JP2001072007A - Boxing apparatus for accumulated article - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform the favorable boxing of articles while keeping their arrayed state even in the case where they have problems difficult to be sucked and held like articles or the like for bagging. SOLUTION: Accumulated articles W are delivered from a conveyor 12 for conveying the articles W onto a movable bed 18 moved up to a delivery position, and their underfaces are supported thereon. The movable bed 18 moves to a boxing position, and the articles W are transferred by an article pusher 25 up to the boxing position where the underfaces of the articles W are supported on the movable bed 18. The articles W at the boxing position are pinchingly held by the article pusher 25 and a pinchingly holding member 36. The support of the underfaces of the articles W at the boxing position is released by the movement of the movable bed 18 to the delivery position. By pushing the articles W pinchingly held by the article pusher 25 and the pinchingly holding member 36 with a push-down pusher 38 from above, the articles W are packed into a packaging box 22 located at a standby position.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for packing a plurality of articles in a box in a predetermined stacking manner.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an apparatus for accumulating a plurality of articles and packing them in a predetermined number of units in a packaging box, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-240
There is a box packing device disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 4 (1994). In this box packing device, after a plurality of articles are arranged and placed on a shutter that can be opened and closed, the accumulated articles are collectively held from above in an aligned state by a suction disk. Then, with the shutter opened, the packaging box in a standby state is raised below the shutter and the suction holding by the suction disk is released, so that the stacked articles are packed in the packaging box.

[0003]

According to the above-described box packing apparatus, it is possible to reliably suck and hold articles to be boxed, such as small boxes having a flat suction holding surface by the suction disk. Box packing is possible. However, if, for example, biscuits or other bagged articles are to be packed in a box by adsorbing and holding articles or the like arranged in a standing position in which the horizontal seal is substantially upright, individual articles cannot be adsorbed favorably. In addition, there is a problem in that the articles fall off from the suction cups during packing and the alignment state is broken, so that packing cannot be performed well.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed to suitably solve the above-mentioned problems, and is intended to maintain the alignment state even in an article having a problem in suction holding such as a bagged article. It is an object of the present invention to provide a boxing device for an integrated article that can be well packed in a box.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and to achieve the initial object, an apparatus for packing a stack of stacked articles according to the present invention comprises a plurality of packing boxes, each of which is open at the top facing a boxing standby position. An apparatus for box-packing stacked articles in which articles are stacked, wherein the stacking article is disposed so as to be able to support the lower surface of the stacked articles at a box packing position above an opening of a packaging box facing the box packing standby position, and the stacked articles are transferred to the box packing position. After that, the lower surface of the article is released and moved to a position where the stacking of the stacked articles is allowed, and the lower face of the stacked article is supported when the stacked articles are delivered from the article transport conveyor connected to the upstream side. A movable bed set to move to a possible transfer position, and a transfer for transferring the accumulated articles transferred from the article transport conveyor to the movable bed to a boxing position along the movable bed. A step, a pair of holding means for holding the stacked articles placed on the movable bed at the boxing position, and when the support of the lower surface of the stacked articles at the boxing position is released by moving the movable bed to the transfer position And a push-down means for pushing the stacked articles held by the pair of holding means from above and packing the stacked articles into the packaging box.

