Fuji Seal International, Inc.

Koji Arima

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Takuji Sawamura

Akira Uetsuki

Takato Sonoda

Daisuke Yabe

A film-fitting device includes a cutting mechanism that cuts a label-forming medium into a predetermined length, a film transfer mechanism that transfers downstream a tubular film arranged around a mandrel, and a shot roller that receives the tubular film transferred by the film transfer mechanism and delivers the tubular film downstream while rotating the tubular film in the circumferential direction. The distance from the cutting mechanism to the shot roller and the distance from the film transfer mechanism to the shot roller are both greater than the length of the tubular film formed by the cutting. Further, rotational drive of the shot roller is carried out by an independent servo motor or stepping motor.

Film-fitting device

A heat shrinking apparatus for a shrink film, which can uniformly heat shrink a shrink film covering a part of a whole of an article and can prevent adherence of water droplets on the surface of the article and the shrink film. The heat shrinking apparatus may include a heat treatment chamber installed so as to surround a transfer conveyor for transferring a bottle on which cylindrical label has been fitted, and heating means that heats the cylindrical label fitted on the bottle passing through the heat treatment chamber. The heat treatment chamber may include an external tunnel and an internal tunnel installed in a preheating zone, and an external tunnel and an internal tunnel installed in a main heating zone. The heating means includes preheating means that preliminarily heats and softens the cylindrical label fitted on the bottle passing through the interior of the internal tunnel, and main heating means that uses superheated steam to heat shrink the cylindrical label fitted on the bottle passing through the interior of the internal tunnel.

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Itami, Japan

Koji Arima