Label peeling machine
AssigneeTowa Seiko Co., Ltd.
InventorToshikazu Kawada
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Abstract
A label peeling machine is configured to one by one peel adhesive labels of a non-liner label having a number of adhesive labels stuck continuously so as to be overlapped while being shifted by a predetermined width. The non-liner label wound and held on a reel is placed on a carrier belt entrained about a first driven shaft, a second driven shaft, and a third driven shaft and is moved forward or backward. The label peeling machine includes a first sensor for causing the carrier belt to move backward, a second sensor for stopping the carrier belt, a peeling claw for engaging the non-liner label moving upward along the drive belt and peel the adhesive labels one by one, and a control apparatus configured to control a switch, the first sensor and the second sensor.
Claims5
A label peeling machine configured to peel adhesive labels of a non-liner label web one by one, wherein the non-liner label web has a number of the adhesive labels stuck continuously so as to be overlapped while being shifted by a predetermined distance respectively, said label peeling machine comprising:
- a reel configured to wind and hold the non-liner label web;
- a carrier belt configured to transport the non-liner label web in forward and backward motions along a carrier belt path including a first path portion extending in a first direction and a second path portion extending in a second direction generally perpendicular to said first direction;
- a rotatable drive shaft operably coupled with said carrier belt so that said carrier belt is driven when said drive shaft is rotated;
- a drive motor configured to rotate the drive shaft to drive the carrier belt;
- a switch configured to cause operation of the drive motor to rotate the drive shaft;
- a first driven shaft configured to receive transmission of rotation of the drive shaft via a transmitting mechanism;
- a second driven shaft and a third driven shaft configured to receive transmission of rotation of the first driven shaft via the carrier belt;
- a first press roller configured to press, in the first direction, the non-liner label web as the non-liner label web moves in the second direction along the second path portion of the carrier belt path;
- a second press roller configured to press, in the second direction, the non-liner label web as the non-liner label web moves in the first direction along the first path portion of the carrier belt path;
- a first sensor configured to perform a first detection when the non-liner label web has moved in the forward motion along the first path portion of the carrier belt path to reach a first predetermined location, and to issue an operation signal to indicate said first direction;
- a second sensor configured to perform a second detection when the non-liner label web has moved in the backward motion along the first path portion of the carrier belt path to reach a second predetermined location, and to issue a stop signal to indicate said second detection;
- a peeling claw configured to engage the non-liner label web moving upward along the carrier belt and peel the adhesive labels one by one;
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- a control device operably coupled to the drive motor, the switch, the first sensor, and the second sensor to reverse operation of the drive motor to cause movement of the non-liner label web in the backward motion when the first sensor issues the operation signal, and to stop operation of the drive motor to stop movement of the non-liner label web when the second sensor issues the stop signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.