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Machine And Method For Providing A Label Inside A Package Of A Product

Abstract: The present subject matter relates to a machine and method for providing a label inside a package of the product during the primary packaging of the product. In an embodiment, an integration component 206 integrates the label machine 202 and the flow wrap machine 204. During operation, web of packaging laminate passes from a wrapper supply roll 235 to a forming area 240 of the flow wrap machine 204 through one or more wrapper guiding rollers 244, 246 and rollers 260, 262, 264, 266, and 268 of the integration component 206. As the web of packaging laminate passes over the rollers 260, 262, of the integration component 206, the label dispenser 226 dispenses a label from the web of backing material onto a packaging laminate, which is then passed to the forming area and a cutting area for packaging the product with the label inside the package.

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Patent Information

Application #
Filing Date
28 November 2017
Publication Number
22/2019
Publication Type
INA
Invention Field
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Status
Email
iprdel@lakshmisri.com
Parent Application

Applicants

ITC LIMITED
ITC Limited, #18, Maruthiseva Nagar, Banaswadi Road, Bangalore-560005, India

Inventors

1. SARIN, Ayush
ITC Limited, #18, Maruthiseva Nagar, Banaswadi Road, Bangalore-560005, India
2. ANANDAKRISHNAN, Dinesh
ITC Limited, #18, Maruthiseva Nagar, Banaswadi Road, Bangalore-560005, India
3. YESHODA, Naresh Kumar
ITC Limited, #18, Maruthiseva Nagar, Banaswadi Road, Bangalore-560005, India

Specification

Claims:1. A machine (200) for providing a label inside a package of a product during primary packaging, the machine (200) comprises:
a label machine (202) comprising a labelling head (208) having one or more sensors (228, 230), and a label applicator (210), wherein the labelling head (208) includes a label supply roll (212) for providing a supply of a continuous web of backing material having labels affixed thereto and wherein the label machine (202) includes a first driving means for moving the continuous web of backing material along a label path from the label supply roll (212) to the label applicator (210) positioned along the label path downstream of the label supply roll (212);
a flow wrap machine (204) comprising a wrapper supply roll (236) for providing a continuous web of packaging laminate, a plurality of wrapper guiding rollers (244, 246, 248, 250, 252, 254), and a forming area (240) where packages are formed from the web of packaging laminate, wherein the flow wrap machine (204) includes a second driving means for moving the continuous web of packaging laminate along a wrapper path from the wrapper supply roll (238) to the forming area (240); and
an integration component (206) coupled to the label machine (202) and the flow wrap machine (204), wherein a plurality of rollers (260, 262, 264, 266, 268) are mounted on the integration component (206) and positioned below the label applicator (210),
wherein the integration component (206) is to allow a web of packaging laminate to move along the wrapper path from the wrapper supply roll (236) to the forming area (240) through the plurality of rollers (260, 262, 264, 266, 268) of the integration component (206), and wherein the label applicator (210) is to apply a label, dispensed by a label dispenser (226) of the labelling head from the web of backing material, onto the packaging laminate as it passes through one or more rollers (260, 262) of the plurality of rollers (260, 262, 264, 266, 268) mounted on a top side of the integration component (206).

2. The machine (200) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the machine (200) further comprises:
a rotary speed encoder (232); and
a control unit (270) for controlling the operation of the label machine (202) and the flow wrap machine (204) based on at least one of a signal from the rotary speed encoder (232) and signals from the one or more sensors (228, 230).

3. The machine (200) as claimed in claim 2, wherein the rotary speed encoder (232) is positioned in proximity to a roller (260) of the plurality of rollers (260, 262, 264, 266, 268) of the integration component (206), and wherein the rotary speed encoder (232) senses a linear speed at which the web of packaging laminate is moving along the wrapper path.

4. The machine (200) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the integration component (206) includes a mounting bracket (256) having two parallel frames (605, 610), and wherein the two parallel frames (605, 610) are mounted with at least four rollers (260, 262, 264, 266) of the plurality of rollers (260, 262, 264, 266, 268).

5. The machine (200) as claimed in claim 4, wherein the integration component (206) includes two parallel supporting arms (615, 620) connecting the mounting bracket (256) and the flow wrap machine (204), wherein a roller (268) is mounted on the two parallel supporting arms (615, 620).

6. The machine (200) as claimed in claim 5, wherein the integration component (206) further includes a supporting plate (625) mounted on the top side of the mounting bracket (256) and the web of packaging laminate passes over the supporting plate (625).

