JP2636667B2 - Automatic product labeling device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product form automatic pasting apparatus for automatically pasting a lot form (product form) to one lot of products conveyed by a conveyor, for example, stacked on a pallet, banded, and conveyed. About.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, in a can-can factory, manufactured cans are stacked on a pallet and shipped together with a pallet banded. In this case, the type of product, the manufacturing factory, the delivery destination, etc. are required. Product slips containing important information are affixed to the tightening band for each lot of product. Conventional product sticking is
Personnel for pasting the product tag were placed on the production line, and a double-sided tape was manually pasted on the upper and lower surfaces of the product stamp stamped by the printer, and then manually adhered to the product tightening band.

[0003]

As described above, since the pasting of the product form has conventionally been performed manually, personnel are required for the operation, and the workability is poor and the cost is high. There was a problem. Therefore, the present invention was conceived in order to solve the above-mentioned problem of the conventional product tag pasting work, and can automatically paste a product tag on a product conveyed by a conveyor, thereby saving labor. It is an object of the present invention to provide a product form automatic sticking apparatus capable of achieving high efficiency.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, there is provided a product label automatic sticking apparatus for feeding a double-sided adhesive tape with release paper to a predetermined length, and peeling off the double-sided adhesive tape with release paper fed by a predetermined length. Cutter to form a double-sided adhesive tape piece by cutting only the double-sided adhesive tape part while leaving the paper,
An arm that is pivotally driven to a double-sided adhesive tape piece sticking position where the double-sided adhesive tape piece is stuck to the back of the product slip facing the double-sided adhesive tape piece and a product slip sticking position where the product slip is stuck to the product; This problem can be solved by a configuration characterized by comprising a suction device and a pad supported by an actuator attached to the arm tip so as to be movable in the arm axis direction. By providing the band positioning bar at the tip of the arm, the product tag can be securely attached to the tightening band. Further, since the double-sided adhesive tape feeding mechanism has a gear-shaped feed roller that meshes with each other and feeds out the release paper, slippage of the release paper can be prevented and the double-sided adhesive tape can be reliably sent out.

[0005]

The double-sided adhesive tape is fed by a pair of gear-shaped feed rollers while biting the release paper, so that the double-sided adhesive tape can be reliably fed by a predetermined length. By cutting only, the double-sided adhesive tape piece can be made to stand by at the double-sided adhesive tape piece sticking position. At the position where the double-sided adhesive tape is attached to the product tag and the position where the product tag is attached to the product, the arm that is driven by the actuator is provided with a suction device and pad so that it can move in the arm axis direction. A double-sided adhesive tape piece can be automatically attached to the back side of the product tag that has been placed, and the product tag on which the double-sided adhesive tape has been attached is moved to the product tag attachment position, and is automatically diverted to the product. Can be attached. The band positioning bar provided at the tip of the arm,
When the band positioning bar reaches the product tag attaching position, if the position of the tightening band stretched over the product is displaced, the tip of the band is engaged with the tightening band and the position of the tightening band is attached to the product tag attaching position. Since it is positioned at the position, the product band can be securely attached to the tightening band.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. The automatic product form sticking apparatus of the present embodiment includes a double-sided adhesive tape cutting unit 1 and a product form sticking unit 20. The double-sided adhesive tape cutting unit 1 includes a tape holder 2 with a tension adjusting device, a tape guide 3, a cutter 4, and a tape pull-in unit 5. The cutter 4 is fixed to a piston rod of an air cylinder 7 attached to a frame 6 and is driven to move up and down.
As shown in FIG. 3, only the double-sided adhesive tape portion 11 is cut off at the tip corner of the tape guide 3 while leaving the release paper 12 of the double-sided adhesive tape 10 with a release paper.
3 are formed. The tape drawing unit 5 is configured to bite and feed the release paper 12 by a gear-like drive roller 8 driven by a tape drive motor and a driven roller 9 to prevent the release paper 12 from slipping. The double-sided adhesive tape mounted on the tape holder 2 can be reliably fed at a constant length.

[0007] The product tag sticking unit 20 sticks the double-sided adhesive tape piece 13 to the product tag by the rotary air cylinder 21 as an actuator on the frame 6 and sticks the product tag to the product. The arm 22 is rotatably driven between a product sticking position and a sucker device 23 and a pad 24 at the tip. The suction device 23 and the pad 24 are, as clearly shown in FIG.
A movable plate 26 movably provided in the arm axis direction by an air cylinder 25 attached to the tip of the arm 22.
Mounted on In the illustrated embodiment, the suction cup device 23 is
Four suction cups 2 so that the upper side of the product slip can be sucked securely.
7 is attached to the rod 28 by being urged in the projecting direction by a compression spring 29. In the drawing, reference numeral 30 denotes a band positioning bar protruding from the tip of the arm 22. The band positioning bar is provided so that the tightening band hung on the product can be reliably positioned at the position of the adhesive portion of the product tag. It can be positioned by pushing. Reference numeral 31 indicated by a virtual line denotes a printer for printing a product form. When necessary information is input and printed on the product form, the product form is discharged along the paper discharge guide 32 of the printer, and the leading end of the product form is printed. Is discharged to reach the double-sided adhesive tape application position.

