Patent ID: 8695670
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: B31D,B65H,G09F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A label sheet manufacturing device for manufacturing a label with a fold and wherein the label is detachably attachable to a backing sheet, the label sheet manufacturing device comprising: a label supply unit configured to supply a planar label along a direction of supply; a label holding unit configured to attract and hold, at an attract and hold position, the label supplied from the label supply unit, the label holding unit including a holding board comprised of a pair of divided bodies divided at a line and oriented parallel to the direction of supply, and further including end portions, each end portion residing at an end of a respective divided body facing the other end portion, and having an end surface that extends from its associated divided body to a position above its associated divided body; an air cylinder unit supported on a base and connected to the label holding unit; a label folding unit configured and operable to fold the label to define a protruding portion of the label which protrudes from a back surface side of the label to a front surface side of the label in a general chevron shape defining both one side surface and the other side surface of the label with an apex defining a border between the one and the other side surfaces, and to fold the label to also define a respective outer end portion projecting from a base portion of each side surface of the label, and each end portion is joined to the respective side surface by a bent portion of the label; a backing sheet conveyance unit configured to move a backing sheet to an attaching position where a folded label may be temporarily attached to the backing sheet; a temporary attaching unit at the backing sheet at the attaching position of the conveyance unit and at the folding unit, the temporary attaching unit configured and operable for temporarily attaching the folded label to a receiving region of the backing sheet; a support board that supports the backing sheet as it is moved; and wherein the backing sheet conveyance unit is configured to move the backing sheet relative to and between the temporary attaching unit and the support board, and wherein the backing sheet conveyance unit comprises a strip form backing sheet conveyance mechanism operable and configured to move the backing sheet away from the temporary attaching unit by engaging the backing sheet at a location outside the receiving region, wherein the attract and hold position and the attaching position are vertically spaced from one another, and wherein the air cylinder unit is oriented to transfer the label holding unit from the attract and hold position to the attaching position in an oblique direction to reliably avoid interference with the label supply unit.