US20070157576A1 - Beverage bottling plant for filling beverage bottles with a liquid beverage, with an information adding arrangement for adding information relating to the beverage bottles, and a method of operating the beverage bottling plant - Google Patents

Beverage bottling plant for filling beverage bottles with a liquid beverage, with an information adding arrangement for adding information relating to the beverage bottles, and a method of operating the beverage bottling plant Download PDF

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US20070157576A1
US20070157576A1 US11/621,853 US62185307A US2007157576A1 US 20070157576 A1 US20070157576 A1 US 20070157576A1 US 62185307 A US62185307 A US 62185307A US 2007157576 A1 US2007157576 A1 US 2007157576A1
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  • This application relates to a beverage bottling plant for filling beverage bottles with a liquid beverage, with an information adding arrangement for adding information relating to the beverage bottles, and a method of operating the beverage bottling plant.
  • a beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material can possibly comprise a beverage filling machine, which is often a rotary filling machine, with a plurality of beverage filling positions, each beverage filling position having a beverage filling device for filling bottles with liquid beverage filling material.
  • the filling devices may have an apparatus designed to introduce a predetermined volume of liquid beverage filling material into the interior of bottles to a substantially predetermined level of liquid beverage filling material.
  • Some beverage bottling plants may possibly comprise filling arrangements that receive a liquid beverage material from a toroidal or annular vessel, in which a supply of liquid beverage material is stored under pressure by a gas.
  • the toroidal vessel may also be connected to at least one external reservoir or supply of liquid beverage material by a conduit or supply line.
  • a beverage bottling plant has two external supply reservoirs, each of which may be configured to store either the same liquid beverage product or different products. These reservoirs could possibly be connected to the toroidal or annular vessel by corresponding supply lines, conduits, or other arrangements. It is also possible that the external supply reservoirs could be in the form of simple storage tanks, or in the form of liquid beverage product mixers.
  • a wide variety of types of filling elements are used in filling machines in beverage bottling or container filling plants for dispensing a liquid product into bottles, cans or similar containers, including but not limited to filling processes that are carried out under counterpressure for the bottling of carbonated beverages.
  • the apparatus designed to introduce a predetermined flow of liquid beverage filling material further comprises an apparatus that is designed to terminate the filling of the beverage bottles upon the liquid beverage filling material reaching the predetermined level in bottles.
  • a closing machine which is often a rotary closing machine.
  • a revolving or rotary machine comprises a rotor, which revolves around a central, vertical machine axis.
  • a conveyer arrangement configured to transfer filled bottles from the filling machine to the closing station.
  • a transporting or conveying arrangement can utilize transport star wheels as well as linear conveyors.
  • a closing machine closes bottles by applying a closure, such as a screw-top cap or a bottle cork, to a corresponding bottle mouth. Closed bottles are then usually conveyed to an information adding arrangement, wherein information, such as a product name or a manufacturer's information or logo, is applied to a bottle.
  • a closing station and information adding arrangement may be connected by a corresponding conveyer arrangement. Bottles are then sorted and packaged for shipment out of the plant.
  • beverage bottling plants may also possibly comprise a rinsing arrangement or rinsing station to which new, non-return and/or even return bottles are fed, prior to being filled, by a conveyer arrangement, which can be a linear conveyor or a combination of a linear conveyor and a starwheel. Downstream of the rinsing arrangement or rinsing station, in the direction of travel, rinsed bottles are then transported to the beverage filling machine by a second conveyer arrangement that is formed, for example, by one or more starwheels that introduce bottles into the beverage filling machine.
  • a conveyer arrangement which can be a linear conveyor or a combination of a linear conveyor and a starwheel.
  • a beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material can be controlled by a central control arrangement, which could be, for example, a computerized control system that monitors and controls the operation of the various stations and mechanisms of the beverage bottling plant.
  • labeling containers are provided with a label or are imprinted by means of a conventional printing process, for example using a screen-printing process or pad printing.
