EP3009360B1 - Verpackungsverfahren und verpackungsvorrichtung zur implementierung des verpackungsverfahrens - Google Patents

Verpackungsverfahren und verpackungsvorrichtung zur implementierung des verpackungsverfahrens Download PDF

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EP3009360B1
EP3009360B1 EP14810367.4A EP14810367A EP3009360B1 EP 3009360 B1 EP3009360 B1 EP 3009360B1 EP 14810367 A EP14810367 A EP 14810367A EP 3009360 B1 EP3009360 B1 EP 3009360B1
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Masashi Kondo
Makoto Ichikawa
Satoshi Nishitsuji
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B9/00—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages
    • B65B9/10—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs
    • B65B9/20—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs the webs being formed into tubes in situ around the filling nozzles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B31/00—Packaging articles or materials under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions; Adding propellants to aerosol containers
    • B65B31/04—Evacuating, pressurising or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied
    • B65B31/044—Evacuating, pressurising or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied the nozzles being combined with a filling device
    • B65B31/045—Evacuating, pressurising or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied the nozzles being combined with a filling device of Vertical Form-Fill-Seal [VFFS] machines
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B39/00—Nozzles, funnels or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers
    • B65B39/001—Nozzles, funnels or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers with flow cut-off means, e.g. valves
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B39/00—Nozzles, funnels or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers
    • B65B39/001—Nozzles, funnels or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers with flow cut-off means, e.g. valves
    • B65B39/004—Nozzles, funnels or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers with flow cut-off means, e.g. valves moving linearly
    • B65B39/005—Nozzles, funnels or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers with flow cut-off means, e.g. valves moving linearly transverse to flow direction
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B39/00—Nozzles, funnels or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers
    • B65B39/12—Nozzles, funnels or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers movable towards or away from container or wrapper during filling or depositing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B9/00—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages
    • B65B9/10—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs
    • B65B9/20—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs the webs being formed into tubes in situ around the filling nozzles
    • B65B9/22—Forming shoulders; Tube formers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B2210/00—Specific aspects of the packaging machine
    • B65B2210/10—Means for removing bridges formed by the material or article, e.g. anti-clogging devices

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  • the present invention relates to a packing method for packing snack food such as potato chips with low bulk density (this is referred to below as goods) being collected in a chute with a funnel shape into a bag with a tube shape and a packaging device for implementing this method.
  • a packing method is a packing method, where goods dropped from above are packed from a cylinder into a bag with a tube shape, comprising: collecting the goods in a chute with a funnel shape arranged above the cylinder; lowering the chute while keeping a lower end discharge opening of the chute open; and reversing direction of movement of the chute and thereby raising the chute which is lowered, characterized in that: the lowering the chute lowers with acceleration into the cylinder, in a state where a gate configured to open and close the lower end discharge opening in the chute is open, the chute in which the goods are accommodated; and the goods collected in the chute are discharged into the bag with a tube shape while being accelerated.
  • the goods which are dropped from above with a time lag are received and compactly accommodated in the chute with the funnel shape.
  • the lower end discharge opening may be cut with a V shape and the cut surface is open and closed using a pair of gates which come into contact with and separate from each other. Due to this, a diagonal surface is formed in the lower end discharge opening which is closed using the gate and the goods with a sliced shape are filled along the diagonal surface.
  • the chute When the goods are accommodated in the chute, the chute is lowered while accelerating and the gate is opened at the same time. Then, when the chute reaches the bottom dead point, the direction of movement of chute is immediately reversed and thereby the chute is raised. Consequently, the goods inside the chute is accelerated downwards due to the lowering action of the chute, and by the sudden reversing direction of movement of the chute and raising of the chute following this the falling goods go through the chute and drop due to the inertia of the goods. Due to this, the goods which are compactly collected in the chute are vigorously discharged into the bag with a tube shape as one batch. For this reason, clogging inside the chute can be prevented. Further, it is also possible to increase the packing density in the bag and suppress the goods being captured in sealing portions because the goods inside the chute are discharged as one batch.
