SE442979B

SE442979B - Method and apparatus for separating, folding and applying sticky labels from a tape

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Publication number: SE442979B
Application number: SE8402610A
Authority: SE
Inventors: F Moller
Original assignee: Bellgren Alf
Priority date: 1984-05-15
Filing date: 1984-05-15
Publication date: 1986-02-10
Also published as: SE8402610L; SE8402610D0

Abstract

The invention concerns a method and apparatus for separating, folding and applying sticky labels from a tape. According to the invention, tape is fed from a dispenser (2) containing a storage roller of tape, onto a mechanism that can be opened and consisting of two endless belts ((12, 15) in contact with each other. A predetermined length of tape is fed onto the transfer mechanism and retained on this by suction. The transfer mechanism (12, 15) is then closed with the labels, held by suction, in such a way that an end with a clear sticky bit sticks out. The moving belt (15) inside the transfer mechanism is moved back to its start position and holds the folded label by suction. The labels are brought forward thereafter by a mobile, suction-driven application device (23,24,25), whereby the application device, while holding the label, is put on an object e.g. a code mark, a newspaper etc. and pressed down with the label's sticky side against the object.<IMAGE>

Description

15 20 25 30 35 8402610-3 1 endast en viss längd av tejpremsan dubbelvikes under det att resterande del av remsans längd skjuter ut med fri- lagt klisterskikt. Apparaten enligt uppfinningen har vi- dare till ändamål att förflytta den genom hopvikning fram- ställda remsan eller etiketten och anbringa den med den utskjutande, klistrande änden på ett föremål, t.ex. en signatur, en tidning e.d. Detta och andra ändamål uppnås enligt uppfinningen genom att apparaten utformas i enlig- het med de särdrag som angives i efterföljande patentkrav. 15 20 25 30 35 8402610-3 1 only a certain length of the tape strip is double-folded while the remaining part of the length of the strip protrudes with an exposed adhesive layer. The apparatus according to the invention further has for its object to move the strip or label produced by folding and to apply it with the projecting, sticky end of an object, e.g. a signature, a newspaper, etc. This and other objects are achieved according to the invention in that the apparatus is designed in accordance with the features stated in the appended claims.

Uppfinningen beskrives i det följande i anslutning till ett på bifogade ritningar illustrerat utförnings- exempel.The invention is described in the following in connection with an exemplary embodiment illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

På ritningarna visar fig. 1 - 5 ytterst schematiskt en sidovy av en apparat enligt uppfinningen, varvid figu- rerna illustrerar de olika moment, som ingår i en komplett arbetscykel vid användning av apparaten enligt uppfinning- en.In the drawings, Figures 1-5 show very diagrammatically a side view of an apparatus according to the invention, the figures illustrating the various steps which are included in a complete work cycle when using the apparatus according to the invention.

