DE2339062A1 - HAND LABELING DEVICE - Google Patents

Description

DIPL.-ING. KLAUS BEHN
DIPL-PHYS. ROBERT MÜNZHUBER

PATENT LAWYERS β MUNICH 22 WlDENMAYERSTRASSE 6

TEL. (0811) 222B30-2951 SS AUGUST 1, 1973

A 213 73 ML / cb

KABUSHIKI KAISHA SATO KENKYUSHO, 17-8, 4-Chome, Izumi, Suginami-Ku, Tokyo-To, Japan

Hand labeling machine

The invention relates to hand-held labeling machines, and more particularly such one-hand cooker that can be operated with the help of a handle lever and on consecutive labels provide the desired imprints, with the printed label then output and attached to the object to be marked to be glued »

Labels used on these hand-held labeling machines have a pressure sensitive back on the back Adhesive coating with which they are on a common Detachably adhere carrier tape. The thus formed label tape is by a step feed mechanism on a certain Conveyed away through the hand-held labeling machine, and at the dispensing opening the successive labels of

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the common carrier tape through various aids, . which are described below, replaced.

The label tape that is used in the device with the known Aids to be used together must be designed so that the individual labels are stiffer than the Strip the carrier. For example, it is known that in one case only the carrier strip of the label tape, which is in the one Direction is advanced, on a thin rod by 180 ° is turned or pulled around an edge of a thin plate. If the carrier strip then in the opposite Direction is pulled, the relatively stiff labels detach from it and are advanced in the first direction. However, a high frictional resistance acts on the carrier trelfen, when it is pulled tightly around the rod or the plate edge so that the operator thereby tired or the carrier strip tears. The latter can be achieved by appropriately tensile strength paper of the carrier strip be counteracted, however, the operating costs of the hand-held labeling device increase.

Furthermore, it is known, the successive labels in one direction with the help of a reciprocating To convey the latch, while the carrier strip is pushed into the opposite direction by a couple of pressure rollers

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set direction is pulled. This method is advantageous because the carrier strelfen is essentially is conveyed forward without friction and this conveying consequently requires only a small amount of manual force, but are These advantages are almost outweighed by the fact that they are frequent Set difficulty due to the wear and tear of the reciprocating pawls.

In a further known method, the successive Labels together with the carrier strip with the help of a toothed drum in one direction conveyed until the carrier strip is in its direction of advance reversed and conveyed by a pair of pinch rollers so that it is separated from the labels. Through this however, the weight of the hand-held labeling device is increased to such an extent that it is no longer suitable for one-handed operation quite suitable

In view of the disadvantages of the known devices listed above, the invention is based on the object To provide an improved hand-held labeling machine in which the conveying in opposite directions of an uninterrupted Label strip and a carrier tape common to the labels, which is separated from the label strips, with the help of a single and compact device like this

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it is achieved that only small manual forces are required for this.

Furthermore, a manual labeling device of the type described should be constructed in such a way that the loading and inserting the label strip in the prescribed Getting through the device is particularly simple, with the entire mechanism of the device always easy to repair because you have easy access to all parts.

The invention is also intended to provide a hand-held labeling device .Be created, which is constructed in such a way that the continuous label strip and the common carrier tape, the is detached from the label strip by a precise step movement is conveyed in their predetermined directions, so that on the individual labels at exactly predetermined Make imprints can be applied.

In the hand labeling device according to the invention, a relatively cheap carrier tape can be used, since no significant tensile force acts on it.

Briefly summarized, in accordance with the invention, there are provided some improvements in a hand-held labeling machine which a housing with an attached handle, a

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at a predetermined angle within the housing swingable lever and a printing mechanism, which is attached to the lever and the desired imprints on one coherent label tape produced that consists of a number of labels that are releasable on a carrier strip are placed, with the label strip being advanced step by step on a certain path through the housing, it must go through a hairpin curve at which the successive labels are detached from the carrier strip, so that they are dispensed from the case and adhered to certain articles.

The hand-held labeling device according to the invention includes a The roller is rotatably mounted in the housing and only rotated in a certain direction and operated for this purpose by the hand lever can be used to advance the label tape together with the carrier strip step by step on the way through the machine. A first guide is swingably mounted in the housing and conveys the label tape on an upper one Along the circumferential portion of the roller, this first guide including a pair of aligned pins on both of them Sides of their free ends protrude. A second guide is swingably mounted in the housing on the same axis as the roller and contains a base plate which forms part of the passageway, so that the desired imprints on the successive labels of the label tape

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Can be printed when the label tape is over the base plate runs, and the second guide also includes a pair of parallel lever arms which are longitudinally slotted so that guide pins of the first guide can slide in these slots. The second tour is normally instructed an openable bottom held in the operating position, which is pivotably articulated at the lower end of the housing, so that when the bottom is open, the first and second guides can be pivoted into a position connected to one another, in which they are not in the operating position, thereby loading the labeling machine with a new label tape is made much easier.

