JP2004299708A - Filling apparatus for packaging article - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to change the size of a pusher easily in response to a change in the size of a packaging article. <P>SOLUTION: An article transfer conveyor 10, which transfers the packaging articles A in the same direction at the same speed as cases K<SB>1</SB>are transferred, and a timing belt 24, which makes a carrier side belt 24a move slantly on the transfer passage of the transfer conveyor 10, are arranged at one side of a case transfer conveyor 1 for transferring the cases K<SB>1</SB>in one direction. The timing belt is provided with the pushers 26, which are arranged at every identical distance to push each article A onto the bottom panel P<SB>2</SB>of each case K<SB>1</SB>transferred by the case transfer conveyor 1. A pushing part of each pusher 26 is formed of a fixed pusher 26a and a movable pusher 26b. The movable pusher 26a is moved relatively to the fixed pusher 26a by a contraction/expansion adjusting mechanism to adjust the contraction/expansion of the pushing part of the pusher 26 in response to the size of each article A to eliminate a need for replacing the pusher 26. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an apparatus for loading an article to be packaged, which is an article such as a wrap round case or a set-up case, which is to be loaded with an article to be packaged, comprising a stack of loose commodities.
[0002]
[Prior art]
FIG. 7 shows a blank sheet for a wrap round case (hereinafter, referred to as a sheet) for packaging a plurality of loose goods such as cans and bottles filled with beer, soft drinks, and the like in an aligned state in which the goods are arranged vertically and horizontally. Things are known. The sheet _{S 0} is a side panel _{P 1,} bottom panel _{P 2,} provided continuously in one direction through the eyes fold the side panel _{P 3} and top panel _{P 4,} the bottom panel _{P 2} and top panel _{P 4} the outer flap F ₁ continuously provided through the eyes Slight opposite edges, are consecutively provided the inner flap F ₂ via the eyes Slight both edges of the pair of side panels P _1, P _3. Further, a joint flap J is continuously provided on a side edge of _one side panel P1 via a fold line.
[0003]
Sheet S ₀ the present applicant wrap round cable support which is adapted to automatically packaging packaged goods for the consisting of alignment of a plurality of roses was product using the above has already proposed (JP-2002 -308220).
[0004]
In the above-described has been wrapped round cable described in Japanese, as shown in FIG. 8, the sheet S ₀ a bottom panel a pair of side panels P ₁ from both sides of P ₂ taken out continuously from the hopper 60 one by one, bent into the J-shaped so that P ₃ is erected, the J-shaped casing K ₁ a pair of side panels P _1, P ₃ thereof is positioned in the longitudinal conveying direction of the arrow, the bottom panel P in the course of its transport with pushing the packaged goods for a consisting of integrated alignment of a plurality of roses was item a above _2, and its pushing direction front end side a pair of inner flaps F ₂ to bend 90 ° fold in a direction, respectively.
[0005]
Further, when the packaged goods for A on the bottom panel P ₂ is mounted, the other of the remaining pair of the inner flap F ₂ bend 90 ° folding in direction, and a joint flap J packaged goods for the A And the top panel P ₄ is bent to a position overlapping the upper surface of the packaging target product A, and the top panel P ₄ is attached to the joint flap J via an adhesive applied to the joint flap J in advance. Glued.
[0006]
Further, after the bonding, each pair of outer flaps F ₁ is bent to a position overlapping with each pair of inner flaps F ₂ , and each inner flap F ₂ is bonded to each inner flap F ₂ via an adhesive previously applied to each inner flap F ₂ . the outer flap F ₁ so that assembling to the case K ₀ by bonding.
[0007]
In wraparound cable support as described above, as a loading device for packaging goods for pushing the packaging target product A on the bottom surface of the J-shaped casing K _1, the case K ₁ of J-shaped pair of side panels P _1, P ₃ And an article transport conveyor that transports a packaged product A, which is made of a stack of loose commodities, at the same speed as the case K1 on one side of a case transport conveyor that transports the product in _one direction. A pusher is mounted on the belt, which is an endless pusher mounting member, at equal intervals, and a pushing device that moves the belt on the carrier side of the belt obliquely while crossing the belt on the transport path of the article transport conveyor is provided. The moving speed of the article A in the conveying direction is the same as the conveying speed of the article A to be packaged. Those to push on the bottom panel P ₂ Case K ₁ which is transported by the over scan conveyor is conventionally known.