Den i figurerna illustrerade apparaten innefattar en pâ en företrädesvis vertikal fundamentplatta 1 fast monte- rad tejp-dispenser 2, vilken uppbär en rulle tejp 3 av det slag, som på sin mot rullen vända sida är försedd med ett icke torkande klisterskikt. Dispensern 2 innefattar vidare en motordriven frammatningsanordning för utmatning av tejp från rullen, vilken drivanordning innefattar drivna matar- rullar 4. Nedtill uppbär dispensern 2 en platta 5, som på den från dispensern 2 vända sidan uppbär en stödkloss 6 med en vederlagsyta 7 sträckande sig ungefärligen parallellt med utmatningsriktningen för tejpen i och för uppstödning av denna på den icke klistrande sidan av tejpen. I stöd- kl0SS2n 6 är vidare anordnad en slits 8, som sträcker sig tvärs tejpens matningsriktning och är avsedd att medgiva inskjutning i slitsen 8 av en kniv 9, som är förskjutbart monterad på undersidan av plattan 5. Kniven 9 är sålunda förskjutbar medelst en på plattan 5 monterad pneumatisk cylinder 10, mellan ett i slitsen inskjutet läge vid _F-... -V f... 10 15 20 25 30 35 3 8402610-3 avkapning av den frammatade tejpen, och ett tillbakadraget läge, vilket sistnämnda läge illustreras i figurerna. Stöd- klossen 6 ar vidare ansluten till en i figuren icke visad vätskebehållare, t.ex. en behållare med vatten eller något annat lämpligt klisterlösande medel, för befuktning av en porös, elastisk avstrykare 11 anordnad i klossens 6 inre i plan med slitsens 8 övre begränsningsyta. Avstrykaren 11, som t.ex. kan bestå av skumplast, har till ändamål att vid knivens inskjutning i slitsen under tvättning avstryka klis- ter som fastnat på kniven 9.The apparatus illustrated in the figures comprises a tape dispenser 2 fixedly mounted on a preferably vertical foundation plate 1, which supports a roll of tape 3 of the type which is provided on its side facing the roll with a non-drying adhesive layer. The dispenser 2 further comprises a motor-driven feed device for discharging tape from the roll, which drive device comprises driven feed rollers 4. At the bottom the dispenser 2 carries a plate 5, which on the side facing away from the dispenser 2 carries a support block 6 with a bearing surface 7 extending approximately parallel to the discharge direction of the tape in order to support it on the non-adhesive side of the tape. A slot 8 is further arranged in the support block 6, which slot extends across the feed direction of the tape and is intended to allow insertion into the slot 8 of a knife 9, which is slidably mounted on the underside of the plate 5. The knife 9 is thus displaceable by means of an on the plate 5 mounted pneumatic cylinder 10, between a position inserted in the slot at _F -... -V f ... 10 15 20 25 30 35 3 8402610-3 cutting of the fed tape, and a retracted position, the latter position being illustrated in the figures. The support block 6 is further connected to a liquid container not shown in the figure, e.g. a container with water or some other suitable adhesive-dissolving agent, for wetting a porous, elastic wiper 11 arranged in the interior of the block 6 in plane with the upper limiting surface of the slot 8. The wiper 11, such as may consist of foam plastic, has the purpose of, when inserting the knife into the slot during washing, wiping off glue that is stuck to the knife 9.

Under stödklossen 6 är fast monterad en motordriven, ändlös bandtransportör 12 så anordnad, att den ena band- parten 12A bildar en rörlig transportyta för den framma- tade tejpen, varvid bandparten 12A sträcker sig väsentli- gen i tejpens utmatningsriktning från dispensern 2. Trans- portörens 12 transportband utgöres av ett perforerat band, företrädesvis ett perforerat transportband av plastmate- rial. Mellan transportörens 12 båda bandparter 12A och 12B är anordnad minst en, men företrädesvis flera, vacuumlâdor 13, vars ena sida är öppen och anordnad att tätande anligga mot transportörens 12 bandpart 13A. Vacuumlådan/-lådorna 13 är medelst böjliga slangar 14 anslutna till en i figuren ej visad vacuumkälla. Ändamålet härmed är, att den på band- transportören 12 frammatade tejpen genom sugverkan från vacuumlådorna genom transportbandet 12A skall fasthållas med den icke klistrande sidan i anliggning mot den perfo- rerade bandparten 12A. Under frammatningen suges således tejpen fast mot transportören 12.A motor-driven, endless belt conveyor 12 is fixedly mounted below the support block 6 so that one belt portion 12A forms a movable transport surface for the advanced tape, the belt portion 12A extending substantially in the discharge direction of the tape from the dispenser 2. the conveyor belt 12 of the porter 12 consists of a perforated belt, preferably a perforated conveyor belt of plastic material. Arranged between the two belt parts 12A and 12B of the conveyor 12 are arranged at least one, but preferably several, vacuum boxes 13, one side of which is open and arranged to abut sealingly against the belt part 13A of the conveyor 12. The vacuum box (s) 13 are connected by means of flexible hoses 14 to a vacuum source not shown in the figure. The purpose of this is that the tape fed on the belt conveyor 12 by suction action from the vacuum boxes through the conveyor belt 12A is to be held with the non-adhesive side in abutment against the perforated belt part 12A. During the feeding, the tape is thus sucked firmly against the conveyor 12.

