Cutting mechanism for a thermal--Shrinking film labeling machine

• US 5,970,685 A
• Filed: 08/27/1997
• Issued: 10/26/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fu-Chuan Huang
• Original Assignee: Fu-Chuan Huang
• Inventors: Huang, Fu-Chuan
• Primary Examiner(s): KIM, EUGENE LEE
• Application Number:
  US08/918,105
• Time in Patent Office: 790 Days
• Field of Search: 53/389.3, 83/54, 83/607, 83/597, 83/639.5, 83/946, 83/639.1, 83/663, 156/556, 156/86
• US Class Current: 53/389.3
• CPC Class Codes: B26D 1/305 for thin material, e.g. for sheets, strips or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B26D 3/16 Cutting rods or tubes transversely cutting tubes longitudinally B26D3/001
• CPC Class Codes: B26D 3/164 characterised by means for supporting the tube from the inside
• CPC Class Codes: B65C 3/065 by placing tubular labels around the container applying preformed tubular sheathings of plastics in general B29C63/18; applying protective covers to closures B67B5/03
• CPC Class Codes: B65C 9/0065 Cutting tubular labels from a web
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/8798 With simple oscillating motion only
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/8812 Cutting edge in radial plane
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/9372 Rotatable type

Abstract

A cutting mechanism installed in a thermal-shrinking film labeling machine around a cylindrical guide shaft and controlled to cut a tubular thermal-shrinking film being sleeved onto the cylindrical guide shaft, including an annular mounting plate fixedly mounted around the cylindrical guide shaft; a plurality of cutting tool assemblies respectively mounted on the annular mounting plate and equiangularly spaced around the guide shaft, each cutting tool assembly including a rotary tool holder alternatively turned back and forth about an axis within a set angle, a double-edge cutting blade fixedly fastened to the rotary tool holder and turned with it to move over an annular groove around the cylindrical guide shaft in cutting off cut the tubular thermal shrinking film; and

driving means controlled to turn the rotary tool holder of each cutting tool assembly back and forth.

Claims

1. A cutting mechanism installed in a thermal-shrinking film labeling machine around a cylindrical guide shaft and controlled to cut a tubular thermal-shrinking film being sleeved onto said cylindrical guide shaft, comprising:

an annular mounting plate fixedly mounted around said cylindrical guide shaft below an annular groove extending around said cylindrical guide shaft;

a plurality of cutting tool assemblies respectively mounted on said annular mounting plate and equiangularly spaced around said guide shaft, each of said cutting tool assemblies comprising a rotary tool holder alternatively turned back and forth about an axis within a set angle, a double-edge cutting blade fixedly fastened to and turned by said rotary tool holder to move over said annular groove of said cylindrical guide shaft for cutting said tubular thermal shrinking film; and

driving means controlled to turn the rotary tool holder of each of said cutting tool assemblies back and forth.

2. The cutting mechanism of claim 1, wherein the rotary tool holder of each of said cutting tool assemblies is set to turn within 180°

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3. The cutting mechanism of claim 1, wherein the rotary tool holders of each two adjacent cutting tool assemblies are synchronously turned in reversed directions so that the double-edge cutting blades of each two adjacent cutting tool assemblies can act against each other.

4. The cutting mechanism of claim 1, wherein said driving means is an electronic type reciprocating control circuit device controlled to turn the rotary tool holder of each cutting tool assembly back and forth.

5. The cutting mechanism of claim 1, wherein said driving means comprises a hydraulic oil source, a hydraulic oil control valve controlled to deliver a hydraulic oil from said hydraulic oil source to said tool holder assemblies, a plurality of first pressure input/output connectors respectively mounted on said cutting tool assemblies for guiding in the hydraulic oil to turn the respective rotary tool holders in one direction, a plurality of second pressure input/output connectors respectively mounted on said cutting tool assemblies and disposed in communication with said first pressure input/output connectors for guiding in the hydraulic oil to turn the respective rotary tool holder in the reversed direction, and a plurality of hydraulic oil guide tubes respectively connected between said hydraulic oil control valve and the first pressure input/output connectors and second pressure input/output connectors of the rotary tool holders of said cutting tool assemblies.

6. The cutting mechanism of claim 1, wherein said driving means comprises a compressed air source, a compressed air control valve controlled to deliver a compressed flow of air from said hydraulic oil source to said tool holder assemblies, a plurality of first pressure input/output connectors respectively mounted on said cutting tool assemblies for guiding in the compressed flow of air to turn the respective rotary tool holders in one direction, a plurality of second pressure input/output connectors respectively mounted on said cutting tool assemblies and disposed in communication with said first pressure input/output connectors for guiding in the compressed flow of air to turn the respective rotary tool holder in the reversed direction, and a plurality of air guide tubes respectively connected between said compressed air control valve and the first pressure input/output connectors and second pressure input/output connectors of the rotary tool holders of said cutting tool assemblies.