EP2046651B1 - Apparatus and method for rejecting irregular or faulty labels - Google Patents

Apparatus and method for rejecting irregular or faulty labels Download PDF

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EP2046651B1
EP2046651B1 EP07825003A EP07825003A EP2046651B1 EP 2046651 B1 EP2046651 B1 EP 2046651B1 EP 07825003 A EP07825003 A EP 07825003A EP 07825003 A EP07825003 A EP 07825003A EP 2046651 B1 EP2046651 B1 EP 2046651B1
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Franco Gironi
Leonardo Ficalbi
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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
    • B65C9/08—Label feeding
    • B65C9/18—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls
    • B65C9/1865—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls the labels adhering on a backing strip
    • 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
    • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
    • B65C2009/0087—Details of handling backing sheets
    • B65C2009/0093—Devices switching between a peelable and a non peelable position
    • 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
    • B65C2009/402—Controls; Safety devices for detecting properties or defects of labels
    • B65C2009/404—Controls; Safety devices for detecting properties or defects of labels prior to labelling

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  • the invention relates to an apparatus and a method for rejecting irregular or faulty labels, in particular self-sticking labels, as disclosed in WO 2005/102845 A2 , discussed hereinafter.
  • Such an apparatus is associated with a labelling machine arranged for applying labels on cylindrical or profiled containers, such as bottles, cruets, vitals, or similar, for example made of glass, plastics, metal or cardboard.
  • the labels provided with a self-sticking side are supported by a supporting tape and contain information relating to the product contained in said containers, such as for example the commercial name and/or a distinguishing image, the number of the production batch, the chemical composition, the dates of packaging and expiration, or similar.
  • said apparatus for discarding and recovering labels is arranged for removing from the supporting tape altered or generally non-satisfying labels, for example because provided with faded or unreadable printing, before said altered or generally non-satisfying labels are applied on a respective container.
  • Apparatuses are known for discarding and recovering labels associated with labelling machines, said apparatuses comprising a bedplate supporting an operating group and a collecting group.
  • the operating group comprises an operating roller cooperating with removing means arranged for removing the altered labels from the supporting tape and transferring said altered labels on the collecting group.
  • the collecting group comprises a rotating arm mounted rotating at one its own end on a pin associated with said bedplate.
  • the arm supports a collecting group, free to rotate around one its own vertical axis, peripherally provided with an element for collecting altered labels, said element consisting of a ring of cardboard.
  • the collecting group is further provided with elastic elements positioned near said pin, said elastic elements being arranged for maintaining the collecting element firmly in contact with said operating roller.
  • the operating roller places in rotation by friction the collecting roller.
  • a control unit actuates the operating group, which removes such label from the supporting tape.
  • the altered label gradually detached from the supporting tape, is stuck on the collecting element due to the pressing action exerted by the operating roller against the collecting element.
  • the altered label results interposed between the operating roller and the collecting element.
  • the collecting element maintained so as to constantly abut the operating roller by means of the elastic elements, accumulates a plurality of altered labels, increasing consequently its own diameter up to a limit value established by an operator.
  • a disadvantage of the apparatus disclosed above is that the altered labels can not be recovered, because said altered labels result stuck above each other on the cardboard ring and consequently are difficult to be separated.
  • WO 2005/102845A discloses a method for processing damaged labels, especially RFID labels, in a label printer, and a label printer in which the labels are disposed successively on a label support web in the direction of conveyance of the label support web that is fed to at least one first writing unit under tensile stress for selectively transferring data onto the labels and then to a dispensing unit in which the labels are individually removed from the label support web and are dispensed in one dispensing process onto an object that is to be provided with a label.
  • the empty label support web is received in an empty material storage unit following the dispensing process.
  • the label support web comprising the labels that are disposed thereupon is delivered to an examination unit which is located upstream of the dispensing unit in the direction of conveyance of the label support web and verifies whether the individual labels are damaged. Dispensing of the label onto an object that is to be provided with a label is cancelled if a label is damaged.
  • An object of the invention is to improve the apparatuses and the methods for discarding and collecting discarded labels, in particular self-sticking labels.
  • a further object is to provide an apparatus and a method for discarding and collecting labels, which apparatus and method enable the altered, discarded and recovered labels to be examined in simple and rapid manner.
  • Still another aspect is to produce an apparatus of compact dimensions, of simple and robust construction and having accurate and reliable operation.
  • an apparatus particularly for a labelling machine, as disclosed in claim 1.
  • a method for discarding altered or faulty labels as disclosed in claim 16.
  • an apparatus and a method for discarding and collecting altered labels can be obtained that enable said altered labels to be recovered in a simple and rapid manner.
  • the altered labels collected from the supporting tape are applied after each other on the further supporting tape, driven in phase with the supporting tape, by proper driving means along a further advancing direction opposed to the advancing direction of the supporting tape.
  • the further supporting tape can be wound on a winding reel.
