JPH0710145A - Weighing, packing, and pricing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the treating action after stop of actuation in packing and pricing sections by means of an emergency stop. CONSTITUTION:This device is provided with a packing motion controller 33 for packing section having a containing conveyor and a lifter mechanism and a transfer conveyor, and a pricing motion controller 34 for a printer section, a sticking arm and a printer transfer mechanism and further, provided with a packing motion stop signal controller 31 outputting the stop signal of packing motion to the packing motion controller 33 when an emergency stop switch 22 is put on, a pricing motion stop signal controller 32 outputting the stop signal or pricing motion to the pricing motion controller 34 when an emergency stop switch 22 is put on, and an instructor 11a of the motion in the pricing section to discontinue the output signal from the pricing motion stop signal controller 32.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a weighing / packing device for weighing merchandise, packaging the weighed merchandise, and attaching a label to the packaged merchandise.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Weighing and packaging pricing devices consist of a weighing section for weighing the weight of a product, a packaging section for packaging the product with a film or the like, a printing section for printing the pricing information of the product on a label, and this printing section. The printed label is attached to the product packaged by the packaging unit, and the pricing unit includes a pasting unit.
The printing unit creates pricing information from the weighing data obtained by the weighing unit and the product information of the product, and issues a label.The packaging unit wraps the product after the weighing, and the sticking unit Affix the issued label to the packaged product.

For example, the packaging unit and the pricing unit each have a transport mechanism for transporting a weighed product from the weighing unit and a transport mechanism for transporting a packaged product from the packaging unit. A mechanism for conveying the film, a mechanism for wrapping the product with the film, a mechanism for cutting the film at the end of the packaging, and the like are provided. Further, the pricing unit is provided with a mechanism for holding the label, a mechanism for moving the held label to a product pasting position, and the like. And each mechanism is drive-controlled by each control part provided in the packaging part and the pricing part, or the control part provided independently.

In general, the weighing and packaging and pricing device is provided for the operator to take an emergency measure such as manually removing the product in the device when the product is not normally packed in the packing section. , An emergency stop switch is provided.

When the emergency stop switch is input, the operations of all the mechanisms of the packaging unit and the pricing unit are forcibly stopped, and other input operations are performed unless the operation of releasing the emergency stop switch is performed. Is disabled and all the mechanisms of the packaging unit and the pricing unit are controlled so as not to operate.

[0006] After the treatment such as removing the commodities is completed and a preset release operation of the emergency stop switch is performed, the stopped state of each mechanism of the packaging unit and the pricing unit is released.

For example, as shown in the block diagram of the functional configuration of FIG. 6, when the emergency stop switch 1 is turned on, a signal indicating the on state of the emergency stop switch 1 is input to the stop signal control unit 2. .

Then, a stop signal is sent from the stop signal control unit 2 to the packaging operation control unit 3 for driving and controlling each mechanism of the packaging unit and the pricing operation control unit 4 for driving and controlling each mechanism of the pricing unit. After being output, the packaging operation control unit 3 and the priced operation control unit 4 stop the operation of each mechanism by the stop signal.

Next, when the emergency stop switch 1 is turned off, the output of the signal indicating the ON state of the emergency stop switch 1 to the stop signal controller 2 is stopped.

Then, the output of the stop signal from the stop signal control unit 2 to the packaging operation control unit 3 and the pricing operation control unit 4 is stopped, and the packaging operation control unit 3 and the pricing operation control unit 4 are stopped.
Cancels the operation stop of each mechanism.

[0011]

By the way, as described above, in the conventional weighing and packaging apparatus, when the emergency stop switch 1 is turned on, the drive of each mechanism of the packaging unit and the pricing unit is stopped. However, depending on the position of the mechanism of the pricing unit when the product is stopped, it may be an obstacle to removing the products in the device.

