EP2947020B1 - Dispositif et procédé d'équipement de récipients avec des étiquettes encollées - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé d'équipement de récipients avec des étiquettes encollées Download PDF

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EP2947020B1
EP2947020B1 EP15153613.3A EP15153613A EP2947020B1 EP 2947020 B1 EP2947020 B1 EP 2947020B1 EP 15153613 A EP15153613 A EP 15153613A EP 2947020 B1 EP2947020 B1 EP 2947020B1
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Georg Gertlowski
Stefan Scherl
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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
    • B65C9/1896—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls the labels being torn or burst from a strip
    • 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
    • B65C3/08—Affixing labels to short rigid containers to container bodies
    • 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
    • B65C3/08—Affixing labels to short rigid containers to container bodies
    • B65C3/14—Affixing labels to short rigid containers to container bodies the container being positioned for labelling with its centre-line vertical
    • B65C3/16—Affixing labels to short rigid containers to container bodies the container being positioned for labelling with its centre-line vertical by rolling the labels onto cylindrical containers, e.g. bottles
    • 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
    • B65C2009/0081—Means for forming a label web buffer, e.g. label web loop

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  • the invention relates to a device for equipping containers with glued labels according to the preamble of claim 1, as known from US 2008/014344 A1 , and a corresponding procedure.
  • containers such as beverage bottles or the like can be equipped with glued labels, which are separated one after the other from an endless label strip without a carrier layer and attached to continuously transported containers by means of rotating application cylinders.
  • a device for all-round labeling of containers is known.
  • a label tape is fed onto a vacuum roller, which serves as a counter-blade for separating the labels by cutting them off from the label tape.
  • the separated labels are transferred to a gripping cylinder that guides the labels along a gluing station.
  • a glued label is then completely wound onto the side wall of a container. The end of the label overlaps the beginning of the label and is glued to it.
  • the gripping cylinder rotates faster than the vacuum roller.
  • the unglued side of the label faces the gripping cylinder and the glued side of the vacuum roller. The increase in speed during transfer causes the label to slip and thus undesirable removal of glue from the labels onto the vacuum roller.
  • a further dynamic intermediate storage in the form of a variably adjustable label tape loop is advantageous, in particular in the case of an uninterrupted change of supply rolls for the label tape.
  • a loop buffer is known in which a belt loop sags between two guide rollers by means of gravity.
  • U.S. 3,594,257 it is also known to support the sagging of a tape loop by blowing it with a stream of air.
  • such tape loops are unfavorable due to their vertical alignment and the required label position during labeling.
  • a loop buffer is also known in which a self-adhesive label tape is guided horizontally between two duct walls and is kept under tension by an air stream blown into the duct.
  • the belt loop produced is only suitable for low belt speeds or for clocked belt conveyance, but not for the machine performance required in beverage filling systems.
  • the object set is achieved with a device for equipping containers with glued labels according to claim 1. Accordingly, this includes, inter alia: mountings for the containers that rotate on a means of transport and can rotate about themselves; a feed unit for feeding a label tape, in particular a glued label tape without a carrier layer; a cutting device for dividing the label tape into label segments by means of transverse perforation; a transfer cylinder for transferring the label tape in contact with its side to be glued or to be glued; and an application cylinder with which the label tape can be placed on the containers rotating on the means of transport.
  • the brackets can be rotated in a controlled manner in such a way that they move faster than the application cylinder in relation to the conveying direction of the label tape during and / or after the placement of a preceding label segment in order to tear off the label segment at a transverse perforation and transfer it to a container.
  • the labels are separated from the label strip only when they are transferred to the container.
  • the transfer cylinder and the application cylinder can be driven at the same circumferential speed, so that the removal of glue onto the transfer cylinder is avoided.
  • the label tape can advantageously be perforated in the area of the transfer cylinder, since an already glued label tape then rests on the transfer cylinder with the adhesive side facing inwards. This avoids contamination of the cutting device with glue.
