Automatic labelling machine

Abstract

Abstract BOTTLES AND THE LIKE ARE GUIDED ALONG THE SECOND DRUM CIRCUMFERENTIAL WALL SO THAT THE LABELS THEREON ARE SUCCESSIVELY BROUGHT INTO CONTACT WITH THE BOTTLES AND SECURELY ADHERED THEREONTO. THE MACHINE CAN (1) ADAPT ITSELF TO LABELS OF DIFFERENT LENGTHS, (2) CUT OFF ANY MARGIN THAT MAY EXIST BETWEEN ADJACENT LABELS IN THE TAPE BY MEANS OF A SECOND ROTARY CUTTER, AND (3) CAUSE THE LABEL TO BE ONLY PARTIALLY ADHERED TO A BOTTLE BY PARTIALLY ACTIVATING THE ADHESIVE SO THAT THE LABEL MAY LATER BE TAKEN OFF EASILY AND CLEANLY FOR THE BOTTLE TO BE USED AGAIN FOR SOME OTHER PURPOSE AFTER THE CONTENTS HAVE BEEN CONSUMED. AN AUTOMATIC LABELING MACHINE WHEREIN AS A TAPE CONSISTING OF A SERIES OF LABELS THE REVERSE SIDE OF WHICH IS COATED WITH AN ADHESIVE MATERIAL IS FED, THE LABELS ARE SUCCESSIVELY CUT OFF FROM THE TAPE AND THEN BROUGHT INTO CONTACT WITH ARTICLES TO BE LABELED SO AS TO BE SECURELY ADHERED THEREONTO. THE MACHINE COMPRISES A FIRST AND A SECOND SUCTION DRUM MOUNTED FOR ROTATION ABOUT PARALLEL AXES IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS AND DISPOSED SO AS TO SUBSTANTIALLY CONTACT EACH OTHER, WITH SUCTION WORKING THROUGH AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL WALL OF EACH SAID DRUM. AS THE TAPE IS GUIDED ON THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL WALL OF SAID FIRST DRUM WHERE SUCTION WORKS, EACH LABEL IS CUT OFF FROM THE TAPE BY A ROTARY CUTTER, AND THE CUT LABELS ARE RETAINED ON THE DRUM SURFACE BY THE SUCTION AND CARRIED AS FAR AS THE CONTACTING POINT OF THE FIRST WITH SECOND DRUMS, WHERE THE LABELS ARE TRANSFERRED ONTO THE SECOND DRUM. AS THE LABELS ARE CARRIED ON THE SECOND DRUM, THEY ARE HEATED TO HAVE THE ADHESIVE ACTIVATED. ARTICLES TO BE LABELED, SUCH AS

Inventors

• 👤 Isao Yamaguchi

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