JPH11326029A - Label sticking device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a label sticking device by which an article can be conveyed smoothly and simultaneously, a label can be stuck exactly on a prescribed position of the article. SOLUTION: In a weighed-value sticking device 1 having a constitution of a supply conveyor 10, a weighing conveyor 20 and a sticking conveyor 30 arranged in series from the upstream side on the upper surface of the body 2, and a label sticking unit 40 arranged on an upper part of the sticking conveyor 30, a position fitting member 12 for fitting the position of one side of an article on the supply conveyor 10 in the width direction of the conveyor 10 to a first reference position (b), is installed on one side of the conveyor 10, and a guide member 44, abutting to the one side of the article on the sticking conveyor 30 and moving the side to a second reference position (d) nearer to the center than the first reference position (b) in the width direction of the conveyor 30, is installed on one side of the conveyor 30.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a label sticking apparatus used as a weighing and pricing apparatus and the like, and belongs to the label sticking technical field.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a backyard of a supermarket or a pack center for products for convenience stores, after measuring the weight of a product, the price of the product is determined from the weight and data such as unit price and tare weight set in advance. An automatic weighing and pricing device that calculates and issues a label on which the price and the like are printed and affixes the label to the product is used.
There is an apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 505/505.

As shown in FIG. 8, this apparatus comprises a first conveyor A, a second conveyor B, and a third conveyor C.
Are arranged in series, and the second conveyor B is
A weighing machine D for weighing the goods on the conveyor B is provided, and the weighing machine D is provided above the third conveyor C.
The label is printed with a price or the like calculated on the basis of the weight obtained in the above, and a label sticking machine E for sticking to a product on the conveyor C is arranged.

In this automatic weighing apparatus, the label attaching machine E is used to guide the article to a predetermined position in the width direction of the conveyor so that the label can be correctly attached to the predetermined position of the article. Are disposed over the first to third transport conveyors A to C, so that the article can be moved on the third transport conveyor C with respect to the label attaching machine E. It passes in the positional relationship of. In this case, when an article is transferred from the second conveyor B to the third conveyor C, an article detection sensor provided on the second conveyor B detects the tip of the article and sends a signal to the controller. ,
By controlling the timing of the operation of the label applying machine E based on the signal, the label can be correctly attached at a predetermined position in the feed direction of the article.

The distance between the guide members F, F is the second
The conveying conveyor B is widened so that the article does not contact the guide members F while passing over the second conveying conveyor B. This is because the guide members F, F
Is supported on both sides of the automatic weighing device, and the load is not applied to the weighing machine D. Therefore, when an article comes into contact with the guide members F, F, a weighing error occurs.

[0006]

When the above-described guide member is used, a pair of left and right guide members F,
The interval of F needs to be changed each time according to the width of each article. In this case, if the width is too narrow, when the articles are transferred from the second conveyor B to the third conveyor C, the articles are likely to be clogged in the portions where the widths of the guide members F, F are narrow. At the same time, if the width is too wide, the disturbance of the posture when the goods are transferred between the first and second conveyors A and B and between the second and third conveyors B and C is not corrected. Therefore, the position where the label is attached is not regulated properly.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a label sticking apparatus in which an article can be smoothly transported and a label can be correctly attached to a predetermined position of the article.

[0008]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is characterized in that it is configured as follows.

First, the invention according to claim 1 of the present application (hereinafter referred to as the invention)
A first invention) is a supply conveyor, a pasting conveyor disposed downstream of the supply conveyor, and a label pasting machine disposed above the pasting conveyor and pasting a label on an article on the conveyor. And a positioning means for aligning one side of an article on the conveyor in the width direction of the conveyor with a predetermined first reference position on one side of the supply conveyor. One side of the attachment conveyor is in contact with the one side of the article on the conveyor, and the side is attached to the first side.
A guide means is provided for moving to a second reference position closer to the center in the conveyor width direction than the reference position.

