis of rotation (29) which is arranged in the center and perpendicular to the guide surface in the label feed direction in front of the friction wheel (8).
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