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Patent US6508914 - Device for applying a pressure-sensitive label on a disk-shaped article - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsAn apparatus (1) for the accurate centrical placement of a self-adhesive label (12 e) onto a disk-shaped object (11), particularly a compact disk (11 a), comprising a first housing part (2) provided with a locating device (4) for the label (12 e), as well as a second housing part (3) provided with a...http://www.google.com/patents/US6508914?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6508914 - Device for applying a pressure-sensitive label on a disk-shaped articleAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS6508914 B1Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 09/331,454PCT numberPCT/CH1997/000485Publication dateJan 21, 2003Filing dateDec 30, 1997Priority dateDec 31, 1996Fee statusLapsedAlso published asCA2276359A1, CN1247513A, DE59703370D1, EP0950009A1, EP0950009B1, EP1081050A1, US20030070764, WO1998029313A1Publication number09331454, 331454, PCT/1997/485, PCT/CH/1997/000485, PCT/CH/1997/00485, PCT/CH/97/000485, PCT/CH/97/00485, PCT/CH1997/000485, PCT/CH1997/00485, PCT/CH1997000485, PCT/CH199700485, PCT/CH97/000485, PCT/CH97/00485, PCT/CH97000485, PCT/CH9700485, US 6508914 B1, US 6508914B1, US-B1-6508914, US6508914 B1, US6508914B1InventorsEdwin Schwaller, Andre SchwallerOriginal AssigneeDynosys AgExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (20), Referenced by (17), Classifications (13), Legal Events (5) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetDevice for applying a pressure-sensitive label on a disk-shaped articleUS 6508914 B1Abstract An apparatus (1) for the accurate centrical placement of a self-adhesive label (12 e) onto a disk-shaped object (11), particularly a compact disk (11 a), comprising a first housing part (2) provided with a locating device (4) for the label (12 e), as well as a second housing part (3) provided with a locating device (3 b) for the disk-shaped object (11), whereby the housing parts (2, 3) are connected with each other to swivel about a common swivel axis (C) and are conveyable from an open position into a closed position such that, in this closed position, the locating devices (3 b , 4) are placed in a position arranged to face one another and that, in this closed position, at least one of the two locating devices (3 b , 4) is movably arranged in the respective housing part to move in the direction toward the opposite locating device, in order to bring the disk-shaped object (11) into contact with the label (12 e). The labels (12 e) are adaptedly structured according to the apparatus (1).
The adhesive label can be structured to be inscribable and, for example, can consist of paper. The label is printable or rather inscribable particularly by means of an ink-jet printer or by means of a laser printer. The surface of a compact disk can be also directly printed, for example, by means of an ink-jet printer, whereby the used color is normally water-soluble. Under the term �label� of the compound label of the present invention, there is also to be understood a transparent lamination sheet for covering the compact-disk surface, whereby this transparent lamination particularly serves the purpose of protecting the water-soluble color deposited on the compact disk. Such a transparent-lamination label can be designed to be very thin or to have a high finish or gloss. Particularly for such a label it is of paramount importance that, in the course of placing the adhesive label onto the compact disk, no contact with fingers of the operator takes place. By virtue of the construction of the inventive compound label, such contact with the fingers of the operator is quite impossible.
FIG. 2b shows a perspective top semi-plan view of the apparatus 1 according to the invention. The label 12 e is placed, glued side up, upon the supporting surface 2 b of the first housing part 2. The locating device 4 structured as the spigot 4 f tenters the inner or inside circle of the adhesive label 12 e by means of the spring elements 4 a and thereby picks up the dimensional tolerances of the inner or inside circle. Such label 12 e is held by the spigot 4 f to extend concentrically and perpendicularly with respect to the axis A of the first housing part 2. Such spigot 4 f is positioned to be slightly movable in the radial direction relative to the axis A. In the second housing part 3, the compact disk 11 a is held by the locating device 3 b in a position extending concentrically and perpendicularly relative to a second axis B which is the axis of the second housing part 3. During sluing travel of the second housing part 3, actually the housing cover, about the swivel axis C, the two locating devices 3 b and 4 are brought nearer and nearer together, such that these locating devices 3 b and 4 are arranged�with said housing cover closed�in a position facing one another. This position can be also designated as the closed position.