  • the chute In a case where the chute is provided with the funnel section at the upper part and the cylindrical section at the lower part which is continuous with the function section at the upper part, the goods tend to incline so that the longitudinal directions of the goods extend in vertical direction in a process where the goods slide down the funnel section and led to the inside of the cylindrical section even if there is a mixture with the goods with a relatively large size. For this reason, even if the funnel section is clogged, the goods which are large in size and the surrounding goods drop through the inside of the chute due to the downward inertia which is applied by the lowering chute and the following sudden reversing direction of movement of the chute and raising of the chute.
  • the present invention it is possible to eliminate clogging of goods in the chute since the goods which drops in pieces from above are gathered in the chute and then vigorously discharged into the bag with the tube shape.
  • the goods it is possible for the goods to be compactly packed in the bag without being broken since the goods in the chute are discharged as one batch of goods. Accordingly, the goods are prevented from being captured in the sealing portions of the bag.
  • the bag TB with a tube shape which is wound around the cylinder 7 is lowered continuously or intermittently by a pair of pull-down belts 4, 4 which are arranged on both sides of the bag TB.
  • joints T1 which are shaped by the both side edge portions of the packaging material F formed in a tube shape by being wound around the cylinder 7, are vertically sealed using a vertical sealing means 5.
  • the chute 103 with the funnel shape is formed with a funnel section 131 at an upper part and a cylindrical section 132 at a lower part, and a lower end of the funnel section 131 and an upper end of the cylindrical section 132 are connected vertically via opening sections with an elliptical shape which are cut diagonally to each other.
  • the outer diameter of the cylindrical section 132 is formed to be smaller than the inner diameter of the cylinder 7.
  • the cylindrical section 132 is lowered by predetermined strokes in the cylinder 7 while accelerating and then is returned to an initial position by immediately reversing direction of its movement so as to be raised once it reaches a bottom dead point, using a raising and lowering mechanism 300 which will be described later.
  • a lower end discharge opening in the cylindrical section 132 is cut in a V shape and a gate 104 opens and closes the cut surface from both sides.
  • the gate 104 includes opening and closing gates 141, 141 which open and close an upper end section of the cylinder 7 and diagonal gates 142a, 142a, each of which extends diagonally backward from an abutting section of each of the opening and closing gates 141, 141.
  • Each of the diagonal gates 142a, 142a is configured so that a lower end section of the cylindrical section 132 which is cut in a V shape is opened and closed from both sides.
  • the gates 141 and 142a are configured so as to come into contact and separate in the direction of the arrows using opening and closing mechanisms 144 which will be described later, and an upper end opening section 706 in the cylinder 7 and the lower end discharge opening in the cylindrical section 132 are opened and closed at the same time by the opening and closing action of the opening and closing mechanisms 144.
  • the opening and closing gates 141, 141 which open and close the upper end opening section in the cylinder 7 are necessary when filling an inert gas in the cylinder 7 and may be omitted when the gas is not filled.
  • a lower end section of the cylindrical section 132 may be cut diagonally instead of being cut with a V shape and only one of the diagonal gates may be used as the diagonal gate 142a.
  • connection portion of the funnel section 131 and the cylindrical section 132 is a diagonal elliptical shape
  • the goods M slide down the connection portion while being tilted in a direction where there is less contact resistance and thereby being led to a vertical orientation.
  • the gate 104 in a state of being closed has a V shape in front view and the goods M which drop with a vertical orientation are filled into the trough in the V shape.
  • the gate 104 is opened and, at the same time, the chute 103 in which the goods M are accommodated is lowered while accelerating (refer to Figs. 4(a) and 4(b) ). Then, when the chute 103 reaches the bottom dead point, the chute 103 is returned to its initial position by having its direction of movement immediately reversed and raised while accelerating. During this, the goods M in the chute 103 are accelerated downwards due to the lowering action of the chute 103 and then the goods which are falling go through the inside of the chute 103 by the inertia of the goods M due to the subsequent reversing direction of movement of the chute 103 and raising of the chute 103.
  • the selected weighing hoppers WH discharge the goods M into a collection chute C based on a discharge request signal from the packaging device B.