Further, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems and to achieve the initial object, an apparatus for packing boxes of stacked articles according to another invention of the present application comprises a plurality of bags for a packing box having an open top facing a box packing standby position. A device for box-packing stacked articles in which packed articles are stacked in a line, wherein the bag-packed articles are stacked in a standing posture in which a horizontal seal is substantially upright up to a box packing position above an opening of a packaging box facing the box packing standby position. An article pusher for transferring the stacked articles with the lateral seal of the bagged articles in the front-rear position in the transfer direction, and a lower position of the stacked articles at a boxing position above the opening of the packaging box facing the boxing standby position so as to be supported. After the stacked articles have been transported to the packing position by the article pusher, the support of the lower surface of the articles is released, and the stacked articles are moved to a position where packing of the stacked articles is permissible and connected to the upstream side. When the stacked articles are delivered from the article transport conveyor, the movable bed is set to move to a delivery position capable of supporting the lower surface of the articles, and the stacked articles transferred to the boxing position are moved by the article pusher. Holding means for holding the horizontal seal of the bagged articles in the front-rear position, and when the support of the lower surface of the stacked articles in the boxed position is released by moving the movable bed to the transfer position, the article pusher and the holding means; And a pushing-down means for pushing the stacking articles sandwiched between the packaging boxes from above and packing the stacking articles in the packaging box.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the stacked articles are delivered from the article transport conveyor connected to the upstream side to the movable bed moved to the delivery position, and the article lower surface is supported. As the movable bed moves to the boxed position, the stacked articles are transported along the bed to the boxed position by the transfer means, and in this boxed position, the stacked articles are supported on the lower surface by the movable bed. Further, the stacked articles transferred to the box packing position are pinched by a pair of pinching means. Next, the movable bed moves to the delivery position, whereby the support of the lower surface of the stacked articles at the boxed position is released, and the stacked articles held by the pair of holding means are pushed from above by the pushing-down means, thereby stacking. Articles are packed in a packaging box facing a boxing standby position below the boxing position.

In the box packing apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, the stacked articles are delivered from the article transport conveyor connected to the upstream side to the movable bed moved to the delivery position, and the article lower surface is supported. As the movable bed moves to the boxing position, the stacked articles are transferred to the boxing position along the bed by the article pusher with the lateral seal of the bagged articles as the front and rear of the transfer direction. The lower surface is supported. Further, the stacked articles transported to the box packing position are pinched by the article pusher and the pinching means with the horizontal seal of the bag-packed articles in the front-back position. Then, the movable bed is moved to the delivery position, whereby the support of the lower surface of the stacked articles at the boxed position is released, and the stacked articles held by the article pusher and the holding means are pushed from above by the dropping means. Then, the stacked articles are packed in a packaging box facing a boxing standby position below the boxing position.

[0009]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an apparatus for packing a stack of articles according to the present invention. For convenience of description, the front and rear correspond to the direction in which the stacked articles are transported on the movable bed, and the downstream side thereof is referred to as front, and the upstream side thereof is referred to as rear.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view showing a box packing apparatus according to an embodiment. The box packing apparatus 10 is a bag-filled article (for example, a packaged article in which a biscuit as an article to be packed is individually wrapped by a horizontal pillow packing machine or the like. An article transport conveyor 12 for transporting the article 11 will be provided below. The article transport conveyor 12 includes a pair of endless chains 13, 13 spaced apart in a width direction intersecting the article transport direction, and a plurality of article transport bars installed between the two chains 13, 13 and spaced at equal intervals in the traveling direction. 14, and an article transport bed 15 horizontally arranged between the upper and lower traveling paths of the transport bar 14, and the article 11 placed on the bed 15 is transferred by the article transport bar 14 to a transfer position described later. It is configured to be transported.

On the upper surface of the article transport bed 15, a central partitioning guide 16 is disposed substantially at the center in the width direction along the transfer direction, and side guides 17 are provided on both sides in the width direction with the central partitioning guide 16 interposed therebetween. , 17 are arranged in parallel, and the three or three guides 16, 17, 17 define _two lanes R ₁ , R ₂ on the left and right in the width direction. In each of the lanes R ₁ and R ₂ , as shown in FIG. 1, the article 11 having the horizontal seals 11 a and 11 a on both sides sandwiching the article to be packaged has the horizontal seals 11 a and 11 a substantially before and after the transfer direction. The articles are placed on the article transport bed 15 in a state of standing upright and aligned in a predetermined number of units in the width direction. Three guides 16, 17, 17
Is set to a height dimension that does not interfere with the article transport bar 14 traveling on the upper traveling path, and both lanes R ₁ , R ₂
The article transport bar 14 is in a state in which the article transport bar 14 is in contact with the rear side seal 11a extending upward from the guides 16, 17, 17 so that the stacked articles W composed of a plurality of articles 11 stacked in a row in the width direction facing the , And is configured to be transported along three guides 16, 17, 17. The three guides 16,
Reference numerals 17 and 17 extend to the transfer end of the article transport conveyor 12 (the most downstream end of the article transport bed 15), and guide the accumulated articles W to be delivered to a movable bed 18 described later. In addition, different numbers or different types of articles 11 are arranged in the right and left lanes R ₁ and R _{2. In} the embodiment, four articles 11 are arranged in the right lane R ₁ in FIG.
The aligned, it is aligned to the left lane R ₂ in three articles 11.

