JP2000053105A - Automatic packaging machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shorten a time necessary for exchanging a packaging material roll and to improve work efficiency. SOLUTION: This automatic packaging machine 100 is provided with seal roll equipment 120 having a pair of heat rolls supported by a frame 110. A sheet shape packaging material 200 is fed from a packaging material roll 210, and is divided into two by the slitter 254 of a first lead 250. Sheets 200a, 200b divided into two are sent to the seal roll equipment 120 through a second lead 260 and a third lead 270. Because the packaging material roll 210 is placed at the side of the seal roll equipment, even a heavy packaging material roll can be handled easily.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic packaging apparatus for automatically packaging liquids, viscous substances, powders and the like of medicines and foods.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An automatic packaging apparatus for liquids and powders is an apparatus for measuring a material to be packaged such as a medicine or food put into a hopper or the like and producing a product by heat sealing with various packaging materials. The medicines and foods to be packaged are supplied as powder, viscous, and liquid, and the packaging materials are PVC (hard vinyl chloride),
Various materials such as an aluminum foil and a composite laminate film are used depending on the application.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing the entire configuration of a line in which an automatic packaging device and a stacking / banding device are combined.
Is a plan view. The production line indicated by reference numeral 1 as a whole has a packaging device 10, a package inspection device 30, a conveyor 50, and a banding device 70 for bundling and binding a fixed number of packages with tape.

[0004] The packaging device 10 has a hopper 11 into which a material to be packaged is introduced, and wraps the material to be packaged with a sheet-like packaging material sent out from two packaging material rolls 20 and 22.
Heat seal three or four sides of the sheet to make a package. This band-shaped package is cut in the vertical and horizontal directions, is perforated, and the like, and is sent out to the inspection device 30 in the next step. In this apparatus, the sheet-like packaging material is divided into three parts in the width direction, and after passing through the inspection device 30, is sent to the banding device 70 by the transport conveyor 50 and bound, and is sent out from the take-out conveyor 72 to the alignment conveyor 74. Shipped.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing the structure of the packaging apparatus 10. As shown in FIG. The material to be packaged put into the hopper 11 of the packaging device 10 is sent to a shutter device for measurement. Cam 12
The crank plates 12a and 12b responding to the rotation of the shutter open and close the shutter device to feed a fixed amount of the material to be packaged into the packaging portion formed by the sheet-like packaging material. Packaging material roll 20,2
2 is supported before and after the packaging device 10 by the support device 24, and the sheet-like packaging material sent out from the rolls 20 and 22 is sent to the seal roll device 13 via the respective feed rolls 20a and 22a.

[0006] The seal roll device 13 has a pair of rotating rolls, and heat-seales the packaging material in a wrapping shape.
Wrap the packaging material. On the downstream side of the seal roll device 13, an I-cut device 14, a slitter device 15, a vertical perforation device 16, and a horizontal cutter device 17 are arranged to cut the package into a predetermined shape. The product is sent out to the inspection device 30 via the discharge chute 18. Defective products generated in the packaging apparatus 10 are discharged out of the apparatus by a discharge conveyor 19.

[0007]

In the above-described conventional packaging apparatus, the two rolls 20 and 22 around which the sheet-like packaging material is wound have a structure in which the two rolls are supported before and after the packaging apparatus 10. It had been. In this structure, one of the rolls 20 is disposed above the inspection device 30, and there is a problem in workability when replacing the rolls. In particular, in the case of a heavy roll, it is necessary for two workers to hold both sides of the roll on the supporting device 24 and to prevent the inspection device 30 from being damaged by the roll falling. Accordingly, the present invention provides an automatic packaging device that solves the above-mentioned problem.

[0008]

The automatic packaging apparatus according to the present invention comprises, as basic means, a packaging material roll wound with a heat-welding sheet-like packaging material, and a sheet-like packaging material delivered from the packaging material roll. A sealing roll device for sealing the material to be packed, and a cutting device for cutting the sealed sheet-shaped packaging material to a predetermined size. Then, one wrapping material roll for supplying the sheet-like packaging material, a device for dividing the sheet-like packaging material supplied from the packaging material roll at the center in the width direction, and bending the divided sheet-like packaging material It is provided with a plurality of leads for guiding to the seal roll device.

Also, a packing material roll having an axis arranged in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the roll of the seal roll device, and a sheet-like packing material supplied from the packing material roll are divided into two parts at the center, and two sheets are provided. A first lead that folds the packaging material outward 90 degrees on a plane, a second lead that folds the packaging material 90 degrees on a plane, and a third lead that folds the packaging material 90 degrees on a plane and sends it to a sheet roll device. It has a lead.

