JPH024466B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial Application Field The present invention is directed to storing stacked labels in a magazine and pressing them toward the outlet, and then taking out the labels one by one from the outlet and pasting them on the bottle. The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for replenishing a magazine with new labels in a bottle labeling apparatus.

Conventional technology and problems to be solved by the invention Conventionally, in order to replenish the magazine in a bottle labeling device, the operation is generally temporarily stopped and the empty magazine is replaced with a new magazine filled with labels. Alternatively, stacked labels must be manually loaded from the rear end of the magazine while operation continues, resulting in poor work efficiency.

On the other hand, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 57-1042, a plurality of Retsutel magazine cases 1 are arranged in parallel on support structures 2 and 10, and when the Retsutel in one Retsutel magazine case 1 is consumed and becomes empty. , support structure 2, 1
Due to the vibration of 0, the adjacent Retsutel magazine case 1
A magazine case changing device has been disclosed in which the magazine case 1 is moved to the take-out position, but with such a device, it is difficult to always accurately stop the magazine case 1 at the take-out position.
If there is an error in the stop position, there is a risk of ejecting errors.Also, since the empty Retsutel magazine case 1 is directly filled with new Retsutel, there is a drawback that workability is poor. Ta.

Means for Solving the Problems As a means for solving these problems, the method invention of the present application stores the stacked labels in a magazine and presses them in the direction of the ejection port, while removing the labels from the ejection port. In a bottle labeling device that takes out labels one by one and applies them to bottles, a case containing a new stacked label is connected to the loading port of the magazine, and the rear surface of the new stacked label is pressed with a pressing member. While feeding the labels into the magazine, the stacked labels in the magazine are pressed in the direction of the ejection port by the feeding force, and after the feeding is completed, the rear surface of the stacked labels in the labels is pressed with another pressing member. The device is pressed in the direction of the ejection port, during which time the empty case is removed from the loading port of the magazine, and a new case filled with stacked labels is connected. , the superimposed labels are stored in a magazine having an ejection port at the front end and a loading port at the rear end, and the rear surface of the superimposed label is pressed by a first pressing member to move it toward the ejection port, and the magazine is moved toward the ejection port. Label from 1
In a bottle labeling device that takes out labels one by one and applies them to bottles, the magazine has a gate on the rear side of the magazine that can be opened and closed at the inlet at the front end, and
a traversing device that horizontally arranges a plurality of cases provided with a second pressing member that presses the rear surface of the accommodated stacked labels and presses the front surface against the gate, and moves each of the cases in the horizontal direction; and the magazine. a gate opening device that opens the gate of the case in a position where the feeding port is aligned with the loading port of the case, and detects completion of feeding of the stacked labels in the case into the magazine by the second pressing member. a sensor; and a drive device that retracts the first pressing member from inside the magazine in conjunction with the operation of the gate opening device and causes the first pressing member to enter the magazine based on a detection signal from the sensor. The configuration is as follows.

Effects and Effects of the Invention The method invention of the present application has the above structure, and the magazine corresponding to the take-out device remains fixed, and labels are replenished by replacing the case, so that the magazine is always correctly aligned with the take-out device. This eliminates the risk of problems such as ejecting errors, and since the replenishment case is replaced while labels remain in the magazine, labeling operations can be done quickly and without stopping operation. This has the effect of making it easy to replenish labels.
Further, the device invention of the present application has the above configuration, and a plurality of cases are arranged in parallel in the left and right direction on the rear side of the magazine, and one
When the labels in one case are fed into the magazine, that case is retracted to the side and the other case is connected to the magazine, making it possible to continue unattended operation for a long time. be.

Embodiment Hereinafter, an embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention will be described based on the accompanying drawings, and an example of the method of the present invention will be clarified by explaining its operation.

The bottle labeling device shown in Fig. 1 has a large number of holders b arranged at equal angular intervals around an index table a, and a bottle c attached to each holder b is moved by intermittent rotation of the index table a. A magazine C containing a large number of labels d stacked face down on a horizontal substrate B provided near a conveyance line A that is sequentially conveyed clockwise in the figure, and a gluing roller D
Then, by intermittent rotation of 180 degrees clockwise, the ejecting plate e is brought into contact with the gluing roller to form a glue film, which is then pressed against the label d on the front of the magazine C and pasted by the adhesive force of the glue. Take-out device E
Then, peel off the label d stuck to the take-out plate e, hold it on the delivery plate f, and transfer it to the front of the conveyance line A by intermittent operation of 180 degrees counterclockwise and stick it on the surface of the bottle c. The structure is such that a pasting device F is installed, and a label replenishing device G for replenishing new labels d is installed behind the magazine C.