Downstream from the article transport conveyor 12,
The movable bed 18 constituting the box packing device 10 is disposed such that its upper surface level is substantially the same as the upper surface level of the article transport bed 15. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the movable bed 18 is slidably provided on a guide rail 20 which is provided on a machine frame 19 of the apparatus 10 and extends in parallel with the article transfer direction. With the swinging of the swinging lever 21 connected to the means, it is configured to horizontally move back and forth along the guide rail 20 in the transfer direction. When the movable bed 18 moves to the retreat position close to the article transport conveyor 12, the rear portion faces the transfer position set downstream from the transfer end of the conveyor 12, and the stack transferred from the article transport conveyor 12. The article W is configured to be supported from the lower surface at the delivery position to allow delivery (see FIGS. 4A and 4B). At this time, the front portion of the movable bed 18 is set so as to be separated from above the opening of the packaging box 22 facing the later-described box-packing standby position to allow the boxing of the stacked articles W. In addition, the movable bed 18 is used for the article transport conveyor 12.
When moved to the forward position separated from the front, the front portion faces the boxing position set above the packaging box 22 facing the boxing standby position, and supports the stacked articles W from above the packaging box 22. The configuration is as described above (see FIG. 5B).

Holding members 23 are respectively disposed on both sides of the machine frame 19 in the width direction with the movable bed 18 interposed therebetween. The holding members 23, 23 have a pair of members extending above the movable bed 18 in the article transfer direction. Article guides 24, 24 are arranged in parallel in the width direction, and the article guides 24, 24 are arranged and guided by the article guides 24, 24, so that the stacked articles W transferred from the article transport conveyor 12 to the movable bed 18 are guided. I have. The upstream portions of the article guides 24, 24 facing the transfer position are bent so as to incline inwardly (toward the center in the width direction of the movable bed 18) by a required angle.
The intervals at a and 24a are set so as to gradually become narrower toward the downstream side. That is, the width of the stacked article W, which produces a gap by the thickness of the central partitioning guide 16 when being transferred from the article transport conveyor 12 to the movable bed 18, is reduced, and both sides of the stacked article W in the width direction are both articles. The guides 24, 24 are configured to be guided in an aligned state substantially in contact with the guides. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the article guides 24 extend to a boxing position, and have a function of guiding both sides in the width direction of the stacked articles W when the stacked articles W are boxed. The height of both article guides 24, 24 is set to a size that does not interfere with an article pusher 25 described below that transports the accumulated articles W on the movable bed 18. The distance between the two article guides 24, 24 can be adjusted according to the accumulation size of the accumulation articles W.

Above the movable bed 18, there is provided an article pusher 25 as transfer means for transferring the accumulated articles W from the article transport conveyor 12 to the movable bed 18 and transferring the accumulated articles W on the movable bed 18. Will be arranged. A moving mechanism 26 for moving the article pusher 25
As shown in FIG. 3, a pair of brackets 27, 27 spaced apart in the width direction provided on the machine frame 19 facing a position spaced leftward from directly above the movable bed 18 in the article transfer direction. Two sets are provided separately. At both ends of a pivot 28 that is rotatably supported between the brackets 27 of each set and extends in the width direction, arms 29 are integrally rotatably disposed. Also, arms 29, which are located on the front and rear on each side in the width direction,
A rail 30 is pivotally supported by 29, and a pair of rails 30, 30 facing in the width direction includes four arms 29, 29, 2
When the drive means 9 and 29 are rotated by a required angle in the front-rear direction by driving means (not shown), they are configured to swing in an arc shape in the front-rear direction.