In particular, Japanese Patent Application No. Hei 5 years 1 filed by the present applicant
No. 4223, the attaching mechanism of the pricing unit moves to the position of the product conveyed from the wrapping unit and attaches the issued label to the conveyed product. There is a risk that the product will stop on the transport path of the product from that, and in that case, the pasting mechanism becomes an obstacle on the transport path, and it is possible to remove the product in the packaging section located at the transport start position in the back of the transport path. It gets harder.

Further, when the emergency stop switch 1 is released, all the mechanisms of the packaging unit and the pricing unit become operable, so that, for example, the operator cannot insert his or her hand into the packaging unit, I can't get the goods out of the department.

That is, in the conventional weighing and packaging device,
When the operation of the packaging unit and the pricing unit is stopped by the emergency stop switch, there is a problem that depending on the stop position of the mechanism of the pricing unit, it interferes with the procedure such as removing the product from the packaging unit.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a weighing and packaging price applicator which can facilitate the treatment performed after the operation of the packaging unit and the pricing unit by the emergency stop switch is stopped.

[0016]

The present invention provides a weighing section for weighing the weight of a product, a packaging section for packaging the product weighed by the weighing section with a film or the like, printing price information of the product on a label, In a weighing and packaging pricing device consisting of a pricing unit that attaches this label to products packaged in the packaging unit, a packaging control unit that controls the packaging operation of the packaging unit and a pricing unit that controls the pricing operation of the pricing unit. A control unit, an emergency stop switch for forcibly stopping the packaging operation and the pricing operation, and a packaging stop signal output means for outputting a packaging stop signal to the packaging control unit when the emergency stop switch is operated, When the emergency stop switch is operated, a priced stop signal output means for outputting a priced stop signal to the priced control section, and a preset operation,
A priced stop canceling means for stopping the output of the priced stop signal from the priced stop signal output means is provided.

[0017]

In the present invention having such a structure, when the emergency stop switch is operated, the packaging stop signal is output from the packaging stop signal output means to the packaging control section, and the value-added stop signal output means outputs the value-added stop signal. It is output to the pricing control unit. Therefore, the packaging control unit stops the packaging operation of the packaging unit and the pricing control unit suspends the pricing operation of the pricing unit.

When a preset operation is performed, the output of the value-added stop signal from the value-added stop signal output means is stopped. Therefore, the control of the pricing operation of the pricing unit by the pricing control unit is restarted, and only the pricing unit can be operated. Therefore, it is possible to move the pricing unit that interferes with the treatment at the time of emergency stop.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, the present invention is applied to an automatic weighing and packaging pricing device 10, FIG. 1 is a perspective view of this automatic weighing and packaging pricing device 10, and FIG. 2 is this automatic weighing and packaging pricing device. It is a side view of 10.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a key display section composed of a keyboard for inputting data such as a product number of a product and a display device for displaying priced information and the like regarding the product. Although not shown, the keyboard of the key display portion is provided with ten keys, a product number key, a tray key, a tension key, a cut length key, a sponge key, and the like.

An opening is formed in an upper and lower two-stage structure at the substantial center of the automatic weighing and packaging and pricing device 10. The lower part is a product supply part 12, and the product before packaging is the product supply part 12. It is supposed to be placed on top of.

The product supply unit 12 is provided with a product sensor (not shown) for detecting a placed product,
When the product is detected by the product sensor, the weight of the product is measured by the measuring unit 13 provided below the product supply unit 12 and including a load cell and a signal amplifier (not shown). When this weighing is completed, the product is conveyed to the inside of the automatic weighing / packaging device 10 by the storage conveyor 14.

Inside the automatic weighing and packaging and pricing device 10, there is provided a packaging section having a lifting mechanism 15, and the products conveyed by the storage conveyor 14 are lifted up by the lifting mechanism 15. , One of the packaging films 16a and 16b having different width dimensions is used for packaging.