  • labeling containers can be changed only by replacing mechanical print masks or formats that are used for direct printing of containers or by replacing labels or labeling material used, which at the very minimum is time-consuming and in any case is generally not possible while printing or labeling machine is in operation.
  • containers can be provided with simple information that can differ from container to container, such as differing serial numbers; from container group to container group, such as differing batch numbers; or from day to day production dates.
  • print head which is intended for printing on flat printing stock and with which a plurality of printed dots can be produced tight up against another or at a very small distance from one another in a line, for example at least 150 dots per inch, on a surface to be printed, and specifically by a plurality of individually activated individual ink jets.
  • the active print width of this print head which is also known by the name “Tonejet”, is a function only of the capacity and performance of the computer that actuates the print head. For example, print heads from 1.7 to 6.8 inch print width, corresponding to a 256 Bit control or a 1024 Bit control, can thereby be produced.
  • this print head it is possible to print a two-dimensional impression with a sufficiently large surface area only in a single axial direction by relative motion between a surface to be printed and a print head.
  • An object of at least one possible embodiment is to create a device for the application of information and/or images onto container surfaces that is as mechanically simple as possible, is as little susceptible to disruption as possible and can be operated at a high output capacity, whereby the orientation of the information can be selected as desired with respect to the geometry of the container.
  • Another object of at least one possible embodiment of the present application is to describe a method and a device with which it is possible to provide bottles or similar containers efficiently with labels of different sizes and formats or containing different information.
  • At least one possible embodiment teaches that the containers and the device to apply information to the containers are realized so that they can be moved in relation to each other.
  • Another possible embodiment teaches a method and a device for labeling bottles or similar containers with labels produced by printing from a label primary material and using at least one labeling station past which containers move on a conveyor element, and labels are attached to containers.
  • One feature of a method realized in at least one possible embodiment of the present application is that the information that is initially essential for the overall appearance of labels, and at least a significant portion of the label design and printing of labels that forms this part of the packaging design, is printed before labeling.
  • this process occurs before the application of labels to containers in a labeling station or in a printing unit in a labeling station on raw material or primary material of labels. Printing labels thus takes place in a labeling station immediately or essentially immediately prior to labeling. That feature alone makes it possible, using one and the same label primary material to modify a label design or content by a corresponding adjustment or conversion of a printing unit.
  • a printing unit is realized so that individual printed images are produced on labeling primary material as a function of an actuation by an electronic control unit or a computer, and specifically according to a print mask that is formed by an electronic control unit or by computer software from a data set, and is stored for example in a memory of a control device or of a computer.
  • At least one possible embodiment of the present application therefore offers the capability, among other things, to modify and/or update individual label designs easily, and also as a function of specific containers to be labeled or products contained in these containers. It is also possible to select and use label designs required for a product for printing label primary material, to select sizes of individually-printed labels to match sizes and/or diameters of containers to be labeled, and/or to modify label designs or parts of label designs while a labeling process is in operation.
  • a print head may conceivably have at least one print head, which may be realized in a Tonejet print head or a print head that corresponds to such a Tonejet print head.
  • a print head of this type has a printing area which, during printing, is at a short distance from and faces a surface to be printed, a plurality of individual nozzles which are provided one behind another at very close intervals in a longitudinal axis of the print head, and each nozzle may be formed by a nozzle opening and by at least one electrode associated with each individual nozzle.
  • printing ink in a print head may discharge from each individual nozzle or a corresponding nozzle opening only if, during activation of an individual nozzle, the electrode associated with the individual nozzle is actuated by an electrical voltage, the polarity and/or potential of which differs from the polarity and/or the potential of the print head or of the ink in the print head, so that as a result of electrostatic forces, a defined quantity of ink is ejected or discharged from the nozzle opening of the activated individual nozzle.
  • a print head of this type is also called an “electrostatic print head” below.
  • Containers within the meaning of the present application include but are not limited to bottles, cans or packages, whereby all containers can have a cylindrical, non-cylindrical, rotationally symmetrical or a shape and/or peripheral surface that is not rotationally symmetrical.
