JPH05112341A - Labeler - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a labeler which can put one label over two surfaces of a container. CONSTITUTION:The title labeler has a head 7, which temporarily holds a label 8 and puts one part of the label 8 on a specified surface of a container 21, and a pressing member 2 to put a non-put part of the label 8 on a surface which continues from the specified surface. The title labeler is also equipped with a first moving means 3 which brings the pressing member 2 into contact with the put part of the label 8 or the non-put part which is adjacent to the put part, and a second moving means 4 which moves the pressing member 2, which is in contact with the label 8, along the surface of the container 21, while pressing the label 8 to the container 21.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a labeler for sticking a label on a surface portion in a process of filling, packing, assembling parts and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a labeler 5 for sticking a label on the surface of the container 21 in a process before packing the container 21 filled with toner as shown in FIG.
In Fig. 1, as shown in Fig. 7, the labeler is provided with a contact plate portion 1 having a wavy convex portion on the surface, and a plurality of holes are formed at positions facing the surface of the wavy convex portion. The suction heads 7 to which the elastic members 11 are attached are arranged at appropriate intervals so that the suction heads 7 can be moved in the direction of the contact plate portion 1 by the cylinder 13 (in the figure, they are moved in the direction of the contact plate portion 1). Indicates the state). The suction head 7 is attached to the end of the moving arm 131 of the cylinder 13,
The suction head 7 is provided with an air tube 12 for sucking air for sucking and holding the label 8 on the surface of the elastic member 11.

In order to supply the label 8 temporarily attached to the tape-shaped mount 15 between the suction plate 7 and the suction head 7 on the upper side of the suction head 7 and the pressure plate 1, A winding reel 17, a roller 19, a label peeling plate 14, a roller 18, a brake 20, in order from the winding side of the mount 15.
The rewinding reel 16 is arranged, and the label peeling plate 14 is provided close to the applying plate portion 1.

Next, regarding the operation of the conventional suction type labeler,
This will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8.

First, the suction head 7 controls the cylinder 13 to drive the moving arm 131 toward the plate portion 1. The surface of the elastic member 11 of the suction head 7 is configured to be stopped at a predetermined distance from the contact plate 1, for example, a gap of 0.5 to 1 mm.

Next, the take-up reel 17 rotates in the direction of the arrow to wind up the mount paper 15, and the label peeling plate 14 bends the mount paper 15 at an acute angle. Therefore, the label 8 temporarily attached to the mount 15 is peeled off from the end portion thereof,
Is inserted into the gap between the suction head 7 and the contact plate portion 1 in accordance with the movement of. When the mount 15 is moved by a certain length and the insertion of the label 8 is completed, the take-up reel 17 is stopped, and at the same time, the brake 20 stops the mount 15. The glued adhesive portion of the label 8 inserted in the gap between the suction head 7 and the contact plate portion 1 is attached to the top of the wavy convex portion of the contact plate portion 1 so as not to slip off.

In this state, the air tube 1 of the suction head 7
When air is sucked from 2 through the hole of the elastic member 11 of the suction head 7, the label 8 attached to the top of the wavy convex portion of the contact plate 1 is sucked to the surface of the elastic member 11. After the label 8 is moved to the suction head 7 side, the cylinder 13 is controlled while the label 8 is being sucked to control the moving arm 13
1 is returned to the original position, and the suction head 7 is applied and separated from the plate portion 1.

After that, as shown in FIG. 8, when the cylinder 13 is controlled in that state to extend the moving arm 131 and press the suction head 7 against the surface of the container 21 to stop the suction, the adhesive portion of the label 8 is removed. It is attached to the surface of the container 21. When the application of the label 8 is completed, the cylinder 13 is controlled to return the moving arm 131 to the original position. In this case, even if the surface of the container 21 is slightly inclined or curved, the elastic member 11 of the suction head 7 is deformed according to the inclination or curvature, and the label 8 has the entire adhesive portion on the surface of the container 21. Can be attached by contact.

[0009]

However, in the above method, there is a problem in that one label 8 cannot be attached to the two surfaces of the square container 21 that sandwich the corner.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems of conventional labelers, and an object of the present invention is to provide a labeler capable of sticking one label over two surfaces of a container.