  • the discharged goods M go through the inside of the metal detector MD (refer to Fig. 2 ) while stretching out lengthwise in a longitudinally arrayed state when it slides down the collection chute C.
  • the discharged goods M are then supplied to the packaging device B via the chute 103 of the packing device 100.
  • the packaging device B performs bag packaging by accommodating the goods M in a bag b with a tube shape and then laterally sealing the top portion of the bag b and the base portion of the continuous bag at the same time (refer to Fig. 2 ).
  • the packaging device B which performs such operations is configured from a packaging unit BU which produces bagged products from bags with a tube shape, a packaging material supplying unit FU which supplies the packaging material F to the packaging unit BU, and a control section 10 (refer to Fig. 13 ) which controls the movements of driving sections of each of the packaging unit BU and the packaging material supplying unit FU.
  • the packaging material supplying unit FU supplies the packaging material F with a sheet shape to the former 3 in the packaging unit BU and is provided to be adjacent to a rear section of the packaging unit BU.
  • the lateral sealing means 6 heat seals the top portion of the bag b and the base portion of the continuous bag at the same time by laterally sealing the bag b which is formed at a lower end section of the packaging material TB with a tube shape.
  • the packaging unit BU has the cylinder 7 which guides the goods M to the inside of the bag b and around the outer circumference of which the packaging material F with a tube shape is wound.
  • both of the packaging material F which is formed in a tube shape and the bag b which is formed at the lower end section of the packaging material F may be referred to the bag TB with a tube shape in the following description.
  • the packing device 100, the former 3, the cylinder 7, the pull-down belts 4, the vertical sealing means 5, the lateral sealing means 6, and the gas supplying means 9 of the packaging unit BU will be described below in detail.
  • the chute 103 is provided with the funnel section 131 at the upper part and the cylindrical section 132 at the lower part.
  • the lower end discharge opening in the cylindrical section 132 at the lower part is cut with a V shape and the gate 104 is configured to open and close the cut surface from both sides.
  • a bracket 133 is attached to the outer side of the rear surface of the cylindrical section 132.
  • the bracket 133 is attached to a raising and lowering arm 301 of the raising and lowering mechanism 300 and is configured so that the entirety of the chute 103 is raised and lowered in the vertical direction.
  • the chute 103 is made of resin.
  • the material for the chute 103 is not limited to resin and the chute 103 may be made of metal. However, the following effects are obtained by making the chute 103 with resin.
  • slots 145, 145 which extend in a direction which is orthogonal to the movement direction of the opening and closing gates 141, 141, are formed.
  • Sliders 146, 146 which slide along the slots 145, 145, are inserted in the slots 145, 145 (refer to Fig. 5 ).
  • the pair of guide rails 143, 143 which extend in the horizontal direction are fixed to a base frame 101 and support legs 102 to 102 are fixed to the four corners of the base frame 101.
  • coil springs 21 to 21 and toroidal shaped pressing plates 22 to 22 cover support shafts between the respective support legs 102 to 102 and the base frame 101.
  • half-screw bolts, which are covered by the coil springs 21 and the toroidal shaped pressing plates 22 in the same manner, are fixed with an upward orientation from a lower side at two locations on the front side of the base frame 101.
  • Plates 23, 23 are detachably inserted between the toroidal shaped pressing plates 22 to 22 and the support legs 102 and between the toroidal shaped pressing plates 22, 22 and the head sections of the half-screw bolts. For this reason, notches into which fit the support shafts of the support legs 102 and the shaft of the half-screw bolts are provided in the plates 23, 23.
  • the lengths of four support legs 102 to 102 which are attached to the base frame 101 are set so that the chute 103 is not in contact with the floor even at its lowest position and the servo motors 148a, 148a are suspended above the floor even if the packing device 100 detached from the cylinder 7 is placed directly on the floor.
  • horizontal brackets 37, 37 with a V shape are fixed to an upper section of the cylinder 7 and end sections of the horizontal brackets 37, 37 are respectively attached to upper end sections of the grips 34, 34.
  • the cylinder 7 is supported by the grips 34, 34 via the horizontal brackets 37, 37, the lateral bar 35, and the rod 36.
