Label feeder

[Detailed Description of the Invention]

The present invention relates to a label feed unit, and relates to a suitable label feed unit to supply labels, such as an inspection sticker or seal paper, to a packaging line especially. The label of this kind of form cuts the band form of the usually continuous label, etc., or is obtained from the deposition object of each label by addressing taking over To to one sheet. Both two methods mentioned above must be attained and the label feed unit of the machinery which deals with a label so that clearly from the above has a very complicated structure. It is required that the label handling machinery used now should change into other methods from one label supplying system quickly in order that ing with high productivity may fully utilize the machinery. It is used for manufacturing for the inspection sticker which was used for manufacturing fact label handling machinery from the article for the domestic markets, for example, the continuous band form, for inspection stickers at a certain time, and was supplied at a certain time, export-oriented the article for labels, for example, each object, or seal paper labels. It can be said that it limits changing into manufacture of other form from manufacture of one form by the same machine to when comparatively convertible in a short time, and it is economical. Although it has the feed unit which takes over a label from the only label handling machinery known by the present, the label formation from the band form which cigarette packaging machinery followed especially, or a pillar-shaped magazine, In order to change into the feed unit of another side from one feed unit, all the parts for feed units related, respectively must be exchanged. The object of the present invention is to provide the label feed unit which performs comparatively conversion in the supply form of each label accumulated from the supply form of the beltlike label in the shape of deposition, or conversion contrary to the above for a short time. what the object of the present invention will exchange a small number of parts for extremely if stating it in detail -- it is providing a label feed unit easily convertible [ from one side of the two above-mentioned form ] into another side by comparatively short replacement time. The above-mentioned object is set to label handling machinery and the device which supplies labels, such as an inspection sticker or seal paper, to cigarette packaging machinery especially, The above-mentioned label feed unit has a support main part, and inlet section Table and the exit part table which each upper surface adjusted to Mutually, and it forms label separation and an interval among both tables, Guidance / advance course of showing the above-mentioned support main part to the continuous band-like object of a To extend along label, The sliding member which is provided in the above-mentioned support main part about the position close to the above-mentioned guidance / advance course, and carries out Along round trip movement at the guidance / advance course, A pinching / advance means to operate so that it may be supported by the above-mentioned sliding member and may cooperate with the above-mentioned continuous band-like object, and to advance a Along this band form for the above-mentioned guidance / advance course, The hollow shaft which carries out a rotation operation so that it may be supported by the above-mentioned sliding member, enabling free rotation, it may have fixed physical relationship to movement of the above-mentioned sliding member and a right contrary may carry out both-way rotation, In the position close to the above-mentioned separation gap, it is provided in the above-mentioned support main part, and it has fixed phase relation to movement of the above-mentioned sliding member, and equips the above-mentioned support main part with two auxiliary units which can be attached alternatively in the cutting element which can rotate freely, and the position which faced the above-mentioned separation gap, the auxiliary unit of one of the above -- a part described above -- estrangement -- the letter cutting element of fixation in which spare time can be made to be able to face, and it can allocate, and the edge of a blade touches both the above-mentioned guidance / advance course and the letter cutting element of rotation is included the auxiliary unit of another side of the above -- a part described above -- estrangement -- let me face spare time, and a key stop should be carried out to the letter magazine of fixation for label storage which can be allocated on the above-mentioned hollow shaft, and set in the end of the magazine, and the space between the above-mentioned guidance / advance courses It is attained by the label feed unit, wherein the above-mentioned drawing-out element can be open for free passage to a suction unit via the above-mentioned hollow shaft including the letter drawing-out element of rotation which is formed rotatably and draws out a label from a magazine. The other features and profits of the present invention will become clear, if the following explanation is read about the accompanying drawing in which the example which is not limited was shown. Drawing 1 shows the label feed unit which supplies labels, such as an inspection sticker or seal paper, to