JP4501078B2 - Label presser - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention provides the label on the side surface of the article on the downstream side in the transport direction of the transport device with respect to the label sticking position in the label sticking device for attaching a label to the side surface of the article placed and transported by the transport device. The present invention relates to a label pressing device for pressing.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a label sticking device for sticking a label on a lateral side of an article at a label sticking location, there is an air type device that sticks a label by blowing air on the lateral side of an article placed and transported by a transport device ( For example, see Patent Document 1.)
In this conventional label applicator, for example, the article is positioned at a position away from the label applicator at the label applicator location, so that the air blowing force becomes insufficient, and the entire label is accurately placed on the lateral side of the article. In some cases, the label cannot be attached to the lateral side surface of the article.
Therefore, by providing a label pressing device on the downstream side in the transport direction of the transport device from the label application location, the label press device can attach the label that the label application device has applied to the lateral side of the product at the label application location to the side of the product. It is pressed against the side surface to ensure that the label is attached to the lateral side surface of the article.

No. 7-6084

As such a label pressing device, for example, an oscillating body that is swingably installed around a vertical axis while extending from the side of the conveying device to the article passage space through which an article placed and conveyed by the conveying device passes. And a roller body that is rotatably provided around the vertical axis at the tip of the rocking body.
In this label pressing device, in order to press the label against the lateral side surface of the article with the roller body, the roller body must be installed at a position that contacts the lateral side surface of the article passing through the article passage space. It is necessary to accurately install the roller body in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction. And a biasing means for biasing the swinging body toward the article passage space side in order to return the roller body to a position where the roller body comes into contact with the lateral side surface of the article passing through the article passage space. Must be provided. Therefore, in the label pressing device as described above, the configuration becomes complicated.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such a point, and an object thereof is to provide a label pressing device capable of pressing a label against a lateral side surface of an article while simplifying the configuration.

In order to achieve this object, the first feature configuration of the label pressing device according to the present invention is more than the label application position in the label application device for attaching a label to the lateral side surface of the article placed and conveyed by the conveyance device. In the label holding device for pressing the label against the lateral side surface of the article on the downstream side in the conveying direction of the conveying device,
A support installed on the side of an article passage space through which an article placed and conveyed by the conveying device passes, and is supported by the support in a cantilever state so as to extend from the support to the article passage space. And a plate-like elastic body that can be bent by contact with an article passing through the article passage space ,
The support is constituted by a member mounting support that attaches to the frame an article guide member that is detachably attached to the frame in the transfer device and guides an article that is placed and transferred by the transfer device in the transfer direction.
The member mounting support supports the article guide member so as to be positioned closer to the article passing space than the member mounting support .

Since the elastic body is supported by the support in a cantilever manner so as to extend from the support installed on the side of the article passage space to the article passage space side, the article in the direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the conveyance device Even when the position of the article passing through the passage space is different, the elastic body can be installed so that the elastic body comes into contact with the article. The elastic body is bent by contacting with the article passing through the article passage space, and the front end side is in a state along the lateral side of the article with respect to the bent portion, and the label is placed on the lateral side of the article. Will be pressed.
In this way, the label can be pressed against the lateral side surface of the article with the elastic body simply by installing the elastic body so as to be supported by the support in a cantilever state so as to extend from the support to the article passage space side. It will be possible. In addition, since the elastic body has its tip side pressed against the lateral side surface of the article from the portion bent by the contact with the article, the label is entirely applied to the lateral side surface of the article with a part of the plate-like elastic body. It can be pressed.
Therefore, there is no need to accurately install an elastic body in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction of the transport device, and a label press device that can press the label to the entire lateral side of the article while simplifying the configuration. I was able to provide it.
Moreover, since the said support body is comprised with the support body for member attachment which attaches an article | item guide member to a flame | frame, an elastic body can be installed by using this support body for member attachment. Therefore, a new member is not required for installing the elastic body, and the configuration can be simplified and the cost can be reduced.
And since the support body for member attachment can be attached to a plurality of different positions in the transport direction of the transport apparatus, the support body can be attached to a plurality of different positions on the downstream side in the transport direction of the transport apparatus from the label application location. it can. Therefore, the installation position of the label pressing device can be changed as appropriate, and it is possible to cope with the presence of other devices.

  According to a second characteristic configuration of the label pressing device according to the present invention, the support body supports the elastic body in a cantilever state by fixing the support body in a state in which an end portion of the elastic body is wound around the periphery thereof. It is in the point comprised as follows.

  By winding and fixing the end portion of the elastic body around the circumference of the support body, the elastic body can be provided on the support body so that the support body supports the elastic body in a cantilever state. Therefore, the elastic body can be easily installed on the support.

An embodiment of a label presser according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the label presser 1 is installed downstream of the transporting device 2 in the transport direction with respect to the label pasting location A, and the label pasting device 10 is placed next to the article 3 at the label pasting location A. The label R attached to the side surface 3 a is configured to be pressed against the lateral side surface 3 a of the article 3.

  The said conveying apparatus 2 is comprised with the roller conveyor apparatus which arranged the some roller 6 in parallel in the conveyance direction. The plurality of rollers 6 are disposed over a pair of left and right frames 7 and are rotatably provided. And the conveying apparatus 2 is comprised so that the articles | goods 3 may be mounted and conveyed by rotationally driving the some roller 6 with the drive device outside a figure.

