TWM494751U - Automatic labeling machine - Google Patents

Description

Automatic labeling machine

This creation is about an automatic labeling machine, especially an automatic labeling machine for attaching labels to outer packaging belts or cartons.

Generally, when the outer packaging tape or the carton completes the packaging of the goods and is tightened or wrapped around the periphery, various labels such as bar code labels or warning labels or trademark labels are often attached to the outer peripheral surface. The label is usually attached by hand, and the label is peeled off from the label paper and attached to the object to be labeled, but the manual bonding method is time-consuming and laborious, and is not economical, and each time The position of the hand-adhesive is also inconsistent, and there is even a problem of uneven adhesion, which affects the overall appearance of the object.

Along with this, automatic labeling machines have been developed to improve the problem of manual labeling. At present, automatic labeling machines need to drive the robot arm to achieve labeling. First peel the label from the label tape, then use the robotic arm to absorb the label and place the label on the outer packaging tape or carton. However, in the process of attaching the label, since the label of a large area is more susceptible to the external environment, the robot arm cannot completely and flatly adsorb the label, causing the label to be placed on the outer packaging belt or the carton to cause unevenness and wrinkles. phenomenon.

Therefore, it is necessary to provide an improved automatic labeling machine to solve the problem that the conventional automatic labeling machine causes the label to be placed on the outer packaging belt or the carton to cause unevenness and wrinkles.

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide an automatic labeling machine that uses two rails to transport a large-area label, which is fixed by a label holder, adsorbs the label with a large-area label suction plate, and rotates the label by moving the arm. Therefore, it is advantageous to smoothly place a large-area label on the outer packaging tape or the carton.

A secondary objective of the present invention is to provide an automatic labeling machine that utilizes a rough surface on the rail to prevent the label from sticking to the rail during transport.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an automatic labeling machine that uses a clip-on clip to temporarily secure the label and maintain a horizontal plane, thereby reducing the chance of wrinkling of the label.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an automatic labeling machine comprising a feeding unit, a conveying unit and an adhesive unit. The feeding unit comprises a feeding rod, a discharging port, a receiving rod and a motor, wherein the feeding rod is used for placing a label tape, and the discharging port is used for outputting a label on the label tape. The receiving rod is used to recover the label tape, and the motor is used to drive the receiving rod to rotate. The transport unit includes two rails and a label holder spaced apart from each other for transporting the label, the label holder being located between the two rails and for fixing the label. The adhesive unit includes a moving arm and a label picking plate. The label picking plate is disposed on the moving arm and is configured to adsorb the label. The moving arm is configured to rotate the label picking plate and the label.

In one embodiment of the present invention, each rail has a rough surface for contacting the label.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the rough surface of each rail forms a guide groove.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the distance between the two rails is less than the width of the label.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the transfer unit further has a pusher seat, and the tag holder is disposed on the pusher seat for moving between the two guide rails.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the label holder has a clip mouth and a detector, the clip is used to clamp the label, the detector is disposed on the clip mouth, and is configured to detect the label .

In an embodiment of the present invention, the label picking plate has a slot for receiving the clip.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the moving arm includes a planar moving seat and a rotating arm disposed on the planar moving seat, wherein the label suctioning plate is disposed on the rotating arm.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the label suction plate has a suction surface for attaching the label, and a plurality of suction holes arranged at intervals around the periphery of the attraction surface.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the attraction surface has an equal area to the label.

As described above, the automatic labeling machine of the present invention can convey a large-area label by using two rails, and the label is fixed by the label holder, and the label is sucked by the large-area label suction board, and the label is moved by moving the arm, thereby being advantageous. The large-area label is placed on the outer packaging tape or carton. Furthermore, the automatic labeling machine of the present invention utilizes a rough surface on the rails to reduce the contact area with the adhesive surface of the label, thereby preventing the label from sticking to the rails during transport. In addition, the automatic labeling machine of the present invention can also use the clip to clamp The label is used to temporarily secure the label and maintain a horizontal plane, thereby reducing the chance of wrinkling of the label.