the cigarette packaging machinery which are not illustrated. Feed unit 1 equips the side with external casing 2 of almost a prism form which has wall 3 with the almost flat shape of perpendicular. Rectangle-like table 4 is mostly attached to the external surface of wall 3 in the shape of a rectangular cross to the wall 3. Block 5 is contacted at the longitudinal direction end of table 4, and it provides in it. Block 5 has the junior-and-senior-high-schools-like curving surface which followed the upper surface of table 4, and it forms the inlet section of the guide route of thin band form 8, i.e., advance course 7, shown in Drawing 1 by the dashed dotted line with Matching, the above-mentioned block 5, and board 6 toward the inlet section in which board 6 prolonged above table 4 curved. Band form 8 is constituted by label 9 of continuous a large number. Each label 9 is partially separated by Mutually by attaching end eye 10 of a transverse direction to the central part of band form 8. The end part of band form 8 by which Along allocation was carried out is held in the shape of contact by a control means to guide route 7. The car catcher stage comprises brassie 11 which extended from the undersurface of board 6. The opposite side edge part which band form 8 does not illustrate is wound around the reel, and it comes as the band form which equipped the exit part of the reel with driving roller 13 which rotates by a motor, and pressurizing roller 14, and has means 12. A band form is grasped among both the above-mentioned rollers 13 and 14, and a band form is solved and loosened from a reel so that a loop, i.e., storing section 15, may be formed. Table 4 had gap 16 in the direction of an axis, the opening of the end of the gap is carried out towards the method of outside, and it has countered the 2nd table 17 that has the same upper surface as table 4. Table 17 constitutes the exit part of a guide route, i.e., advance course 7, is right-angled in gap 16, and has separated it into it from table 4 via separation gap 18 which intersected perpendicularly to wall 3. Axis of rotation 19 which carried out joint support of a Across rotary blade thing, i.e., the cutting element 20, is provided in the above-mentioned gap 18. The position where the letter edged tool 20 of rotation enters in gap 18, and the edge-of-a-blade edge of letter edged tool 20 of rotation touches to the plane of guide route 7 is taken. The edge-of-a-blade edge of edged tool 20 makes center recessed part 21 midium, and is divided into two portions, and the width of the center recessed part 21 is almost equal to the width of gap 16. Rectangle-like window part 22 is mostly formed in wall 3, and the longitudinal axis of the rectangle is prolonged in parallel to both tables on table 4 and 17. Window part 22 is closed by front part 23 of sliding member 24. The sliding member is provided in casing 2, and is formed in guidance member 25 parallel to tables 4 and 17 so that Along round trip movement is possible. As shown in Drawing 2, sliding member 24 is connected to the driving means shown by 26 on the whole. A driving means is provided with input axis 27 connected with the motor which is not illustrated, and gear 28 which does work of the crank of crank slot link 29 which carried out the key stop to the input axis 27, and was pivoted in place 30 of casing 2. providing eccentric pin 31 in gear 28 for this object -- Also, -- piece 32 of sliding is attached to pin 31, enabling free rotation, and this piece 32 of sliding is slidably provided in long groove 33 of link 29. Slot 34 is established in the upper end part of link 29, and pin 35 for supporting coupling rod 36 pivotably in the position which can adjust a longitudinal direction is attached to this slot 34. The opposite side edge part of a coupling rod is connected with pin 37 supported by sliding member 24. An outputting part consists of gears 39 which constituted the input part of drive train of gears 38 from gear 28, and carried out the key stop to shaft 19. Gear 28 carries out the operation which makes a predetermined state rotate shaft 19 corresponding to movement of the sliding member which moves here and there. Pinching advance means 40 of the band form is connected with sliding member 24. Pinching advance means 40 is provided with pusher element 41. This pusher element 41 adheres to metal fittings 42 attached to sliding member 24, and has the section shape of about L type. Metal fittings 42 are provided with table 4, the 1st arm prolonged between walls 3, and the 2nd arm prolonged under the table 4. From the end of the 2nd arm of the above, pusher element 41 was prolonged in the slanting upper part, and has fitted in slidably in gap 16. If it states in detail, the upper end part of pusher element 41 is allocated on the same plane as the upper surface of table 4. Pinching advance means 40 is provided with separative element 44 allocated in the upper part of the pusher element 41 other than metal fittings 42 and pusher element 41. The separative element 44 has tooth part 45 which passed and projected edge 43 of the pusher element. The key stop of the separative element 44 is carried out to the end of shaft 46. This shaft 46 penetrates sliding member 24, and is provided, enabling free rotation, and is provided right-angled to wall 3. Crank 47 is adhered to the place