EP1889805B1 - Winding device - Google Patents

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EP1889805B1
EP1889805B1 EP05809585.2A EP05809585A EP1889805B1 EP 1889805 B1 EP1889805 B1 EP 1889805B1 EP 05809585 A EP05809585 A EP 05809585A EP 1889805 B1 EP1889805 B1 EP 1889805B1
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tension roll
continuous web
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winding apparatus
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Akihiro c/o Sato Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha KOEDA
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H18/00—Winding webs
    • B65H18/08—Web-winding mechanisms
    • B65H18/10—Mechanisms in which power is applied to web-roll spindle
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H23/00—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs
    • B65H23/04—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally
    • B65H23/18—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally by controlling or regulating the web-advancing mechanism, e.g. mechanism acting on the running web
    • B65H23/188—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally by controlling or regulating the web-advancing mechanism, e.g. mechanism acting on the running web in connection with running-web
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H23/00—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs
    • B65H23/04—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally
    • B65H23/18—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally by controlling or regulating the web-advancing mechanism, e.g. mechanism acting on the running web
    • B65H23/195—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally by controlling or regulating the web-advancing mechanism, e.g. mechanism acting on the running web in winding mechanisms or in connection with winding operations
    • B65H23/1955—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally by controlling or regulating the web-advancing mechanism, e.g. mechanism acting on the running web in winding mechanisms or in connection with winding operations and controlling web tension
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H26/00—Warning or safety devices, e.g. automatic fault detectors, stop-motions, for web-advancing mechanisms
    • B65H26/02—Warning or safety devices, e.g. automatic fault detectors, stop-motions, for web-advancing mechanisms responsive to presence of irregularities in running webs
    • B65H26/04—Warning or safety devices, e.g. automatic fault detectors, stop-motions, for web-advancing mechanisms responsive to presence of irregularities in running webs for variation in tension
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/19—Specific article or web
    • B65H2701/192—Labels

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  • the present invention relates to a re-winding apparatus for continuously winding a web of labels which is a continuous web formed as plural of label strip can be carried evenly spaced apart on a continuous base, the continuous web formed as a RFID continuous web is provided a label strip having a middle-layer which include a RFID-inlay, the RFID-inlay is encapsulated between continuous base and plural of labels equally spaced thereon, and more particularly the apparatus for re-winding the continuous web to be affected flexure stress, and which comprises in having a tension roll, a tension is provided for rewinding the continuous web.
  • DD 73 532 B1 discloses an apparatus having a tension roll which can provide a predetermined tension on a continuous web by urging the tension roll into contact with the continuous web. Moreover, said document discloses a restricting member and a detecting member for detecting the lowest part position in the movable range of the tension roll.
  • Document JP 2004 314565 presents a rewinder of an ink-printer with a tension roller movable on a swinging arm, wherein the motion of the swinging arm is restricted.
  • Prior re-winding apparatus having a tension roll which especially re-winding apparatus having a tension roll for a continuous web, a continuous web issued in printing from printing apparatus can be reeled up thereby, and which is provided in having a take-up spindle for rewinding a continuous web have printed by Printing apparatus, a drive member for the take-up spindle can be driven, and a tension roll for the continuous web 2 can be contacted upstream of the take up spindle.
  • the tension roll can be received on a continuous web when a continuous web would be taken up and be ejected from the printer, and can be moved reciprocally in predetermined movable range, and this which can eliminate the flexure of the continuous web by providing a tension to continuous web, the tension providing whereby a rewinding efforts is maintained on take up spindle.
  • the re-winding apparatus comprises in having a tension roll can be reciprocally moved in movable range, the movable range is usually predetermined, and from upper to lower portion of the movable range the tension roll can be moved in so that the continuous web can be reeled up by the tension roll providing the tension to the continuous web.
  • This re-winding apparatus relates to the above which is comprised in having the tension roll is shifted along movable range of tension roll and is at lower portion of movable range so that the continuous web can be bent so that rewinding path of continuous web can be made a considerable angle on by receiving in located the tension roll.
  • the continuous web to be received an effect in bending stress especially such continuous web comprise in having an RFID inlay
  • the RFID inlay include a single IC chip and antenna part, and which is included in label or Tag on continuous base, such called as continuous RFID tag or label, wherein such continuous RFID Tag or label has a drawback since the disadvantage can be recognized that the antenna part to be bent or that the junction part to be connected the IC chip to antenna part is broken.
