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EP1274627A1 - Device and method for applying a securing element to a label - Google Patents

Device and method for applying a securing element to a label

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EP1274627A1
EP1274627A1 EP01929510A EP01929510A EP1274627A1 EP 1274627 A1 EP1274627 A1 EP 1274627A1 EP 01929510 A EP01929510 A EP 01929510A EP 01929510 A EP01929510 A EP 01929510A EP 1274627 A1 EP1274627 A1 EP 1274627A1
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label
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station
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Detlef Duschek
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Meto International GmbH
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Checkpoint Systems International GmbH
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
    • B65C9/08—Label feeding
    • B65C9/10—Label magazines
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C1/00—Labelling flat essentially-rigid surfaces
    • B65C1/02—Affixing labels to one flat surface of articles, e.g. of packages, of flat bands
    • B65C1/021—Affixing labels to one flat surface of articles, e.g. of packages, of flat bands the label being applied by movement of the labelling head towards the article
    • B65C1/023—Affixing labels to one flat surface of articles, e.g. of packages, of flat bands the label being applied by movement of the labelling head towards the article and being supplied from a stack
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
    • B65C9/08—Label feeding
    • B65C9/12—Removing separate labels from stacks
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    • Y10T156/1763—Magazine stack directly contacting separate work
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • the invention relates to a device and a method for attaching a securing element for electronic article surveillance to a label, in particular to a bottle label.
  • Labels for electronic article surveillance are usually present as adhesive labels and are arranged on an endless carrier tape before they are applied to the articles to be secured or their packaging.
  • An endless carrier tape with securing elements has so far been offered and driven by the manufacturers in roll form. With the help of automatic or semi-automatic labeling devices, the securing elements are applied to the articles to be secured, the labeling process usually taking place directly in the department stores, where the articles are passed on to the end users.
  • the invention has for its object to inexpensively populate labels, in particular bottle labels, with security elements for electronic article security.
  • the device has individual stations which are successively run through: a removal station for labels, one label being removed from a stack of labels; an applicator station, in each of which at least one securing element is attached to the label; a storage station for the labels equipped with the securing elements, the labels being stored in a label stack.
  • stations of the device have essentially the same structure.
  • the stations are containers in which the labels or the securing elements are arranged in the form of stacks.
  • suction heads are provided which are subjected to partial or intermittent vacuum and which transport the labels or the labels with the securing elements from one station to the next station.
  • the uppermost or foremost label is removed from the storage station. The extraction is carried out by means of a suction head, which is connected to a vacuum source and a negative pressure prevails on the contact surface.
  • the suction head is led to the applicator station. On the way to the applicator station, the label is coated with adhesive in a selected area. At the applicator station, the uppermost or foremost securing element of the stack 8 comes into contact with the adhesive and remains in the area of the label coated with adhesive.
  • an alternative embodiment of the device according to the invention provides that the securing elements are individually glued one behind the other on a carrier tape.
  • the carrier tape with the securing elements is unwound from a storage roll, diverted via a dispensing edge on which the securing elements are lifted off the carrier tape; subsequently the carrier tape is rewound on a winding roll.
  • the dispensing edge is located in the immediate vicinity of the suction head. Therefore, the securing element comes into contact with the label, which is fixed on the support surface of the suction head, and subsequently adheres to it, since the adhesion to the label is greater than the adhesion to the carrier tape.
  • the object is achieved in that one label is removed from a stack of labels, at least one securing element is attached to the label, and the label fitted with the securing element is placed in a stack of labels.
  • the label after it has been removed from the stack of labels, is provided with an adhesive at least in a selected area, and that the securing element is glued into the area of the label provided with adhesive.
  • an alternative embodiment suggests that a security element with an adhesive coating is applied to the label after it has been removed from the stack of labels.
  • the intermediate process step is superfluous that an adhesive coating is applied to the label.
  • Labels in particular bottle labels, which are equipped with a securing element in accordance with the method according to the invention, are distinguished by the fact that securing elements are strip elements, resonant resonant circuits or acustomagnetic elements.
  • securing elements are strip elements, resonant resonant circuits or acustomagnetic elements.
  • identification elements with an integrated circuit and an antenna coil (RF / ID circuit) to be applied to the labels.
  • Such labels not only provide information as to whether a secured article is in the monitored area, but are also suitable for transmitting any information.
  • the label produced by the method according to the invention its front bears an imprint, while the securing element is applied to the back of the label.
  • the securing element can only be removed from the article by destroying the label.
  • articles can be protected even more effectively against theft.
  • source tagging is inexpensive because it can be performed largely automatically during the manufacture of the articles or their packaging.
