Apparatus for connecting label tapes
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsTobias EICHHAMMER, Martin KUPKA, Christian DOBLINGER
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Abstract
An apparatus for connecting label tapes, the apparatus comprising a feed-through area through which the label tapes can be passed along a transport direction, a clamping element for clamping an area of a first label tape, a cutting device upstream of the clamping element for cutting a first label end of the first label tape, an adhesive application device for applying adhesive material to an adhesive area of the first label end upstream of the clamping element, a connecting device for bringing a second label end of a second label tape to the first label end of the first label tape and for connecting the second label end to the first label end in the adhesive area.
Claims15
An apparatus for connecting label tapes, the apparatus comprising a feed-through area through which the label tapes can be passed along a transport direction, a clamping element for clamping an area of a first label tape, a cutting device upstream of the clamping element for cutting a first label end of the first label tape, an adhesive application device for applying adhesive material to an adhesive area of the first label end upstream of the clamping element, a connecting device for bringing a second label end of a second label tape to the first label end of the first label tape and for connecting the second label end to the first label end in the adhesive area.
A method for connecting label tapes with an apparatus for connecting label tapes, the apparatus comprising a feed-through area through which the label tapes can be guided along a transport direction, a clamping element for clamping an area of a first label tape, a cutting device upstream of the clamping element for cutting a first label end of the first label tape, an adhesive application device for applying adhesive material to an adhesive area of the label end upstream of the clamping element, a connecting device for bringing a second label end of a second label tape to the label end of the first label tape and for connecting the second label end to the first label end in the adhesive area, the method comprising clamping the area of the first label tape with the clamping element, then cutting the first label end with the cutting element and applying adhesive material to the adhesive area with the adhesive application device, bringing the second label end and connecting the second label end to the first label end.
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