WO2007118290A1

WO2007118290A1 - Self-adhesive label applicator for bottles

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Publication number: WO2007118290A1
Application number: PCT/BR2006/000158
Authority: WO
Inventors: Giuseppe Jeffrey Arippol
Original assignee: Giuseppe Jeffrey Arippol
Priority date: 2006-04-19
Filing date: 2006-08-11
Publication date: 2007-10-25
Also published as: BRPI0601652A; BRPI0601652B8; BRPI0601652B1

Abstract

The present abstract refers to an invention patent for the for a self-adhesive label applicator for bottles, and belongs to the field of means to apply labels, tags and other self-adhesives. It was developed to apply the face label 1 and the bottleneck label 2 on bottles 10, both supplied by the same label web and comprising: the unwinder (20); the knife set (30); the face label labeling device (1); the bottleneck label (2) labeling device (60); the rewinder (80); and the supporting structure (90) on which all the system components are mounted and that is mounted alongside conveyor (100) that transports the bottles (10) to be labeled.

Description

"SELF-ADHESIVE LABEL APPLICATOR FOR BOTTLES"

The present descriptive report refers to an invention

patent for a self-adhesive label applicator for bottles, and belongs to the field of

means to apply labels, tags and other self-adhesives. It was developed to apply

the face label (main) and the bottleneck label (secondary) on bottles, both

supplied in the same label web.

Packaging of the bottle type is already known, as

those used to pack beer for example, having a face label (main) adhered to lower

portion of the bottle, and a bottleneck label (secondary) adhered to the

bottleneck. Therefore, the face label is adhered to a large diameter cylindrical

surface and consequently in the vertical position, and the bottleneck label

adhered to a smaller diameter surface, slightly conical and recessed regarding the

surface that receives the face label.

Such layout of labels and of the surfaces that receive

them brings difficulties to the labeling operation. Such difficulties get worse

when one considers the demand for perfect alignment between each other, for

packaging esthetics reasons.

Although the usual means are appropriate to perform

such kind of labeling, studies were earned out to find new solutions, seeking

mainly greater simplicity. The self-adhesive label applicator for bottles, the

object of the present patent, is the result of one of these studies, and comprises,

essentially: an unwinder that carries and unwinds a reel of self adhesive labels,

comprised by a sequence of pairs of face and bottleneck self-adhesive labels; and

by a paper or silicone plastic tape (liner), on which they are adhered in such a

way as to allow the pairs of face and bottleneck labels, transversely aligned on

the web, to be detached: such set comprises also a knife that performs a

longitudinal cut on the web, thus producing two separate webs, one with the face

labels and the other with the bottleneck ones, separate sets of face and bottleneck

label labeling devices, parallel and synchronized; being such face label labeling

device comprised essentially: by a passage roller and a face label web guide; by a

face label web peel plate; and by a passage roller and a guide for the liner tape

without the face labels; and being the bottleneck label labeling device comprised

essentially: by a step synchronization bar; by a passage roller and bottleneck

label web guide; and by a bottleneck label peel plate; and by a passage roller and

a guide for the liner without the bottleneck labels; such system also comprises: a

rewinder for the liner tape without the face and bottleneck labels; and a

supporting structure on which all the system components are mounted and that

can be mounted along the side of a bottle conveyor.

This kind of construction provides an accurate

labeling of the face and bottleneck labels on the bottles, on a perfect vertically aligned position. Such effect is obtained particularly due to the bar that

synchronizes the advance step of the face label and the bottleneck label webs.

Another advantage of the present system is its

relatively simple construction and manufacturing, which turns it very attractive in

comparison to other labeling means.

Another advantage of the present system is its low

acquisition, operation and eventual maintenance costs, which make it also,

regarding this feature, very attractive in comparison to other labeling means.