  • FIG. 3 a top view of a securing element according to the invention.
  • 1 shows a schematic representation of a first embodiment of the device 1 according to the invention.
  • Three stations are provided tangential to the circular path described by the suction heads: the take-off station 4, the applicator station 5 and the storage station 6.
  • the stations 4, 5, 6 are stacks 7, 8, 9 of labels 2 , of securing elements 3 and of labels 2 with applied securing elements 3.
  • the labels 2; 3; 2, 3 are arranged in a container which is open at the front and are brought into the correct removal position via an automatic feed. In principle, such stations 7, 8, 9 are already well known from the area of labeling bottles.
  • a suction head 11 As soon as a suction head 11 reaches the position in which it faces the removal station 4, it is activated. Incidentally, the control of the suction air and the rotation of the rotary unit 10 take place by means of a regulating / control unit which is not shown separately in the drawing. As a result of the negative pressure, the foremost label 2 is pulled against the contact surface 18 of the suction head and fixed there. As the label 2 passes through the adhesive station 12, an adhesive is applied to a previously selected area. In order to specifically specify the area, a corresponding elevation 13 is provided at the gluing station, which in contact with the label 2 applies adhesive to the back of the label 2. The adhesive station 12 preferably executes a pivoting movement, as a result of which the adhesive is transferred to the label 2 during the rotation of the rotary unit 10.
  • a securing element 3 is placed in the area previously coated with adhesive.
  • the suction air is decoupled from the suction head 11.
  • the label 2 with the securing element 3 is released and pressed into the stack 9.
  • FIG. 2 shows a schematic illustration of a second embodiment of the device 1 according to the invention.
  • the securing elements 3 in the applicator station 5 are not arranged in a stack 8 but are transferred to the labels 2 via a dispensing device ,
  • the dispensing device is composed of a storage roll 16, a dispensing edge 17 and a winding roll 15. Securing elements 3 in the form of adhesive labels are applied to the carrier tape 14.
  • the securing elements 3 are lifted off the carrier tape 14 and come into contact with the label 2. Since the adhesion to the label 2 is greater than the adhesion to the carrier tape 14, which is e.g. B. is a silicone tape, the securing element 3 is applied to the pending at the applicator station 5 label 2.
  • a computing / regulating device controls the advance of the securing elements 3 or the rotation of the rotary unit 10.
  • the individual stations 4, 5, 6 are arranged on a circular path and are started by rotating the rotary unit 10 with the suction heads 11, the device according to the invention can also be used if the individual stations 4, 5, 6 eg are arranged linearly one behind the other.
  • FIG. 3 shows a plan view of a label 2 according to the invention with an applied securing element 3.
  • the label 2 bears a securing element 3 on the unprinted rear side.
  • the securing element 3 in the illustrated case is a so-called strip element, which is made of a soft magnetic material.
  • any other form of securing elements 3 can also be used for electronic article security to populate the labels 2 according to the invention. LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

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Abstract

The device (1) comprises individual stations, which are passed through in succession, and consisting of: a removal station (4) for labels (2), whereby one label (2) at a time is removed from a label stack (7); an application station (5), in which at least one securing element (3 is applied to the label (2), and of; a storage station (6) for the labels (2) provided with the securing elements (3), whereby said labels (2) provided with the securing elements (3) are placed in a label stack (9).

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VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM ANBRINGEN EINES SICHERUNGSELEMENTES AUF EINEM ETIKETTDEVICE AND METHOD FOR APPLYING A SECURING ELEMENT ON A LABEL
Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Anbringen eines Sicherungselements für die elektronische Artikelsicherung auf einem EtikettDevice and method for applying a securing element for electronic article surveillance to a label
Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung und ein Verfahren zum Anbringen eines Sicherungselements für die elektronische Artikelsicherung auf einem Etikett, insbesondere auf einem Flaschenetikett.The invention relates to a device and a method for attaching a securing element for electronic article surveillance to a label, in particular to a bottle label.
Etiketten für die elektronische Artikelsicherung liegen üblicherweise als Klebeetiketten vor und sind auf einem Endlos-Trägerband angeordnet, bevor sie auf die zu sichernden Artikel oder deren Verpackungen aufgebracht werden. Ein Endlos-Trägerband mit Sicherungselementen wird von den Herstellern bislang in Rollenform angeboten und ertrieben. Mit Hilfe von automatischen oder halbautomatischen Etikettiergeräten werden die Sicherungselemente auf die zu sichernden Artikel aufgebracht, wobei der Etikettiervorgang üblicherweise direkt in den Kaufhäusern erfolgt, wo die Artikel an die Endverbraucher weitergegeben werden.Labels for electronic article surveillance are usually present as adhesive labels and are arranged on an endless carrier tape before they are applied to the articles to be secured or their packaging. An endless carrier tape with securing elements has so far been offered and driven by the manufacturers in roll form. With the help of automatic or semi-automatic labeling devices, the securing elements are applied to the articles to be secured, the labeling process usually taking place directly in the department stores, where the articles are passed on to the end users.
