WO2011114358A1 - Method and unit for positioning labels along respective articles - Google Patents
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- Figure 4 shows a schematic view n perspective of a second detail of the Figure 1 labelling machine
- shaft 45 extends through bracket 42, is rotated about axis 46 by an electric motor 47 fixed to bracket 42 and connected to shaft 45 by a belt drive 48, is fitted with a first cylindrical brush 49, and engages in rotary manner a second cylindrical brush 50 mounted frontwards of brush 49 in the travelling direction 29 of bottles 3 along path T.
- Each conveyor 58 comprises two parallel supporting plates 59 substantially perpendicular to direction 7 and fixed to each other by a number of bolts 60 parallel to direction 7; and a conveyor belt 61, which extends between plates 59 and is looped about a number of (in the example shown, three) pulleys 62 fitted between and to plates 59 to rotate continuously, with respect to plates 59 and under control of an electric motor 63 fixed to plates 59, about respective longitudinal axes 64 parallel to one another and to direction 7.
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A method and unit for positioning labels (2) along respective articles (3), whereby each article (3), engaged in sliding manner by a label (2) wound into a tubular configuration about the article (3), is first fed continuously through a positioning device (40) for moving the label (2) along the article (3), and then through a securing device (72) for securing the label (2) in a given final position along the article (3).
Description
METHOD AND UNIT FOR POSITIONING LABELS ALONG RESPECTIVE ARTICLES
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a unit for positioning labels along respective articles.
The present invention may be used to particular advantage in applying labels to containers, particularly bottles, to which the following description refers purely by way of example.
BACKGROUND ART
In bottle labelling, a labelling machine is known comprising a conveyor wheel mounted to rotate about a substantially vertical first longitudinal axis, and having a number of carrier units, each for feeding a respective bottle between an input station, where the bottles are fed onto the conveyor wheel, and an output station, where the bottles are fed off the conveyor wheel .
Each carrier unit comprises a tubular upright fixed to the conveyor wheel, and having a second longitudinal axis substantially parallel to the first axis; a supporting spindle, which engages the upright in rotary and axially-sliding manner, has a top end defining a substantially horizontal supporting surface for a respective bottle, and is bounded externally by a cylindrical lateral surface connectable to a pneumatic suction device; and a top retaining member, which
cooperates with the spindle to keep the bottle upright on the supporting surface.
The spindle is movable axially between a lowered position - in which the spindle is substantially housed inside the upright, so the carrier unit can receive a bottle at the input station and release the bottle at the output station - and a raised position - in which the spindle projects from the upright, so the lateral surface of the spindle can receive and retain a label .
The spindle is also movable about the second axis, to wind the label completely about the spindle into a tubular configuration having a longitudinal overlap defined by superimposed portions of the label, and which is heat sealed longitudinally by a heat-seal bar associated with the carrier unit.
Once the label is heat sealed, and by combining the downward movement of the spindle inside the upright with deactivation of the pneumatic suction device, the label is released from the lateral surface of the spindle, is retained on the upright by a top annular edge of the upright, - and is engaged in sliding manner by a respective bottle.
The bottles coming off the conveyor wheel are fed, substantially upright, by a conveyor device through a heating device to heat-shrink the labels about the bottles .
Because the labels are fed through the heating device still in contact with a supporting surface
defined by the conveyor device, known labelling machines of the above type have several drawbacks, mainly due to not allowing selective control of the position of the labels along the bottles, and as such are 'fairly inflexible.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a labelling machine designed to eliminate the above drawbacks, and which is cheap and easy to produce.
According to the present invention, there is provided a unit for positioning labels along respective articles, as claimed in Claims 1 to 13.
The present invention also relates to a method of positioning labels along respective articles,
According to the present invention, there is provided a method of positioning labels along respective articles, as claimed in Claims 14 to 21.
The present invention also relates to a labelling machine .
