Patent Grant
9926095
This invention relates to a Reconfigured and Upgraded Component Parts for a Packaging Labeler Machine. Particularly this invention pertains to a can labelling machine. This invention relates to upgrades and reconfigurations in the labelling machine/apparatus for labelling cans or containers automatically and in continuous sequence. In this type of labeling machine the containers or other articles roll through the machine over a substantially horizontal track or bed where they pick up a label by means of an adhesive applied to the cylindrical side of the container after which the label is wrapped about the container and secured to the side of the container and at the opposite end of the label by a suitable adhesive. This invention relates to machines for applying labels to articles of cylindrical form and is designed primarily for placing labels on cans as they are conveyed through the machine over runways.
The Reconfigured and Upgraded Component Parts for a Packaging Labeler Machine anticipates both original equipment manufactured (OEM) and aftermarket installation for the device into various labelling machines as discussed below.
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A diligent patent search for other or similar devices was conducted. However, as far as known, there are no Improved Packaging Labeler Component Parts or the like. It is believed that this product and process are unique in their design and technologies.
Prior art related in this field is summarized as follows:
This invention is a set of reconfigured and upgraded component parts for a packaging labeler machine that facilitate quick set-up and changeovers. The labelling machines with these upgrades and reconfigurations anticipate essentially continuous operation with minimal down-time for maintenance and repairs and facilitate quick set-up and changeovers. Taught here are the ways to upgrade and reconfigure material handling and labelling of glass, plastic and can containers with more efficient maintenance and changeover of the labelling machines and other material handling devices.
The preferred embodiment is a set of upgrade and reconfigured components for a container labeling machine made of durable materials and essentially comprising: an adjustment knob block assembly with a lock knob and block components for adjusting the label bed; a locking system for key stock on the infeed and discharge shafts; a wheel and wheel hub positioning set with at least four movable yokes for positioning the wheels on the shafts; and a set of improved guide rails wherein the improvements can provide faster installation and repair as well as longer life with the improved durable materials. The preferred embodiments of the reconfigured and upgraded component parts for a packaging labelling machine are further described as follows:
The newly invented Reconfigured and Upgraded Component Parts for a Packaging Labeler Machine may be manufactured at low volumes by very simple means and in high volume production by more complex and controlled systems.
There are several objects and advantages of the Reconfigured and Upgraded Component Parts for a Packaging Labeler Machine. There are currently no known improvements in the container labelling industry that are effective at providing the objects of this invention.
The Improved Packaging Labeler Component Parts have the following advantages:
Finally, other advantages and additional features of the present Reconfigured and Upgraded Component Parts for a Packaging Labeler Machine will be more apparent from the accompanying drawings and from the full description of the device. For one skilled in the art of labelling machines, it is readily understood that the features shown in the examples with this product are readily adapted to other types of container handling and labelling machines, systems, and devices.
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate an embodiment of the Reconfigured and Upgraded Component Parts for a Packaging Labeler Machine that is preferred. The drawings together with the summary description given above and a detailed description given below serve to explain the principles of the Reconfigured and Upgraded Component Parts for a Packaging Labeler Machine. It is understood, however, that the Reconfigured and Upgraded Component Parts for a Packaging Labeler Machine is not limited to only the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown.
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The present development is Reconfigured and Upgraded Component Parts for a Packaging Labeler Machine for container material handling and labeling machines. Particularly this invention pertains to a can labelling machine. This invention relates to improvements in the labelling machine/apparatus for labelling containers automatically and in continuous sequence. In this type of labeling machine the containers or other articles roll through the machine over a substantially horizontal track or bed where they pick up a label by means of an adhesive applied to the cylindrical side of the container after which the label is wrapped about the container and secured to the side of the container or at the opposite end of the label by a suitable adhesive. This invention relates to machines for applying labels to articles of cylindrical form and is designed primarily for placing labels on cans as they are conveyed through the machine over runways.