The structure and the mode of operation of the invention will now become clear again from the description of one in the drawing illustrated embodiment. Show it:

1 shows a side view of the hand-held labeling device in a preferred embodiment;

FIG. 2 shows a vertical section through the device according to FIG. 1;

3 shows a section along the line HI-III in FIG. 2, seen in the direction of the arrow;

FIG. 4 shows a section along the line IV-IV in FIG. 5; FIG.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view in the vertical Section in which the turning point of the passage is shown, at which the each other hanging labels are detached from the carrier strip;

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Pig. 6 shows a guide element in a perspective view from the hand labeling device according to Figure 1;

7 shows a further guide element of the device in a perspective view;

8 shows a third guide element in a perspective view;

9 in an enlarged view and in perspective View of a label tape with successive labels, as it is in the labeling device of the embodiment is used; and

Fig. 10 is a partial view in vertical section through a somewhat modified embodiment of the hand-held labeling machine.

Reference is now made specifically to FIGS. 1 and 2, in which a preferred embodiment of the invention is shown, which has a housing 1 with a handle 2, which is preferably formed directly, while a lever 3 'consists of two essentially parallel strips dimensionally stable material is housed in this housing, which can also be seen in Fig. 3, which lever on a Articulation point 4 is pivotably mounted in the housing and is resiliently pressed upward by a helical tension spring 5.

A pressure unit 6 of known design is attached to the lever 3 near the free end thereof. These The printing device has an ink roller 7 which colors the printing surface of the printing unit 6. A swivel Handle 8 sits below the handle 2 in a certain way

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Angle inclined to it. The handle is preferably made in one piece with the lever 3 and is therefore also pivotable about the hinge point k.

The handle lever 8 can, however, also be omitted and be replaced by an automatic system with which the lever 3 is pivoted becomes, as shown by the embodiment of FIG. The handle 2 in this embodiment of FIG. 10 is enlarged accordingly for the purpose and contains an electric motor ^ which is fed by an energy source not specifically shown. About a snail 10, which sits firmly on the shaft of the electric motor 9, a worm wheel 11 is driven, which is on the same shaft 13 sits like a disk 12, so that this disk is set in rotation. A pin 14 is eccentric in a Surface of the disc 12 inserted, and with this pin a connecting rod 15 is rotatably coupled at one end, while its other end is hinged to the lever 3 via a further pin 16. When the disc 12 is a full Rotation around the shaft 11, the lever 3 is pivoted up and down once about its hinge axis 4.

Reference is now made again to FIGS. 2 and 3, in which it is shown that a rotor wheel 1? are provided with a number of teeth spaced around the circumference,

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each of the teeth 1o is relatively sharp-edged, as Fig.2 shows. The purpose of this training will be described later. A pair of parallel grooves 19 are also each; in the circumference of the rotor 17 on both sides of the teeth 18 incorporated, as can best be seen from FIG. 3. The rotor I7 is by means of a 'bearing coupling 20 placed on a Vieile 21, which the rotor can only be rotated counterclockwise in Fig. 2.

By means of a pin 22, a connecting link 2J> is connected at one end to the lever and at its other end to a rotatable element 24 via a pin 25. The element 24 is firmly placed on the shaft 21 so that every time the handle lever is released; 5 * after it has been pulled towards the handle 2, the rotor I7 rotates through a certain angle.

In Fig.2 and even more in detail in the Figure 6 shows a guide member indicated generally at 26 and within the pair of parallel strips is attached, which represent the lever 3 already mentioned. The guide 26 has a pair of parallel lever arms on, in the longitudinal slots 27 and aligned holes 28 are incorporated. The lever arms 29 are in

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worked one piece with a base plate 30 on which the printing device f produces the desired imprints on ³ eden label. The base plate 30 has side edges bent down on its two sides, which are denoted by 31 in FIG. The guide element 26 can be pivoted about the axis 21, which runs through the bores 28.

In Figs. 2, 4 and 5 it is shown as a pair of plates 33 from the mutually facing inner side surfaces of the housing 1 is formed. Those facing each other Edges of these plates 33 are stepped, which can be seen in Figure 4, whereby a guide channel 35 for a label tape 34 with labels immediately following one another is formed when the upper surface of the base plate 30 is brought into contact with the lower surface of the side plates 35 will. The front ends, which can be seen on the left in FIGS. 2 and 5, are slightly downward in the case of the plates 33 bent. The purpose of this measure is described below.