The invention according to claim 2 (hereinafter referred to as the second invention) is characterized in that, in the label sticking apparatus according to the first invention, the first and second labels are aligned by the positioning means in the supply conveyor and the guide means in the sticking conveyor. The side surfaces of the article that are respectively aligned with the two reference positions are side surfaces that serve as references when setting the label sticking position by the label sticking machine.

The invention according to claim 3 (hereinafter referred to as a third invention) is characterized in that, in the label sticking apparatus of the first invention, the weight of the article being conveyed between the supply conveyor and the sticking conveyor. A weighing conveyor for weighing is provided, and the label pasting machine is configured to issue a label printed with a price or the like calculated based on the weight obtained by the weighing conveyor and to stick the label on the article. It is characterized by the following.

With the above configuration, the following effects can be obtained according to the present invention.

According to the label sticking apparatus of the first invention, when an article is conveyed by the supply conveyor, the conveyor width on one side of the article is adjusted by the positioning means provided on one side of the conveyor. After the position in the direction is aligned with the predetermined first reference position and the article is delivered to the sticking conveyor, the side surface of the article is guided by guide means provided on one side of the sticking conveyor. At this time, since the second reference position is set closer to the center in the conveyor width direction than the first reference position by the positioning means of the supply conveyor, the supply conveyor is guided. After the alignment in the above, even if the posture of the article is disturbed before it is delivered to the pasting conveyor, the side surface of the article on the pasting conveyor is at the predetermined second reference position. It will be truly aligned.

Therefore, when a label is attached to an article by the label applicator on the attaching conveyor, the label is always correctly attached to a predetermined position of the article.

Further, since the guide means is provided only on one side of the sticking conveyor, the distance between the two guide members is set to be equal to the width of each of the goods as in the case of correcting the posture of the goods by a pair of left and right guide members. It is not necessary to change each time according to the requirements, and when the goods are transferred from the supply conveyor to the pasting conveyor because the width is too narrow, the goods are jammed in the narrowed part of both guide members. Nothing.

According to the label sticking apparatus of the second invention, the side surfaces of the article are aligned with the first and second reference positions by the positioning means in the supply conveyor and the guide means in the sticking conveyor, respectively. However, at this time, even if the size of the item changes, the label is placed from the side of the item because the side surface of the item is used as a reference when setting the position where the label is applied by the label application machine. It will always be correctly pasted at a fixed distance.

Further, according to the label sticking apparatus of the third invention, since the weighing conveyor is interposed between the supply conveyor and the sticking conveyor, the weight of the articles delivered from the supply conveyor is measured. The weighing operation to be performed and the label attaching operation for attaching a label on which the price calculated based on the weight is printed to the article are continuously performed.

Therefore, the weighing operation and the label attaching operation are performed only by the label attaching device.

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. In this embodiment, the label sticking apparatus according to the present invention is applied to a weighing and valuing apparatus.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the weighing apparatus 1 includes a supply conveyor 10, a weighing conveyor 20, and a sticking conveyor 30 on an upper surface of a main body 2 from an upstream side (a left side in a side view of FIG. 1). Are arranged in series, and a label attaching unit 40 is arranged above the attaching conveyor 30.

The supply conveyer 10 is constituted by a roller conveyer having a large number of rollers 11 arranged on a conveying surface. And these rollers 11 ... 11
Although not shown, they are configured to rotate in the same direction all at once by driving a motor installed therein.
Thus, the article placed on the transport surface is transported from the upstream side to the downstream side (the direction of arrow a).

On one side of the upper surface of the main body 2, a position in the conveyor width direction of one side surface of the article placed on the conveying surface of the supply conveyor 10 along the conveying direction is defined as a first reference position b ( (See FIG. 3)
2 and a guide member 13 for guiding the article to the positioning member 12 are provided on the other side. These alignment member 12 and guide member 13 are configured so that their positions can be adjusted.

The rollers 11... Are arranged clockwise with respect to the width direction of the conveyor so that the articles placed on the conveying surface of the supply conveyor 10 flow in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. Have been.

