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US3859155A
US3859155A US383029A US38302973A US3859155A US 3859155 A US3859155 A US 3859155A US 383029 A US383029 A US 383029A US 38302973 A US38302973 A US 38302973A US 3859155 A US3859155 A US 3859155A
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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
    • B65C3/06—Affixing labels to short rigid containers
    • B65C3/08—Affixing labels to short rigid containers to container bodies
    • B65C3/14—Affixing labels to short rigid containers to container bodies the container being positioned for labelling with its centre-line vertical
    • B65C3/16—Affixing labels to short rigid containers to container bodies the container being positioned for labelling with its centre-line vertical by rolling the labels onto cylindrical containers, e.g. bottles
    • 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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    • Y10T156/00—Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
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    • Y10T156/1002—Methods of surface bonding and/or assembly therefor with permanent bending or reshaping or surface deformation of self sustaining lamina
    • Y10T156/1028—Methods of surface bonding and/or assembly therefor with permanent bending or reshaping or surface deformation of self sustaining lamina by bending, drawing or stretch forming sheet to assume shape of configured lamina while in contact therewith
    • 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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    • 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
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  • ABSTRACT 6631289 251 19671Pat-N-3,5851580- A method of applying to containers such as bottle necks labels or decorative foils which are longer than 1 1 Cl 156/212 56/444, 156/447, 180 of the container circumference, and usually are 156/568 more than 360 of the container circumference.
  • the l Clontainers are advanced on a path past a label applier Fleld of Search and past label ressing apparatus The pan of 156/458, 358, 481, 212, 218, 217 the label is applied to a container leaving label wings extending away from the container.
  • At least one wing References Clted is blown at least partially around the container and the UNITED STATES PATENTS container is then rotated intermittently as it passes the 1,445,321 2/1925 Johnson et a1 156/456 label Pressing apparatus, thus to P the Wmgs 2,315,349 3/1943 Oslund 156/567 around 1116 n iner- 2,495,174 l/l950 McClatchie 156/456 2,773,617 12/1956 Weiss 156/568 4 Clams 10 Drawmg Fr PATEHTED JAN 7 I975 FIGS. l-7 APPEAR .IN US.
  • labels or decorative foils which are longer than 180 of the container circumference and which may be longer than 360 of the container circumference are applied to the container without the need for complicated label pressing and wiping apparatus.
  • the middle part of the label is applied to the container, leaving label wings extending away from the container.
  • One or both wings is then blown at least partially around the container.
  • the container is then advanced past the stationary label pressing apparatus and the container is rotated intermittently in the course of this advance, thus to wipe the label wings around the container.
  • the container is rotated in opposite directions. In another embodiment the container is intermittently rotated, always in the same direction.
  • FIGS. 1 through 7 are shown and described in said II of the container.
  • FIG. 10 is a fragmentary plan view illustrating position III of the container.
  • FIGS. 8, 9 and 10 illustrate a modification in which the containers 133 are rotated on the pallets intermittently in the same direction, namely, clockwise.
  • the containers are illustrated with four sectors which are alternately shaded white and black to visually portray the relative rotative position of the containers from one station to the next.
  • the labels are taken from a magazine 134 by a rotary transfer drum 135 which rotates past glue roller 136 and transfers the containers to the label applying turret 32 which is of the same general construction shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 and in which there is but a single label clamp 137 at the leading edge of each sponge pad 60 and also a single air jet nozzle 80 also at the leading edge of the pad 60, with reference to the direction of rotation of the turret as indicated by arrows 138.
  • fixed label pressing devices such as the fixed brush 142, fixed rollers 143, 144, 145, 146, paired curved brushes 147, 148 and sets of following rollers 151, 152.
  • the label 153 is brought to position 1, shown in FIG. 8, with its leading edge engaged by clamping finger 137.
  • Pad applies the middle portion of the label to the container 133.
  • Additional rotational movement of the label applying turret 32 in the direction of arrow 138 and movement of the container 133 on its path 141 in the direction of arrow 154 will bring the turret 32 and container 133 to their position 1] shown in FIG. 9.
  • the clamp finger 137 releases the leading label wing 155 and a jet of air blown through nozzle will blow the leading wing 155 partially around the container 133. This will bring the wing 155 in range to be contacted by the stationary brush 142 when the container reaches its position 111, shown in FIG. 10.
  • the container 133 has not been rotated but has simply been advanced along its path 141.
  • Brush 142 will wipe the leading label wing 155 around the container. Continued travel of the container 133 on its path 141 will sweep the container past the stationary label pressing rollers 143, 144 to further wipe and smooth the label against the container.