The advantages for the Reconfigured and Upgraded Component Parts for a Packaging Labeler Machine are listed above in the introduction. Succinctly the benefits are that the upgraded components facilitate:
The preferred embodiment is a series of upgraded and reconfigured components for a container labeling machine made of durable materials and essentially comprising: an adjustment knob block assembly with a lock knob and block components for the label bed; a locking system for key stock on the infeed and discharge shafts; a wheel and wheel hub positioning set of at least four movable yokes for positioning the wheels; and a set of reconfigured guide rails wherein the improvements can provide faster installation and repair as well as longer life with the improved durable materials. The preferred embodiments of the Reconfigured and Upgraded Component Parts for a Packaging Labeler Machine are further described as follows:
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The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate an embodiment of the Reconfigured and Upgraded Component Parts for a Packaging Labeler Machine. The drawings together with the summary description given above and a detailed description given below serve to explain the principles of the Reconfigured and Upgraded Component Parts for a Packaging Labeler Machine. It is understood, however, that the Reconfigured and Upgraded Component Parts for a Packaging Labeler Machine are not limited to only the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown. Other examples of Reconfigured and Upgraded Component Parts for a Packaging Labeler Machine and uses are still understood by one skilled in the art of material handling and labelling machines for containers such as cans and jars etc. to be within the scope and spirit shown here.
The details mentioned here are exemplary and not limiting. Other specific components and matters specific to describing upgraded and reconfigured parts for a packaging labeling machine may be added as a person having ordinary skill in the field of material handling and labelling machines (for containers such as cans, jars etc.) and their uses well appreciates.
The Reconfigured and Upgraded Component Parts for a Packaging Labeler Machine have been described in the above embodiment. The manner of how the device operates is described below. One notes well that the description above and the operation described here must be taken together to fully illustrate the concept of the Reconfigured and Upgraded Component Parts for a Packaging Labeler Machine.
The Reconfigured and Upgraded Component Parts for a Packaging Labeler Machine operates somewhat similar to other machine components yet with higher durability for maintenance and easy quick changeover (some tool-less) for less downtime at repair and product changeover.
Many uses are anticipated for the Reconfigured and Upgraded Component Parts for a Packaging Labeler Machine such as with a Burt machine or others. Some examples, and not limitations, are shown in the following Table.
As one skilled in label machines understands, the scope and intent of these improved parts and components may well be used on other container processing and labelling machine. The Burt machine scenario is only one use.
With this description it is to be understood that the Reconfigured and Upgraded Component Parts for a Packaging Labeler Machine are not to be limited to only the disclosed embodiment of product. The features of the special Reconfigured and Upgraded Component Parts for a Packaging Labeler Machine are intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the description.
Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skills in the art to which these inventions belong. Although any methods and materials similar or equivalent to those described herein can also be used in the practice or testing of the present inventions, the preferred methods and materials are now described. All patents and publications mentioned herein, including those cited in the background of the application, are hereby incorporated by reference to disclose and describe the methods and/or materials in connection with which the publications are cited.
The publications discussed herein are provided solely for their disclosure prior to the filing date of the present application. Nothing herein is to be construed as an admission that the present inventions are not entitled to antedate such publication by virtue of prior invention. Further, the dates of publication provided may be different from the actual publication dates which may need to be independently confirmed.
Other embodiments of the invention are possible. Although the description above contains much specificity, these should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention, but as merely providing illustrations of some of the presently preferred embodiments of this invention. It is also contemplated that various combinations or sub-combinations of the specific features and aspects of the embodiments can be made and still fall within the scope of the inventions. It should be understood that various features and aspects of the disclosed embodiments can be combined with or substituted for one another in order to form varying modes of the disclosed inventions. Thus, it is intended that the scope of at least some of the present inventions herein disclosed should not be limited by the particular disclosed embodiments described above.
