JPH0912018A - External fitting device for cylindrical label film onto bottle container - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To automatically fit a cylindrical label onto a bottled commodity by a method wherein a label is pulled out by a suction delivering means from a stocker of the cylindrical label film, and is delivered to two units of chain drive devices being equipped with a suction device, and is externally fitted on the body part of a container. CONSTITUTION: An external fitting device is a device to externally fit a cylindrical label film 4 in a stocker 3 onto a bottle container 2 which is fed by a conveyor, and a suction delivering means 5 is inserted between the stocker 3 and the external fitting means 6 for the container 2, as the arrangement. The suction delivering means 5 is constituted of a base plate 8 which is rotated by a motor 7, a first pulley 9 which is concentric with the base plate 8, a second pulley 10 which is provided at the other end of the base plate 8, and a suction means 11 which is provided on the second pulley 10 while being interlocked with the first pulley 9. Also, for the external fitting means 6, suction cups 13a, 13b are provided on two units of chain drive devices 15a, 15b of which an interval to each other extends downward, and the cylindrical label film 4 which is received from the suction delivering means 5 is fitted on the container 2 while the cylindrical label film is being extended.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

The present invention relates to a container such as a plastic bottle (plastic bottle) container (hereinafter referred to as a bottle container).
The present invention relates to an apparatus suitable for mounting a short tubular label film on the body of a person.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a bottle container that is filled with liquid such as drinking water, alcoholic beverages, and seasonings, and sold, a product name and a mark are displayed on the body. The display means may be directly printed on the bottle container, but the preprinted material on the cylindrical shrink film is externally mounted and heated to keep the mechanical strength by shrinking the film.

In a large-scale bottled beverage manufacturing plant, a tubular film is a body part of a bottle container while being cut from a continuous package in which a long one is wound into a short tubular label for one bottle. It is exterior.

When a large number of bottled products are produced in small quantities, it is not suitable to use a continuous package. Therefore, several kinds of short tubular label films are prepared and manually attached to the body of a bottle container or the like. After heating, the film is heated and attached closely.

[0005]

In a variety and small-quantity production system, there is no choice but to prepare and use a plurality of types of short tubular label films. Therefore, when mechanized the consistent work from filling the contents of the bottle container to mounting the tubular label, and further storing it in the case, to save labor,
Take out the tubular film one by one from the stocker,
The work of coating the bottle container became a difficulty, and complete automation was difficult. The present invention is intended to solve such a drawback and to provide a low-priced device which can be easily adopted even in a small-scale manufacturing facility which is obliged to carry out various types of small-quantity production.

[0006]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention is an apparatus for packaging a tubular label film in a stocker into an individual container supplied by a conveying device to the container, wherein the tubular label film is attached to the stocker and the container. The suction / delivery means is interposed between the exterior means and the exterior means for the container has a structure in which the suction device is provided in two chain drives whose intervals are widened downward.

The suction / delivery means cooperates with a base plate rotated by a drive source, a first pulley coaxial with the base plate, a second pulley and a first plate provided at the other end of the base plate, and the second pulley has a cylindrical shape. This is a structure provided with a suction means for the label film.

[0008]

Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a right side view, FIG. 3 (a) is a front main part enlarged view, and (b) is a right side main part enlarged view. This device is a device for mounting the tubular label film 4 in the stocker 3 on each bottle container 2 supplied by the conveyor 1 as a transport device. Although the cylindrical label film 4 is cylindrical when opened, it is folded in a diametrical sheet shape while being transferred from the stocker 3 to the container extrapolation means 6 by the suction transfer means 5. The stocker 3 of the tubular label film 4 is provided so as to be inclined so that the film take-out port 3a is located below. The film take-out port 3a has two bars 3b so as to prevent the tubular label film 4 from falling and allow the film to be taken out from above.

A suction delivery means 5 is interposed between the stocker 3 of the cylindrical label film 4 and the exterior means 6 for the bottle container 2. This suction / delivery means links a base plate 8 rotated by a motor 7 as a drive source and a first pulley 9 coaxial therewith, a second pulley 10 and a first pulley 9 provided at the other end of the base plate 8 in cooperation with each other. The second pulley 10 is provided with a suction means 11 for the cylindrical label film. The suction means here means the suction plate 12 and its suction line.

The operation of the suction / delivery means 5 is shown in FIGS. 4 (a) to 4 (f). In (a), the suction disk 12 is close to receive the cylindrical label film 4 from the stocker 3.
In (b), the suction plate 12 is sucking and receiving the cylindrical label film 4, (c) is where the suction plate 12 pulls out the cylindrical label film 4 from the stocker 3, and (d) is in which the suction plate 12 is in the cylindrical label film. 4 to receive the suction means 1 of the exterior means
While moving in the 3a direction, (e) shows the suction plate 13 of the exterior means 14.
When a receives the tubular label film 4, (f) shows that the suction disk 12 is approaching again to receive the next tubular label film 4.

The container exterior means 14 is provided with two chain drives 15a and 15b whose intervals are widened downward, and a suction plate 13 is provided.
a and 13b are provided. Two chain drives 15
A and 15b are reversely rotated by a chain drive 17 rotated by a motor 16. The right chain drive 15a in FIG. 3A rotates counterclockwise,
b rotates right. Then, when the suction device 13a receives the tubular label film 4, the two chain drives 15a, 1
At the upper part of 5b, the cylindrical label film 4 is attached to the suction device 13a,
13b is sandwiched from both sides (A in FIG. 3 (a), FIG. 5b), and the cylindrical label film 4 is opened while rotating (FIG. 3 (a)).
Medium B, FIG. 5c), and extrapolated to the container (A in FIG. 3 (a), FIG. 5d).

As described above, the suction disks 12, 13a, 13b
The vacuum line is ON while the cylindrical label film 4 is being received, and the vacuum line is OFF when the cylindrical label film 4 is not being received.
This control can be performed by a computer or mechanical ON-OFF.

[0013]

As described above, according to the apparatus of the present invention, the individually cut tubular label film can be externally attached to the body of the container. This makes it possible to mount the tubular label film only by the machine, even when a large number of bottled products are produced in small quantities.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a right side view of the same.

FIG. 3A is an enlarged view of a front main part, and FIG. 3B is an enlarged view of a right side main part.

FIG. 4A to FIG. 4F are diagrams showing the operation of the suction delivery unit.

5 (a) to 5 (d) are views showing an operation of a packaging means for a container.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Conveyor 2 Bottle Container 3 Stocker 4 Cylindrical Label Film 5 Suction and Delivery Means 6 Extrapolation Means

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A device for packaging a tubular label film in a stocker on an individual container supplied by a transporting device, wherein suction transfer means is provided between the stocker of the tubular label film and the packaging device for the container. An interposing device for the container is a device for enclosing a cylindrical label film in which a suction device is provided in two chain drives whose intervals are widened downward. 2. A base plate on which the suction / delivery means according to claim 1 is rotated by a drive source, a first pulley coaxial with the base plate, and a second plate provided at the other end of the base plate.
An outer packaging device for a container of a tubular label film, comprising a second label and a suction means for the tubular label film provided in cooperation with the pulley and the first pulley.