JPWO2020197608A5

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Publication number: JPWO2020197608A5
Application number: JP2021559485A
Authority: JP
Publication date: 2023-01-25
Anticipated expiration: 2040-03-09

Description

ラベル貼付機105は、複数の拡張型ベローズを備えるインデックス可能な回転ヘッド160を備え、このうちの2つのベローズ161、162は、図2で十分に確認することができる。細長いラベルストリップ150は、取り外し可能なラベルカセット110のリール151（図2では確認できない）に搭載されている。ラベルストリップ150は、以下に説明するように、貼付機105によって、V字形ストリップエッジ159aと159bとの間の領域として本明細書で画定されるラベル転送点159（図９）に引き寄せられる。ラベル転送点159において、個々のラベル（見やすくするために示されていない）は、V字形のラベルストリッピングエッジ159a及び159bによってラベルキャリアストリップから剥離され、図2に一部が示されているように、単一の拡張型ベローズ163の先端部に「粘着面を上にして」転送される。その個々のラベルは、ベローズ163によって運搬され、該ベローズは、当技術分野で公知のように、拡張してそのラベルを、物品190c～190eで示されるような個々の農産物品に貼付する。コンベヤ180は、毎分30メートルを超える速度で農産物品を運搬する。 The labeling machine 105 comprises an indexable rotary head 160 with a plurality of expanding bellows, two of which bellows 161, 162 can be seen better in FIG. Elongated label strip 150 is mounted on reel 151 (not visible in FIG. 2) of removable label cassette 110 . Label strip 150 is drawn by applicator 105 to label transfer point 159 (FIG. 9 ) defined herein as the area between V-shaped strip edges 159a and 159b, as described below. At label transfer point 159, individual labels (not shown for clarity) are stripped from the label carrier strip by V-shaped label stripping edges 159a and 159b, as partially shown in FIG. , is transferred “sticky side up” to the tip of a single expandable bellows 163 . The individual labels are carried by bellows 163, which expands to apply the labels to individual produce items such as those shown by items 190c-190e, as is known in the art. Conveyor 180 conveys produce at speeds in excess of 30 meters per minute.

Claims

A device used to apply a label from a label strip mounted in a cassette to an article,
・Multiple expanding bellows,
an indexable rotary head having said expanded bellows mounted thereon;
a labeling machine comprising a label transfer point above the indexable rotary head and a cassette supporter above the label transfer point and configured to support the cassette thereon; and
- label strip deflection means above said label transfer point and configured to prevent said label strip from overrunning towards said label transfer point;
Said apparatus, wherein said label strip deflection means is between said label transfer point and said cassette supporter, and said label strip deflection means is a fixed plate inclined upward in a direction opposite said label transfer point.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising label strip drive means configured to propel the label strip at an operating speed of greater than 30 meters per minute.

2. Apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising label strip drive means adapted to transport said label strips from said cassette to said label transfer point, said label strip deflection means being adapted to move said label strips along its path. above and laterally between said label strip drive means and said label transfer point.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising label strip drive means configured to transport said label strips from said cassette to said label transfer point, said label strip drive means comprising a driven scallop wheel and a nip roller. wherein said nip roller is disposed in fixed relationship with said driven scallop wheel to achieve a constant frictional engagement of at least a 270 degree arc between said driven scallop wheel and said label strip. .

label strip drive means further comprising a driven scallop wheel, a tension roller, first and second support arms interconnecting the driven scallop wheel and the tension roller, and a nip roller having a nip roller axis;
2. The apparatus of claim 1, comprising:
The apparatus as described above, wherein the first and second support arms are movable from a highest position to a lowest position where the first and second support arms abut the nip roller shaft.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein a recess is formed in each of said first and second support arms and said nip roller shaft engages said recess when said first and second support arms are in their lowest position. Device.

Further includes label strip drive means comprising a driven scalloped wheel rotatable about a first axis, a nip roller rotatable about a second axis and a tension roller rotatable about a third axis. 3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the tension roller moves from its highest position, where said third axis is above said first axis, to its lowest position, where said third axis is above said first axis. is movable to said position where the axis of is above said second axis.

2. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said label strip deflection means has a first portion mounted on said labeling machine and a second portion extending from said first portion.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said second portion is slanted in a direction opposite said label transfer point.

9. Apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said label strip deflection means is generally L-shaped.

The labeling machine further comprises a frame, a label stripping edge mounted on the frame and defining the label transfer point, and a support mounted on the frame and above the label stripping edge; 9. The apparatus of claim 8, comprising:
The apparatus as described above, wherein said first portion of said label strip deflection means is mounted on said support.