The packaged product is conveyed to the sticking position 18 by a sending conveyor 17 composed of a sponge member or the like. On the right side of the pasting position 18, a printer unit 19 which prints and issues price-added information created on a label by inputting a product number from the keyboard of the key display unit 11 and weighing data from the weighing unit 13. The printer unit 19 is provided with a printer moving mechanism 20 provided at a lower portion of the printer unit 19 in a direction (arrow P direction) orthogonal to a conveying direction of the product from the packaging unit to the sticking position 18. To move to.

The printer section 19 is provided with a label issuing port 19a for ejecting the printed and issued label. The label ejected from the label issuing port 19a is conveyed to the attaching position 18 by the attaching arm 21. It can be attached to other products.

The sticking arm 21 sucks a label by a suction operation and releases the label by stopping the suction operation, and an arm 21b for supporting the label holding section 21a with the label suction surface always facing downward. And the label issuing port 1 of the printer unit 19
9a is fixed to the front surface, and when the printer unit 19 is moved by the printer moving mechanism unit 20, the printer unit 9 is conveyed together with the printer unit 19. Further, the arm 21b is connected to the printer unit 19
A motor (not shown) provided in the case allows the motor to rotate within a predetermined rotation angle.

An emergency stop switch 22 is provided on the front right side of the automatic weighing and packaging device 10. When the emergency stop switch 22 is pressed once, it is turned on and the on state is held, and when it is pressed again, it is turned off and the off state is held.

The printer section 19 and the sticking arm 21 constitute a pricing section.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the functional arrangement of the essential parts of the automatic weighing and packing apparatus 10.

The signal indicating the ON / OFF state output from the emergency stop switch 22 is a packaging operation stop signal control unit 31 as a packaging stop signal output means and a value-added operation stop signal control as a value-added stop signal output means. The data is input to the section 32. The packaging operation stop signal control unit 31
When the on-state signal from the emergency stop switch 22 is input, the storage conveyor 14 and the lifting mechanism 15
A wrapping operation stop signal is output to the wrapping operation control section 33 as a wrapping control section that controls the wrapping operation of the wrapping section and the feed conveyor 17 having the above. When the ON-state signal from the emergency stop switch 22 is input, the value-added operation stop signal control unit 32 is a value that controls the value-added operation of the printer unit 19, the sticking arm 21, and the printer moving mechanism 20. The value-added operation stop signal is output to the value-added operation controller 34 as the value-added operation controller.

When the wrapping operation stop signal is input from the wrapping operation stop signal control section 31, the wrapping operation control section 33 controls the storage conveyor 14, the wrapping section having the elevating mechanism 15 and the feed conveyor 17. When the packaging operation is stopped and the value-added operation stop signal is input from the value-added operation stop signal controller 32, the price-added operation controller 34 receives the printer section 19, the sticking arm 21, and the printer moving mechanism. The pricing operation of 20 is stopped.

The value-adding section operation instructing section 11a is provided in the key display section 11, and when an input operation is performed in the value-adding section operation instructing section 11a while the emergency stop switch 22 is turned on, the value-adding section operation instructing section 11a A stop release signal is output from the section operation instructing section 11a to the priced operation stop signal control section 32, and at the same time, a priced section operation instruction signal is output to the priced operation control section 34.

The priced operation stop signal control section 32 stops the output of the priced operation stop signal to the priced operation control section 34 when the stop release signal is input from the priced section operation instructing section 11a. To do. The priced operation control section 34 receives the priced operation instruction signal from the priced operation instruction section 11a when the input of the priced operation stop signal from the priced operation stop signal control section 32 is stopped. Then, the operation control of the printer unit 19, the sticking arm 21, and the printer moving mechanism 20 is performed based on the input value-added operation instruction signal.

FIG. 4 shows the flow of the emergency stop switch process performed when the emergency stop switch 22 is turned on.

First, the packaging operation stop signal control unit 31 is controlled to output a packaging operation stop signal to the packaging operation control unit 33. Next, the priced operation stop signal control unit 32 is controlled to output the priced operation stop signal to the priced operation control unit 34.