The attached drawings show the self-adhesive label

labeling system, the object of the present patent, where:

Fig. 1 illustrates a bottle with both labels applied

utilizing the present system;

Fig. 2 illustrates a section of the label web, of the type

applied by the present invention;

Fig. 3 illustrates a plan view of the labeling system

and the use indication; and

Fig. 4 illustrates an elevated view of the labeling

system and the use indication. As can be seen from the figures mentioned above, the

system to bring self-adhesive backed labels into assembled association with

bottles, the object of the present invention patent, has the purpose of applying

pairs of self-adhesive face (main) 1 and bottleneck (secondary) 2 labels on

packaging of the bottle type 10 used to pack liquid products, as for example,

beer, and comprising essentially: a lower cylindrical section 1 1 ; and a narrower

bottleneck 12, a slightly conical truncated section as an extension of the first.

The pairs of face 1 and bottleneck 2 self-adhesive

labels are of the type that comprises essentially (Fig. 2): the respective label

bodies 1, 2, which upper faces contain printed layers that constitute labels 1 ', 2',

and the bottom faces coated with pressure sensitive adhesive 1", 2". Such label

pairs are originally adhered, in such a way they can be peeled, to a supporting

and protective release tape made of paper or silicone plastic tape (liner) 3, on

which a sequence of label pairs 1, 2, are adhered, placed at regular intervals

along the web, in such a way that face labels 1 remain aligned with the respective

bottleneck 2 labels, being such alignment transverse to the release liner. The face

1 and bottleneck 2 labels, in addition to be transversely aligned on the web, keep

between each other the same distance that they will keep when applied to bottle

10; such web with labels 1, 2, comprising the pairs of face 1 and bottleneck 2

labels, adhered to liner 3, is supplied in reel 4.

Therefore, the self-adhesive label labeling system

comprises essentially, the unwider 20 that supports reel 4 that carries the face and bottleneck label web 1-2; the knife set 30, placed ahead of unwinder 20, through

which passes the face and bottleneck label web 1-2 that is cut longitudinally in

the region between the face 1 and bottleneck 2 labels, in order to obtain a web 1 '

85 with face labels separated from web 2' with bottleneck labels; the labeling device

sets 40 and 60, which are separate in construction and synchronized in operation;

the rewinder 80 that rewinds release liner tapes 3', 3" with the labels already

removed and that pulls the later so the entire web may move longitudinally,

passing through the knife sets 30 and labeling devices 40, 60; and the supporting

90 structure 90, on which all the system components are mounted and which is

located alongside conveyor 100 that carries bottles 10 to be labeled.

The face label 40 labeling device comprises

essentially: the passage roller 41 that guides face label web 1 \ placed vertically

and ahead of knife set 30; the blade 42 located on a vertical plane, equipped with

95 a free peeling edge and placed ahead of roller 41, alongside the path of the

external surfaces of lower bottle sections 11 upon which face label web 1 ' is

folded and passes; the vertical labeling roller 43 placed parallel and adjacent to

the peeling edge of blade 42, in such a way that it presses one face label 1 , just

peeled-off from release liner 3' and with its end adhered against lower bottle

100 section 1 1 ; the passage roller 44 that guides face label web 3' already without the

labels, which is placed ahead of peeling edge from blade 42 and before rewinder

80. Roller 41, peeling edge blade 42, labeling roller 43

and roller 44 are mounted on the lower plate of supporting structure 90.

The bottleneck label labeling device 60 is

substantially equal to the face label labeling device 40, placed above this region,

adjacent to conveyor 100, however, it features means to be placed slightly into

the region above conveyor 100 in order to adjust to the path of the external

surfaces of bottlenecks 12 of bottles 10 and means to synchronize the advance

steps of bottleneck label web 2' with the face label web 1 '.

