Label Wrapping Assembly for Cable Adhesion Without Floating

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing label applicators may cause deformation of cables, leading to improper adherence of labels due to the center portion of the label floating off the cable during the wrapping process.

Innovation Solution

A label wrapping device with a conveying part, support part, insertion part, and pressing member to ensure the label adheres properly to an adherend by guiding and pressing the label during insertion and wrapping.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the cable is pressed against the label and the label is wrapped around the cable using the gripper assembly and puck assembly, then the label can be affixed to the cable, but the cable may become deformed and the center portion of the label may float off the cable

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvelabel affixation reliabilityVSAvoidcable shape stability

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The insertion part is configured to receive the cable and position it in a predetermined state before the label wrapping process begins. This preliminary positioning ensures the cable maintains its shape during subsequent operations, preventing deformation that would cause label floating.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The insertion part acts as an intermediary device between the cable and the label wrapping mechanism. It provides a stable receiving structure that holds the cable in place, mediating the interaction between the cable and the wrapping process to prevent both cable deformation and label floating.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If the cable is moved against the label and pressed between the two arm members, then the label can be wrapped around the cable, but the cable deformation causes the center portion of the label to float off

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvelabel wrapping efficiencyVSAvoidlabel center adhesion precision

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The insertion part pre-positions the cable in an optimal state before the wrapping operation, ensuring that when the label is applied, the cable remains stable and the label center adheres properly without floating off during the wrapping process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The insertion part provides localized support and constraint to the cable at the critical area where the label center will be applied. This localized stabilization ensures precise adhesion at the label center while allowing the wrapping process to proceed efficiently.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS12589904B2Label wrapping device including insertion part and wrapping part to wrap label around adherend inserted in insertion part

Publication Date: 2026.03.31 BROTHER KOGYO KK

AI summary

A label wrapping device includes a conveying part, a support part, an insertion part, a wrapping part, and a pressing member. The conveying part is configured to convey a label in a conveying direction. The label has one surface and an opposite surface opposite the one surface. The one surface is an adhesive surface. The support part is configured to support the opposite surface of the label guided by the conveying part. An adherend is insertable into the insertion part together with the label. The wrapping part is configured to wrap the label around the adherend inserted into the insertion part. The pressing member is configured to press the label against the adherend by contacting the opposite surface from at least one of an upstream side and a downstream side in the conveying direction during a course of the adherend being inserted into the insertion part together with the label.