According to the present invention, there is provided a labelling machine as claimed in Claim 22.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
A non-limiting embodiment of the present invention will be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 shows a schematic plan view, with parts removed for clarity, of a preferred embodiment of the labelling machine according to the present invention;
Figures 2 and 3 show two schematic views m perspective, with parts removed for clarity, of a first detail of the Figure 1 labelling machine;
Figure 4 shows a schematic view n perspective of a second detail of the Figure 1 labelling machine;
Figure 5 shows a partly sectioned top plan view, in direction A and with parts removed for clarity, of a first detail in Figure 4;
Figure 6 shows a schematic plan view, with parts removed for clarity, of a second detail in Figure 4;
Figure 7 shows a partly sectioned, schematic plan view, with parts removed for clarity, of a detail in Figure 6 ;
Figure 8 shows a partly sectioned, schematic side view, with parts removed for clarity, of the Figure 6 detail .
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION .
With reference to Figures 1, 2 and 3, number 1 indicates as a whole a labelling machine for applying labels 2 of heat-shrink material to respective bottles 3.
Machine 1 comprises a conveyor wheel 4, in turn comprising a rotary drum 5, which is mounted to rotate continuously about a respective longitudinal axis 6 perpendicular to the Figure 1 plane and parallel to a substantially vertical direction 7, and has a number of carrier units 8 equally spaced about axis 6, mounted along a peripheral edge of drum 5, and fed by drum 5
through an input station 9, where bottles 3 are fed onto wheel 4, and an output station 10, where bottles 3 are fed off wheel 4.
Bottles 3 are fed · successively to station 9, in time with respective units 8, by a known feed device 11, are removed successively from station 10 by a conveyor device 12 described in detail below, and are kept upright at all times, i.e. with their longitudinal axes parallel to direction 7.
Each unit 8 comprises a tubular upright 13, which is fixed to drum 5, has a longitudinal axis 14 parallel to direction 7, is bounded at the top by an annular surface 15 perpendicular to axis 14, and is engaged in rotary and axially-sliding manner by a supporting spindle 16 coaxial with axis 14.
Spindle 16 is bounded laterally by a cylindrical surface 17 coaxial with axis 14 and connectable to a known pneumatic suction device (not shown) , and has a top plate (not shown) fitted in rotary and axially-fixed manner to spindle 16 and bounded by a top surface 18, which extends parallel to surface 15 and defines a supporting surface Pi for a bottle 3.
Spindle 16 is movable - with respect to upright 13, in direction 7, and by a known actuating device not shown - between a lowered position (not shown) , in which spindle 16 is substantially housed inside upright 13, and surface 18 is substantially coplanar with surface 15, and a raised position (Figures 2, 3), in which
spindle 16 projects upwards from upright 13.
Spindle 16 cooperates with a top retaining member 19, which extends over spindle 16 in direction 7, is fitted in sliding and 'angular-fixed manner to drum 5, is movable in direction 7 with the same movement as spindle 16, and is designed to receive the neck of a bottle 3 and keep bottle 3 upright on surface Pi .
Each unit 8 comprises a sealing bar 20, which is mounted between axes 6 and 14, extends in direction 7 above the plane defined by surfaces 15 of uprights 13, is of a length, measured parallel to direction 7, approximately equal to but no shorter than label 2, also measured parallel to direction 7, and is movable radially, with respect to drum 5, between a forward sealing position and a withdrawn rest position.
Machine 1 also comprises a feed device 21 for supplying labels 2, and which is connected to wheel 4 at a transfer station 22 between stations 9 and 10.
Device 21 comprises a feed drum 23, which is powered to rotate continuously about a respective longitudinal axis 24 parallel to axis 6, is bounded laterally by a cylindrical surface 25 coaxial with axis 24, and has a number of (in the example shown, three) suction areas 26, which are formed on surface 25, extend above the plane defined by surfaces 15, are equally spaced about axis 24, are connectable to the pneumatic suction device (not shown) to receive and retain one label 2 each, and are moved by drum 23 about axis 24 and
through station 22.
In connection with the above, it should be pointed out that labels 2 are detached successively off a strip (not shown) , and are fed onto surface 25 in a substantially flat, rectangular initial configuration.
Operation of wheel 4 will now be described with reference to one unit 8, and as of the instant in which unit 8 moves through station 9, with its spindle 16. in the lowered position, to receive a bottle 3 from feed device 11.
Spindle 16 cooperates with respective retaining member 19 to keep bottle 3 upright on surface Pi, is moved into the raised position, and is fed by wheel 4 through station 22 in time with a suction area 26, so as to transfer a label 2 onto surface 17.