Vid utmatningsänden av transportören 12, d.v.s. den i figuerna visade nedre änden, är en andra bandtranspor- tör 15 ledbart förbunden med transportören 12. Ledförbin- delsen är anordnad ungefär mittemellan transportörens 15 båda ändar och så belägen, att transportören 15 medelst en pneumatisk cylinder verkande på transportörens 15 bakre ände, kan svängas mellan det i fig. 1 visade läget och det 10 15 20 25 30 35 8402610-5 i fig. 2 visade läget, i vilket sistnämnda läge en del av bandparten 15A befinner sig i anliggning mot bandparten 12A hos transportören 12. Bandtransportören 15 är av sam- ma principiella uppbyggnad som transportören 12 och inne- fattar minst en vacuumlâda 18, som medelst en slang 19 är separat ansluten till en i figuren ej visad vacuumkälla.At the discharge end of the conveyor 12, i.e. the lower end shown in the figures, a second belt conveyor 15 is articulated to the conveyor 12. The articulation is arranged approximately between the two ends of the conveyor 15 and located so that the conveyor 15 by means of a pneumatic cylinder acting on the rear end of the conveyor 15 can is swung between the position shown in Fig. 1 and the position shown in Fig. 2, in which the latter position a part of the belt portion 15A is in abutment with the belt portion 12A of the conveyor 12. The belt conveyor 15 is of the same basic construction as the conveyor 12 and comprises at least one vacuum box 18, which by means of a hose 19 is separately connected to a vacuum source not shown in the figure.

I omrâdet framför de båda transportörerna 12 och 15 är fö- reträdesvis anordnat ett luftmunstycke 20 som är anslutet till en i figuren ej visad tryckluftkälla och riktat in mot ledpunkten mellan de båda transportörerna samt anord- nat att under viss del av arbetscykeln avge en luftpuls i riktning mot spetsen av den vinkel som bildas mellan de båda transportörerna 12 resepektive 15.In the area in front of the two conveyors 12 and 15, an air nozzle 20 is preferably arranged which is connected to a source of compressed air not shown in the figure and directed towards the joint point between the two conveyors and arranged to emit an air pulse in a certain part of the working cycle. direction towards the apex of the angle formed between the two conveyors 12 and 15, respectively.

Framför dispensern 2 och transportörerna 12 och 15 på den sidaom dessa som är belägen framför bandparterna 12A respektive 15A, d.v.s. till höger i figurerna, är an- ordnad en pneumatisk cylinder 21 som är ledbart upphängd för svängningsrörelse parallellt med fundamentplattan 1 kring en ledtapp . Vid sin nedre fria ände uppbär den pneumatiska cylindern 21 en hållare 22 som i sin tur led- bart uppbär en anpressningskloss 23 vid vars bottenyta mynnar kanaler 24 som via en slang 25 är anslutna till en i figuren icke visad vacuumkälla. Anpressningsklossen 23 hâlles medelst en fjäder 26 i ett läge i vilket anpress- ningsklossens 23 bottenyta sträcker sig väsentligen vin- kelrät mot den pneumatiska cylinderns 21 längdriktning.In front of the dispenser 2 and the conveyors 12 and 15 on the side thereof which are located in front of the belt parts 12A and 15A, respectively, i.e. to the right in the figures, a pneumatic cylinder 21 is arranged which is articulated suspended for pivoting movement parallel to the foundation plate 1 around a pivot pin. At its lower free end, the pneumatic cylinder 21 carries a holder 22 which in turn leads to a pressing block 23 at the bottom surface of which channels 24 which connect via a hose 25 to a vacuum source not shown in the figure. The pressing block 23 is held by means of a spring 26 in a position in which the bottom surface of the pressing block 23 extends substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the pneumatic cylinder 21.

Anpressningsklossen 23 kan emellertid under sträckning av fjädern 26 bringas att svänga i viss vinkel i riktning motsols. Medelst den penumatiska cylindern 21 kan anpress- ningsklossen 23 förskjutas i cylinderns 21 längdriktning.However, the tensioning block 23 can be caused to swing at a certain angle in the counterclockwise direction while the spring 26 is being stretched. By means of the pneumatic cylinder 21, the pressing block 23 can be displaced in the longitudinal direction of the cylinder 21.

