GB2208841A - Labelling system - Google Patents
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- GB2208841A GB2208841A GB8727681A GB8727681A GB2208841A GB 2208841 A GB2208841 A GB 2208841A GB 8727681 A GB8727681 A GB 8727681A GB 8727681 A GB8727681 A GB 8727681A GB 2208841 A GB2208841 A GB 2208841A
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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
- B65C9/40—Controls; Safety devices
- B65C9/42—Label feed control
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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
- B65C9/08—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
- B65C9/188—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 vacuum drum
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Abstract
In a labelling system for applying pressure sensitive labels 12 to articles 14, the labels are initially carried by a continuously advancing web 26, from which they are transferred by a vacuum drum 18 to a label applying station. The advance of the labels is controlled in the system by control means including sensors. <IMAGE>
Description
0 1 f 1 LABELLING SYSTEM 220 8 8 41 This invention relates to a labelling
system and more particularly to such a system in which pressure sensitive labels are applied to products, such as bottles or similar containers.
Such known systems are generally quite complex, cumbersome and erratic in function.
It is an important object of the present invention to provide such a system which is much simpler, easier to use and surer in operation than such known systems.
In the inventive system, pressure sensitive labels are applied to articles, such as bottles or similar containers. A vacuum drum has an outer cylindrical surface. A plurality of vacuum passages are in open communication with the outer surface and equally spaced around the drum. Means are provided for delivering pressure sensitive labels onto the outer surface of the drum at a predetermined speed of advance. Means are also provided for rotating the drum with a predetermined linear speed of the outer surface which is greater than the speed at which labels are delivered to the outer surface. In result, the outer 2 drum surface slips on each label until vacuum is applied to a vacuum passage at a label pick-up station and the vacuum picks up the front edge of each label, whereby labels are spaced uniformly on the drum from the label pick-up station to a label applying station.
As disclosed, there are six vacuum passages, each spaced 600 from its two neighbours, but the number of vacuum passages could be varied to suit requirements.
In the drawing, the single figure depicts, somewhat schematically, a labelling system embodying the invention.
The drawing illustrates generally at 10 a preferred labelling system embodying the invention. System 10 applies labels 12 to cylindrical or rectangular products, shown typically as rectangular bottles 14.
System 10 comprises a conveyor 16 which conveys bottles 14 at predetermined constant spacing in the direction of the arrow (to the left as shown), a vacuum drum 18 having an outer cylindrical surface 20 defining a drum axis and a plurality of vacuum passages 22 each in open communication with outer surface 20 and extending therefrom toward the drum axis and equally 1 spaced circumferentially therearound. As shown, there are six passages 22, each spaced 600 from its two neighbouring passages 22.
System 10 further comprises means for delivering labels 12 from a supply thereof on a supply drum 24 to vacuum drum 18.
Labels 12 are of the pressure sensitive variety, each having on one surface thereof a pressure sensitive adhesive. When labels 12 are wound on supply drum 24, the surfaces having the adhesive confront the axis of supply drum 24 and labels 12 are adhered to and carried by a backing strip or web 26.
System 10 additionally comprises a rewind drum 28 on which web 26 is wound up, a brake 30, idler rollers 32, 34, 36, 40, and 44, a constantly driven feed roller 42 and a lift roller 46 opposite driven roller 42. Lift roller 46 is movable between the illustrated position in which rollers 42 and 46 bight backing strip 26 therebetween and a retracted position in which no such bight is present. When roller 46 moves to the retracted position. brake 30 is activated by conventional mechanism (not shown), engaging web 26 and causing it to stop.
System 10 additionally includes a register roller 38 over which web 26 passes between passing over idler rollers 36 and 40. which are stationary. Register roller 38 is controlled by a label position sensor 55 which will command register roller 38 to advance or retard web 26. System 10 also has a gate sensor 56 and pitch marks 57 evenly spaced around the outer surface 20 of vacuum drum 18 in predetermined relationship to the location s where vacuum passages 22 communicate with outer surface 20. The gate for label position sensor 55 is governed by pitch marks 57 and gate sensor 56. If labels 12 are late in relation to pitch marks 57, register roller 38 will move downwardly, thus advancing web 26, whereas if labels 12 are early in relation to pitch marks 57, register roller 38 will move upwardly. thus retarding web 26.
Alternatively to register roller 38, the speed of rotation of driven roller 42 may be adjustable. thereby to advance or retard web 26. this adjustment being controlled by label position sensor 55, gate sensor 56 and pitch marks 57.
System 10 further comprises a peel plate 48 which serves to separate labels 12 from web 26 at a label pick-up station 50 on vacuum drum 18 where labels 12 are separated from web 26 and picked up tangentially 1 1 1 by outer surface 20 of drum 18, with the surface havinq the adhesive facing outwardly.
Substantially diametrically opposite label pick-up station 50 is a label applying station 58 on vacuum drum 18 where labels 12 are transferred tangentially from drum 18 to bottles 14. A driven roll 60 spaced from and confronting station 58 serves to position and maintain bottles 14 for reception of labels 12. That is, drum 18 and driven roll 60 bight bottles 14 therebetween.
Vacuum drum 18 is motor driven to rotate continuously in the direction of the arrow (clockwise as shown) at a speed of rotation such that outer cylindrical surface 20 travels at a predetermined linear or tangential speed which is the same as the speed of advance of conveyor 16.