[0008] The product form automatic sticking apparatus of the present embodiment is configured as described above, is installed on the side of the conveyor downstream of the banding position where the palletized products are conveyed. Attach. The palletized products 40 are conveyed to the conveyor, and when they reach the product tag affixing position, they are locked by the pallet positioning stopper 41 and the progress of the products 40 is stopped. On the other hand, in the double-sided adhesive tape cutting unit, as shown in FIG. 3, the double-sided adhesive tape is fed by a predetermined length by the product banding end signal, and only the double-sided adhesive tape portion 11 is cut by the cutter, so that the double-sided adhesive tape piece 12 is attached. In a state of waiting. Then, information about the product is printed on a product form by the printer 31, and when the leading edge of the product form is discharged from the printer and reaches the position where the double-sided adhesive tape is attached, the product form is provided on the arm 22 of the product attaching unit 20. A phototube (not shown) senses the presence of a product tag and activates cylinder 25. When the cylinder 25 operates, the movable plate 26 attached to the cylinder rod moves leftward in FIGS. 1 and 2, and the suction cup device 23 and the pad 24 attached to the movable plate 26 move leftward. , Sucker 2
7 sucks and holds the upper side of the product form, and the pad 27 presses the surface position of the product form facing the double-sided adhesive tape piece to attach the double-sided adhesive tape piece 13 to the back surface. At this time, in this embodiment, the pad 25 pushes the product form twice by operating the cylinder 25 twice so that the double-sided adhesive tape piece is completely adhered to the product form. Then, the cylinder 25 returns the movable plate to the original position, so that the double-sided adhesive tape piece 13 adhered to the product tag is released from the release paper 1.
2 and the product form is held by the suction device in a state where a double-sided adhesive tape piece is stuck on the back surface, and stands by.

Thereafter, the rotary air cylinder 21 is actuated by a signal indicating that the product has arrived at the product tag sticking position, the arm 22 is rotated by about 90 °, and the product tag is moved to the front of the tightening band of the product at the sticking position. Let it. At that time, when the tightening band hung on the product is at a position shifted from the sticking position, the band positioning bar 30 pushes the tightening band 42, and the tightening band 42 is in front of the double-sided adhesive tape piece on the back of the product form. Adjust the position of the tightening band to come to the position. When the product tag reaches the sticking position, the rotation of the arm 22 is stopped, and the cylinder 25 is operated by the rotation end signal to advance the suction device and the pad that has sucked the product tag, and the double-sided adhesive tape on the back of the product tag The product tag is affixed to the tightening band 42 by pressing the piece against the tightening band of the product. At this time, since the pad presses the sticking portion, the product slip is securely stuck to the band. Then, by releasing the vacuum of the suction device, the suction device releases the holding of the product form, and the cylinder operates to return the movable plate 26 to the original state. At the same time, the rotary air cylinder 21 is operated to rotate the arm 22 to return to the position where the double-sided adhesive tape is applied, and is ready for application to the next product.

[0010]

The present invention is configured as described above and has the following special effects. A double-sided adhesive tape piece can be automatically attached to the back of the product tag printed by the printer, and the product tag is moved to the product tag attachment position, and the product is automatically transferred to the product conveyed by the conveyor. Since a vote can be attached, the operation of attaching a product vote can be completely automated, and labor saving and high efficiency can be achieved. The double-sided adhesive tape can be reliably fed by a predetermined length, and the double-sided adhesive tape piece can be reliably made to stand by at the double-sided adhesive piece sticking position. The product form sticking unit ensures that the double-sided adhesive tape piece is attached to the product form and that the product form to which the double-sided adhesive tape is attached is attached to the product. In addition, by providing the band positioning bar, the position of the tightening band can be reliably positioned at the product tag sticking position, and the product tag can be reliably stuck to the tightening band.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a product form automatic sticking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged front view of a main part of the double-sided adhesive tape cutting unit.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged plan view of a suction device and a pad portion of the product form sticking unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Double-sided adhesive tape cutting unit 2 Tape holder 4 Cutter 5 Tape draw-in part 7 Air cylinder 10 Double-sided adhesive tape 12 Release paper 13 Double-sided adhesive tape piece 20 Product form sticking unit 21 Rotary air cylinder 22 Arm 23 Suction device 24 Pad 25 Cylinder 26 Movable plate 30 Band positioning bar

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A double-sided adhesive tape piece by cutting only a double-sided adhesive tape portion by leaving a release paper and leaving a double-sided adhesive tape with a release paper fed out a predetermined length. Forming a cutter, rotating between a double-sided adhesive tape piece sticking position for sticking the double-sided adhesive tape piece on the back of the product slip facing the double-sided adhesive tape piece and a product slip sticking position for sticking the product slip on the product An automatic product form sticking device comprising a driven arm, a suction device supported by an actuator attached to a tip end of the arm and movably supported in an arm axial direction, and a pad. 2. The product form automatic sticking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a band positioning bar is provided at the tip of the arm. 3. The automatic product form sticking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the double-sided adhesive tape feeding mechanism has a gear-shaped feed roller that meshes with each other and feeds the release paper.