  • an adhesive agent is served to apply the label strip on the continuous base 14 at even interval are made to continuous label web, and which is soft adhesive agent, when such soft agent are used, it is not preferable that the label strip tend to break off from the continuous web by a considerable angle would be made on the continuous label web.
  • the present invention was accomplished in light of the foregoing problems and has an object to provide a re-winding apparatus for serving in available to rewind (available rewind) the continuous web to be received an effect in bonding stress, especially such continuous web having plural of RFID tag or label in each having an IC-chip and antenna part attached on RFID inlay.
  • the other object to the present invention is to provide a re-winding apparatus for serving to prevent to break off the label strip from the continuous web formed by using soft adhesive agent make the label strip applied on the continuous base.
  • the present invention provides a re-winding apparatus, and focuses on the provision of a restricting member for controlling in restrict the optional movement of tension roll to allow for limiting to make a considerable angle on the rewinding path of continuous web, or more specifically the provision of a re-winding apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention having a taken up spindle for rewinding the continuous web in printed, a drive member for the take-up spindle can be driven, and a tension roll can provide a predetermined tension on the continuous web by urging the tension roll provided upstream of the take-up spindle into contact with the continuous web 2.
  • the re-winding apparatus of the first invention comprises a circular arcuated slit which is formed vertically on lateral surface on housing of the re-winding apparatus for capable of a round movement of the tension roll the tension roll being received in support the circular arcuated slit, a restricting member for providing the restriction enable in optional position within the circular arcuated slit, and a detecting member for detecting the lowest part position in movable range of the tension roll.
  • the second invention on the re-winding apparatus as claimed in claim 1 according to the present invention further comprises the restricting member is made of hard elastic member.
  • the third invention on the re-winding apparatus as claimed in claim 1 or 2 according to the present invention further comprises the tension roll is provided on one end of a tension arm swingably connected around an arm axis and is provided through the circular arcuated slit provided vertically on lateral surface on the housing.
  • the re-winding apparatus comprising a tension roll capable of rewinding the continuous web with providing the tension to the continuous web according to the present invention, which comprise the restricting member catchable in the arcuated slit, the restricting member enabling easily movement are provided for allowing optionally restrictionable movement of tension roll not to make a considerable angle on rewinding path of continuous web and whereby a re-winding apparatus can be provided for availability to rewind the continuous web as made in vulnerable to receive a bending stress or as formed in using soft adhesive agent make the label strip applied on the continuous base.
  • the present invention is to provide a rewinding apparatus 1 for serving to properly rewind the continuous web 2 to be received an effect in bending stress by causing the tension roll can be optionally moved in movable range to allow for limiting to make a considerable angle on the rewinding path of continuous web 2.
  • Fig. 1 is an outlined perspective view to be explain the embodiment of the present invention of the re-winding apparatus.
  • Fig. 2 is a view showing a frame format of the controllable movement of a tension roll to be selected by the controlling member of this invention and
  • Fig. 3 is disclosed the continuous web 2 to be received an effect in bending stress, especially such continuous web 2 comprise in having plural of RFID inlay as called to the continuous RFID Tag or label.
  • a re-winding apparatus 1 of the present invention is comprised in having a first guide roller 4 and second guide roller 5 for the continuous web 2 which can be guided along with rewinding path, a tension roll 8 provided on the end of the tension arm 9 have a contacting relation whereby the contact to the continuous web 2 from its above direction is made and to be spaced between the first guide roller 4 and second guide roller 5, a reel-up spindle 6 for rewinding the continuous web 2, a circular arcuated slit 10 is formed vertically on the lateral surfaces 13 along the orbital movement of the tension roll 8 provided on housing of the re-winding apparatus 1, a restricting member (a catching member) 11 for providing the tension roller to be selectably moved in movable range, a detecting member 12 for detecting the position in the lowest part of the tension roll 8 is traveled in movable range, and the detecting member 17 for detecting the position in the upper part of the tension roll 8 is traveled in the movable range.
  • the lowest part is the most inferior point in the movable range the tension roll can be traveled.
  • the tension roll 8 is provided on the one end of a tension arm 9, the tension arm 9 has other end can be swingably connected by the arm axis 7, and which is provided an inner side of the lateral surface 13 on the housing.
