EP3772466B1 - Price label applying system - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a price labeling system for the automatic weighing and labeling of packaged goods, with a frame that has a number of support elements, a load cell, a transport device including a weighing belt for transporting the goods, a vacuum or compressed air generator and a labeller, which acts as a vacuum and / or compressed air collector is formed and is connected to the vacuum or compressed air generator.
- a price labeling system with the features of the preamble of claim 1 is from U.S. 4,367,118 known. From the WO 2015/004615 a system with several labellers on a vacuum line is known.
- Price labeling systems are used for weight-variable price and goods labeling in retail, trade and industrial companies.
- the weight of the pre-packaged goods during transport over the weighing belt is determined by a load cell on which the weighing belt is supported, and then a corresponding label with the weight and an associated price is printed by a labeller and the pre-packed goods are provided with the corresponding label .
- the labellers work with vacuum and/or compressed air, which is made available, for example, by a vacuum pump or a compressor.
- vacuum and/or compressed air which is made available, for example, by a vacuum pump or a compressor.
- the label can be sucked onto the stamp plate via a vacuum and then stamped onto the goods by extending the stamp arm (vacuum only).
- Stamp labellers are also known in which stamping is not applied mechanically, but instead a switch is made from suction to blowing at the end of the application process. so that the label is blown onto the goods (vacuum and compressed air). With an air-blown labeller, the label is applied completely contact-free using compressed air blown in the direction of the goods (compressed air only).
- labellers in particular bottom-web labellers, are known with a suction belt band in order to move the label to a dispensing position, at which the label is then immediately picked up by the goods (only vacuum).
- a labeler according to the invention can be designed, for example, as a stamp labeler, as a blow-air labeler or as a labeler with a suction belt band.
- each labeler In a pricing system that only has one labeler and is to be upgraded for operation with multiple labelers or already has multiple labelers from the outset, each labeler has its own vacuum generator and/or its own compressed air generator. This is associated with corresponding costs.
- the invention is based on the object of specifying a pricing system of the type mentioned at the outset that can be produced at low cost.
- a price labeling system with the features of claim 1, and in particular in that a vacuum or compressed air reservoir is provided, which is connected between the vacuum or compressed air generator and the labeller, the vacuum or compressed air reservoir being provided with at least one in particular in each case, designed as a hollow body supporting element is formed.
- a vacuum reservoir which stores the vacuum generated by the vacuum generator and releases it again when required, makes it possible to connect several labelers, each designed as a vacuum collector, indirectly to the same vacuum generator, since the several labelers can easily be connected to the vacuum reservoir at the same time, which in turn is connected to the vacuum generator.
- the vacuum level changes negligibly at best when the reservoir is accessed during a labeling process, since only a small portion of the vacuum is then drawn off.
- the vacuum reservoir has the additional advantage that the vacuum pump does not necessarily have to run continuously as long as the vacuum prevailing in the vacuum reservoir or the negative pressure prevailing in the vacuum reservoir is sufficient for the labeling operation.
- This advantage can already be achieved with a price labeling system with only one labeller. The same applies if the price labeling system comprises a compressed air generator, a compressed air reservoir and one or more labellers designed as compressed air consumers.
- the vacuum reservoir or the compressed air reservoir is formed by at least one support element, designed as a hollow body, of the frame of the pricing system.
- the vacuum or the compressed air can then be stored in the interior of the support element.
- the vacuum reservoir can also be referred to as a vacuum container, vacuum reservoir or vacuum tank.
- the compressed air reservoir can also be referred to as a compressed air tank, compressed air reservoir or compressed air tank.
- At least two labellers are provided, each designed as a vacuum and/or compressed air pickup and connected to the vacuum or compressed air reservoir, as explained above.
- the two labelers can be a top web labeler and a bottom web labeler, two bottom web labelers or two top web labelers.
- a top web labeler may also be referred to as a top package labeler and a bottom web labeler as a bottom package labeler.
- the vacuum or compressed air reservoir can be formed by at least two support elements, each designed as a hollow body.
- the volume of the vacuum reservoir or the compressed air reservoir available for the connected labeller or labellers can be increased.
- the larger the volume available, in particular the more support elements formed as hollow bodies form the vacuum or compressed air reservoir the less the vacuum or compressed air level in the reservoir changes when the reservoir is accessed during a labeling process i.e. the respective level is then subject to slight fluctuations at best, and can therefore be kept comparatively constant, so that a particularly uniform operation of the labeler or labelers can be guaranteed.
- the interiors of the at least two support elements, each designed as a hollow body can merge directly into one another, for example in such a way that the at least two support elements, each designed as a hollow body, are welded to one another and/or connected to one another indirectly via at least one vacuum or compressed air line.
- An embodiment of the invention can be designed such that a vacuum generator and a compressed air generator are provided, and that a vacuum reservoir and a compressed air reservoir are provided, each formed by at least one support element, in particular each formed as a hollow body are, wherein the vacuum reservoir is connected to the vacuum generator and the compressed air reservoir to the compressed air generator, and wherein the labeler is designed both as a vacuum and a compressed air pickup and is connected to both the vacuum reservoir and the compressed air reservoir.