[0008]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, in a conventional device for loading a packaged product, since the pusher pressing portion of the pushing device has a fixed size, if the width dimension of the packaged product pushed into the case is changed, it corresponds to the dimension of the packaged product. It is necessary to replace the pusher with the one having the dimension described above, and there is an inconvenience in that it takes a lot of trouble to change the dimension of the pusher in accordance with the dimension change of the article to be packaged.
[0009]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a device for loading an article to be packaged in which the size of a pusher can be easily changed in response to a change in the dimension of the article to be packaged.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-described problems, in the present invention, a case transport conveyor that transports a packaging case of a product to be packaged in one direction with front and rear side panels standing from both sides of a bottom panel, and a case transport conveyor. An article transport conveyor that conveys an article to be packed, which is pushed onto the bottom panel of the case on one side, in the same direction as the case at the same speed, and an endless pusher that rotates by attaching pushers for pressing the article to be packaged at equal intervals It has an attachment member, moves the carrier side of the pusher attachment member in the oblique direction on the conveyance path of the article conveyance conveyor, and pushes the article to be packaged on the article conveyance conveyor onto the bottom panel of the case by pressing with the pusher pressing portion. In a device for loading an article to be packaged comprising a pushing device, a pusher pressing portion of the pushing device is provided with the pusher mounting member. A telescopic adjustment formed of a supported fixed pusher and a movable pusher movable in a direction extending from an end of the fixed pusher with respect to the fixed pusher, the telescopic adjustment being performed by sliding the movable pusher with respect to the fixed pusher. A configuration is provided in which a mechanism is provided to adjust the size of the pusher pressing portion according to the size of the product to be packaged.
[0011]
As described above, by forming the pusher pressing portion with the fixed pusher and the movable pusher movable with respect to the fixed pusher, the pusher pressing portion can be extended or contracted by the sliding of the movable pusher, and packaging is performed. It is possible to easily change the size of the pusher pressing portion in accordance with the change in the size of the target product.
[0012]
Here, as a telescopic adjustment mechanism for sliding the movable pusher, a roller guide arranged parallel to the carrier side of the pusher mounting member, and an operation mechanism for moving the roller guide in a front-rear direction crossing the length direction, It is possible to employ a mechanism having a swingable roller arm guided by the roller guide, and a lever mechanism for converting the longitudinal movement of the roller guide into the sliding movement of the movable pusher via the roller arm.
[0013]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, the case carrying conveyor 1 for conveying the casing K ₁ in the arrow direction, and a second conveyor 2b of the first conveyor 2a and a double row of double row. The first conveyor 2a and the second conveyor 2b is made the holding claw 4 to the chain 3 from the nail with chain conveyor mounted at equal intervals, case K ₁ is holding claws of the holding claw 4 of the first conveyor 2a second conveyor 2b 4 and conveyed in the direction of the arrow in FIG.
[0014]
Spacing holding claws 4 for clamping the casing K ₁ from the front and back, it can be adjusted by the relative movement of the second conveyor 2b for the first conveyor 2a, the size of the bottom panel P ₂ by a distance adjustment of the retaining claws 4 so that the can may carry different cases K _1.
[0015]
Here, the case K ₁ is the same as the case K ₁ shown in FIG. 8, the bottom panel P side panels P ₁ from both sides a pair of _2, P ₃ for supporting the packaging goods for A upright, whereas each side panel P ₁ to be provided continuously to the continuously provided to the joint flaps J and the other side panel P ₃ the top panel P ₄ is also a folded state of the J-shaped, which is the standing state. The case K ₁ is top panel P ₄ is transferred to side panel P ₃ that is continuously provided as the front side.
[0016]
On one side of the case conveyor 1 and the article conveyor 10 for conveying at the same speed in the same direction the packaging goods for A and Case K _1, packaged goods for A the case feed conveyor 1 to be conveyed by the article conveyor 10 It is provided with slide-in device 20 to push on the bottom panel P ₂ case K ₁ carried by.
[0017]
The article transport conveyor 10 is provided with guide bars 13 at equal intervals on each transport band 12 of the first flat top conveyor 11a to the fourth flat top conveyor 11d arranged in parallel, and the packaging supplied between the guide bars 13 is provided. The target product A is transported downstream.
