公开(公告)号：US5425823A

公开(公告)日：1995-06-20

申请号：US575217

申请日：1990-08-30

申请人： James Woodside, III

发明人： James Woodside, III

IPC分类号： B65C1/02 ,  B65C9/44 ,  B32B31/00

CPC分类号： B65C1/02 ,  B65C9/44

摘要： A combined label printer and application device is provided for labeling a plurality of individual product units with customized labels. The individual product units are conveyed through a data determining mechanism, such as a checkweigher or electric eye in order to identify data to be imprinted on the label. The information is conveyed to a microprocessor which converts the data into commands for a label printer. The printer in turn prints either alpha-numeric indicia, bar codes or other desired visual indicia on the label. The movement of the individual product units is coordinated with a corresponding label, and the label is applied to the product unit by means of a combined vacuum and air jet head. The individual labels, in a preferred embodiment, are coated with pressure sensitive adhesive, and are fixed on rolls to releasible backing strip. The individual labels are stripped from the backing strip and held temporarily on a vacuum head until the desired product unit is located below the head. Air jets then blow the label onto the product unit with sufficient force to cause adhesion of the label to the product.

摘要翻译： 提供组合的标签打印机和应用装置，用于使用定制的标签对多个单独的产品单元进行标签。 各个产品单元通过诸如检重秤或电眼的数据确定机构传送，以便识别要印在标签上的数据。 该信息被传送到将数据转换成标签打印机的命令的微处理器。 打印机依次在标签上打印字母数字标记，条形码或其他所需的视觉标记。 单个产品单元的运动与相应的标签协调，并且通过组合的真空和喷气头将标签应用于产品单元。 在优选实施例中，各个标签涂覆有压敏粘合剂，并且被固定在辊上以可释放的背衬条。 单独的标签从背衬剥离并暂时保持在真空头上，直到所需的产品单元位于头部下方。 然后，空气喷嘴以足够的力将标签吹到产品单元上，以使标签粘附到产品上。