US3546048A - Labeling and transferring device - Google Patents

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US3546048A
US3546048A US806083A US3546048DA US3546048A US 3546048 A US3546048 A US 3546048A US 806083 A US806083 A US 806083A US 3546048D A US3546048D A US 3546048DA US 3546048 A US3546048 A US 3546048A
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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
    • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
    • B65C9/08—Label feeding
    • B65C9/10—Label magazines
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T156/00—Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
    • Y10T156/17—Surface bonding means and/or assemblymeans with work feeding or handling means
    • Y10T156/1702—For plural parts or plural areas of single part
    • Y10T156/1744—Means bringing discrete articles into assembled relationship
    • Y10T156/1768—Means simultaneously conveying plural articles from a single source and serially presenting them to an assembly station
    • Y10T156/1771—Turret or rotary drum-type conveyor
    • Y10T156/1773—For flexible sheets
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T156/00—Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
    • Y10T156/17—Surface bonding means and/or assemblymeans with work feeding or handling means
    • Y10T156/1702—For plural parts or plural areas of single part
    • Y10T156/1744—Means bringing discrete articles into assembled relationship
    • Y10T156/1776—Means separating articles from bulk source
    • Y10T156/1778—Stacked sheet source
    • Y10T156/178—Rotary or pivoted picker

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  • This disclosure relates to an automatic labeling machine having a label magazine, a rotary labeling cylinder for applying labels to containers, and a label transfer mechanism for transferring labels from the magazine to the rotary labeling cylinder.
  • the transfer mechanism comprises a series of rotary label transfer shoes or rollers and a rotating shoe carrier on which the shoes orbit past the magazine and the labeling cylinder to sequentially roll over the foremost label in the magazine to pick said foremost label out of the magazine and roll past the rotary labeling cylinder in the course of transferring the label thereto.
  • the labeling cylinder and magazine are disposed on opposite sides of the orbit whereby the shoes rotate about their axes in the same direction when passing the magazine and the labeling cylinder.
  • the position of the magazine with respect to the orbit of the carrier on which the transfer shoes are mounted is reversed as compared to the prior art machines.
  • this repositioning of the magazine makes it possible to match the surface speed of the shoe to the magazine and the labeling cylinder without need for any variation whatever in the speed of shoe rotation.
  • This improvement eliminates all of the mechanism heretofore necessary for varying the speed and/or direction of shoe rotation, and substantially eliminates the jarring and noise which characterize operation of other machines, and facilitates attainment of high speed operation.
  • the extraction rate of the labels from the magazine is reduced, thus further reducing label transfer problems as between the label magazine and the shoes.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic view illustrating one form of machine over which the present invention is an improvement.
  • FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a plan view, somewhat diagrammatic, of la beling apparatus embodying the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a cross section taken along the line 44 of FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIG. 4, but showing a modified embodiment in which the label magazine is disposed at an incline.
  • FIG. 6 is a cross section taken through a modified embodiment.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates another form of labeling machine in which the label magazine 10 and label applying cylinder 11 are disposed on the same side of the circular orbit 12 of the rotary label transfer shoes or rollers 13.
  • the label magazine 10 is relatively stationary and the label applying cylinder 11 rotates at relatively high speed clockwise in the direction of arrow 14. Cylinder 11 applies labels to containers 15 moving in the direction of arrow 22 on conveyor 17.
  • the shoes or rollers 13 are mounted for rotation about their own axes 9 on a rotating shoe carrier such as carrier 27 shown in FIGS. 3, 4, and 5.
  • the carrier rotates clockwise about its axis 8, in the direction of arrow 18 to move the shoes 13 on their orbit 12.
  • the shoes 13 are rotated counterclockwise in the direction of arrows 21 as they pass the magazine 10.
  • the shoes 13 may be provided with suction nozzles to pick the foremost label out of the magazine, or the shoe surface may be treated with glue or the like for this purpose, as indicated in FIG. 3.
  • the included angle 23 between the beginning and end of the label extracting operation of the shoe 13 with respect to magazine 10 is relatively small. Accordingly, the time span for removing the label from the magazine 10 is very short, and the label extraction rate must be high. This introduces problems of smoothness of label extraction wtih possible faults in this procedure.
  • the magazine 10 (of the same width as in FIG. 1) is on the inside of the circle orbit 12 (of the same size as in FIG. 1) on which the shoe carrier turns the shoes 13 past the magazine 10 to the label applying cylinder 11.
  • cylinder 11 rotates counterclockwise in the direction of arrow 19 and container travels in the direction of arrow 16.
  • the shoes 13 constantly rotate clockwise in the direction of arrow 24 and at the same speed at all points on their orbit 12.
  • the direction and speed of shoe rotation is matched to the stationary label in magazine 10.
  • Adjacent magazine 10 the surface speed of the shoe cancels the orbiting speed of the shoe carrier so the shoe surface walks or rolls over the foremost label.
  • Adjacent labeling cylinder 11 Adjacent labeling cylinder 11, the surface speed of the shoe adds to the orbiting speed of the carrier, thus to match the high speed of the cylinder 11. Accordingly, the direction and speed of rotation of shoes 13 is not changed in orbiting from the magazine 10 to the label cylinder 11.
  • the various speeds of the parts are so adjusted as to match the speed of rotation of the label cylinder 11 for perfect transfer of the labels to the containers on the conveyor 17. With the speeds of the various parts so adjusted, there is no need for any acceleration or deceleration of the shoes 13, there is no jarring and no noise, and the operation is smooth and uninterrupted.