On the other hand, the weighing conveyor 20 has a configuration in which a transport conveyor 21 is placed on a weighing machine 22.
The articles placed on the transport conveyor 21 are transported from the upstream side to the downstream side (in the direction of arrow a) by the driving of a motor (not shown) provided inside, and at the same time the weight is measured. It is weighed by the machine 22. Note that sensors 23 are provided on both sides of the upper surface of the main body 2 on the downstream side of the weighing conveyer 20 to detect articles conveyed by the weighing conveyer 20.

Although not shown, the attached conveyor 30 is driven by a motor installed therein, so that the articles placed on the conveyor 30 are conveyed from the upstream side to the downstream side (in the direction of arrow a). It has become.

Then, a label sticking unit 40 arranged above the sticking conveyor 30 is attached to a support member 41 erected on the upper surface of the main body 2. The unit 40 includes a label printer 42 and a sticking machine 43.

On the side of the upper surface of the main body 2 upstream of the adhering conveyer 30, on the side where the positioning member 12 is provided, a predetermined amount c from the first reference position b is set at the center of the conveyer width direction. A guide member 44 is provided at the second reference position d, which is in contact with and guides the one side surface of the article. The guide member 44 has an inclined portion 44a and a linear portion 44b having a gentle angle α toward the center in the width direction of the conveyor from the upstream side to the downstream side,
The position is adjustable.

Further, as shown in FIG.
The data of the weight value of the article from 2 and the signal of detecting the tip of the article from the sensors 23 and 23 are sent to the controller 45, so that the label printer 42 prints the price and the like based on the data and the signal. After the label is issued, the label is delivered to the sticking machine 43 and is attached to a predetermined position of an article passing below the sticking portion 43a of the sticking machine 43.

Next, the operation of the weighing and pricing apparatus 1 according to this embodiment will be described.

As shown in FIG. 5, first, an article X is placed on the transport surface of the supply conveyor 10 by an operator's hand.

The article X is conveyed along the rollers 11... 11 of the supply conveyor 10 as indicated by a two-dot chain line, and the side surface X1 of the article X is moved by the positioning member 12 to the first reference position. It is delivered to the weighing conveyor 20 in a state where it is aligned with the position b (see FIG. 3).

Further, the article X is stored in the measuring conveyor 20.
While being conveyed, the weight is weighed and delivered to the pasting conveyor 30. At this time, the item X
Is sent to the controller 45 (see FIG. 4). The weight data and the signal output from the sensors 23, 23 when the tip of the article X passes between the sensors 23, 23 are sent.

Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the article X is
On the way of being conveyed by this pasting conveyor 30,
The corner portion X2 of the article X is the inclined portion 44 of the guide member 44.
a, the side surface X1 of the article X is conveyed while being guided by the inclined portion 44a and the linear portion 44b of the guide member 44, and the side surface X1 is aligned with the second reference position (see FIG. 3). Passes under the pasting section 43a of the pasting machine 43.

At this time, the label Y on which the price or the like is printed from the label printer 42 is transferred to the sticking machine 43, and is passed through the sticking section 43a of the sticking machine 43 as shown in FIG. The label X is located at a position separated by a predetermined amount e from the side surface X1 of the X and a predetermined amount f from the front surface X3.
Pasted in.

According to the weighing and pricing apparatus 1, the second reference position d is set closer to the center in the conveyor width direction by a predetermined amount c than the first reference position b by the positioning member 12 of the supply conveyor 10. Therefore, even if the position of the product X is disturbed before the product X is transferred to the pasting conveyor 30 after being aligned by the supply conveyor 10, the side surface X of the product X is guided by the guide member 44 on the pasting conveyor 30.
1 is reliably aligned with the second reference position d.

Therefore, when the label Y is pasted on the article X by the label pasting machine 43 on the pasting conveyor 30, the label Y is always correctly adhered to a predetermined position of the article X.