In known fashion, each vacuum passage 22 is timed to arrive at label applying station 58 coincidentally with the arrival of the application point of a bottle 14 at station 58. The application point for a round bottle is generally the centreline. For a rectangular bottle the application point may vary, depending on requirements, from the leading edge to almost the trailing edge.
1 Driven feed roller 42 is motor driven to rotate continuously in the direction of the arrow (clockwise as shown) at a speed of rotation such that web 26 is wound up on drum 28 at a linear speed which is lower than the linear speed of outer surface 20 of vacuum drum 18.
The rotational speed of feed roller 42 is adjusted for the particular length of label 12, so that while roller 42 continuously rotates, the front edge of each successive label 12 arrives at label pick-up station 50 exactly as each successive vacuum passage 22 arrives at that point.
The speed difference between vacuum drum 18 and feed roller 42, and thereby the difference in linear velocity of their respective peripheries is essential to maintain a continuous forward motion of web 26 while achieving the separation of labels 12 on the periphery of vacuum drum 18, governed by the pitch of drum 18. i.e., the linear distance between successive vacuum passages 22.
In normal operation, i.e., when there is no gap in the procession of bottles 14 approaching label applying station 58, a vacuum is applied to each vacuum passage 22 at label pick-up station 50 and maintained therefrom to label applying station 58 where the vacuum z 1 7 - 1 1 is terminated. In result, the vacuum picks up the leading edge of each label 12 as it arrives at label pick-up station 50 and releases that label 12 to permit its application to a bottle 14 at label applying station 58.
If, for whatever reason, there is a gap in the procession of products approaching label applying station 58, a missing product sensor 62 will signal lift roller 46 to move away from feed roller 42, thus activating brake 30 and stopping web 26. When web 26 is stopped, no label 12 is transferred at label pick-up station 50 to surface 20 of drum 18, which label 12 is destined to arrive at label applying station 58 when there will be no product 14 to receive that label 12.
Thus,, system 10 includes means for sensing the absence or presence of a gap in the procession of bottles 14 and for delivering a label 12 if there is no absence of such gap and for not delivering a label 12 if there is such a gap. Such means is well known and therefore the details need not be disclosed herein.
It is stated above that feed roller 42 rotates at a speed such that web 26 travels at a speed which is lower than the linear speed of outer surface 20 of drum 18. As a result of that speed difference, the vacuum 1 which is applied to passages 22 at label pick-up station 50, picks up the front edges of labels 12 so that labels 12 are evenly spaced on surface 20 from station 50 to station 58 and are delivered to bottles 14 in proper fashion.
From the foregoing, it is apparent that the invention achieves the stated objects and advantages and others.
The disclosed details are exemplary only and are not to be taken as limitations on the invention except as those details may be included in the appended claims.
Claims (2)
1. In a labelling system for applying pressure sensitive labels to articles, wherein said labels are initially carried by a web, said system comprising means for continuously advancing said web, and continuously delivering said labels onto said articles.
2. A method of applying pressure sensitive labels to articles at a label applying station, wherein the labels are initially carried by a web, the method comprising the steps of continuously advancing the articles past the label applying station, while continuously advancing said web, stripping labels from said web and applying stripped labels to the articles at the label applying station, while continuously sensing the speeds of advance of the articles and the web and adjusting the speed of advance of the web to match the speed of advance of the articles.
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FR8711519A FR2619357B1 (en) | 1987-08-13 | 1987-08-13 | LABELING SYSTEM |
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GB8727681D0 GB8727681D0 (en) | 1987-12-31 |
GB2208841A true GB2208841A (en) | 1989-04-19 |
GB2208841B GB2208841B (en) | 1991-12-11 |
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GB8727681A Expired - Fee Related GB2208841B (en) | 1987-08-13 | 1987-11-26 | Labelling system |
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FR (1) | FR2619357B1 (en) |
GB (2) | GB2208840B (en) |
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GB2221206A (en) * | 1988-07-27 | 1990-01-31 | New Jersey Machine Inc | Continuous motion pressure sensitive labelling system and method |
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GB1090708A (en) * | 1964-11-07 | 1967-11-15 | Pilot Chavenay | Labelling machine |
EP0009739A2 (en) * | 1978-10-10 | 1980-04-16 | The Meyercord Co. | A machine for applying indicia to articles |
EP0038544A2 (en) * | 1980-04-21 | 1981-10-28 | Zweckform Werk GmbH | Labelling station for labelling machines |
EP0085418A2 (en) * | 1982-01-30 | 1983-08-10 | Schäfer-Etiketten GmbH & Co. | Method and apparatus for applying self-adhesive labels |
EP0131852A2 (en) * | 1983-07-19 | 1985-01-23 | SISTEMI ETIPACK S.r.L. | An automatic labelling machine for incorporation to case packaging machines for pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and the like products, both of the continuous and intermittent feed types |
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GB2221206A (en) * | 1988-07-27 | 1990-01-31 | New Jersey Machine Inc | Continuous motion pressure sensitive labelling system and method |
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GB2208841B (en) | 1991-12-11 |
GB2208840A (en) | 1989-04-19 |
GB8727681D0 (en) | 1987-12-31 |
CH672621A5 (en) | 1989-12-15 |
FR2619357A1 (en) | 1989-02-17 |
GB2208840B (en) | 1991-12-11 |
GB8718381D0 (en) | 1987-09-09 |
FR2619357B1 (en) | 1992-07-03 |
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