EP1601577B1 - Automatische vorrichtung zum kleben von etiketten auf behälter - Google Patents

Automatische vorrichtung zum kleben von etiketten auf behälter Download PDF

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EP1601577B1
EP1601577B1 EP04711616A EP04711616A EP1601577B1 EP 1601577 B1 EP1601577 B1 EP 1601577B1 EP 04711616 A EP04711616 A EP 04711616A EP 04711616 A EP04711616 A EP 04711616A EP 1601577 B1 EP1601577 B1 EP 1601577B1
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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
    • B65C9/02—Devices for moving articles, e.g. containers, past labelling station
    • B65C9/04—Devices for moving articles, e.g. containers, past labelling station having means for rotating the articles
    • 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

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  • the present invention refers to an automatic machine for sticking labels onto containers.
  • the invention refers to a labelling machine for sticking one or more labels onto predetermined areas of containers, e.g. bottles, also having an asymmetric geometric configuration.
  • a labelling machine of the kind is known from DE 3050382C1, according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the machine of the invention in case a label is stuck from the top onto the whole front and back surfaces of the container and the label has different subjects to be stuck respectively onto the front and back of the container, the machine of the invention must conveniently position the container below the labelling head to stick the label correctly.
  • liquid and/or semiliquid substances e.g. water, wine, fruit juice, yogurt and other drinks
  • bottles and containers of different shape and size are used, the outer surfaces of which are powerful advertising means.
  • the container to be placed below the labelling heads cannot be correctly oriented with containers having identifying elements which can be detected only optically, electromagnetically or likewise and, in such a case, the container surface to be covered by the label must be conveniently processed so that the machine can work correctly.
  • a drive comprising a joint, e.g. a frictional joint, which temporarily does not allow the torque to be started up on the rotating slat (which can be positioned below the labelling heads), when the container has reached the desired angular position.
  • a joint e.g. a frictional joint
  • an object of the present invention is to overcome the above mentioned drawbacks and, in particular, to provide an automatic machine for sticking labels onto containers, said machine permitting to lead such containers to the desired angular positions, adjacent to the labelling heads.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide an automatic machine for sticking labels onto containers, said machine permitting to lead such containers to the desired angular position whether said containers have or do not have an identifying element on their outer surface, without using frictional joints or drive joints.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide an automatic machine for sticking labels onto containers, said machine permitting to perform the several operations adequately and safely, in whatever condition of container feeding and, therefore, of speed of the whole machine and also permitting to process, in a determined time unit, more containers than the containers which can be processed with prior art labelling machines.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide an automatic machine for sticking labels onto containers, said machine providing adequate working and preventing labels from being damaged in case of malfunction or sudden stop of the machine.
  • the basic components of the automatic machine for sticking labels onto containers comprise a container conveyor, generally indicated under numeral 10 in the drawings, rotating in the direction indicated by arrow F of figure 1, and at least two stages, not illustrated, which can be used respectively to let the containers, one of which is generally indicated under numeral 15 in figure 2, into the rotating device or turntable 10 and out of the same.
  • the inlet stage leads the containers 15, conveniently spaced and trailed by known conveyance means (e.g. belts, rolls or the like), to the rotating device 10 which lets the containers 15 stay below and adjacent to labelling heads (not illustrated), which stick one or more labels (possibly thermally retractable labels) in predetermined positions of the outer surface of the container 15, before containers 15 are led to the outlet stage.
  • known conveyance means e.g. belts, rolls or the like
  • the rotating conveyor 10 leads the containers 15 below the labelling heads time to the convenient positions the appropriate time so that the label/s may be correctly stuck onto the surface of the container 15 and onto predetermined preferred areas of the container; in particular, the containers 15 are led, one after another, adjacent to one of the two labelling stations in the machine, where the single label, coming from a preformed continuous roll feeding the labelling head, is cut, positioned and stuck onto the container 15.
  • the rotating conveyor or turntable 10 comprises a plurality of slats 11, variously distributed along a circular path T and bound to a central supporting element 12 by means of respective shaped arms 13 (not illustrated in figure 1), each of said arms comprising, in preferred embodiments of the invention, a plurality of rigidly connected portions.
  • Each of said slats 11 forms the supporting base of each respective container 15, which, upon rotation, is locked in its position by retaining means 14.
  • the supporting arms 13, each of them bearing one of the slats 11, are centrally bound to the same vertical axis, but at different levels, as clearly illustrated in figure 2 which, for ease of representation, shows only two supporting arms 13 of the slats 11 in an operating position, while the machine works.
  • Each slat 11 is further bound, by means of a pin 16, to a connecting plate 17 which, by means of a pin 18, is connected with a connecting rod 19 bearing a shaped element 20 ending with an extension 21 having a wheel 22 (as shown in detail in figure 1); in alternative embodiments, the extension 21 can also be connected with a carriage 24 provided with two wheels 23 (shown in detail in figure 3).
  • extension 21 ends with a wheel 22 or with a carriage 24 having two wheels 23, said wheels 22 or 23 are guided in their motion consequently to the rotation of the conveyor 10 and, in particular, are bound to run along two cam profiles 25, 26 developing, along predetermined irregularly shaped paths, on the outermost areas of the circular conveyor 10.
  • the overall conveyor 10 is arranged so that the centre of the slats 11 and of the pins 16 lie on the same circumference (indicated with line T in figure 1), which is concentric with the maximum overall circumference of the rotating conveyor 10, and that also the barycenters of the shaped elements 20, bearing the extensions 21, lie on the same circumference, indicated with V in figure 1, said circumference V being concentric with the circumference T and having a larger radius than circumference T.
  • the shaped frames bearing the slats 11 are also arranged according to prefixed positions, so that the wheel 22 or the wheels 23, associated with the extension 21 of the body 20, are alternatively bound to the cam profile 25 and cam profile 26 and said extensions 21 are alternatively directed to the right and the left of the axis of symmetry 27 of the body 20.
  • twelve slats are used and eight of the twelve supporting elements 20 are arranged along the circumference V so that they lie opposite two by two and at the same angular distance, whereas the remaining four supporting elements 20 are positioned at prefixed angular distances (among them and with respect to the already mentioned pairs of supporting elements).
  • cam profiles 25, 26 permit to direct the containers 15 below the labelling heads in a suitable angular position (which can be set, according to the label shape and the operator's needs, by means of a control panel which can be reached by the operator outside the machine), so that the label or portions thereof are stuck onto some areas or surfaces of the container 15 predetermined by the operator.
  • At least two sticking stations are provided, wherein the labelling heads automatically stick the label onto the container 15 by means of cutting devices and adhesives.
  • the process of sticking labels is extremely reliable, precise and safe, also considering that the particular configuration of the rotating conveyor 10 allows the containers 15 to lie below one of the labelling heads and keep still for a prefixed period (normally corresponding to an angular position of about 15 degrees), before proceeding and passing adjacent to the other head.