Spindle 16 is rotated about its axis 14 to wind label 2 completely about spindle 16 into a tubular configuration having a longitudinal overlap, which is defined by superimposed portions of label 2, and is heat sealed longitudinally by respective sealing bar 20, so that label 2 is approximately equal, but no smaller, in diameter than a bottle 3.
Once label 2 is sealed, and by combining the movement of spindle 16 inside upright 13 with deactivation of the pneumatic suction device (not shown) , label 2 is released from surface 17 of spindle 16, is retained on upright 13 by surface 15 of upright 13, and is engaged in sliding manner by bottle 3.
At output station 10, wheel 4 releases bottles 3, complete with respective labels 2, successively to conveyor device 12, which comprises a belt conveyor 27, and a transfer wheel 28 for transferring bottles 3 from respective carrier units 8 to conveyor 27.
As shown in Figure 4, conveyor 27 extends in a given direction 29 along a given path T, comprises a bottom conveyor belt 30 with a substantially horizontal top conveying branch 31 defining a supporting surface P2 for bottles 3, and comprises a top conveyor belt 32 mounted over belt 30 and having a bottom conveying branch 33 substantially parallel to branch 31 and separated from branch 31 by a distance, measured parallel to direction 7, substantially equal to the height of a bottle 3, also measured parallel to direction 7.
Belt 32 is looped about two pulleys 34, one of which is powered, and which are fitted to a supporting frame 35 to rotate, with respect to frame 35, about respective longitudinal axes 36 parallel to each other and to a horizontal direction 37 perpendicular to directions 7 and 29.
Frame 35 is fitted in sliding manner to two pairs of uprights 38 by two pairs of threaded pins (not shown) , which project from opposite sides of frame 35 in direction 37, engage respective slots 38a formed through uprights 38 in direction 37, and cooperate with respective nuts 39 to selectively adjust the distance
between branches 31 and 33 as a function of the size of bottles 3.
Conveyor 27 feeds bottles 3 with respective labels 2 successively and continuously through a positioning unit 40, which serves to selectively control the position of labels 2 along respective bottles 3 in direction 7, and comprises two brush assemblies 41 located on opposite sides of path T in direction 37.
Each assembly 41 comprises a supporting bracket 42, which is substantially C-shaped with its concavity facing the other assembly 41, and is fitted to a fixed frame 43 of machine 1 to rotate, with respect to frame 43, about a hinge axis 44 parallel to direction 37, and to perform straight sliding movements with respect to frame 43 in direction 37.
Assembly 41 also comprises a supporting shaft 45 with a longitudinal axis 46, the orientation of which depends on the position of bracket 42 about axis 44. In the Figure 4 example, axis 46 is tilted at an angle of other than 90° to surface P2 and is crosswise to direction A.
With reference to Figure 5, shaft 45 extends through bracket 42, is rotated about axis 46 by an electric motor 47 fixed to bracket 42 and connected to shaft 45 by a belt drive 48, is fitted with a first cylindrical brush 49, and engages in rotary manner a second cylindrical brush 50 mounted frontwards of brush 49 in the travelling direction 29 of bottles 3 along
path T.
Brush 50 is rotated about axis 46 in the opposite direction to shaft 45, and therefore to brush 49, by a drive 51 comprising a countershaft 52, which extends through bracket 42, has a longitudinal axis 53 parallel to axis 46, is connected to shaft 45 by a belt drive 54, and is also connected to brush 50 by a gear 55 fitted to shaft 52, and by a gear 56 fitted in angularly-fixed manner to brush 50.
In connection with the above, it should be pointed out that the distance between axes 46 and the tilt angle of axes 46 with respect to surface P2 are adjusted selectively as a function of the size of bottles 3, by moving the two brackets 42 with respect to each other in direction 37, and about respective hinge axes 44 respectively.
As shown in Figure 4, bottles 3 are fed continuously by conveyor 27 along path T and between the two assemblies 41, and shafts 45 are rotated in opposite directions, so that each label 2 is first raised by brushes 49 in direction 7 from an initial lowered position, in which label 2 substantially contacts branch 31, into an intermediate raised position, in which label 2 substantially contacts branch 33, and is then lowered by brushes 50 in direction 7 from the intermediate raised position into a given final position, in which label 2 is arrested along respective bottle 3 by a stop device 57.