  • the collar section 31 of the sailor section 30 is formed in a cylindrical shape so as to surround the outer circumference of the cylinder 7 and the collar section 31 is overlapped at the front with a slight gap like the collar on a kimono.
  • the collar section 31 of the sailor section 30 is formed in a cylindrical shape so as to surround the outer circumference of the cylinder 7 and one of the end sections of the collar section 31 is arranged in front of the other end section of the collar section 31 with a slight gap at the front.
  • Fig. 11 shows a partial cross sectional diagram of the cylinder 7.
  • the diagonal section 701 with a funnel shape is formed on an upper section of the cylinder 7 and a flange 702 is attached to an upper end edge of the diagonal section 701.
  • Vertical through holes are provided at two opposing locations on the flange 702 (at the front and rear of the cylinder 7) and one-touch couplings 703, through which inert gas is injected, are attached at the through holes.
  • a cap 704 in a hollow toroidal shape with an open bottom surface covers the flange 702 so as to interpose packing therebetween and an inert gas pathway 705 is formed by the cap 704 and the flange 702.
  • the upper end opening section 706 with a funnel shape is formed in a central section of the cap 704 with the toroidal shape, and a downwardly diagonal slit with a ring shape, which is formed between the inner wall of the upper end opening section 706 and the diagonal section 701, becomes a gas outlet 707 for inert gas.
  • the inner diameter of the lower end section of the upper end opening section 706 is designed substantially the same with the inner diameter of the cylinder 7 and the upper end opening section 706 does not come into contact with the cylindrical section 132 of the chute 103 which is raised and lowered.
  • the cap 704 with the toroidal shape is detachable to the flange 702.
  • an L-shaped hook 708 which is shown in Fig. 9 is attached on the outer wall of the cylinder 7 and it is possible to move up and down the L-shaped hook 708 by unfolding a foldable butterfly knob 709 and turning it.
  • the flange of the cap 704 and the flange 702 of the cylinder 7 are sandwiched from above and below and thereby locked when the L-shaped hook 708 is lowered by turning the butterfly knob 709 in a state where the cap 704 covers the flange 702.
  • the base frame 101 of the packing device 100 is mounted on the upper surface of the cap 704 and the cap 704 and the base frame 101 are connected together using a connector tool which is not shown in the drawings.
  • the opening and closing gates 141, 141 open and close the upper end opening section 706 which is described above. Then, inert gas is injected so as to blow batch of the goods M discharged from the chute 103 downward and to be supplied in the bag TB with a tube shape while the chute 103 is being moved up and down.
  • a spreader 713 which widens the bag TB with a tube shape from an inner side, is provided at a lower end section of the cylinder 7.
  • the pull-down belts 4, 4 which are arranged on both sides of the cylinder 7 are configured by suction chambers 41, 41 and belts 42, 42 with holes which run around the suction chambers 41, 41 while facing inwardly with each other.
  • the bag TB with a tube shape is transported downward while being suctioned and held by the belts 42, 42 (refer to Fig. 2 ).
  • the pull-down belts 4, 4 are connected with a movement mechanism (which is not shown in the drawings) which makes the pull-down belts 4, 4 come into contact and separate with regard to the cylinder 7.
  • the vertical sealing means 5 heat seals the joint T1 of the packaging material F which is formed in a tube shape while pushing the joint T1 against the cylinder 7 with a certain pressure.
  • the vertical sealing means 5 is configured by a heater block 51 and a metal belt 52 which runs around the heater block 51 at the same time with the packaging material F (refer to Fig. 2 ).
  • the vertical sealing means 5 is connected with a movement mechanism (which is not shown in the drawings) which makes the vertical sealing means 5 come into contact and separate with regard to the cylinder 7 along with the pull-down belts 4, 4.
  • the lateral sealing means 6 is configured by a pair of sealing jaws 61, 61 in which a heater it built and a driving mechanism (which is not shown in the drawings) which makes the pair of sealing jaws 61, 61 come into contact with and separate from each other with regard to the TB in a tube shape.