  • the cutting device enables flexible adaptation of the label size, i.e. the distance between the individual transverse perforations, so that the device according to the invention can be adapted to different label sizes and / or container sizes without retooling in the area of the transfer cylinder and the application cylinder. For example, both full-length labels and chest and / or back labels can then be flexibly attached to the containers.
  • the label tape can be held on the transfer cylinder and / or on the application cylinder by means of negative pressure.
  • the feed unit preferably comprises a loop buffer for dynamic intermediate storage of a label tape loop of variable length.
  • the cutting device has a cutting edge which cooperates with the transfer cylinder.
  • the transfer cylinder acts as a counter-cutting cylinder.
  • the cutting device comprises a rotor on which at least one cutting edge is moved tangentially with the label tape running over the transfer cylinder.
  • the cutting edge then preferably has the same rotational speed as the peripheral speed of the transfer cylinder.
  • the transfer cylinder and the application cylinder can preferably be driven at the same peripheral speed. This makes it possible to reliably avoid the removal of glue, particularly on the surface of the transfer cylinder.
  • the peripheral speed of the cutting edge is then preferably equal to the peripheral speed of the transfer cylinder and the application cylinder.
  • the transfer cylinder and the application cylinder preferably have individually controllable drive units. This enables a synchronous adjustment of the respective peripheral speed to the required machine performance of the labeling.
  • the rotor of the cutting edge then preferably also has a correspondingly individually controllable drive.
  • the mounts preferably have individually controllable drive units, in particular comprising servomotors.
  • individually controllable drive units in particular comprising servomotors.
  • an individually predeterminable rotary movement can be set when the label segments are transferred from the application cylinder to the individual containers.
  • the rotational speed of the holders can be set lower from a first phase in which the contact between the respective preceding label segment and the associated container is established than in a second phase in which the label segment has been taken over from the respective container and on the transverse perforation tears off the label tape.
  • individually controllable drive units a course of the rotation speed that is optimized for the respective label material can be specified on the brackets.
  • the holders are preferably driven by means of at least one servo motor.
  • Servomotors can be controlled particularly precisely.
  • a variant with an individual servomotor drive for each holder can be advantageous, for example if the labeling is not complete.
  • a variant would also be conceivable in which the holders are jointly driven by a servomotor via a belt drive.
  • the application cylinder preferably has circumferentially distributed suction openings which are surrounded by an elastic support layer for the label tape.
  • a support layer can consist, for example, of rubber, silicone and / or elastic plastics.
  • the layer thickness is then, for example, 1 to 10 mm, in particular 3 to 6 mm.
  • Such layers facilitate the transfer of the label segments to the respective container side walls.
  • the label segments can then be pressed against the containers during the transfer by elastic deformation of the support layer.
  • the elastic layer then preferably has a hardness of 40 to 55 degrees Shore. In this hardness range, the labels can be pressed particularly reliably onto the containers. In cooperation with the suction openings, both reliable transport of the label tape and reliable separation of the label segments, in particular tearing along the transverse perforations, are guaranteed.
  • a labeling method comprises the steps: a) circulating transport of the containers; b) feeding in a label tape which is in particular linerless and / or glued; c) transversely perforating the label tape for dividing it into label segments; d) Transfer of the label tape with a transfer cylinder in contact with the side to be glued or to be glued; e) placing a respective preceding label segment of the label tape on the rotating containers by means of an application cylinder; and f) rotating the brackets in such a way that they move faster than the application cylinder in relation to the conveying direction of the label tape during and / or after the label segment is placed, and that the label segment tears off at a transverse perforation and is taken over by a container, at least one Cut tangentially with the label tape moving over the transfer cylinder to a rotor and the label tape is continuously perforated on the transfer cylinder acting as a counter-cutting cylinder.
  • the label tape is continuously perforated on the transfer cylinder. That is to say, the transverse perforation is preferably produced when the side of the label tape to be glued or to be glued faces the transfer cylinder and thus faces away from an associated cutting edge.
