Cutting drum for a labeling machine
AssigneeP.E. Labellers S.P.A.
InventorRiccardo Bardini
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Abstract
A cutting drum for labeling machine, which includes a drum main body designed to receive in adhesion a label ribbon on which multiple labels are printed in succession; along the perimeter of the drum main body there is at least one cutting device which includes a respective suction chamber, which accommodates at least one blade; the suction chamber is connectable to air suction elements, in order to attract the label ribbon toward the inside of the suction chamber and against the blade, in order to produce the cutting of the label ribbon; the cutting device comprises a respective box-like body for supporting the blade which forms internally the suction chamber and is detachably supported by the drum main body; the blade is coupled to the box-like body by virtue of detachable retention elements.
Claims17
A cutting drum for a labeling machine, comprising:
- a drum main body, which can move in rotation about an axis thereof and is designed to receive in adhesion on a lateral surface thereof a label ribbon on which multiple labels are printed in succession, along a perimeter of said drum main body there being at least one cutting device which comprises a suction chamber, said suction chamber being open at an outer lateral surface of the drum and accommodating at least one blade, said suction chamber being configured to be connected to air suction means, in order to attract said label ribbon toward an inside of said suction chamber and against said blade, in order to produce a cutting of said label ribbon, wherein said at least one cutting device comprises a body for supporting said blade, wherein said suction chamber is formed in said body, said body being detachably supported by said drum main body, said blade being coupled to said body with detachable retention means;
- wherein a cutting edge of said blade is recessed radially relative an outwardly facing lateral edge of said suction chamber of said body;
- wherein said suction chamber is open at both a leading side of said cutting edge and a trailing side of said cutting edge, relative to a rotation direction of the cutting drum;
- wherein said body is disposed adjacent to a slider supported on said drum main body, and said body is removable from said drum main body while said slider is retained on said drum main body.
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