  • Clam shutters 62, 62 which sandwich the bag TB with a tube shape from the front and back is attached to an upper section of the sealing jaws 61, 61 so as to be able to progress and retreat in the horizontal direction.
  • the clam shutters 62, 62 prevent small dropping fragments from being captured in the lateral sealing portion of the bag b by closing them prior to the sealing jaws 61, 61.
  • the driving mechanism for the lateral sealing means 6 it is possible to use a mechanism which is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 10-53206 by which the pair of sealing jaws 61, 61 are rotated while facing inwardly with each other so that each of the pair of sealing jaws 61, 61 traces out an action trajectory with a D shape (a so-called D motion).
  • the driving mechanism for the lateral sealing means 6 it is possible to use a mechanism which causes each of the sealing jaws 61, 61 to perform a so-called box motion.
  • Each of the sealing jaws 61, 61 laterally seals a top portion of a bottom end section of the bag b and a base portion of the continuous bag TB at the same time by sandwiching and pressing the bag TB with a tube shape each other.
  • a cutter which is not shown in the drawings is built in one of the sealing jaws 61.
  • the bag b which locates at a lower end section and the continuous bag TB are vertically separated by using the cutter.
  • Fig. 12 is a configurational block diagram of the gas supplying means 9.
  • the gas supplying means 9 is configured by a gas cylinder 91 which holds inert gas such as nitrogen gas or argon gas in a pressurized state, a pressure adjusting valve 92 which depressurizes inert gas supplied from the gas cylinder 91 and sends it to three pathways, a first solenoid valve 93 and a first flow amount adjusting valve 94 which are connected with a first pathway of the three pathways, a second solenoid valve 95 and a second flow amount adjusting valve 96 which are connected with a second pathway of the three pathways, and a third solenoid valve 97 and a third flow amount adjusting valve 98 which are connected with a third pathway of the three pathways.
  • the outlet sides of the first flow amount adjusting valve 94 and the second flow amount adjusting valve 96 are merged and connected to the one-touch couplings 703 which locates at an upper section of the cylinder 7. Accordingly, inert gas with a first flow amount is supplied from the first flow amount adjusting valve 94 when the first solenoid valve 93 is opened, and inert gas with a second flow amount is supplied from the second flow amount adjusting valve 96 when the second solenoid valve 95 is opened, to the inert gas pathway 705 which locates at the upper section of the cylinder 7 and ejected downward through the gas outlet 707 with a ring shape into the cylinder 7.
  • the outlet side of the third flow amount adjusting valve 98 is connected with a one-touch coupling (which is not shown in the drawings) which is attached to the socket 710 on the outer wall of the cylinder 7. Accordingly, inert gas with a third flow amount is ejected from the third flow amount adjusting valve 98 downward through the lower end discharge opening 712 in the duct 711 into the bag TB with a tube shape when the third solenoid valve 97 is opened.
  • the third flow amount is set to a large flow amount which can instantly replace inside the bag with a tube shape with inert gas in order to replace inside the bag TB with a tube shape with the inert gas in a short period of time. After the inert gas replacement, the gas flow amount is reduced and the gas replacement rate inside the bag TB with a tube shape is maintained so as not to be reduced until the goods M are discharged.
  • the flow amount of inert gas which is supplied to the inside of the cylinder 7 differs depending on the bulk density and the content amount of the goods M, the size of the bag, the operation speed, and the like.
  • the bulk density of potato chips the density of the goods M in a container in a case when gaps between the goods M are eliminated as much as possible by applying vibration
  • the content amount is one ounce (28.35 grams)
  • the bag size is a width of 133 mm and a height of 184 mm
  • the operation speed is 150 bags per minute
  • the first flow amount is set at 220 liters per minute
  • the second flow amount is set at 300 liters per minute. But these are only one example and these flow amounts may be modified if the conditions differ.
  • control section 10 which controls the packaging device B will be described below in detail.
  • Fig. 13 shows a configurational block diagram of a control system for the weighing and packaging integral device 200.
  • the control section 10 controls the weighing machine W and the packaging device B individually or integrally.
  • the control section 10 is configured by a computer.