- a stamp labeller as described above, is used, in which a switch is made from suction to blowing at the end of the application process.
- a further labeller which is designed as a vacuum and/or compressed air pickup and is connected to the vacuum and/or compressed air reservoir.
- a further labeller can therefore be a vacuum pickup, a compressed air pickup or a vacuum and compressed air pickup.
- Several other labellers can also be of different types.
- a further labeler can be designed as a vacuum pickup and another further labeler can be designed as a compressed air pickup or as a vacuum and compressed air pickup.
- Another embodiment of the invention can be designed in such a way that a vacuum generator and a compressed air generator are provided, and that a vacuum reservoir and a compressed air reservoir are provided, each of which is formed by at least one support element, in particular each formed as a hollow body, with the vacuum reservoir being attached to the Vacuum generator and the compressed air reservoir is connected to the compressed air generator, and wherein a labeler, which is designed as a vacuum collector and connected to the vacuum reservoir, and a labeler, which is designed as a compressed air collector and connected to the compressed air reservoir, are provided.
- a labeler which is designed as a vacuum collector and connected to the vacuum reservoir
- a labeler which is designed as a compressed air collector and connected to the compressed air reservoir
- at least one further labeller can be provided, which acts as a vacuum and/or compressed air collector and connected to the vacuum and/or compressed air reservoir, as described above.
- The, in particular respective, labeller can be connected to the, in particular respective, vacuum or compressed air reservoir via a, in particular respective, connecting line.
- The, in particular respective, vacuum or compressed air reservoir can be connected via a, in particular respective, feed line to the, in particular respective, vacuum or compressed air generator.
- the support element, in particular the respective one, designed as a hollow body is preferably designed as an elongate hollow body, in particular as a horizontal support, in particular a longitudinal support, or vertical support.
- the support element or elements, each designed as a hollow body can have a round or rectangular cross section. However, other cross sections are also possible.
- Supporting elements of the frame that are not part of the or a vacuum or compressed air reservoir are preferably also designed as elongated hollow bodies, in particular as horizontal supports or vertical supports, in particular to reduce the weight of the frame or the price labeling system.
- the frame can have longitudinal members, cross members and supports and/or be constructed in a modular manner, in particular according to a modular system. Irrespective of this, the vacuum generator can be designed as a vacuum pump and/or the pressure generator can be designed as a compressor.
- the pricing system shown comprises a continuous transport device 11 in the form of a plurality of conveyor belts connected in series (not shown in detail), through which the packaged goods are transported along a transport direction 13, first through a weighing section 15 of the pricing system and then through a labeling section 17 of the pricing system.
- a weighing section 15 of the pricing system In the weighing section 15, one of the conveyor belts is designed as a weighing belt, which is supported on a load cell, not shown, with which the weight of the respective packaged goods is determined.
- a corresponding label with the weight and an associated price is then printed in the labeling section 17 by a labeller 19, 21 and applied to the respective packaged goods.
- the pricing system shown comprises two labelers, namely an upper web labeler 19 and a lower web labeler 21.
- the upper web labeler 19 is designed as a stamp labeler that stamps the labels from above onto the top of the packaged goods.
- the bottom web labeler 21 dispenses the labels from below through a gap formed between two consecutive conveyor belts directly onto the underside of the packaged goods.
- the labellers 19, 21 can be operated optionally, in particular depending on the packaged goods, or simultaneously, in which case one of the two labels can then be a decorative label.
- the price labeling system includes a frame 23 on which the transport device 11, ie the conveyor belts, and the two labelers 19, 21 are supported.
- the frame 23 includes several supporting elements, viz in particular two side walls 27, which are arranged on the infeed and outfeed side in the transport direction 13, several vertical supports 29 in the form of feet and several longitudinal supports 31, 33, each designed as a round or square tube.
- Four longitudinal supports 31 are provided in the weighing section 15, viz two upper side members, which are covered in the two figures by lateral dirt deflector plates 35, and two lower side members 31, of which one side member 31 in the front view according to FIG 1 and the other longitudinal beam 31 in the rear view according to FIG 2 is recognizable. Only a rear, lower longitudinal beam 33 is provided in the labeling section 17 . This is due to the lack of space and is due to the fact that the frame 23 accommodates the lower web labeler 21 in the labeling section 17, which is positioned on an extendable extension 37 in order to be able to ensure easy accessibility to the lower web labeler 21.
- the two labellers 19, 21 each require a vacuum or negative pressure for their operation in order to hold the labels.
- the two labellers 19, 21 are therefore vacuum pickups.
- the required vacuum is provided by a vacuum pump 39 which is arranged, for example, behind the bottom web labeller 21 and serves as a vacuum generator, as is shown in 2 is shown, where in 2 a rear switch cabinet 41 for controlling the pricing system and a rear cable rake 43, which serves as a sorting aid for cables routed into the switch cabinet 41, are omitted.
- the longitudinal support 33 of the labeling section 17 is designed as a vacuum reservoir 25 which is connected to the vacuum pump 39 via a feed line 45.
