US3625805A - Apparatus for labeling boxes - Google Patents

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US3625805A
US3625805A US754280A US3625805DA US3625805A US 3625805 A US3625805 A US 3625805A US 754280 A US754280 A US 754280A US 3625805D A US3625805D A US 3625805DA US 3625805 A US3625805 A US 3625805A
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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
    • B65C1/00—Labelling flat essentially-rigid surfaces
    • B65C1/02—Affixing labels to one flat surface of articles, e.g. of packages, of flat bands
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C1/00—Labelling flat essentially-rigid surfaces
    • B65C1/02—Affixing labels to one flat surface of articles, e.g. of packages, of flat bands
    • B65C1/021—Affixing labels to one flat surface of articles, e.g. of packages, of flat bands the label being applied by movement of the labelling head towards the article
    • B65C1/023—Affixing labels to one flat surface of articles, e.g. of packages, of flat bands the label being applied by movement of the labelling head towards the article and being supplied from a stack
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T156/00—Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
    • Y10T156/12—Surface bonding means and/or assembly means with cutting, punching, piercing, severing or tearing
    • Y10T156/1317—Means feeding plural workpieces to be joined
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T156/00—Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
    • Y10T156/17—Surface bonding means and/or assemblymeans with work feeding or handling means
    • Y10T156/1702—For plural parts or plural areas of single part
    • Y10T156/1744—Means bringing discrete articles into assembled relationship
    • Y10T156/1763—Magazine stack directly contacting separate work
    • Y10T156/1766—Magazine movable to work
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T156/00—Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
    • Y10T156/17—Surface bonding means and/or assemblymeans with work feeding or handling means
    • Y10T156/1785—Magazine stack directly contacting work

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  • the arrangement is such that upon cessation of movement of the transporting means, adhesive is applied to one box, a label to another box to which adhesive had previously been applied and pressing the applied label to yet another box. Upon further movement of the transporting means, the above operational steps are repeated.
  • PATENTEDUEB nan 3525805 sum 1 OF 3 I PATENIEU DEC 7197: 3,625, 805
  • This invention relates to an apparatus for labeling boxes and more particularly closable boxes for welding electrodes.
  • the labels usually are taken from a supply stack through contact with an adhesive covered receiving plate, peeled off by means of a suction thrust element which is movable through an opening in the receiving plate and transferred by such element to a rotatable delivery component on which the labels are held firmly through suction with the adhesive side thereof outwardly. Thereafter, the application of the labels is effected via a rolling contact between the delivery component and a series of objects positioned thereby the element.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus which avoids the disadvantages above mentioned and which effects the labeling of boxes for welding electrodes in a particularly simple, reliable and fully automatic manner.
  • the foregoing object is achieved by the provision of a transporting means which moves the box in a forward direction step by step together with a container for the adhesive which can be pressed against the boxes and provided with a comparatively large number of outlet openings in its bottom, a label receiving container which is open at its bottom and a pressing unit which can be pressed from above against the boxes.
  • the adhesive container, the label receiving container and the pressing unit are arranged on a framework which is pivotal in parallel to the direction of movement of the boxes and which framework can be moved by means of a crank and driving rod during the cessation of movement of the transporting means in a direction toward the boxes.
  • FIG. 1 is a view in side elevation of an apparatus embodying the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view for the apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 3 is a view in perspective of one of the boxes disclosed in FIGS. 1 and 2 on a larger scale prior to the labeling process and with the flaps still open, and
  • FIG. 4 is a view generally similar to FIG. 3 of one of the boxes following the labeling process.
  • a box 1 comprises a closed back or end wall 2. a lower flap 4, an upper flap 5 and rightand left-hand flaps 3' and 3 respectively.
  • the box is rectangular in configuration and is filled with welding electrodes.
  • the boxes 1 which rest on a horizontal slideway 7 are adapted to be pushed forwardly in a step by step fashion with the assistance of two stops 8 perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the boxes.
  • Each stop 8 is arranged between two parallel rails 9 and is pivotally attached by means of a bolt 10 or the like to the rails.