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  1. Automatische Maschine zum Aufkleben von Etiketten auf Behälter (15), wobei die automatische Maschine eine Arbeitsstufe zum Einlass der Behälter (15) umfasst, wobei die Behälter (15) zu einem rotierenden Förderband (10) geleitet werden, welches Platten (11) aufweist, wobei das Förderband (10) die Behälter (15) unter zwei Stationen platziert, in denen das Aufklebeverfahren durchgeführt wird, bevor die Behälter zu einer Arbeitsstufe zum Auslass der Behälter aus der Maschine geleitet werden, wobei das rotierende Förderband (10) eine Vielzahl von Elementen umfasst, welche die Platten (11) unterstützen, wobei die Unterstützungselemente so konfiguriert und angeordnet sind, dass die Behälter (15) zur geeigneten Zeit in die geeigneten Winkellagen befördert werden, so dass jedes Etikett korrekt auf zumindest eine der Oberflächen des Behälters (15) und/oder auf im Voraus festgelegte Bereiche dieser Oberfläche aufgeklebt werden kann, wobei jede dieser Platten (11) durch das erste Verbindungsmittel (16) an mindestens eine Verbindungsplatte (17) angebunden ist, welche durch das zweite Verbindungsmittel (18) mit zumindest einer Verbindungsstange (19) verbunden ist, die zumindest ein Formelement (20) trägt, das - zumindest in einem Ausleger (21) - mit Gleitmitteln (22,23) innerhalb von Nockenkonturen (25,26) endet, die sich entlang von Wegen abwickeln, die einen im Voraus festgelegten geometrischen Ablauf aufweisen und die an der Unterseite des rotierenden Förderbandes (10) angebracht sind, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Formelemente (20) entsprechend vorbestimmter Positionen angeordnet sind, so dass eine erste Vielzahl an Gleitmitteln (22,23), die mit den entsprechenden Auslegern (21) assoziiert sind, entlang einer ersten Nockenkontur (25) laufen muss, und eine zweite Vielzahl an Gleitmitteln (22,23), die mit den entsprechenden Auslegern (21) assoziiert sind, entlang einer zweiten Nockenkontur (26) laufen muss, wobei die Gleitmittel (22,23) alternativ an die erste Nockenkontur (25) und die zweite Nockenkontur (26) angebunden sind.
  2. Automatische Maschine nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Förderband (10), welches als Drehscheibe geformt ist, eine Vielzahl von Platten (11) umfasst, die verschiedenartig entlang eine Kreisbahn (T) angeordnet sind und zumindest an ein zentrales Unterstützungselement (12) mittels geformter Arme (13) angebunden sind.
  3. Automatische Maschine nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jede der Platten (11) eine Trägerplatte für jeweils einen Behälter (15) darstellt, der bei seiner Rotation mit Haltemitteln (14) in Position gehalten wird.
  4. Automatische Maschine nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Unterstützungsarme (13) in verschiedenen Ebenen zentral an eine vertikale Achse angebunden sind.
  5. Automatische Maschine nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Förderband (10) so geformt ist, dass das Zentrum der Platten (11) und das Zentrum der ersten Verbindungsmittel (16) auf demselben Kreisumfang (T) liegen, der mit einem maximalen Gesamtkreisumfang des Förderbandes (10) konzentrisch ist, und dass auch die Schwerpunkte der Formelemente (20), welche die Ausleger (21) tragen, entlang eines einzelnen Kreisumfangs (V) liegen, der mit dem besagten Kreisumfang (T) konzentrisch ist.
  6. Automatische Maschine nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Formelemente (20) mit im Voraus festgelegten Winkelabständen angeordnet sind.
  7. Automatische Maschine nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Behälter (15) unter den Etikettierungsköpfen nach im Voraus festgelegten geeigneten Winkelpositionen ausgerichtet sind, die auch entsprechend der Etikettenform und entsprechend den Bedürfnissen des Bedieners mittels einer Bedienungskonsole eingestellt werden können, die vom Bediener außerhalb der Maschine erreicht werden kann.
  8. Automatische Maschine nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jeder Behälter (15) unter einen ersten Etikettierungskopf befördert wird, wo er eine im Voraus festgelegte Zeitspanne entsprechend einer im Voraus festgelegten Winkellage innehält, bevor er sich weiter bewegt und zu einem angrenzenden zweiten Etikettierungskopf läuft.
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