  • the removal of glue when cutting labels that have already been glued and thus the contamination of an associated cutting device can be minimized.
  • the conveying speed of the label tape is preferably constant during the transfer from the transfer cylinder to the application cylinder and / or during transverse perforation. As a result, the removal of glue from a label tape that has already been glued can be minimized overall.
  • the label tape is or is preferably continuously glued in the longitudinal direction. In this way, the label area available for attaching the labels to the containers can be optimized will. Furthermore, the device according to the invention can then be converted particularly easily with regard to different label sizes.
  • the method according to the invention could, however, also be carried out with partially glued label tapes, for example by having adhesive strips and / or adhesive patterns on the back of the labels.
  • the label strips are pre-glued, so they are supplied to the device according to the invention already provided with the glue layer.
  • the label tape is glued to form labels after the perforation and before the separation, in particular in the area of the application cylinder.
  • glue is understood to mean all suitable adhesives, for example hot-melt adhesives, pressure-sensitive adhesives, water-containing adhesives or adhesives based on other solvents.
  • any container can be labeled according to the invention, such as, for example, bottles, cans, cups, outer packaging or the like.
  • a device comprises the following features: mountings for the containers that rotate on a means of transport and rotate about themselves; a feed unit with a loop buffer for feeding and dynamic intermediate storage of a particularly glued label tape; a cutting device for dividing the label strip into label segments, in particular by means of transverse perforation; a transfer cylinder, held by means of negative pressure, for transferring the label tape in contact with its side to be glued and / or to be glued; an application cylinder, held by means of negative pressure, with which the label tape can be placed on the rotating container; and at least one blower which is connected to the transfer cylinder and / or the application cylinder on the negative pressure side and which is connected to the loop buffer on the pressure side.
  • Dynamic buffering is understood to mean that the label tape running through the device according to the invention is buffered in the form of a U-shaped tape loop with variable length, for example, in order to compensate for fluctuations in the conveyor speed of the label tape, in particular the feed speed when changing storage media, such as Rolls, for the label tape.
  • the cutting device preferably generates transverse perforations in order to further convey the label strip in the form of label segments that are attached to one another in the area of the transverse perforations.
  • transverse perforations it is also conceivable to completely cut up the label tape with the cutting device and to convey it further as already separated labels to the transfer cylinder, application cylinder and to the containers.
  • the transfer cylinder and the application cylinder hold the label tape or the individual labels by applying negative pressure, which acts on the labels via suitable suction openings in the outer surface of the transfer cylinder and the application cylinder.
  • the fan is, for example, an axial fan or a radial fan with an intake duct that is connected to the transfer cylinder and the application cylinder.
  • the negative pressure acting on the transfer cylinder and the application cylinder is set by separate throttle valves or the like in connecting lines leading to the cylinders.
  • the pressure-side connection of the loop buffer uses the exhaust air of at least one such blower to generate the label tape loop in the loop buffer.
  • the device can thus be used in a particularly energy-saving and efficient manner.
  • the loop buffer preferably comprises at least one inflow nozzle connected to the blower on the pressure side, an inflow pipe or the like for the flow of exhaust air onto the label tape, in particular in order to form an inside of a label tape loop.
  • a suitable dynamic pressure on the inside of the loop can thus be generated in a structurally simple and efficient manner.
  • a Venturi nozzle connected to the blower on the pressure side is preferably present and connected to at least one suction opening formed on the loop buffer for sucking in the label tape, in particular in order to form an outside of a label tape loop.
  • a combination in which the inside of the loop flows against and the outside of the loop is sucked in is particularly advantageous.
  • the venturi then operates efficiently with the blower exhaust air.
  • a suitable inflow pressure or suction pressure can be set by means of separately adjustable throttle valves.
  • the loop buffer preferably has a loop channel for forming a horizontal label loop, a height-adjustable cover being formed on the loop channel.
