JP2009057103A - Labeling device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a labeling device capable of being optionally switched to a right-hand use mode and a left-hand use mode. <P>SOLUTION: The labeling device 10 includes a label tape supplying portion 20 for supporting a label roll 1 and reeling out a label tape 3 from the label roll 1, and a labeling portion 30 attached to the label tape supplying portion 20, one end side of which is provided with a peeling portion 39 coming in contact with a back face of a release paper 4 and peels off a label 5 by folding back the release paper 4, and the other end side of which is provided with a winding roller 41 for winding a belt-like release paper 4 having the label 5 peeled off. The labeling portion 30 is attached to the label tape supplying portion 20 so as to be invertible. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a label sticking apparatus that peels a label from a belt-like mount and attaches the label to an object to be stuck on a belt conveyor or the like.

  In general, devices for attaching labels to products and the like are used in product production factories and retail backyards. This is because the label tape wound around the shaft tube in the form of a roll (the label is temporarily attached to the surface of the belt-like mount) is rotatably held and extends from the label tape wound in the form of a roll. The label tape is wound around a plurality of rollers and is folded back by a peeling portion disposed on one end side.

According to this apparatus, the label tape is transported in the longitudinal direction by rotating the roller with a motor or the like, and the label is peeled off from the mount at the peeling portion where the label tape is folded. And a belt conveyor etc. are arrange | positioned under the peeling part, and it is comprised so that a label can be affixed on a to-be-adhered object by carrying a to-be-adhered object below a peeling part continuously. Further, the end of the mount is hooked by a take-up roller, and the mount from which the label has been peeled by rotating the take-up roller is taken up by the take-up roller and collected (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-8152

  By the way, in the label sticking apparatus as described above, an object to be stuck is sent on a belt conveyor or the like from the opposite side of the one end side where the peeling part of the label sticking apparatus is provided, and below the label sticking apparatus. Finally, the label is pasted by the peeling part when passing through. As described above, since the conventional labeling device can only deal with an object to be sent from one direction, the user needs to change the direction of the labeling device in accordance with the flowing direction of the belt conveyor or the like. is there.

  However, if the space is limited due to equipment conditions at the factory, etc., or if the position of the operator engaged in the work is fixed, the labeling device should be oriented so that it corresponds to the direction of flow of the belt conveyor etc. In such a case, the user needs to select and use one of the two types of labeling devices for right-handed use and left-handed use that is suitable for his / her equipment situation. . Along with this, manufacturers have to prepare right-handed and left-handed label applicators, which have various obstacles such as production management, inventory management, and cost increase.

  In view of such a problem, the present invention can handle both right-handed and left-handed with a single unit, can be used flexibly without being influenced by the user's equipment situation, and can be produced by the manufacturer. An object of the present invention is to provide a labeling device that can reduce the cost of management and inventory management and reduce costs.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention proposes the following means.
That is, the label sticking device according to the present invention holds a label roll formed by winding a label tape with a label affixed on a belt-like mount in a roll shape, and also feeds out the label tape from the label roll. A tape supply unit and a label tape supply unit are attached to the label tape supply unit. The tape supply unit includes a peeling unit that is brought into contact with the back surface of the mount on one end side to fold the mount and peel the label from the mount. A label sticking device comprising a label sticking section provided with a winding roller around which the mount is wound, wherein the label sticking section is attached to the label tape supply section so that it can be reversely attached. .

  In the label affixing device having such a configuration, the label affixing unit is attached to the label tape supply unit such that the peeling unit located on one end side faces the label tape supply unit, for example, to the right. From the label tape supply part, the peeling part of the label affixing part faces the opposite side, that is, it is inverted so that it faces the left side, and the right-side peeling part is configured to the left. Can be redone. Accordingly, it is possible to configure two types of label affixing devices for the right hand and the left hand with a single label affixing device.

  Moreover, in the label sticking apparatus according to the present invention, the label sticking portion is formed substantially symmetrically in the vertical direction, and can be attached in the opposite direction to the connecting portion provided in the label tape supply portion.

  Since the label affixing part is formed approximately vertically symmetrically, the arrangement of the components of the label affixing part changes in the up-down direction even if the peeling part located on one end side of the label affixing part is directed in the opposite direction Therefore, it is possible to configure two types of label applicators for the right hand and the left hand.