- the two labelers 19, 21 are each connected via a connecting line 47 to the vacuum reservoir 25 and the longitudinal beam 33, respectively.
- the interposed vacuum reservoir 25 can provide a sufficiently large and therefore stable volume for stable operation of the two labellers 19, 21.
- a price labeling system with only one vacuum-based labeller can easily be expanded to include other vacuum-based labelers.
- the use of a support element of the frame as a vacuum reservoir has the advantage that a separate vacuum reservoir is not required, but a component that is already present can be used for this purpose.
- the vacuum pump is replaced by a compressor and the reservoir is a compressed air reservoir.
- both at least one vacuum-based labeler and at least one compressed air-based labeler and/or at least one both vacuum-based and compressed-air-based labeler are present, both a vacuum pump and a compressor and both a vacuum reservoir and compressed air reservoir available.
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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Preisauszeichnungssystem zur automatischen Verwiegung und Etikettierung von verpackter Ware, mit einem Gestell, das mehrere Tragelemente aufweist, einer Wägezelle, einer Transportvorrichtung einschließlich eines Wägebands zum Transport der Ware, einem Vakuum- oder Drucklufterzeuger und einem Etikettierer, der als ein Vakuum- und/oder Druckluftabnehmer ausgebildet ist und der an den Vakuum- oder Drucklufterzeuger angeschlossen ist. Ein Preisauszeichnungssystem mit den Merkmalen des Oberbegriffs des Anspruchs 1 ist aus der
Preisauszeichnungssysteme werden für die gewichtsvariable Preis- und Warenauszeichnung im Handel, Handwerk und in Industriebetrieben eingesetzt. Dabei wird das Gewicht der vorverpackten Ware beim Transport über das Wägeband durch eine Wägezelle, auf der sich das Wägeband abstützt, bestimmt und anschließend wird durch einen Etikettierer ein entsprechendes Etikett mit dem Gewicht und einem zugehörigen Preis gedruckt und die vorverpackte Ware mit dem entsprechenden Etikett versehen.Price labeling systems are used for weight-variable price and goods labeling in retail, trade and industrial companies. The weight of the pre-packaged goods during transport over the weighing belt is determined by a load cell on which the weighing belt is supported, and then a corresponding label with the weight and an associated price is printed by a labeller and the pre-packed goods are provided with the corresponding label .
Zur Aufnahme bzw. Applikation der Etiketten arbeiten die Etikettierer mit Vakuum und/oder Druckluft, das bzw. die z.B. von einer Vakuumpumpe oder einem Kompressor zur Verfügung gestellt wird. Beispielsweise kann bei einem motorisch bewegten Stempeletikettierer mit Stempelplatte und Stempelarm das Etikett über ein Vakuum an die Stempelplatte angesaugt und anschließend durch Ausfahren des Stempelarms auf die Ware aufgestempelt werden (nur Vakuum). Es sind auch Stempeletikettierer bekannt, bei denen nicht mechanisch aufgestempelt wird, sondern am Ende des Appliziervorgangs von Saugen auf Blasen umgeschaltet wird, so dass das Etikett auf die Ware aufgeblasen wird (Vakuum und Druckluft). Bei einem Blasetikettierer wird das Etikett vollständig berührungslos mittels Druckluft in Richtung der Ware abgeblasen (nur Druckluft). Darüber hinaus sind Etikettierer, insbesondere Unterbahn-Etikettierer, mit einem Saugriemenband bekannt, um das Etikett an eine Spendeposition zu verfahren, an der das Etikett von der Ware dann unmittelbar aufgenommen wird (nur Vakuum). Entsprechend kann ein erfindungsgemäßer Etikettierer beispielsweise als Stempeletikettierer, als Blasetikettierer oder als Etikettierer mit Saugriemenband ausgebildet sein.To pick up or apply the labels, the labellers work with vacuum and/or compressed air, which is made available, for example, by a vacuum pump or a compressor. For example, in a motor-driven stamp labeller with stamp plate and stamp arm, the label can be sucked onto the stamp plate via a vacuum and then stamped onto the goods by extending the stamp arm (vacuum only). Stamp labellers are also known in which stamping is not applied mechanically, but instead a switch is made from suction to blowing at the end of the application process. so that the label is blown onto the goods (vacuum and compressed air). With an air-blown labeller, the label is applied completely contact-free using compressed air blown in the direction of the goods (compressed air only). In addition, labellers, in particular bottom-web labellers, are known with a suction belt band in order to move the label to a dispensing position, at which the label is then immediately picked up by the goods (only vacuum). Accordingly, a labeler according to the invention can be designed, for example, as a stamp labeler, as a blow-air labeler or as a labeler with a suction belt band.
Bei einem Preisauszeichnungssystem, das lediglich einen Etikettierer aufweist und für einen Betrieb mit mehreren Etikettieren aufgerüstet werden soll oder bereits von vornherein mehrere Etikettierer besitzt, wird für jeden Etikettierer ein eigener Vakuumerzeuger und/oder ein eigener Drucklufterzeuger zur Verfügung gestellt. Dies ist mit entsprechenden Kosten verbunden.In a pricing system that only has one labeler and is to be upgraded for operation with multiple labelers or already has multiple labelers from the outset, each labeler has its own vacuum generator and/or its own compressed air generator. This is associated with corresponding costs.
Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, ein Preisauszeichnungssystem der eingangs genannten Art anzugeben, das kostengünstig herstellbar ist.The invention is based on the object of specifying a pricing system of the type mentioned at the outset that can be produced at low cost.
Diese Aufgabe wird durch ein Preisauszeichnungssystem mit den Merkmalen des Anspruchs 1 gelöst, und insbesondere dadurch, dass ein Vakuum- oder Druckluftreservoir vorgesehen ist, das zwischen den Vakuum- oder Drucklufterzeuger und den Etikettierer geschaltet ist, wobei das Vakuum- oder Druckluftreservoir durch wenigstens ein, insbesondere jeweils, als Hohlkörper ausgebildetes Tragelement gebildet ist.This object is achieved by a price labeling system with the features of claim 1, and in particular in that a vacuum or compressed air reservoir is provided, which is connected between the vacuum or compressed air generator and the labeller, the vacuum or compressed air reservoir being provided with at least one in particular in each case, designed as a hollow body supporting element is formed.
Durch die Zwischenschaltung eines Vakuumreservoirs, das das von dem Vakuumerzeuger erzeugte Vakuum speichert und bei Bedarf wieder abgibt, wird ermöglicht, mehrere Etikettierer, die jeweils als Vakuumabnehmer ausgebildet sind, mittelbar an denselben Vakuumerzeuger anzuschließen, da die mehreren Etikettierer ohne Weiteres gleichzeitig an das Vakuumreservoir, das seinerseits an den Vakuumerzeuger angeschlossen ist, angeschlossen werden können. Für mehrere jeweils als Vakuumabnehmer ausgebildete Etikettierer ist also nur ein Vakuumerzeuger erforderlich. Hierdurch können Kosten reduziert werden. Soll bzw. sollen bei einem Preisauszeichnungssystem mit nur einem Etikettierer, der als Vakuumabnehmer ausgebildet ist, ein weiterer oder mehrere weitere Etikettierer, die jeweils als Vakuumabnehmer ausgebildet sind, nachgerüstet werden, kann bzw. können der bzw. die weiteren Etikettierer einfach an das bereits vorhandenen Vakuumreservoir angeschlossen werden. Im Übrigen ändert sich bei ausreichend dimensioniertem Vakuumreservoir das Vakuumniveau allenfalls vernachlässigbar, wenn bei einem Etikettier-Vorgang auf das Reservoir zugegriffen wird, da dann jeweils nur ein kleiner Anteil des Vakuums entnommen wird. Darüber hinaus hat das Vakuumreservoir den zusätzlichen Vorteil, dass die Vakuumpumpe nicht zwingend durchgehend laufen muss, solange das in dem Vakuumreservoir herrschende Vakuum bzw. der in dem Vakuumreservoir herrschende Unterdruck für den Etikettier-Betrieb ausreichend ist. Dieser Vorteil kann bereits bei einem Preisauszeichnungssystem mit nur einem Etikettierer erreicht werden. Entsprechendes gilt, wenn das Preisauszeichnungssystem einen Drucklufterzeuger, ein Druckluftreservoir und einen oder mehrere jeweils als Druckluftabnehmer ausgebildete Etikettierer umfasst.The interposition of a vacuum reservoir, which stores the vacuum generated by the vacuum generator and releases it again when required, makes it possible to connect several labelers, each designed as a vacuum collector, indirectly to the same vacuum generator, since the several labelers can easily be connected to the vacuum reservoir at the same time, which in turn is connected to the vacuum generator. There is only one vacuum generator for a number of labellers each designed as a vacuum pickup necessary. As a result, costs can be reduced. If, in a price labeling system with only one labeler designed as a vacuum pickup, one or more additional labelers, each designed as a vacuum pickup, are to be retrofitted, the additional labeler(s) can simply be attached to the existing one be connected to the vacuum reservoir. Otherwise, with a sufficiently dimensioned vacuum reservoir, the vacuum level changes negligibly at best when the reservoir is accessed during a labeling process, since only a small portion of the vacuum is then drawn off. Furthermore, the vacuum reservoir has the additional advantage that the vacuum pump does not necessarily have to run continuously as long as the vacuum prevailing in the vacuum reservoir or the negative pressure prevailing in the vacuum reservoir is sufficient for the labeling operation. This advantage can already be achieved with a price labeling system with only one labeller. The same applies if the price labeling system comprises a compressed air generator, a compressed air reservoir and one or more labellers designed as compressed air consumers.
