Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
  • B65C3/00—Labelling other than flat surfaces
  • B65C3/06—Affixing labels to short rigid containers
  • B65C3/065—Affixing labels to short rigid containers by placing tubular labels around the container

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• the invention relates to a device for labeling cups formed on a packaging material web and relates in particular to a device for receiving, heat-shrinkable label sleeves produced in a production device to the underside of a cup-shaped packaging material web for labeling the cup according to Preamble of independent claim 1.
• the known devices for producing the label sleeves put the label sleeves produced one by one onto the receiving mandrels of the transverse conveyor passing underneath, which conveys the attached label sleeves under the packaging material web, in each case in alignment with each cup of a row of booklets in the packaging material web.
• the transverse conveyor is stationary, the label sleeves are lifted off the receiving mandrels with suitable lifting elements and pushed onto the cups from below. This is followed by a heat treatment of the label sleeves seated on the side walls of the cups to attach to the cups.
• the invention has the object to transform their feed device to the effect and improve that the available times for the placement of
• the promotion of Packing material and the transfer of the label sleeves to the cup are better usable, on the one hand high clock rates of the associated thermoforming machine can be maintained or this can be increased and that on the other hand, the also associated equipment for the production of the label sleeves enough time for the placement of
• Aufsteckdorne with the sleeves available stands.
• the endless conveyor according to this EP-A-0695703 is provided with two conveyor lines, which can be driven separately controlled. As a result, it is possible to put the irregular group of one conveyor line in order while the pre-run, perfect group of the other conveyor line can continue to run normally to the dispensing point.
• the device according to EP-A-0695703 mentioned is not suitable.
• what concerns the device according to the present invention is, for example, based on a packaging material web whose shaped cups form four longitudinal rows parallel in the conveying direction, whereby likewise parallel cup rows with four cups each on the packaging material web result.
• the corresponding molding tool of the associated thermoforming machine for the molding of the cups on the packaging material web then has, in this preferred case, eight so-called mold cavities, ie mold cavities.
• the cross conveyor has for this purpose at least two groups of receiving mandrels but arranged in at least one row, but in groups each attached to another strand pair, which will be explained in more detail.
• the pairs of strands are movable independently of each other. In this way, it is possible to apply from the under the packaging material web group of the mandrels at standstill of the associated strand pair the label sleeves to the cups above, while the other, belonging to the other strand pair group for equipping their pickup mandrels among the provided devices for Production of label sleeves passes by.
• Fig.l in side view the cross conveyor with its arranged in groups elements for receiving the label sleeves and with the packaging material web located above it;
• FIG. 2 shows in plan view the transverse conveyor according to Fig.l with the packaging material web shown interrupted;
• FIG. 6 shows a plan view of the transfer region of the device in the form of the concrete embodiment according to FIG.
• FIG. 7 shows in plan view another embodiment of the device for the transfer of label sleeves to only one cup transverse row
• thermoforming packaging machine 10 is a schematic plan view of a thermoforming packaging machine with the packaging material web expiring therefrom, this associated production device for the label sleeves and the transverse conveyor of interest here, in particular.
• the device consists of a transverse conveyor 3 arranged transversely to the deep-drawn packaging machine 100 shown in broken line in FIG. 10 in the step cycle.
• the endless conveyor strands of the transverse conveyor 3 are driven by deflecting pulleys 2 Slip avoidance forced.
• the endless conveyor strands are further controlled with respect to their conveying movement in dependence on the cycle of the thermoforming packaging machine 100.
• the conveyor strands of the cross conveyor 3 are equipped with receiving mandrels 5 for the label sleeves S and indeed in groups 4 and 4 'summarized, which are spaced apart.
• the number of receiving mandrels 5 of one group corresponds to the number of cups B formed in a transverse row R 'of the packaging material web PB.
• transverse rows R 1 see FIG. 2 with four cups B each on the packaging material web PB, which form in the conveying direction P with four longitudinal rows R "(see FIG
• 101 is a filling station, 102 a closing station, 103 the controllable drives of the deflection pulleys 2 of the conveying tracks of the transverse conveyor 3, and 104 the overall control, with which the production device 1 for the label sleeves S and the drives 103 of the transverse conveyor are connected in.
• the figure in FIG. 10 is only an example, ie the transverse conveyor 3 can also be arranged in front of the filling station 101 in order to accommodate the then label unfilled B cup.
• the cross conveyor 3 for detecting at least one Becherquer #2 R 'of the packaging material web PB from at least two separate endless strands I, II is formed, which are guided without slip on separately driven drivable deflection pulleys 2.
• Endlossträgen I, II at least one group is arranged 4,4 'of receiving mandrels 5, wherein each group 4,4' (see Fig.l) includes the receiving mandrels 5 with a number corresponding to the number of cups B in a transverse row R ' the packaging material PB corresponds.
• the mandrels 5 both groups 4,4 'are on a common movement line BG (see Figure 7) movable and also the groups are 4,4' under the manufacturing apparatus 1 for the label sleeves S on the one hand with the output speed of the manufacturing device 1 adapted speed movable and
• the lifting elements 6 arranged in the region of the transfer point US are arranged to be disengageable from the movement path of the strands I, II equipped with the groups 4, 4 '.