  Furthermore, the label sticking apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a roll attachment shaft to which the label roll is attached on one side surface of the label tape supply unit, and an axis of the roll attachment shaft is provided at an end of the roll attachment shaft. It is characterized in that a pinching member that rotates substantially vertically from the direction and presses one end surface of the label roll is provided.

  The label roll is mounted on the roll mounting shaft, and in this state, the sandwiching member at the end of the roll mounting shaft is rotated perpendicularly from the axial direction of the roll mounting shaft and brought into contact with one end surface of the label roll. In this way, the label roll can be reliably held in the label tape supply section by pressing the label roll with the sandwiching member.

  Furthermore, the label sticking apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that the label tape supply section is rotatable about a connecting portion with the label sticking section as a fulcrum.

  Since the tilt angle can be adjusted by rotating the label tape supply part with the connecting part with the label sticking part as a fulcrum, for example, even when the label sticking device is installed in a place where space is limited, By changing the inclination angle of the label tape supply unit so as to be suitable for the space, it is possible to flexibly install it.

  According to the label sticking device of the present invention, it is possible to handle both right-handed and left-handed with a single unit, and it can be used flexibly without being influenced by the user's equipment situation, and the manufacturer's production It is possible to reduce the cost of management and inventory management and reduce costs.

    Hereinafter, an embodiment of a label sticking device according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 is a perspective view of a label sticking apparatus according to the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a label tape used in the label sticking apparatus according to the present embodiment, FIG. 3 is a front view of a label tape supply unit, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a front view of the label affixing portion, FIG. 6 is a front view of the label affixing device with the label affixing portion attached to the right hand, and FIG. 7 is a label with the label affixing portion attached to the right hand It is a front view of a sticking device.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the label sticking device 10 is schematically configured from a label tape supply unit 20 and a label sticking unit 30, and sticks a label 5 to an article W that is carried on a belt conveyor or the like. The label roll 1 is attached to the label tape supply unit 20 during operation.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the label roll 1 is composed of a cylindrical shaft tube 2 and a label tape 3 wound around the shaft tube 2 in a roll shape, and the label tape 3 is a strip-shaped mount. 4 and a label 5 temporarily attached to the surface of the mount 4.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the label tape supply unit 20 is positioned on the upper part of the label sticking device 10 and has a role of holding the label roll 1 and supplying the label tape 3. As shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 3, the label tape supply unit 20 is formed such that a rectangular flat plate-like first base body 22 and one side surface of the first base body 22 extend downward. A first base 21 configured with a base 23 is provided.

  On the lower end side of the base 23 of the first base 21, a connecting hole 24 is formed so as to penetrate the base 23 in a substantially circular shape as shown in FIG. Further, a rotatable guide roller 25 is provided at a boundary portion of the first base 21 between the first base main body 22 and the base portion 23 so as to protrude from the first base 21. Two rings 25a are provided on the outer periphery of the guide roller 25 at a certain interval in the axial direction of the guide roller 25. The width between the two rings 25a is the same as the width of the label tape 3. By adjusting the position of the ring 25a so as to be substantially the same, the label tape 3 wound around the guide roller 25 can be guided in a certain direction.

  Further, a roll mounting shaft 26 is provided on the first base 21 at the top of the first base body 22 so as to protrude from the first base body 22, and the shaft tube of the label roll 1 is provided on the roll mounting shaft 26. The label roll 1 is attached to the label tape supply unit 20 so that 2 is inserted. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the first base body 22 has a support disk 28 having a disk shape centered on the roll mounting shaft 26 so as to abut on the first base body 22. It is attached. In the present embodiment, the support disk 28 is made of a transparent member such as transparent plastic.

  And the pinching member 27 formed by bending the rod-shaped member which consists of metals etc. in the substantially U shape at the front-end | tip part of the roll attachment shaft 26 which protrudes from the 1st base main body 22 is attached. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the sandwiching member 27 has a U-shaped opening side end portion rotatably attached to a tip end portion of the roll mounting shaft 26, and With the end portion as a fulcrum, the roll mounting shaft 26 is configured to be rotatable between an axial direction and a direction perpendicular to the axial line. In the present embodiment, two sandwiching members 27 are provided along the vertical direction so that the rotation direction is symmetric with respect to the axis of the roll mounting shaft 26.