which combined separative element 44, and the end of shaft 46 of the side opposite to. Cam follower roller 48 pressed by cam 50 in the shape of contact with spring 49 is formed in crank 47. the predetermined law which has connected cam 50 to operating means 51, and expresses the operating means 51 below -- therefore, both-way Rushing movement is given to movement of sliding member 24 at a Together predetermined place at cam 50 so that separative element 44 may be rotated around shaft 46. Support member 52 is combined with the end which loosened and countered means 12 at the end of sliding member 24 of the side opposite to. Hollow shaft 53 parallel to shaft 46 has passed through the inside of the support member 52 rotatably, and attaches flange 54 for fixtures to the end projected from window part 22. The key stop of the gear 55 which meshes with Rucksack 56 which adhered to casing 2 is carried out to the end of the side opposite to hollow shaft 53. Flexible lead pipe 57 which was open for free passage to the suction means which is not illustrated is connected with the end of hollow shaft 53 to which gear 55 was attached. The screw hole of two rows shown in side 23 of sliding member 24 with numerals 58 and 59 through wall 3 of Across and casing 2 is provided. Either of the two auxiliary units shown in Drawings 3 and 4 by 60 and 61 on the whole, respectively can be attached to this screw hole. units 60 and 61 -- label 9 -- one-sheet Arms -- it is kicked by Use, respectively by whether it forms in the shape of deposition in piles, or continuous it forms beltlike. Unit 60 equips the upper surface of table 4 with magazine 62 which has a right-angled axis. The magazine 62 can adhere to wall 3 in the upper part of separation gap 18 via tie-down plate 63 with hole 64 which can be adjusted to screw hole 58. The deposition object of label 9 which accumulated magazine 62 and was made into the letter of deposition is accepted, and addressing taking over To to one sheet can do label 9 from the lower open end of magazine 62 with the taking over element constituted from taking over 65 of a suction type. The above-mentioned taking over roller 65 adheres to flange 54 for attachment, and is movable to a transverse direction with small piece 66 of two rows attached to sliding member 24 according to hole 59. Fitted together allocation is carried out toward taking over roller 65, and small piece 66 carries out Along round trip movement at a tangent-like plane to both the periphery of taking over roller 65, and the lower open end of magazine 62. Another unit 61 is provided with cutting edge thing 67 of the letter of fixation. Letter edged tool 67 of fixation adheres to wall 3 by attachment board 63 and metal fittings 68 mostly provided with attachment board 69 of the same shape size. It can allocate above gap 18 so that hole 70 adjusted to attachment board 69 at screw hole 58 may be punched, and it may be in a radial position to letter edged tool of fixation 67 shaft 19 and the edge of a blade may touch guide route 7 and the circular orbit of the edge of a blade of edged tool 20. It has crevice 71 which is missing from the edge for cutting of letter edged tool 67 of fixation at a longitudinal direction, and engages with center recessed part 21 of edged tool 20. The width of crevice 71 is equal to the width of center recessed part 21, and a little wider than the width of separative element 44 of pusher element 41. The operation of label feed unit 1 is explained about the case where unit 61 is attached next about the case where unit 60 is first attached to a label feed unit. Each label 9 is accumulated in the shape of deposition, hole 64 of tie-down plate 63 is adjusted for screw hole 58 of wall 3, position Agreement of the attachment board 63 of magazine 62 is carried out, with a screw, it attaches to wall 3, board 63 is screwed on, and unit 60 is attached to a label feed unit. Then, a screw is thrust into screw hole 59 and small piece 66 is attached to sliding member 24. If it takes over to flange 54 for fixtures of hollow shaft 53 and roller 65 is attached with a screw, attachment of unit 60 will be completed. If this intermediary and input axis 27 make one revolution in use, Along sliding member 24 will carry out both-way movement once by crank slot link 29 at guidance member 25, this takes over in the lower part of the lower end part of magazine 62, and roller 65 and small piece 66 carry out both-way movement. By that of engagement intermediary To have, gear 55 and Rucksack 56 which carried out the key stop to hollow shaft 53 take over by mutual movement of sliding member 24, and roller 65 carries out mutual rotation of a right contrary around the axis. If it explains in detail, it will take over, if sliding member 24 carries out Okay. movement at the 2nd table 17, and roller 65 will rotate in the lower part of the lower part of magazine 62 (in Drawing 3, it is counterclockwise), and it will take over one label 9 with the help of small piece 66. This label 9 is laid on table 17, just before the sliding member 24 returns towards table 4 in the end of the both-way move stroke of sliding member 24, and taking over roller 65 equips an early state with it at taking over of Returning next. Simultaneously with movement of sliding member 24, input axis 27 rotates axis of rotation 19 which supported