The transport device 2 is provided with a round bar-shaped article guide member 14 supported by a plurality of round bar-shaped member mounting supports 13 provided at intervals in the transport direction, and the article guide member 14 is transported. The apparatus 2 is configured to guide the article 3 placed and conveyed in the conveying direction.
The member attachment support 13 can be attached to the frame 7 by being inserted into a plurality of recesses 7 a formed in the frame 7, and supports the article guide member 14 by installing a support 15 at the upper end thereof. It is configured as follows. A plurality of the concave portions 7a are formed at intervals in the transport direction, and the concave portion 7a into which the member mounting support 13 is inserted is appropriately selected from the plurality of concave portions 7a.

In the label sticking location A, the label R is stuck on the lateral side surface 3a of the article 3 by the label sticking device 10 installed on the side of the conveying device 2. And the label sticking apparatus 10 is comprised by the air type which sticks the label R on the side surface 3a of the article | item 1 by spraying of air.
In addition, the conveyance device 2 is provided with a regulation guide body 11 that moves the article 3 to the side closer to the label application device 10 on the upstream side in the conveyance direction of the conveyance device 2 from the label application location A. Then, the guide regulating body 11 moves the article 3 to the side closer to the label sticking device 10, thereby positioning the article 3 conveyed to the label sticking location A within the label stickable range of the label sticking device 10. In this way, at the label application location A, the article 3 is positioned within the label application range of the label application apparatus 10, and the label application apparatus 10 applies the label R to the lateral side surface of the article 3.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the label pressing device 1 includes a support 4 installed on the side of an article passage space B through which an article 3 placed and transported by the transport device 2 passes, and the support. A plate-like elastic body 5 (for example, a plate) that is supported by the support 4 in a cantilever state so as to extend from the article 4 to the article passage space B and that can be bent by contact with the article 3 that passes through the article passage space B. Rubber).
The support body 4 is configured to support the elastic body 5 in a cantilever state by fixing the end portion of the elastic body 5 around the periphery thereof, and the member mounting support body 13. It is composed of.

As shown in FIG. 3, the elastic body 5 is supported by winding the end portion of the elastic body 5 around the periphery of the support body 4 in the longitudinal direction and fixing the elastic body 5 with the fixture 12. The elastic body 5 is supported in a cantilever state by the support body 4. As shown in FIG. 4, the elastic body 5 is provided so as to extend from the support body 4 toward the article passing space B along a direction orthogonal to the transport direction of the transport device 2.
As described above, the elastic body 5 is placed so as to contact the article 3 that is placed and conveyed by the conveying device 2 and passes through the article passage space B. Incidentally, the length of the elastic body 5 is set to a length that can contact the article 3 passing through the article passage space B, and passes through the article passage space B in a direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the conveyance device 2. Even when the position of the article 3 to be changed is different, the elastic body 5 can be installed so that the elastic body 5 contacts the article 3.
The support body 4 is a member mounting support body 13, and the support body 4 is inserted further downstream in the transporting direction of the transporting device 2 than the label sticking position A by simply inserting the support body 4 and changing the concave portion 7 a of the frame 7 to be mounted. And the installation position of the elastic body 5 can be changed.

Then, when the article 3 is placed and conveyed by the conveying device 2 and passes through the article passage space B, the elastic body 5 is bent by contact with the article 3 as shown in FIG. The label R is pressed against the lateral side surface 3 a of the article 3 with the tip end portion extending along the lateral side surface 3 a of the article 3 rather than the portion.
In this way, the elastic body 5 is labeled at a part of the plate-like elastic body 5 by pressing the label R against the lateral side surface 3a of the article 3 from the tip side of the portion bent by the contact with the article 3. R can be entirely pressed against the lateral surface 3 a of the article 3. And the area of the elastic body 5 that presses the label R against the lateral side surface of the article 3 can be adjusted only by adjusting the width and length of the elastic body 5.

[Another embodiment]
(1) In the above embodiment, the end portion of the elastic body 5 is fixed around the periphery of the support body 4, but how the support body 4 is fixed to support the elastic body 5? Can be changed as appropriate.

( 2 ) In the said embodiment, although the roller conveyor was illustrated as the conveying apparatus 2, other conveyors can also be applied and it can change suitably about the structure of the conveying apparatus 2. FIG.

( 3 ) In the above-described embodiment, an example in which one support body 4 and elastic body 5 as a label pressing device is provided is shown.
In this case, the plurality of elastic bodies 5 can have the same width and length or different widths and lengths.

Plan view of transfer device Side view of transfer device Diagram showing label presser Enlarged plan view of the main part of the transport device Enlarged plan view of the main part of the transport device

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 2 Conveyance apparatus 3 Article 4 Support body 5 Elastic body 7 Frame 10 Label sticking apparatus 13 Support body for member attachment 14 Article guide member R Label

Claims (2)

For pressing the label on the lateral side surface of the article on the downstream side in the conveyance direction of the conveyance device with respect to the label application position in the label application device for attaching a label to the lateral side surface of the article placed and conveyed by the conveyance device A label presser,
A support installed on the side of an article passage space through which an article placed and conveyed by the conveying device passes, and is supported by the support in a cantilever state so as to extend from the support to the article passage space. And a plate-like elastic body that can be bent by contact with an article passing through the article passage space ,
The support is constituted by a member mounting support that attaches to the frame an article guide member that is detachably attached to the frame in the transfer device and guides an article that is placed and transferred by the transfer device in the transfer direction.
The label pressing device in which the member mounting support supports the article guide member so as to be positioned closer to the article passage space than the member mounting support .   The label presser according to claim 1, wherein the support body is configured to support the elastic body in a cantilever state by fixing the support body in a state where an end portion of the elastic body is wound around a peripheral portion thereof. apparatus.

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