  • the rails 9 which pass through two longitudinal slits provided in the slideway 7 rest upon rotatable rollers 13 attached to a framework 12 and are moved back and forth in a horizontal direction via a crank 14 and a driving rod 15.
  • the stops 8 which are supported by pegs 11 provided on the rails 9 and projecting from the slideway 7 will cause a forward movement of the boxes by one step.
  • the stops 8 abutting against the boxes will then be swung into their horizontal position indicated by a dotted line and they will then slide past below the stopped boxes.
  • a mounting or holder 17 which is swiveled around bolt means 16 will be moved downwardly by means of a crank 18 and a driving rod 19.
  • An adhesive container 20 is disposed on the mounting l7 and the bottom thereof is provided with a substantial number of outlet openings 21.
  • a label receiving container or box 24 and a pressing unit 34 are carried by the mounting 17. It will be noted that the pressing unit 34 is provided with a cushioning layer 38 of a foam plastic preferably foam rubber.
  • the box 10 when the mounting 17 is moved downwardly the box 10 will have adhesive applied thereto, the lowermost label 6 in the container 24 will be positioned on the box 1b and any air present between the box 1c and the label 6 resting thereupon is eliminated when the layer 38 is applied against the box.
  • Holding clamps 33 are provided at the lower left edge of a container 24 for the labels to make certain that the labels 6 the width of which are somewhat larger than the inside dimensions of the sidewalls of the container 24 will drop out by themselves from the container 24.
  • the bolt 42 is lodged in an elongated slot 45 provided at the end of the component 39 which is opposite the ends 43 and 44.
  • the ends 43 and 44 execute rotating movements and first close the lower flap and thereafter turn over the left-hand flap 3.
  • the right-hand flap 3' will only be closed during the continued movement of the box 1 through a perpendicular slide surface 47' which extends transversely to its direction of movement.
  • the upper flaps 5 of the boxes 1 rest, during the labeling process on level horizontal supporting surfaces 46' extending essentially at the level of the upper edges of the boxes.
  • the adhesive container 20, the label container 24 and the pressing unit 34 project beyond the supporting surface 46'.
  • the labels 6 applied to the boxes are disposed partly on their upper side surface and partly on their upper flap 5.
  • Slide surfaces 47 and 48 extending obliquely upwardly or obliquely downwardly serve to prevent the boxes becoming stuck at angle 46 having the surface 46' and on the mounting 17.
  • the angle 46 has been beveled downwardly and beyond that position is provided a vertically positioned tongue 50 extending in the direction of movement of the boxes and towards the boxes.
  • a gap 51 is provided between beveled end 46 of the angle 46 and the tongue 50 which is reached by the flaps-5 of the boxes 1 which are then turned over following the labeling process.
  • an additional transporting means (not illustrated) and arranged perpendicularly thereto is provided and serves for the continued transportation of the labeled boxes 1.
  • cranks 14, 18 and 41 previously mentioned which serve for effecting the individual operational steps are rotatably mounted on the framework 12 and are driven by an electric motor 52 via chain transmission means 53 and 54 at the same peripheral speed and displaced in relation to one another by corresponding angles.
  • the adhesive container 20 is provided with two pairs of diametrically opposed apertured lugs or ears 22 which receive reduced ends 23 of uprights or posts 23. Furthermore, the sidewall of the label container 24 facing the container 20 is provided with two apertured lugs or ears 25 which receive reduced-end portions 26 of the uprights or posts 26'. In other words, the lugs 22 and 25 rest on the shoulders defined at the juncture of the reduced portions 23 and 26 and the uprights 23' and 26' respectively. Immediately before the mounting 17 reaches its lowest position during its downward movement, the containers 20 and 24 come to rest on the boxes and 1b (FIG. 1). As a result thereof, the containers and 24 are shifted by a small amount on the reduced end portions 23 and 26 in a vertical upward direction relative to the mounting 17.
  • the container 24 has associated therewith two clamping levers 27 located opposite each other and which levers are pivotally connected by bolts or the like 28 with a cross bridge 29 which rests on the container 24 and are held back at their outer ends 27' by uprights 30 secured to the mounting 17.
