JPH07101429A - Auxiliary mechanism for label suction in labeling machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To secure further the suction support of labels in a labeling machine by which after the labels sequentially stuck on a continuous base board so as to do a continuous printing work have been printed, they are stuck on a required objective while they are peeled off one by one. CONSTITUTION:This labeling device is provided with a label suction plate 2 having a label suction face 5 for sucking and bearing a label R, a suction means 3 sucking the sucking path side of the label suction plate to make negative in order to suck a label on the label suction plate, and a blowing means 4 of the sucked output (exhaust air) of the suction means 3 against the label R sucked and held on the suction plate 2 from the outside thereof, which is connected to the suction output side of the suction means through the duct path 11.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a label sticking target which is continuously stuck on a continuous mount so that continuous printing can be carried out and is peeled off one by one after printing. The present invention relates to a label sticking machine adapted to stick on a material, and particularly when a label is sucked and supported by a label suction plate, a suction means is provided on the label suction plate side, and the label is sucked under negative pressure by the suction means. At the same time, the present invention relates to a label suction assisting mechanism in a label sticking machine that blows suction output of suction means from the opposite surface side of the label to assist the label suction state.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, label information display processing is frequently used as a means of transmitting information in various industrial fields. This type of label is generally stuck on a continuous mount in a printer such as a computer so that continuous printing can be performed, and peeled one by one from the continuous mount after the printing process. The
It is designed to be pasted on the target object.

As described above, various label sticking machines have been developed as a device for peeling labels, which are intensively printed by a printer device or the like, from a continuous mount and sticking them on an object. Have been provided. This type of label sticking machine employs a label suction mechanism including a suction means such as a vacuum generator that requires a high-pressure air source when sucking the label depending on the feeding state of the label peeled from the continuous mount. There is.

[0004]

However, the label suction mechanism in the above-mentioned conventional label sticking machine has the following problems.
Depending on the label feeding position and the effect of glue breakage,
When a label is adsorbed by the label adsorbing mechanism, it has a drawback that the adsorption becomes uncertain, and in order to achieve a reliable adsorbing operation, a vacuum suction (convum) device, and further label adsorption It was general to blow air from below the label adsorption plate to assist the above. However, the above-described conventional device requires a vacuum suction device, a blow-up blower mechanism, and the like, and has problems such as an increase in air pressure source capacity and an increase in price.

Therefore, according to the present invention, in the label suction mechanism in the conventional label sticking machine described above, the suction and support of the label is made more reliable, and the curl of the peeled label is surely sucked and supported, and It is an object of the present invention to provide a label suction assisting mechanism in a label sticking machine capable of surely sticking a label onto a label sticking object.

Further, according to the present invention, in order to assist the label adsorption in the label sticking machine, the suction source is constituted by the fern motor and the exhaust air generated by itself is utilized without using expensive exclusive functional parts. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a label suction assisting mechanism in a label sticking machine that ensures label suction support and contributes to energy saving.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is specifically, continuously stuck on a continuous mount so that a continuous printing process can be performed by a printer device or the like. After the printing process, the label group was peeled off one by one from the continuous mount, and the peeled labels were once adsorbed and supported by the label adsorbing means, and the label was adhered onto the desired label sticking object. A label sticking device, a label suction plate having a label suction surface for sucking and supporting the label, a chamber structure communicating with the label suction plate to form a suction flow path, and the label suction plate. A suction means for sucking a negative pressure on the suction flow path side to suck a label, and a suction output side of the suction means are connected through a duct flow path to the label suction means. To label from the outside it is sucked and supported on the label suction plate, constituting the label suction auxiliary mechanism in the label pasted machine comprising a suction output blowing device for blowing suction output of the suction means.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The label suction assist mechanism in the label sticking machine according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to specific embodiments shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing an overall basic structure of a label suction assisting mechanism in a label sticking machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of a label suction assisting mechanism in the label sticking machine. FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B are side views showing a preferred embodiment of the label suction plate, FIG. 3A is a schematic side sectional view thereof, and FIG. It is a bottom view.

The label suction assist mechanism 1 of the label sticking machine according to the present invention is basically a label suction plate 2.
And a suction means 3 for sucking the label onto the label suction plate 2, and a suction output spraying means 4 for spraying the suction output of the suction means onto the label from the outside.

The label suction plate 2 has, for example, a structure as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, has a label suction surface 5 for sucking and supporting the label R, and opens toward the label suction surface 5. It has a plurality of slit opening rows 6. The label suction surface 5 is configured by a flat surface, and the slit opening row 6 is a groove opening having a width dimension w extending parallel to each other and provided with a separation distance L. . A chamber structure 8 forming a suction flow path 7 communicating with the label suction plate 2 is combined with one end of the label suction plate 2 and connected to the suction means 3 via a suction source connection port 9. I am doing it.

The suction means 3 sucks the negative pressure of the pressure in the suction flow path 7 in the chamber structure 8 to suck the label R onto the label suction plate 2, and is constituted by a fern motor. There is. In this invention,
The suction means 3 has a duct flow path 1 on its suction output side 10.
1 is connected, and the suction output blowing means 4 is combined via the duct flow path 11. The duct flow path 11 is a spiral tube made of metal or resin and is flexible and can be bent freely.

The suction output spraying means 4 is a pipe body closed at its tip and is attached to the machine body. For example, the elongated blower nozzle 12 extends along one generatrix in the axial direction.
It is equipped with. The suction output spraying means 4
The blowing nozzle 12 in FIG. 2 is arranged to face the label suction plate 2 and blow the suction output of the suction means 3 from the outside to the label suction-supported on the suction surface 5 of the label suction plate 2. There is.