100‧‧‧Automatic labeling machine

101‧‧‧ label tape

102‧‧‧ label

103‧‧‧Carton

2‧‧‧Feeding unit

21‧‧‧Feeding rod

22‧‧‧Outlet

23‧‧‧ receiving rod

24‧‧‧Motor

3‧‧‧Transfer unit

31‧‧‧ rails

311‧‧‧Rough surface

312‧‧‧Guide

32‧‧‧ Label holder

321‧‧‧ pinch

322‧‧‧Detector

33‧‧‧Move

4‧‧‧Adhesive unit

41‧‧‧ moving arm

411‧‧‧Flat moving seat

412‧‧‧Rotating arm

42‧‧‧ label suction board

420‧‧‧ Missing slot

421‧‧‧Attraction

422‧‧ ‧ suction hole

1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the automatic labeling machine of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a side view of an embodiment of the automatic labeling machine of the present invention; and FIGS. 3 and 4 are an embodiment of the automatic labeling machine of the present invention. Partial view.

In order to make the above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, the preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below. Furthermore, the directional terms mentioned in this creation, such as top, bottom, top, bottom, front, back, left, right, inside, outside, side, surrounding, center, level, horizontal, vertical, vertical, axial, Radial, uppermost or lowermost, etc., only refer to the direction of the additional schema. Therefore, the directional terminology used is used to describe and understand the creation, and is not intended to limit the creation.

Referring to Figures 1 to 4, an automatic labeling machine 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is for attaching a label to an outer packaging belt or a carton. The automatic labeling machine 100 includes a feeding unit 2, a conveying unit 3 and a Adhesive unit 4, the creation of the detailed structure, assembly relationship and operation principle of each component of the assembly device will be described in detail below.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the feeding unit 2 includes a feeding rod 21, a discharging port 22, a receiving rod 23 and a motor 24; wherein the feeding rod 21 is used for placing a label tape 101. The discharge port 22 is configured to output the label 102 on the label web 101. The receiving rod 23 is used to recover the label web 101. The motor 23 is used to drive the receiving rod 23 to rotate.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 2, the transport unit 3 includes two guide rails 31, a label holder 32 and a pusher seat 33. The two guide rails 31 are spaced apart from each other and are used to transport the label 102. Each guide rail 31 A rough surface 311 and a guiding groove 312 for contacting the label 102; the guiding groove 312 is formed on the rough surface 311; the label holder 32 is located between the two rails 31 for fixing The label holder 32 has a clip 321 and a detector 322. The clip 321 is used to clamp the label 102. The detector 322 is disposed on the clip 321 for detecting The label holder 32 is disposed on the sliding base 33 and configured to move between the two rails 31. In the embodiment, the distance between the two rails 31 is smaller than the width of the label 102. The two opposite edges of the label 102 can be attached to the rough surfaces 311 of the two guide rails 31, respectively.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, the adhesive unit 4 includes a moving arm 41 and a label picking plate 42; wherein the label picking plate 42 is disposed on the moving arm 41 for adsorbing the label 102; the movement The arm 41 includes a plane moving seat 411 and a rotating arm 412. The rotating arm 412 is disposed on the plane moving seat 411. The label suction plate 42 is disposed on the rotating arm 412 and has a suction surface 421 and a plurality of suctions. a hole 422 and a notch 420, the suction surface 421 is for attaching the label 102, the suction holes 422 are arranged at intervals around the periphery of the suction surface 421, and the notch 420 is for receiving the clamping mouth 321; In the example, the attraction surface 421 has an equal area with the label 102. In the present creation, the label 102 preferably refers to a large label, such as a paper label having an area greater than 21 cm x 14 cm, a plastic film label or a metal foil label, etc., but is not limited thereto.