  In this embodiment, the label tape supply unit 20 configured as described above is bilaterally symmetric with a center line 1 extending in the vertical direction at the center of the label tape supply unit 20 in the horizontal direction in FIG. Is formed. Then, as shown in FIG. 1, the label tape 3 supplied from the label tape supply unit 20 is transferred to the lower part of the label tape supply unit 20, the label 5 is peeled off from the mount 4, and the mount 4 is further wound. The label attaching part 30 to be collected is collected so that its longitudinal direction extends in a substantially horizontal direction.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the label sticking part 30 includes a second base 31 on the rear side (left side in FIG. 5) and a peeling part 39 on the front side (right side in FIG. 5). The second base 31 is formed such that the front and rear direction (left and right direction in FIG. 5) has a flat plate shape as a longitudinal direction, and one side surface of the second base body 32 extends forward. A second base 31 including a rectangular portion 33 is included.

  The front portion of the rectangular portion 33 of the second base 31 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, as shown by a broken line in FIG. 5, and a peeling portion support plate 35 for attaching an arm 39a of the peeling portion 39 to be described later. Is provided. In addition, an opening is formed on the rectangular portion 33 of the second base 31 immediately behind the portion where the peeling portion support plate 35 is attached, and has a cylindrical shape so as to be in communication with the opening. A connecting pipe 36 is attached. Further, on the boundary side between the rectangular portion 33 of the second base 31 and the second base body 32, which is immediately behind the connecting tube 36, the shaft can be freely rotated in parallel with the connecting tube 36. A driving roller 37 is provided. The drive roller 37 is connected to a motor (not shown), and is configured to be driven in an arbitrary rotation direction by the motor.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the peeling part support plate 35, the connecting pipe 36, and the driving roller 37 are supported by being sandwiched from both sides in the width direction by the rectangular part 33 and the rectangular plate 38 of the second base 31. Yes. The rectangular plate 38 is provided with an opening 38 a that is in communication with the connecting pipe 36.

  In addition, the surface of the peeling portion support plate 35 facing the front side of the label attaching portion 30 is provided with a pair of arms 39a that extend toward the front side and are spaced apart in the width direction. A peeling plate 39b is installed at the tip of 39a. The peeling plate 39b is a rectangular plate in plan view that extends toward the front side, and the tip portion that is the folded portion of the label tape 3 is formed as a sharp portion with a sharp width in the thickness direction. The arm 39a and the peeling plate 39b constitute a peeling portion 39. In addition, the arm 39a may be configured to be able to expand and contract in the front-rear direction (the left-right direction in FIG. 5) of the label attaching part 30 with respect to the peeling part support plate 35.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a driven roller 40 is provided on the second base body 32 immediately behind the drive roller 37 so as to contact the drive roller 37, and the mount 4 is the drive roller 37. And the driven roller 40 are fed out.

  A take-up roller 41 is provided at the rear portion of the second base body 32. The take-up roller 41 is configured to transmit the rotation of the motor by being connected to a rotation shaft of a motor (not shown) that rotates the drive roller 37 by, for example, a belt. 41 rotates at the same rotational speed as the drive roller 37 and in the same rotational direction. The take-up roller 41 is provided with a mount fixing means 41 a for fixing one end of the mount 4.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the label affixing portion 30 configured as described above is configured to be substantially vertically symmetric with a center line m extending in the front-rear direction as a symmetric line at the center in the vertical direction of the label affixing portion 30. ing.

  Next, a description will be given of a procedure when the label sticking unit 10 for the right hand is configured by connecting the label tape supply unit 20 and the label sticking unit 30. First, with the label tape supply unit 20 facing the base 23 downward, the label affixing unit 30 is placed below the label tape supply unit 20 and the peeling plate 39b faces right as shown in FIG. Arrange. At this time, the connecting hole 24 formed in the base 23 of the label tape supply unit 20 and the opening of the connecting pipe 36 of the label sticking unit 30 are in communication with each other so as to pass through the connecting hole 24 and the connecting pipe 36. Then, the connecting rod 50 is inserted. As a result, the label tape supply unit 20 and the label sticking unit 30 are connected to form the right-handed label sticking device 10. At this time, the label tape supply unit 20 is rotatable with respect to the label sticking unit 30 with the connecting rod 50 as a rotation axis.