An upper guide element 36, which can be seen in FIGS. 2, 3, 4 and 7, has a curved surface 37 through

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which the label band J> h is guided along the circumference of the rotor 17. Au3eraer>; does it have an arcuate groove 3% into which the teeth iH of the rotor 1? intervention. The upper guide;) 6 can be pivoted about a pin 39, which sits in the housing 1 at the rear end of the side plates 33, while a further pin 40 is firmly inserted into the rear end of the upper guide and loosely in the slots 27 the parallel lever elements 29 is guided. From FIG. 2 it can be seen that the upper guide 36 extends over the upwardly curved guide plates 32 of the base plate 30 with a suitable spacing between them, whereby a passage channel for the label tape 34 is formed.

From Figures 2, 4 and 5, an openable bottom 41 is closed recognize that is hinged at its front end at 42 on the housing 1 and normally in the closed and pivoted up Position held by a lock 43 (see Fig. 2) will. The top 44 of the bottom 41 is pressed in the closed position against stops 45, which are bent downwards Parts 3I of the base plate 30 are formed, which in the Fig.6 can be seen as in Fig.4, so that aueh the base plate 30 thereby also against the underside of the Side plates 33 is pressed.

Another pair of guides 46 are formed on the surface 44 of the openable bottom 41, which is

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can be seen most clearly from Fig.5. These tours 46 have downwardly sloping edges 47 which are practically vertically below the front ends of the side panels 33. This creates a hairpin-shaped passage 48 for the label tape 34 through the base plate 30, the side plates 33 and the guide 46 are formed.

It can be seen from Figures 2 and 3 that a curved Guide element 49 firmly on the openable floor 41 at the rear Part of the guide 46 is attached to guide the carrier tape 56, from which at the hairpin-shaped deflection point 48 the labels are peeled off. The carrier tape is then attached to the guide element 49 around a partial circumference of the Rotas I7 its lower side led around. The part is shown in more detail in connection with FIG. It can be seen that the curved guide element 49 has a slot 50 in the longitudinal direction through which the teeth 18 of the rotor 17 with can reach through with sufficient play. The carrier strip, which is guided around the lower circumferential section of the Rotos I7 is lifted from the rotor by a separating element 62 fixed in the housing 1. The separator is in the drawing although not shown in detail, it can be assumed as a fork-shaped element that with play in the two circumferential grooves I9 of the rotor 17 engages.

An opening 51 can be seen in FIGS. 1, 2 and 5,

through which the labels 60, which are already from the passing

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Carrier tape 56 are detached, are donated. A label 60, that emerges from the opening 5I in this way is sent to one to be marked The object is pressed by pressing elements 53 of known shape. These elements are mounted pivotably about a pin 52, which is located above the opening of a Wall surface to the other of the openable bottom 41 extends.

1 and 2 show a holder 54 of a known type Design that is attached to the top of the housing and that carries a roll of label tape, its label tape is drawn into the labeling machine.

The label tape used in the hand-held labeling device according to the invention with directly following one another Labels are detailed in the Pig. 9 shown. Transverse slots 55 are formed in the carrier strip 56, the The distance corresponds exactly to the distance between the teeth 18 on the rotor I7. A continuous label strip 59 »<3sr at 57 has a number of incisions so that the labels can be detached from the carrier strip 56 individually removable over the carrier strelfen and is through with this a pressure sensitive adhesive 58 is connected. The individual labels are marked with 6O. It should also be mentioned that the adhesive layer 58 firmly attached to the individual labels 60 and not adheres to the carrier strip 56. This can be done by coating beforehand of the carrier strip 56 with an oil such as

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wise silicone oil can then be achieved with the pressure-sensitive Adhesive does not bond when in use.

To load the hand-held labeling device described above, the lock 43 in FIG. 2 is released, so that the base 41 can then be pivoted about the hinge pin 42 in a clockwise direction in FIG. The guide element 26 is then pivoted counterclockwise about the shaft 21 up to its position shown in phantom in FIG
is pivoted counterclockwise about the pin 39, since its pin 40 is in the slots 27 of the parallel lever members 29
of the guide element 26 slides near the top. As a result, there is a large free space 61 between the curved surface 37 of the upper guide and the toothed peripheral surface
of the rotor 17 is formed.

The roll of label tape is inserted into the holder 54 and the leading end of the label tape 34 by hand the space 61 between the upper guide 36 and rotor I7 therethrough

out, so that the label tape about the direction of with
designated

AYPfeiles occupies. The guide element 26 is then pivoted back clockwise so that it comes into the fully extended working position with the result that the upper
Guide element 36 also returns to its working position and thereby presses the label tape 34 against the circumference of the rotor 17. The teeth 18 of the rotor 17 then engage in the

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Label tape 34 by inserting them into the appropriate slots 55 of the carrier strip 56 slide in when the handle lever 8 is moved towards the handle 2 against the tensile stress the spring 5 * and the handle lever is then released.

