US3735731A - Label gumming and dispensing device - Google Patents

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US3735731A
US3735731A US00192967A US3735731DA US3735731A US 3735731 A US3735731 A US 3735731A US 00192967 A US00192967 A US 00192967A US 3735731D A US3735731D A US 3735731DA US 3735731 A US3735731 A US 3735731A
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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
    • B65C9/26—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
    • B65C9/08—Label feeding
    • B65C9/12—Removing separate labels from stacks
    • B65C9/16—Removing separate labels from stacks by wetting devices
    • 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
    • B65C9/20—Gluing the labels or articles
    • B65C9/22—Gluing the labels or articles by wetting, e.g. by applying liquid glue or a liquid to a dry glue coating
    • B65C9/2273—Gluing the labels or articles by wetting, e.g. by applying liquid glue or a liquid to a dry glue coating using wipers, pallets or segments
    • B65C9/2282—Applying the liquid on the label
    • B65C9/2291—Applying the liquid on the label continuously, i.e. an uninterrupted film
    • 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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  • a known device of this type consists of a rotary support on which cylindrical label pick-up means are rotatably mounted.
  • each pick-up member rolls in succession on a gumming strip so as to become loaded with liquid adhesive, then on the first label of a fixed reserve of labels so as to pick up this label and deliver same to a transfer unit.
  • the pick up members must be capable of moving radially under the control of return springs. Also in this case the pressure exerted by the, pick-up member on the label varies as a function of the angular position of this member.
  • the means implemented for producing the necessary radial movement of each pick up member lead to undesired complication of the construction of the device, with a consequent increase in cost, and more particularly these pick-up members have a considerable inertia preventing a high-rate operation of the device.
  • the rate of operation of a device of this character is also limited by the time necessary for allowing the liquid adhesive substance to dry, since highproduction rate devices require the use of quick-setting adhesives which cannot be contemplated in the present instance, due to the presence of a gumming strip or belt operating satisfactorily only with slow-setting adhesives.
  • this device is ill suited for modern filling machines operating at rates as high as 40,000-labels per hour and requiring a perfect troublefree labelling.
  • the rotary support carries cylindrical sectors which, being fulcrumed close to the edges of said support, have a radius, of curvature equal to that of the path described by said sectors.
  • Each pickup member is connected to means adapted, before the label pick-up movement proper, to impart to this member a pivoting movement with a certain time lead in relation to the rotational movement of the support and, when it actually engages the label, a pivoting movement having a certain time lag.
  • the pick-up members have a developed width corresponding to the label width, these members are relatively cumbersome, considering their pivotal movement in relation to the rotary support. Therefore, their number is necessarily reduced on said rotary support.
  • this last-mentioned device is capable of operating at a rate appreciably higher than that of the previously described device, this rate is still moderate in relation to the desired rates of operation.
  • two or more devices of this type must be disposed around a label transfer member; however, the resulting assembly is morecomplicated, expensive and cumbersome.
  • the present invention provides a device of the type broadly'described hereinabove which is of more compact construction and capable of operating at very high rates.
  • This device is characterized in that the pickup members cylinders or cylindrical sectors have a radius considerably smaller than that of the path described by their outermost generatrix during the rotation of the support, that the axis of rotation of these pick-up members is off-set in relation to their longitudinal axis by a predetermined value so that they can roll without slipping on the gumming cylinder and on the first label of the label magazine, said pick-up members being operatively connected to means capable of imparting thereto a pivotal movement in two directions in relation to their rotary sjupport,.as they move past the various peripheral stations for gumming, picking-up and transferring the labels.
  • the pick-up members are associated with means adapted to retard their pivoting movement in relation to the rotary support, before their engagement with the gumming cylinder, and to accelerate said pivoting movement when they actually engage said cylinder.
  • each pick-up member rolls without slipping on the surface of the gumming cylinder and is coated throughout its useful surface with a regular film of adhesive.
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view from above, with parts in section, of the device
  • FIG. 2 is a fragmentary side elevational and sectional view showing on a larger scale one of the pick-up members and the means for securing and driving same;
  • FIGS. 3 to 7 are diagrammatic views showing on a smaller scale some of the various positions of a pick-up member during the gumming thereof;
  • FIGS. 8 to 12 are views similar to FIGS. 3 to 7, showing some of the various positions assumed by one of the pick-up members when picking up a label;
  • FIGS. 13 to 17 are views similar to the preceding ones showing some of the various positions assumed by a pick-up member when depositing the label carried thereby onto a transfer drum.
