US3695981A - Dispenser for self-adhering label - Google Patents

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US3695981A
US3695981A US2093A US3695981DA US3695981A US 3695981 A US3695981 A US 3695981A US 2093 A US2093 A US 2093A US 3695981D A US3695981D A US 3695981DA US 3695981 A US3695981 A US 3695981A
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Hubert Boucris
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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
    • B65C11/00—Manually-controlled or manually-operable label dispensers, e.g. modified for the application of labels to articles
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
    • G09F3/02—Forms or constructions
    • G09F3/0286—Forms or constructions provided with adaptations for labelling machines
    • 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
    • Y10T156/11—Methods of delaminating, per se; i.e., separating at bonding face
    • Y10T156/1168—Gripping and pulling work apart during delaminating
    • Y10T156/1195—Delaminating from release surface
    • 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
    • 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
    • Y10T156/19—Delaminating means
    • Y10T156/1906—Delaminating means responsive to feed or shape at delamination

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  • the present invention relates generally to the labeling of products and objects of any type.
  • the present invention is concerned with and directed to a label which is characterized by the fact that it comprises a base member having a self-adhering portion anl a portion which is easily detachable from the self-adhering portion; this detachable portion and possibly also the self-adhering portion being provided to receive inscriptions either in visually readable language or in code; this label comprising moreover a protective paper covering the self-adhering portion and slightly projecting thereover on the side opposite that of the detachable portion, and an aperture.
  • the coded inscriptions are of the magnetic type and are placed on either one or several zones coated with a magnetizable product on this detachable portion, and the detachable portion being constituted in this manner may then be utilized for the automatic treatment of information or data provided thereon.
  • the present invention is concerned with and directed to a mechanical distributor which makes use of the aforementioned labels and which is characterized by the fact that it comprises a storing member for storing these labels by stacking the same, which member is equipped at the lower part thereof with an opening permitting the passage of a single label, and with means for dispensing the labels one by one; means for seizing or gripping the projecting part of the protective paper and withdrawing this protective paper from the self-adhering portion by preventing the extraction of the label com- 'ice pletely from the aforementioned storage member while stripping the protective cover therefrom; the label having the self-adhering portion thereof being ready to be ap plied to the object that is intended to be labeled, and an operating member which actuates all of the aforementioned means.
  • the means for seizing or gripping and withdrawing the protective paper are characterized by the fact that they are arranged in a manner such that starting with this operating member alone the means seizing or gripping the protective paper "withdraw it from the selfadhering portion and then release it after it has been completely removed.
  • the means for Withdrawing or removing the protective paper comprise two jaws which are movable around the same axis, and specifically an upper jaw and a lower jaw; the upper jaw is actuated by a small rod connected to the operating member, and the lower jaw is elastically held against the upper jaw but may be disengaged therefrom by means of another smaller rod and abutments.
  • the means for dispensing the labels one by one consist of a movable finger actuated by the operating member and cooperating with the aperture that is provided in the label, the height thereof being smaller than the thickness of the label, anl a passage calibrated to the thickness of the label preceded by an inclined face or side.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a label according to the present invention
  • FIG. 2 illustrates the distributor proposed by the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the aforementioned jaws
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the aforementioned movable finger
  • FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view, at a greatly enlarged scale, of the movable finger and the calibrated passage, and
  • FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the 'end of the jaws.
  • the label shown in FIG. 1 comprises a layer 1 composed of a portion 2 whose back surface is self-adhering due to an adhesive coating thereon, and a portion 3 which may carry information or data, these two portions being rendered easily separable by virtue of a perforation 4, and a protective paper 5 covering the rear surface of the layer 1 and slightly projecting (portion 6) over the side of the portion 2; an aperture 7 located preferably in the center of the portion 2 is utilized by the distributor for drawing out or dispensing a label, as Will be further described hereinafter.
  • the information or data provided on the portion 3 may either be in visually readable language or in magnetic coded form by virtue of the provision of bands 8 and 8' of magnetizable material. The same data may be repeated in readable or coded language on portion 2.