  • the labeling primary material used with at least one possible embodiment is, for example, an endless or strip-format label primary material.
  • single-sheet label primary material can also be used in at least one possible embodiment, and specifically so that it corresponds to the realization of the labeling station and/or of the printing unit in the labeling station. Developments of at least one possible embodiment of the present application are described herein.
  • This application relates to a device for the application of information and/or images onto the external surface of containers.
  • One possible embodiment of the present application may be realized in a method and a device for labeling bottles or similar containers with labels produced by printing from a label primary material and using at least one labeling station past which containers move on a conveyor element, and labels are attached to containers.
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  • word “invention” or “embodiment of the invention” includes “inventions” or “embodiments of the invention”, that is the plural of “invention” or “embodiment of the invention”.
  • inventions or “embodiment of the invention”
  • the Applicant does not in any way admit that the present application does not include more than one patentably and non-obviously distinct invention, and maintains that this application may include more than one patentably and non-obviously distinct invention.
  • the Applicant hereby asserts that the disclosure of this application may include more than one invention, and, in the event that there is more than one invention, that these inventions may be patentable and non-obvious one with respect to the other.
  • FIG. 1A shows schematically the main components of one possible embodiment example of what may be a typical system for filling containers
  • FIG. 1 shows a container in the form of a bottle provided with a label
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration from overhead of a labeling machine of a rotary construction claimed by the invention with a labeling station that has electrostatic print heads;
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration of the electrostatic print heads of a printing unit of the labeling station in partial section, together with the label primary material to be printed;
  • FIG. 4 shows one of the print heads of the print unit illustrated in FIG. 3 ;
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic functional diagram of the function elements of the labeling station.
  • FIG. 1A shows schematically the main components of one possible embodiment example of what may be a typical system for filling containers, specifically, a beverage bottling plant for filling bottles B with at least one liquid beverage, in accordance with at least one possible embodiment, in which system or plant could possibly be utilized at least one aspect, or several aspects, of the embodiments disclosed herein.
  • FIG. 1A shows a rinsing arrangement or rinsing station 101 , to which the containers, namely bottles B, are fed in the direction of travel as indicated by the arrow A 1 , by a first conveyer arrangement 103 , which can be a linear conveyor or a combination of a linear conveyor and a starwheel.
  • a first conveyer arrangement 103 which can be a linear conveyor or a combination of a linear conveyor and a starwheel.
  • the rinsed bottles B are transported to a beverage filling machine 105 by a second conveyer arrangement 104 that is formed, for example, by one or more starwheels that introduce bottles B into the beverage filling machine 105 .
  • the beverage filling machine 105 shown is of a revolving or rotary design, with a rotor 105 ′, which revolves around a central, vertical machine axis.
  • the rotor 105 ′ is designed to receive and hold the bottles B for filling at a plurality of filling positions 113 located about the periphery of the rotor 105 ′.
  • a filling arrangement 114 having at least one filling device, element, apparatus, or valve.
  • the filling arrangements 114 are designed to introduce a predetermined volume or amount of liquid beverage into the interior of the bottles B to a predetermined or desired level.
  • the filling arrangements 114 receive the liquid beverage material from a toroidal or annular vessel 117 , in which a supply of liquid beverage material is stored under pressure by a gas.
  • the toroidal vessel 117 is a component, for example, of the revolving rotor 105 ′.
  • the toroidal vessel 117 can be connected by means of a rotary coupling or a coupling that permits rotation.
  • the toroidal vessel 117 is also connected to at least one external reservoir or supply of liquid beverage material by a conduit or supply line. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1A , there are two external supply reservoirs 123 and 124 , each of which is configured to store either the same liquid beverage product or different products.
  • These reservoirs 123 , 124 are connected to the toroidal or annular vessel 117 by corresponding supply lines, conduits, or arrangements 121 and 122 .
  • the external supply reservoirs 123 , 124 could be in the form of simple storage tanks, or in the form of liquid beverage product mixers, in at least one possible embodiment.