  • the device according to this invention comprises a fixed disk 2 and a vertical shaft 3 extending through its center.
  • the lower portion of this shaft 3 is connected to means (not shown) adapted to impart thereto a movement of rotation in the direction of the arrow 4 of FIG. 1, the upper portion of the shaft having rigidly secured thereto, for example by means of set screws, a pair of spaced disks, namely an upper disk 5 and a lower disk 6 acting as rotary supporting members.
  • disks 5, 6 carry the label pick-up members proper consisting, according to the present invention, of cylinders 7 having a radius of curvature r definitely smaller than the radius R of the path Q described by their outermost generatrices in relation to the longitudinal axis of shaft 3 during the rotation of disks 5 and 6.
  • each cylinder 7 is rigid with a vertical shaft 8 of which the longitudinal axis X is off-set by a value d in relation to the longitudinal axis Y of said cylinder.
  • each cylinder 7 comprises a flange 9 keyed to shaft 8 and adapted to position and center the lower portion of a cylinder-forming socket of which the upper portion is retained an positioned by a crown 10 surrounding said shaft 8.
  • This crown 10 is provided with locking means 12 comprising teeth 13 for rapidly connecting or disconnecting this crown 10 in relation to shaft 8, notably for replacing the cylinder-forming socket with a similar socket of different dimensions, as a function of the type of label to be used.
  • Shaft 8 is mounted for loose rotation in disks 5 and 6, by means of ball-bearings 14, 15 and carries a pinion 16 keyed to its lower end and projecting beneath the disk 6.
  • This pinion 16 is in constant meshing engagement with a toothed segment 17 mounted for loose rotation by means of another ball-bearings 18 on a pin 19 projecting likewise from the underface of disk 6 in which said pin is secured.
  • the toothed segment 17 is rigid with a stud 20 carrying a roller 22 adapted to rotate freely thereon. This roller 22 engages a continuous groove 23 formed in disk 2, the lateral walls of this groove acting as cam means to said roller.
  • the device according to this invention is operated in combination with a gumming cylinder 24, a fixed magazine or reserve 25 containing labels 26 and a transfer drum 27 adapted to pick-up the labels separately, as delivered thereto by each pick-up member, in order to apply this label to one of the articles to be labelled, notably bottles.
  • each pick-up member is adapted to pivot in relation to disks 5 and 6, in one or the other direction, according to the contour of cam groove 23 engaged by said roller 22.
  • the operative or useful portion 7a of pick-up member 7 is bounded by radii YA and YB, and the corresponding peripheral surface of gumming cylinder 24 engaged by cylinder 7 is bounded by the radii ZA' and 2B, the reference letter Z designating the axis of rotation of the gumming cylinder 24.
  • the pick-up cylinder 7 is caused to pivot according to a law governed by the corresponding roller 22 travelling in the fixed groove 23 and controlling the movement of the toothed segment 17 meshing with the pinion 16 rigid with shaft 8.
  • that portion of cylinder 7 which engages the point P of gumming cylinder 24 is caused to recede gradually.
  • the movement of cylinder 7 in the direction of the arrow 32 is compensated by its displacement in the direction of the arrow 33 of FIG. 4, so that a contact is constantly maintained between the two cylinders.
  • the rotary support has pivoted only thorugh a very small angle a, not through the same angle AYB, as observed in case the pick-up member consists of a cylindrical segment having the same radius as the circular path Q of the support on which it is pivotally mounted.
  • cylinder 7 When the label ends leaves the pick-up, cylinder 7 it is retained on the transfer drum 27 by a suction device 28, i.e. an orifice connected to a source of pneumatic vacuum.
  • a suction device 28 i.e. an orifice connected to a source of pneumatic vacuum.
  • any known and suitable means such as clamps or pliers, may be used for subsequently picking up the label and applying same to an article to be labelled, notably a bottle.
  • these means are not shown and described herein as they are no part of this invention.
