Labeler and a labeling method for labeling plastic bottles in a blow mold, in particular in a rotary blow molder
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsWolfgang Hausladen, Christian Popp, Werner Britten
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Abstract
A labeler for in-mold labeling of plastic bottles as well as to a labeling method for use of the labeler, including that a transfer star wheel and a transfer device of the labeler move the preforms and the labels in a transfer region towards one another in such a way that a respective label is only affixed to a circumferential subarea of a perform. In this manner, the label can be inserted in the blow mold in a particularly fast and reliable manner and excessive stretching of the label during blow molding can be avoided.
Claims19
A labeler for labeling plastic bottles in the blow mold, comprising a plurality of blow molds;
- a transfer star wheel for introducing preforms and labels affixed thereto into the blow molds;
- and at least one transfer device for transferring the labels to the preforms, and both the transfer star wheel and the transfer device move the preforms and the labels towards one another in a transfer region in such a way that a respective label is adhesively affixed only to a circumferential subarea of a preform so that only a subarea of the affixed label is in contact with the preform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.