  • each filling arrangement 114 could be connected by separate connections to each of the two toroidal vessels and have two individually-controllable fluid or control valves, so that in each bottle B, the first product or the second product can be filled by means of an appropriate control of the filling product or fluid valves.
  • a beverage bottle closing arrangement or closing station 106 Downstream of the beverage filling machine 105 , in the direction of travel of the bottles B, there can be a beverage bottle closing arrangement or closing station 106 which closes or caps the bottles B.
  • the beverage bottle closing arrangement or closing station 106 can be connected by a third conveyer arrangement 107 to a beverage bottle labeling arrangement or labeling station 108 .
  • the third conveyor arrangement may be formed, for example, by a plurality of starwheels, or may also include a linear conveyor device.
  • the beverage bottle labeling arrangement or labeling station 108 has at least one labeling unit, device, or module, for applying labels to bottles B.
  • the labeling arrangement 108 is connected by a starwheel conveyer structure to three output conveyer arrangements: a first output conveyer arrangement 109 , a second output conveyer arrangement 110 , and a third output conveyer arrangement 111 , all of which convey filled, closed, and labeled bottles B to different locations.
  • the first output conveyer arrangement 109 is designed to convey bottles B that are filled with a first type of liquid beverage supplied by, for example, the supply reservoir 123 .
  • the second output conveyer arrangement 110 in the embodiment shown, is designed to convey bottles B that are filled with a second type of liquid beverage supplied by, for example, the supply reservoir 124 .
  • the third output conveyer arrangement 111 in the embodiment shown, is designed to convey incorrectly labeled bottles B.
  • the labeling arrangement 108 can comprise at least one beverage bottle inspection or monitoring device that inspects or monitors the location of labels on the bottles B to determine if the labels have been correctly placed or aligned on the bottles B.
  • the third output conveyer arrangement 111 removes any bottles B which have been incorrectly labeled as determined by the inspecting device.
  • a labeling machine 1 is shown for the application of labels 2 on containers, in the form of bottles 3 standing in the upright position, which are fed to the labeling machine 1 or to a container inlet 4 on a conveyor 5 .
  • the labeling machine can be both a labeling machine that is constructed that employs a rotary design or a labeling machine that employs a linear design.
  • the bottles 3 in a container receptacle 6 are transferred to a rotor that is driven so that it rotates around a vertical machine axis in the direction indicated by the arrow A and for the labeling moves with the rotor 6 past a labeling station which in FIG. 1 is designated 8 in general.
  • the labeled bottles 3 are then transferred at a container outlet 9 to a conveyor 10 and fed by the conveyor to the next application.
  • labels 2 are realized in the form of self-adhesive labels and are each formed by separating them from an endless strip of label primary material 11 which is realized in the manner of the prior art in at least three layers, and specifically as illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4 with a layer 11 . 1 that forms the ultimate label 2 and is made of a suitable label primary material, with a self-adhesive layer 11 . 2 and with a removable cover layer 11 . 3 , made of silicon paper, for example.
  • the label primary material 11 is available in the form of a stock that is stored in a buffer 12 in the form of a supply spool 12 .
  • labels 2 are realized in the form of labels that encircle the bottles to which they are to be applied.
  • the labeling station 8 One feature of the labeling station 8 is that the label primary material 11 or the segments of the label primary material 11 that after they are separated form labels are printed only in the labeling station 8 and immediately or essentially immediately before they are applied to the bottles 3 on a printing unit 13 , using print heads 14 .
  • the print heads 14 are digitally actuated by an electronic control device 15 , such as in the form of a computer, in which the image, comprising label text and/or graphic information, to be produced by the respective print head 14 is stored.
  • the printing of the label primary material in the printing unit 13 occurs, for example, such that the impression and/or the graphic and/or color design or text and graphics of the individual label 2 is produced completely by the printing unit 13 on the neutral label primary material 11 , and/or an impression that is already present on the label primary material 11 is supplemented with this printing unit 13 , for example by the addition of text, color and/or graphics, as desired.
