Tubular bag forming machine with labeling device
AssigneeMultivac Marking & Inspection GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsGeorg Austermeier, Udo Henrichs, Udo Kästing
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a tubular bagging machine with a labeling device and to a method of operating a tubular bagging machine. The labeling device includes a label dispenser that dispenses a label onto an intermediate belt. The intermediate belt then conveys the label to a transfer belt that attaches and carries away the label in a transverse direction to a labeling position. Once at the labeling position the label is applied to a film web traveling in a direction transverse to the movement of the transfer belt.
Claims13
A tubular bagging machine comprising:
- a labeling device for applying labels to a film web, the labeling device comprising:
- a first label dispenser;
- a transfer belt;
- and
- an intermediate belt provided between the label dispenser and the transfer belt;
- wherein the intermediate belt is oriented along a label dispensing direction of the label dispenser, and wherein the transfer belt is oriented generally orthogonal to the intermediate belt.
A method of operating a tubular bagging machine with a labeling device including a label dispenser, an intermediate belt and a transfer belt, the method comprising the steps of:
- dispensing a label from the label dispenser in a label dispensing direction onto the intermediate belt;
- conveying the label by means of the intermediate belt to a transfer position;
- transferring the label from the intermediate belt to the transfer belt;
- conveying the label, in a direction transverse to a film conveying direction, by means of the transfer belt to a labeling position;
- and
- applying the label to a film web at the labeling position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.