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OwnerRolf Albingerinventor
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A labelling apparatus for tape cassettes is described in which the cassettes are pushed stepwise out of a magazine on to a guide track and advanced along a guide track by one cassette width at a time. A carrier is disposed above the track and carries at least one set of treatment devices, comprising a device for applying an adhesive or adhesive aid, a label applying device and a pressure stamp. In the intervals between two successive feed steps the carrier together with the devices is lowered and in this manner, as the cassette is advanced, the cassette successively has adhesive, a label and pressure applied thereto. Preferably the carrier carries two sets of treatment devices with a turn-over roll for the cassettes disposed between the sets so that the cassettes can be provided on both sides with a label during a single pass through the apparatus.
A labelling apparatus for tape cassettes comprising a magazine for the cassettes, a feed path for the cassettes, means for successively feeding the cassettes from said magazine to said feed path and for advancing said cassettes stepwise along said feed path, a carrier disposed above said feed path, an adhesive applying device mounted on said carrier, a label applying device mounted on said carrier, a pressure applying device mounted on said carrier, said adhesive applying device, label applying device and pressure applying device being mounted on said carrier in succession in the direction of advance of said cassettes along said feed path, carrier raising and lowering means associated with said cassette feeding means operable to hold said carrier in a raised position relative to said feed path during the advance of said cassettes and to lower said carrier towards said feed path when said cassettes are stationary on said feed path whereby in the lowered position of said carrier said adhesive applying device applies adhesive to a first cassette on the feed path, said label applying device applies a label to the applied adhesive on a second cassette on the feed path and said pressure applying device applies pressure to the applied label on a third cassette on the feed path.
A labelling apparatus for tape cassettes having two opposed larger faces comprising a magazine for storing the cassettes in stacked relationship, a guide track for supporting cassettes on one of said larger faces thereof and defining a feed path for the cassettes and extending in proximity to the lowermost of the stacked cassettes in said magazine, feed means operable successively to feed the lowermost cassette in said stack to said feed path and to advance said cassettes at intervals along said feed path, a carrier disposed above said feed path, means for displacing said carrier between a raised position and a lowered position relative to said feed path, motive means operable to drive both said feed means and said carrier displacing means in synchronism to displace said carrier from said lowered position during the interval said feed means is operable to advance said cassettes and to displace said carrier to said lowered position during the interval between advances of said cassettes, an adhesive applying device mounted on said carrier to engage the other of said wider faces of a first cassette on said feed path in said lowered position, a label applying device mounted on said carrier to apply a label to the adhesive applied to a second cassette on said feed path in said lowered position, and a pressure applying device mounted on said carrier to apply pressure to the label applied to a third cassette on said feed path in said lowered position.
A labelling apparatus for applying labels to tape cassettes comprising a magazine for storing tape cassettes in stacked relationship, a guide track defining a feed path extending in proximity to the lowermost cassette in the stack, feed means operable at intervals successively to engage the lowermost cassette in the stack and advance the engaged cassette by one step along the track thereby advancing the previously advanced cassettes on the track by one step, a carrier disposed above said feed path, means for displacing said carrier between a raised position and a lowered position relative to said feed path, motive means drivingly connected to both said feed means and said carrier displacing means and operable to engage said feed means with the lowermost cassette for advancement when said carrier is in the raised position, an adhesive applying device mounted on said carrier to engage and apply adhesive to a first cassette on said track in the lowered position of the carrier, a label applying device mounted on said carrier and displaced from said adhesive applying device by one step in the direction of advance of the cassettes to apply in the lowered position of the carrier a label to the applied adhesive of a second cassette advanced by one step with respect to the first cassette, and a pressure applying device mounted on said carrier and displaced from said label applying device by one step in the direction of advance of the cassettes to apply in the lowered position of pressure to the label of a third cassette advanced by one step with respect to said second cassette.
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