FIG. 3 illustrates an axial section of the apparatus 1 in the locked position thereof. Locking means 7 are closed in this position. However, the closed position of the apparatus 1 will be also discussed in conjunction with FIG. 3. Such closed position differs from the locked position in that the locking means 7 are open. These locking means 7 are structured such that, in the case of the normal closed position, the locking means do not automatically lock. On the contrary, they remain open such that�subsequent to reaching the closed position without actuation of the locking means�the apparatus 1 can be brought back to the open position. However, the apparatus 1 transferred to the closed position can be brought into the locked position by manually actuating the locking means 7 in such a manner, that these locking means lock the apparatus 1 as depicted in FIG. 3. To simplify the showing of the latter, the compact disk 11 a as well as the label 12 e are not included in the apparatus illustrated in FIG. 3. The locating device 4 structured as the spigot 4 f has a determinate maximum stroke s which is determined by the guide aperture 2 e. The resilient membrane arrangement 3 a in the mid-portion of the second housing part or cover 3 is connected in the inner area to the locating device 3 b and in the outer area to the cover of the arched second housing part 3. The actuating device 5 structured as a press-button is movable within the second housing part 3 in the direction of the second axis B. Shortly before the second housing part 3 is completely closed or rather in the closed position, the cylinder-shaped centering plug 5 c moves into engagement with the centering recess 4 g of the spigot 4 f, so that the radial position of the latter is, if need be, corrected such that the first axis A and the second axis B assume a congruent course. The radial position of the label 12 e held by the locating device 4 is thereby accordingly altered. The section of the cylinder-shaped centering plug 5 c penetrating the spigot 4 f can be structured to be partially cone-shaped. After the second housing part 3 is brought into the closed position, the compact disk 11 a and the adhesive label 12 e are still interspaced in the direction of the axes A and B. By lightly pressing the second housing part 3 in said direction, the latter glides in said direction to the. first housing part 2, whereby a spring tension builds up. With the press-button 5 released, such spring tension allows the latter to glide back to the initial or home position. As a result of the displacement of the actuating device 5 in the direction of the first housing part 2, the cylinder-shaped centering plug 5 c penetrates further into the spigot 4 f, whereby the inner edge of the compact disk 11 a comes to rest upon the spigot 4 f and, during further lowering of the press-button 5, presses down the spigot 4 f until the CD lies planar upon the adhesive label 12 e resting on the supporting surface 2 b, so that the adhesive label 12 e is affixed to the CD in a concentric position relative to the latter. During this process, the two spring elements 4 a close-lying against the inner circle of the adhesive label 12 e likewise glide downwardly, so that the adhesive label 12 e lies planar, also in the area of the inner circle, upon the supporting surface 2 b, thereby ensuring that the label 12 e during the contact stage lies absolutely flat with respect to the CD. The compact disk 11 a extending concentrically relative to the adhesive label 12 e as well as parallel to the adhesive label 12 e is thus placed upon the latter, so that the adhesive label 12 e is affixed in the desired, precisely defined and recursively reproduceable position. Subsequent to the glueing process, the press-button 5 is released, whereupon the latter retracts to the initial position by virtue of the aforesaid spring tension. After that, the second housing part 3 is swivelled back to the open position, so that the compact disk 11 a retained in the locating device 3 b can be taken out.
FIG. 9c shows a plan view of a compound label 12 adapted to the apparatus 1 according to the invention and structured as an inscribable sheet 12 n. A label 12 e for a compact disk is punched into the compound label 12. Such compound label 12 comprises a carrier material 12 a (FIG. 9a) structured as a carrier foil, an inscribable label material 12 i shown in FIG. 9b and a not particularly illustrated adhesive which is uniformly, two-dimensionally distributed between the carrier foil 12 a and the label material 12 i. This label material 12 i comprises a free-punched label 12 e, a free-punched inner surface 12 g with inner circle 12 k, as well as two oppositely arranged free-punched grip tabs 12 h which are adjacent relative to the label 12 e and jutting out in radial direction. At least the surface 12 f of the label 12 e is inscribable with printing means, whereby the label material 12 i as well as the carrier material 12 a are structured planiform and flexible, so that the surface beyond an outer circle 120 of the label 12 e is inscribable, in order to make sure that the entire surface 12 f of the label 12 e is inscribable and does not have any uninscribable margins. The flexible structure renders possible a deflection of the compound label 12, as is required, for instance, in a laser printer. The carrier foil 12 a is structured commensurate with the label material 12 i and comprises two punched carrier-foil parts 12 b, which are free-punched with the exception of two holding bridges in each case. These cuts 12 m, not totally free-punched, could be also structured as predetermined or rated break lines 12 m in that such break lines comprise a perforation. The cut 12 m or rather the rated break line 12 m thereby extends section-wise in the circumferential direction of the label 12 e and jutting out beyond the peripheral edge 