EP0476447A1 - Gerät zum Bedrucken und Anbringen von Etiketten - Google Patents

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EP0476447A1
EP0476447A1 EP91115015A EP91115015A EP0476447A1 EP 0476447 A1 EP0476447 A1 EP 0476447A1 EP 91115015 A EP91115015 A EP 91115015A EP 91115015 A EP91115015 A EP 91115015A EP 0476447 A1 EP0476447 A1 EP 0476447A1
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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
    • B65C9/28—Air-blast 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
    • B65C9/08—Label feeding
    • B65C9/18—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls
    • B65C9/1865—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls the labels adhering on a backing strip
    • B65C9/1876—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls the labels adhering on a backing strip and being transferred by suction means
    • B65C9/1884—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls the labels adhering on a backing strip and being transferred by suction means the suction means being a movable vacuum arm or pad
    • 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
    • B65C9/36—Wipers; Pressers

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  • This invention relates to an apparatus for printing and applying labels and more particularly but not exclusively to an apparatus for printing and applying self adhesive labels.
  • the speed at which the labels can be applied is limited by the speed at which labels can be printed i.e. it is not possible to apply labels faster than the labels can be printed.
  • a label printing and applying apparatus for printing and applying a label to each article of a succession of articles, the apparatus comprising means to feed labels severally to a printing means which is arranged to print information on the labels, a label holding means to receive a label from the printing means and to hold the label, means to move each printed label away from the label holding means to a label applying station thus freeing the label holding means to receive a further label from the printing means.
  • a second aspect of the invention we provide a method of applying a label to each article of a succession of articles utilising the apparatus of a first aspect of the invention, the method comprising sensing a parameter of a first article by a first sensing means at a position upstream of the label applying station, providing a signal to the printing means to print information appropriate to the parameter sensed of the first article on a label, receiving the label for the first article by the label holding means, sensing a parameter of the next article of the succession of articles, and providing a signal to the printing means to print information relevant to the parameter sensed of the next article, on a further label, moving the first label for the first article away from the label holding means to a label applying station, retaining the label at the label applying station until the arrival of the first article whilst the printing means prints the further label for the next article of the succession of articles, sensing the arrival of the first article at the label applying station and applying the label to the first article.
  • a label printing and applying apparatus comprises a label feed means 10 for feeding self adhesive labels 11 from storage roll 12 where the labels 11 are stored on a backing medium 13 such as waxed paper to which the labels 11 are releasably adhered, towards a printing means 14, by means of drive rollers D.
  • a label feed means 10 for feeding self adhesive labels 11 from storage roll 12 where the labels 11 are stored on a backing medium 13 such as waxed paper to which the labels 11 are releasably adhered, towards a printing means 14, by means of drive rollers D.
  • the label 11 is stripped from the backing medium 13 by a beak 15 and the backing medium 13 is collected on a collection roll 16.
  • Printed labels 11 are received by a label holding means 17 to be described in more detail below, where the labels 11 are held until a label applying means 18 moves the label 11 to a label applying station 20 where the labels are each retained until a corresponding article 21 to which each label 11 is to be applied arrives at the label applying station 20, when the label applying means 18 will apply the labels to articles 21.
  • the apparatus further comprises a first sensing means 22 which senses a parameter of each article 21 of the succession of articles indicated at 21 a to 21 d, the parameter being for example weight, size, colour or type.
  • the printing means 14 is instructed by a control means 23 to print information relating to the sensed parameter for each article 21 a-21 d onto a corresponding label 11, which labels 11 are then applied to appropriate articles 21 a to 21 d.
  • the apparatus further comprises a second sensing means 24 which senses the arrival of the relevant article 21 a to 21 d at the label applying station 20.
  • the control means 23 and sensor means 22/24 may simply correlate the number of articles 21 since any particular article sensed so that the sensing means 24 knows that an article arriving at the label applying station 20 is the applicable article for a label 11 which is waiting at the label applying station 20 to be applied to the article.
  • the sensing means 24 may check that the parameter sensed by the first sensing means 22 is present on an article arriving at the label applying station 20 whereby the second sensing means 24 and control means 23 can check that the article arriving is that expected for the waiting label 11.
  • the articles 21 a to 21 d are conveyed on a roller conveyor 25 past the label applying station 20 although any other appropriate means to convey the articles 11 past the label applying station 20 may be used.
  • the operation of the conveyor is controlled via the control means 23, a transmission 26 of the conveyor 25 being disengaged when the control means 23 needs to stop movement of the articles 21, if this becomes necessary, for example if the articles are too close together and moving too fast for the printing means 14 to keep up.
  • the label applying means 18 is of the so called “blower” type and comprises a pad surface 28 which has a plurality of small apertures, some of which are indicated at 29, which apertures 29 can alternatively be connected to a source of vacuum 30 or a source of pressurised air 31.
  • the label applicator means 18 is movable from a first position which is shown in dotted lines in figure 1 when the apertures 29 will be connected to the source of vacuum 30 so that the labels 11 can be held on the pad surface 28 with the printed sides of the labels 11 facing the pad 28, to a second position at the label applying station 20 where under the control of the control means 23, the apertures 29 can be connected to a source of pressurised air 31 so that a label 11 held thereby is propelled by a blast of air in the direction of arrow 35 in figure 1 towards and into engagement with the article 21.