[0018]
Here, the guide bar 13 includes a fixed guide bar 13a and a movable guide bar 13b, and the fixed guide bar 13a is fixed to the transport band 12 of the second flat top conveyor 11b and the fourth flat top conveyor 11d. The guide bar 13b is fixed to the transport band 12 of the first flat top conveyor 11a and the third flat top conveyor 11c. Therefore, the width of the guide bar 13 is changed by relatively moving the transport bands 12 of the first flat top conveyor 11a and the third flat top conveyor 11c and the second flat top conveyor 11b and the fourth flat top conveyor 11d. The distance between the guide bars 13 can be adjusted.
[0019]
Between the case feed conveyor 1 and the article conveyor 10, passing the conveyor 11e is provided for transferring the packaging subject article A from the article conveyor 10 to the case K ₁ Case conveyor 1.
[0020]
Here, as the packing target product A, an accumulation arrangement of loose goods a composed of cans is shown. Alignment pattern of roses was product a varies depending on the size of the case K ₁ which is transported by the case conveyor 1. For 24 cans packing cases K _1, is a six four columns alignment in a row, in the case of 12 cans packing cases K _1, are four three rows alignment in a row. In the aligned state of the loose article a, the distance between the guide bars 13 is adjusted to a width corresponding to the number of rows by the relative movement of the movable guide bar 13b with respect to the fixed guide bar 13a.
[0021]
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the pushing device 20 rotatably supports a pair of toothed pulleys 22 and 23 by a plate-shaped conveyor frame 21, and extends between the pair of toothed pulleys 22 and 23. Pusher supports 25 are mounted at equal intervals on a timing belt 24 as an endless pusher mounting member that rotates. The pushers 26 are provided on each pusher support 25.
[0022]
As shown in FIG. 1, the pushing device 20 is arranged so that the carrier-side belt 24a of the timing belt 24 moves in an oblique direction so as to cross on the article conveying path of the article conveying conveyor 10, and the timing belt 24 shown in FIG. It is moved in the direction indicated by the arrow, so that pushing on the bottom panel P ₂ case K ₁ which is transported to the packaging subject article a in the bucket 14 of the article transport conveyor 10 by the case conveyor 1 by the pusher 26.
[0023]
The drive shaft of the toothed pulley 22, by an unillustrated driving device, the movement speed of the carrier belt 24a to the conveying direction of the case K ₁ is rotated controlled to be equal to the conveying speed of the case K _1.
[0024]
Here, as shown in FIG. 4, the pusher support 25 has one end swingably supported about a pin 27 supported by the timing belt 24 and the other end in the direction of the timing belt 24. A bracket 28 extending toward the front is fixed.
[0025]
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a pin 29 is supported at the tip of the bracket 28, and a pair of grooved rollers 31 is provided at both ends of a roller arm 30 that is swingably supported around the pin 29. It is rotatably supported.
[0026]
The pair of grooved rollers 31 sandwiches an endless rail 32 provided on the outer peripheral portion of the lower surface of the conveyor frame 21 from both sides and is free to roll along the rail 32. As a result, the pusher support 25 that moves together with the carrier-side belt 24a is held such that the front surface supporting the pusher 26 is parallel to the article transport direction of the article transport conveyor 10.
[0027]
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the pressing portion of the pusher 26 is composed of a fixed pusher 26a and a movable pusher 26b. The fixed pusher 26a is fixed to the front surface of the pusher support 25, and the fixed pusher 26a is to be packaged. A plurality of guide grooves 33 extending in both end directions are provided vertically on a pressing surface for pressing A.
[0028]
The movable pusher 26b has at one end a comb-shaped slide piece 34 slidable along the plurality of guide grooves 33 of the fixed pusher 26a, and the surface of the slide piece 34 is flush with the pressing surface of the fixed pusher 26a. It is arranged on the upper side to form a pressing portion of the pusher 26. As shown in FIG. 3, the other end of the movable pusher 26b is slidably inserted into a guide groove 35 formed on the front surface of the pusher support 25 and extending in both end directions.
[0029]
The pressing portion of the pusher 26 is adjusted to expand and contract by sliding the movable pusher 26b by the expansion and contraction adjustment mechanism 40 shown in FIGS.
