JP2007331810A - Boxing method and boxing apparatus for container - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a boxing method for containers, by which the appearance of a cased product is hardly spoiled. <P>SOLUTION: In the boxing method, a blank sheet A, which is provided with a side face panel 5a having a width almost equivalent to the total length of the bus bar of an almost truncated conical part in the container body and the length of a part having almost the same diameter and also with a crease-forming part 12 capable of being bent along a part transformed to the almost truncated conical part from the part having almost the same diameter of the container C placed on a bottom panel 4, and tilting holding part 31, 35 capable of opposing, pinching the side panel, to the almost truncated conical part of the container in which a pair of pinching members 29, 33 is placed on the bottom panel. The bottom panel and a boxing apparatus D provided with a pressing part 28 capable of pressing the bottom panel and a top panel to the container, are used to box the container in a case B, when a connecting flap 6 and the top panel 7 are bonded, by pressing the bottom panel and the top panel to the container with the blank sheet pinched from front and rear in the conveyance direction with a pair of pinching members. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention sandwiches a brazing portion for folding each of a bottom panel, a pair of front and rear side panels, a connection flap connected to one side of the pair of side panels, and a top panel connected to the other side. A blank sheet prepared in series along the transport direction and the bottom panel are aligned in a substantially horizontal direction, and the pair of side panels are folded upward and downward along the brazed portion before and after the bottom panel. A plurality of containers are placed on the bottom panel in an aligned state in which the vertical postures of the containers are aligned, and the connection flap connected to one side panel, The top panel connected to the other side panel is folded toward the upper surface side of the container along the brazing portion, and the blank sheet is moved in front of the conveyance direction by a pair of clamping members. A boxing device for creating a case in which a plurality of the containers are boxed by adhering the connection flap and the top panel to each other in a state of being sandwiched between A container packing method for packing a plurality of containers having a substantially truncated cone-shaped portion having a smaller diameter on the one end side toward the barrel end side in the aligned state in the case; and
In order to box a plurality of containers in which a substantially truncated cone-shaped portion having a smaller diameter toward the barrel end side is formed on at least one end side of the cylindrical barrel portion in a case in an aligned state in which the vertical postures of the respective containers are aligned, A blank sheet transport unit capable of transporting the blank sheet that is bent in a substantially horizontal direction, and the pair of side panels are folded upward along the brazed portion before and after the bottom panel, and A container placement unit capable of placing a plurality of the containers in the aligned state on the bottom panel in the blank sheet being conveyed by the blank sheet conveyance unit, and the connection in the blank sheet being conveyed by the blank sheet conveyance unit The flap and the top panel are bent toward the upper surface side of the container along the brazing portion, and the blank sheet is sandwiched between the pair of clamping members from the front and rear in the conveying direction. A boxing device provided with a folding adhesive portion capable of creating a case in which a plurality of the containers are boxed in the aligned state by bonding the connection flap and the top panel in a state About.

In the above-described container boxing method, conventionally, a blank sheet provided with each of a pair of side panels and a pair of sandwiching members mounted on the bottom panel with substantially the same width in the transport direction as the length of the cylindrical body portion along the container axis direction. A side presser that can be opposed to the placed container across the side panel and that is parallel to the container axis along the entire length of the side panel, and the connection flap and the top panel And a beverage such as beer as an example of a container using a boxing device provided with a pressing portion that can be pressed from above and below with the bottom panel and the top panel facing the container at the time of bonding. A plurality of cans filled with a container are boxed in a case in which the corners are bent at substantially right angles in an aligned state in which the vertical positions of the cans are aligned (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Cases packed with a plurality of cans are usually transported in units of pallets by stacking a plurality of cases on a pallet in a fixed posture along the vertical direction of the can axis during transportation and storage. As the case stacked on the pallet, the larger the load of the case stacked on the upper side acts downward, the load is applied to the pallet side via the can inside the case. Will be supported.