Therefore, the bottleneck label labeling device 60

comprises essentially: an advance step synchronizing oblique bar 61 , placed

ahead of knife set 30 and around which bottleneck label web 2' passes and

displays spiral coils; the passage roller 62 that guides bottleneck label web T and

is located ahead the advance step synchronizing oblique bar 61 ; the blade 63

equipped with free peeling edge, placed ahead of roller 62, adjacent to the path of

the external surfaces of bottlenecks 12 on which bottleneck label web 2' is folded

and passes; the labeling roller 64 parallel and adjacent to the peeling edge of

blade 63, in such a position that presses one bottleneck label 2, just peeled-off

from release liner V and with its end adhered against bottleneck 12; the passage

roller 65 that guides release liner tape 3", already without labels, placed ahead

peeling edge of blade 63 and before rewinder 80; the adjustment device of the

bottleneck label labeling device 60, adjacent to the path of the external surfaces

of bottlenecks 12. 125 The mentioned bottleneck label labeling device 60,

adjacent to the path of the external surfaces of bottlenecks 12 comprises

essentially: the vertical articulation bar 66, which lower end is supported by the

set of bottom plates of supporting structure 90; the first adjustment plate on the

horizontal plane 67, supported in articulated fashion by the upper end of bar 66

130 and that moves angularly on the horizontal plane and in the directions towards

and away from conveyor 100; the second adjustment plate on the vertical plane

68 supported in articulated fashion by a horizontal pivot pin 69 placed on the free

end of the first adjustment plate on the horizontal plane 67; such second

adjustment plate on the vertical plane 68 is capable of moving angularly around

135 the geometrical axis of horizontal pin 69 supports: the advance step

synchronization bar 61 hanging downwards and placed on a region ahead of the

cutting knife set 30; the passage and guiding roller 62 placed above the passage

and guiding roller 41 and ahead of the advance step adjustment bar 61 ; the

peeling blade 63 placed above peeling blade 42 and ahead of passage and guiding

140 roller 62; and the passage and guiding roller 64 of release liner 3" without the

labels, placed above of roller 43 and ahead of peeling blade 63.

The face 1 and bottleneck 2 labels are peeled off by

peeling blades 42, 63 from release liners 3', 3", respectively, and placed one after

the other on the paths, respectively of the lower cylindrical bottle sections 1 1 and

145 of bottlenecks 12, with their self-adhesive surfaces 1" and 2'" facing the mentioned lower cylindrical bottle sections 11 and bottlenecks 12, in order to

adhere to them in the manner known to art.

AU functional elements of the system are mounted on

the supporting structure 90 by means of fastening and adjustment bolts.

150 The labeling device works as described below: The

bottleneck label labeling device 60 is adjusted in such a way so its adjustment

plate on the horizontal plane 67 is fastened in an articulated fashion on the

vertical articulation bar 66 in a direction through which it advances above

conveyor 100, in order to place the peeling blade 63 and the corresponding

155 labeling roller 64 more advanced above conveyor 100 in respect to peeling blade

42 and labeling roller 43 of the lower face label labeling device 40 in such a way

that the mentioned peeling blade 63 and labeling roller 64 are adjacent to the path

of the external surfaces of bottlenecks 12. After that, the second adjustment plate

on the vertical plane 68 is articulated around horizontal pin 69, mounted on the

160 first adjustment plate on the horizontal plane 67, in order to place the peeling

blade 63 and the corresponding labeling roller 64 in an inclined position with

substantially the same inclination of the external surface of bottleneck 12

corresponding to the path of such external surfaces of bottleneck 12. Reel 4 that

carries face and bottleneck labels 1-2 web is mounted on the unwinder 20 and,

165 from the later, initial sections already cut, from such web that compose the initial

sections of face label web 1 ' and bottleneck label web 2\ are guided through the

system in such a way that face label web 1 ' is passed on the passage and guiding roller 41, folded around the peeling edge of blade 42, passed on the passage and

guiding roller 43 and attached to rewinder 80. Bottleneck label web 2' passes

170 around the advance step synchronization bar 61, on passage and guiding roller