Since the guide member 44 is provided only on one side of the adhering conveyor 30, the product X
It is not necessary to change the distance between the two guide members each time according to the width of each item, as in the case of correcting the posture with a pair of left and right guide members, and this width is too narrow and the paste conveyor from the supply conveyor When the article is delivered to the user, the article does not get clogged in the narrow portion of both guide members.

Further, since the side surface X1 of the item X is used as a reference when setting the label attaching position by the label attaching machine 43, the size of the item X is, for example, as shown in FIG.
The label Y is always correctly affixed to the position away from the side surface X1 of the article X by a predetermined amount even if it changes like the two-dot chain line shown by.

Further, in the weighing / valuing apparatus 1, since the weighing conveyor 20 is interposed between the supply conveyor 10 and the attaching conveyor 30, the weight of the article X transferred from the supply conveyor 10 is measured. The weighing operation to be performed and the label attaching operation for attaching the label Y on which the price calculated based on the weight is printed to the article X are continuously performed.

[0040]

As described above, according to the label sticking apparatus of the first invention, after the goods are positioned at the first reference position by the supply conveyor and before they are transferred to the sticking conveyor. Even if the posture of the article is disturbed, the side of the article is securely aligned with the predetermined second reference position on the sticking conveyor, so that the label is placed on the sticking conveyor by the label sticking machine at the predetermined position of the article. Can always be attached correctly.

Further, since the guide means is provided only on one side of the adhering conveyor, the distance between the two guide members is set to be equal to the width of each article as in the case of correcting the posture of the article by a pair of left and right guide members. It is not necessary to change each time in accordance with the requirements, and when the width is too narrow and the goods are transferred from the supply conveyor to the pasting conveyor, the goods are clogged in the narrow part of both guide members. Since there is no label, the label can be continuously attached to the item regardless of the size of the item.

Further, according to the label sticking apparatus of the second invention, since the side surface of the article is used as a reference when setting the label sticking position by the label sticking machine,
Even if the size of the item changes, the label can always be correctly applied at a position away from the side surface of the item by a predetermined amount.

According to the label sticking apparatus of the third aspect of the present invention, since the measuring conveyor is interposed between the supply conveyor and the sticking conveyor, a series of transfer processes from the supply conveyor to the sticking conveyor are performed. Since the weighing operation of the article and the operation of attaching the label to the article are performed, the label can be efficiently attached to the article.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an entire weighing and pricing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the entire device.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 4 is a system diagram showing control of a controller.

FIG. 5 is a plan view illustrating the operation of the weighing and pricing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a plan view illustrating the operation of the same device.

FIG. 7 is a plan view illustrating an article to which a label is attached by the device.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing the entirety of a conventional automatic weighing and pricing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 weighing / valuing device (label pasting device) 10 supply conveyor 12 positioning member (positioning means) 20 measuring conveyor 30 pasting conveyor 40 label pasting unit (label pasting machine) 44 guide member (guide means) b 1 reference position d 2nd reference position X goods

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A supply conveyor, a pasting conveyor disposed downstream of the supply conveyor, and a label pasting machine disposed above the pasting conveyor and pasting a label on an article on the conveyor. A labeling apparatus having positioning means for aligning a position of one side surface of an article on the conveyor in a width direction of the conveyor with a predetermined first reference position on one side of the supply conveyor. At the same time, one side of the pasting conveyor is in contact with the one side surface of the article on the conveyor, and the side surface is shifted from the first reference position to a second reference position closer to the center in the width direction of the conveyor. A label sticking apparatus characterized by comprising means. 2. A side surface of an article which is respectively aligned with a first reference position and a second reference position by a positioning means in a supply conveyor and a guide means in a sticking conveyor,
2. The side surface serving as a reference when setting a label attaching position by a label attaching machine.
The label sticking apparatus according to 1. 3. A weighing conveyor for measuring the weight of the article being conveyed is provided between the supply conveyor and the attaching conveyor, and the labeling machine calculates based on the weight obtained by the weighing conveyor. The label sticking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the label sticking apparatus is configured to issue a label printed with the set price or the like and stick the label on the article.