JP 2004-299712 A

For this reason, as shown in FIG. 8, a plurality of cans C each having a substantially truncated cone-shaped portion 2, 3 having a smaller diameter toward the barrel end side at least at one end side of the cylindrical barrel portion 1 is formed into a substantially truncated cone shape. If the case B is packed in an aligned state with the portion 2 facing upward and aligned vertically, the load W of the case B stacked on the upper side in a state where a plurality of the cases B are stacked on the pallet P in multiple stages. As shown by the phantom line in the figure, the side panel 5 of the lower case B bulges outside the case, so-called “bulging of the case” occurs, and the appearance as a cased product tends to be impaired. .
That is, since the can C is packed in the case B whose corner portion is bent at a substantially right angle with the substantially truncated cone portion 2 facing upward, the case corner portion formed by the top panel 7 and the side panel 5 36, a substantially triangular gap G is formed between the substantially truncated cone-shaped portion 2 on the upper side of the can C boxed on the side panel 5 side and the case corner 36, and the top surface facing the gap G It is considered that the load of the upper case B acts on the panel portion 50 and the top panel portion 50 is deformed downward, and as a result, the side panel 5 swells to the outside of the case, resulting in “body swelling”.
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and a plurality of containers each having a substantially truncated cone-shaped portion having a smaller diameter toward the barrel end side at least at one end side of the cylindrical barrel portion are arranged on the upper and lower sides of each container. Even if the case is packed in an aligned state and the case is stacked in multiple stages on the pallet, the packaging method of the container that does not impair the appearance as a cased product and the packaging method are used. An object is to provide a boxing device.

The first characteristic configuration of the present invention is for bending each of a bottom panel, a pair of front and back side panels, a connection flap connected to one side of the pair of side panels, and a top panel connected to the other side. A blank sheet provided in series along the conveying direction across the brazing unit and the bottom panel are aligned along a substantially horizontal direction, and each of the pair of side panels is placed on the brazing unit before and after the bottom panel. A plurality of containers are placed on the bottom panel in an aligned state in which the vertical postures of the containers are aligned, and are connected to one side panel while conveying the blank sheet bent upward along Bending the connection flap and the top panel connected to the other side panel toward the upper surface side of the container along the brazing portion, and a pair of clamping members Using a boxing device that creates a case in which a plurality of the containers are boxed by adhering the connection flap and the top panel to each other in a state of being sandwiched from the front and rear in the conveying direction, A container packaging method for packaging a plurality of containers having a substantially truncated cone-shaped portion with a smaller diameter toward the body end side at least at one end side of the body part, and boxing the case in the aligned state,
Each of the pair of side panels has substantially the same width in the conveyance direction as the total length of the length of the bus bar of the substantially truncated cone-shaped portion in the barrel portion and the length of the substantially identical diameter portion in the barrel portion along the container axial direction. And each side panel can be bent along a portion of the plurality of containers placed on the bottom panel that changes from the substantially same-diameter portion to the substantially truncated cone-shaped portion in the trunk portion. The blank sheet provided with the side panel bending brazing portion and the pair of holding members can be opposed to the substantially frustoconical portion of the container placed on the bottom panel with the side panel interposed therebetween. And a boxing device provided with a pressing portion capable of pressing the bottom panel and the top panel against the container from above and below, using the boxing device. At the time of adhering the panels to each other, with the pair of clamping members sandwiched the blank sheet from the front and rear in the transport direction, press the bottom panel and the top panel from above and below toward the container, A plurality of the containers are packed in the case in the aligned state.