  Next, the usage method of the label sticking apparatus 10 which consists of the above structures is demonstrated. First, a method for setting the label tape 3 of the label sticking apparatus 10 will be described. When the label tape 3 is set, the two sandwiching members 27 provided at the end of the roll mounting shaft 26 are rotated in the axial direction of the roll mounting shaft 26 as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. Thus, the sandwiching member 27 is extended in the same direction as the roll mounting shaft 26. Then, the shaft tube 2 of the label roll 1 is inserted from the tip of the sandwiching member 27 so that the label roll 1 is mounted on the outer periphery of the roll mounting shaft 26 and one end surface of the label roll 1 is brought into contact with the support disk 28.

  In this state, the two sandwiching members 27 are rotated in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the roll mounting shaft 26, and the two sandwiching members 27 are brought into contact with the other end surface of the label roll 1. Thus, one end surface of the label roll 1 is supported by the support disk 28, and the other end surface is supported by being pressed by the two sandwiching members 27, and is securely held by the label tape supply unit 20.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the label tape 3 is pulled out from the label roll 1 to the rear side (left side in FIG. 6) of the label affixing device 10, and the drawn label tape 3 is hung on the guide roller 25 from above and forward. Fold back to the side (right side in FIG. 6). At this time, the position of the ring 25a provided on the guide roller 25 is adjusted so as to support both ends of the label tape 3 in the width direction and guide the label tape 3 forward.

  Then, the label tape 3 folded back to the front side of the label sticking device 10 by the guide roller 25 is folded back at the front end portion of the peeling plate 39b of the peeling portion 39 located in the forefront of the label sticking device 10. At the front end of the peeling plate 39b, the label tape 3 is folded at an acute angle, so that the label 5 is peeled from the mount 4 and only the mount 4 from which the label 5 has been peeled is folded back to the rear of the label applying device 10. . The mount 4 folded back to the rear side of the label sticking device 10 as described above is hung on the driving roller 40 from below and is wound between the driving roller 37 and the driven roller 40 while being wound above the driven roller 40. It is drawn and drawn to the rear side of the label sticking device 10 so as to draw an S-shaped trajectory. The mount 4 is wound from below the take-up roller 41, and the end of the mount 4 is locked and fixed to the mount fixing means 41a.

  Next, a method of sticking the label 5 to the article to be pasted W using this label sticking apparatus 10 will be described. As described above, the label affixing device 10 with the peeling portion 39 of the label tape supply unit 20 facing right is the right-handed label affixing device 10, and in this case, the object to be adhered is shown in FIG. The label applicator 10 and the belt conveyor are arranged so as to be fed from the rear side (left side in FIG. 6) to the front side (right side in FIG. 6). Moreover, it synchronizes so that the to-be-bonded object W may be conveyed below the front-end | tip of the peeling plate 39b at this time.

  When the label sticking device 10 is arranged in this way, the label sticking device 10 can rotate with respect to the label sticking portion 30 with the connecting rod 50 as a fulcrum in the label sticking device 10. The inclination angle of the part 20 with respect to the label attaching part 30 can be changed within a certain range. Therefore, for example, even when the label sticking device 10 is installed in a place where the space is limited, it is possible to flexibly install the label tape supply unit 20 by changing the inclination angle of the label tape supply unit 20. It becomes.

  And the to-be-attached object W is sent by the belt conveyor etc. with the lower part of the label sticking apparatus 10 facing from the back side to the front side, and the drive roller 37 and the winding roller 41 of the label sticking apparatus 10 by operation | movement of the motor which is not shown in figure. Rotates. As a result, the label tape 3 is pulled out from the label roll 1 in the direction of the arrow, reaches the peeling plate 39b via the guide roller 25, and the label 5 is peeled from the label tape 3 by the peeling plate 39b. At the same time, the label 5 is attached to the article W. Then, the mount 4 is wound around the winding roller 41 in a roll shape via the driving roller 37 and the driven roller 40.