  • the tension roll 8 can be received in support a circular arcuated slit 10 formed vertically on lateral surface 13 on the housing and can be arranged in a vertical direction crossed to the rewinding path of the continuous web 2.
  • the tension roll 8 can be pulled downward in the circular arcuated slit 10 by the tensioning force, the tensioning force urge the tension roll 8 into contact with the continuous web 2 2 from upwardly in the circular arcuated slit 10 by means of a coin tension spring or by means of self weight of the tension roll 8 generated.
  • Fig. 2 is the tension roll 8 in full line illustrating the lowest part position on round movable range by providing in manner to contact the tension roll 8 to the restricting member 11 in full line, and which is the tension roll 8 in chain line illustrating a another lowest part position on round movable range of the tension roll 8 to be shifted which caused by contacting the tension roll 8 into the restricting member 11 in chained line.
  • the restricting member 11 can restrict the tension arm 9 traveling and can hold the tension arm 8 in optional position within the circular arcuated slit 10, allowing the tension roll 8 traveling that various change of round movable range thereof can be made and can be selected, and therefore which can receive the round movably tension roll 8 to be spaced between first guide roller 4 and second guide roller 5, so that a angle to be provided on the rewinding path of continuous web 2 2 can be easily changeable by limiting the tension roll 8 traveling.
  • the tension arm 8 providing the lowest part can be held in utmost upper position within the circular arcuated slit 10 allowing for limiting to make an considerable angle on the rewinding path of continuous web 2.
  • the restricting member 11 is of hard elastic member with H-form which is of the U form and of reverted U form in cross-section (not shown) are caught the both end section in across the width direction providing the circular arcuated slit 10, and which allow an easily manual shift thereof.
  • the detecting member (detecting sensor for the lowest part) 12 is movably provided on the restricting member 11 whereby allowing the movement in accordance with the movement of the restricting member 11, and which can detect the lowest part of tension roll 8 to be traveled according with the movement of tension roll 8 in the movable range.
  • the detecting member 17 can detect the upper part of the tension roll 8 is traveled in the movable range.
  • the tension roll 8 can absorb a ratio differential provided between the feeding speed of the continuous web 2 and to the rewinding speed of re-winding apparatus 1 by depending on a round movement of the tension roll 8.
  • the tension roll 8 can be detected by the detecting member 17 for detecting the upper part of when the tension roll 8 reached in position at the upper part within the circular arcuated slit 10, and the detection can be made, so that the driven part for driving the take up spindle 6, for example the rewinding motor, are disabled and whereby the tensioning force can be controlled for the continuous web 2 in loose allowing the continuous web 2 2 feeding are made from the printer.
  • the tension roll 2 moves downward in accordance with the discharging the continuous web 2 2 from the printer, and, when the tension roll 8 reached in position the lowest part within the circular arcuated slit 10, the micro-switch 12 can be turned on, and whereby driving the rewinding motor to start the continuous web 2 rewinding.
  • the continuous web 2 provided on the re-winding apparatus is acceptable in various-shaped continuous web 2, RFID-Tag or label, or roll-shaped Tag or label, but RFID-Tag or label having an RFID inlay, the RFID inlay include a single IC IC chip 16 and coil antenna part 15 with coil-shaped provided in the middle layer of RFID-Tag or label, are sensitive by bending stress, and the reasonable angle can be made for raising the position of lowest part by arranging the restricting member 11 restricting the movement of tension roll 8 to be shifted, and which can provide an control for available rewinding thereof without a considerable angle made.
  • a continuous web 2 (continuous label web) serving the soft adhesive agent to apply the label strip on the continuous base 14 is provided, the round movement of tension roll 8 caused to make an considerable angle on the rewinding path, and allowing the tension roll 8 to have a function serving as a peel bar, the continuous base 14 14 is dragged in reverse direction and, whereby the label strip 3 can be peeled off from the continuous base 14 14 since the stiffness made on the elastic body of the label strip 3 is relatively increased in excess to the adhesion strength, however since the restricting member 11 can be optionally placed within the circular arcuated slit 10, the preferable rewinding can be made.

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  • Controlling Rewinding, Feeding, Winding, Or Abnormalities Of Webs (AREA)
  • Winding Of Webs (AREA)
  • Handling Of Continuous Sheets Of Paper (AREA)
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