  • the device according to the present invention is capable of performing a labelling operation in a reliable, trouble-free manner and under the best possible conditions of operation. Moreover, due to the relatively small dimensions of pick-up cylinders 7 and also to the reduced space necessary to permit their pivotal movements, it is possible to provide a greater number of these cylinders on a same rotary support, for example 8, and therefore to increase the production rate of the device. On the other hand, as'the mass of each cylinder 7 is considerably lower than that of the segments utilized in conventional machines of the same type, its inertia is reduced appreciably and more frequent and sudden reversals of its direction of motion can be produced, thus affording higher rotational speeds of the rotary support, and therefore still higher rates of operation.
  • pick-up members have been described and illustrated herein as having a substantially or general cylindrical configuration, it will readily appear to those skilled in the art that this choice was dictated only by reasons of convenience to facilitate the understanding of the principle of operation of the device, for other shapes may be used without departing from the scope of the invention; thus, these pick-up members may have the shape of a cylindrical segment corresponding in peripheral length to the length of the label to be applied.
  • Device for gumming and dispensing labels of the type comprising a rotary support carrying label pick-up members and adapted to cause said pick-up members to register in succession with a gumming cylinder, a fixed magazine containing the labels to be gummed, and a drum adapted to transfer these labels to the articles to be labelled, wherein said label pick-up members consist of cylinders or cylinder portions having a radius considerably smaller than that of the path described by their outermost generatrix during the rotation of said support, the axis of rotation of said cylinders or cylinder portions being off-set in relation to their longitudinal axis by a value determined to permit the rolling of said pick-up member on the gumming cylinder and on the first label of said magazine without slipping, said pick-up members being connected to means adapted to impart thereto a pivotal movement in either direction in relation to their rotary support, as they move past the different peripheral stations for gumming, picking-up and transferring said labels.

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US3858869A (en) * 1972-01-26 1975-01-07 Morgan Fairest Limited Apparatus for serially removing labels from a stack
US3865671A (en) * 1971-09-10 1975-02-11 Hermann Kronseder Labeling device for upright standing objects
US3869331A (en) * 1972-11-13 1975-03-04 Vittorio Saso Device for withdrawing labels from a store in labelling machines
US3941642A (en) * 1972-04-13 1976-03-02 A-T-O, Inc. Driven transfer roll for labeling machine
US4040887A (en) * 1975-04-19 1977-08-09 Jagenberg-Werke Aktiengesellschaft Labelling machine
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US3865671A (en) * 1971-09-10 1975-02-11 Hermann Kronseder Labeling device for upright standing objects
US3858869A (en) * 1972-01-26 1975-01-07 Morgan Fairest Limited Apparatus for serially removing labels from a stack
US3941642A (en) * 1972-04-13 1976-03-02 A-T-O, Inc. Driven transfer roll for labeling machine
US3869331A (en) * 1972-11-13 1975-03-04 Vittorio Saso Device for withdrawing labels from a store in labelling machines
US4040887A (en) * 1975-04-19 1977-08-09 Jagenberg-Werke Aktiengesellschaft Labelling machine
US4092206A (en) * 1976-05-03 1978-05-30 Jagenberg-Werke Aktiengesellschaft Labelling machine
US4127435A (en) * 1976-05-03 1978-11-28 Jagenberg-Werke Ag Labeling station of a machine for labeling objects, especially bottles
US4181562A (en) * 1977-07-02 1980-01-01 Jagenberg-Werke Aktiengesellschaft Labeling machine for bottles and the like
US4243467A (en) * 1977-09-09 1981-01-06 Jagenberg Werke Aktiengesellschaft Labeling machine, especially for bottles
EP0063845A1 (fr) * 1981-04-21 1982-11-03 Elten Holding B.V. Machine de bandage pour des fromages, en particulier des fromages ronds
US5384006A (en) * 1992-12-16 1995-01-24 Anker-Maschinenbau Gmbh Labeling apparatus with clutches to block label removal
US20060077498A1 (en) * 2003-02-27 2006-04-13 Izvoztchikov Ilia B Device for enclosing histological and biological samples
US7568514B2 (en) * 2003-02-27 2009-08-04 Ilia Borisovitch Izvoztchikov Device for mounting histological and biological specimens
CN104108505A (zh) * 2013-04-22 2014-10-22 克朗斯股份公司 具有夹具辊的贴标签机
CN104108505B (zh) * 2013-04-22 2016-08-24 克朗斯股份公司 具有夹具辊的贴标签机
WO2015048561A1 (fr) * 2013-09-26 2015-04-02 Nulabel Technologies, Inc. Appareil d'étiquetage comprenant des applicateurs à ressort de rappel

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