Den pneumatiska cylindern 21 är vidare nedtill ledbart förbunden med en väsentligen horisontell pneumatisk cy- linder 27, som sträcker sig parallellt med fundament- plattan 1 och vid den motsatta änden är ledbart förbun- den med denna. Med hjälp av cylindern 27 kan den 10 15 20 25 30 35 8402610-3 pneumatiska cylindern 21 och därmed anpressningsklossen 23 bringas att svänga i sidled parallellt med fundamentplattan l. Genom kombinerad rörelse hos de pneumatiska cylindrarna 21 och 27 kan således anpressnings- klossen 23 förlyttas från det i fig. 1 visade läget till de lagen som illustreras i figurerna 4 respektive 5. I det i fig. 4 visade läget har sålunda anpressningsklossen 23 förflyttat till anliggning mot en på bandparten 15A hos transportören 15 belägen, hopvikt tejpremsa, och i det i fig. Sillusuerade läget anpressas anpressningsklossen 23 med en på dessundersida fasthållen, hopvikt tejpremsa mot den utskjutande kanten av en signatur, tidning e.d., som utmatas på en under apparaten enligt uppfinningen an- ordnad utmatningstransportör 28. Tejpremsan anbringas där- vid med sitt klisterskikt mot tidningen för infästning av under förflyttning klisterremsan på denna.The pneumatic cylinder 21 is further hingedly connected at the bottom to a substantially horizontal pneumatic cylinder 27, which extends parallel to the foundation plate 1 and at the opposite end is hingedly connected thereto. By means of the cylinder 27, the pneumatic cylinder 21 and thus the pressing block 23 can be caused to pivot laterally parallel to the foundation plate 1. By combined movement of the pneumatic cylinders 21 and 27, the pressing block 23 can thus be moved from the position shown in Fig. 1 to the layers illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, respectively. In the position shown in Fig. 4, the pressing block 23 has thus moved to abut against a folded strip of tape located on the belt portion 15A of the conveyor 15, and in the in the position shown in Figs., the pressing block 23 is pressed with a folded tape strip held on the underside against the projecting edge of a signature, newspaper, etc., which is discharged on a discharge conveyor 28 arranged under the apparatus according to the invention. The tape strip is then applied with its adhesive layer the magazine for attaching the adhesive strip during movement.

Sättet enligt uppfinningen beskrives i det följande under hänvisning till de på figuerna 1 - 5 illustrerade, i en komplett arbetscykel ingående momenten.The method according to the invention is described in the following with reference to the steps illustrated in Figures 1-5, which are part of a complete work cycle.

