(19)
(11) EP 4 793 185 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
07.10.2026 Bulletin 2026/41

(43) Date of publication A2:
19.08.2026 Bulletin 2026/34

(21) Application number: 26188815.0

(22) Date of filing: 20.11.2023
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B65C 9/22(2006.01)
B65C 9/42(2006.01)
 B65C 9/18(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
B65C 9/2256; B65C 9/42; B65C 2009/1834; B65C 9/1819
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

(30) Priority: 25.11.2022 IT 202200024309

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
23813862.2 / 4622882

(71) Applicant: ACMI Labelling S.r.l.
43058 Sorbolo (PR) (IT)

(72) Inventors:
  • LANFREDI, Sofia Paolo
    43058 Sorbolo (PARMA) (IT)
  • GAZZINI, Alessandro
    43058 Sorbolo (PARMA) (IT)
  • PEDERCINI, Maurizio
    43058 Sorbolo (PARMA) (IT)

(74) Representative: Conti, Marco 
Bugnion S.p.A. Via di Corticella, 87
40128 Bologna
40128 Bologna (IT)

   


(54) LABELLING APPARATUS AND METHOD


(57) A labelling apparatus (1) comprises: a feed roller (11); a gluing roller (12); a cutting roller (13), provided with a knife (130), and a transfer carousel (14), including a plurality of suction protrusion arrangements (140), angularly distributed along a periphery of the transfer carousel (14) and provided with corresponding recesses (140R). The transfer carousel (14) is adapted to receive a web (2) from the feed roller (11) in a loading zone (C), to keep the web (2) adherent to one or more of the suction protrusion arrangements (140) and to bring the labels (20) into contact with corresponding bottles (21), in an unloading zone (S). The transfer carousel (14) is also configured for interacting with the gluing roller (12) in a gluing zone (I) and with the cutting roller (13) in a cutting zone (T), where the rotations of the gluing roller (12), of the cutting roller (13) and of the transfer carousel (14) are synchronized so that the gluing roller (12) acts in conjunction with the suction protrusion arrangements (140) of the transfer carousel (14) to apply glue, and at least one knife (130) of the cutting roller (13) is inserted cyclically into the recesses (140R) of the suction protrusion arrangements (140) to cut the web (2) into labels (20).







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