[Action and effect]
Each of the pair of side panels has a width in the conveyance direction substantially the same as the total length of the length of the generatrix of the truncated cone-shaped portion in the body portion and the length along the container axial direction of the substantially same diameter portion in the body portion, and The side panel bending brazing unit is capable of bending each side panel along a portion of the plurality of containers placed on the bottom panel that changes from a substantially same diameter portion to a substantially truncated cone shape portion in the trunk portion. Because the blank sheet that is provided is used
When packing a plurality of containers having a substantially truncated cone-shaped portion having a smaller diameter toward the barrel end toward at least one end of the cylindrical barrel, the top panel and the side panel are formed. The side panel so that the side panel is substantially along the substantially frustoconical part of the container boxed on the side panel side in the case corner formed by the bottom panel and the side panel. It can be bent along the brazing portion for bending.
The pair of holding members includes an inclined presser portion that can be opposed to the substantially truncated cone-shaped portion of the container placed on the bottom panel with the side panel interposed therebetween, and the bottom panel and the top panel Using a boxing device provided with a pressing part that can be pressed from the top and bottom toward the container, when bonding the connection flap and the top panel to each other, the blank sheet is transferred from the front and rear in the conveyance direction with a pair of clamping members. With the sandwiched state, the bottom panel and the top panel are pressed from the top and bottom toward the container, and multiple containers are packed in a case in an aligned state.
Place a plurality of containers having a substantially truncated cone-shaped portion with a smaller diameter toward the cylinder end side at least on one end side of the cylindrical body part, and place them on the bottom panel in an aligned state in which the vertical postures of the containers are aligned, When bonding the connection flap and the top panel to the upper surface of the container along the brazing part and bonding them together, the bottom panel and the top panel are pressed toward the container from the top and bottom, and the An inclined presser that can be opposed to the frustoconical part with the side panel sandwiched between the side panel so that the side panel substantially follows the substantially frustoconical part of the container placed on the side panel side. In the case corner formed by the top panel and the side panel, or in the case corner formed by the bottom panel and the side panel, the side panel is Boxed A substantially frustoconical portion of the container that can be packed into the case gap is small, which is formed between the case corners facing the truncated cone-shaped portion thereof.
Therefore, even if the load of the case stacked on top acts on the corner of the top panel facing the gap, the load is received by the container, and the downward deformation amount of the top panel corner is small. Or from the corner of the bottom panel facing the gap, the load acting on the upper corner of the case stacked on the lower side is reduced, and as a result, the side panel bulges outside the case (bulging) A plurality of containers having a substantially truncated cone-shaped part with a smaller diameter toward the cylinder end side at least on one end side of the cylindrical body part are packed in a case in an aligned state in which the vertical positions of the containers are aligned. Even if a plurality of cases are stacked on a pallet in multiple stages, it is difficult to impair the appearance as a cased product.

The second characteristic configuration of the present invention is an aligned state in which a plurality of containers each having a substantially truncated cone-shaped portion having a smaller diameter on the cylinder end side at least at one end side of the cylindrical body portion are aligned in the vertical position of each container. The container according to claim 1, wherein the bottom panel is arranged in a substantially horizontal direction, and each of the pair of side panels is placed before and after the bottom panel. A plurality of the containers can be placed in the aligned state on a blank sheet transport unit capable of transporting the blank sheet bent upward along the bottom surface of the blank sheet being transported by the blank sheet transport unit. And folding the connecting flap and the top panel of the blank sheet being conveyed by the blank sheet conveying unit toward the upper surface side of the container along the brazing unit. In a state where the blank sheet is bent and sandwiched from the front and rear in the conveying direction by a pair of clamping members, the connection flap and the top panel are bonded to each other, thereby packing a plurality of the containers in the aligned state. A boxing device provided with a folding adhesive part capable of creating a case,
The pair of clamping members include an inclined presser portion that can be opposed to the substantially truncated cone-shaped portion of the container placed on the bottom panel with the side panel sandwiched therebetween, and the connection flap and the ceiling The bottom panel and the top panel can be pressed from above and below toward the container in a state where the blank sheet is sandwiched from the front and rear in the conveying direction by the pair of sandwiching members when bonding the face panels to each other. There is a point that a pressing part is provided.