  • the position of the cover can be adapted to the width of the label tape.
  • the vertical guidance of the label tape loop in the loop buffer can be improved.
  • the label tape loop can be specifically flown against and / or sucked in.
  • a method for equipping containers with glued labels comprises the steps: a) circulating transport of the containers; b) feeding a particularly pre-glued label tape with dynamic intermediate storage in a loop buffer; c) dividing the label tape into label segments; d) Transfer of the label tape on a transfer cylinder held by means of negative pressure; and e) placing a respective preceding label segment on the rotating container with the aid of an application cylinder which is held by means of negative pressure. Accordingly, exhaust air that occurs when the negative pressure is generated is used to flow against and / or suck in a label tape loop in the loop buffer.
  • the exhaust air can be used to generate a sufficiently strong air flow for forming and adjusting the length of the label tape loop.
  • the exhaust air flow can also be used to generate a negative pressure in a Venturi nozzle to suck in the label tape loop. In this way, a negative pressure that stabilizes the position of the label tape loop can be generated, in particular on the outside of the label tape loop, and the label tape loop can be elongated.
  • the inventive device 1 for equipping containers 2 with glued labels 3 comprises a transport means 4, which is designed, for example, as a container table, revolving slide / rail system or the like, with rotatable mounts 5 for the container 2 Lines are only indicated schematically, individually controllable drive units 5a for the mountings 5, such as servomotors. With these, the holders 5 can be rotated in a controlled manner in order to execute predetermined sequences of a rotary movement 5b for taking over and winding the labels 3 onto the container 2.
  • a feed unit 7 for feeding a label tape 8 that is to be glued or has already been glued and has no carrier is shown on a subframe 6.
  • the feed unit 7 preferably comprises supply holders 7a, for example in the form of label tape rolls, a splicing device 7b for an automatic roll change or the like, deflection rolls 7c, a tracking control unit 7d for guiding the label strip 8 and a conveyor unit 7e, for example with a spring-loaded drive roller for the label strip 8.
  • a loop buffer 9 Integrated into the feed unit 7 is a loop buffer 9, with which a label tape loop 8a of the continuous label tape 8 can be formed and enlarged or reduced for the purpose of dynamic intermediate storage.
  • the dynamic memory area of the loop buffer 9 is indicated schematically by two label tape loops 8a, 8a 'of different lengths. The achievement of the maximum or minimum memory size is determined, for example, by means of sensors 9a.
  • a cutting device 10, a transfer cylinder 11 and an application cylinder 12 are also provided following the conveying movement 8b of the label strip 8.
  • the cutting device 10 is preferably used to produce transverse perforations in the label strip 8, which subdivide it into label segments 8c.
  • the cutting device 10 is preferably designed in such a way that the label segments 8c are not separated with it, but rather run over the transfer cylinder 11 and the application cylinder 12 in a hanging manner.
  • an optional gluing unit 13 is preferably provided in the conveying area of the application cylinder 12, with which glue 8d, particularly in its longitudinal direction, is applied to the label strip 8 before it is separated into labels 3.
  • the glue 8d of the label strip 8 is in any case turned away from the application cylinder 12 and, if necessary, turned towards the transfer cylinder 11.
  • the label tape 8 is thus guided by the application cylinder 12 with the glue 8d approximately tangentially against the container 2 running along the application cylinder 12 and pressed on.
  • the application cylinder 12 rotates continuously and synchronously with the transport means 4, so that it establishes contact between the respective preceding label segment 8c and a side wall area 2a of an associated container 2.
  • the containers 2, based on the conveying movement 8b of the label strip 8 are moved faster than the application cylinder 12 when making contact and / or after making contact Container 2 is attached and, by performing a suitable rotary movement 5b of the holder 5, tears off the label strip 8 at the subsequent transverse perforation and is provided in this way as an individual label 3.
  • the label 3 is also completely, if necessary, completely wound onto the container 2.
