JPH11171152A - Labeling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a labeling device capable of attaching a label with excellent accuracy at the prescribed position of a work to which the label is attached. SOLUTION: A holding roller 58 is provided in the vicinity of a driven roller 44 in a rolling contact with a round belt, and rotated following the rotation of the round belt 40. A label 17 reaching the driven roller 44 is delivered to a work 22 in a condition held by the round belt 40 and the holding roller 58, and a tip of the label 17 is brought into contact with the work 22. The label 17 delivered to the work 22 is pressed against and attached to the work 22 carried by a conveyor 21 through a press roller 60. Because the holding roller 56 delivers the label 17 to the work 22 while the label is held by the holding roller and the round belt 40, the label is not shifted backward by the reaction when the tip of the label 17 is brought into contact with the work 22, and the label 17 can be attached to the prescribed position of the work 22 with excellent accuracy.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a label sticking apparatus, and more particularly, to a label sticking apparatus in which a label peeled from a band-shaped backing sheet is adsorbed to the lower surface of a plurality of round belts, transferred, and stuck to an object to be stuck.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art This type of label sticking apparatus includes a pair of rollers, a plurality of round belts spanned between the pair of rollers, and a fan. The label peeled off from the band-shaped backing sheet is attracted to the lower surface of the round belt by the suction action of the fan, and the label attracted to the round belt is rotated and driven by the round belt, so that the label is attracted to the round belt. Are transferred between the rollers. The label transported between the rollers is fed out to the object to be adhered, and the leading end of the label abuts on the object to be adhered, and is pressed and adhered to the object by a pressing means.

[0003]

However, in this type of conventional label sticking apparatus, when the label is fed to the sticking portion, the label is shifted rearward due to a reaction when the leading end of the label comes into contact with the object to be stuck. However, there has been a problem that the label cannot be accurately attached to a predetermined position of the object.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and has as its object to provide a label sticking apparatus capable of sticking a label at a predetermined position on an object to be stuck with high accuracy.

[0005]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, a strip-shaped backing to which a plurality of labels are temporarily attached is turned and conveyed by a peeling member to peel off the label from the strip-shaped backing. A label to which a peeled label is transferred by a transfer means, fed out to an object to be stuck, and the leading end of the label is brought into contact with the object to be stuck, and a label is stuck by pressing the object through the label with a pressing means. In the sticking device,
The transfer means includes a first member provided near the peeling member.
, A second roller provided in the vicinity of the pressing means, an endless belt stretched between the first roller and the second roller, and the endless belt Suction means for sucking and holding the lower surface of the endless belt, a driving source for driving the endless belt to rotate and transferring the sucked and held label to the adherend side, and the second roller of the endless belt A gripping roller that rolls into the vicinity of the label and reaches the label on the label, and feeds the label to the label while holding the label with the endless belt.

According to the present invention, the label peeled from the band-shaped backing sheet is sucked and held on the lower surface of the endless belt by the suction means, and is transferred to the adherend by the driving source rotating the endless belt. You. The label that has reached the object to be adhered is fed to the object to be adhered while being sandwiched between the endless belt and the sandwiching roller, and the leading end of the label is brought into contact with the object to be adhered, and is pressed against the object by the pressing means. It is affixed. In this manner, by feeding the label to the object in a state where the holding roller holds the label together with the endless belt,
When the leading end of the label comes into contact with the object, the label does not shift rearward due to the reaction, and the label can be accurately attached to a predetermined position of the object.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of a label sticking apparatus according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a label sticking apparatus 10 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the label applying apparatus 10 mainly includes a supply reel rotatably supporting a band-shaped mount 16 wound in a roll shape on which a large number of labels 17 are temporarily attached at a predetermined pitch (see FIG. 3). 12, a printing unit 18 for printing on a label 17, and the printed label 17
Peeling plate 14 for peeling off labels one by one, a transport unit 20 for transporting peeled labels 17, and transported labels 17
A pressing roller 60 that presses and adheres to the adherend 22;
And a take-up reel 26 that winds up the band-shaped backing sheet 16 from which the label 17 has been peeled off. Then, the band-shaped backing paper 16 fed from the supply reel 12 to the conveyance path is conveyed to the printing unit 18 while engaging with the guide roller 28a. on the other hand,
The ink ribbon 32 wound around the ink ribbon supply reel 30 is also conveyed to the printing unit 18. The band-shaped backing paper 16 and the ink ribbon 32 conveyed to the printing unit 18 are attached to the printing unit 18.
The required print is performed at a predetermined position of the label 17 by being sandwiched between the print head 34 and the platen roller 36.

The printed label is conveyed to the peeling plate 14 by the conveyance movement of the band-shaped backing paper 16, and the ink ribbon 32 is taken up by the ink ribbon take-up reel 38. The exfoliation plate 14 has an acute-angled tip, and the strip-shaped mount 16 to which the label 17 is temporarily attached is turned and conveyed at the extremity of the exfoliation plate 14, so that the label 1 having a greater rigidity than the strip-shaped mount 16.
7 is peeled off from the band-shaped mount 16 and fed out to the transfer section 20. The strip-shaped backing sheet 16 from which the label 17 has been peeled off is wound on the take-up reel 26 while engaging with the guide roller 28b, and the ink ribbon 32 is taken up by the ink ribbon take-up reel 38.
It is wound up. The rotation shaft of the take-up reel 26 is connected to a rotation drive source (not shown), and winds up the band-shaped backing sheet 16 by the driving force of the rotation drive source.

