Abstract: In a known bottle labeling machine having means for inking type and for contacting the type with a label for marking the label, there is provided an applicator for applying a label to a bottle without contacting the printed portion of the label. In addition a radiation source such as an ultraviolet lamp is provided adjacent the bottle path, the bottles being turned so that the labels, printed with an ultraviolet-sensitive ink, face the ultraviolet lamp.

Abstract: A process for decelerating the drive of a web-winding apparatus including a yardage counter for the wound web and a speedometer for the web to be wound, comprising setting a computer for the nominal length of the web which computer, on the basis of the nominal length and of the instantaneous web speed, causes the drive to slow down to a standstill with a preset degree of deceleration; comparing said degree of deceleration with two different curves of which one would result in the nominal length of the web being undershot while the other would result in its being overshot if either curve alone were effective after deceleration has been initiated; and by means of the computer resetting the degree of deceleration on the basis of said two curves and switching from one to the other whenever the instantaneous degree of deceleration indicates the nominal length would be undershot or overshot.

Abstract: In the cutting of a continuous web such as paper or cardboard into sheets employing a cross-cutting apparatus comprising conveyor rolls, a pair of parallel cross-knives and a sheet outfeeder, the improvement in the start-up or restarting of the apparatus which comprises moving the cross-knives to a position not interfering with the free passage of the web, starting the apparatus up by setting the conveyor rolls in rotation, and bringing the cross-knives into the cutting position only after the leading end of the web has been introduced in full web width into the sheet outfeeder.

Abstract: A system for the axial feed of air to one of two air nozzles (7, 7) which together are rotatable about a longitudinal center axis (4), comprising a housing (6) having a pair of stationary air feed ducts (10, 11) each of the ducts terminating in a thrusting surface (19) perpendicular to the longitudinal center axis of the air nozzle, a gasket retainer (21) spaced from the thrusting surface, a compressible gasket (20) between the thrusting surface and the gasket retainer, and a rotatable hollow journal (23) for carrying the air nozzles at its downstream end and at its upstream end being pressed against the gasket retainer.

Abstract: In a labelling machine for objects such as bottles, comprising a bottle carrier having turntables for the bottles, a support, label pick-up elements on said support, a label gripper cylinder with transfer members, drive means coupling the support and the gripper cylinder so as to drive the pick-up elements successively past a glue roller, label stack and the gripper cylinder, and means for rotating each turntable comprising a stationary or fixed cam groove 30, 31 and a cam follower 24,25 so that during transfer of a label from the gripper cylinder to a bottle there is substantial synchronism between the transfer members of the gripper cylinder and the bottle areas to which the labels are to be applied, the improvement wherein the stationary cam in the area of the gripper cylinder contains a second cam 26, 27 which is exchangeable with another cam 39 or which is displaceable by a control means 32-38 such that upon entry and departure of the cam follower into or out of the second cam, the second cam merges with

Abstract: In an apparatus for the continuous, uniform coating with a liquid coating material of a web passing over a counter roll, comprising an air-nozzle arrangement for the removal of excess coating material and the smoothing of the coating, said air-nozzle arrangement being rotatable about its longitudinal center axis, being disposed adjacent to the counter roll and comprising two slot nozzles disposed symmetrically about its longitudinal center axis and displaced 180 degrees relative to each other, each nozzle extending at least over the width of the web, and the two lips of each nozzle being seated on nozzle-lip holders mounted on the casing of the air-nozzle arrangement, the improvement which comprises imparting to the nozzle-lip holders an angular construction and mounting them on the casing in such a way that they can be positioned and adjusted in the direction of the nozzle-slot width; one of the nozzle-lip holders being of smaller cross section over its angled area than the other nozzle-lip holder; the nozzl

Abstract: In an apparatus for winding a web on a roll 7 supported by two driver rolls 1,2 and including a rider roll 8 bearing on the top of the web roll and mounted for vertical displacement in lateral guides 17, the improvement which comprises two further rider rolls 9 mounted on either side of the web roll and with their axes parallel thereto so that they make contact with the circumference of the web roll only after the latter has attained a predetermined diameter. A corresponding process is described.

Abstract: There is described an apparatus and a method for the foil-capping of bottles with a patch of metal foil having a point and an adhesive back, comprising(a) adhering each patch to the neck of a bottle by its central area with the upper area of the foil projecting above the bottle neck,(b) applying the laterally projecting patch ends so that they overlap one another,(c) folding down the area of each patch projecting above the bottle neck to the bottle side away from the patch point, and(d) simultaneously pressing down and smoothing the folded down patch area onto the top side and all about the circumferential margin adjacent thereto.A neater tear-free arrangement of the foil about the top and sides of the neck of the bottle results.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for the severing and reattachment of a web wherein the web is severed and the new head of the web so formed is attached to a core which is wound on two driven support rolls between which the web runs, includes the web being held to the circumference of one support roll by suction, severing the web downstream of the held portion when the web is in the held position condition, removing the finished roll, inserting a new core with a pressure roll and contact therewith and adhering the new head end of the web by previously applying an adhesive to either the head end of the web or the core and removing the suction as winding of the core is started.

Abstract: A folding-carton gluing machine comprising a machine frame, an inserter, conveying means for the flat carton blanks, a crossbeam on the frame, carton working tools slidably mounted on the crossbeam, means for adjusting the position of the tools relative to a blank, the tools being movable from a working position which they are to occupy in the machine into a position in which they are spaced from the working position, and a sliding table for a flat carton blank adapted to be moved under the tools when the latter are spaced from their working position.