As shown in FIG. 3, on the right rail 30,
A slider 32 is slidably disposed, and the slider 32 is configured to reciprocate back and forth within a required range along the rail 30 by driving means (not shown). The slider 32 is provided with an article pusher 25 including a front pushing member 33 and a rear pushing member 34 which are separated from each other in the article transfer direction. The movement of the rail 30 and the slider 32 causes the article pusher 25 to have An operation of horizontally moving forward after descending from above the transfer position on the upstream side, and horizontally retreating to the original position after ascending is given.

As shown in FIG. 3, the front and rear pushing members 33, 34 are composed of L-shaped supporting members 33a, 34a and pressing members 33b, 34b disposed on the supporting members 33a, 34a. When the article pusher 25 moves forward in the horizontal direction, the pushers 33b and 34b cause the movable bed 18 to move forward.
It is configured to transport the upper stacking articles W. As shown in FIGS. 4 (b) and 4 (c), the post-push member 34 transfers the accumulated articles W from the article transport conveyor 12 to the movable bed 18 moved to the retracted position, and moves the bed 18 at a predetermined position. Function to transport to In addition, the front pushing member 3
As shown in FIG. 5 (b), as shown in FIG. 5 (b), the stacked articles W transported to the predetermined position of the movable bed 18 by the rearward pushing member 34 are transported to the front part facing the boxing position of the movable bed 18 moved to the forward position. At the same time, it functions so as to clamp the accumulation article W with a clamping member 36 described later.

The front pushing member 33 is set to have a width slightly shorter than the distance between the two article guides 24, 24, and when the front pushing member 33 is lowered by the moving mechanism 26, the two article guides 24, 24 are moved. The movable bed 18 at the lower end facing the space
Facing the position close to the upper surface, the entire rear side of the stack of articles W
(Transverse seal 11a). Further, the rear pushing member 34 is provided with both article guides 24, 24.
Is set to a width dimension longer than the separation dimension of the two article guides 2 when lowered by the moving mechanism 26.
It is set so as to face above the guides 4 and 24 and to abut on the rear upper portion of the stacked articles W protruding upward from the guides 24 and 24 to be transported. Note that the article pusher 25 is moved by the moving mechanism 26.
When pushing up and retreating, each pushing member 33, 3
4 is set so as not to interfere with the movable articles 18 or the accumulated articles W on the article transport conveyor 12.

As shown in FIG. 3, a gate-shaped mounting member 35 which straddles the movable bed 18 is disposed downstream of the holding members 23, 23, and both vertical portions 35a,
A holding member 36 serving as a holding means facing rearward from the downstream ends of the article guides 24, 24 is provided between 35a.
The holding member 36 cooperates with the pressing member 33b of the front pushing member 33 of the article pusher 25 to transfer the stacked articles W transferred to the boxing position to the horizontal seals 11a, 1a.
It functions so that 1a is held in the front-rear position. That is, in the embodiment, the article pusher 25 and the holding member 36
Holding means for holding the stacked articles W at the boxed position is configured.