  • the transfer cylinder 11 and the application cylinder 12 are rotated at the same conveying speed.
  • individually controllable drive units 11a, 12a are preferably provided on the transfer cylinder 11 and on the application cylinder 12.
  • a uniform conveying speed can be set even with different diameters of the individual cylinders, so that the label strip 8 does not experience any slippage during the transition from the transfer cylinder 11 to the application cylinder 12. Consequently, a removal of glue onto the transfer cylinder 11 during the transition to the application cylinder 12 is possibly avoided. This is promoted by the fact that the label tape segments 8c are transferred hanging on one another and that the label segments 8c, in contrast to individual labels, reliably avoid running onto one another.
  • the cutting device 10 preferably comprises a rotor 10a with at least one cutting edge 10b.
  • the rotor 10a is preferably also driven by an individually controllable drive unit 10c.
  • the rotational frequency of the rotor 10a and the rotational speed of the cutting edge 10b can thus be adapted to the conveying speed of the label strip 8.
  • the transfer cylinder 11 is also suitable as a counter-cutting cylinder for the cutter 10b. A removal of glue when cutting / perforating on the cutting edge 10b can thereby be avoided.
  • the transfer cylinder 11 and the application cylinder 12 are preferably designed as vacuum cylinders with suction openings 11b, 12b in their outer surface, for example as so-called vacuum rollers, on which the label tape 8 is sucked in and held through suction openings 11b, 12b formed in the respective outer surfaces.
  • the suction is described in more detail below in connection with a second embodiment 21 and can be used equally for all embodiments.
  • the transfer cylinder 11 preferably has on its outer surface a coating 11c which reduces the adhesion of the glue 8d that may already be present there.
  • the application cylinder 12 preferably has on its outer surface an elastic layer 12c surrounding the suction openings 11b, 12b in order to facilitate the pressing of the labels 3 onto the containers 2, for example made of a rubber, plastic or the like with a hardness of 40 to 55 degrees Shore .
  • the other components of the labeling device can be designed in the same way as described above for the first embodiment 1.
  • the inlet 22a of the blower 22 on the negative pressure side is connected to the transfer cylinder 11 and the application cylinder 12 by means of a suction line 23.
  • Associated connecting lines 24 with individually adjustable throttle valves 25 preferably branch off from the common suction line 23.
  • a suction pressure acting through suction openings 11b, 12b on the transfer cylinder 11 and on the application cylinder 12 can be set separately. It would also be conceivable at this point to use separate blowers for the transfer cylinder 11 and the application cylinder 12, and to use the exhaust air of at least one of these blowers in analogy to the following.
  • a throttle valve 29 with which the air flow through the exhaust air line 26 can be regulated is also indicated schematically.
  • a Venturi nozzle 30 is present in the exhaust air line 26 and / or in the inflow line 27, which by means of the exhaust air from the fan 2 generates a negative pressure in a manner known per se.
  • the Venturi nozzle 30 is then connected to a suction line 31 with an optional throttle valve 32 in order to suck in air from the loop buffer 9 through at least one suction opening 33 on a suction nozzle or the like, essentially opposite the inflow nozzle 28.
  • the interaction of flow and suction in the loop buffer 9 is in the Figure 3 indicated in detail.
  • the loop buffer 9 is designed as a channel between side walls 9b, a cover 9c and the underframe 6. Exhaust air is directed from the inlet nozzle 28 onto the inside of the label tape loop 8 a forming in the loop buffer 9.
  • negative pressure is applied through the suction opening 33 and the suction line 31. This allows a stable Ensure label tape loop 8a even at the required high conveying speeds for labeling containers 2 in filling systems.
  • the formation of the lying label tape loop 8a and its guidance can be optimized by a height 9d of the loop buffer 9 that is adapted to the label tape width.
  • the label tape loop 8a is then targeted against a flow and this is then optionally sucked in just as effectively on the opposite side of the loop buffer 9.