I fig. 1 illustreras det moment i vilket en förutbe- stämd längd av tejpremsan utmatats från dispensern 2 och fram på transportörerna 12 och 15 ned till det läge i vil- ket tejpremsan med sin ena ände vilar på den nedre delen av transportörens 12 bandpart 12A och den andra delen vilar på bandparten 15A hos transportören 15. Tejpremsan har där- vid först medelst dispenserns två matarrullar 4 matats fram den avsedda längden, varefter kniven 9 med den pneumatiska cylindern 10 förskjutits in i slitsen 8 och därvid avkapat remslängden. Samtidigt som remslängden matas fram på trans- portören 12 försattes vacuumlådorna 13 under vacuum varvid remslängden suges fast på bandparten 12A under samtidig vidaretransport ned på bandparten 15A hos bandtransportören 15, vars vacuumlåda 18 likaså försatts under vacuum. Samti- digt härmed bringas lämpligen luftmunstycket 20 att avge en kort luftpuls in mot den vinkelspets som bildas mellan 10 15 20 25 30 35 8402610-3 transportörerna 12 och 15 så att en något så när skarp bockning erhålles av tejpremsan. Klisterskiktet hos tejp- remsan är därvid vänt från bandparterna 12A respektive 15A och tejpremsan fasthâlles genom sugverkan i anliggning mot dessa bandparter. Då det i fig. 1 visade läget hos tejpremsan uppnåtts avbrytes transportörernas matnings- rörelse.Fig. 1 illustrates the moment in which a predetermined length of the tape strip is discharged from the dispenser 2 and forward on the conveyors 12 and 15 down to the position in which the tape strip with its one end rests on the lower part of the belt portion 12A of the conveyor 12. and the second part rests on the belt portion 15A of the conveyor 15. The tape strip has then first been fed by the dispenser 'two feed rollers 4 to the intended length, after which the knife 9 with the pneumatic cylinder 10 has been displaced into the slot 8 and thereby cut off the strip length. At the same time as the belt length is fed onto the conveyor 12, the vacuum boxes 13 were placed under vacuum, the belt length being sucked onto the belt section 12A during simultaneous further transport down to the belt section 15A of the belt conveyor 15, whose vacuum box 18 was also vacuumed. At the same time, the air nozzle 20 is suitably caused to emit a short air pulse towards the angular tip formed between the conveyors 12 and 15 so that a slightly sharp bend is obtained by the strip of tape. The adhesive layer of the tape strip is then turned away from the tape parts 12A and 15A, respectively, and the tape strip is held by suction action in abutment against these tape parts. When the position of the tape strip shown in Fig. 1 has been reached, the feeding movement of the conveyors is interrupted.

Därefter aktiveras den pneumatiska cylindern 17, som därvid bringar bandtransportören 15 att svänga i den riktning, som visas med pil i fig. 1 till det läge som illustrerar i fig. 2. Bandtransportören 15 har därvid svängts upp till anliggning mot bandtransportören 12, varvid tejpremsan hopvikes med klisterskikten mot var- andra. Utmatningen av remsan längs transportörerna 12 och 15 har avpassats så,att den del av tejpremsan som sträcker sig längs transportören 15 är kmdmre àidendel av tejpremsan som sträcker sig längs transportören 12. Till följd härav erhålles vid hopvikning av remsan en utskju- tande del av tejpremsan på vilken klisterskiktet lämnas frilagt. Då detta läge uppnåtts avlastas vacuumet i sug- lådorna 13 hos transportören 12, d.v.s. suglådorna sät- tes i förbindelse med omgivningen. I suglådan 18 i trans- portören 15 upprätthålles emellertid fortfarande vacuum.Thereafter, the pneumatic cylinder 17 is actuated, which thereby causes the belt conveyor 15 to pivot in the direction shown by the arrow in Fig. 1 to the position illustrated in Fig. 2. The belt conveyor 15 has thereby been pivoted up to abut against the belt conveyor 12, whereby the tape strip fold with the adhesive layers against each other. The output of the strip along the conveyors 12 and 15 has been adjusted so that the part of the tape strip which extends along the conveyor 15 is a smaller portion of the tape strip which extends along the conveyor 12. As a result, a protruding part of the tape strip is obtained when the strip is folded. on which the adhesive layer is left exposed. When this position is reached, the vacuum in the suction boxes 13 of the conveyor 12 is relieved, i.e. the suction boxes were connected to the surroundings. However, in the suction box 18 of the conveyor 15, vacuum is still maintained.

Den pneumatiska cylindern 17 aktiveras därefter för sväng- ning av transportören 15 tillbaka till utgångsläget. Genom sugverkan fasthålles därvid den hopvikta tejpremsan på bandparten 15A hos transportören 15, och efter nämnda svängningsrörelse hos transportören 15 intar den det i fig. 3 visade läget, med den hopvikta tejpremsan fasthållen på transportörens övre yta och med klisterskiktet hos den utskjutande delen av tejpremsan vänt nedåt. Tejpremsan är nu färdig för applicering på ett föremål t.ex. en tidning, en signatur e.d.The pneumatic cylinder 17 is then activated to pivot the conveyor 15 back to the initial position. By suction action the folded tape strip is held on the belt part 15A of the conveyor 15, and after said pivoting movement of the conveyor 15 it assumes the position shown in Fig. 3, with the folded tape strip held on the upper surface of the conveyor and with the adhesive layer of the projecting part of the tape strip. down. The tape strip is now ready for application to an object e.g. a newspaper, a signature e.d.