Two guide rods 37, 37 spaced apart in the width direction are arranged on the horizontal portion 35b of the mounting member 35 so as to be able to move up and down, and fall between the lower ends of the two guide rods 37, 37 as dropping means. A pusher 38 is provided. In addition, the air cylinder 3 which is placed upside down on the horizontal portion 35b
9, a piston rod 39a extending downward is connected to the pusher 38, and by pushing the air cylinder 39 forward and backward, the pusher 38 is clamped by the front pushing member 33 and the clamping member 36. The upper moving position (FIG. 5B) which does not interfere with the stacked articles W, and the packaging box 22 facing the boxing standby position by pushing down the stacked articles W from between the front pushing member 33 and the holding member 36. It is configured to move between a lowering position to be pushed in (FIG. 5C). The push-down pusher 38 is set to a size capable of abutting on the entire upper surface of the stacked articles W and being pushed down in the stacked and aligned state without interfering with the front pushing member 33 and the holding member 36 and the article guides 24, 24. ing.

As shown in FIG. 2, a box transport conveyor for transferring the packaging box 22 in a direction orthogonal to the article transfer direction below the box packing position where the stacked articles W are held by the front pushing member 33 and the holding member 36. 40 are provided. The box transport conveyor 40 includes a pair of endless chains 41, 41 separated in the article transfer direction, a plurality of box transport bars 42 spanned between the chains 41, 41 and separated at equal intervals in the traveling direction,
And a box transport bed 43 horizontally disposed between the upper and lower running paths of the transport bar 42.
2 is configured to transfer to a boxing standby position immediately below the boxing position. In the embodiment, the packaging box 22
The packaging box 22 is transported in a state where the flap 22a for covering the opening of the container is vertically raised on the downstream side in the article transport direction,
Flap 22 of the packaging box 22 arrived at the boxing standby position
a is set so as to face the rear side of the holding member 36.

A lifter 44, which is moved up and down by a driving means (not shown), is provided at the box packing standby position so as to be able to protrude and retract from the box mounting surface of the box transport bed 43.
4 is raised through a through hole 43 a formed in the box transport bed 43, so that the packaging box 22 is lifted up so that the upper surface of the opening faces the lower surface of the movable bed 18. The box transport bed 43 is provided with a pair of box guides 45 extending vertically in the traveling direction of the box transport bar 42 apart from each other in the article transport direction. , 45 while being transported.

[0022]

Next, the operation of the apparatus for packing boxes according to the present invention will be described.

In the box packing apparatus 10, as shown in FIG. 4 (a), the movable bed 18 is located at a retreat position where the movable bed 18 is close to the article transport conveyor 12 and faces the delivery position. Faces the standby position where the rails 30, 30 of the moving mechanism 26 are raised and the slider 32 is retracted. The push-down pusher 3
8 faces the upward movement position, and the packaging box 22 which is transferred to the box-packing standby position by the box transport conveyor 40 and has an open top is lifted by the lifter 44, and the upper surface of the opening faces the lower surface of the movable bed 18. .

In this state, when the packing operation of the stacked articles W is started, the bagged articles 11 in which the biscuits are individually wrapped by the horizontal pillow wrapping machine or the like are placed horizontally in the lanes R ₁ and R ₂ of the article transport conveyor 12. In a state where the seals 11a, 11a are substantially upright and the horizontal seals 11a, 11a are arranged in a plurality of positions (four and three in the embodiment) in a standing position with the front and rear positions, each of the article transport bars 14 is 11 is transferred toward the delivery position by contacting the rear side seal 11a on the rear side. At a required timing when the stacking articles W have been transferred to the transfer end of the article transport conveyor 12, the moving mechanism 26
Is actuated, the article pusher 25 descends and starts to move forward, receives the stacked articles W to be moved forward by the post-push member 34, and transfers the stacked articles W to the rear of the movable bed 19 facing the transfer position. (See FIGS. 4B and 4C). In addition, at an appropriate timing after the delivery of the accumulated articles W,
Also moves to the forward position to bring the front part to the packing position.

The stacked articles W transferred from the article transport conveyor 12 to the movable bed 18 are separated from the central partitioning guide 16 to produce a gap corresponding to the thickness of the guide 16, as described above. Article Guide 2
4 and 24, the width is gradually narrowed when passing through the bent portions 24a, 24a.
It is transported in a state of being substantially in contact with 4,24. Therefore, the stacking state does not collapse when the stacking articles W are dropped and delivered.