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a head for temporarily holding a label and sticking a part of the label on a predetermined surface of a container and a non-sticking portion of the label are connected to the predetermined surface. The pressing member for sticking to the surface to be attached, the first moving means for bringing the pressing member into contact with the stuck part of the label or the non-sticking part in the vicinity thereof, and the pressing member brought into contact with the container. And a second moving unit that moves the label while pressing it against the container along the surface of the labeler.

[0012]

According to the present invention, the head temporarily holds the label and attaches a part of the label to the predetermined surface of the container, and the first moving means applies the pressing member to the part where the label is attached. Alternatively, the second moving means moves the contacting pressing member along the surface of the container while pressing the label against the container so that the pressing member is brought into contact with the non-adhesive portion adjacent thereto, and the pressing member causes the label to move. The non-adhesive part of is adhered to the surface continuous with the predetermined surface.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings showing its embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a labeler according to an embodiment of the present invention. That is, the labeler is provided with the main body base 61 on the side of the conveyor 49 that conveys the container 21,
A pedestal 60 is provided on the main body base 61. On the pedestal 60, in order to attach the label 8 to the container 21, a head cylinder 13 for moving the suction type suction head 7 for temporarily holding the label 8 toward the container 21 is provided. The suction head 7 has an elastic member 11 having a plurality of holes for passing air to be sucked toward the label 8 holding side, and an air tube 12 for sucking air.
(See FIG. 2A) is attached, and the moving arm 131 of the head cylinder 13 (see FIG. 2A) is connected.

The pedestal 60 has a second cylinder 40 separately.
The first cylinder 30 is connected to the end of the second moving arm 41 of the second cylinder 40, and the first cylinder 30 can be moved in the same direction as the moving direction of the suction head 7. ing. The end of the first moving arm 31 of the first cylinder 30 is made of an elastic material such as sponge or butyl rubber.
The roller 2 which is a pressing member is rotatably connected,
It can be moved to a position close to the surface of the container 21.

At a position close to the main body base 61, a peeling plate 14 for peeling the label 8 from the mount 15 in order to supply the label 8 to the suction head 7, and a plate used for sucking the label 8 are provided. The part 1 is arranged.

The above-described first cylinder 30 and first moving arm 31 constitute the first moving means 3, and the second cylinder 40 and second moving arm 41 constitute the second moving means 4.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to (a), (b), FIGS. 3 (a), (b), and FIG.

First, as shown in FIG. 7, after the label 8 is inserted into the gap between the plate 1 and the suction head 7 in the same manner as in the conventional case, the label 8 is sucked while sucking air from the air tube 12. Suction to the surface of the elastic member 11 of 7,
The head cylinder 13 is controlled to separate the suction head 7 from the contact plate 1. Then, as shown in FIG. 2A, when the label 8 is in the state of being sucked by the suction head 7, the middle corner C of the two surfaces on which the container 8 is to be attached is the suction head. The label 8 is set so as to be in the center of the label 8 being sucked by the label 7 (here, the label 8 is attached so that the center of the label 8 is aligned with the corner of the container 21).

Next, as shown in FIG. 2 (b), the moving arm 131 of the head cylinder 13 is driven to press the suction head 7 against the predetermined surface of the container 21, and the sticking portion A of the label 8 is attached.
After attaching, the moving arm 131 is driven to return the suction head 7 to the original position. At this time, the label 8 is the container 2
The corner C of 1 separates the sticking part A stuck to the surface of the container 21 and the non-sticking part B separated from the surface of the container 8.

When the sticking portion A of the label 8 is stuck to the container 21 and the suction head 7 returns to the original position, the first cylinder 30 of the first moving means 3 as shown in FIG. Is controlled to drive the first moving arm 31 to move the roller 2 to a position where the surface of the roller 2 is in contact with the extension surface of the surface on which the non-sticking portion B of the container 21 is to be stuck. In this case, the roller 2 moves along the label 8 at a position slightly away from the surface of the non-sticking portion B of the label 8.

