# US 2014/0190637 A1 · Method and machine for labelling bunches of cloths

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- Number: US 2014/0190637 A1
- Document ID: US20140190637A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/190,336
- Filed: 2014-02-26
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2010-02-11
- Assignees: Morgan Tecnica S.P.A.
- Applicants: Morgan Tecnica S.P.A.
- Inventors: FABRIZIO GIACHETTI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140190637A1

## CPC

- B65C 9/40: Controls; Safety devices
- B65C 5/00: Labelling fabrics or comparable materials or articles with deformable surface, e.g. paper, fabric rolls, stockings, shoes (affixing labels to non-rigid containers B65C3/26; by sewing D05B {; applying marks during shoe manufacture A43D95/14; marking textile materials by attaching tags D06H1/04})
- B65C 5/02: using adhesives
- Y10T 156/1702: For plural parts or plural areas of single part
- Y10T 156/1705: Lamina transferred to base from adhered flexible web or sheet type carrier
- B65C: LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES (nailing or stapling in general B25C, B27F; applying labels for packaging purposes B65B; labels, name-plates G09F ){(series-printing machines B41L; containers for the storage or transport of packages B65D)}
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

The method comprises the steps of arranging a bunch of cloths stacked onto one another; taking a label (4) containing a respective identifying code of the upper cloth (30) of the bunch, laying onto the label one end (23), provided with a cavity, of a gripping element (21) and creating in the cavity a pressure lower than an ambient pressure, so that the label obstructs the cavity; laying the label onto a labeling area (3b) of the upper cloth, and fixing the label to the upper cloth; moving the labeling area (3b) of the upper cloth by shifting the gripping element (21), maintaining in the cavity a pressure lower than an ambient pressure; increasing pressure in the cavity of the gripping element until the label gets off it, so that the labeling area (3b) of the upper cloth (30) reaches a firm position away from the respective labeling area (3b) of a cloth (31) lying directly below the upper cloth, so as to enable a subsequent application of a respective label (4) onto the respective labeling area (3b) of the cloth (31) lying directly below.

## Claims

### Claim at position 1

1-7. (canceled)

### Claim 8

A machine for labeling a bunch of cloths stacked onto one another, the machine comprising a frame defining a bearing plane for the bunch, a supplying device mounted to said frame and configured for supplying a series of labels containing each a respective identifying code for a single cloth of the bunch, and a labeling device mounted to said frame and comprising a gripping element having an end provided with a cavity configured for being obstructed by a label of the aforesaid series, pneumatic devices pneumatically connected to said cavity for varying pressure in said cavity, and movement devices configured for moving said gripping element with respect to said bearing plane, the machine further comprising an electronic central control unit programmed for controlling the supplying device, the movement devices and the pneumatic devices in order to perform the following steps:
laying the end of the gripping element onto the label containing the respective identifying code of an upper cloth on top of a bunch of cloths arranged at least partially on said bearing plane, so that the label obstructs the cavity, and creating in the cavity a pressure lower than an ambient pressure in order to take the label;
laying the label onto the upper cloth on a labeling area of the upper cloth, and fixing the label to the upper cloth;
after the preceding step, shifting the gripping element maintaining in the cavity a pressure lower than an ambient pressure, so as to move the label and the labeling area of the upper cloth;
after the preceding step, increasing pressure in the cavity of the gripping element until the label gets off the gripping element, so that the labeling area of the upper cloth reaches a firm position away from the respective labeling area of a cloth lying directly below the upper cloth, so as to enable a subsequent application of a respective label onto the respective labeling area of the cloth lying directly below.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The machine according to claim 8, further comprising a blocking device mounted onto the frame and comprising a blocking element and actuating elements configured for acting upon said blocking element for operating it between an open configuration in which it allows a blocking portion of the bunch to be positioned on said frame, and a blocked configuration in which it removably fixes the blocking portion of the bunch to said frame and enables a labeling portion of the bunch to lie on said bearing plane.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The machine according to claim 8, wherein said movement devices comprise a first actuated axis along a first direction parallel to said bearing plane and above said bearing plane, a second actuated axis along a second direction parallel to said bearing plane, above said bearing plane and perpendicular to said first direction, and a third actuated axis along a third direction perpendicular to said bearing plane and above said bearing plane, said first, second and third actuated axis comprising each a respective fixed part, and a respective mobile part with respect to the fixed part, said gripping element being associated with the mobile part of said third actuated axis, said fixed part of said first actuated axis being mounted onto said frame, said fixed part of said second actuated axis being mounted onto said mobile part of said first actuated axis, and said fixed part of said third actuated axis being mounted to said mobile part of said second actuated axis.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The machine according to claim 9, wherein said movement devices comprise a first actuated axis along a first direction parallel to said bearing plane and above said bearing plane, a second actuated axis along a second direction parallel to said bearing plane, above said bearing plane and perpendicular to said first direction, and a third actuated axis along a third direction perpendicular to said bearing plane and above said bearing plane, said first, second and third actuated axis comprising each a respective fixed part and a respective mobile part with respect to the fixed part, said gripping element being associated with the mobile part of said third actuated axis, said fixed part of said first actuated axis being mounted onto said frame, said fixed part of said second actuated axis being mounted onto said mobile part of said first actuated axis, and said fixed part of said third actuated axis being mounted to said mobile part of said second actuated axis.