• the transverse conveyor 3 is provided with at least four separate strands I to IV for detecting two cup rows R '(see FIG. 2) in the packaging material web PB.
• Each non-adjacent strands I, III and II, IV are connected as strand pairs SP, SP 'by connecting elements or support pieces 7 firmly together.
• Each strand pair SP, SP ' is also forcibly guided on deflection plates 2, which are also driven in pairs separately controlled.
• the receiving mandrels 5 of the groups 4 and 4 ' are respectively arranged on the associated strand connecting elements 7 on the one hand of the strand pair SP and on the other hand of the other strand pair SP 1 .
• Each row of the receiving mandrels 5 is a device 1 (in Fig.l and 2 only indicated by dashed lines) for the production of heat-shrinkable label sleeves S assigned, which are loaded when passing through the receiving mandrels 5 with the sleeves 5 ,
• Fig.2 is this is the group of receiving mandrels 5 belonging to the strand pair SP 'or to the strands II, IV.
• the other two rows R of the receiving sleeves 5 equipped with label sleeves belong to the strand pair SP or to the strands I, III and are in a short rest position under the two transverse rows R 1 of the cup B in the packaging material web PB.
• the pairs of strands SP, SP ' can be advantageously equipped with two (as shown) or more groups 4, 4' of receiving mandrels 5.
• the one located at the bottom of the one strand pair group 4 ' is silent conform to the transfer station located in the same and belonging to the same strand pair group 4'.
• the other also located at the bottom strand group 4, which is in communication with the other strand pair, moves in conformity with the top group 4, which is moved with their receiving mandrels 5 under the device 1 with loading speed to the generated label sleeves thorn for Pick up the thorn.
• the forming tool of a thermoforming machine 100 is designed to produce a cup group of a total of sixteen cups in the packaging material web, thus having sixteen so-called mold cavities, then this can also be achieved with the apparatus according to the invention simply by looking in the conveying direction P of the packaging material web PB , arranges in distance of a cycle step length TL of the packaging material web PB behind the cross conveyor 3, a further corresponding cross-conveyor 3. This is indicated by dashed lines in FIG. 10, for the sake of simplicity, however, for detecting only one cup transverse row R 'in each case.
• the first transverse conveyor 3 would equip the first eight cups of the entire group with label sleeves and the second transverse conveyor 3 would fill the remaining transverse cups 3. lent eight cups.
• the lifting elements 6 are designed in the form of fingers 9 engaging below the lower edges of the label sleeves S and engaging in grooves 8 of the receiving mandrels 5, as shown for example in the concrete embodiment in FIGS. 6 is shown.
• the fingers 9 'facing the inner flanks 5' of the receiving mandrels 5 are arranged in the lowered position (see FIGS.
• FIG. 7 A particularly simple embodiment of the device is shown in Figure 7, 8, in which the receiving mandrels 5 are arranged in only one row and in plan view in the middle over only two strands I, II and run independently controlled driven over deflecting pulleys 2 whose controlled Drives 103 are indicated only by dashed lines.
• the pickup mandrels 5 Both groups 4.4 V are movable on the same movement line BG.
• In grooves 8 of the mandrels 5 engaging Hubfinger 9 with suitable actuators 10 provide for the lifting of the seated on the mandrels 5 label sleeves S. After lifting and transferring the label sleeves S to the cup B the lifting fingers 9 are immediately returned to their lowered position.
• the foot portion of the mandrels 5 is provided with grooves 8 ', in which the fingers 9 can intervene upon passage of the mandrels 5. But it is also possible to disengage the fingers 9 with their Betuschistsseiementen 10 to the side sufficiently far from the vertically extending grooves 8. Furthermore, it is possible to arrange the fingers 9 with their actuating elements 10 in the region of the gap 40 indicated in FIG. 8, in which case the grooves 8 of the receiving mandrels 5 must be aligned with the gap 40 on the receiving mandrels 5. Also in this simple embodiment, as explained for Fig. 1, advantageously provided in each case a plurality of groups of receiving mandrels 5 on the strands I, II.
• FIGS. 9A and 9D correspond to the embodiments of FIGS. 2 and 7 explained in detail.
• FIGS. 9A-9C only one row of cups R 'on the packaging material web PB is always served with label sleeves S.
• the embodiment according to FIG. 9B represents only a further development of that according to FIG. 9A, whereby one group of receiving mandrels 5 is fastened on support pieces 7 and the lower group using, for example, leveling disks directly on the middle strand II.
• a further development with respect to the embodiment of Figure 9A is in that their strand I is divided into two sub-strands I ', I ", these together with each other Support pieces 7 are connected and extends between them, the strand II.
• FIGS. 9C-9E correspond, but differ as can be seen by the number of associated receiving mandrels 5.
• FIG. 9E shows at the lower end of the illustration a further variant, in which FIG next to the strands I-IV, two more strands V, VI angeordnbet are. To connect with each other would be strands I, III, V and strands II, IV and VI. In this latter case, therefore, twenty cups B would simultaneously be detectable on a packaging material web PB.

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