  • the control section 10 controls each driving section in the packaging unit BU and the packaging material supplying unit FU in accordance with parameters and driving conditions which are set using the touch panel 2 which is shown in Fig. 13 .
  • the control section 10 controls a feeder FD, the pool hoppers PH, the weighing hoppers WH, and the like in the weighing machine W.
  • the control section 10 takes in necessary information from various types of sensors which are mounted in the weighing machine W and the packaging device B and performs various types of control based on this information.
  • the control section 10 controls each of the pull-down belt 4, the vertical sealing means 5, the lateral sealing means 6, the gas supplying means 9, and the packing device 100, and controlling of each of these is related to each other.
  • the opening and closing of the weighing hoppers WH, an operation of packing by the packing device 100, and gas supply by the gas supplying means 9 will be focused on and described.
  • the chute 103 in the packing device 100 is positioned at the top dead point and the opening and closing gates 141, 141 are closed in an initial state.
  • the packaging material F is formed in a tube shape by being set in the former 3.
  • the goods M are supplied to a central upper section of the weighing machine W.
  • the control section 10 firstly forms the bag TB with a tube shape by operating the pull-down belts 4, the vertical sealing means 5, and the lateral sealing means 6.
  • the control section 10 opens the third solenoid valve 97 for a set period of time in a state where the gate 104 is open.
  • inert gas replacement inside the bag TB with a tube shape is performed by vigorously ejecting inert gas with the third flow amount from the lower end discharge opening 712 of the duct 711 into the bag TB with a tube shape.
  • the control section 10 closes the gate 104, throttles the third flow amount adjusting valve 98 to flow a small amount of inert gas and thereby sets the packaging device B in standby state.
  • Fig. 14 represents the operation timing of each of the weighing hoppers WH, the gate 104, the chute 103, and the gas supplying means 9 after discharging of the goods.
  • the weighing machine W discharges the goods M
  • the weighing machine W sends a discharge completion signal to the control section 10.
  • a timer is started from the point in time when the discharge completion signal is received and the period of time for the rearmost goods M to reach the chute 103 is measured since the head of the goods M which is discharged reaches the chute 103 after a predetermined time, for example after 0.8 seconds.
  • the control section 10 Since the rearmost goods M reaches the chute 103 when time is up, the control section 10 performs opening of the gate 104, lowering of the chute 103, and opening of the first solenoid valve 93 at the same time and thereby chute 103 in which the goods M are accommodated is lowered while being accelerated and inert gas with the first flow amount is supplied to the inside of the cylinder 7 from the gas outlet 707 at an upper section of the cylinder 7.
  • the goods M discharged from the weighing hoppers WH are put in the vertical column state during being dropped and sequentially reaches the inside of the chute 103 and accumulates inside the cylindrical section 132.
  • the chute 103 is lowered at the same time as the closed gate 104 is opened.
  • inert gas is ejected to the inside of the cylinder 7 by ejecting inert gas with the first flow amount while the chute 103 is being lowered.
  • the gate 104 is opened earlier than the chute 103 is lowered.
  • the control section 10 immediately reverses direction of movement of the chute and raises the chute 103.
  • the goods M which are compactly brought together in the chute 103 are instantly discharged into the bag TB with a tube shape from the chute 103 due to the chute 103 being lowered and then having its direction of movement reversed so as to be raised.
  • the control section 10 closes off the gate 104 and stops supplying inert gas by closing the first solenoid valve 93 at the same time.
  • the control section 10 ejects inert gas with the second flow amount downward from the same gas outlet 707 by opening the second solenoid valve 95 which is closed and supplying inert gas with the second flow amount into the inert gas pathway 705.
  • the chute 103 can be set in a state of readiness to receive the goods M which are to be dropped next.
  • one batch of the goods M which are discharged to the inside of the cylinder 7 is accommodated inside the bag b which locates at a lower end section by being dropped into the bag TB with a tube shape while receiving a downward gas flow from behind.
  • the bag TB with a tube shape is gradually extended while being transported along the cylinder 7 and the capacity of the bag TB with a tube shape increases in company with the extending of the bag TB, and the inert gas with the second flow amount is filled.