  • included angle 26 between the beginning and end of the label extraction operation from magazine 10 is greater than included angle 23 of FIG. 1. Accordingly, a greater time span is allowed for extraction of the label from the magazine. This reduces the rate of label extraction and minimizes the problems associated with high speed extraction.
  • the natural tendency of the labels in magazine 10 is to curve outwardly, as shonw in FIG. 2. This is because they are held in the magazine only at their edges.
  • the exposed label surface is curvilinearly aligned on the path of the shoe orbit.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrate a practical structural embodiment of the principal illustrated in FIG. 2.
  • the labeling cylinder 11 typically has the construction shown in the prior US. patent application of Karl Dullinger, Ser. No. 663,289 filed Aug. 25, 1967.
  • the label transfer members or shoes 13 are mounted on a shoe carrier 27.
  • the carrier 27 is journaled to rotate about a fixed axle 28.
  • Carrier 27 has a bottom disk 34, also journaled on axle 28.
  • Disk 34 is provided with a gear 29 which meshes with a pinion 32 on drive shaft 33.
  • Each shoe or roller 13 is mounted on carrier 27 for rotation on its own shaft 35, the lower end of which is provided with a planet gear 36 which meshes with a stationary sun gear 37 fast to axle 28. Accordingly, as the shoe carrier 27 turns clockwise in the direction of arrow 42, thus to orbit the shoes 13 on a circular path, the shoes 13 will rotate clockwise on shafts in the direction of arrows 38, as shown in FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 3 also illustrates a gluing belt 43 which is mounted on end rollers 44, 45 which rotate in the direction of arrows 46, thus to drive the inside run of the belt 43 in the same direction of the shoe orbit and in the direction of arrow 47.
  • Glue is applied to the belt 43 by other mechanism and is doctored by blade 48.
  • the belt 43 is sufficiently long to insure contact of the belt with the shoes over a substantial part of the orbit of the shoes.
  • the shoe carrier 27 may be further provided with idler rollers 51 which press against the belt 43 and help shape the inside run of the belt 43 t0 the orbit on which the shoes 13 travel.
  • successive foremost labels 52 will be picked up by the shoes 13 and without change of speed or direction of rotation of the shoes 13, are transferred to the labeling cylinder 11, as illustrated.
  • the major part of the orbit of the shoes 13 around the sides and rear of magazine 41 is desirably covered by a guard cover 53 to shield the labels in the magazine from the glue coated shoes 13.
  • Cover 53 also acts as a safety guard for personnel refilling labels into the magazine.
  • Cover 53 has particular utility when the label magazine 41 is disposed inside the orbit of the shoes 13 and substantially on the diameter of the orbit circle, as shown in FIG. 3.
  • the magazine 41 is desirably provided with retracting mechanism 54, such as a solenoid or fluid cylinder, which is coupled by links 55, 56 to the magazine and by which the magazine may be retracted automatically by mechanism which senses the absence of a container 15 on the conveyor 17.
  • retracting mechanism 54 such as a solenoid or fluid cylinder
  • the magazine is returned under the pressure of a compression spring 57 which seats stop bracket 58 against buffer stop 59 when the magazine is in its fully advanced position.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates an embodiment in which the magazine 41 is mounted on bracket 62 to elevate the rear end 63 of the magazine, thus to facilitate loading fresh labels into the magazine, notwithstanding its confined position inside the orbit of the shoes 13.
  • the axle 28 about which the shoe carrier 27 orbits is substantially parallel to the shaft 64 on which the label applying cylinder 11 is mounted.
  • the circular orbit of the shoes 13 is in the same plane as the circular path of rotation of the labeling cylinder 11.
  • FIG. 6 shows a modified embodiment in which the label transfer shoes 66 have an orbit which is transverse to the plane of rotation of the labeling cylinder 65.
  • the shoes 66 are in the form of truncated cones, each being mounted on a shaft 71 supported in a shoe carrier 72 rotatable on the axis of bevel gear 73 which meshes with bevel gears 74, 75.
  • Gear 75 receives power from the power input shaft 76.
  • Fixed axle 77 is provided with a bevel gear 78.
  • Shafts 71 of the cone-shaped transfer shoes 66 are provided with meshing bevel gears 79. As carrier 72 turns on axle 77, the shoes 66 will turn on their own shafts 71 at an appropriate surface speed to match the peripheral speed of the labeling cylinder 65.
  • Label magazine 82 is mounted at an appropriate angle to match the tapered surface of the shoes 66. Accordingly, in this embodiment, as well as in prior embodiments, the magazine 82 is disposed on the opposite side of the orbit of the shoes 66 from the labeling cylinder 65.
  • gluing belt 83 mounted on a pair of rollers, one of which is shown at 84 and which has shaft 85 driven from bevel gear set 86, 87.
  • Shaft 85 has a gear 88 meshing with a gear 89 on the same shaft as bevel gear 87.
  • the conical shape of the shoes 66 accommodates the transverse axes of the orbit of the shoe carrier 72 and the plane of rotation of the labeling cylinder 65 for smooth successive transfer of labels from the magazine 82 to the shoes 66 and thence to the labeling cylinder 65. In the course of this transfer there is no change in speed or direction of rotation of the shoes 66.
  • an automatic labeling machine having a label magazine, a rotary labeling cylinder for applying to containers and a label transfer mechanism for transferring labels from the magazine to the rotary labeling cylinder, said transfer mechanism comprising a series of rotary label transfer shoes and a rotating shoe carrier on which the shoes orbit past the magazine and labeling cylinder to sequentially roll over the foremost label in the magazine to pick said foremost label out of the magazine and roll past the rotary labeling cylinder in the course of transferring the said label thereto, the improvement in which the labeling cylinder and magazine are disposed on pposite sides of said orbit whereby the shoes rotate about their axes in the same direction When passing the magazine and the labeling cylinder.

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