För att åstadkomma fastsättning av remsan på ett före- mål måste remsan således förflyttas från bandtransportören 10 15 20 25 30 35 1 8402610-3 15 till ifrågavarande föremål t.ex. en signatur eller en tidning och pressas fast med klisterskiktet på den utskju- tande remsbiten mot föremålet. Detta ästadkommes genom att de pneumatiska cylindrarna 21 och 27 aktiveras och bringas utföra en samverkande rörelse genom vilken anpressnings- klossen 23 förflyttas till det läge som visas i fig. 4 i vilket anpressningklossen ansättes mot den på transpor- tören 15 vilande tejpremsan samtidigt som sugkanalerna 24 i anpressningsklossens 23 bottenyta anslutes till vacuum.In order to achieve attachment of the strip to an object, the strip must thus be moved from the belt conveyor 10 15 20 25 30 35 1 8402610-3 15 to the object in question, e.g. a signature or newspaper and pressed with the adhesive layer on the protruding strip piece against the object. This is achieved by activating the pneumatic cylinders 21 and 27 and causing a cooperating movement through which the pressing block 23 is moved to the position shown in Fig. 4 in which the pressing block is applied to the tape strip resting on the conveyor 15 at the same time as the suction channels 24 in the bottom surface of the pressing block 23 is connected to a vacuum.

Vacuumlådan 18 i bandtransmmtören 15 förbindes samtidigt därmed med omgivningen, varvid dess sugverkan upphör, och tejpremsan suges i stället fast på undersidan av anpress- ningsklossen 23.The vacuum box 18 in the belt conveyor 15 is simultaneously connected thereto with the environment, whereby its suction action ceases, and the tape strip is instead sucked onto the underside of the pressing block 23.

De pneumatiska cylindrarna 21 och 27 aktiveras ånyo och bringas därvid utföra en kombinerad rörelse för för- flyttning av anpressningsklossen 23 med den av anpressnings- klossen fasthållna tejpremsan till det läge som illustreras i fig. 5, i vilket anpressningsklossen med tejpremsan an- pressas med sin utskjutande, klistrande del mot en signatur, en tidning e.d., som matas fram på den under apparaten en- ligt uppfinningen anordnade utmatningstransportören 28. Ef- ter anpressningen återföres de pneumatiska cylindrarna 21 och 27 och därmed anpressningsklossen till det i fig. 1 il- lustrerade utgångsläget.The pneumatic cylinders 21 and 27 are reactivated and thereby caused to perform a combined movement for moving the pressing block 23 with the tape strip held by the pressing block to the position illustrated in Fig. 5, in which the pressing block with the tape strip is pressed with its projecting, sticking part against a signature, a newspaper and the like, which is fed onto the discharge conveyor 28 arranged under the apparatus according to the invention. After pressing, the pneumatic cylinders 21 and 27 and thus the pressing block are returned to the one illustrated in Fig. 1. initial position.

Samtliga ovan beskrivna moment styres medelst styrsig- naler från en i figuren ej visad mikrodator, som program- merats och injusterats i beroende av den tid som de olika delmomenten kräver för uppnående av ett tillfredsställande resultat. Startimpulsen för genomförande av varje arbets- cykel erhålles från en i figurerna icke visad räknare i anslutning till utmatningstransportören 28, varvid räknaren programmerats att avge en styrsignal för applicering av en tejpremsa i benxmde av utmatning av ett på förhand bestämt antal signaturer, tidningar e.d.All the steps described above are controlled by means of control signals from a microcomputer not shown in the figure, which are programmed and adjusted in dependence on the time required by the various sub-steps to achieve a satisfactory result. The starting impulse for carrying out each work cycle is obtained from a counter not shown in the figures in connection with the discharge conveyor 28, the counter being programmed to emit a control signal for applying a strip of tape in order to output a predetermined number of signatures, newspapers and the like.