  As described above, the label sticking device 10 in the present embodiment can be converted from a right-handed device to a left-handed device. Hereinafter, the procedure will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 6, in a state where the label tape supply unit 20 and the label application unit 30 are connected so that the peeling unit 39 located on one end side of the label application unit 30 faces rightward. By removing the connecting rod 50, the connection between the label tape supply unit 20 and the label pasting unit 30 is released. Next, in a state where the direction of the label tape supply unit 20 is fixed, the label attaching unit 30 is turned in the opposite direction along the vertical plane extending in the front-rear direction, that is, the peeling unit 39 faces leftward. Convert. And the label tape supply part 20 and the label sticking part 30 are again connected with the connection rod 50. FIG. As a result, the right-handed label affixing device 10 with the peeling part 39 facing rightward is reconfigured into a left-handed labeling device 10 with the peeling part 39 facing leftward as shown in FIG. Can do. This left-handed label affixing device 10 can affix the label 5 to the article W to be sent from the lower side of the label affixing device 10 from the right side to the left side in FIG. .

  At this time, in the label sticking device 10 according to the present embodiment, the label sticking unit 30 is substantially symmetrical with respect to the label tape supply unit 20 and the label sticking unit 30 is substantially symmetrical with respect to the top and bottom. When the direction of the peeling portion 39 is changed and connected, two types of label attaching devices 10 for the right hand and for the left hand are formed before and after the change. Therefore, it is possible to deal with both the right hand and the left hand with a single label sticking device 10.

  Therefore, according to the label sticking device 10 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to handle both right-handed and left-handed with one unit, and it can be used flexibly without being influenced by the user's equipment situation. Therefore, it is possible to reduce costs by reducing the production management and inventory management of the manufacturer.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of the label sticking apparatus 10 which is this invention was described in detail, unless it deviates from the technical idea of this invention, it is not limited to these, A some design change etc. are possible. For example, in the present embodiment, the label tape supply unit 20 is formed symmetrically. However, as long as the label tape can be supplied to the label applying unit 30, it is not always necessary to be symmetrical.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, although the label sticking part 30 is formed vertically symmetrically, the label 5 is peeled off from the label tape 3 by the peeling part 39 before and after the conversion of the label sticking part 30, As long as the mount 4 is collected by the take-up roller 41, it is not necessary to form it strictly symmetrically, and there may be a slight shift in the symmetry of the components in each of the label attaching portions 30.

It is a perspective view of the label sticking apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is a perspective view of the label tape used for the label sticking apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is a front view of a label tape supply part. It is an A direction arrow directional view in FIG. It is a front view of a label sticking part. It is a front view of the label sticking apparatus which attached the label sticking part on the right side. It is a front view of the label sticking apparatus which attached the label sticking part on the right side.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Label roll 3 Label tape 4 Mount 5 Label 10 Label sticking apparatus 20 Label tape supply part 26 Roll attachment shaft 27 Clamping member 30 Label sticking part 39 Peeling part 41 Winding roller 50 Connecting rod (connecting part)
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Claims (4)

While holding the label roll formed by winding the label tape with the label affixed to the belt-shaped mount in a roll shape, a label tape supply unit for feeding out the label tape from the label roll;
It is attached to the label tape supply unit, and is provided with a peeling part that is brought into contact with the back surface of the mount on one end side to fold the mount and peel the label from the mount, and the mount from which the label is peeled is wound A label attaching device comprising a label attaching portion provided with a winding roller,
The label sticking apparatus, wherein the label sticking part is mounted to the label tape supply part so as to be able to be reversed.   The label sticking device according to claim 1, wherein the label sticking portion is formed substantially symmetrical in the vertical direction and can be attached in an opposite direction to a connecting portion provided in the label tape supply portion. A roll mounting shaft on which the label roll is mounted is provided on one side of the label tape supply unit,
The end portion of the roll mounting shaft is provided with a pinching member that rotates substantially perpendicularly from the axial direction of the roll mounting shaft and presses one end surface of the label roll. The labeling device described.   The label sticking device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the label tape supply part is rotatable about a connecting part with the label sticking part as a fulcrum.

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