Da die Anbringung der Sicherungselemente zeit- und damit auch kostenintensiv ist, wurde bereits mehrfach vorgeschlagen, die Sicherungselemente während der Fertigung in die zu sichernden Artikel oder deren Verpackungen zu integrieren. Diese Art der Artikelsicherung wird als Quellensicherung bezeichnet. Im Zusammenhang mit der Quellensicherung ist es bislang lediglich bekannt geworden, die Sicherungselemente auf einem endlosen Trägerband zur Verfügung zu stellen, einzeln von dem Trägermaterial abzulösen und in die Artikel oder deren Verpackungen einzufügen. Ein Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Endlosstreifens mit Sicherungselementen ist beispielsweise aus der EP 0 680 011 A2 bekannt geworden.Since the attachment of the securing elements is time-consuming and therefore also cost-intensive, it has been proposed several times to integrate the securing elements into the articles to be secured or their packaging during manufacture. This type of article backup is known as source backup. So far it has been in connection with source tagging only became known to provide the securing elements on an endless carrier tape, to separate them individually from the carrier material and to insert them into the articles or their packaging. A method for producing an endless strip with securing elements has become known, for example, from EP 0 680 011 A2.
Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, Etiketten, insbesondere Flaschenetiketten, kostengünstig mit Sicherungselementen für die elektronische Artikelsicherung zu bestücken.The invention has for its object to inexpensively populate labels, in particular bottle labels, with security elements for electronic article security.
Die Aufgabe wird hinsichtlich der Vorrichtung dadurch gelöst, daß die Vorrichtung einzelne Stationen aufweist, die sukzessive durchlaufen werden: eine Entnahmestation für Etiketten, wobei jeweils ein Etikett von einem Etikettenstapel entnommen wird; eine Applikatorstation, in der jeweils zumindest ein Sicherungselement auf dem Etikett angebracht wird; eine Speicherstation für die mit den Sicherungselementen ausgestatteten Etiketten, wobei die Etiketten in einem Etikettenstapel abgelegt werden.The object is achieved with regard to the device in that the device has individual stations which are successively run through: a removal station for labels, one label being removed from a stack of labels; an applicator station, in each of which at least one securing element is attached to the label; a storage station for the labels equipped with the securing elements, the labels being stored in a label stack.
Eine kostengünstige Ausgestaltung der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung sieht vor, daß die einzelnen Stationen der Vorrichtung im wesentlichen den gleichen Aufbau zeigen. Insbesondere handelt es sich bei den Stationen um Behältnisse, in denen die Etiketten bzw. die Sicherungselemente in Form von Stapeln angeordnet sind.An inexpensive embodiment of the device according to the invention provides that the individual stations of the device have essentially the same structure. In particular, the stations are containers in which the labels or the securing elements are arranged in the form of stacks.
Gemäß einer bevorzugten Ausgestaltung der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung sind Saugköpfe vorgesehen, die phasenweise bzw. intermittierend mit Unterdruck beaufschlagt werden und die die Etiketten bzw. die Etiketten mit den Sicherungselementen von einer Station zur nächsten Station transportieren. Gemäß einer ersten alternativen Ausgestaltung der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung wird das oberste bzw. das vorderste Etikett aus der Speicherstation entnommen. Die Entnahme erfolgt mittels eine Saugkopfes, der mit einer Vakuumquelle in Verbindung steht und an dessen Auflagefläche ein Unterdruck herrscht. Der Saugkopf wird zur Applikatorstation geführt. Auf dem Weg zur Applikatorstation wird das Etikett in einem ausgewählten Bereich mit Kleber beschichtet. An der Applikatorstation kommt das oberste bzw. das vorderste Sicherungselement des Stapels 8 mit dem Kleber in Kontakt und bleibt in dem mit Klebstoff beschichteten Bereich des Etiketts haften. Anschließend wird der Saugkopf und das mit dem Sicherungselement bestückte Etikett zur Ablagestation transportiert. Sobald das Etikett als oberstes bzw. vorderstes Etikett in den Stapel 9 eingefügt ist, wird die Saugluft abgeschaltet, so daß das Etikett, das mit einem Sicherungselement bestückt ist, freigegeben wird.According to a preferred embodiment of the device according to the invention, suction heads are provided which are subjected to partial or intermittent vacuum and which transport the labels or the labels with the securing elements from one station to the next station. According to a first alternative embodiment of the device according to the invention, the uppermost or foremost label is removed from the storage station. The extraction is carried out by means of a suction head, which is connected to a vacuum source and a negative pressure prevails on the contact surface. The suction head is led to the applicator station. On the way to the applicator station, the label is coated with adhesive in a selected area. At the applicator station, the uppermost or foremost securing element of the stack 8 comes into contact with the adhesive and remains in the area of the label coated with adhesive. Then the suction head and that with the securing element equipped label transported to the storage station. As soon as the label is inserted as the uppermost or foremost label in the stack 9, the suction air is switched off, so that the label, which is equipped with a securing element, is released.