  • the container support pallet will turn clockwise through ap proximately degrees, thus to rotate the container as it passes the stationary label rollers 145, 146 to bring the trailing wing 158 almost completely aroung the container.
  • the container will not be turned but will simply be advanced on its path 141 between the brushes 147, 148 to wipe and smooth those portions of the label wings which have already been pressed against the container.
  • rollers 151 could be replaced by brushes, if desired.
  • the container then proceeds further along its path 141 without turning and while the set of brushes or rollers 152 continue to smooth and press the label wings into overlapped relation.
  • FIGS. 8 through 10 While a wing leading clamp finger 137 is illustrated in FIGS. 8 through 10, it is an optional feature of the invention that a set of two clamping fingers, one at the leading edge and one at the trailing edge of the label, be incorporated in the turret 32, as illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4, in the event of especially long labels.
  • a method of applying labels around the outside of a container comprising the steps of advancing a series of containers on a path past a label applier and past label pressing apparatus, applying the middle of a label to a side part of a container but leaving'leading and trailing label wings extending away from the container, first blowing the leading wing at least partly around the containers, pressing said leading wing against the container, rotating said container for the first time in one direction while pressing a portion 3,859,155 3 4 of the trailing wing against the container, advancing the 2.
  • the method of claim 1 in which the container is container while it is not rotating and concurrently rotated for the first time through about 90.

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A method of applying to containers such as bottle necks labels or decorative foils which are longer than 180* of the container circumference, and usually are more than 360* of the container circumference. The containers are advanced on a path past a label applier and past label pressing apparatus. The middle part of the label is applied to a container leaving label wings extending away from the container. At least one wing is blown at least partially around the container and the container is then rotated intermittently as it passes the label pressing apparatus, thus to wipe the wings around the container.

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O Unlted States Paten 11 1 1111 3,859,155 Dullinger 1 Jan. 7, 1975 1 AUTOMATIC LABEL WRAPPER 2,936,921 5/1960 56111111 156/568 [75] Inventor: Karl Dullinger, Neutraubling,
Germany 3,116,193 12/1963 Ehlenheck 156/215 47,044 4/1966 Pechmann 156/447 [73] Ass1gnee. Hermann Kronseder, Neutraublmg, I
Germany 3,379,601 4/1968 Pagay 156/571 [22] Filed: July 261 1973 Primary Examiner-Douglas J. Drummond 21 L 383 029 Assistant Examiner-J. Gallagher Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Joseph P. House, Jr. Related U.S. Application Data [63] Continuation of Ser. No. 120,513, March 3, 1971,
abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. [57] ABSTRACT 6631289 251 19671Pat-N-3,5851580- A method of applying to containers such as bottle necks labels or decorative foils which are longer than 1 1 Cl 156/212 56/444, 156/447, 180 of the container circumference, and usually are 156/568 more than 360 of the container circumference. The l Clontainers are advanced on a path past a label applier Fleld of Search and past label ressing apparatus The pan of 156/458, 358, 481, 212, 218, 217 the label is applied to a container leaving label wings extending away from the container. At least one wing References Clted is blown at least partially around the container and the UNITED STATES PATENTS container is then rotated intermittently as it passes the 1,445,321 2/1925 Johnson et a1 156/456 label Pressing apparatus, thus to P the Wmgs 2,315,349 3/1943 Oslund 156/567 around 1116 n iner- 2,495,174 l/l950 McClatchie 156/456 2,773,617 12/1956 Weiss 156/568 4 Clams 10 Drawmg Fr PATEHTED JAN 7 I975 FIGS. l-7 APPEAR .IN US. PATENT AUTOMATIC LABEL WRAPPER CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation of my copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 120,513 filed March 3 1971 now abandoned, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of my then copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 663,289 filed Aug. 25 1967, now U.S. pat. No. 3,586,580 granted June 22, 1971.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In accordance with the present invention, labels or decorative foils which are longer than 180 of the container circumference and which may be longer than 360 of the container circumference are applied to the container without the need for complicated label pressing and wiping apparatus. The middle part of the label is applied to the container, leaving label wings extending away from the container. One or both wings is then blown at least partially around the container. The container is then advanced past the stationary label pressing apparatus and the container is rotated intermittently in the course of this advance, thus to wipe the label wings around the container.
In one embodiment the container is rotated in opposite directions. In another embodiment the container is intermittently rotated, always in the same direction.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS FIGS. 1 through 7 are shown and described in said II of the container.
FIG. 10 is a fragmentary plan view illustrating position III of the container.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Although the disclosure hereof is detailed and exact to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention, the physical embodiments herein disclosed merely exemplify the invention which may be embodied in other specific structure. The scope of the invention is defined in the claims appended hereto.