The movable bed 18 moved to the forward position is
While moving backward to receive the next accumulation article W,
When the article pusher 25 is raised by the moving mechanism 26, the article pusher 25 moves backward and returns to the standby position, and the stacked articles W transferred to the transfer end of the article transport conveyor 12 again,
The article pusher 25 is transported to a predetermined position on the movable bed 18 by the rear pushing member 34. 5 (b), the stacked articles W previously placed on the movable bed 18 are transported by the front pushing member 33, and the bed 18 is moved forward, and the front part facing the boxed position is reached. Transported to

The stacked articles W transferred to the boxing position
Is held by the front pushing member 33 of the article pusher 25 and the sandwiching member 36 with the horizontal seals 11a of the article 11 in the front-rear position, and then the movable bed 1 is moved.
8 moves to the retracted position (delivery position), whereby the support of the lower surface of the stacked articles W is released. Next, as shown in FIG. 5C, the push-down pusher 38 is lowered from the upper movement position to the lower movement position, whereby the pusher 38 pushes down the stacked articles W from above, and the stacked articles W Are packed in a packaging box 22 facing the boxing standby position. At this time, the stacking articles W are moved forward and backward in the article transfer direction.
3 and the sandwiching member 36, and both sides in the width direction are guided by the article guides 24, 24, so that the stacked articles W are maintained in an aligned state. The packaging box 2
2 is lifted by the required height by the lifter 44, and the upper surface of the opening is close to the stacking articles W in the box packing position, so that the stacking of the stacking articles W in a stable aligned stacking state is achieved.

As described above, in the box packing apparatus 10 of the embodiment, the stacked articles W, the lower surfaces of which are supported by the movable bed 18 at the box packing position, are moved to the article pusher 25 and the holding member 3.
After the lower surface support by the bed 18 is released, the stacked articles W are packed into the packaging box 22 by the push-down pusher 38.
Even if the stacked articles W are aligned in a standing posture in which the a and 11a are substantially upright, it is possible to maintain the aligned state and perform good packing. Further, since the article pusher 25 for transferring the stacked articles W to the boxed position is also used as a holding means for holding the stacked articles W, the number of parts can be reduced and the apparatus can be simplified. Further, since the stacked articles W are transferred and nipped as they are, the aligned state of the articles 11 does not collapse.

[0029]

Modification In the above embodiment, the holding member for holding the stacked articles with the article pusher is provided on the front side (opening side) of the flap of the packaging box. The stacked articles may be sandwiched between the article pusher and the article pusher. Further, in the embodiment, the stacked articles are sandwiched between the article pusher and the sandwiching member,
A holding member different from the article pusher can be used as the holding means. Furthermore, the holding direction of the stacked articles at the boxed position may be sandwiched by a pair of holding means in the width direction, instead of the front and rear of the article transport direction as in the embodiment.

In the embodiment, one stacked article is stopped on the movable bed. However, the stacked articles delivered from the article conveyor may be transferred to the boxing position by the article pusher without stopping. Good. In this case, as in the embodiment, the article pusher does not need to include two pushing members, but only needs to include one pushing member.

[0031]

As described above, according to the apparatus for packing stacked articles according to the first aspect of the present invention, the stacked articles whose lower surfaces are supported by the movable bed at the box packing position are pinched by the pair of holding means, After releasing the lower surface support by the bed, the stacking articles are packed into the packaging box by the dropping means. Therefore, even if the packaged articles are aligned in a standing posture in which the horizontal seal is substantially upright, it is possible to maintain the aligned state and perform good box packing.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for packing stacked articles according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein the article pusher for transferring the stacked articles to the box packing position is one of the means for holding the stacked articles. In addition to the effects of the invention, the number of parts can be reduced and the apparatus can be simplified. Furthermore,
Since the intermediate portion for transferring the transferred stacked articles to the holding means can be omitted, the alignment of the articles does not collapse,
Boxing is always achieved in an aligned state.