[0030]
The expansion / contraction adjustment mechanism 40 includes a roller guide 41 disposed parallel to the carrier-side belt 24 a of the timing belt 24, an operation mechanism 42 for moving the roller guide 41 in a front-rear direction crossing the length direction, and a roller guide 41. And a lever mechanism 43 (see FIG. 4) for converting the forward and backward movement into a sliding movement of the movable pusher 26b.
[0031]
The operation mechanism 42 rotatably supports a screw shaft 45 with each of a pair of support frames 44 provided on the conveyor frame 21, attaches a handle 46 to one of the screw shafts 45, and A belt transmission 47 for transmitting the rotation of the screw shaft 45 rotated by the operation of the handle 46 to the other screw shaft 45; a carriage 48 supporting the roller guide 41 below the pair of screw shafts 45; A pair of nut members 49 provided on the carriage 48 are screw-engaged with the respective screw shafts 45, and by operating the handle 46, the respective screw shafts 45 are rotated to move the roller guide 41 back and forth.
[0032]
As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the lever mechanism 43 that converts the forward and backward movement of the roller guide 41 into the sliding movement of the movable pusher 26 b is provided with a rotatable rotating shaft 50 that extends vertically in the pusher support 25. At the upper and lower ends of the rotating shaft 50, levers 51 and 52 are attached, and at the upper end of the upper lever 51, a roller arm 54 is fixed at the upper end of a shaft 53 having a lower end fixed. The supported rotatable roller 55 is rotatable along a guide groove 41 a formed on the lower surface of the roller guide 41, and the rotary shaft 50 is rotated by the forward and backward movement of the roller guide 41.
[0033]
Further, the distal end of the lower lever 52 attached to the lower end of the rotating shaft 50 and the movable pusher 26b are connected by a link 56, and the movable pusher 26b is moved relative to the fixed pusher 26a by the rotation of the rotating shaft 50. I have to.
[0034]
Here, the upstream end of the guide groove 41a formed on the lower surface of the roller guide 41 expands in a trumpet shape as shown in FIG. 2, and the pusher support 25 of the return side belt 24b is connected to the toothed pulley 23 on the upstream side. When moving around the carrier toward the carrier, the roller 55 of the roller arm 54 provided on the pusher support 25 can smoothly enter the guide groove 41a.
[0035]
The loading device of the packaging target product shown in the embodiment consists of the structure described above, upon depression of the casing K ₁ of the packaging goods for A, the column number of the rose was items a, i.e., the width of the packaging goods for A The dimensions of the pressing portion of the pusher 26 are changed accordingly.
[0036]
Now, for example, when the loose goods a of the goods to be packaged A conveyed by the article conveying conveyor 10 are conveyed in four rows of six cans per row, the screw shaft is operated by operating the handle 46 shown in FIG. By rotating 45, the entire roller guide 41 is advanced leftward. As the roller guide 41 advances, the roller 55 fitted into the guide groove 41a of the roller guide 41 is pressed, so that the rotation shaft 50 rotates in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 4 via the roller arm 54, the shaft 53, and the lever 51. Then, the lower lever 52 swings due to the rotation of the rotation shaft 50, and the movable pusher 26b is pushed together with the slide piece 34 via the lower lever 52 and the link 56, and moves forward to the right as shown in FIG. The pressing portion 26 is extended so as to correspond to the width dimension of the article A to be packaged.
[0037]
As described above, by pushing the entire roller guide 41 forward, each pusher 26 of the carrier-side belt 24a is simultaneously extended. On the other hand, the pusher 26 of the return side belt 24b moves to the carrier side, and the roller 55 enters the guide groove 41a of the roller guide 41 and moves to the extended state.
[0038]
After the size adjustment of the pressing portion of the pusher 26 as described above, the case conveyor 1, the article conveyor 10 and the timing belt 24 of the pushing device 20 are moved in the direction of the arrow in FIG. The pusher 26 that moves together with the pusher 26 has its pressing surface parallel to the transport direction of the article to be packaged A transported by the article transport conveyor 10, and the speed in the transport direction is the same as the transport speed of the article A to be packaged. The article A to be packaged, which is transported by the article transport conveyor 10, is pressed by the pusher 26 and transported by the case transport conveyor 1 because it moves in an oblique direction while crossing the transport path of the article transport conveyor 10. It will be pushed onto the bottom panel _{P 2} of K _1.
[0039]
When the pusher 26 is moved to the downstream side end portion of the carrier belt 24a, a state in which the packaging object article A is completely mounted on the bottom panel P ₂ of the case K _1, loading of packaging goods for A relative to the case K ₁ Ends.