Das Vakuumreservoir oder das Druckluftreservoir wird durch wenigstens ein als Hohlkörper ausgebildetes Tragelement des Gestells des Preisauszeichnungssystems gebildet. Das Vakuum bzw. die Druckluft kann dann in dem Innenraum des Tragelements gespeichert werden. Dies hat den Vorteil, dass kein separates Vakuum- oder Druckluftreservoir benötigt wird, sondern dass auf ein bereits vorhandenes Bauteil zugegriffen werden kann. Hierdurch können Kosten weiter reduziert werden. Das Vakuumreservoir kann auch als Vakuumbehälter, Vakuumspeicher oder Vakuumtank bezeichnet werden. Das Druckluftreservoir kann auch als Druckluftbehälter, Druckluftspeicher oder Drucklufttank bezeichnet werden.The vacuum reservoir or the compressed air reservoir is formed by at least one support element, designed as a hollow body, of the frame of the pricing system. The vacuum or the compressed air can then be stored in the interior of the support element. This has the advantage that no separate vacuum or compressed air reservoir is required, but that an already existing component can be accessed. As a result, costs can be further reduced. The vacuum reservoir can also be referred to as a vacuum container, vacuum reservoir or vacuum tank. The compressed air reservoir can also be referred to as a compressed air tank, compressed air reservoir or compressed air tank.
Es sind wenigstens zwei Etikettierer vorgesehen, die jeweils als ein Vakuum- und/oder Druckluftabnehmer ausgebildet und an das Vakuum- oder Druckluftreservoir angeschlossen sind, wie es vorstehend erläutert ist. Bei den beiden Etikettierern kann es sich um einen Oberbahn-Etikettierer (engl.: top labeler) und einen Unterbahn-Etikettierer (engl.: bottom labeler), zwei Unterbahn-Etikettierer oder zwei Oberbahn-Etikettierer handeln. Ein Oberbahn-Etikettierer kann auch als Etikettierer für die Verpackungsoberseite bezeichnet werden, und ein Unterbahn-Etikettierer als Etikettierer für die Verpackungsunterseite.At least two labellers are provided, each designed as a vacuum and/or compressed air pickup and connected to the vacuum or compressed air reservoir, as explained above. The two labelers can be a top web labeler and a bottom web labeler, two bottom web labelers or two top web labelers. A top web labeler may also be referred to as a top package labeler and a bottom web labeler as a bottom package labeler.
Darüber hinaus kann das Vakuum- oder Druckluftreservoir durch wenigstens zwei jeweils als Hohlkörper ausgebildete Tragelemente gebildet sein. Hierdurch kann das für den oder die angeschlossenen Etikettierer zur Verfügung stehende Volumen des Vakuumreservoirs oder des Druckluftreservoirs vergrößert werden. Je größer das zur Verfügung stehende Volumen ist, insbesondere durch je mehr jeweils als Hohlkörper ausgebildete Tragelemente das Vakuum- oder Druckluftreservoir gebildet ist, desto weniger ändert sich das im Reservoir vorliegende Vakuum- bzw. Druckluftniveau, wenn bei einem Etikettier-Vorgang auf das Reservoir zugegriffen wird, d.h. das jeweilige Niveau unterliegt dann allenfalls geringen Schwankungen, kann also vergleichsweise konstant gehalten werden, so dass ein besonders gleichmäßiger Betrieb des oder der Etikettierer gewährleistet werden kann. Dabei können die Innenräume der wenigstens zwei jeweils als Hohlkörper ausgebildeten Tragelemente unmittelbar ineinander übergehen, beispielsweise derart, dass die wenigstens zwei jeweils als Hohlkörper ausgebildeten Tragelemente miteinander verschweißt sind, und/oder mittelbar über wenigstens eine Vakuum- oder Druckluftleitung miteinander verbunden sein.In addition, the vacuum or compressed air reservoir can be formed by at least two support elements, each designed as a hollow body. As a result, the volume of the vacuum reservoir or the compressed air reservoir available for the connected labeller or labellers can be increased. The larger the volume available, in particular the more support elements formed as hollow bodies form the vacuum or compressed air reservoir, the less the vacuum or compressed air level in the reservoir changes when the reservoir is accessed during a labeling process i.e. the respective level is then subject to slight fluctuations at best, and can therefore be kept comparatively constant, so that a particularly uniform operation of the labeler or labelers can be guaranteed. The interiors of the at least two support elements, each designed as a hollow body, can merge directly into one another, for example in such a way that the at least two support elements, each designed as a hollow body, are welded to one another and/or connected to one another indirectly via at least one vacuum or compressed air line.