[0010]

FIG. 1 is a side view of an automatic packaging apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a plan view. The automatic packaging apparatus generally designated by the reference numeral 100 has a seal roll device 120 composed of a pair of heat rolls in an upper portion inside a frame 110. A supply device including a hopper for the material to be packaged and a device for dispensing a fixed amount of the material to be packaged is disposed above the seal roll device 120. Since these supply devices have the same configuration as the conventional packaging device described above, they are not shown.

Downstream of the seal roll device 120, a cutting device 130 such as a slitter device, a cutter device, or a perforation device is provided. Seal roll device 120
The cutting device 130 is driven in a known manner by a power transmission device 140 using a chain, a sprocket, a timing belt, and the like using a motor as a power source. The sheet-like packaging material is supplied in a state of being wound around a cored bar 212 in a roll shape. Handles 214 are attached to both ends of the cored bar 212 to facilitate handling of the packaging material roll 210.

In the packaging apparatus of the present invention, only one packaging material roll 210 is mounted. Packaging material roll 210
Is sent to a first lead 250 which is a device for guiding a packaging material. The first lead 250 is a plate-like device and has two edges 252 arranged in a V-shape at the center. A slitter 254 is provided at the intersection of the two edges 252,
The supplied sheet-like packaging material 200 is cut into two parts at the center in the width direction, and the packaging material sheet is bent at 90 degrees.

One of the divided packaging materials 200 a is sent to the second lead 260. The second lead 260 has an edge 2 inclined at 45 degrees with respect to the traveling direction of the packaging material 200a.
62, and the traveling direction of the packaging material 200a is bent at 90 degrees. The packaging material 200a is sent to a third lead 270 arranged near the seal roll device 120. The third lead 270 has two edges 2 that intersect at a 45 degree angle.
72,274. The packaging material 200a is bent by the two edges 272 and 274, and the packaging material 2a is folded.
The sheet 00a is sent to the seal roll device 120 in a state where the surface is in contact with the roll of the seal roll device 120.

The other packaging material 200b divided by the slitter 254 of the first lead 250 is also used for the second lead 26.
0, the traveling direction is bent by the third lead 270 and supplied to the seal roll device. The two packaging material sheets 200a and 200b are sent to the seal roll device 120 in a state where their inner surfaces are in contact with each other, and wrap the packaging material supplied from above. After that, processing into a product by a cutter or the like is similar to the operation of a normal automatic packaging apparatus.

[0015]

As described above, the automatic packaging apparatus of the present invention
Since only one packaging material roll needs to be provided, the time required for replacing the packaging material roll can be shortened, and the working efficiency can be improved. Also, since the packaging material roll is set in the direction perpendicular to the axis of the roll of the seal roll device and can be installed on the side of the packaging device, it may interfere with other equipment such as a product inspection device. Is gone. Accordingly, workability is also improved, and damage to other equipment due to falling of the packaging material roll or the like can be prevented. Furthermore, since the packaging material roll can be arranged at an arbitrary position separately from the packaging device, the degree of freedom in design is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of an automatic packaging device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the automatic packaging device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a line including a general automatic packaging device.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a line including a general automatic packaging device.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the automatic packaging device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 automatic packaging device 110 frame 120 seal roll device 130 cutting device 140 driving device 200 packaging material 210 packaging material roll 212 core metal 250 first lead 254 slitter 260 second lead 270 third lead

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A wrapping material roll on which a heat-adhesive sheet-like wrapping material is wound, and a sheet-like wrapping material sent out from the wrapping material roll are overlapped and heat-sealed, and the wrapping material to be filled inside is overlapped. An automatic packaging apparatus having a seal roll device for sealing, a cutting device for cutting a sealed sheet-shaped packaging material to a predetermined size, one packaging material roll for supplying a sheet-shaped packaging material, and a packaging material An automatic packaging apparatus including a device that divides a sheet-shaped packaging material supplied from a roll at a center portion in a width direction and a plurality of leads that bends the divided sheet-shaped packaging material and guides the folded sheet-shaped packaging material to a seal roll device. 2. A packaging material roll having an axis disposed in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the roll of the seal roll device, and a sheet-like packaging material supplied from the packaging material roll are divided into two parts at the center. A first lead for bending the packaging material outward 90 degrees on a plane, a second lead for bending the packaging material 90 degrees on the plane, and a third lead for bending the packaging material 90 degrees on the plane and sending it to the seal roll device 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a lead.
Automatic packaging device as described.