Labeling of folded products
AssigneeMultivac Marking & Inspection GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsGeorg Austermeier, Uwe Mathews
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a labeler comprising a label dispenser used for applying an adhesive label to a folded product and a press-on device following the label dispenser in the conveying direction of a conveyor system. The press-on device comprises two press-on units, wherein one of the press-on units is reversibly drivable by means of a motor.
Claims14
A labeler comprising:
- a label dispenser for applying a label to a folded product;
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- a press-on device following the label dispenser in a conveying direction of a conveyor system, the press-on device comprising two press-on units driven separately by means of motors, wherein one of the press-on units is reversibly drivable parallel to the conveying direction by means of a motor.
A method of operating a labeler that includes a label dispenser with a press-on device having two press-on units driven separately by means of motors, and further including a conveyor system on which folded products to be labeled are conveyed in a conveying direction, the method comprising the steps of:
- dispensing a label by means of the label dispenser onto a folded product;
- wherein, in a first mode of operation, when the label has been dispensed, a section of the label projecting beyond the folded product is folded by one of the press-on units before a section of the label, which still projects beyond the folded product after the first folding step, is folded still further and pressed onto the folded product by means of a component of the other press-on unit moving in a direction corresponding to the conveying direction;
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- wherein, in a second mode of operation, when the label has been dispensed, a section of the label projecting beyond the folded product is folded by one of the press-on units before a section of the label, which still projects beyond the folded product after the first folding step, is folded still further and pressed onto the folded product by means of the component of the other press-on unit, the component standing still or moving in a direction opposite to the conveying direction.
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