Patent ID: 7870882
Filing Date: 2011-01-18
Classification: B65C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Machine for forming labels and inserting bottles or containers into formed tubular labels of the type comprising a roundabout rotating around its vertical axis and supporting a plurality of plates rotating around their respective vertical axes and evenly distributed in a peripheral region of said roundabout, bottles or containers to be labelled supplied from conveyors are located on said plates, each plate being provided with an idle bell-shaped element for centering and restraining the bottle or container on the plate during the labelling step, further comprising an assembly for forming and transferring precut labels made of a reeled film wherein it comprises: said plurality of plates, each plate consisting of a tubular element whose side surface is provided with a plurality of holes connectable to vacuum means for establishing a negative pressure during the step of transferring a precut label and the step of winding said label on said tubular element on the plate; sealing means movable near the tubular plate along the overlapped ends of the precut label wound on said tubular plate; blowing means connectable to the plurality of holes on the side surface of the tubular plate for removing the tubular label from the tubular plate; means for lowering the tubular plate and the bottle or container supported on it into the tubular label, wherein the means for lowering the tubular plate are formed by an annular cam supporting a rotating shaft carrying the tubular plate; an additional cam driving the downward movement of the bell-shaped element overhanging the plate simultaneously with the downward movement of the tubular plate determined by the annular cam.