7. The machine (200) as claimed in claim 2, wherein the control unit (270) controls a speed at which the web of backing material is moving along the label path based on the linear speed sensed by the rotary speed encoder (232).

8. The machine (200) as claimed in claim 1, wherein a first sensor (228) and a second sensor (230) of the one or more sensors (228, 230) are disposed along the label path between the label supply roll (212) and the label applicator (210).

9. The machine (200) as claimed in claim 8, wherein the first sensor (228) detects a gap between two adjacent labels on the web of backing material and sends a signal to stop the operation of label machine (202) and the flow wrap machine (204) if the detected gap is more than a predetermined gap.

10. The machine (200) as claimed in claim 8, wherein the second sensor (228) senses whether a label is available on the web of backing material.

11. The machine (200) as claimed in claim 10, wherein the control unit (270) stops the operation of the flow wrap machine (204) and the label machine (202) if the label is not available on the web of backing material.

12. The machine (200) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the label dispenser (226) includes a peel plate to peel the label from the web of backing material when it is drawn over a peeling edge of the peel plate.

13. The machine (200) as claimed in claim 2, wherein the control unit (270) stops the operation of the label machine (202) when the control unit identifies that the flow wrap machine (204) is not operating and vice versa.

14. The machine (200) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the label applicator (210) attaches the label onto the packaging laminate.

15. The machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the product is a food product.

16. The machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first driving means and the second driving means are electric motors.

17. A method for providing a label inside a package of a product during primary packaging, the method comprising:
providing a continuous web of packaging laminate from a wrapper supply roll (236) of a flow wrap machine (204) to a forming area (240) where packages are formed from the packaging laminate, wherein the web of packaging laminate moves along a wrapper path from the wrapper supply roll (236) to the forming area (240) through one or more guiding rollers (144, 146), and a plurality of rollers (260, 262, 264, 266, 268) of an integration component (206) integrating the flow wrap machine (204) and a label machine (202);
providing from a label supply roll (212) of the label machine (202), a continuous web of backing material having labels affixed thereto, to a label applicator (210) of the label machine, wherein the web of backing material moves along a label path from the label supply roll (212) to the label applicator (210);
measuring a liner speed at which the web of packaging laminate is moving along the wrapper path;
synchronizing speeds at which the web of packaging laminate and the web of backing material moving along the wrapper path and the label path, respectively;
dispensing and applying a label on packaging laminate when the web of packaging laminate passes over one or more rollers (260, 262) mounted on a top side of the integration component (206), wherein the label is dispensed from the web of backing material when it is drawn over the label dispenser (226); and
controlling, by a control unit (270), the operation of the flow wrap machine (204) and the label machine (202) based on signals from at least one of one or more sensors (228, 230) disposed along the label path, and the rotary speed encoder (232).

18. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the controlling comprises stopping the operation of the flow wrap machine (204) if the label machine (202) is not operating and vice versa.

19. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the controlling comprises stopping the operation of the flow wrap machine (204) and the label machine (202) if a gap, detected by a first sensor (228) of the one or more sensors (228,230), between two adjacent labels on the web of backing material is more than a predetermined gap.

20. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the controlling comprises stopping the operation of the flow wrap machine (204) and the label machine (202) if a label is not available on the web of backing material, and wherein the availability of label is detected by a second sensor (230) of the one or more sensors (228, 230).
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Documents

Application Documents

# Name Date
1 201741042713-STATEMENT OF UNDERTAKING (FORM 3) [28-11-2017(online)].pdf 2017-11-28
2 201741042713-FORM 1 [28-11-2017(online)].pdf 2017-11-28
3 201741042713-DRAWINGS [28-11-2017(online)].pdf 2017-11-28
4 201741042713-DECLARATION OF INVENTORSHIP (FORM 5) [28-11-2017(online)].pdf 2017-11-28
5 201741042713-COMPLETE SPECIFICATION [28-11-2017(online)].pdf 2017-11-28
6 Abstract 201741042713.jpg 2017-11-29
7 201741042713-Proof of Right (MANDATORY) [10-01-2018(online)].pdf 2018-01-10
8 201741042713-FORM-26 [10-01-2018(online)].pdf 2018-01-10
9 Correspondence by Agent_Form26, Form1 Proof or Right_15-01-2018.pdf 2018-01-15
10 201741042713-FORM 18 [26-07-2021(online)].pdf 2021-07-26
11 201741042713-FER.pdf 2022-03-14

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