  • the distributor shown in FIG. 2 comprises essentially a reservoir 10 for a pile or stack of labels, two jaws 12 and 13 articulated around the fixed axle 23, an operating lever 15, and a handle 16.
  • a pressing means 11 holds the labels quite flatly within the reservoir 10
  • a ratchet 17 makes it possible to retain the pressing means 11 in a disengaged position during supply of the distributor with labels, and a brush 14, for example, of felt, serves to apply the adhesive portion of the label onto the object to be labeled.
  • the operation of the means for withdrawing or removing the protective paper from the label will be described in connection with the diagram of FIG. 3.
  • the upper jaw 12 and the lower jaw 13 are articulated around the fixed axle 23.
  • the movement of the upper jaw 12 is produced by the small rod 21 which connects this jaw to the operating lever 15.
  • the lever 15 being pulled against the handle 16 (FIG. 1) by pivoting around an axle 27 actuates the small rod 21 and hence the upper jaw 12 in a downward direction.
  • the lower jaw 13 will thereupon be actuated downward in turn by the upper jaw 12, a spring 25 exerting a tightening stress or force between the two jaws.
  • This first movement is divided into three actions:
  • the protective paper has taken along the self-adhering portion which had adhered thereto and which now projects upwardly, and had then slipped against the detachable portion which remains at the inside of the distributor. It is then possible to apply the self-adhering portion which now projects upwardly in front of the brush 14 onto the object which is to be labled with the aid of the brush 14 (FIG 2), and then to withdraw the remainder of the label which was still being held in the storing member.
  • the return movement of the operating lever 15 is accomplished, for example, under the action of a return spring (not shown). During this movement, which is shown in FIG. 4, a new label is being extracted from the reservoir 10 in a manner such that the end 6 of this label will come to be positioned between the two jaws 12 and 13 when they have returned into the initial position thereof.
  • the gripping parts of the jaws have the configuration such as shown in FIG. 6.
  • the upper jaw 12 comprises a longitudinal triangular groove 61 and the lower jaw 13 comprises widely spaced teeth 62 whose cross section is identical to that of the groove 61 and which are placed opposite to the latter.
  • a storage member for storing a stack of labels provided on its lower part with a first opening stretching substantially along one of its edges and provided with a second opening substantially perpendicular to said first opening and disposed in the bottom of said storage member, and wherein the labels have at least one self-adhering part covered with a protective paper of which a projecting portion slightly extends over the edge of the label and are arranged so that the protective paper carrying the label is on the side of the label remote from the adjacent label and so that the projecting portions of the protective papers of the label are on side of said storage member adjacent the first opening,
  • a mechanism arranged to be inserted across the second opening and act on the lower label of the stack in order to at least partially move said projecting portion of the protective paper out of the storage member through said first opening
  • a seizing means comprising a first upper jaw and a second lower jaw pivotable about a common axis, arranged in a first extreme position substantially to face said first opening,
  • pivoting means for pivoting said jaws into a second extreme position where said label is completely removed from said storage member and said protective paper is detached
  • said pivoting means comprises a first rod connecting said upper jaw to an operating member, one end of said rod being guided by a slot, said upper jaw pushing in turn said lower jaw downwardly.
  • a dispenser as defined in claim 2, wherein said first means for separating said jaws comprises an abutment cooperating with the said lower jaw in resisting the eifect of said second means which forcibly close the jaws in the intermediate position.
  • said third means separting said jaws comrises a second rod of which one end is attached to said operating member and the other end is positioned in a groove located in an arm of said seizing means which carries said lower jaw, said other end of said second rod arriving at the end of said groove slightly before the jaws reach the second extreme position in order to directly displace the said lower jaw by producing a greater movement of said lower jaw than said upper jaw.

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US5252169A (en) * 1991-04-19 1993-10-12 Peter Bechmann Method and a device of stripping laminated foil cuttings
US20080121543A1 (en) * 2006-08-08 2008-05-29 Kamile Bartlett Coordination System & Method
US20150283799A1 (en) * 2012-10-29 2015-10-08 Esanastri S.R.L. Device for the fine weeding of a multilayer sheet comprising a support liner and at least one adhesive film coupled with the liner

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US5252169A (en) * 1991-04-19 1993-10-12 Peter Bechmann Method and a device of stripping laminated foil cuttings
US20080121543A1 (en) * 2006-08-08 2008-05-29 Kamile Bartlett Coordination System & Method
US20150283799A1 (en) * 2012-10-29 2015-10-08 Esanastri S.R.L. Device for the fine weeding of a multilayer sheet comprising a support liner and at least one adhesive film coupled with the liner
US9434148B2 (en) * 2012-10-29 2016-09-06 Esanastri S.R.L. Device for the fine weeding of a multilayer sheet comprising a support liner and at least one adhesive film coupled with the liner

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