Hereinafter, the magazine C and the label replenishment device G will be
This will be explained in detail based on FIGS. 5 to 5.

A front wall 2 is erected at the front edge of a bottom plate 1 fixed on a substrate B, and a magazine C is installed at the upper end of the front wall 2. The magazine C has a cover 4 supported on the upper edge of one side of the concave main body 3 by a shaft 5 so as to be openable and closable, and is attached to the main body 3 by a screw 6 screwed into the upper edge of the other side.
The lid body 4 that extends across the top surface is fixed, and a frame rod 7 with an inward hook 8 formed at the front end is provided on the bottom and both side surfaces of the main body 3 and on the bottom surface of the lid body 4, respectively. It has a structure in which it is arranged along the periphery of d and fixed by screws 9, and the front end of the cylindrical part surrounded by the frame rod 7 is an ejection port 10, and the rear end is a loading port 11. A box frame 12 having a rectangular plane is fixed to the rear surface of the front wall 2, and two guide bars 14 in the front and back direction are passed between the rear panel 13 and the front wall 2 with an interval left and right. A horizontal moving body 15 is attached to the bar 14 so as to be freely slidable in the front and rear directions, and two front and rear lifting rods 1 are supported to freely move up and down through the horizontal moving body 15 in the vertical direction.
Connecting members 17 and 18 are fixed across the upper and lower ends of the connecting member 6, and two first pressing members 20 and 20 spaced apart from each other in the left and right directions are installed at the rear ends of both the connecting members 17 and 18, extending in the vertical direction. The lower connecting member 18 has a horizontal guide groove 19 formed in its side surface, and its upper end can pass between the frame rods 7 and enter the magazine C. A projecting rod 21 is inserted through the rear plate 13 of the box frame 12 so as to freely move up and down, and is held in the lowered position by the elasticity of a spring 22 attached to the lower part.

Side walls 23, 24 are erected on both side edges of the bottom plate 1, and two guide bars 25, 25 are fixed between the both sides 23, 24 with a space between them. A threaded rod 26 is extended between the guide bars 25, 25 and supported to rotate freely, and a reversible motor 2 is fixed to the inner surface of the side wall 23 on one side.
An endless belt 30 is stretched between a pulley 29 fixed to an output shaft of 7 and a pulley 29 fixed to a threaded rod 26, and the threaded rod 26 is rotated in both forward and reverse directions by the drive of a reversible motor 27. It's summery.
Three carriages 3 are installed on the front and rear guide bars 25, 25.
1 is freely slidable at intervals on the left and right,
Female screw member 3 fixed to the center of each carriage 31
A threaded rod 26 is screwed into the threaded rod 2, and the rotation of the threaded rod 26 causes the three carriages 31 to move left and right at constant intervals. Each carriage 3
A movable body 33 that is freely movable in the front and rear direction is placed on the carriage 1, and a spring 34 is attached to the rear end of the carriage 31.
The roller 36, which is pivoted on the lower surface of the box 35 fixed to the lower surface of the front part, is pushed forward by the elasticity of the box 35, and comes into contact with the travel guide plate 37 that is stretched between the side walls 23 and 24 on both sides. It is kept in a close position. An elongated case 38 is removably fixed to the upper surface of each moving body 33, and receiving plates 39, 39 shaped to follow both sides of the lower part of the label d to be accommodated are fixed to the corresponding inner surface of the case 38, Mobile body 33
a longitudinal guide groove 4 formed on the corresponding inner surface of the
The wheels 42 of the traveling body 41 are fitted into the bracket 43, which is bent forward and mounted on the upper surface of the traveling body 41.
The second pressing member 44, which protrudes into the interior of the second pressing member 44 and is fixed to its front end, has two vertical relief grooves 45,
45 are formed at intervals on the left and right. A mainspring spring 46 is installed in the box 35 of the moving body 33, and its extended end is fixed to the lower surface of the moving body 41.
The forward movement force is applied by the winding force. A pair of left and right gates 4 are provided on the front surface of the moving body 33 to open and close the inlet port 38a on the front surface of the case 38.
7 and 47 are supported by shafts 48 and 48, both gates 47 and 47 are biased in the closing direction by the elasticity of a spring 49, and the label d stored in each case 38 in an overlapping manner is An arm 50 whose rear end surface is pressed by a second pressing member 44 biased by a spring 46 and whose front end surface is pressed against both closed gates 47, 47, and which is coupled to the lower ends of both gates 47, 47; 50 intersect with each other at the center and are coupled by a pin 51 so as to interlock and slide, and one arm 50 has a bent portion 52 at its tip.