Während im Falle der zuvor beschriebenen Ausgestaltung die Sicherungselemente in einem Stapel angeordnet sind und mittels eines Klebers auf die Etiketten übertragen werden, sieht eine alternative Ausführungsform der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung vor, daß die Sicherungselemente hintereinander auf einem Trägerband einzelnen aufgeklebt sind. Das Trägerband mit den Sicherungselementen wird von einer Speicherrolle abgewickelt, über eine Spendkante umgeleitet, an der die Sicherungselemente von dem Trägerband abgehoben werden; nachfolgend wird das Trägerband wieder auf einer Aufwickelrolle aufgewickelt.While in the case of the embodiment described above, the securing elements are arranged in a stack and are transferred to the labels by means of an adhesive, an alternative embodiment of the device according to the invention provides that the securing elements are individually glued one behind the other on a carrier tape. The carrier tape with the securing elements is unwound from a storage roll, diverted via a dispensing edge on which the securing elements are lifted off the carrier tape; subsequently the carrier tape is rewound on a winding roll.
Die Spendkante ist in unmittelbarer Nähe des Saugkopfes angeordnet. Daher kommt das Sicherungselement mit dem Etikett in Berührung, das auf der Auflagefläche des Saugkopfes fixiert ist, und bleibt nachfolgend an ihm haften, da die Adhäsion zu dem Etikett größer ist als die Adhäsion zu dem Trägerband.The dispensing edge is located in the immediate vicinity of the suction head. Therefore, the securing element comes into contact with the label, which is fixed on the support surface of the suction head, and subsequently adheres to it, since the adhesion to the label is greater than the adhesion to the carrier tape.
Die Aufgabe wird hinsichtlich des erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens dadurch gelöst, daß jeweils ein Etikett von einem Etikettenstapel entnommen wird, daß auf das Etikett zumindest ein Sicherungselement angebracht wird, daß das mit dem Sicherungselement bestückte Etikett in einem Etikettenstapel abgelegt wird.With regard to the method according to the invention, the object is achieved in that one label is removed from a stack of labels, at least one securing element is attached to the label, and the label fitted with the securing element is placed in a stack of labels.
Gemäß einer vorteilhaften Weiterbildung des erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens ist vorgesehen, daß das Etikett, nachdem es von dem Etikettenstapel entnommen worden ist, zumindest in einem ausgewählten Bereich mit einem Kleber versehen wird, und daß das Sicherungselement in den mit Kleber versehenen Bereich des Etiketts geklebt wird.According to an advantageous development of the method according to the invention, it is provided that the label, after it has been removed from the stack of labels, is provided with an adhesive at least in a selected area, and that the securing element is glued into the area of the label provided with adhesive.
Eine alternative Ausgestaltung schlägt vor, daß auf das Etikett, nachdem es von dem Etikettenstapel entnommen worden ist, ein Sicherungselement mit einer Klebebeschichtung aufgebracht wird. In diesem Fall erübrigt sich der zwischengeschaltete Verfahrensschritt, daß auf das Etikett eine Klebebeschichtung aufgebracht wird. Um das Verfahren kontinuierlich durchführen zu können, sieht eine vorteilhafte Weiterbildung des erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens vor, daß die Etiketten im wesentlichen auf einer Kreisbahn sukzessive von einer Station zur nächsten Station geführt werden.An alternative embodiment suggests that a security element with an adhesive coating is applied to the label after it has been removed from the stack of labels. In this case, the intermediate process step is superfluous that an adhesive coating is applied to the label. In order to be able to carry out the method continuously, an advantageous development of the method according to the invention provides that the labels are successively guided essentially from one station to the next station on a circular path.