According to the above structure, the motor 24 drives the receiving rod 23 to rotate, so that the label web 101 of the feeding rod 21 is continuously fed to the discharge port 22, and the label 102 of the label web 101 is attached to the guide rails one after another. 31, and moves in the direction of the label holder 32. When the detector 322 When the tag 102 protruding into the collet 321 is detected, the moving arm 41 is controlled to move the tag suction plate 42 above the tag 102 (see FIG. 3), and is moved downward as shown by the arrow. In the label 102, the clip 321 is received in the notch 420, and the label 102 is attached to the attraction surface 421 by the suction of the suction holes 422, and then the plane moves the seat 411 away from the plane. The direction of the transport unit 3 is moved horizontally while the pivot arm 412 is also rotated in a counterclockwise direction to rotate the label pick-up plate 42 and the label 102 thereon, thereby enabling the label pick-up plate 42 to face an object (eg A carton 103, see Fig. 4), is moved downward as indicated by the arrow to be placed on the surface of the object (carton 103).

As described above, the automatic labeling machine of the present invention can transport the label 102 of a larger area by using the two rails 31, and the label 102 is fixed by the label holder 32, and the label 102 is sucked by the large-sized label picking board 42 and moved by The arm 41 rotates the label 102, thereby facilitating the smooth placement of the large-area label 102 on the subject matter (e.g., the outer wrap or carton 103). Furthermore, the automatic labeling machine of the present invention uses the rough surface 311 on the two guide rails 31 to reduce the contact area with the adhesive surface of the label 102, thereby preventing the label 102 from sticking to the two guide rails 31 during the conveying process; At the same time, the guide groove 312 formed on the rough surface 311 can also prevent the label 102 from being excessively adsorbed on the rough surface 311 of the guide rails 31. In addition, the automatic labeling machine of the present invention also uses the clip 321 to clamp the label 102 to temporarily fix the label 102, and the clip 321 does not adhere to the label 102, so that the label 102 can be maintained at a horizontal level. The label suction plate 42 is attached, thereby reducing the chance of the label 102 being wrinkled.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in its preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and anyone skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of protection is defined by the scope of the patent application attached Subject to it.

100‧‧‧Automatic labeling machine

102‧‧‧ label

2‧‧‧Feeding unit

23‧‧‧ receiving rod

24‧‧‧Motor

3‧‧‧Transfer unit

31‧‧‧ rails

311‧‧‧Rough surface

312‧‧‧Guide

32‧‧‧ Label holder

33‧‧‧Move

4‧‧‧Adhesive unit

41‧‧‧ moving arm

411‧‧‧Flat moving seat

412‧‧‧Rotating arm

42‧‧‧ label suction board

420‧‧‧ Missing slot

421‧‧‧Attraction

422‧‧ ‧ suction hole

Claims (10)

An automatic labeling machine comprises: a feeding unit comprising: a feeding rod for placing a label tape; a discharging port for outputting a label on the label tape; and a receiving rod for recycling a label tape; and a motor for driving the receiving rod to rotate; a conveying unit comprising: two rails spaced apart from each other for conveying the label; and a label holder located between the two rails And a fixing unit comprising: a moving arm; and a label picking plate disposed on the moving arm for adsorbing the label, the moving arm for rotating the label picking plate and the label . The automatic labeling machine of claim 1, wherein each of the guide rails has a rough surface for contacting the label. The automatic labeling machine of claim 2, wherein the rough surface of each of the guide rails forms a guide groove. The automatic labeling machine of claim 2, wherein the distance between the two rails is less than the width of the label. The automatic labeling machine of claim 1, wherein the transfer unit further has a shifting seat, the label holder being disposed on the shifting seat for moving between the two rails. The automatic labeling machine of claim 1, wherein the label holder has: a clip for clamping the label; and a detector disposed on the holder for detecting the label. The automatic labeling machine of claim 6, wherein the label picking plate has a slot for receiving the clip. The automatic labeling machine of claim 1, wherein the moving arm comprises: a planar moving seat; and a rotating arm disposed on the planar moving seat, wherein the label suctioning plate is disposed on the rotating arm. The automatic labeling machine of claim 1, wherein the label suction plate has: a suction surface for attaching the label; and a plurality of suction holes spaced apart at a periphery of the suction surface. The automatic labeling machine of claim 9, wherein the attraction surface has an equal area with the label.