The bottom plate 1 is placed between the side walls 23 and 24 on both sides.
A shaft 55 is spanned between wall plates 53 and 54 erected above and is supported to rotate freely, and first, second, and third plate cams 56, 57, and 58 are fixed to this shaft 55. This shaft 55 is driven in one direction at a slow speed by a deceleration motor 59 fixed to the wall plate 53 on one side. First plate cam 56
A lever 60 supported by a shaft 60a on the wall plate 54 on one side is engaged with a roller 61 pivotally supported in the middle thereof, and a roller 62 pivotally supported at the tip of the lever 60 is engaged with the connecting member 18. The lever 60 is tightly fitted into the guide groove 19 of the lever 60, and the lever 60 is biased by a spring 63 to rotate counterclockwise in FIGS. 2 and 3.
The roller 36 on the bottom surface of the box 35 fits into the recess 68a formed on the top surface of the tip of the bell link 6 supported by shafts 64, 65 attached to the bottom plate 1 and the tip of the link 68 attached to the tip of the lever 67. A parallel link mechanism is formed by the bell link 66, lever 67, and link 68, and the link 68 is always kept in a horizontal position, and the spring 70 hung on the bell link 66 Due to the elasticity of the parallel link mechanism, the clockwise rotational force shown in Figs.
A roller 69 pivotally supported at the lower end of the bell link 66 engages with the second plate cam 57. The tip of the lever 71 supported by the shaft 64 is connected to the lower surface of the horizontal moving body 15 by a rod 72.
A roller 73 supported at the center in the length direction of the lever 71 is engaged with the third plate cam 58. Further, a notch 74 is formed in the traveling guide plate 37 at a position immediately behind the magazine C.
4, the roller 36 and the link 68 are fitted. Further, a lever 76 is slidably supported by a shaft 77 on a bracket 75 protruding from the rear surface of the front wall 2, and a roller 78 is attached to one end of the lever 76 so as to be able to engage with the connecting member 18, and a roller 78 is attached to the other end of the lever 76. A roller 79 that engages with the lower end of the protrusion bar 21 is pivotally supported on each of the levers 76, and the lever 76 is biased by the rotational force in the counterclockwise direction in FIGS. 2 and 3 due to the elasticity of the spring, so that the roller 79 is It is pressed against the lower end of the protruding rod 21.