Then, the emergency stop switch process is terminated.

FIG. 5 shows a flow of the value-added section operation instruction process performed after the above-described emergency stop switch process is completed.

First, it is determined whether or not the movement operation of the price attaching unit is input depending on whether the input operation is performed on the price attaching unit operation instructing unit 11a.

If the movement operation of the pricing unit is not input, this price portion operation instruction processing is ended, and if the movement operation of the pricing unit is input, the pricing operation stop signal control unit. By controlling 32, the output of the value-added operation stop signal from the value-added operation stop signal controller 32 to the value-added operation controller 34 is stopped to release the stop signal (value-added stop release means).

Next, the value-added operation instruction signal is sent to the value-added operation control section 34 based on the input operation in the value-added section operation instructing section 11a.
Output to. Then, the pricing section operation instruction process is ended.

In the present embodiment having such a configuration, the product to be packaged is placed on the product supply unit 12, and the product number of the product is input from the key display unit 11. Then, the product information corresponding to the product number is called.

On the other hand, the weight of the product is weighed by the weighing unit 13 provided below the product supply unit 12, and the pricing information is created from the weighing data and the called product information. Based on the above, the printer unit 19 prints and issues a priced label. The printed and issued value-added label is sucked and held by the label holding portion 21a of the sticking arm 21.

The goods whose weighing has been completed are stored in the storage conveyor 14
It is conveyed to the inside of the apparatus by and is lifted up by the elevating mechanism 15. At this time, the product is packaged by the packaging unit using one of the packaging films 16a and 16b having different width dimensions.

The packaged product is conveyed to the attaching position 18 by the delivery conveyor 17, the printer unit 19 is moved by the printer moving mechanism 20 at right angles to the conveying direction of the packaged product, and the attaching arm 21 is attached. Is rotated, and the price label held by the label holder 21a is attached to the product.

For example, when the product is caught in the packaging unit (the upper part of the elevating mechanism 15) due to defective packaging in the packaging unit and the emergency stop switch 22 is pressed to turn it on, the packaging operation stop signal control unit. The packaging operation stop signal and the pricing operation stop signal are respectively output from the packaging operation control signal 33 and the pricing operation control section 34 from the packaging operation control signal 33 and the pricing operation control signal 34.

Therefore, the packing operation control section 33 stops the packing operation of the storage conveyor 14, the packing section having the elevating mechanism 15, and the delivery conveyor 17. Further, the pricing operation of the printer unit 19, the sticking arm 21, and the printer moving mechanism 20 by the pricing operation control unit 34 is stopped.

If there is no problem in taking out the product caught in the wrapping section, the operator sends out the hand and inserts it into the back of the conveyor 17 to take out the product caught in the wrapping section. When the emergency stop switch 22 is pressed again to turn it off after the product is taken out, the packaging operation stop signal control section 31 outputs the packaging operation stop signal to the packaging operation control section 33 and the priced operation stop signal control section. Since the output of the pricing operation stop signal from 32 to the pricing operation control unit 34 is stopped, the packaging operation control unit 33 controls the packaging operation of the storage conveyor 14, the packaging unit having the elevating mechanism 15, and the delivery conveyor 17. Since the pricing operation control of the printer unit 19, the sticking arm 21, and the printer moving mechanism 20 by the pricing operation control unit 34 is resumed, the weighing and packaging pricing operation can be resumed.

However, when the emergency stop switch 22 is turned on and the packaging operation and the pricing operation are stopped, for example, the printer unit 19 is moved to the sticking position 18 of the feeding roller 17 on the conveying path. , This printer unit 19
When it interferes with the removal of the product caught in the packaging portion at the back of the delivery roller 17, an input operation is performed from the value attaching portion operation instruction portion 11a provided in the key display portion 11. I do.

