Patent ID: 9481123
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: B29C,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A labeling device ( 10 ) for a thermoforming system ( 100 ) comprising: a supply device ( 11 ) for at least one label reel ( 12 ) having a plurality of labels ( 1 ); a first cutting device ( 26 ) for separating each label ( 1 ) from the at least one label reel ( 12 ); a transfer device ( 45 ) for transferring each label ( 1 ) separated from the at least one label reel ( 12 ) to a mold ( 102 , 103 ) of a molding tool ( 101 ) for producing a container ( 80 ), wherein the molding tool ( 101 ) comprises several molds ( 102 , 103 ), and wherein all containers ( 80 ) can be produced in respective molds ( 102 , 103 ) in one manufacturing cycle by the molding tool ( 101 ), characterized in that the first cutting device ( 26 ) is assigned to multiple molds ( 102 , 103 ) of the molding tool ( 101 ) and a label feed device ( 35 ) is provided, said device feeding each label ( 1 ) separated from the at least one label reel ( 12 ) by the first cutting device ( 26 ) to transfer devices ( 45 ) of the molds ( 102 , 103 ), characterized in that the label feed device ( 35 ) is an endless rotating conveyor belt ( 36 ), and characterized in that a strand ( 37 ) of the conveyor belt ( 36 ) is aligned perpendicularly to horizontal and has at least one entraining cam ( 41 ) for each label ( 1 ), in that the conveyor belt ( 36 ) has a lower height (h) than the label ( 1 ) and in that the label ( 1 ) rests with an edge ( 43 ) in a region of the conveyor belt ( 36 ) on a base plate ( 42 ).