Only the carrier strip 56 of the continuous label tape 3 ^ * that now in the passage 35 above the base plate 30 runs, is then turned over at the hairpin deflection point 48 and then returned under the rotor 17 until its slots 55 are also caught by the teeth 18 there. Of the The bottom 41 of the housing 1 is then brought back into its closed position and locked by the lock 43.

In use, the handle 2 and the handle lever 8 are held in one hand and the handle lever then bursts open the handle 2 is pulled and released again, whereby a label 60 is printed and removed from the continuous carrier strip 56 and finally donated to the opening slot 51 will. When the handle lever 8 on the "handle 2" is pulled against the force of the spring 5, the lever 3 becomes pivoted on the pin 4 together with the printing device 6 downwards, whereby the desired imprint on the Label 60 is made, which is located on the base plate 30. During the subsequent upward stroke of the lever 3 when you let go of the handle lever 8, the rotor turns

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7 counterclockwise by a certain angle by the interaction of the link 23 and the part 24, whereby the label tape is advanced by a certain distance which is equal to the tooth spacing of the teeth 8 on the rotor 17. At the same time, the continuous carrier strip 56, from which the labels 59 were separated at the hairpin deflection point 48, is conveyed the same length by the rotor 17 via the lower guide elements and ejected from the housing on the rear side. In Pig. 5 it can be seen particularly clearly that the sharply deflected label carrier tape 56 forms a certain loose loop at the hairpin reversal point 48, so that the carrier strip is not in contact with the front edge of the base plate 30. In this way, the conveying of the continuous label tape J> K and the lifting of the labels 60 directly adjoining one another from the carrier tape 56 is facilitated. Since the label tape 34 is advanced by exactly the same distance as the carrier strip 56 is conveyed backwards on the guides 46, the carrier strip always retains the loose loop regardless of the number of actuations of the handle lever 8. «

The labels 60 are considerably stiffer than the carrier strip 56, and so they lie on the carrier strip that they can be easily detached, making successive

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Labels are detached from the carrier strip when it is deflected at the hairpin reversal point 48. The labels dispensed in this way at the front opening 51 can be attached to an article to be labeled and pressed on with the aid of the pressure elements 53. The label adheres
then with its pressure sensitive adhesive layer 58 on the article.

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Claims (1)

PATENT CLAIMS Μ. Hand labeling device which has a housing, a handle formed thereon, a lever which can be pivoted through a certain angle with respect to the housing and a pressure device on the lever to achieve the desired imprints on a continuous label strip, which label strip a number of detachable onto one has common carrier strips of seated labels, which carrier strip is moved by stepwise movement through the housing onto a certain passage channel in which there is a hairpin-shaped deflection point at which the successive labels are detached from the carrier strip and dispensed from the housing for attachment to objects, characterized by one in the housing rotatably inserted in only one direction of rotation rotor (1 iX which is driven by the lever (3) for a stepwise advance of the continuous label tape (34) and the carrier strip (56) through the passage channel, a first guide, the schw is detachably mounted in the housing (1) and the label tape guides on the upper peripheral portion of the rotor (I7J, the first guide £ 56) has a pair of pins (39) which protrude on both sides of the free end, - 19 - 409816/0312 a second guide (26} which is seated on the same axis with the rotor (17) and has a base plate (30) which forms part of the passage channel and on which the imprints on the labels (60) are produced while the label tape is over the base plate moves, the second guide element (26) has a pair of parallel lever arms (29) in which there are longitudinal slots (£ 7), in which the pins (55) of the first guide element 06) slide, and an openable base plate ( 41X which is swingably attached to the lower end of the housing (1) and holds the second guide element (26) in its working position when the base plate C41) is held closed by a lock (45), while when the base plate Qn) is open, the first and the second guide element 06Ji (26) can be swiveled out of the working position with the continuous label strip to facilitate loading of the hand-held labeling device. 2. Apparatus according to claim!, Characterized by a third Guide element (4 ^ t that is attached to the base plate (41) and the carrier strip (56) around a portion of the lower peripheral portion of the rotor 6?) leads J. Apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the rotor (1 7) has a pair of mutually parallel grooves (I ^ - 20 - 409816/0312 its outer surface and also on this a number of teeth (18) between the grooves (1 * with those of the Rota <17) in the label tape and the carrier strip engages, while the first guide element (56) a path for the teeth (18 ) of the rotor Ö7) forming »is equipped with a groove 0S) . 4. Apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that that the third guide element Qg with a longitudinal slot (S # is provided for the passage of the teeth (18) of the rotor. 409816/031 2 COPY Blank page COPY