With reference to Figures 6, 7 and 8, device 57 extends frontwards of assemblies 41 in the travelling direction 29 of bottles 3, projects beneath brushes 50, and comprises two belt conveyors 58 on opposite sides of path T in direction 37.
Each conveyor 58 comprises two parallel supporting plates 59 substantially perpendicular to direction 7 and fixed to each other by a number of bolts 60 parallel to direction 7; and a conveyor belt 61, which extends between plates 59 and is looped about a number of (in the example shown, three) pulleys 62 fitted between and to plates 59 to rotate continuously, with respect to plates 59 and under control of an electric motor 63 fixed to plates 59, about respective longitudinal axes 64 parallel to one another and to direction 7.
The two belts 61 have respective substantially horizontal, top conveying branches 65, which extend between branches 31 and 33, are separated by a distance substantially equal to the diameter of a bottle 3, and cooperate with each other to arrest labels 2 in said final positions.
Plates 59 of each conveyor 58 have two pins 66, which project downwards from plates 59 in direction 7, and are fitted in sliding manner through a supporting bar 67 parallel to direction 29. The position of plates 59, and therefore of belt 61, in direction 7 is adjusted selectively, as a function of the final position of labels 3, by an actuating screw 68, which extends in
direction 7, is fitted in rotary and axially-fixed manner through plates 59, is screwed inside bar 67, and is rotated by a handwheel 69.
The two bars 67 are located on opposite sides of conveyor 27 in direction 37, are fitted in sliding manner to two cylindrical runners 70 fixed to frame 43, beneath branch 31, and parallel to direction 37, and are connected by a screw-nut screw coupling to a screw 71, which is turned to move bars 67 in a straight line along runners 70 in direction 37, and to selectively adjust the distance between branches 65 as a function of the size of bottles 3.
Unit 40 also comprises a heating device 72 for securing each label 2 in the final position defined by the position of belts 61 in direction 7.
For each conveyor 58, device 72 comprises two blowers 73, which are fixed to plates 59 by respective supporting brackets 74, extend and are aligned with each other in direction 29, are positioned facing bottles 3 on relative branch 65, and blow respective hot-air jets onto a bottom edge of labels 2, to shrink the bottom edge of labels 2 about respective bottles 3.
Given that blowers 73 are fixed to plates 59, adjusting the position of plates 59 in directions 7 and 37 also automatically adjusts the position of blowers 73 in directions 7 and 37.
The bottles 3 issuing- from unit 40 are obviously fed through a known heat- shrink tunnel (not shown) to
shrink labels 2 completely about bottles 3
Claims
1) A unit for positioning labels (2) along respective articles (3), in particular bottles or containers, the unit comprising a conveyor line (27) for feeding a succession of articles (3) along a given path (T) and in a given first direction (29); each article (3) being positioned with its longitudinal axis parallel to a substantially vertical second direction (7), and being engaged in sliding manner by a respective label
(2) wound into a tubular configuration about the article
(3) ; the unit being characterized by also comprising a positioning device (40). located along the path (T) to selectively move each label (2) into a given final position along the respective article (3) in the second direction (7); and a securing device (72) ' for securing the label (2) in said final position.
2) A unit as claimed in Claim 1, and also comprising a first stop device (57) for arresting each label (2) in the second direction (7) and in said final position.
3) A unit as claimed in Claim 2, wherein the first stop device (57) comprises two endless conveyors (58) located on opposite sides of the path (T) in a third direction (37) substantially perpendicular to said first and second direction (29, 7).
4) A unit as claimed in Claim 2 or 3 , and also comprising first adjusting means (68, 69) for
selectively adjusting the position of the first stop device (57) in the second direction (7) .
5) A unit as claimed in any one of the foregoing Claims, and also comprising a second stop device (32) for arresting each label (2) in the second direction (7) and in an intermediate position.
6) A unit as claimed in Claim 5, wherein the second stop device (32) is located over the first stop device (57) .
7) A unit as claimed in any one of the foregoing
Claims, wherein the securing device (72) comprises heating means (73) for shrinking at least part of each label (2) about the respective article (3) .