Eine Ausführungsform der Erfindung kann derart ausgestaltet sein, dass ein Vakuumerzeuger und ein Drucklufterzeuger vorgesehen sind, und dass ein Vakuumreservoir und ein Druckluftreservoir vorgesehen sind, die jeweils durch wenigstens ein, insbesondere jeweils, als Hohlkörper ausgebildetes Tragelement gebildet sind, wobei das Vakuumreservoir an den Vakuumerzeuger und das Druckluftreservoir an den Drucklufterzeuger angeschlossen ist, und wobei der Etikettierer sowohl als ein Vakuum- als auch ein Druckluftabnehmer ausgebildet und sowohl an das Vakuumreservoir als auch das Druckluftreservoir angeschlossen ist. Eine derartige Ausführungsform bietet sich insbesondere dann an, wenn ein eingangs beschriebener Stempeletikettierer, bei dem am Ende des Appliziervorgangs von Saugen auf Blasen umgeschaltet wird, eingesetzt wird.An embodiment of the invention can be designed such that a vacuum generator and a compressed air generator are provided, and that a vacuum reservoir and a compressed air reservoir are provided, each formed by at least one support element, in particular each formed as a hollow body are, wherein the vacuum reservoir is connected to the vacuum generator and the compressed air reservoir to the compressed air generator, and wherein the labeler is designed both as a vacuum and a compressed air pickup and is connected to both the vacuum reservoir and the compressed air reservoir. Such an embodiment is particularly useful when a stamp labeller, as described above, is used, in which a switch is made from suction to blowing at the end of the application process.
Dies schließt nicht aus, dass wenigstens ein weiterer Etikettierer vorgesehen ist, der als ein Vakuum- und/oder Druckluftabnehmer ausgebildet und an das Vakuum- und/oder Druckluftreservoir angeschlossen ist. Bei einem weiteren Etikettierer kann es sich also um einen Vakuumabnehmer, einen Druckluftabnehmer oder einen Vakuum- und Druckluftabnehmer handeln. Mehrere weitere Etikettierer können auch unterschiedlicher Art sein. Beispielsweise kann ein weiterer Etikettierer als Vakuumabnehmer ausgebildet sein und ein anderer weiterer Etikettierer kann als Druckluftabnehmer oder als Vakuum- und Druckluftabnehmer ausgebildet sein.This does not rule out the provision of at least one further labeller, which is designed as a vacuum and/or compressed air pickup and is connected to the vacuum and/or compressed air reservoir. A further labeller can therefore be a vacuum pickup, a compressed air pickup or a vacuum and compressed air pickup. Several other labellers can also be of different types. For example, a further labeler can be designed as a vacuum pickup and another further labeler can be designed as a compressed air pickup or as a vacuum and compressed air pickup.
Eine andere Ausführungsform der Erfindung kann derart ausgestaltet sein, dass ein Vakuumerzeuger und ein Drucklufterzeuger vorgesehen sind, und dass ein Vakuumreservoir und ein Druckluftreservoir vorgesehen sind, die jeweils durch wenigstens ein, insbesondere jeweils, als Hohlkörper ausgebildetes Tragelement gebildet sind, wobei das Vakuumreservoir an den Vakuumerzeuger und das Druckluftreservoir an den Drucklufterzeuger angeschlossen ist, und wobei ein Etikettierer, der als Vakuumabnehmer ausgebildet und an das Vakuumreservoir angeschlossen ist, und ein Etikettierer, der als Druckluftabnehmer ausgebildet und an das Druckluftreservoir angeschlossen ist, vorgesehen sind. Eine derartige Ausführungsform bietet sich beispielsweise dann an, wenn ein eingangs beschriebener mechanisch aufstempelnder Stempeletikettierer und ein eingangs beschriebener Etikettierer mit Saugriemenband eingesetzt werden. Auch in diesem Fall kann wenigstens ein weiterer Etikettierer vorgesehen sein, der als ein Vakuum- und/oder Druckluftabnehmer ausgebildet und an das Vakuum- und/oder Druckluftreservoir angeschlossen ist, wie es vorstehend beschrieben ist.Another embodiment of the invention can be designed in such a way that a vacuum generator and a compressed air generator are provided, and that a vacuum reservoir and a compressed air reservoir are provided, each of which is formed by at least one support element, in particular each formed as a hollow body, with the vacuum reservoir being attached to the Vacuum generator and the compressed air reservoir is connected to the compressed air generator, and wherein a labeler, which is designed as a vacuum collector and connected to the vacuum reservoir, and a labeler, which is designed as a compressed air collector and connected to the compressed air reservoir, are provided. Such an embodiment is appropriate, for example, when a mechanically imprinting stamp labeller, as described above, and a labeler with a suction belt, as described above, are used. In this case, too, at least one further labeller can be provided, which acts as a vacuum and/or compressed air collector and connected to the vacuum and/or compressed air reservoir, as described above.
Der, insbesondere jeweilige, Etikettierer kann über eine, insbesondere jeweilige, Verbindungsleitung an das, insbesondere jeweilige, Vakuum- oder Druckluftreservoir angeschlossen sein. Das, insbesondere jeweilige, Vakuum- oder Druckluftreservoir kann über eine, insbesondere jeweilige, Speiseleitung an den, insbesondere jeweiligen, Vakuum- oder Drucklufterzeuger angeschlossen sein.The, in particular respective, labeller can be connected to the, in particular respective, vacuum or compressed air reservoir via a, in particular respective, connecting line. The, in particular respective, vacuum or compressed air reservoir can be connected via a, in particular respective, feed line to the, in particular respective, vacuum or compressed air generator.