  • the first flow amount and the second flow amount in a case of continuous transporting are set to values which sufficiently compensate for increases in the capacity of the bag TB.
  • the second flow amount is set to a flow amount which is slightly more than the first flow amount in order for the goods M to go downwards against the rising of inert gas.
  • the inert gas with the second flow amount lowers and sinks small fragments, which reach the inside of the bag b which locates at a lower end section with a delay, downward into the bag b. Then, the control section 10 stops supplying inert gas with the second flow amount by closing the second solenoid valve 95 at a timing when the clam shutters 62, 62 are closed.
  • the clam shutters 62, 62 close off an upper end section of the bag b and lateral sealing is started, thereby the bag TB with a tube shape is newly formed above the bag b which locates at a lower end section. Since the capacity of this new bag TB increases in company with extending of the bag TB, the air pressure inside the new bag TB is reduced when supplying of inert gas with the second flow amount is stopped.
  • the control section 10 repeats the processes described above by performing opening of the gate 104 which is closed up until this point, lowering of the chute 103, and opening of the first solenoid valve 93 at the point in time when the rearmost goods M reach the chute 103. Due to this, the air pressure inside the new bag TB which is reduced due to extending of the bag TB is returned to the original air pressure.
  • a new group of the goods M also drops into the bag TB with a tube shape due to being pressed by a downward gas flow since inert gas which is held in the chute 103 above the gate 104 is instantly pulled inside the cylinder 7 when the closed gate 104 is opened.
  • inert gas used compared to a case where inert gas is continuously supplied since inert gas is intermittently supplied so as to correspond to volumetric variation in the bag TB with a tube shape.
  • inert gas is supplied downward from an upper end section of the cylinder 7 to the inside of the bag and gas flow inside the tube always flows downward even when the internal volume of the bag TB with a tube shape changes due to the approach of the lateral sealing means 6.
  • the weighing and packaging integral device is described in this embodiment, but instead of this, it is possible for the present invention to be applied to a previous type where the weighing machine and the packaging device are operated while being linked with each other.
  • the bag with a tube shape is laterally sealed while being continuously transported in this embodiment, but instead of this, the bag with a tube shape may be laterally sealed while being intermittently transported.
  • raising and lowering of the chute 103 and opening and closing of the gate 104 are independent but the movements may be linked to each other by coupling them using a link.
  • first solenoid valve 93 and the second solenoid valve 95 are alternately opened and closed in conjunction with opening and closing of the gate in this embodiment, but instead of this, inert gas may be supplied to the inside of the cylinder from both flow pathways by opening the first solenoid valve 93 while opening the second solenoid valve 95. In this case, adjustment is required so that the total of the amounts through the first flow amount adjusting valve 94 and the second flow amount adjusting valve 96 are adjusted to the original second flow amount by throttling the second flow amount adjusting valve 96.

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  1. Verpackungsverfahren, wobei von oben abgeworfene Waren aus einem Zylinder (7) in einen Beutel mit einer Röhrenform verpackt werden, umfassend:
    Sammeln der Waren in einer Rutsche (103) mit einer Trichterform, die über dem Zylinder angeordnet ist;
    Absenken der Rutsche, während eine Auswurföffnung am unteren Ende der Rutsche offen gehalten wird; und
    Umkehren der Bewegungsrichtung der Rutsche und dadurch Anheben der Rutsche, die abgesenkt ist,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass:
    das Absenken der Rutsche die Rutsche, in der die Waren aufgenommen sind, mit einer Beschleunigung in den Zylinder absenkt, in einem Zustand, wo ein Schieber (104), der konfiguriert ist, die Auswurföffnung am unteren Ende in der Rutsche zu öffnen und zu schließen, offen ist; und
    die in der Rutsche gesammelten Waren in den Beutel mit einer Röhrenform ausgeworfen werden, während sie beschleunigt werden.