[0040]
Next, the case K ₁ to fully support the packaged goods for A when it is transported to the downstream side, as shown in FIG. 8, the inner flap F ₂ and the outer flap F ₁ is bonded is folded , the joint flaps J and top panel P ₄ is the case K ₀ is bonded is folded.
[0041]
When the loose goods a are changed from the four-row aligned state with six cans in one row to the three-row aligned state with four cans in one row, and the width dimension of the article A to be packaged is changed, the holding claws 4 of the case transport conveyor 1 are changed. with adjusted substantially equal as to the width of the bottom panel P ₂ of the spacing 12 cans packing cases K _1, the size of the can body of three rows the distance between the guide bars 13 of the article transport conveyor 10 is accommodated adjust.
[0042]
Further, the pusher 26 of the pushing device 20 is adjusted to a size capable of simultaneously pressing the articles A to be packaged in the three-row alignment state.
[0043]
At the time of adjusting the size of the pressing portion of the pusher 26, the screw shaft 45 is rotated by operating the handle 46 shown in FIG. By the retreat of the roller guide 41, the rotating shaft 50 rotates in the direction opposite to the direction of the arrow in FIG. 4, and by the rotation of the rotating shaft 50, the movable pusher 26b is pulled toward the fixed pusher 26a via the lower lever 52 and the link 56. As shown in FIG. 6, the pusher 26 contracts and is adjusted to have a length capable of simultaneously pressing the articles A to be packaged in three rows.
[0044]
In this way, by moving the roller guide 41 back and forth, the movable pusher 26b moves with respect to the fixed pusher 26a, and the pressing portion of the pusher 26 expands and contracts. It can easily be adjusted accordingly.
[0045]
In the embodiment, the article to be packaged A is loaded in the wrap round case, but the case is not limited to the wrap round case. For example, it may be a setup case in the shape of a rectangular tube with both ends open.
[0046]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, in the present invention, by moving the movable pusher with respect to the fixed pusher, the pusher pressing portion can expand and contract to change the dimensions. Therefore, it is not necessary to replace the pusher with another one having a different size, and it is possible to easily change the size of the pusher in accordance with the change in the size of the article to be packaged.
[Brief description of the drawings]
1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a device for loading a packaging object according to the present invention; FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a pushing device of the loading device shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a line III-III in FIG. 2; FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway plan view of FIG. 3 FIG. 5 is a partially cutaway front view of FIG. 4 FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway plan view of the pusher shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a blank sheet for a wrap round case. FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a state in which a case is formed by a wrap round caser.
A Packaged product K ₁ Case P ₁ Side panel P ₂ Bottom panel P ₃ Side panel 1 Case transport conveyor 10 Article transport conveyor 20 Push-in device 24 Timing belt (belt)
24a carrier side belt 26 pusher 26a fixed pusher 26b movable pusher 40 expansion / contraction adjustment mechanism 41 roller guide 42 operation mechanism 43 lever mechanism

Claims (2)

A case transport conveyor that transports a packaging case of a product to be packaged in one direction with a pair of side panels standing up and down from both sides of the bottom panel, and is pushed onto the bottom panel of the case on one side of the case transport conveyor. An article transport conveyor for transporting an article to be packaged at the same speed in the same direction as the case, and an endless pusher attaching member that rotates by attaching pushers for pushing the article to be packaged at equal intervals, and a carrier of the pusher attaching member. And a pushing device for moving the side of the article conveying conveyor obliquely on the conveying path of the article conveying conveyor and pressing the object to be packaged on the article conveying conveyor onto the bottom panel of the case by pressing with a pusher pressing portion. A pusher pressing portion of the pushing device, a fixed pusher supported by the pusher mounting member, and the fixed pusher; And a movable pusher that is movable in a direction extending from an end of the fixed pusher, and is made expandable and contractible. An apparatus for loading an article to be packaged, characterized in that the size of the pusher pressing portion is adjusted in accordance with the requirements. A roller guide disposed in parallel with the carrier side of the pusher mounting member, an operation mechanism for moving the roller guide in a front-rear direction crossing the length direction, and guided by the roller guide; 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a lever mechanism having a roller arm, and converting a forward / backward movement of the roller guide into a sliding movement of the movable pusher via the roller arm.

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