Then, only the output of the value-added operation stop signal from the value-added operation stop signal controller 32 to the value-added operation controller 34 is stopped, so that the printer section 19 and the sticking arm 21 by the value-added operation controller 34 are stopped. The priced operation control of the printer moving mechanism 20 is restarted, and the priced operation instruction signal is input to the priced operation control section 34. Therefore, based on the priced operation instruction signal, the priced operation control section 34 By operating the printer unit 19, the sticking arm 21, and the printer moving mechanism 20, the obstacle can be eliminated, and the product caught in the packaging unit can be taken out.

After taking out the product caught in the packaging part,
When the emergency stop switch 22 is pressed again to turn it off, the wrapping operation stop signal control unit 31 changes the wrapping operation control unit 3
Since the output of the packaging operation stop signal to 3 is also stopped, the storage conveyor 14 and the elevating mechanism 15 by the packaging operation control unit 33.
The wrapping operation control of the wrapping section and the sending-out conveyor 17 having is also restarted, and the weighing and packing pricing operation can be restarted.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the packaging operation control section 33 for controlling the packaging operation of the storage conveyor 14, the elevating mechanism 15 and the feed conveyor 17,
The pricing operation control section 34 that controls the pricing operation of the printer section 19, the sticking arm 21, and the printer moving mechanism 20, and the packaging operation control section 3 when the emergency stop switch 22 is in the ON state.
3, a packaging operation stop signal controller 31 that outputs a packaging operation stop signal, and a valued operation stop signal controller 32 that outputs a valued operation stop signal to the valued operation controller 34 when the emergency stop switch 22 is on. The emergency stop switch 2 is provided by providing the value-added operation stop signal control section 32 and the value-added operation instruction section 11a for stopping the output of the value-added operation stop signal from the value-added operation stop signal controller 32.
At the time of emergency stop by 2, the value-added operation instruction section 11a performs an input operation to stop the output of the value-added operation stop signal to the value-added operation control section 34, and the value-added operation control section 3
It is possible to restart the pricing operation control of 4 and operate the printer unit 19, the sticking arm 21, and the printer moving mechanism 20. Therefore, for example, the printer moving mechanism 20 can be operated to move the printer unit 19 to a position where it does not interfere, and it is possible to easily remove the product in the packaging unit at the back of the delivery conveyor 17. .

That is, it is possible to facilitate the emergency procedure performed after the operation of the packaging unit and the pricing unit by the emergency stop switch 22 is stopped.

[0053]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention,
It is possible to provide a weighing and packaging pricing device that can facilitate the treatment performed after the operation of the packaging unit and the pricing unit is stopped by the emergency stop switch.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of main parts of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a flow of an emergency stop switch process of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a flow of a pricing unit operation instruction process of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... Key display device, 11a ... Value attaching part operation instruction part, 19 ...
Printer unit, 20 ... Printer moving mechanism, 22 ... Emergency stop switch, 31 ... Packaging operation stop signal control unit, 32 ... Valued operation stop signal control unit, 33 ... Packaging operation control unit, 34 ... Priced operation control unit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A weighing unit for weighing the weight of a product, a packaging unit for packaging the product weighed by the weighing unit with a film or the like, a price information of the product is printed on a label, and the label is printed by the packaging unit. In a weighing and packaging pricing device comprising a pricing unit attached to the packaged product, a packaging control unit for controlling the packaging operation of the packaging unit, and a pricing control unit for controlling the pricing operation of the pricing unit. An emergency stop switch for forcibly stopping the packaging operation and the pricing operation, and a packaging stop signal output means for outputting a packaging stop signal to the packaging control unit when the emergency stop switch is operated, When the emergency stop switch is operated, a priced stop signal output means for outputting a priced stop signal to the priced control section, and a priced stop from the priced stop signal output means by a preset operation Stop signal output A weighing and packaging pricing device, which is provided with a pricing stop canceling means.