[0033] As in the case of the box packing device of the third aspect, the packing box is raised to the vicinity of the lower surface of the movable bed by the lifter, so that the height of the stacked articles packed from above can be reduced, and the packing can be performed in an aligned state. Can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a box packing device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing the box packing device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing the box packing device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a step of transferring the stacked articles on the article transport conveyor to the movable bed by the article pusher in the box packing apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a step of transferring the nipped stacked articles to the packing box by a pusher and transferring the nipped stacked articles to a packing box in the box packing apparatus according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Bag-packed articles 11a Horizontal seal 12 Article transport conveyor 18 Movable bed 22 Packaging box 25 Article pusher (transfer means, clamping means) 36 Clamping member (clamping means) 38 Push-down pusher (pull-down means) 44 Lifter W Integrated articles

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An integrated article in which a plurality of articles (11) are accumulated in a packaging box (22) having an open top facing a boxing standby position.
(W) is a device for packing, wherein the lower surface of the stacking articles (W) is disposed at a boxing position above the opening of the packaging box (22) facing the boxing standby position so as to be supported, and the stacking articles are moved to the boxing position. After the (W) is transferred, the support of the lower surface of the article is released and the stacked article (W) is moved to a position where packing can be permitted, and the stacked articles are transferred from the article transport conveyor (12) connected to the upstream side. When (W) is delivered, a movable bed (18) set to move to a delivery position capable of supporting the lower surface of the article, and is delivered from the article transport conveyor (12) to the movable bed (18). Transfer means (25) for transferring the stacked articles (W) to the boxing position along the movable bed (18), and holding the stacked articles (W) placed on the movable bed (18) at the boxing position. The pair of holding means (25, 36) and the movable bed (18) are moved to the transfer position to be packed in a box. When the support of the lower surface of the stacked article (W) at the position is released, the stacked article (W) held by the pair of holding means (25, 36) is pushed from above to the packaging box (22). A box packing device for stacked articles, characterized by comprising a drop-down means (38) for packing. 2. An apparatus for packing a plurality of bagged articles (11) in a row in a box for a packaging box (22) having an upper opening facing a boxing standby position, wherein Until the packing position above the opening of the packaging box (22) facing the standby position, the bagged article (11) is horizontally sealed (11a, 11a).
An article pusher (25) for transferring the stacked articles (W), which are stacked in a substantially upright standing posture, with the lateral seals (11a, 11a) of the bagged article (11) in front and rear positions in the transfer direction, At the packing position above the opening of the packaging box (22) facing the boxing standby position, the lower surface of the stacking articles (W) is supported so as to be supported, and the article pusher (25) transfers the stacking articles (W) to the boxing position. After that, the support of the lower surface of the articles is released, the stacked articles (W) are moved to a position where packing of the stacked articles (W) can be allowed, and the stacked articles (W) are delivered from the article transport conveyor (12) connected to the upstream side. When moving, the movable bed (18) set to move to the transfer position capable of supporting the lower surface of the article, and the stacked articles (W) transferred to the boxing position are bagged by the article pusher (25). Horizontal seal (1)
1a, 11a) in the front and rear position and a clamping means (36), when the movable bed (18) is moved to the delivery position when the support of the lower surface of the stacked articles (W) in the boxed position is released, And a push-down means (38) for pushing the stacking article (W) sandwiched between the article pusher (25) and the holding means (36) from above and packing it in the packaging box (22). For packing stacked articles. 3. A packaging box (22) facing the boxing standby position.
Prior to boxing of the stacked articles (W), the lifter (44) such that the upper surface of the opening faces the lower surface of the movable bed (18).
3. The apparatus for packing an integrated article according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to be lifted. 4. The packing of the stacked articles according to claim 2, wherein the article pusher (25) is configured to move down when moving the stacked articles (W) forward and move up when moving backward. apparatus.