  • said winding reel can be unwound in order for all the altered labels to be inspected and analyzed.
  • an apparatus 1 for discarding labels 2, each label 2 being provided with a respective adhesivized surface.
  • the labels 2 are supported, by the adhesive surface thereof, by a first side 15 of a supporting tape 3, suitably unwound from a reel, not shown, along an advancing direction A at a desired advancing speed.
  • a labelling machine Downwards of the apparatus 1, with respect to said advancing direction A, a labelling machine, not shown, is provided arranged for applying and attaching the labels 2 on cylindrical or profiled containers, such as bottles, cruets, vials, or similar, for example made of glass, plastics, metal or cardboard.
  • the labels 2 contain, in particular, information concerning the product contained in said containers, such as for example the commercial name and/or a distinguishing image, the number of the production batch, the chemical composition, the dates of packaging and expiration, or similar.
  • the apparatus 1 comprises a supporting plate 4 provided with fastening means 27, for example a clamp, arranged for fastening the apparatus 1 with a frame of said labelling machine.
  • the supporting plate 4 supports on one first own surface 28 thereof an operating group 5 arranged for removing altered labels 2' ( Figure 4 ) from the supporting tape 3, so that said labels 2' are not erroneously applied on said containers by the labelling machine.
  • the operating group 5 comprises a sucking element 8, having substantially cylindrical shape, and rotating according to the direction indicated by the first arrow F1 around a first rotation axis Z1.
  • the sucking element 8 is provided with a cylinder 40 defining a suction chamber 9.
  • the cylinder 40 is peripherally delimited by a ring 10 substantially cylindrical provided with a plurality of through slots 11 arranged to allow the suction chamber 9 to communicate with the external environment.
  • the operating group 5 further comprises separating means 12 arranged for cooperating with the sucking element 8 for separating the altered labels 2' from the supporting tape 3, the separating means 12 being opposed to the sucking element 8.
  • the separating means 12 and the sucking element 8 are mutually spaced apart, so as to define a passage 60 through which the supporting tape 3 is sliding.
  • the separating means 12 comprises an active element 13 having substantially the shape of a parallelepiped extending substantially parallel to the first rotation axis Z1.
  • the active element 13 is provided with an active edge 14 and is further moving along an operating direction B between a first operating position W1, shown in Figure 4 , wherein the active edge 14 contacts and bends a second side 16 of the supporting tape 3, and a second operating position W2, shown in Figure 3 , wherein the active edge 14 does not interact with the second side 16, the second side 16 being opposed to the first side 15 whereon the labels 2 are applied.
  • the first side 15 is facing and properly spaced apart from the ring 10, while the second side 16 is facing and properly spaced apart from the active edge 14.
  • Supporting plate 4 further supports on the first surface 28 a collecting group 6 arranged for collecting the altered labels 2' removed from the supporting tape 3.
  • the collecting group 6 comprises a further supporting tape 17 arranged for supporting the altered labels 2'.
  • the further supporting tape 17 is unwound in the direction indicated by the third arrow F3 from a first reel 18 and is wound, provided with altered labels 2' previously removed from the supporting tape 3, on a second reel 22 by means of a moving group 7, also fixed on the first surface 28, the first reel 18 and the second reel 22 being respectively positioned upstream and downstream of the sucking element 8 with respect to a further advancing direction C ( figure 4 ) of the further supporting tape 17 opposed to the advancing direction A.
  • the moving group 7 is positioned between the sucking element 8 and the second reel 22 and comprises a pair of driving rollers 70 arranged for driving by friction the further supporting tape 17.
  • the driving rollers 70 comprise a motor roller 23 rotating around a second rotation axis Z2 in the direction indicated by the second arrow F2, the second rotation axis Z2 being substantially parallel to the first rotation axis Z1.
  • the driving rollers 70 further comprise an idle roller 24 provided with an external knurled surface 41 in order to better drive the further supporting tape 17.
  • the idle roller 24 faces, and is properly spaced apart from, the motor roller 23 and is free to rotate around one its own rotation axis substantially parallel to the second rotation axis Z2.
  • the moving group 7 further comprises a supporting element 71 having substantially shape of upside-down "L" and comprising a first supporting element 72.
  • the mutual distance between the idle roller 24 and the motor roller 23 can be varied and consequently the width of the slot can be varied, for example in order to more easily insert a new further supporting tape 17 in the apparatus 1.
  • the apparatus 1 further comprises a first tensioning roller 19 and a second tensioning roller 20 positioned on the first surface 28 of the supporting plate 4.
  • first tensioning roller 19 is substantially faced to the active element 13 and cooperates with this latter, properly positioned in the first operating position W1, in order to bend the supporting tape 3 with an angle of curvature such as to detach the altered label 2', while the second tensioning roller 20 is substantially interposed between the sucking element 8 and the first reel 18.
  • first tensioning roller 19 and the second tensioning roller 20 are free to rotate around to respective rotation axes substantially parallel to the first rotation axis Z1.