62, by the edge of peeling blade 63, on passage and guiding roller 64 and

attached to rewinder 80. Under these conditions, when the system is placed in

operation, the face and bottleneck label web 1-2 is displaced longitudinally, is cut

when passing by knife 30 and forms face label web 1' and bottleneck label 2';

175 the first one passes on passage and guiding roller 41 and peeling blade 42 where

face labels 1 are peeled-off and adhered to the lower bottle sections 1 1 of bottles

10 transported by conveyor 100, and release liner 3', without the labels, follows,

through passage and guiding roller 43 to rewinder 80, and bottleneck label web

2' passes by the advance step synchronization bar 61, on passage and guiding

180 roller 62 and by peeling blade 63 where bottleneck labels 2 are peeled-off from

release liner 3" and adhered to bottlenecks 12 of the bottles that pass transported

by conveyor 100. Liner 3', without the labels, follows, through passage and

guiding roller 65 to rewinder 80. The advance step synchronization bar 61 that

holds a section of bottleneck label web 2' wound in helical fashion, acts to

185 slightly delay the advance of bottleneck label web T in respect to the face label

web T, SO the mentioned face 1 and bottleneck 3 labels of the mentioned web are

adhered according to a vertical alignment on the respective receiving bottle 10.

Therefore, the positions of labels 1 and 2 on the labels

1 -2 web determine the distance between them, as well as their heights on the 190 lower section 11 and bottleneck 12 of receiving bottle 10. Such positions of

labels 1 and 2 on the labels 1-2 web and the adequate adjustments of the present

labeling system, particularly the adjustment of the bottleneck label web 2' around

the advance step synchronization bar 61, determine the position of the labels on

the perimeters of the lower section 11 and bottleneck 12 of bottle 10 and, as a

195 result, the vertical alignment between such labels.

Logically, other adjustments may be made by means

of several adjustment resources of the system until the proper position for face

labels 1 and bottleneck labels 2 is achieved on bottles 10, mainly adjustments in

the position of the advance step synchronization bar 61.

200 Within the basic construction described above, the

labeling system may present changes regarding material, dimensions, building

details and/or configuration, without deviating from the field of the protection

sought for.

Claims

I)- "SELF-ADHESIVE LABEL APPLICATOR FOR

BOTTLES'¹: Such labels comprise pairs of face (1) and bottleneck (2) self-

adhesive labels, originally adhered to, in such a way they can be peeled-off, and

transversely aligned on a release liner tape (3), being the web, comprising the

later and the referred to labels (1) and (2), supplied in reel (4); the bottles (10)

comprising essentially: a lower cylindrical section (11) that receives the face

label (1); and a narrower slightly conical truncated bottleneck (12) as an

extension of the first and that receives the bottleneck label (2), characterized: by

unwinder (20) that supports and unwinds reel (4) that carries the face and

bottleneck label web (l)-(2); by the knife set (30) that cuts the face and

bottleneck label web (l)-(2) longitudinally to produce a face label web (1')

separated from a bottleneck label web (2'); a face label labeling device (40)

comprising essentially: the passage roller (41) that guides face label web (1'); the

blade (42) that peels off face label (1) from release liner (3)'; the labeling roller

(43) that presses face label (1) peeled-off from release liner (3)^"1 against the lower

cylindrical bottle section (11); and the passage roller (44) that guides the release

liner tape (3)', already without the labels; the bottleneck label labeling device

(60) that comprises essentially: the advance step bar 61 that synchronizes the step

between face label web (1)" and bottleneck label web (2)'; the passage roller (62)

that guides the bottleneck label web (2)'; the peeling blade (63) that peels off

bottleneck labels (2) from release liner (3)"; the labeling roller (64) that that presses peeled-off bottleneck label (2) against the bottleneck (12); the passage

roller (65) that guides the release liner tape (3)', already without the bottleneck

labels; and the adjustment device that adjusts the bottleneck label labeling device

(60) according to the path of the external bottleneck surfaces (12); such self-

adhesive label applicator for bottles comprises also: the rewinder (80) that

rewinds release liner tape (3)', (3)", already without the labels and that pulls the

later so the entire web may move longitudinally and pass through the knife sets

(30) labeling devices (40), (60); the supporting structure (90) on which all the

system's components are mounted and that is mounted alongside conveyor (100)

that transports bottles (10) that will receive the labels.