Abstract: A stack (S) of sheets is formed on a downwardly moving platform (4), the stack being divided into portions (P) each consisting of a predetermined number of sheets. As each alternate portion is completed, that portion is gripped between two plates (5, 20) and moved horizontally so that it is offset relative to the portion next below it.A completed stack containing the required number of portions is separated from the rest of the stack by inserting a divider (40) at the desired position. The platform (4) is then moved to remove those portions below the divider and, at the same time, an auxiliary support (41) moves beneath the divider (40) to support the stack above. The completed stack is removed from the platform (4) which is then raised level with the support (41). The divider (40), support (41) and platform (4) move together so that the stack is again supported on the platform (4).

Abstract: In the affixing of strip label closures across the top and down the sides of a container wherein a strip label is coated with glue, held extended and at right angles to the axis of the container above its top whereby portions of the strip label overhang the top of the container, and the overhanging portions are pressed onto the opposed sides of the container, the improvement which comprises gripping the free ends of the strip label while the label is held extended over the top of the container, guiding the gripped ends over arcuate paths that are in the same plane as the axis of the container directly to the intended points of adhesion on the sides of the container, and thereafter effecting the pressing. A corresponding apparatus is described. Strip labels are thereby affixed more precisely and neatly.

Abstract: An apparatus for the unwinding of multiple webs which comprises an unwinding stand with bearing brackets for a plurality of web rolls and, preceding said stand, a storage medium for a plurality of web rolls, wherein the storage medium is preceded by an aligning apparatus which aligns each web roll with respect to its axial and angular positions and transfers it to a conveyor of the storage medium which carries it to the unwinding stand. The conveyor is provided with a plurality of holding cribs that are spaced apart the same distance as the bearing brackets and hold the web rolls transferred to them in their aligned position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a gluing apparatus for a labeling machine, consisting of a glue roller, a doctor blade adjustable with respect to the glue roller periphery and determining the thickness of the coat of glue to be applied, a glue feeder preceding the doctor blade in the direction of rotation of the glue roller, and a glue stripper which can be applied to the circumference of the glue roller. In accordance with the invention the glue stripper is disposed between the glue feeder and the doctor blade, and a hollow for the formation of a column of glue is disposed adjacent the cutting edge of the glue stripper.

Abstract: In the labeling of articles such as bottles by feeding the articles to a labelling machine having label pickup means, picking up labels from a label box, successively applying such labels to the articles, and periodically replacing the label box when empty with a full label box, the improvement which comprises replacing the empty label box during the time interval between successive label pickups without stopping the machine. An apparatus therefor includes two label boxes disposed alongside one another, guide means for the boxes so as to permit them to move together transversely to the direction in which labels are stacked in the boxes, and means permitting retracting and advancing in label stacking direction of that label box which is in active position.

Abstract: There is provided an adhesive tape for the joining of webs, comprising a first tape provided on both its faces with adhesive, second and third cover tapes adhering to the faces of the first tape, and adhesive on the outside of the second cover tape, the adhesive on the outside of the second cover tape being stronger than the adhesive on its inside. The joinder is made by securing the outside face of the second cover tape to a carrier bar, removing the third cover tape, adhering the exposed face of the first tape to the tail end of a first web, removing the second cover tape with carrier bar attached from the first tape which continues to adhere to the web, and then adhering the freshly exposed face of the first tape to the head end of a second web.

Abstract: In the affixing of neck labels and foils to bottles wherein precut labels and foils are picked up at a station and glue-coated, turned over, and pressed onto the bottles by their glue-coated surfaces, the improvement which comprises feeding each foil and its respective neck label to the pickup station in such a way that during the pickup the lower edge of the foil is covered by the upper edge of the neck label, and pressing both foil and neck label onto the bottle substantially simultaneously in a single operation. An apparatus therefor is provided.

Abstract: An apparatus for the withdrawal of flat carton blanks made of paperboard, boxboard or corrugated board from a stack located in back of a retaining mechanism, which comprises conveyor belts and belt guides disposed beneath the stack of blanks for the controlled withdrawal of the lowermost blank and, directly adjacent to such takeoff conveyor and driven in synchronism therewith, a conveyor for the onward transportation of the individually withdrawn blanks. The belts of the takeoff conveyor under the stack are carried downwardly at an acute angle relative to the belt guides starting in the vicinity of retaining mechanism and there is disposed below said conveyor belts, in the vicinity of said retaining mechanism an eccentrically mounted roll whose eccentric shaft is driven by a drive controlled in synchronism with the drive of the takeoff conveyor.

Abstract: A process for insertion of an accurately positioned second core tube provided along a generatrix with means for adhering the head end of a web into the wedge formed by two rotatable support rolls of a winding machine, and for ejection of a first tube supported by said support rolls and wound with said web comprising ejecting the first wound tube from the wedge to a position where it no longer contacts both support rolls, while ejecting the first tube displacing a second tube carrying means for adhesion to the web to a position adjacent said wedge, severing the web when the first tube reaches inoperative position, and discharging the second tube into the wedge so as to be rotated by the support rolls, the adhesion means on the second tube causing it to adhere the severed web thereto for winding on the rotating second roll.

Abstract: In a web feed section comprising a bottom feed roll, a top feed roll, and actuator means for adjusting the contact pressure between said rolls, the improvement wherein the actuator means includes a compression spring operatively connected with the top roll through a lever to transmit its force to the top roll, a disk cam for adjusting the initial stress in the spring, and levers for uncoupling the spring from the top roll when a roll is to be replaced.