120. From the plan view of the compound label 12 in FIG. 9c there can be seen the mutual arrangement of the label material 12 i relative to the carrier foil 12 a arranged therebelow. The cuts or rather the rated break lines 12 m depicted by broken or dotted lines form a roundabout delimitation of the carrier tabs 12 b, whereby the grip tabs 12 h consisting of label material 12 i and the carrier tabs 12 b are mutually arranged such that the carrier tab 12 b lies partially on the grip tab 12 h and partially on the label 12 e. The carrier-foil part 12 b shown by a broken line connects the label 12 e with the grip tab 12 h, whereby the contour of the portion of the carrier-foil part 12 b beneath the grip tab 12 h is slightly smaller than the contour of the latter, so that the outer edge or border of the grip tab 12 h sticks to the surrounding carrier foil 12 a. By virtue of this structure there is ensured that, when printing the label 12 e, particularly when the sheet 12 n is guided about a deflection pulley in a printer, the grip tabs 12 h do not work loose and stand up. An inscribed or printed label 12 e is easily detached from the sheet 12 n in that the grip tabs 12 h are pressed upwards from below relative to the showing in FIG. 9c, whereupon the holding bridges 12 c break, and the label 12 e can be detached from the sheet 12 n. The self-adhesive surface of the label 12 e thus lies, with the exception of the carrier foil parts 12 b, free and separated from the carrier foil 12 a. The adhesive label 12 e, held face-and-back at the two grip tabs 12 h and with the sticky side up, is passed over the spigot 4 f of the first housing part 2 of the apparatus 1 and placed flat upon the supporting surface 2 b. The label 12 e is located such that the grip tabs 12 h protrude in the area of the respective recesses 2 c and are readily accessible. The grip tabs 12 h together with the remaining carrier-foil part 12 b are thereafter detached from the label 12 e by a cant-off movement and then easily peeled off, so that the label 12 e, as shown in FIG. 2b, lies in the apparatus 1 with the inscribed surface 12 f down and the sticky side up. The operator's fingers thus have no contact whatsoever with the sticky or adhesive side of the label 12 e. Each such label 12 e is thus clean and can be affixed without traces of finger marks. Furthermore, there are no more or less sticky fingers that could soil the inscribed compact disk when the latter is taken out, whereby, in particular, the laser-readable CD-side is very sensitive with respect to such soiling. The apparatus 1 according to the invention in combination with the adaptedly structured sheet 12 n with the compound labels 12 make it possible to inscribe a multitude of compact disks with accurately centered and clean labels 12 e. In a particularly advantageous embodiment, the compound label 12 illustrated in FIGS. 9a, 9 b and 9 c has no holding bridges 12 c and thus, relative to the carrier foil 12 a, a totally free-punched carrier-foil part 12 b. Such carrier-foil part thus comprises a continuous or traversing cut 12 m. Therefore, the label 12 e can be very easily detached from the carrier material 12 a, in that one of the two grip tabs 12 h is gripped and pulled up. The carrier-foil part 12 b adhering to the grip tab 12 h follows this draw-up movement and yanks off the label 12 e in the course of the succeeding movement, whereby towards the end of the peel-off process the opposite carrier-foil part 12 b is detached and, after that, the grip tabs 12 h sticking thereon are drawn off, so that the label 12 e detached from the carrier foil 12 a�similar as shown in FIGS. 9d and 9 e�is available to be placed in the apparatus 1 according to the invention.
The FIGS. 10a, 10 b and 10 c depict a further embodiment of a compound label 12 structured as an inscribable sheet 12 n. FIG. 10a shows the carrier material 12 a structured as a carrier foil, such carrier material comprising a punching realized as a cut 12 m or a rated break line 12 m, so that two carrier-foil parts 12 d with respective protruding grip tabs 12 b are punched out. FIG. 10b shows the label material 12 i from which a label 12 e is punched out. FIG. 10c shows a plan view of the compound label 12 structured as the sheet 12 n and as provided for printing. The cuts 12 m or rather the rated break lines 12 m of the carrier foil 12 d, 12 a, such cuts or break lines being underneath and represented mainly by circular broken lines comprise a slightly larger radius protruding beyond the peripheral edge of the label 12 e, so that the sheet 12 n is held together with the label 12 e, the carrier foil 12 a as well as the carrier-foil parts 12 d. Subsequent to the printing of the label 12 e, the inner surface 12 g is pressed out, whereby the inner circle of the carrier-foil parts 12 d as well as the inner circle 12 k of the label 12 e comprise, for better detaching, a cut 12 m or rather a pre-determined break line 12 m structured as a microperforation. The inner circle of the carrier-foil parts 12 d as well as the inner circle 12 k of the label 12 e can be arranged and structured to be congruent or, as shown in FIG. 10c, can have different radii. The label 12 e can be detached from the sheet 12 n together with the carrier-foil parts 12 d and then drawn over the locating device 4 of the apparatus 1 and placed�extending flat�upon the supporting surface 2 b. Thereafter, the protruding carrier-foil part 12 b of one of the carrier-foil parts 12 d is seized and drawn off and, thereafter, the protruding carrier-foil part 12 b of the other carrier-foil part 12 d is seized and drawn off, so that the sticky side is bare and the two housing parts 2 and 3 can be brought into the closed position thereof. The sheet 12 n can be provided in a standard size, for example, in format A4 or A5.
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