  • the label primary material 11 is printed only in the labeling station 8 , such as immediately or essentially immediately prior to the labeling of the bottles 3 , and because of the actuation of the printing unit 13 and of the print heads 14 provided in it by the electronic control unit 15 , using digital print masks and forms that are stored digitally or in data form, various advantageous capabilities are created, i.e.
  • Changing the label design i.e. the impression on labels 2
  • Changing the label design also requires only a reprogramming or a modification of the programming of the electronic control device 15 .
  • Variable content of this type can be, for example, graphic information or representations and/or changing color designs and/or varying printed information.
  • the varying information can also be numerical or alphanumerical information, for example, for the addition of information relating to the production date and/or the “best if consumed by” date, or in the form of a numerical code.
  • At least one possible embodiment relates to the application of cutting marks. These marks are important in particular if the label primary material is designed to be cut into individual labels by a cutting process, whereby the cutting process is triggered by the optical detection of a corresponding cutting mark on the strip of labels.
  • labels 2 are applied to the bottles 3 in the conventional form, such as in the transfer position of the labeling station 8 , after the removal of the cover layer 11 .
  • the self-adhesive label primary material 11 is applied to the bottle 3 that is being moved past, and then the length of material that is removed from the label primary material 11 and that forms the label 2 is applied in its entirety to the outside surface of the bottle 3 while the bottle 1 is rotated.
  • the print heads 14 are realized in the form of electrostatic print heads.
  • the print heads 14 contain different inks (e.g. red, blue and yellow).
  • it is also possible to provide additional print heads 14 on the printing unit 13 for example a fourth print head 14 for black ink.
  • each print head 14 comprises a housing 16 which forms, among other things, an enclosed interior housing cavity 17 that holds a liquid or viscous ink.
  • the housing 16 is realized so that its interior cavity 17 tapers toward a lower housing segment 16 . 1 in the shape of a funnel or wedge. On this housing segment 16 .
  • each print head 14 is located at a short, specified distance above the label primary material 11 to be printed, which is moved in a continuous or essentially continuous or timed movement past the print heads 14 oriented in a horizontal plane as indicated by the arrow B in FIG. 2 , whereby this transport or forward-feed direction B is oriented at a right angle, perpendicular or essentially perpendicular to the print head longitudinal axis DL of the print heads 14 .
  • the print heads 14 are arranged with their print head longitudinal axes DL in the horizontal direction and parallel or essentially parallel to one another, and also possibly in a common horizontal plane.
  • the label primary material 11 is located horizontally below the print heads 14 , and for the transfer of labels 2 to the bottles 3 the label primary material 11 must be oriented in a vertical or essentially vertical plane, after the printing or also before the printing, the label primary material 11 is rotated or deflected as illustrated at 19 and 20 in FIGS. 3 and 5 .
  • Each individual nozzle 18 comprises an opening 21 and a needle-shaped electrode 22 that is associated with this opening, which electrode is equi-axial with the axis of the respective opening and ends at a short distance from this opening inside the housing cavity 17 .
  • Each print head 14 is also realized so that at least during the printing process, the ink contained in the housing interior 17 is applied with a certain hydrostatic pressure against the openings 21 of the individual nozzles 18 .
  • the cross section of these openings is selected taking the viscosity and/or the surface tension of the ink into consideration so that when the individual nozzle 18 is not activated, ink does not exit the openings 21 in spite of the hydrostatic pressure.
  • the electrodes 22 can be actuated individually by means of the control device 15 , and specifically so that when the individual nozzle 18 is not actuated, the corresponding electrode 22 is at the same electrical potential as the ink in the housing interior 17 .
  • the voltage potential of the corresponding electrode 22 is modified by an appropriate activation briefly or in a pulsed manner so that via the opening 21 , ink is discharged to produce a dot 23 on the label primary material.
  • the print heads 14 with their print head longitudinal axis DL are oriented at right angles or perpendicular or essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal extension of the label primary material 11 or perpendicular or essentially perpendicular to the feed direction B, the ink is applied to the label primary material 11 in rows that run perpendicular or essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal extension of the label primary material 11 or to the feed direction B over the entire width of the area to be printed, and specifically progressively in the longitudinal direction or in the direction of movement of the label primary material 11 .