Etiketten, insbesondere Flaschenetiketten, die nach dem erfindungsgemäßen Verfahren mit einem Sicherungselement bestückt sind, zeichnen sich dadurch aus, es sich bei Sicherungselementen um Streifenelemente, Resonanzschwingkreis oder akustomagnetische Elemente handelt. Selbstverständlich ist es auch möglich, daß sog. Identifizierungselemente mit einem integrierten Schaltkreis und einer Antennenspule (RF/ID Circuit) auf die Etiketten aufgebracht werden. Derartige Etiketten liefern nicht nur eine Aussage darüber, ob sich ein gesicherter Artikel im überwachten Raumbereich befindet, sondern sie sind dazu geeignet, jedwede beliebige Information zu übermitteln.Labels, in particular bottle labels, which are equipped with a securing element in accordance with the method according to the invention, are distinguished by the fact that securing elements are strip elements, resonant resonant circuits or acustomagnetic elements. Of course, it is also possible for so-called identification elements with an integrated circuit and an antenna coil (RF / ID circuit) to be applied to the labels. Such labels not only provide information as to whether a secured article is in the monitored area, but are also suitable for transmitting any information.
Gemäß einer bevorzugten Ausgestaltung des nach dem erfindungsgemäßen Verfahren gefertigten Etiketts, trägt seine Vorderseite einen Aufdruck, während das Sicherungselement auf die Rückseite des Etiketts aufgebracht ist. Nach dem Aufbringen des Etiketts auf einen Artikel, z.B. eine Flasche, kann das Sicherungselement von dem Artikel nur noch durch Zerstörung des Etiketts entfernt werden. Durch diese sog. Quellensicherung lassen sich Artikel noch wirkungsvoller gegen Diebstahl schützen. Darüber hinaus ist die Quellensicherung kostengünstig, da sie weitgehend automatisiert während der Fertigung der Artikel oder ihrer Verpackungen durchgeführt werden kann.According to a preferred embodiment of the label produced by the method according to the invention, its front bears an imprint, while the securing element is applied to the back of the label. After applying the label to an article, e.g. a bottle, the securing element can only be removed from the article by destroying the label. With this so-called source protection, articles can be protected even more effectively against theft. In addition, source tagging is inexpensive because it can be performed largely automatically during the manufacture of the articles or their packaging.
Die Erfindung wird anhand der nachfolgenden Figuren näher erläutert. Es zeigt:The invention is explained in more detail with reference to the following figures. It shows:
Fig. 1 : eine schematische Darstellung einer ersten Ausgestaltung der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung,1: a schematic representation of a first embodiment of the device according to the invention,
Fig. 2: eine schematische Darstellung einer zweiten Ausgestaltung der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung und2: a schematic representation of a second embodiment of the device according to the invention and
Fig. 3: eine Draufsicht auf ein erfindungsgemäßes Sicherungselement. Fig. 1 zeigt eine schematische Darstellung einer ersten Ausgestaltung der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung 1. Auf einer rotativen Einheit 10 (= Karussell) sind vier Saugköpfe 11 angeordnet, die bei Drehung der EiQieit 10 auf einer Kreisbahn umlaufen. Tangential zu der Kreisbahn, die von den Saugköpfen beschrieben wird, sind drei Stationen vorgesehen: die Abnahmestation 4, die Applikatorstation 5 und die Speicherstation 6. Bei den Stationen 4, 5, 6 handelt es sich um Stapel 7, 8, 9 von Etiketten 2, von Sicherungselementen 3 und von Etiketten 2 mit applizierten Sicherungselementen 3. Die Etiketten 2; 3; 2,3 sind in einem vorne offenen Behältnis angeordnet und werden über einen automatischen Vorschub in die korrekte Abnahmeposition gebracht. Im Prinzip sind derartige Stationen 7, 8, 9 aus dem Bereich der Etikettierung von Flaschen bereits bestens bekannt.3: a top view of a securing element according to the invention. 1 shows a schematic representation of a first embodiment of the device 1 according to the invention. Four suction heads 11 are arranged on a rotary unit 10 (= carousel) and rotate on a circular path when the egg 10 is rotated. Three stations are provided tangential to the circular path described by the suction heads: the take-off station 4, the applicator station 5 and the storage station 6. The stations 4, 5, 6 are stacks 7, 8, 9 of labels 2 , of securing elements 3 and of labels 2 with applied securing elements 3. The labels 2; 3; 2, 3 are arranged in a container which is open at the front and are brought into the correct removal position via an automatic feed. In principle, such stations 7, 8, 9 are already well known from the area of labeling bottles.