Uppfinningen, som ovan beskrivits i anslutning till 8402610-3 8 ett i figurerna 1 - 5 ytterst schematiskt iliustrerat ut- föringsexempei, är ej begränsat tiii det i figurerna visa- de utförandet, utan kan varieras inom ramen för efterföi- jande patentkrav.The invention, as described above in connection with an extremely schematically illustrated embodiment in Figures 1-5, is not limited to the embodiment shown in the figures, but can be varied within the scope of the appended claims.

Claims

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1. Method for separating, folding and applying strip-shaped adhesive labels characterized by - discharging tape from the dispenser (2) with a storage row with tape (3) which on its side facing the roll is provided with a adhesive layer, for a folding transport device (12, 15) arranged in the direction of discharge according to the dispenser, - cutting off a predetermined length of tape discharged from the dispenser (2) to the transport device, - retaining the tape on the transport device (12, 15) by suction, - folding the transport device (12, 15) with the label then retained thereon by suction layers with the adhesive layers facing each other and so that a projecting end with a free adhesive layer is obtained, - returning the transport device (12, 15) to a non-folded position while retaining the folded label. suction effect on the front part (15A) of the collapsible transport device seen in the feed direction, - retrieval of the folded label with a tube suction action means (23, 24, 25) acting with suction action while simultaneously interrupting the suction action of the transport device (12, 15), and - moving the application means (23, 24, 25) with the label attached thereto to an object e.g. . a signature, a newspaper, etc., and pressing the label with the sticky dough against the object.

Apparatus for exercising the method set forth in claim 1 for separating, folding and applying strip-shaped adhesive labels characterized by - a dispenser (2) comprising a storage row with tape (3) provided on its side facing the row with a box layer and a discharge device for discharging tape from the roll to a first belt conveyor (12) arranged in the discharge direction after the dispenser (2), on which the discharged tape is further conveyed with the non-tape. adhesive side in abutment with the conveyor belt - a cutting device (6, 8, 9, 10) arranged between the dispenser and said first belt conveyor (12) for cutting a predetermined length of tape discharged from the dispenser - one in the feeding direction seen after said first conveyor (12) arranged second belt conveyor (15), which by means of a hinge (16) located between the end portions of the second conveyor (15) is hingedly connected to said first conveyor first belt conveyor (12) and pivotable by means of a power device (17) between a position in which the two conveyors (12, 15) form an angle with each other and a position in which the front belt portion (15A) of the other conveyor seen in the conveying direction abuts against the upper band portion (12A) of the first conveyor folding the length of tape present on said second conveyor against the length of tape present on said first conveyor with the adhesive layers facing each other so that a piece of tape with an exposed adhesive layer protrudes beyond the glued part of the tape strip - the conveyor belts of the two conveyors (12, 15) are air-permeable and the conveyors are provided with means (13, 14) for retaining existing tape on the conveyor belts with suction action through the conveyor belts in contact with the respective conveyor belts - as well as means for retrieval and application of the folded label on an object e.g. a signature or a newspaper, which means comprise a pivotally mounted, extendable arm (21), which at its free end carries a pressing block (23), the bottom surface of which is provided with suction means (24), said pressing block ( 23) is movable between a position in which the pressing block (23) is applied to a folded label present on said second conveyor (15) for retaining the label on the underside of the pressing block (23), and a position in which the label retained by the pressing block (23) is pressed against an object, e.g. a signature or a newspaper, for affixing the label to the object.

Apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said cutting device comprises a plate (5) arranged at the discharge end of the dispenser (2), which extends across the discharge direction of the dispenser and on the underside carries a support block (6) with a slot (3) and a front and again displaceable knife (9) for cutting the tape, wherein the knife (9) is displaceable by means of operating means between a position inserted in the slot (8) and an initial position outside the slot (8).

Apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that said first conveyor (12) and said second conveyor (15) each comprise a perforated conveyor belt (12A) and 15A, respectively, and at least one inside the conveyor (12). ) arranged suction box (13), which with an open side abuts against the conveyor belt (12A), 15A) and by means of a suction line (14) can be individually connected to a vacuum source, characterized