2> "SELF-ADHESIVE LABEL APPLICATOR FOR

BOTTLES": As claimed in 1), characterized by the face label labeling device

(40) being comprised by: the passage roller (41) that guides the face label web

(V), placed vertically and ahead of knife set (30); the blade (42) placed on a

vertical plane, featuring a free peeling edge located ahead of roller (41), adjacent

to the path of the external surfaces of the lower bottle sections (11) and upon

which face label web (I)' is folded and passes; the vertical labeling roller (43)

placed parallel and adjacent to the peeling edge of blade (42); the passage roller

(44) that guides the face label web (3') already without the labels, placed ahead

of the peeling edge of blade (42) and before rewinder (80). The said roller (41),

peeling edge blade (42), labeling roller (43) and roller (44) are mounted on the

bottom plate of the supporting structure (90). 3)- "SELF-ADHESIVE LABEL APPLICATOR FOR

BOTTLES": As claimed in 1, characterized by bottleneck label labeling device

(60) that comprises: the advance step synchronization oblique bar (61) placed

ahead of the knife set (30) and around which passes and remains folded in spiral

coils the bottleneck label web (2)'; the passage roller (62) that guides the

bottleneck label web (2)' placed ahead of the advance step synchronization bar

(61); the blade (63) featuring a free peeling edge and placed ahead of roller (62),

adjacent to the path of the external bottleneck surfaces (12) upon which the

bottleneck label web (2)' passes and remains folded; the labeling roller (64),

parallel and adjacent to the blade (63) peeling edge; the passage roller (65) that

guides the release liner tape (3)', already without the labels, which is placed

ahead of blade (63) peeling edge and before rewinder (80); and the adjustment

device that adjusts the bottleneck label labeling device (60) to the path of the

external bottleneck surfaces (12).

4)- "SELF-ADHESIVE LABEL APPLICATOR FOR

BOTTLES": As claimed in 1 or 2 or 3, characterized by the adjustment device

that adjusts the bottleneck label labeling device (60) to the path of the external

bottleneck surfaces ( 12) being comprised: by the vertical articulation bar (66)

with its lower end supported by the bottom plates of the supporting structure

(90); by the first adjustment plate on the horizontal plane (67), supported in an

articulated fashion by the upper end of bar (66) and that moves angularly on the

horizontal plane and in the directions towards and away from conveyor (100); the second adjustment plate on the vertical plane (68) supported in articulated

fashion by a horizontal pivot pin (69) placed on the free end of the first

adjustment plate on the horizontal plane (67); such second adjustment plate on

the vertical plane (68) is capable of moving angularly around the geometrical

axis of horizontal pin (69) and supports: the advance step synchronization bar

(61) hanging downwards and placed on a region ahead of the cutting knife set

(30); the passage and guiding roller (62) placed above the passage and guiding

roller (41) and ahead of the advance step adjustment bar (61); the peeling blade

(63) placed above peeling blade (42) and ahead of passage and guiding roller

(62); and the passage and guiding roller (64) of release liner 3" without the

labels, placed above of roller (43) and ahead of peeling blade (63).

5)- "SELF-ADHESIVE LABEL APPLICATOR FOR

BOTTLES": As claimed in 1 or 2 or 3, characterized by the peeling blades (42)

and (63) being placed alongside conveyor (100), in order to peel off.

respectively, the face labels (1) and the bottleneck labels (2) from the respective

release liners (3)', (3)" and place the one after the other on the paths of the

external surfaces of the lower bottle sections (11) and bottlenecks (12),

respectively, with the self-adhesive surfaces (1)" and (2)" facing them.