Sobald ein Saugkopf 11 die Position erreicht, in der er der Abnahmestation 4 gegenübersteht, wird er aktiviert. Die Steuerung der Saugluft und die Drehung der rotativen Einheit 10 erfolgen übrigens mittels einer in der Zeichnung nicht gesondert dargestellten Regel-/Steuereinheit. Infolge des Unterdrucks wird das vorderste Etikett 2 gegen die Auflagefläche 18 des Saugkopfes gezogen und dort fixiert. Während das Etikett 2 die Klebestation 12 passiert, wird in einen zuvor ausgewählten Bereich ein Kleber aufgetragen. Um den Bereich konkret vorzugeben, ist an der Klebestation eine entsprechende Erhebung 13 vorgesehen, die im Kontakt mit dem Etikett 2 Kleber auf die Rückseite des Etiketts 2 aufbringt. Vorzugsweise führt die Klebestation 12 eine Schwenkbewegung aus, wodurch der Kleber während der Drehung der rotativen Einheit 10 auf das Etikett 2 übertragen wird.As soon as a suction head 11 reaches the position in which it faces the removal station 4, it is activated. Incidentally, the control of the suction air and the rotation of the rotary unit 10 take place by means of a regulating / control unit which is not shown separately in the drawing. As a result of the negative pressure, the foremost label 2 is pulled against the contact surface 18 of the suction head and fixed there. As the label 2 passes through the adhesive station 12, an adhesive is applied to a previously selected area. In order to specifically specify the area, a corresponding elevation 13 is provided at the gluing station, which in contact with the label 2 applies adhesive to the back of the label 2. The adhesive station 12 preferably executes a pivoting movement, as a result of which the adhesive is transferred to the label 2 during the rotation of the rotary unit 10.
An der Applikatorstation 5 wird ein Sicherungselement 3 in dem zuvor mit Kleber beschichteten Bereich plaziert. An der Speicherstation 6 wird die Saugluft von dem Saugkopf 11 entkoppelt. Hierdurch wird das Etikett 2 mit dem Sicherungselement 3 freigegeben und in den Stapel 9 gedrückt.At the applicator station 5, a securing element 3 is placed in the area previously coated with adhesive. At the storage station 6, the suction air is decoupled from the suction head 11. As a result, the label 2 with the securing element 3 is released and pressed into the stack 9.
Die in Fig. 2 gezeigte Ausführungsform der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung ist mit vier Saugköpfen 11 und drei Stationen 4, 5, 6 ausgestattet. Es versteht sich von selbst, daß die Anzahl an Saugköpfen 11 ebenso wie die Anzahl an Stationen 4, 5, 6 erhöht werden kann, was die Kosten zwar in die Höhe treibt, andererseits aber höhere Fertigungsgeschwindigkeiten erlaubt. Fig. 2 zeigt eine schematische Darstellung einer zweiten Ausgestaltung der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung 1. Im Unterschied zu der in Fig. 1 gezeigten Ausgestaltung sind die Sicherungselemente 3 in der Applikatorstation 5 nicht in einem Stapel 8 angeordnet, sondern werden über eine Spendvorrichtung auf die Etiketten 2 übertragen. Die Spendvorrichtung setzt sich zusammen aus einer Speicherrolle 16, einer Spendkante 17 und einer Aufwickelrolle 15. Auf dem Trägerband 14 sind Sicherungselemente 3 in Form von Klebeetiketten aufgebracht. An der Spendkante 17 werden die Sicherungselemente 3 von dem Trägerband 14 abgehoben und kommen in Kontakt mit dem Etikett 2. Da die Adhäsion zu dem Etikett 2 größer ist als die Adhäsion zu dem Trägerband 14, bei dem es sich z. B. um ein Silikonband handelt, wird das Sicherungselement 3 auf das an der Applikatorstation 5 anstehende Etikett 2 aufgebracht.The embodiment of the device according to the invention shown in FIG. 2 is equipped with four suction heads 11 and three stations 4, 5, 6. It goes without saying that the number of suction heads 11 as well as the number of stations 4, 5, 6 can be increased, which increases the costs, but on the other hand allows higher production speeds. FIG. 2 shows a schematic illustration of a second embodiment of the device 1 according to the invention. In contrast to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the securing elements 3 in the applicator station 5 are not arranged in a stack 8 but are transferred to the labels 2 via a dispensing device , The dispensing device is composed of a storage roll 16, a dispensing edge 17 and a winding roll 15. Securing elements 3 in the form of adhesive labels are applied to the carrier tape 14. At the dispensing edge 17, the securing elements 3 are lifted off the carrier tape 14 and come into contact with the label 2. Since the adhesion to the label 2 is greater than the adhesion to the carrier tape 14, which is e.g. B. is a silicone tape, the securing element 3 is applied to the pending at the applicator station 5 label 2.