  2. Verpackungsvorrichtung (100), die konfiguriert ist, Waren aus einem Zylinder (7) in einem Beutel zu verpacken, der mittels eines Falztrichters (3) in eine Röhrenform geformt wird, um einen oberen Versiegelungsabschnitt des Beutels, in dem die Waren verpackt werden, und einen unteren Versiegelungsabschnitt eines zusammenhängenden Beutels, der mit dem oberen Versiegelungsabschnitt des Beutels zusammenhängt, gleichzeitig mittels eines lateralen Versiegelungsmittels (6) lateral zu versiegeln, und um einen versiegelten Beutel durch Trennen der Grenze des Versiegelungsabschnitts zu bilden, umfassend:
    eine Rutsche (103) mit einer Trichterform, die über dem Zylinder angeordnet ist;
    einen Hebe- und Absenkmechanismus (300), der konfiguriert ist, die Rutsche vertikal anzuheben und abzusenken; und
    einen Steuerabschnitt (10), der konfiguriert ist, das Anheben und Absenken des Hebe- und Absenkmechanismus zu steuern,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass:
    die Verpackungsvorrichtung ferner einen Schieber (104) aufweist, der konfiguriert ist, eine Auswurföffnung am unteren Ende in der Rutsche zu öffnen und zu schließen;
    die Rutsche konfiguriert ist, die Waren aufzunehmen, die von oben abgeworfen werden; und
    der Steuerabschnitt konfiguriert ist, die Rutsche, in der die Waren aufgenommen sind, mit einer Beschleunigung in den Zylinder abzusenken, in einem Zustand, wo der Schieber offen ist, und die Bewegungsrichtung der Rutsche unmittelbar umzukehren und dadurch die Rutsche anzuheben.
  3. Verpackungsvorrichtung nach Anspruch 2, die ferner aufweist:
    ein Gaszufuhrmittel (9), das konfiguriert ist, ein Inertgas in den Beutel zuzuführen, der an einem oberen Abschnitt des Zylinders in eine Röhrenform geformt wird,
    wobei
    der Schieber einen öffnenden und schließenden Schieber (141) aufweist, der konfiguriert ist, einen Öffnungsabschnitt am oberen Ende des Zylinders zu öffnen und zu schließen, und
    der Steuerabschnitt konfiguriert ist, das Gaszufuhrmittel so zu steuern, dass das Inertgas aus dem Gaszufuhrmittel in den Beutel eingespritzt wird, der in einer Röhrenform ausgebildet ist, während der öffnende und schließende Schieber offen ist.
  4. Verpackungsvorrichtung nach Anspruch 3, wobei ein unterer Endabschnitt des Zylinders über einem lateralen Versiegelungsabschnitt in einem Beutel angeordnet ist, der mit einer Röhrenform ausgebildet ist,
    das Gaszufuhrmittel konfiguriert ist, das Inertgas in den Zylinder aus einem Gasauslass zuzuführen, der in einer Innenseite eines oberen Abschnitts des Zylinders angeordnet ist und nach unten weist,
    der Schieber an einem oberen Teil des Gasauslasses angeordnet ist, und der Steuerabschnitt konfiguriert ist:
    den Schieber zu schließen, um die in die Rutsche abgeworfenen Waren aufzunehmen, den Schieber zu öffnen und durch Steuern des Gaszufuhrmittels Inertgas mit einer ersten Durchflussmenge aus dem Gasauslass in den Zylinder zuzuführen, unmittelbar bevor die hintersten Waren die Rutsche erreichen,
    den Schieber zu schließen und Inertgas mit einer zweiten Durchflussmenge anstelle der ersten Durchflussmenge aus dem Gasauslass in den Zylinder zuzuführen, nachdem die hintersten Waren den Schieber durchlaufen, und
    die Zufuhr des Inertgases mit der zweiten Durchflussmenge zu stoppen, wenn ein Prozess durchgeführt wird, in dem das laterale Versiegelungsmittel auf den Beutel drückt, der in einer Röhrenform ausgebildet ist.
  5. Verpackungsvorrichtung nach Anspruch 4, wobei der Gasauslass in einer Ringform längs einer Innenwand des Zylinders ausgebildet ist.
  6. Verpackungsvorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 5, wobei der Schieber abnehmbar an einem oberen Endabschnitt des Zylinders angeordnet ist.
  7. Verpackungsvorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 6, wobei die Rutsche aus Harz besteht.
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