The transfer section 20 includes a driving roller 42, a driven roller 44, a plurality of round belts 40, a stepping motor 48, and a fan 50. As shown in FIG. 2, the drive roller 42 and the driven roller 44 are rotatably supported between a rear plate 52 and a front plate 54 of a hood-shaped casing. , A plurality of round belts 40, 40, ... are wound at equal intervals. Note that a perforated plate-shaped belt may be used instead of the round belt 40.

As shown in FIG. 1, the driving roller 42 is connected to a stepping motor 48 via a timing belt 46, and the round belt 40 is intermittently driven to rotate by the stepping motor 48 in a direction indicated by an arrow in FIG. . A roller 56 is provided in the vicinity of the driving roller 42 so as to be in contact with the round belt 40. The roller 56 rotates following the rotation of the round belt 40, and the label 17 peeled off from the band-shaped backing sheet 16 and fed to the transfer unit 20 is sandwiched between the round belt 40 and the roller 56.

A fan 50 is provided above the stepping motor 48. The label 17 sandwiched between the round belt 40 and the rollers 56 is attracted to the lower surface of the round belt 40 by the suction action of the fan 50, and Is transported in the direction of the arrow in FIG. The driven roller 44
Is provided in the vicinity of the round belt 40 so as to be in contact with the round belt 40, and rotates following the drive of the round belt 40. The label 17 arriving at the driven roller 44 is held between the round belt 40 and the holding roller 58, and the label
The label 17 is fed out to the article 22 conveyed in step 1, and the leading end of the label 17 is brought into contact with the article 22.

The label 17 fed to the object 22
Is pressed by the pressing roller 60 against the object 22 to be bonded. The pressing roller 60 is attached to a tip of a turning plate 62, and the turning plate 62 is rotatable about a turning shaft 64 as a fulcrum. One end of a spring 66 is attached to the end of the rotating plate 62, and the other end of the spring 66 is fixed to a pin 68. Thus, the rotating plate 62 is urged clockwise by the spring 66.

A sensor 72 is provided between the driving roller 42 and the driven roller 44 to transfer the label 17 to be transferred.
Detect the tip of When the leading end of the label 17 is detected by the sensor 72, the driving of the round belt 40 is stopped while the label 17 is held between the round belt 17 and the holding roller 58. Then, the round belt 40 is driven at a predetermined timing of the conveyed article 22 to adhere the label 17 to the article 22.

Next, the operation of the label sticking apparatus configured as described above will be described. The strip-shaped backing material 16
The label 17 that has been peeled from the sheet is fed to the transfer section 20 and is sandwiched between the round belt 40 and the roller 56. The label 17 sandwiched between the round belt 40 and the roller 56 is attracted to the lower surface of the round belt 40 by the suction action of the fan 50, and is transported in the direction of the arrow along with the rotation of the round belt 40 by the rotation of the stepping motor 48. Is done.

The label 17 which has reached the vicinity of the object 22
Is fed to the article 22 while being sandwiched between the round belt 40 and the sandwiching roller 58, and the leading end of the label 17 is brought into contact with the article 22. The label 17 fed to the object 22 is pressed by the pressing roller 60 onto the object 22 conveyed by the conveyor 21 and is attached. At this time, the label 17 is fed to the adherend 22 in a state where the label 17 is clamped together with the round belt 40, so that when the leading end of the label 17 comes into contact with the adhered portion 22, the label 17 is displaced rearward by the reaction. In addition, the label 17 can be accurately attached to a predetermined position of the object 22.

[0016]

As described above, according to the label sticking apparatus of the present invention, the holding roller for feeding out the label reaching the sticking object side to the sticking object while holding the label with the endless belt is provided. Thus, the label can be accurately attached to a predetermined position of the object without sticking to the rear side due to the recoil when the leading end of the label comes into contact with the object.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a label sticking apparatus.

FIG. 2 is a top view of a transfer unit of the label sticking apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view illustrating details of a band-shaped backing to which a label is temporarily attached.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Label sticking apparatus 14 ... Peeling plate 16 ... Strip-shaped mount 17 ... Label 20 ... Transfer part 22 ... Sticking object 40 ... Round belt 42 ... Drive roller 44 ... Driven roller 48 ... Stepping motor 58 ... Nipping roller 60 ... Pressing roller

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A strip-shaped backing sheet on which a plurality of labels are temporarily attached is turned and conveyed by a peeling member to peel off the label from the strip-shaped backing sheet, and the separated label is transferred by a transfer means and fed out to an adherend. In a label affixing apparatus for affixing a label by pressing a label tip against the object to be affixed and pressing the object to be affixed through a label with a pressing means, the transfer means includes a portion near the peeling member. A second roller provided near the pressing means; an endless belt stretched between the first roller and the second roller; Suction means for sucking and holding the labeled label on the lower surface of the endless belt, and rotationally driving the endless belt,
A drive source for transferring the suction-held label to the adherend, and the endless belt, which rolls into contact with the endless belt near the second roller and reaches the adherend side. And a holding roller for feeding out the object to be stuck while being held.