  • a height 9d of the loop buffer that is adapted to the width of the label tape 8 prevents the label tape 8 from fluttering to the side.
  • the holder 34 can be designed, for example, as a revolver with several spacers 35 or the like of different lengths for holding the cover 9c.
  • the height 9d of the loop buffer 9 can thus be adapted quickly and precisely to the width of the label strip 8 and / or the desired flow conditions in the loop buffer 9.
  • the exhaust air from the fan 22 can be used efficiently for the operation of the loop buffer 9.
  • the associated air flows can be regulated in a targeted and simple manner.
  • the combination of flow and suction on opposite sides of the loop buffer 9 enables a particularly stable guidance of the label tape loop 8a in the loop buffer 9.
  • sensors 9a, 9b the length of the label tape loop 8a and thus the filling level of the loop buffer 9 can be monitored and adjusted , for example before an imminent change of the label tape roll.
  • the described embodiments 1, 21 can be used, for example, as follows:
  • the containers 2 are provided as a continuous product stream on the transport means 4.
  • the containers 2 are, for example, bottles, cans, outer packaging or the like with an essentially cylindrical side wall area which is to be equipped with the glued labels 3.
  • the label tape 8 is provided without a carrier layer over a possibly already existing glue 8d, preferably with a continuous advance through the device 1, 21 according to the invention.
  • a label tape loop 8a is preferably produced in the loop buffer 9 by means of flow and / or suction, in order to be able to compensate in particular for different feed speeds.
  • the label strip 8 is perforated transversely with a continuous feed and divided into label segments 8c, which are preferably torn from the label strip 8 when transferred to the container 2 and then wound as labels 3 onto the container 2. According to the invention, the label strip 8 is then separated only when the label segments 8c are transferred to the containers 2 to form the labels 3.
  • Label strips 8 that have not been pre-glued are preferably glued after perforation, but in any case before the labels 3 are separated.
  • a continuous gluing in the longitudinal direction of the label tape 8 in the conveying area of the application cylinder 12 is particularly advantageous Avoid container 2.
  • the removal of glue onto the transfer cylinder 11 can be prevented or at least minimized. Since any glue 8d of the label tape 8 that may already be present at this point faces the transfer cylinder 11 and faces away from the cutting device 10, glue removal on the cutting edge 10b of the cutting device 10 can also be prevented or at least minimized.
  • the individually controllable drive units 5a of the mountings 5 can be used flexibly Specify the speed curves of the container rotation 5b and, if necessary, adapt them to different label materials, label lengths and / or container diameters, container materials or the like.
  • the tearing off of the label segments 8c can be supported mechanically by ejecting compressed air and / or extending a plunger (not shown) from the application cylinder 12, preferably synchronized with the attachment of the label segments 8c to the containers 2.
  • a ram or the like could be moved from the outside against the label tape 8 running on the application cylinder 12 in order to support the tearing off of the label segments 8c.
  • a rotor synchronized with the application cylinder would also be suitable, which, for example, acts in an oscillating manner on the label strip 8 in order to separate a label segment 8c and to separate it into a label.
  • the individually controllable drive units 10c, 11a, 12a of the cutting device 10, the transfer cylinder 11 and the application cylinder 12 enable synchronous and Slip-free transport of the label tape 8 as a function of the transport speed of the transport means 4 and a machine output determined thereby.

