Water activated tape case sealers
A water activated tape system includes a tape roller, a water bottle, and a first wipedown mechanism. The tape roller is configured to dispense water activated tape. The water bottle is configured provide liquid to wet the water activated tape. The first wipedown mechanism is configured to press the water activated tape onto a carton. The first wipedown mechanism includes a first hinged arm, a first roller, disposed at a first end of the first hinged arm, a second hinged arm, and a second roller, disposed at a first end of the second hinged arm.
1 . A water activated tape system, comprising:
a tape roller, configured to dispense water activated tape;
a water bottle, configured to provide liquid to wet the water activated tape;
a conveyor belt, configured to convey a carton;
a first wipedown mechanism, configured to press the water activated tape onto the carton, wherein the first wipedown mechanism includes:
a first hinged arm,
a first roller, disposed at a first end of the first hinged arm,
a second hinged arm, and
a second roller, disposed at a first end of the second hinged arm;
an encoder coupled to the conveyor belt; and
a processor, configured to adjust a variable wipedown pressure for the first wipedown mechanism based on the encoder.
2 . The water activated tape system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to calculate a length of water activated tape applied to the carton.
3 . The water activated tape system of claim 2 , wherein the length of water of activated tape is calculated by measuring rotation of the tape roller.
4 . The water activated tape system of claim 3 , wherein rotation of the tape roller is determined via a second encoder disposed on the tape roller.
5 . The water activated tape system of claim 4 , wherein the second encoder is an optical encoder.
6 . The water activated tape system of claim 2 , wherein the length of water activated tape is calculated by measuring a length of the carton via a distance traveled by the carton.
7 . The water activated tape system of claim 6 , wherein the distance traveled by the carton is determined via the encoder.
8 . The water activated tape system of claim 1 , wherein a second end of the first hinged arm is pivotably coupled to a second end of the second hinged arm.
9 . The water activated tape system of claim 1 , wherein the first wipedown mechanism is configured to engage with a first corner of the carton, such that the first roller engages with a front face of the carton, and such that the second roller engages with a top face of the carton.
10 . The water activated tape system of claim 1 , further comprising a second wipedown mechanism, wherein the second wipedown mechanism is configured to engage with a second corner of the carton, such that a third roller engages with a front face of the carton, and such that a fourth roller engages with a bottom face of the carton.
11 . The water activated tape system of claim 1 , wherein the water bottle includes a sensor to determine a level of water in the water bottle.
12 . The water activated tape system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a biasing device coupled to the first wipedown mechanism; and
wherein the processer is further configured to adjust a biasing force of the biasing device to adjust the variable wipedown pressure.
13 . A water activated tape system, comprising:
a tape roller, configured to dispense water activated tape;
a water bottle, configured to provide liquid to wet the water activated tape;
a first wipedown mechanism, configured to press the water activated tape onto a carton;
a conveyor belt, configured to convey the carton,
a first encoder coupled to the conveyor belt; and
a processor, configured to:
determine physical information associated with the carton, wherein the physical information is a length of the carton, a distance traveled by the carton, or positional information for the carton; and
determine a variable wipedown pressure for the first wipedown mechanism based on the first encoder.
14 . The water activated tape system of claim 13 , wherein the physical information of the carton is used to calculate a length of water activated tape applied to the carton.
15 . The water activated tape system of claim 14 , wherein the processor compares the length of water activated tape applied to the carton to a threshold length.
16 . The water activated tape system of claim 15 , wherein responsive to the length of water activated tape applied to the carton exceeding the threshold length, sounding an alarm.
17 . The water activated tape system of claim 13 , wherein a length of water activated tape is calculated by measuring rotation of the tape roller via a second encoder coupled to the tape roller that applies the water activated tape to the carton.
18 . The water activated tape system of claim 13 , wherein the first wipedown mechanism includes:
a first hinged arm,
a first roller, disposed at a first end of the first hinged arm,
a second hinged arm, and
a second roller, disposed at a first end of the second hinged arm.
19 . A water activated tape system, comprising:
a tapehead having a tape roller configured to dispense water activated tape and apply the water activated tape to a carton;
a water bottle, configured to provide liquid to the tapehead to wet the water activated tape;
a first wipedown mechanism, configured to press the water activated tape onto the carton;
a first encoder coupled to the tape roller; and
a processor, configured to determine a length of tape dispensed based on the first encoder.