  • the individual nozzles 18 can be activated at a high speed.
  • the feed movement of the label primary material 11 is also regulated by the electronic control device 15 , and possibly synchronously with the actuation of the print heads 14 , to thereby achieve a clear image with high quality.
  • a centering and guide means for the label primary material 11 are provided in the vicinity of the print heads 14 to essentially optimally orient this material with reference to the print heads 14 , and/or in particular to accurately maintain the specified distance between the print heads 14 and the label primary material 11 .
  • corona element 24 In the feed direction B ahead of the print heads 14 , which corona element 24 runs with its longitudinal dimension parallel or essentially parallel to the plane of the label primary material 11 and is oriented at a right angle or perpendicular or essentially perpendicular to the feed direction B and with which the label primary material 11 is electrostatically charged on its side to be printed.
  • FIG. 5 shows again, in a function or block diagram, the essential elements of the labeling station 8 .
  • the deflector 20 in the feed or transport direction of the label primary material 12 , immediately or essentially immediately after the buffer 12 , is the deflector 20 , and downstream of that an optional preheater unit 25 to preheat the label primary material 11 before the printing in the printing unit 13 .
  • a dryer unit 26 in which, by heating, a final drying of the ink takes place, before the labeling primary material then travels via the additional deflector 19 to the dispenser unit 26 , at which the individual labels produced from the label primary material 11 are transferred to the bottles 3 that are moving past this dispenser unit or at the label transfer.
  • the dispenser unit is constructed in a manner that will be known by a technician specializing in labeling, with self-adhesive labels that are produced from a strip-shaped label primary material, in particular with a tear-off or folding edge 28 for the removal of the strip-shaped cover layer 11 . 3 , with a collecting unit 29 to receive the removed cover layer 1 . 3 and with a cutting device 30 for the separation of the individual label 2 from the strip-shaped label primary material 11 .
  • the optional preheater unit 25 accelerates the drying of the ink.
  • the presence of the preheater also means that the ink of the individual ink sets formed by the print heads 14 dries inside the printing unit 13 at least to the point where an undesirable smearing or running of the different colors of ink occurs does not occur.
  • the labeling machine 1 it is also possible to realize the labeling machine 1 so that it can be used to process roll-feed labels or a label primary material that already has self-adhesive individual labels on a backing material. It is also possible to realize the labeling machine so that it can be used to process label primary material or individual labels that are affixed to the bottles 3 using glue, e.g. again in the form of encircling labels etc.
  • the dispenser unit has, for example, in addition to the cutting device 30 a vacuum drum with which the separated label 2 is held until it is applied to the bottle in question.
  • the drying can also be accomplished in another manner, such as by UV light or infrared radiation, for example.
  • At least one embodiment of the present application may include a printing device for the application of ink, resin-based pigments, and/or paint-like or enamel-like substances to a labeling material.
  • labels are printed in the labeling station by at least one printing unit located there before the application of labels to containers.
  • One feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in a method for the labeling of bottles 3 or similar containers with labels 2 produced by printing from a label primary material 11 and using at least one labeling station 8 past which containers 3 move on a conveyor element 7 and labels 2 are attached to containers, characterized in that labels 2 are printed by imprinting the label primary material 11 in the labeling station 8 using at least one printing unit 13 located there, before the application of labels 2 to containers.
  • Another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the method, characterized in that the label primary material 11 is pre-printed and that the image that is already present on the label primary material 11 is supplemented by the printing of the label primary material 11 in the labeling station 8 .
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the method, characterized in that the label primary material 11 is printed in a plurality of colors.
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the method, characterized in that the printing of the label primary material 1 is performed using at least one printing unit 13 that produces the printed image as a function of an electronic actuation system 15 .
  • Another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the method, characterized in that the printing unit 13 produces the printed image as a function of print masks that are stored electronically or in the form of software in a control device 15 .