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  1. Dispositif (1) permettant d'équiper des récipients (2) avec des étiquettes (3) encollées, comprenant :
    - des supports (5) destinés aux récipients (2), circulant sur un moyen de transport (4) et pouvant tourner sur eux-mêmes ;
    - une unité d'alimentation (7) permettant d'alimenter une bande d'étiquetage (8) ;
    - un dispositif de coupe (10) avec un rotor (10a) et avec un contre-cylindre de coupe rotatif permettant de diviser la bande d'étiquetage (8) en segments d'étiquetage au moyen d'une perforation transversale ; et
    - un cylindre d'application (12) rotatif, au moyen duquel la bande d'étiquetage (8) peut être mise en place sur les récipients (2) circulant sur le moyen de transport (4), caractérisé en ce que les supports (5) peuvent tourner de manière commandée de telle manière qu'ils se déplacent, par rapport au mouvement de convoyage (8b) de la bande d'étiquetage (8), plus rapidement que le cylindre d'application (12) pendant et/ou après la mise en place d'un segment d'étiquetage (8c) s'étendant en amont, afin de détacher le segment d'étiquetage (8c) au niveau d'une perforation transversale et de le transférer au niveau d'un récipient (2),
    le contre-cylindre de coupe est réalisé sous la forme d'un cylindre de transfert (11) qui permet de transférer la bande d'étiquetage (8) et est en contact avec le côté encollé ou à encoller de ladite bande d'étiquetage,
    et le dispositif de coupe (10) est réalisé de telle manière qu'au moins une arête de coupe (10b), réalisée au niveau du rotor (10a) et coopérant avec le cylindre de transfert, est déplacée de manière tangentielle en accompagnant la bande d'étiquetage (8) passant sur le cylindre de transfert (11).
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le cylindre de transfert (11) et le cylindre d'application (12) peuvent être entraînés à la même vitesse circonférentielle.
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 2, dans lequel le cylindre de transfert (11) et le cylindre d'application (12) présentent des unités d'entraînement (11a, 12a) pouvant être commandées de manière individuelle.
  4. Dispositif selon au moins l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel les supports (5) présentent des unités d'entraînement (5a) pouvant être commandées de manière individuelle.
  5. Dispositif selon au moins l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel les supports (5) sont entraînés au moyen d'au moins un servomoteur.
  6. Dispositif selon au moins l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le cylindre d'application (12) présente des orifices d'aspiration (12b) répartis de manière circonférentielle et entourés par une couche d'appui (12c) élastique destinée à la bande d'étiquetage (8).
  7. Procédé permettant d'équiper des récipients (2) avec des étiquettes (3) encollées, comprenant les étapes de :
    a) transport des récipients (2) par circulation ;
    b) alimentation d'une bande d'étiquetage (8) ;
    c) perforation transversale de la bande d'étiquetage (8) afin de la diviser en segments d'étiquetage (8c) ;
    d) transfert de la bande d'étiquetage (8) avec un cylindre de transfert (11) en cours de rotation en contact avec le côté encollé ou à encoller de la bande d'étiquetage (8) ; et
    e) mise en place d'un segment d'étiquetage (8c), s'étendant respectivement en amont, de la bande d'étiquetage (8) sur les récipients (2) en circulation, au moyen d'un cylindre d'application (12) en cours de rotation ; et
    f) rotation des supports (5) de telle manière qu'ils se déplacent, par rapport au mouvement de convoyage (8b) de la bande d'étiquetage (8), plus rapidement que le cylindre d'application (12) pendant et/ou après la mise en place du segment d'étiquetage (8c), et que le segment d'étiquetage (8c) est détaché au niveau d'une perforation transversale et est réceptionné par un récipient (2),
    dans lequel au moins une arête de coupe (10b) est déplacée de manière tangentielle au niveau d'un rotor (10a) en accompagnant la bande d'étiquetage (8) passant sur le cylindre de transfert (11) et la bande d'étiquetage (8) est perforée lorsqu'elle passe sur le cylindre de transfert (11) faisant office de contre-cylindre de coupe.
  8. Procédé selon la revendication 7, dans lequel la vitesse de convoyage de la bande d'étiquetage (8) est constante lors du transfert du cylindre de transfert (11) vers le cylindre d'application (12) et/ou lors de la perforation transversale.
  9. Procédé selon la revendication 7 ou 8, dans lequel la bande d'étiquetage (8) est encollée en continu dans le sens longitudinal ou est encollée avant que les segments d'étiquetage (8c) ne soient détachés, en particulier en continu dans le sens longitudinal.
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