8) A unit as claimed in any one of the foregoing Claims, wherein the positioning device (40) comprises first and second positioning means (49) fitted on opposite sides of the path (T) in a third direction (37) substantially perpendicular to said first and second direction (29, 7), to rotate respectively about a first and second axis of rotation (46) parallel to each other.
9) A unit as claimed in Claim 8, wherein each axis of rotation (46) slopes with respect to a supporting surface (P2) supporting the articles (3) on the conveyor line (27) .
10) A unit as claimed in Claim 8 or 9 , wherein the positioning device (40) also comprises third and fourth positioning means (50) fitted on opposite sides of the path (T) in the third direction (37), to rotate
respectively about the first and second axis of rotation (46) in the opposite rotation direction to that of said first and second positioning means (49) respectively; the first and second positioning means (49) lifting each label (2) from an initial lowered position to a raised intermediate position; and the third and fourth positioning means (50) lowering the label (2) from the raised intermediate position to the final position.
11) A unit as claimed in Claim 10, and also comprising actuating means (47) for moving the conveyor line (27) continuously along the path (T) , and the positioning means (49, 50) about the relative axes of rotation (46) .
12) A unit as claimed in Claim 10 and 11, wherein each said positioning means (49, 50) comprises a push roller or push brush (49, 50) .
13) A unit as claimed in any one of Claims 8 to 12, and also comprising second and third adjusting means (42) for selectively adjusting the distance between said axes of rotation (46) and, respectively, the orientation of the axes of rotation (46) with respect to a supporting surface (P2) supporting the articles (3) on the conveyor line (27) .
14) A method of positioning labels (2) along respective articles (3), in particular bottles or containers, the method comprising the step of :
feeding a succession of articles (3) along a given path (T) and in a given first direction (29) ; each
article (3) being positioned with its longitudinal axis parallel to a substantially vertical second direction (7) , and being engaged in sliding manner by a respective label (2) wound into a tubular configuration about the article (3 ) ;
and being characterized by also comprising the steps of :
selectively moving each label (2) into a given final position along the respective article (3) in the second direction (7) ; and
securing each label (2) in said final position.
15) A method as claimed in Claim 14, and also comprising the step of :
arresting each label (2) in the second direction (7) and in said final position by means of a first stop device ( 57 ) .
16) A method as claimed in Claim 15, and also comprising the step of :
selectively adjusting the position of the first stop device (57) in the second direction (7) .
17) A method as claimed in any one of Claims 14 to 16, and also comprising the steps of :
lifting each label (2) from an initial position, in which the label (2) substantially contacts a supporting surface (P2) supporting the articles (3), into an intermediate position; and
lowering the label (2) from the intermediate position into said final position.
18) A method as claimed in Claim 17, and also comprising the step of :
arresting each label (2) in the second direction (7) and in said intermediate position by means of' a second stop device (32).
19) A method as claimed in Claim 18, and also comprising the step of :
selectively adjusting the position of the second stop device (32) in the second direction (7).
20) A method as claimed in any one of Claims 14 to
19, and also comprising the step of :
heating each label (2) to shrink at least part of the label (2) about the respective article (3), and secure the label (2) in said final position.
21) A method as claimed in any one of Claims 14 to
20, wherein the positioning device (40) comprises at least two push members (49, 50), which are located on opposite sides of the path (T) in a third direction (37) substantially perpendicular to said first and second direction (29, 7), and are mounted to rotate about respective axes of rotation (46); the method also comprising the steps of :
feeding the articles (3) continuously along the path (T) ; and
moving said push members (49, 50) continuously about the respective axes of rotation (46).
22) A labelling machine for applying labels (2) to respective articles (3), in particular bottles or
containers, the machine comprising a conveyor wheel (4), which has an input station (9) for receiving an orderly succession of articles (3), comprises a number of carrier units (8), each for winding a respective label (2) into a tubular configuration about a respective article (3), and has an output station (10) for releasing an orderly succession of articles (3), each engaged in sliding manner by a respective label (2); the machine being characterized by also comprising a positioning unit (40) for positioning each label (2) along the respective article (3); the positioning unit (40) being connected to said output station (10) , and being as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 13.
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