NZ780225B2 - High speed labeler for large produce items - Google Patents

High speed labeler for large produce items

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Publication number
NZ780225B2
NZ780225B2 NZ780225A NZ78022520A NZ780225B2 NZ 780225 B2 NZ780225 B2 NZ 780225B2 NZ 780225 A NZ780225 A NZ 780225A NZ 78022520 A NZ78022520 A NZ 78022520A NZ 780225 B2 NZ780225 B2 NZ 780225B2
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New Zealand
Prior art keywords
label
label strip
transfer point
strip
cassette
Prior art date
Application number
NZ780225A
Other versions
NZ780225A (en
Inventor
Justin Graham
Samuel Aaron Greer
Kevin Guadagnini
Jeremy Benjamin Isch
Russell Alan Jensen
Original Assignee
Sinclair Systems International Llc
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Sinclair Systems International Llc filed Critical Sinclair Systems International Llc
Priority claimed from PCT/US2020/000008 external-priority patent/WO2020197608A1/en
Publication of NZ780225A publication Critical patent/NZ780225A/en
Publication of NZ780225B2 publication Critical patent/NZ780225B2/en

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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C3/00—Labelling other than flat surfaces
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
    • B65C9/02—Devices for moving articles, e.g. containers, past labelling station
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
    • B65C9/08—Label feeding
    • B65C9/18—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls
    • B65C9/1865—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls the labels adhering on a backing strip
    • B65C9/1869—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls the labels adhering on a backing strip and being transferred directly from the backing strip onto the article
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
    • B65C9/08—Label feeding
    • B65C9/18—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls
    • B65C9/1865—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls the labels adhering on a backing strip
    • B65C9/1876—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls the labels adhering on a backing strip and being transferred by suction means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
    • B65C9/08—Label feeding
    • B65C9/18—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls
    • B65C9/1892—Spools or cassettes for strips
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
    • B65C9/26—Devices for applying labels
    • B65C9/30—Rollers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
    • B65C9/26—Devices for applying labels
    • B65C9/36—Wipers; Pressers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
    • B65C9/40—Controls; Safety devices
    • B65C9/42—Label feed control

Abstract

Automatic high-speed labelling of produce can include problems in dealing with labelling of large produce which causes there to be large and heavy labels strips which can cause problems of fouling of the label strip. The present seeks to alleviate this problem. An apparatus used to apply labels of a label strip carried on a cassette to items comprises a label applicator including a plurality of expandable bellows, an indexable rotary head carrying said expandable bellows thereon, a label transfer point above said indexable rotary head, and a cassette supporter above said label transfer point and configured to support said cassette thereon. A label strip deflection means 156 is above said label transfer point and is configured to prevent said label strip from overrunning toward said label transfer point. Said label strip deflection means 156 is between said label transfer point and said cassette supporter, and is a fixed plate inclined upwardly in a direction away from said label transfer point.

Claims (12)

What we claim is:
1. An apparatus used to apply labels of a label strip carried on a cassette to items, said apparatus comprising: a label applicator ing: a plurality of expandable bellows; an indexable rotary head carrying said expandable bellows thereon; a label transfer point above said indexable rotary head, and a cassette supporter above said label transfer point and configured to support said cassette thereon; and label strip deflection means above said label transfer point and configured to prevent said label strip from overrunning toward said label transfer point, wherein said label strip tion means is between said label er point and said te supporter, and wherein said label strip deflection means is a fixed plate inclined upwardly in a direction away from said label transfer point.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a label strip drive means configured to propel and transfer said label strip at operational speeds greater than 30 meters per minute.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a label strip drive means configured to transport said label strip from said cassette to said label transfer point, wherein said label strip deflection means is positioned above a y of said label strip and laterally between said label strip drive means and said label transfer point.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, further sing a label strip drive means configured to transport said label strip from said cassette to said label transfer point, wherein said label strip drive means comprises a driven scallop wheel and nip roller and said nip roller is positioned in a fixed relationship with said driven p wheel to achieve an arc of constant frictional engagement between said driven scallop wheel and said label strip of at least 270 degrees.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a label strip drive means including: a driven scallop wheel; a tension roller; first and second t arms interconnecting said driven scallop wheel and said tension roller; and a nip roller having a nip roller axle, wherein said first and second support arms are movable from an uppermost position to a lowermost position, where said first and second support arms abut said nip roller axle.
6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein each of said first and second support arms is formed with a , wherein said nip roller axle is received in said recesses when said first and second support arms are at the lowermost position.
7. The tus of claim 1, further comprising a label strip drive means including: a driven scallop wheel rotatable about a first axis; a nip roller rotatable about a second axis; and a tension roller rotatable about a third axis and movable from an ost position, where said third axis is above said first axis, to a ost position, where said third axis is above said second axis.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said label strip tion means has a first portion mounted on said label applicator and a second portion that extends from said first portion.
9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said second portion inclines away from said label transfer point.
10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said label strip deflection means is generally L shape.
11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said label applicator further includes: a frame; label stripping edges that are mounted on said frame and that define said label transfer point; and a support mounted on said frame and above said label stripping edges, wherein said first portion of said label strip tion means is mounted on said support.
12. An apparatus according to claim 1, substantially as herein described and exemplified.
NZ780225A 2020-03-09 High speed labeler for large produce items NZ780225B2 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US201962919671P 2019-03-22 2019-03-22
PCT/US2020/000008 WO2020197608A1 (en) 2019-03-22 2020-03-09 High speed labeler for large produce items

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
NZ780225A NZ780225A (en) 2025-08-29
NZ780225B2 true NZ780225B2 (en) 2025-12-02

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