Vorzugsweise ist das, insbesondere jeweilige, als Hohlkörper ausgebildete Tragelement als länglicher Hohlkörper, insbesondere als horizontaler Träger, insbesondere Längsträger, oder vertikale Stütze, ausgebildet. Der oder die jeweils als Hohlkörper ausgebildeten Tragelemente können im Querschnitt rund oder rechteckig ausgebildet sein. Jedoch sind auch andere Querschnitte möglich. Vorzugsweise sind auch Tragelemente des Gestells, die nicht Teil des oder eines Vakuum- oder Druckluftreservoirs sind, jeweils als länglicher Hohlkörper, insbesondere als horizontaler Träger oder vertikale Stütze, ausgebildet, insbesondere zur Gewichtsreduktion des Gestells bzw. des Preisauszeichnungssystems. Grundsätzlich kann das Gestell Längsträger, Querträger und Stützen aufweisen und/oder modular, insbesondere nach einem Baukastensystem, aufgebaut sein. Unabhängig hiervon kann der Vakuumerzeuger als Vakuumpumpe und/oder der Druckerzeuger als Kompressor ausgebildet sein.The support element, in particular the respective one, designed as a hollow body is preferably designed as an elongate hollow body, in particular as a horizontal support, in particular a longitudinal support, or vertical support. The support element or elements, each designed as a hollow body, can have a round or rectangular cross section. However, other cross sections are also possible. Supporting elements of the frame that are not part of the or a vacuum or compressed air reservoir are preferably also designed as elongated hollow bodies, in particular as horizontal supports or vertical supports, in particular to reduce the weight of the frame or the price labeling system. In principle, the frame can have longitudinal members, cross members and supports and/or be constructed in a modular manner, in particular according to a modular system. Irrespective of this, the vacuum generator can be designed as a vacuum pump and/or the pressure generator can be designed as a compressor.
Vorteilhafte Ausgestaltungen der Erfindung sind in den Unteransprüchen, der Beschreibung und der Zeichnung beschrieben.Advantageous configurations of the invention are described in the dependent claims, the description and the drawing.
Ein nicht-beschränkendes Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung ist in der Zeichnung dargestellt und wird nachfolgend beschrieben. Es zeigen, jeweils in schematischer Darstellung,
- Fig. 1
- ein erfindungsgemäßes Preisauszeichnungssystem in einer Vorderansicht, und
- Fig. 2
- das Preisauszeichnungssystem aus
Fig. 1 in einer Rückansicht.
- 1
- a price labeling system according to the invention in a front view, and
- 2
- the pricing system
1 in a rear view.
Das in
Das in
Darüber hinaus umfasst das Preisauszeichnungssystem ein Gestell 23, auf dem sich die Transportvorrichtung 11, d.h. die Förderbänder, und die beiden Etikettierer 19, 21 abstützen. Das Gestell 23 umfasst dabei mehrere Tragelemente, nämlich insbesondere zwei Seitenwangen 27, die in Transportrichtung 13 ein- und auslaufseitig angeordnet sind, mehrere vertikale Stützen 29 in Form von Standfü-βen sowie mehrere jeweils als Rund- oder Kantrohr ausgebildete Längsträger 31, 33. Im Wiegeabschnitt 15 sind vier Längsträger 31 vorgesehen, nämlich zwei obere Längsträger, die in den beiden Figuren durch seitliche Schmutzabweisbleche 35 verdeckt sind, sowie zwei untere Längsträger 31, von denen der eine Längsträger 31 in der Vorderansicht gemäß
Die beiden Etikettierer 19, 21 benötigen für ihren Betrieb jeweils ein Vakuum bzw. einen Unterdruck, um die Etiketten zu halten. Bei den beiden Etikettierern 19, 21 handelt es sich also um Vakuumabnehmer. Das erforderliche Vakuum wird durch eine beispielsweise hinter dem Unterbahn-Etikettierer 21 angeordnete Vakuumpumpe 39, die als Vakuumerzeuger dient, bereitgestellt, wie es in
Um beide Etikettierer 19, 21 mittels der Vakuumpumpe 39 betreiben zu können, ist der Längsträger 33 des Etikettierabschnitts 17 als ein Vakuumreservoir 25 ausgebildet, das über eine Speiseleitung 45 an die Vakuumpumpe 39 angeschlossen ist. Die beiden Etikettierer 19, 21 sind jeweils über eine Verbindungsleitung 47 an das Vakuumreservoir 25 bzw. den Längsträger 33 angeschlossen. Durch die Zwischenschaltung des Vakuumreservoirs 25 kann also erreicht werden, dass mehrere Etikettierer 19, 21 durch eine einzige Vakuumpumpe 39 betrieben werden können. Darüber hinaus kann durch das zwischengeschaltete Vakuumreservoir 25 ein ausreichend großes und damit stabiles Volumen für einen stabilen Betrieb der beiden Etikettierer 19, 21 zur Verfügung gestellt werden. Ein Preisauszeichnungssystem mit lediglich einem auf Vakuum-Basis arbeitenden Etikettierer kann ohne Weiteres um weitere auf Vakuum-Basis arbeitende Etikettierer erweitert werden. Die Verwendung eines Tragelements des Gestells als Vakuumreservoir hat dabei den Vorteil, dass kein separates Vakuumreservoir erforderlich ist, sondern hierfür ein ohnehin vorhandenes Bauteil verwendet werden kann.In order to be able to operate both
Zur Vergrößerung des Volumens des Vakuumreservoirs 25 kann in Betracht gezogen werden, zwei oder mehr der Längsträger 31, 33 zu einem gemeinsamen Vakuumreservoir zusammenzuschalten. Grundsätzlich kann auch ein anderes Tragelement als ein Längsträger 31, 33 als Vakuumreservoir 25 verwendet werden. Ferner können neben den beiden dargestellten Etikettierern 19, 21 weitere Etikettierer vorgesehen sein.In order to increase the volume of the vacuum reservoir 25, consideration can be given to connecting two or more of the