  • the first reel 18, the first tensioning roller 19, the second tensioning roller 20, a peripheral portion 21 of the cylinder 10, the driving rollers 70, and the second reel 22 cooperate in defining an advancing path D for the further supporting tape 17.
  • the supporting plate 4 is further provided with a second surface 30 ( figure 2 ), opposed to the first surface 28, arranged for supporting a motorizing group 31.
  • the motorizing group 31 comprises a motor, for example an electric stepper motor 32, arranged for actuating to rotate, by means of a plurality of gears, not shown, the sucking element 8, the motor roller 23, and la second reel 22, as that will be better disclosed in the following.
  • a motor for example an electric stepper motor 32, arranged for actuating to rotate, by means of a plurality of gears, not shown, the sucking element 8, the motor roller 23, and la second reel 22, as that will be better disclosed in the following.
  • the apparatus 1 is further provided with tensioning means, not shown, arranged for maintaining the further supporting tape 17 at a proper tension during unwinding from the first reel 18 and during winding on the second reel 22 along the path D.
  • the tensioning means comprises first speed regulating means, for example brake means, associated with the first reel 18 and second speed regulating means associated with the second reel 22.
  • the second speed regulating means comprising for example a clutch, is arranged for regulating a peripheral speed of the second reel 22, by properly engaging and disengaging the clutch according to the diameter of the second reel 22, i.e. according to the amount of further supporting tape 17 wound around said second reel 22.
  • the apparatus 1 is further provided with a first sensor 34 positioned upstream of the operating group 5 with respect to the advancing direction A of the supporting tape 3.
  • the first sensor 34 is arranged for detecting possible alterations present on the labels 2 and sending, when such alterations were found, a proper turning-on signal to the motorizing group 31.
  • the apparatus 1 further comprises a second sensor 35, positioned between the first reel 18 and the second tensioning roller 20, arranged for detecting the presence of the further supporting tape 17 and sending to a control unit, not shown, an exhausted signal of the further supporting tape 17 for enabling this latter to be promptly substituted.
  • the apparatus 1 is shown in a first operating configuration indicated with H1, wherein the first sensor 34 does not detect any altered label 2'.
  • the active element 13 is positioned in the second operating position W2 at a proper distance from the supporting tape 3 and the motorizing group 31 does not actuate the operating group 5.
  • the apparatus 1 is shown in a second operating configuration indicated with H2, wherein the first sensor 34 has detected an altered label 2'.
  • the first sensor 34 sends a turning-on signal to the motorizing group 31, that starts the stepper motor 32 in phase with the advancing speed of the supporting tape 3.
  • the supporting tape 17 is moved along the further advancing direction C at an operating speed substantially equal to the advancing speed of the supporting tape 3.
  • the separating element 13 is further actuated, which separating element 13 is positioned in the first operating position W1 in such a manner that the active edge 14 intercepts a border portion 50 of the altered label 2'.
  • the sucking element 8 is rotated in such a manner that a peripheral speed of this latter element 8 is substantially equal to the advancing speed of the same tape 3, and the suction chamber 9 is activated producing a vacuum pressure substantially at the slots 11 of the ring 10.
  • the element 8 cooperates with the first tensioning roller 19 in order to subject the supporting tape 3 to an abrupt change of trajectory that facilitates the detachment of the edge portion 50 of the altered label 2' from the respective supporting tape 3.
  • edge portion 50 raised by the active edge 14 is maintained in contact with an external surface 80 of the ring 10 at a plurality of slots 11, facing said edge portion 50 and acting as suction cups.
  • the supporting tape 3 advancing along the advancing direction A, cooperates with the active element 13, the first tensioning roller 19 and the sucking element 8 in removing the altered label 2' from the supporting tape 3.
  • the sucking element 8 retains and drives the altered label 2' over an angular sector of said sucking element 8, until the adhesive surface of said label 2', pressed between the external surface 80 of the ring 10 and a portion of the further tape 17 opposed to the same external surface 80, sticks on the supporting tape 17.
  • the stepper motor 32 drives the further tape 17 by an extent such that the altered label 2' results properly attached on said further tape 17. Subsequently, when the altered label 2' has been stuck on the further supporting tape 17, the apparatus 1 moves automatically back to the first operating configuration H1, i.e. the stepper motor 32 stops, the suction chamber 9 deactivates and the active element 13 repositions itself in the second operating position W2.
  • the stepper motor 32 would be activated so as to stick the further altered label 2' on the further supporting tape 17 at a proper distance from the previous altered label 2' so that the further altered label 2' does not overlap the previous altered label 2', and so on for any subsequent detected altered label 2' .
  • said further supporting tape 17 can be removed from the second reel 22, can be unwound and all the altered labels 2' positioned in a row after each other can be easily analyzed, in order to verify the reasons of the discard.

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ITBO20060545 ITBO20060545A1 (it) 2006-07-21 2006-07-21 Apparato e metodo per scartare etichette alterate o difettose.
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