More specifically, the label suction plate 2 is
In the suction flow path 7, jet air blowing flow path means 13 for blowing jet air to the label R suction-supported on the label suction surface 5 is provided.
The jet air blowing flow path means 13 comprises an air introducing member 14 for introducing air into the label adsorption plate 2 and an intermediate nozzle member 15 for converting the introduced air into jet air to generate a Venturi effect. The air introducing member 14 has an air introducing pipe portion 16 and a branch pipe portion 17 branched from the air introducing pipe portion 16. The branch pipe portion 17 is provided with a plurality of jet air blowing nozzles 18. .

The intermediate nozzle member 15 has a plurality of twin cone nozzle openings 19. The twin-cone nozzle opening 19 is composed of a small diameter portion 20 that is narrowed in the central portion, and enlarged portions 21 and 21 that are on both axial ends of the small diameter portion 20 and that expand outwardly in a tapered shape. ing. According to the twin-cone nozzle opening 19 in the intermediate nozzle member 15, the fluid passing through the twin-cone nozzle opening 19 has the minimum pressure and the maximum velocity in the small diameter portion 20 and the pressure in the expansion portion 21. To recover the so-called Venturi effect. The jet air whose pressure is restored by the Venturi effect is uniformly blown to the label R suction-supported by the label suction plate 2 via the slit opening row 6 in the label suction plate 2.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the label suction plate 2 in the label sticking machine is provided with a label suction support position P1 located on the printed label discharge port E side of the label printer RP and a label sticking target. It is supported by the label suction plate drive means 22 so as to be movable along the arc-shaped moving line ML between the label sticking work position P2 facing the transport line CL of the object H.

The label suction plate drive means 22 is provided with a rotary vane actuator 23 for setting a rotation angle. The rotary vane actuator 23
Has an output shaft 24, which is connected to a drive shaft 25. The drive shaft 25 is
Machine stand 27 through a pair of bearing brackets 26A and 26B
It is installed on top. A pair of arm members 28A and 28B are fixed to the drive shaft 25, and the label suction plate 2 is rotatably attached to the tip ends of the pair of arm members 28A and 28B via a shaft 29. There is.

On the other hand, the bearing bracket 26A includes
A pulley fixing plate for fixing the first pulley 30 that does not rotate is attached. A second pulley 31 corresponding to the first pulley 30 is fixedly attached to the shaft 29 of the label suction plate 2, and a timing belt 32 is provided between the first and second pulleys 30 and 31. Is mounted.

The label suction plate driving means 22 having the above-mentioned structure
According to the above, when the rotary vane actuator 23 generates a rotation moment, the label suction plate 2 is
The label suction support position P1 is moved to the label sticking work position P2 via the drive shaft 25 and the pair of arm members 28A and 28B. In this case, the shaft 29 of the label suction plate 2 is mechanically connected to the machine body 27 side via the second pulley 31, the timing belt 32, and the first pulley 30, so that the first pulley 30 If the number of teeth (or diameter) of the second pulley 31 is the same, the posture of the label suction plate 2 does not change, but if there is a difference in the number of teeth, 90/360 = 1 of the difference. The posture changes by / 4. Utilizing this, the label suction plate 2 is moved from the label suction support position P1 to the label sticking work position P.
In the process of moving to 2, the label suction support position P
In 1, the label R discharged from the discharge port E of the printer device or the like is set to an angle of inclination for easy reception, and in the label sticking work position P2, the angle can be set appropriately with respect to the sticking target H on the transport line CL. .

[0019]

The label suction assisting mechanism in the label sticking machine of the present invention having the above-described structure is provided in the label sticking machine configured to suck and support the label on the label suction plate by the label suction means. , The suction source of the label suction means is configured by a fern motor, and the exhaust air on the suction output side generated by itself is used to blow the exhaust air to the label from the outside of the label. Designed at low cost, because the label suction support is ensured and the label can be reliably attached to the object to be label-attached, without the need for dedicated functional parts for adsorption assistance. In addition, the label suction means is extremely effective in that it contributes to energy saving in the structure in which exhaust air generated by itself is reused. It can be said.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing an overall basic configuration of a label suction assisting mechanism in a label sticking machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of a label suction assisting mechanism in the label sticking machine.

3A and 3B show a preferred embodiment of a label suction plate, FIG. 3A is a schematic side sectional view thereof,
FIG. 3B is a schematic bottom view showing a half portion cut away.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Label suction assist mechanism 2 Label suction plate 3 Suction means 4 Suction output spraying means 5 Label suction surface 7 Suction flow path 8 Chamber structure 9 Suction source connection port 10 Suction output side 11 Duct flow path 12 Blow nozzle RP Label printer E Printing Finished label outlet H Label sticking target P1 Label suction support position P2 Label sticking work position CL Conveying line

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A label group continuously attached on a continuous mount so that continuous printing can be performed by a printer device or the like is peeled off from the continuous mount one by one after the printing process. A label sticking device, wherein a label is sucked and supported by a label sucking means, and the label is stuck onto a desired label sticking object, and has a label sucking surface for sucking and supporting the label. A label suction plate, a chamber structure that communicates with the label suction plate to form a suction flow path, and suction means for sucking a negative pressure on the suction flow path side to suck a label on the label suction plate, For the label that is connected to the suction output side of the suction means through a duct flow path and is suction-supported from the outside of the label suction plate, the suction hand Label suction-aid mechanism in suction output blowing device and characterized by comprising comprises a label pasted machine for blowing suction output.