Next, the operation of the embodiment will be explained. Reversible motor 2
The three carriages 31 move simultaneously in the left and right directions due to the rotation of the threaded rod 26 driven by step 7, and when the central carriage 31 reaches just behind the magazine C, the roller 36 that was supposed to touch the traveling guide plate 37 moves at the same time. is link 68
It fits into the recess 68a. And the deceleration motor 5
9 rotates the shaft 55, and the second plate cam 5
7 and the roller 69, the bell link 66 and the lever 67 swing in the counterclockwise direction in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 4, when the link 68 is fitted into the notch 74 together with the roller 36, the movable body 33 slides on the carriage 31 and moves forward, and the front end of the case 38 attached thereto moves forward into the magazine C. The lever 60 is inserted into the loading port 11 at the rear end and connected, and then the lever 60 is rotated counterclockwise in FIGS. 2 and 3 due to the engagement of the first plate cam 56 and the roller 61, and The engagement between the roller 62 and the guide groove 19 connects the upper and lower connecting members 17 and 18 and the first pressing member 2 connected thereto.
0 descends, and as shown in FIG. 3, the first pressing member 2
At the same time as the magazine C is retracted downward, the lower connecting member 18 pushes the roller 78 and the lever 76
rotates counterclockwise in FIGS. 2 and 3, and the arm 5 is pushed up by the roller 79 at the other end.
By pushing up the bent part 52 at the tip of 0,
Gates 47 on both sides of the inlet 38a of the case 38,
47 is opened, and the second pressing member 44 moves forward due to the winding force of the mainspring spring 46, so that the case 38 is opened.
The labels d stored in a stacked manner are fed into the magazine C and pressed against the hook 8 at the tip of the frame rod 7 of the label d on the front. And the front label d
The overlapping labels d are sequentially pasted on the take-out plate e of the take-out device E and each time they are taken out and consumed, they are moved forward by the pressing force of the second pressing member 44, as shown in FIG. When all the labels d in the case 38 are fed into the magazine C, the deceleration motor 59 is activated by a feed completion signal generated by a sensor (not shown), and the lever is activated by the engagement of the first plate cam 56 and the roller 61. 60 rotates clockwise in FIGS. 2 and 3, the first pressing member 20 enters the escape groove 45 on the front surface of the second pressing member 44, and then the third plate cam 58 and the roller 73 are engaged. As a result, the lever 71 rotates counterclockwise in FIGS. 2 and 3,
The horizontal moving body 15 moves forward via the rod 72, and the first pressing member 20 pushes the rear surface of the superimposed label d in the magazine C to move it forward by the thickness to be taken out. In this way, while the superimposed label d in the magazine C is being pressed by the first pressing member 20, the moving body 3 to which the empty case 38 is attached
3 is moved backward by the clockwise rotation of the bell link 66 and the lever 67, and the roller 36 escapes from the notch 74. When this escape is detected, the reversible motor 27
is started, the carriage 31 on which the movable body 33 is placed is sent laterally by the rotation of the threaded rod 26, and the carriage 31 on which the case 38 filled with the new label d is placed is placed immediately after the magazine C. By repeating the same operation as above, the superimposed label d in the case 38 is fed into the magazine C. Therefore, unattended operation can be performed continuously until the labels d housed in the three cases 38 are consumed. After all three cases 38 are empty and operation continues using labels d in magazine C, empty cases 38 are removed from each moving body 33 and filled with new superimposed labels d. , the second pressing member 44 of each movable body 33 is connected to the mainspring spring 4
When the case 38 filled with the label d is reattached to each movable body 33 by holding it in the retracted state against the winding force of 6 by hand, and then releasing the holding of the second pressing member 44, the mainspring The second pressing member 44 moves forward due to the winding force of the spring 46 and presses the rear end surface of the superimposed label d, and the front end surface of the superimposed label d
7 to complete the reset.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The accompanying drawings show an embodiment of the device of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an overview, FIGS. 2 and 3 are sectional views showing the operating state, FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway plan view, and FIG. 1 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line X--X in FIG. d: Label, C: Magazine, 10: Outlet, 1
1: Loading port, 20: First pressing member, 26: Threaded rod, 38: Case, 38a: Inlet port, 44: Second
Pressing member, 47: Gate, 56, 57, 58: Plate cam.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A new bottle labeling device that stores stacked labels in a magazine and presses them in the direction of the outlet, while taking out the labels one by one from the outlet and affixing them to the bottle. A case containing a new stacked label is connected to the loading port of the magazine, and the rear surface of the new stacked label is pressed by a pressing member to feed it into the magazine, and the feeding force causes the stacked label in the magazine to be removed from the magazine. The magazine is pressed in the direction of the outlet, the completion of the feeding is detected, and the detection signal is used to press the rear surface of the stacked label in the magazine with another pressing member to push it in the direction of the outlet, during which time the empty label is A method for replenishing labels in a bottle labeling apparatus, characterized in that the case is removed from the loading port of the magazine and a new case filled with superimposed labels is connected. 2. A superimposed label is stored in a magazine having an ejection port at the front end and a loading port at the rear end, and the rear surface of the superimposed label is pressed by a first pressing member to move it toward the ejection port, and the magazine is opened at the ejection port. In a bottle labeling device that takes out labels one by one from a magazine and affixes them to a bottle, the magazine has a gate on the rear side of the magazine that can be opened and closed at the inlet at the front end, and a gate that can be opened and closed for storing stacked labels. A plurality of cases each provided with a second pressing member that presses the rear surface and presses the front surface against the gate are arranged side by side in the left and right direction, and a traversing device that moves each of the cases in the left and right direction, and a lateral feed device that moves each case in the left and right direction, and a gate opening device that opens the gate of the case in a position aligned with the inlet; a sensor that detects completion of feeding of the stacked labels in the case into the magazine by the second pressing member; and the gate. A drive device is provided that moves the first pressing member out of the magazine in conjunction with the operation of the opening device, and moves the first pressing member into the magazine based on a detection signal from the sensor. Label replenishment device for bottle labeling equipment.