  • the levers 27 their inner wedge shaped ends 27" are directed upwardly as a result of which the distance therebetween is increased.
  • a holding rod 31 provided with grooves 31' complementary to the ends 27 passes between the ends 27".
  • the rod 31 is affixed to a weight 32 disposed above the uppermost label 6 in the container 24.
  • the levers 27 Upon the upward movement of the mounting 17 which subsequently occurs, the levers 27 will, at first, again reach their horizontal position and as a consequence again lift the weight 32 from thestack of labels 6 before the labels together with the container 24 are elevated.
  • the pressing unit 34 is provided with a pair of guide bolts or stems 35 which pass through apertures in the horizontal portions of a pair of arms 17' affixed to the mounting 17.
  • the upper ends of the guide bolts 35 are provided with nuts 36 and helical springs 37 located between the horizontal portions of the arms 17 and the unit 34 provide the necessary contact pressure.
  • round outlet openings 21 having a diameter of 3 m. have proven quite favorable if a highly viscuous liquid adhesive (glue) containing water preferably as a solvent is employed.
  • the present apparatus makes it possible to execute the process of labeling of the boxes in a particularly simple, reliable and fully automatic fashion.
  • a further advantageous aspect of the apparatus resides in the fact that the labels can be placed onto the boxes in such a manner that the labels will be disposed partly on a side surface and partly on a flap constituting one of the front surfaces. As a result, it is possible to recognize the contents of stacked boxes from their front surfaces which are visible in c%e it has been printed, as provided, onto the parts of the labels located on the flaps.
  • An apparatus for the labeling of boxes and more particularly foldable boxes for welding electrodes including transportingmeans for moving the boxes forwardly step by step, a holder capable of upward and downward movement relative to the transporting means, a label container located on the holder and which can be pressed from above against the boxes, an adhesive container attached to the holder, said adhesive container having a large number of outlet openings in the bottom and which container can also be pressed from above against the boxes, two oppositely located levers flexibly connected with the label container and said levers also being mounted with their outer ends on uprights and the inner ends thereof being wedge shaped and provided with a rod.
  • An apparatus for the labeling of boxes and more particularly foldable boxes for welding electrodes including transporting means for moving the boxes forwardly step by step, a holder capable of upward and downward movement relative to the transporting means, a label container located on the holder and which can be pressed from above against the boxes, an adhesive container attached to the holder, said adhesive container having a large number of outlet openings in the bottom and which container can also be pressed from above against the boxes, slide surfaces in front of the adhesive container viewed in the direction of movement of the boxes, said slide surfaces extending obliquely upwardly or downwardly and between which slide surfaces is located a slit through which the upper flaps of the boxes extend to the slide surface extending obliquely upwardly, a horizontal plane supporting surface connected thereto, said horizontal place supporting surface being substantially at the same height as the upper edge of the box, and above said latter supporting surface extends the adhesive container and the label container, a forked portion at one side rotatably located on a pin on a crank which rotates in the advance movement cycle of
  • the folding apparatus as claimed in claim 2 in which the transporting means includes a crank for effecting step by step forward movement of the boxes, the first-mentioned crank and the crank carrying the forked portion being provided on a common drive shaft and being displaced approximately with respect to one another.
  • An apparatus for the labeling of boxes and more particularly foldable boxes for welding electrodes including a fixed slideway and parallel rails for the boxes, stops pivotally mounted between the parallel rails, a driving rod and crank operably connected with the stops whereby the stops can be moved about their pivots in forward and rearward directions, with the stops extending forwardly only during forward movement of the rails whereby the boxes are moved forwardly step by step, a holder mounted for upward and downward movement relative to the slideway and rails, an adhesive container attached to the holder capable of being pressed from above against the boxes, said container having a large number of outlet openings in the bottom, a label container located on the holder after the adhesive container viewed in the direction of movement of the boxes, said label container also being pressed from above against the boxes, a label pressing means on the holder after the label container, and spring means operably related to the label pressing means to press said label pressing means against the boxes, a second driving rod and crank operably connected to the holder for imparting upward and downward movement to the holder, said first

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