Automatic feeding of labels for application to bottles or other containers
AssigneeDiamond International Corporation
InventorAlbert J. Harvey
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Abstract
A web with labels thereon passes from a feed roll to a take-up reel for application of the labels to bottles in register with the bottles, by means of adjustable photoelectric means to detect index or register marks on the label web and move the web by controlled metering and shuttle movement.
Claims13
Apparatus for indexing of labels on a label web for movement of the web in register with bottles or the like moved to receive the labels and have them affixed thereto comprising
- a label web having register marks thereon and connected between a feed means and a take-up means;
- means to detect said register marks, positioned along the path of said label web;
- means to move said label web, and stop said label web upon detection of each said register mark, positioned along the path of said label web;
- and
- means along the path of said label web to apply labels from said label web to bottles or the like;
- said detecting means including
- a roller with a shaft therethrough having said label web pass at least partially around said detecting means roller, and
- photoelectric means adjustably mounted on said roller having a light source and a detection photocell adjacently mounted on the same side of said web.
Apparatus for indexing of labels on a label web for movement of the web in register with bottles or the like moved to receive the labels and have them affixed thereto comprising
- a label web having register marks thereon and connected between a feed means and a take-up means;
- means to detect said register marks, positioned along the path of said label web;
- means to move said label web, and stop said label web upon detection of each said register mark, positioned along the path of said label web;
- and
- means along the path of said label web to apply labels from said label web to bottles or the like;
- a metering means to meter out said label web including
- a metering roll around which said label web passes at least partially,
- braking means on said metering roll, and
- a pinch roll assembly adjacent said metering roll and having a pinch roll located for pressing contact with said metering roll.
Apparatus for indexing of labels on a label web for movement of the web in register with bottles or the like moved to receive the labels and have them affixed thereto comprising
- a label web having register marks thereon and connected between a feed means and a take-up means;
- means to detect said register marks positioned along the path of said label web;
- means to move said label web, and stop said label web upon detection of each said register mark, positioned along the path of said label web;
- and
- means along the path of said label web to apply labels from said label web to bottles or the like;
- said moving and stopping means including
- web shuttling means having controlled reciprocating movement, and
- a web shuttle roller mounted on said web shuttling means for movement therewith with said label web passing at least partially around said shuttle roller;
- said moving and stopping means further including
- a timing switch assembly including
- a timing switch with switch buttons extending in opposite directions,
- a proximity switch,
- a flag mounted for movement with said web shuttling means past and in close proximity for operation of said proximity switch, and
- a pair of trigger fingers mounted for movement with said web shuttling means and on opposite sides of said timing switch for contact of one of said trigger fingers with one of said switch buttons at one end of the reciprocating movement of said web shuttling means and contact of the other of said trigger fingers with the other of said switch buttons at the other end of the reciprocating movement of said web shuttling means.
Apparatus for indexing of labels on a label web for movement of the web relative to bottles or the like to which the labels are to be affixed comprising
- a label web having register marks printed thereon and connected between a feed means and a take-up means;
- metering means to feed said labels on said label web to an application station for applying labels on the bottles or the like;
- said label web also threaded past means to detect said register marks, and means to move said label web, and stop said label web upon detection of each said register marks;
- said detecting means including coarse adjustment means and fine adjustment means for positioning of the stopping point for each of said register marks;
- said moving and stopping means including reciprocally adjustable web shuttling means to move said label web predetermined amounts relative to the bottles or the like.
Apparatus for indexing of labels on a label web for movement of the web relative to bottles or the like to which the labels are to be affixed comprising
- a label web having register marks printed thereon and connected between a feed means and a take-up means;
- said label web threaded past means to detect said register marks, and means to move said label web, and stop said label web upon detection of each said register marks;
- said detecting means including coarse adjustment means and fine adjustment means for positioning of the stopping point for each of said register marks;
- said moving and stopping means including reciprocally adjustable web shuttling means to move said label web predetermined amounts relative to the bottles or the like;
- said detecting means including a roller and photoelectric means,
- said course adjustment means including means to position said roller along a predetermined linear direction,
- said fine adjustment means including means to position said photoelectric means concentrically relative to said roller.
A method of indexing labels for application to bottles or the like comprising the steps of
- moving the labels on a label web which web is moved between a feed roll and a take-up roll;
- detecting register marks printed on said label web of labels at spaced intervals;
- metering the feed of the labels to an application station for applying the labels;
- moving said label web by reciprocal motion means imparting a start and stop motion to said label web controlled by said detecting means.
Apparatus for indexing of labels on a label web for movement of the web in register with bottles or the like moved to receive the labels and have them affixed thereto comprising
- a label web having register marks thereon and connected between a feed means and a take-up means;
- means to detect said register marks, positioned along the path of said label web;
- means to move said label web, and stop said label web upon detection of each said register mark, positioned along the path of said label web;
- and
- means along the path of said label web to apply labels from said label web to bottles or the like;
- said detecting means including
- a roller with a shaft therethrough having said label web pass at least partially around said detecting means roller,
- photoelectric means adjustably mounted on said roller, and
- means to reposition said detecting means roller linearly including
- a base having a slot therein to receive said shaft of said detecting means roller, and
- screw means on said shaft to tighten said shaft in said slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.