Thus the scope of this invention should be determined by the appended claims and their legal equivalents. Therefore, it will be appreciated that the scope of the present invention fully encompasses other embodiments which may become obvious to those skilled in the art and that the scope of the present invention is accordingly to be limited by nothing other than the appended claims, in which reference to an element in the singular is not intended to mean “one and only one” unless explicitly so stated, but rather “one or more.” All structural, chemical, and functional equivalents to the elements of the above-described preferred embodiment that are known to those of ordinary skill in the art are expressly incorporated herein by reference and are intended to be encompassed by the present claims. Moreover, it is not necessary for a device or method to address each and every problem sought to be solved by the present invention for it to be encompassed by the present claims. Furthermore, no element, component, or method step in the present disclosure is intended to be dedicated to the public regardless of whether the element, component, or method step is explicitly recited in the claims.
The terms recited in the claims should be given their ordinary and customary meaning as determined by reference to relevant entries (e.g., definition of “plane” as a carpenter's tool would not be relevant to the use of the term “plane” when used to refer to an airplane, etc.) in dictionaries (e.g., widely used general reference dictionaries and/or relevant technical dictionaries), commonly understood meanings by those in the art, etc., with the understanding that the broadest meaning imparted by any one or combination of these sources should be given to the claim terms (e.g., two or more relevant dictionary entries should be combined to provide the broadest meaning of the combination of entries, etc.) subject only to the following exceptions: (a) if a term is used herein in a manner more expansive than its ordinary and customary meaning, the term should be given its ordinary and customary meaning plus the additional expansive meaning, or (b) if a term has been explicitly defined to have a different meaning by reciting the term followed by the phrase “as used herein shall mean” or similar language (e.g., “herein this term means,” “as defined herein,” “for the purposes of this disclosure [the term] shall mean,” etc.). References to specific examples, use of “i.e.,” use of the word “invention,” etc., are not meant to invoke exception (b) or otherwise restrict the scope of the recited claim terms. Other than situations where exception (b) applies, nothing contained herein should be considered a disclaimer or disavowal of claim scope. Accordingly, the subject matter recited in the claims is not coextensive with and should not be interpreted to be coextensive with any particular embodiment, feature, or combination of features shown herein. This is true even if only a single embodiment of the particular feature or combination of features is illustrated and described herein. Thus, the appended claims should be read to be given their broadest interpretation in view of the prior art and the ordinary meaning of the claim terms.
As used herein, spatial or directional terms, such as “left,” “right,” “front,” “back,” and the like, relate to the subject matter as it is shown in the drawing FIGS. However, it is to be understood that the subject matter described herein may assume various alternative orientations and, accordingly, such terms are not to be considered as limiting. Furthermore, as used herein (i.e., in the claims and the specification), articles such as “the,” “a,” and “an” can connote the singular or plural. Also, as used herein, the word “or” when used without a preceding “either” (or other similar language indicating that “or” is unequivocally meant to be exclusive—e.g., only one of x or y, etc.) shall be interpreted to be inclusive (e.g., “x or y” means one or both x or y). Likewise, as used herein, the term “and/or” shall also be interpreted to be inclusive (e.g., “x and/or y” means one or both x or y). In situations where “and/or” or “or” are used as a conjunction for a group of three or more items, the group should be interpreted to include one item alone, all of the items together, or any combination or number of the items. Moreover, terms used in the specification and claims such as have, having, include, and including should be construed to be synonymous with the terms comprise and comprising.
Unless otherwise indicated, all numbers or expressions, such as those expressing dimensions, physical characteristics, etc. used in the specification (other than the claims) are understood as modified in all instances by the term “approximately.” At the very least, and not as an attempt to limit the application of the doctrine of equivalents to the claims, each numerical parameter recited in the specification or claims which is modified by the term “approximately” should at least be construed in light of the number of recited significant digits and by applying ordinary rounding techniques.
This application claims the benefit of United States Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62/136,497 filed Mar. 21, 2015 by Richard W. Sigler, Jr. and entitled “Improved Packaging Labeler Component Parts”.
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