Bei Ausführungsformen, bei denen der oder die Etikettierer auf Druckluft-Basis arbeiten, wird die Vakuumpumpe durch einen Kompressor ersetzt, und bei dem Reservoir handelt es sich um ein Druckluftreservoir. Bei Ausführungsformen, bei denen sowohl wenigstens ein auf Vakuum-Basis arbeitender Etikettierer als auch wenigstens ein auf Druckluft-Basis arbeitender Etikettierer und/oder wenigstens ein sowohl auf Vakuum- als auch auf Druckluft-Basis arbeitender Etikettierer vorhanden sind, sind sowohl eine Vakuumpumpe als auch ein Kompressor und sowohl ein Vakuumreservoir als auch Druckluftreservoir vorhanden.In embodiments where the labeler or labelers operate on a compressed air basis, the vacuum pump is replaced by a compressor and the reservoir is a compressed air reservoir. In embodiments in which both at least one vacuum-based labeler and at least one compressed air-based labeler and/or at least one both vacuum-based and compressed-air-based labeler are present, both a vacuum pump and a compressor and both a vacuum reservoir and compressed air reservoir available.
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- Transportvorrichtungtransport device
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- Wiegeabschnittweighing section
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- Gestellframe
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- Vakuumreservoirvacuum reservoir
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- Seitenwangesidewall
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Claims (9)
- A price labeling system for automatically weighing and labeling packaged goods, comprising a frame (23) which has a plurality of support elements (27, 29, 31, 33); a load cell; a transport apparatus (11) including a weighing belt for transporting the goods; a vacuum or compressed air generator (39); and a labeler (19, 21) which is configured as a vacuum and/or compressed air collector and is connected to the vacuum or compressed air generator (39), wherein a vacuum or compressed air reservoir (25) is provided which is connected between the vacuum or compressed air generator (39) and the labeler (19, 21), wherein the vacuum or compressed air reservoir (25) is formed by at least one support element (33) of the frame (23) which is configured as a hollow body,
characterized in that
at least two labelers (19, 21) are provided which are each configured as a vacuum and/or compressed air collector and are connected to the vacuum or compressed air reservoir (25). - A price labeling system in accordance with claim 1,
characterized in that
the vacuum or compressed air reservoir is formed by at least two support elements which are each configured as a hollow body. - A price labeling system in accordance with claim 2,
characterized in that
the inner spaces of the at least two support elements, which are each configured as a hollow body, merge directly into one another and/or are indirectly connected to one another via at least one vacuum or compressed air line. - A price labeling system in accordance with any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that
a vacuum generator and a compressed air generator are provided, and in that a vacuum reservoir and a compressed air reservoir are provided which are each formed by at least one support element configured as a hollow body, wherein the vacuum reservoir is connected to the vacuum generator and the compressed air reservoir is connected to the compressed air generator, and wherein the labeler is configured both as a vacuum collector and as a compressed air collector and is connected both to the vacuum reservoir and to the compressed air reservoir. - A price labeling system in accordance with claim 4,
characterized in that
at least one further labeler is provided which is configured as a vacuum collector and/or a compressed air collector and is connected to the vacuum reservoir and/or the compressed air reservoir. - A price labeling system in accordance with any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that
a vacuum generator and a compressed air generator are provided, and in that a vacuum reservoir and a compressed air reservoir are provided which are each formed by at least one support element configured as a hollow body, with the vacuum reservoir being connected to the vacuum generator and the compressed air reservoir being connected to the compressed air generator, and with a labeler, which is configured as a vacuum collector and is connected to the vacuum reservoir, and a labeler, which is configured as a compressed air collector and is connected to the compressed air reservoir, being provided. - A price labeling system in accordance with claim 6,
characterized in that
at least one further labeler is provided which is configured as a vacuum collector and/or a compressed air collector and is connected to the vacuum reservoir and/or the compressed air reservoir. - A price labeling system in accordance with any one of the preceding claims, characterized in thatthe labeler (19, 21) is connected to the vacuum or compressed air reservoir (25) via a connection line (47), and/orin that the vacuum or compressed air reservoir (25) is connected to the vacuum or compressed air generator (39) via a feed line (45).
- A price labeling system in accordance with any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that
the support element (33) configured as a hollow body is configured as an elongate hollow body, in particular as a horizontal carrier or a vertical support.
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