letter edged tool 20 of rotation via drive train of gears 38. It is supported by sliding member 24 and pinching advance means 40 carries out both-way movement. On the other hand, pusher element 41 and separative element 44 move mutually by the constant method rule of Ivy by operating means 51 mentioned above. However, since letter edged tool 21 of rotation and this pinching advance means 40 do not have Mostly influence from the lower part of magazine 62 to advance movement of taking over Ivy label 9, even if it provides and puts on label feed unit 1 while using unit 60, they do not produce inconvenience at all. On the other hand, in the case of the shape of a reel supported on the reel support arm (not shown) which label 9 loosened and allocated upstream of means 12, letter edged tool 20 of rotation and pinching advance means 40 do original work. In this case, Substitute unit 61 is attached to unit 60. Unit 61 only consists of letter edged tool 67 of fixation, and its tie-down plate 69, carries out consistency arrangement and attaches hole 70 of the tie-down plate 69 to screw hole 58 of wall 3 with a screw. Band form 8 of this intermediary label is solved, loosened and loosened from the twisted reel to use, and it places among both the rollers of means 12, and places directly under board 6 which curved after forming the loop or stores dept. 15 subsequently. Table 4 is made to carry out Along advance of the free end of band form 8, and end eye 10 of the band form is arranged downstream from edge 43 of pusher element 41. Supposing sliding member 24 loosens and it is in means 12 in the position in the end of a Pointed stroke, pinching advance means 40 attached to sliding member 24 and the sliding member via both-way movement of crank slit linkage mechanism 29 will move towards table 17 by the drive of shaft 27. operating means 51 holds cam 50 during the above-mentioned movement in a Lifting wooden-clogs position, separative element 44 is held in the position which carried out Okay. movement at pusher element 41, and gear 45 of separative element 44 carries out Okay. movement into gap 16 of table 4. As mentioned above as a result, the edge of eye 10 the end mentioned above which it engages with the upper surface of band form 8 in a downstream part immediately, and is subsequently the band form is turned to pusher element 41, and tooth part 45 depresses it. The edge of pusher element 41 and the edge where the above-mentioned end eye was depressed are engaged during advance. Thus, although slack of a loop and stores dept. 15 decreases, this is loosened during movement which a band form follows, and is restored by means 12. The stroke of sliding member 24 which moves so that it may loosen and may separate from means 12 is ended when edge 43 of pusher (Along movement was carried out in gap 16, and held at same plane as the upper surface of table 4 in contact with band form 8) element 41 reaches the tip part of letter edged tool 67 of fixation. It becomes possible by the following for the above-mentioned edge 43 to arrive at the place of a tip part. That is, crevice 71 is formed in letter edged tool 67 of fixation, and the free end section of separative element 44 has extended through the crevice. It is for forming hollow 21 in letter cutting part 20 of rotation, adjusting precisely the letter edged tool 20 of rotation with fixed edged tool 67 in the end of the advance stroke of sliding member 24, making it consistent with the above-mentioned end eye 10 precisely, and cutting band form 8. Edge 43 of pusher element 41 is pulled back by sliding member 24 during a return stroke at the upper stream side of band form 8, and cam 50 is reduced by operating means 51, and pinching advance means 40 by which tooth part 45 of separative element 44 was separated from gap 16 of table 4 is moved.

[Brief Description of the Drawings]

Drawing 1 is a perspective view showing the label feed unit formed based on the principle of the present invention except for a part in order to make structure clear, In Drawings 2, Drawing 3 is an outline perspective view of the internal drive mechanism of the label feed unit of Drawing 1, and an exploded perspective view of the 1st auxiliary unit combinable with the label feed unit of Drawing 1, The perspective view of the 2nd auxiliary unit that can combine Drawing 4 with the label feed unit of Drawing 1 instead of the unit of Drawing 3, and Drawing 5 are perspective views showing the detailed actuated position of the unit of Drawing 4 established in the label feed unit of Drawing 1. 2 ...... A support main part, 4 ...... An inlet section table, 7 ...... Guidance / advance course, 8 ...... A band form, 9 ...... A label, 10 ...... An end eye, 17 ...... An exit part table, 18 ...... A separation gap, 20 ...... A cutting element (letter cutting element of rotation), 21, 71 ...... A crevice, 24 ...... A sliding member, 40 ...... Pinching / advance means, 41 ...... A pusher element, 43 ...... An edge, 44 ...... A separative element, 53 ...... A hollow shaft, 58 ...... [ ...... A tie-down plate, 64, 70 / ...... A hole, 65 / ...... The letter taking over element of rotation 66 / ...... A small piece, 67 / ...... Letter cutting element of fixation (letter edged tool of fixation) ] A screw hole, 60, 61 ...... An auxiliary unit, 62 ...... The letter magazine of fixation, 63, 69