  • each label 11 would be retained at the label applying station 20 by the vacuum at the pad surface 28 of the label applying means 18 until the appropriate article 21 a to 21 d arrives at the label applying station 20 when the vacuum can be replaced or overcome by the pressurised air.
  • Respective control valves 36, 37 may be provided which under the control of the control means 23 arrange for the apertures 29 to be connected alternatively to the vacuum source 30 or the pressurised air 31.
  • the label holding means 17 which receives the labels 11 during and/or after printing also comprises a pad surface 39 at which suction can be applied to hold the labels.
  • the pad surface 39 comprises two parts 40,41, separated by a space 42, and connected by a bridging part 43, each part 40,41, having a plurality of apertures 44.
  • the pad surface 39 is in the form of an inverted U.
  • the labels 11 pass from the printing means 14 in the direction of arrow B in Figure 2, they are each generally received on the pad surface 39 each label slides relative to the pad surface 39 until all of the apertures 44 are covered by the label 11, the printed side of the label facing the pad surface 39.
  • Apertures 44 are also connected to the vacuum source 30 via a control valve 45 and are arranged so that only when all of the apertures 44 are covered by the label 11 is the label 11 held by the label holding means 17 by suction.
  • the label applying means 18 is configured so that the pad surface 28 thereof, which in the present example is rectangular, is received in the space 42 between the two parts 40,41, of the pad surface 49 when the label applying means 18 is in its first position, to enable the pad surface 28 to pick up a label 11 held by the label holding means 17, and to move the label away from the label holding means 17 to the label applying station 20, thus freeing the label holding means 17 to receive a further label from the printing means 14.
  • the label holding means 17 is movable from a receive position which is shown in full lines in figure 1 to a release position shown in dotted lines, in the direction of arrow 46, by any suitable motive means 47 under the control of the control means 23.
  • suction of the label 11 at the pad surface 39 is discontinued either by the control means closing valve 45, or by there being a mechanical means to disconnect the apertures 44 from the vacuum source 30. In either case, as the label holding means 17 is moved to its release position, the label is transferred to the pad surface 28 of the label applying means 18.
  • Movement of the label applying means 18 from its first to its second position can be achieved with a stepper motor for example or any other motive means 48 under the control of the control means 23, which causes the label applying means 18 to pivot about an axis 49, the pad surface 28 of the label applying means 18 being connected to its motive means 48 by an arm 50.
  • a stepper motor for example or any other motive means 48 under the control of the control means 23, which causes the label applying means 18 to pivot about an axis 49, the pad surface 28 of the label applying means 18 being connected to its motive means 48 by an arm 50.
  • control means 23 causes the label holding means 17 to return to its receive position ready to receive the next label from the printing means 14.
  • the first sensing means 22 senses a desired parameter of each article 21 a to 21d.
  • the second sensing means 22 is sensing a parameter of article 21 b, and the sensing means 22 sends an appropriate signal to the control means 23 which is stored.
  • the control means 23 will signal the label feed means 10 to feed a label to the printing means 14 and will signal the printing means 14 to print appropriate information on the label for article 21 b.
  • the printing means 14 may print a description of the article 21 a, details of its weight or its price, or a code such as a bar code, depending on the particular parameter sensed by the first sensing means 22.
  • the article 21 b will continue to be moved closer to the label applying station 20 by the conveyor 25.
  • the label 11 is received by the label holding means 17 as it passes out of the printing means 14, with vacuum applied to the apertures 44 of the pad surface 39 by the control means 23 signalling the valve 45 to open.
  • the label 11 covers all of the apertures 44 of the pad surface 39, the label 11 will be held by the label holding means 17 by suction.
  • the label applying means 18 will be moved by the control means 23 to its first position and vacuum will be applied at the pad surface 28 by the control means 23 actuating valves 36 and 37 appropriately.
  • the label holding means 17 is then moved by the control means 23 to its release position when suction at the pad surface 39 thereof will be discontinued, so that the label 11 for article 21 b will be transferred to and retained by the pad surface 18 of the label applying means 18.
  • the control means 23 will then move the label applying means 18 by actuating the motive means 48 thereof, to the label applying station 20 where the label will be retained until the second sensing means 24 senses that the article 21 b has arrived at the label applying station 20.
  • control means 23 will then close valve 36 and open valve 37 so that the label is propelled onto the article 21 a by a blast of pressurised air.
  • the label applying means 18 As soon as the label applying means 18 has moved the label for article 21 b, from the label holding means 17, the label for the next article 21 a can be printed by the printing means 14, even before the label for article 21 b has been applied to the article.
  • control means 23 can temporarily halt the conveyor 25 by disengaging transmission 26 thereof.
  • a label could foul the label applying means 18 as it returns to its first position.
  • a label may be arranged only to be partially printed by the printing means 14 until the label applying means 18 is in its first position, when printing of the label can be completed. This can be achieved by the control means 23 providing suitable signals to the label feeding means 10 and the printing means 14.
  • control valve 45 for the apertures 44 of the pad surface 39 may not be required where connection of the apertures 44 to the vacuum source 30 is controlled by a mechanical means actuated by movement of the label holding means 17 from its receive to its release position.
  • the blast of air provided from the source of pressurised air 31 may simply be sufficient to overcome the vacuum provided by the vacuum source 30.
  • the mechanical arrangements of the label applying means 18 and the label holding means 17 need not be exactly as described, but may be modified in many ways.
  • movement of the label applying means 18 to the label applying station 20 may be achieved by an alternative to purely pivotal movement as described.
  • pressurised air instead of using pressurised air to propel the labels into engagement with their respective articles, any other suitable pressurised gas may be used.

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