Labeler and a labeling method for labeling plastic bottles in a blow mold, in particular in a rotary blow molder

US8871135B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KRONES AG · DE

Inventors

• Wolfgang Hausladen · Mötzing, DE
• Christian Popp · Kreßbronn, DE
• Werner Britten · Riegelsberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 14, 2011
• Grant date: Oct 28, 2014
• Expiry date: Jan 19, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B29C2949/3092
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A labeler for in-mold labeling of plastic bottles as well as to a labeling method for use of the labeler, including that a transfer star wheel and a transfer device of the labeler move the preforms and the labels in a transfer region towards one another in such a way that a respective label is only affixed to a circumferential subarea of a perform. In this manner, the label can be inserted in the blow mold in a particularly fast and reliable manner and excessive stretching of the label during blow molding can be avoided.