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the method, characterized in that the label primary material 11 is printed line-by-line at a right angle to the longitudinal direction of the label primary material, and specifically for example over its entire width or almost its entire width.
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the method, characterized in that the printing is done with a relative movement between the label primary material 11 and the printing unit 13 or at least one print head 14 of this printing unit 13 .
  • the at least one printing unit 13 has at least one electrostatic print head 14 with a plurality of individually actuated individual nozzles 18 for the controlled dispensing of ink, and that the individual nozzles 18 are located in at least one row, one behind another in a print head longitudinal axis DL.
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the method, characterized in that the relative movement between the at least one print head 14 and the label primary material 11 is at a right angle or perpendicular to the print head longitudinal axis DL.
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the method, characterized in that the label primary material 11 during the printing is oriented horizontally or essentially horizontally.
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the method, characterized in that for the production of a multiple-color printed image, one color set of the multiple-printing is produced with each print head.
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the method, characterized in that the ink, after it has been applied to the label primary material 11 is dried or set by the application of energy, for example in the form of heat and/or UV light.
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the method, characterized in that the printing of the label primary material 11 takes place before the separation of labels 2 .
  • Another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the method, characterized by the use of a labeling machine that employs a rotary construction, in which containers 3 to be printed are moved past the at least one labeling station 8 on a driven rotor that rotates around a vertical machine axis.
  • Yet another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in an apparatus for the labeling of bottles 3 or similar containers with labels 2 that are printed using a label primary material 11 , with at least one labeling station 8 past which containers 3 are moved on a transport element 7 and labels are attached to containers, characterized in that at least one printing unit 13 is provided in the at least one labeling station 8 for the printing of labels 2 before they are attached to containers.
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the apparatus, characterized in that at least one printing unit 13 is realized for a multiple-color printing of the label primary material 11 .
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the apparatus, characterized in that the printing unit 13 produces the printed image as a function of an electronic actuation system 15 .
  • Yet another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the apparatus, characterized in that the printing unit 13 or at least one print head 14 of this unit prints the label primary material 11 line by line at a right angle to the longitudinal direction of the label primary material, and specifically for example over its entire width or almost its entire width.
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the apparatus, characterized by means for the production of a relative movement during the printing between the label primary material 11 and the printing unit 13 or at least one print head 14 of this printing unit 13 .
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the apparatus, characterized by feed means with which the label primary material 11 is moved relative to the printing unit 13 or to the at least one print head 14 located there.
  • the at least one printing unit 13 has at least one electrostatic print head 14 with a plurality of individually actuated individual nozzles 18 for the controlled dispensing of ink, and that the individual nozzles 18 are arranged in at least one row, one behind another, in a print head longitudinal axis DL.
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the apparatus, characterized in that the label primary material 11 is oriented during the printing horizontally or essentially horizontally.
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the apparatus, characterized in that the at least one print head 14 is located above the label primary material 11 .
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the apparatus, characterized by means 26 for the drying of the ink after the application to the label primary material 11 by the effect of energy, for example by heating and/or UV light.
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the apparatus, characterized by means 25 , 24 for the heading and/or for the electrostatic charging of the label primary material 11 before printing.
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the apparatus, characterized by its realization in the form of a labeling machine that employs a rotary construction in which containers 3 to be labeled are moved past the at least one labeling station 8 on a rotor 7 that is driven in rotation around a vertical machine axis.
  • bottling systems which may be used or adapted for use in at least one possible embodiment of the present may be found in the following U.S. Patents assigned to the Assignee herein, namely: U.S. Pat. No. 4,911,285; U.S. Pat. No. 4,944,830; U.S. Pat. No. 4,950,350; U.S. Pat. No. 4,976,803; U.S. Pat. No. 4,981,547; U.S. Pat. No. 5,004,518; U.S. Pat. No. 5,017,261; U.S. Pat. No. 5,062,917; U.S. Pat. No. 5,062,918; U.S. Pat. No.