The entire disclosure of said copending U.S. Pat. No. 3,586,580 is incorporated herein by reference.
FIGS. 8, 9 and 10 illustrate a modification in which the containers 133 are rotated on the pallets intermittently in the same direction, namely, clockwise. In these views the containers are illustrated with four sectors which are alternately shaded white and black to visually portray the relative rotative position of the containers from one station to the next.
As in the previously described embodiment, the labels are taken from a magazine 134 by a rotary transfer drum 135 which rotates past glue roller 136 and transfers the containers to the label applying turret 32 which is of the same general construction shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 and in which there is but a single label clamp 137 at the leading edge of each sponge pad 60 and also a single air jet nozzle 80 also at the leading edge of the pad 60, with reference to the direction of rotation of the turret as indicated by arrows 138.
Disposed along the path of the containers indicated by line 141 are fixed label pressing devices such as the fixed brush 142, fixed rollers 143, 144, 145, 146, paired curved brushes 147, 148 and sets of following rollers 151, 152.
In this modification the label 153 is brought to position 1, shown in FIG. 8, with its leading edge engaged by clamping finger 137. Pad applies the middle portion of the label to the container 133. Additional rotational movement of the label applying turret 32 in the direction of arrow 138 and movement of the container 133 on its path 141 in the direction of arrow 154 will bring the turret 32 and container 133 to their position 1] shown in FIG. 9. At this point the clamp finger 137 releases the leading label wing 155 and a jet of air blown through nozzle will blow the leading wing 155 partially around the container 133. This will bring the wing 155 in range to be contacted by the stationary brush 142 when the container reaches its position 111, shown in FIG. 10. In its respective positions I, II and III the container 133 has not been rotated but has simply been advanced along its path 141.
Brush 142 will wipe the leading label wing 155 around the container. Continued travel of the container 133 on its path 141 will sweep the container past the stationary label pressing rollers 143, 144 to further wipe and smooth the label against the container.
Between its positions indicated at 156 and 157 the container support pallet will turn clockwise through ap proximately degrees, thus to rotate the container as it passes the stationary label rollers 145, 146 to bring the trailing wing 158 almost completely aroung the container.
Between its position shown at 157 and its position shown at 161, the container will not be turned but will simply be advanced on its path 141 between the brushes 147, 148 to wipe and smooth those portions of the label wings which have already been pressed against the container.
Between its positions shown at 161 and 162 container 133 will be rotated clockwise through another degrees approximately as it passes a set of stationary label rollers 151, thus to complete the wipe of the trailing wing 158 completely around the bottle and in ovelapped relationship to the leading wing 155. Rollers 151 could be replaced by brushes, if desired.
The container then proceeds further along its path 141 without turning and while the set of brushes or rollers 152 continue to smooth and press the label wings into overlapped relation.
4 While a wing leading clamp finger 137 is illustrated in FIGS. 8 through 10, it is an optional feature of the invention that a set of two clamping fingers, one at the leading edge and one at the trailing edge of the label, be incorporated in the turret 32, as illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4, in the event of especially long labels.
I claim:
I. A method of applying labels around the outside of a container, said method comprising the steps of advancing a series of containers on a path past a label applier and past label pressing apparatus, applying the middle of a label to a side part of a container but leaving'leading and trailing label wings extending away from the container, first blowing the leading wing at least partly around the containers, pressing said leading wing against the container, rotating said container for the first time in one direction while pressing a portion 3,859,155 3 4 of the trailing wing against the container, advancing the 2. The method of claim 1 in which the container is container while it is not rotating and concurrently rotated for the first time through about 90.
pressing portions of both wings against the container, 3. The method of claim 1 in which the container is rotating the container for the second time in the same rotated for the second time through about [05 direction while pressing the remaining portion of the 5 4. The method of claim 1 followed by the steps of furtrailing wing against the container and overlapping it ther pressing the overlapped wings together.
against the said leading wing.

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1. A method of applying labels around the outside of a container, said method comprising the steps of advancing a series of containers on a path past a label applier and past label pressing apparatus, applying the middle of a label to a side part of a container but leaving leading and trailing label wings extending away from the container, first blowing the leading wing at least partly around the containers, pressing said leading wing against the container, rotating said container for the first time in one dirEction while pressing a portion of the trailing wing against the container, advancing the container while it is not rotating and concurrently pressing portions of both wings against the container, rotating the container for the second time in the same direction while pressing the remaining portion of the trailing wing against the container and overlapping it against the said leading wing.
2. The method of claim 1 in which the container is rotated for the first time through about 90*.
3. The method of claim 1 in which the container is rotated for the second time through about 105*
4. The method of claim 1 followed by the steps of further pressing the overlapped wings together.
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