When the movement of the first moving arm 31 is completed,
Next, control the second cylinder 40 of the second moving means 4,
The second moving arm 41 is driven to move the roller 2 together with the first cylinder 30. As shown in FIG. 3B, the surface of the roller 2 initially pushes and bends the non-adhered portion B of the label 8 near the corner C of the container 21, and the left end of the roller 2 in the drawing is a corner. When it comes into contact with C, the roller 2 moves the non-sticking portion B of the label 8 to the container 21 as shown in FIG.
While pressing against the surface of, move further.

As described above, the non-sticking portion B of the label 8
After being attached to the surface of the container 21 that is continuous with the predetermined surface, the second
The second moving arm 41 of the cylinder 40 drives to move the first
The moving means 3 is returned to its original position, and then the first moving arm 31 of the first cylinder 30 is driven to return the roller 2 to its original position.

When the first moving means 3 and the second moving means 4 complete the return in this way, the suction head 7 has already sucked the label 8 to be attached next and is on standby.

In the above embodiment, the labeler is applied to a suction type labeler using a suction head, but the present invention is not limited to this and may be applied to any type of labeler.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the elastic rotatable roller is used as the pressing member, but the present invention is not limited to this, and other shapes, other materials, and other fixed shapes may be used as long as the label can be firmly attached. Alternatively, for example, an elastic semicircular member as shown in FIG. 5A may be attached to the end of the first moving arm, or the tip as shown in FIG. 5B may be elastic. A plate member may be used.

Further, in the above embodiment, the pressing member first contacts the non-adhered portion. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the pressing member is first contacted with the corner C of the container and the non-adhered portion is not contacted. The sticking portion may be moved while being pressed against the surface of the container, or the pressing member may be first brought into contact with the sticking portion, and the label may be pressed against the surface of the container from that position, and then the sticking portion is not stuck through the corner C. You may move to the direction of a wearing part.

In the above embodiment, the container side is fixed,
Although it is realized by moving the pressing member side, conversely, the same function may be realized by fixing the pressing member side and moving the container side.

In the above embodiment, the cylinder is used to move the pressing member, but instead of this, for example, a combination of a motor and a screw or an electromagnetic solenoid may be used.

Further, in the above embodiment, the center of the label is aligned with the corner of the container. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the corner of the container may be aligned with the desired position of the label to be attached. It can be easily realized by moving the setting position of the container.

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, 2
Although the present invention is applied to a surface, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to a curved surface having a steep radius.

[0032]

As is apparent from the above description, the present invention provides a head for temporarily holding a label and attaching a part of the label to a predetermined surface of the container, and a non-adhesive portion of the label. A pressing member for sticking to a surface continuous with the predetermined surface,
First moving means for bringing the pressing member into contact with the part of the label stuck or the non-sticking part in the vicinity thereof, and pressing the contacted pressing member along the surface of the container to press the label against the container. Since the second moving means for moving the container while it is provided is provided, it has an advantage that one label can be attached over two surfaces of the container.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a labeler according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are schematic plan views for explaining the operation of the embodiment.

3 (a) and 3 (b) are schematic plan views for explaining the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic plan view illustrating the operation of the embodiment.

5 (a) and 5 (b) are schematic plan views of another embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a schematic side view of front and rear steps including a conventional labeler step.

FIG. 7 is a schematic side view of a conventional labeler.

FIG. 8 is a schematic side view illustrating the operation of a conventional labeler.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Contact plate part 2 Roller 3 1st moving means 4 2nd moving means 7 Suction head 8 Label 11 Elastic member 12 Air tube 13 Head cylinder 21 Container 30 1st cylinder 31 1st moving arm 40 2nd cylinder 41 2nd movement arm

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A head for temporarily holding a label and sticking a part of the label on a predetermined surface of a container, and a non-sticking portion of the label on a surface continuous with the predetermined surface. A pressing member, a first moving means for bringing the pressing member into contact with the part where the label is adhered or the non-adhesive portion that is adjacent to the part, and the contacting pressing member is the container. And a second moving unit that moves the label while pressing the label against the container along the surface of the labeler. 2. The labeler according to claim 1, wherein the pressing member is a rotatable roller having elasticity.