  • heater arrangements that may possibly be utilized or possibly adapted for use in at least one possible embodiment of the present application may possibly be found in the following U.S. Patents: U.S. Pat. No. 6,404,421 issued to Meijler et al. on Jun. 11, 2002; U.S. Pat. No. 6,515,264 issued to Toya et al. on Feb. 4, 2003; U.S. Pat. No. 6,548,786 issued to Takizawa et al. on Apr. 15, 2003; U.S. Pat. No. 6,555,796 issued to Cusack on Apr. 29, 2003; U.S. Pat. No. 6,633,727 issued to Henrie et al. on Oct. 14, 2003; and U.S. Pat. No. 6,677,557 issued to Ito et al. on Jan. 13, 2004.
  • blade cutting apparatus and methods that may possibly be utilized or adapted for use in at least one possible embodiment may possibly be found in the following U.S. patent application publications: No. 2003/0146943 A1, entitled “Label Printer-Cutter with Mutually Exclusive Printing and Cutting Operation”; U.S. Pat. No. 5,614,278 entitled “Strip of Separable Labels or Tags Having a Display Surface for Display of Information Thereon”; U.S. Pat. No. 4,189,337, entitled “Real Time Labeler System”; No. 2004/0226659 A1, entitled “Label Application System”; and No. 2004/0226659 A1, entitled “Label Application System”.
  • corona elements that may possibly be utilized or adapted for use in at least one possible embodiment may possibly be found in the following U.S. patents: U.S. Pat. No. 6,951,992, entitled “Corona and static electrode assembly”; U.S. Pat. No. 7,151,902, entitled “Toner transfer technique”; U.S. Pat. No. 6,957,030, entitled “Method and apparatus for making signs”; U.S. Pat. No. 7,153,646, entitled “Photothermographic material”; and U.S. Pat. No. 7,155,150, entitled “Method and apparatus for developing a latent image using toner grains constituting a developer”.
  • lifting devices that may possibly be utilized or possibly adapted for use in at least one possible embodiment of the present application may possibly be found in the following patent publications: U.S. Pat. No. 2,535,272 issued to Detrez on Dec. 26, 1950; U.S. Pat. No. 2,642,214 issued to Lippold on Jun. 16, 1953; German Utility Model No. DE-GM 1,923,261 issued on Sep. 9, 1965; German Laid Open Patent Application No. DE-OS 1,532,586 published on Oct. 2, 1969; British Patent No. 1,188,888 issued Apr. 22, 1970; German Laid Open Patent Application No. DE-OS 26 52 910 published on May 24, 1978; German Patent No. DE-PS 26 52 918 issued on Oct. 26, 1978; German Utility Model No. DE-GM 83 04 995 issued on Dec. 22, 1983; German Patent No. DE-PS 26 30 100 issued on Dec. 3, 1981; and German Laid Open Patent Application No. DE-OS 195 45 080 published on Jun. 5, 1997.
  • centering devices for bottle handling devices which may possibly be utilized or adapted for use in at least one possible embodiment may possibly be found in U.S. Ser. No. 10/813,657, entitled “A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, and an easily cleaned lifting device in a beverage bottling plant” and filed on Mar. 30, 2004; U.S. Ser. No. 10/786,256, entitled “A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, and a container filling lifting device for pressing containers to container filling machines”, filed on Feb. 25, 2004; and U.S. Ser. No. 10/865,240, filed on Jun. 10, 2004.
  • the above applications are hereby incorporated by reference as if set forth in their entirety herein.
  • bottling systems which may possibly be utilized or adapted for use in at least one possible embodiment may possibly be found in the following U.S. patents: U.S. Pat. No. 6,684,602, entitled “Compact bottling machine;” U.S. Pat. No. 6,470,922, entitled “Bottling plant for bottling carbonated beverages;” U.S. Pat. No. 6,390,150, entitled “Drive for bottling machine;” U.S. Pat. No. 6,374,575, entitled “Bottling plant and method of operating a bottling plant;” U.S. Pat. No. 6,192,946, entitled “Bottling system;” U.S. Pat. No.

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