Apparatus and method for attaching tags on articles

• Main Authors: MAEZAWA, HIDEYUKI, KIMURA, TETSUO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 24.01.1996
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; STORING; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TRANSPORTING

Apparatus for engaging an apertured tag (2) over the neck (3c) of a bottle (3), which includes an article-carrying means (11) for carrying a said article having a head portion (3a) in a predetermined direction, a tag-carrying means (40) disposed above the article-carrying means along the direction of carriage of the article and comprising two pairs of upper and lower moving belts (53,54), said pairs of belts being disposed respectively right and left of the tag-carrying means and inclined so that each of the belts has a starting position higher than the article and an end position of approximately the same height as a shoulder of the article. The peeled tag is carried synchronously with the carriage of the article by holding its side edges between the said belts, to thereby insert the head of the article into the aperture and attach the tag to the neck portion of the article.