Damit die Übertragung der Sicherungselemente 3 in den ausgewählten Bereich der Etiketten 2 erfolgt, steuert eine in der Fig. 2 nicht gesondert dargestellte Rechen-/Regelvorrichtung den Vorschub der Sicherungselemente 3 bzw. die Drehung der rotativen Einheit 10.So that the transfer of the securing elements 3 into the selected area of the labels 2 takes place, a computing / regulating device (not shown separately in FIG. 2) controls the advance of the securing elements 3 or the rotation of the rotary unit 10.
Obwohl in den zeichnerisch dargestellten Ausführungsformen die einzelnen Stationen 4, 5, 6 auf einer Kreisbahn angeordnet sind und durch Drehung der rotativen Einheit 10 mit den Saugköpfen 11 angefahren werden, ist die erfindungsgemäße Vorrichtung ebenso gut einsetzbar, wenn die einzelnen Stationen 4, 5, 6 z.B. linear hintereinander angeordnet sind.Although in the embodiments shown in the drawings the individual stations 4, 5, 6 are arranged on a circular path and are started by rotating the rotary unit 10 with the suction heads 11, the device according to the invention can also be used if the individual stations 4, 5, 6 eg are arranged linearly one behind the other.
In Fig. 3 ist eine Draufsicht auf ein erfindungsgemäßes Etikett 2 mit applizier- tem Sicherungselement 3 zu sehen. Das Etikett 2 trägt auf der unbedruckten Rückseite ein Sicherungselement 3. Bei dem Sicherungselement 3 handelt es sich im dargestellten Fall um ein sog. Streifenelement, das aus einem weichmagnetischen Material gefertigt ist. Wie bereits an vorhergehender Stelle beschrieben, kann jedoch auch jede andere Form von Sicherungselementen 3 für die elektronische Artikelsicherung zur Bestückung der erfindungsgemäßen Etiketten 2 verwendet werden. Bezugszeichenliste3 shows a plan view of a label 2 according to the invention with an applied securing element 3. The label 2 bears a securing element 3 on the unprinted rear side. The securing element 3 in the illustrated case is a so-called strip element, which is made of a soft magnetic material. As already described in the preceding section, however, any other form of securing elements 3 can also be used for electronic article security to populate the labels 2 according to the invention. LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS
erfindungsgemäße Vorrichtungdevice according to the invention
Etikettlabel
Sicherungselementfuse element
Entnahmestationremoval station
Applikatorstationapplicator station
Speicherstationstorage station
Stapel mit Etiketten 2Stack of labels 2
Stapel von Sicherungselementen 3Stack of securing elements 3
Stapel von Etiketten 2 mit Sicherungselementen 3 rotative EinheitStack of labels 2 with securing elements 3 rotative unit
Saugkopfsuction head
Klebestationgluing station
Erhebungsurvey
Trägerband für die Sicherungselemente 3Carrier tape for the securing elements 3
Speicherrollestorage roll
Aufwickelrolleup roll
Spendkante dispensing edge

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1. Vorrichtung zum Anbringen eines Sicherungselements für die elektronische Artikelsicherung auf einem Etikett, insbesondere auf einem Flaschenetikett, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Vorrichtung (1) einzelne Stationen aufweist, die sukzessive durchlaufen werden: eine Entnahmestation (4) für Etiketten (2), wobei jeweils ein Etikett (2) von einem Etikettenstapel (7) entnommen wird, eine Applikatorstation (5), in der jeweils zumindest ein Sicherungselement (3) auf dem Etikett (2) angebracht wird, eine Speicherstation (6) für die mit Sicherungselementen (3) bestückten1. Device for attaching a security element for electronic article surveillance on a label, in particular on a bottle label, characterized in that the device (1) has individual stations which are successively passed through: a removal station (4) for labels (2), wherein one label (2) each is removed from a stack of labels (7), one applicator station (5), in each of which at least one securing element (3) is attached to the label (2), one storage station (6) for those with securing elements (3 ) equipped
Etiketten (2), wobei die Etiketten (2, 3) in einem Etikettenstapel (9) abgelegt werden.Labels (2), the labels (2, 3) being deposited in a label stack (9).
2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 , dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die einzelnen Stationen (4, 5, 6) im wesentlichen den gleichen Aufbau zeigen.2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the individual stations (4, 5, 6) show essentially the same structure.
3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß Saugköpfe (11) vorgesehen sind, die phasenweise mit Unterdruck beaufschlagt werden und die die Etiketten (2) bzw. die Etiketten (2) mit den Sicherungselementen (3) von einer Station (4; 5) zur nächsten Station (5; 6) transportieren.3. Apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that suction heads (11) are provided, which are sometimes subjected to negative pressure and which the labels (2) or the labels (2) with the securing elements (3) from a station ( 4; 5) to the next station (5; 6).
4. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, 2 oder 3 dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Saugköpfe (11) auf einer rotativen Einheit (10) angeordnet sind.4. Apparatus according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the suction heads (11) are arranged on a rotary unit (10).
5. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 , dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Sicherungselemente (3) in einem Stapel (8) angeordnet sind. 5. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the securing elements (3) are arranged in a stack (8).
6. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß zwischen dem Etikettenstapel (7) und Stapel (8) mit Sicherungselementen (3) eine Klebestation (12) vorgesehen ist, die einen ausgewählten Bereich des Etiketts (2), in den das Sicherungselement (3) appliziert wird, mit Klebstoff beschichtet.6. Apparatus according to claim 1 or 5, characterized in that between the label stack (7) and stack (8) with securing elements (3) an adhesive station (12) is provided, which a selected area of the label (2), in which the Security element (3) is applied, coated with adhesive.
7. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 , dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Sicherungselemente (3) auf ein Trägermaterial (14) aufgeklebt sind und über eine Spendkante (17) in dem ausgewählten Bereich der Etiketts (2) aufgebracht werden.7. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the securing elements (3) are glued to a carrier material (14) and are applied via a dispensing edge (17) in the selected area of the labels (2).
8. Verfahren zum Anbringen eines Sicherungselements für die elektronische Artikelsicherung auf einem Etikett, insbesondere auf einem Flaschenetikett, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jeweils ein Etikett (2) von einem Etikettenstapel (7) entnommen wird, daß auf das Etikett (2) zumindest ein Sicherungselement (3) angebracht wird, daß das mit dem Sicherungselement (3) ausgestattete Etikett (2) in einem Etikettenstapel (9) abgelegt wird.8. A method for attaching a securing element for electronic article surveillance on a label, in particular on a bottle label, characterized in that in each case one label (2) is removed from a stack of labels (7) that on the label (2) at least one securing element ( 3) is attached that the label (2) equipped with the securing element (3) is placed in a label stack (9).
9. Verfahren nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Etikett (2), nachdem es von dem Etikettenstapel (7) entnommen worden ist, zumindest in einem ausgewählten Bereich mit einem Kleber versehen wird und daß das Sicherungselement (3) in den mit Kleber versehenen Bereich des Etiketts (2) geklebt wird.9. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that the label (2), after it has been removed from the stack of labels (7), is provided at least in a selected area with an adhesive and that the securing element (3) in the with adhesive provided area of the label (2) is glued.
10. Verfahren nach Anspruch 8 oder 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß auf das Etikett (2), nachdem es von dem Etikettenstapel (7) entnommen worden ist, ein Sicherungselement (3) mit einer Klebebeschichtung aufgebracht wird. 10. The method according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that on the label (2) after it has been removed from the stack of labels (7), a securing element (3) is applied with an adhesive coating.
11. Verfahren nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Etikett (2) im wesentlichen auf einer Kreisbahn von einer Station (4; 5) zur nächsten Station (5; 6) geführt wird.11. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that the label (2) is guided substantially on a circular path from one station (4; 5) to the next station (5; 6).
12. Etikett, insbesondere Flaschenetikett, auf dem ein Sicherungselement gemäß dem Verfahren nach Anspruch 8 aufgebracht ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß es sich bei den Sicherungselementen (3) um Streifenelemente,12. label, in particular bottle label, on which a securing element is applied according to the method of claim 8, characterized in that the securing elements (3) are strip elements,
Resonanzschwingkreis oder akustomagnetische Elemente handelt.Resonant circuit or acustomagnetic elements.
13. Etikett nach Anspruch 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß es sich bei den Sicherungselementen (3) um einen integrierten Schaltkreis handelt, dem eine Antennenspule zugeordnet ist (RF/ID Circuit).13. Label according to claim 12, characterized in that it is in the security elements (3) is an integrated circuit to which an antenna coil is assigned (RF / ID circuit).
14. Etikett nach Anspruch 12 oder 13, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Vorderseite des Etiketts (2) einen Aufdruck trägt und daß das Sicherungselement (3) auf die Rückseite des Etiketts (2) aufgebracht ist.14. Label according to claim 12 or 13, characterized in that the front of the label (2) carries an imprint and that the securing element (3) is applied to the back of the label (2).
15. Etikett nach einem oder mehreren der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die mit den Sicherungselementen (3) bestückten Etiketten (2) in einem Etikettenstapel (9) zur Weiterverarbeitung, insbesondere zum Applizieren auf Flaschen, angeordnet sind. 15. Label according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the labels (2) equipped with the securing elements (3) are arranged in a label stack (9) for further processing, in particular for application to bottles.
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