EP1508521B1 - Labeling machine with a device for centering bottles - Google Patents

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EP1508521B1
EP1508521B1 EP20040017864 EP04017864A EP1508521B1 EP 1508521 B1 EP1508521 B1 EP 1508521B1 EP 20040017864 EP20040017864 EP 20040017864 EP 04017864 A EP04017864 A EP 04017864A EP 1508521 B1 EP1508521 B1 EP 1508521B1
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Franco Gugolati
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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
    • B65C9/06—Devices for presenting articles in predetermined attitude or position at labelling station
    • B65C9/065—Devices for presenting articles in predetermined attitude or position at labelling station for orienting articles having irregularities in their shape, the irregularities being detected by mechanical means

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  • the present invention relates to a device for centering bottles in a labeling machine.
  • Some kinds of bottles have a surface that is contoured so as to require the application of one or more labels in a very specific position, and accordingly each bottle must be presented, at the beginning of the labeling operation, so that it rests on the corresponding pan and is oriented very precisely: the term "centering" is used to designate the operation that moves a bottle from the random orientation that it has on the pan when it is introduced thereon by the input star conveyor to the specific orientation required for correct labeling.
  • DE 3132772 discloses a labeling machine according to the pre-characterizing part of claim 1.
  • the aim of the present invention is to provide a centering device that is very simple and safe in operation.
  • the labeling machine is generally designated by the reference numeral 1 and comprises a rotating carousel 2, which is provided with pans 3, each designed to support a bottle, which is conveyed to the pan by an input star conveyor 4 and is kept in position by an overlying pusher 5 shown in Figure 6; the processed bottles are of the type designated by the reference numeral 6 in Figure 5, and have a reference notch 7 at the bottom.
  • each bottle makes contact with an assembly 8, which applies a label, and is finally removed by means of an output star conveyor 9.
  • the machine may equally comprise a plurality of labeling assemblies.
  • the pans are all identical and comprise, as shown in particular in Figures 3 and 4 and according to what can be seen also in Figures 6, 7 and 8, a body 10, which has, at its central region, a surface 11, which is depressed with respect to a peripheral plane 12 and is formed on the bottom of a hollow 13 that is adapted to accommodate a bottle: the body 10 comprises a pin 14, which is pushed by elastic means, such as a spring 15, so that it protrudes from the depressed surface 11.
  • the body 10 is connected, by way of quick couplings such as 16, to an underlying footing 17 inserted in a support 18, which is fixed to the plane of the carousel 2 so that it can rotate about its own axis.
  • the body 10 is provided with a pinion 19, which is rigidly coupled thereto and is shaped complementarily to a toothed sector 20, which is actuated, by means of a wheel 21, by a fixed cam 22 formed in a frame 23 of the machine, so as to provide a rotary motion of the pan about its own axis that is substantially equal to a complete rotation, i.e.360°, while the pan travels along the path comprised between the bottle loading position and the labeling start position, as mentioned further in the description of operation.
  • a pinion 19 which is rigidly coupled thereto and is shaped complementarily to a toothed sector 20, which is actuated, by means of a wheel 21, by a fixed cam 22 formed in a frame 23 of the machine, so as to provide a rotary motion of the pan about its own axis that is substantially equal to a complete rotation, i.e.360°, while the pan travels along the path comprised between the bottle loading position and the labeling start position, as mentioned further in the description of operation.
  • the reference numeral 24 further designates an abutment, which is adapted to support a bottle, is located in the central region of the pan, and is provided with means that are adapted to produce exclusively a translational motion thereof between an upper stroke limit position, in alignment with the peripheral plane 12 of the pan, shown in Figure 6, and a lower stroke limit position arranged below the depressed surface 11, shown in Figure 8, as better detailed in the description of operation.
  • Such means comprise a wheel 25, which operates in combination with a fixed cam 26 formed in the frame 23 of the machine and is derived from an arm 27, which is fixed by means of a clamp 28 to the stem of the abutment 24 and is associated with a guide 29 so as to prevent rotary motions about the axis of said abutment.
  • the reference numeral 30 designates a compensating spring.
  • the bottle moves so as to rest on the abutment 24 arranged at the upper stroke limit and is retained by the pusher 5, and the reference notch provided on its bottom is in a random position: merely by way of example, it is shown at the left end of the figure, in the opposite position with respect to the pin 14 that skims said bottom; the pan does not rotate.
  • Figure 7 relates to a position that follows directly the position designated by the reference numeral 31 and precedes the position designated by the reference numeral 32 in Figure 2; the pan still does not rotate, but the abutment 24 has descended, actuated by the cam 26, to an intermediate position, and so has the bottle, which is still motionless, entering the hollow 13 and loading the spring 15, which pushes the pin 14 against the bottom of the bottle.
  • the pan rotates, being actuated by the toothed sector 20: the pin 14 slides on the bottom of the bottle, which remains motionless until said pin enters the reference notch provided on the bottom; from that moment, the bottle is turned and the rotation continues until the motion of the pan is completed, such motion, as mentioned, covering an angle of 360° so as to ensure that in any case the pin 14 encounters the reference notch.
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ITMN20030037 2003-08-11
ITMN20030037 ITMN20030037A1 (it) 2003-08-11 2003-08-11 Dispositivo di centraggio delle bottiglie in macchina etichettatrice

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