[Action and effect]
A pair of clamping members are provided with an inclined presser portion that can be opposed to the substantially frustoconical portion of the container placed on the bottom panel with the side panel sandwiched therebetween, and the connection flap and the top panel are bonded to each other Since a pressing part that can be pressed from above and below the bottom panel and the top panel toward the container is provided in a state where the blank sheet is sandwiched from the front and back in the transport direction by a pair of sandwiching members,
Place a plurality of containers having a substantially truncated cone-shaped portion with a smaller diameter toward the cylinder end side at least on one end side of the cylindrical body part, and place them on the bottom panel in an aligned state in which the vertical postures of the containers are aligned, When bonding the connection flap and the top panel to the upper surface of the container along the brazing part and bonding them together, the bottom panel and the top panel are pressed toward the container from the top and bottom, and the An inclined presser that can be opposed to the frustoconical part with the side panel sandwiched between the side panel so that the side panel substantially follows the substantially frustoconical part of the container placed on the side panel side. In the case corner formed by the top panel and the side panel, or in the case corner formed by the bottom panel and the side panel, the side panel is Boxed A substantially frustoconical portion of the container that can be packed into the case gap is small, which is formed between the case corners facing the truncated cone-shaped portion thereof.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a corrugated paper blank sheet A used in a container boxing method according to the present invention. FIGS. 2 to 4 show an example of a container as shown in FIG. The metal can (two-piece can) C filled with beverages such as beer by forming the substantially frustoconical-shaped portions 2 and 3 having a smaller diameter toward the end of the cylinder body by drawing at both ends of the cylindrical body 1. As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, a case B according to the present invention is prepared in which a plurality of (24 in this embodiment) are boxed in an aligned state in which the vertical postures of the metal cans C are aligned. The outline of the boxing apparatus (wrap round caser) D used for the boxing method is shown.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the blank sheet A includes a bottom panel 4, a pair of front and rear side panels 5 (5a, 5b), a connection flap 6 connected to one side panel 5b, and the other side panel 5a. And the top panel 7 connected to each other in series along the conveying direction with the sheet folding brazing unit 8 interposed therebetween, and the sheet folding brazing unit 8 on both the left and right sides of the bottom panel 4 and the top panel 7. An outer flap 9 is extended between the side panels 5a and 5b, and an inner flap 10 is extended on both the left and right sides of the side panels 5a and 5b with a sheet bending brazing portion 8 interposed therebetween.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the side panels 5 a and 5 b each have a length L <b> 2 and a length L <b> 3 of the bus line substantially along the inclination of each of the substantially truncated cone-shaped portions 2 and 3 in the body 1 of the metal can C, and the body A plurality of metal cans that are provided on the bottom panel 4 with a width E substantially equal to the total length of the substantially equal-diameter portion 11 in FIG. A portion of C corresponding to the two upper and lower portions that change from substantially the same diameter portion 11 to the substantially frustoconical shape portions 2 and 3 in the body portion 1, that is, the length L2 from the bottom panel 4 of the side panels 5a and 5b. Each side panel 5a, 5b along a part separated by a length L3 from the top panel 7 of the side panel 5a and a part separated by a length L3 from the connection flap 6 of the side panel 5b. A panel-folding brazing portion 12 that can be bent is provided. .

  Further, in a state where the blank sheet A is bent into a box shape, the bottom panel 4 is substantially in close contact with the lower end portion of the metal can C, and the top panel 7 is substantially in close contact with the upper end portion of the metal can C. The bottom panel 4 and the top surface are arranged such that the side panel portion 13 sandwiched between the side panel bending brazing portions 12 of the panels 5a and 5b is in close contact with the substantially equal diameter portion 11 of the body portion 1 of the metal can C. The panel 7 is provided with a width shorter than the alignment width F along the conveying direction of the metal cans C in the aligned state.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the boxing device D includes a blank sheet conveyance unit 14 that conveys the blank sheet A in series, a blank sheet supply unit 15 that supplies the blank sheet A to the blank sheet conveyance unit 14, and A can mounting unit 16 capable of mounting a plurality of metal cans C on a blank sheet A being transported by the blank sheet transport unit 14 and a blank sheet A being transported can be folded into a box shape and held in that shape. And a bent bonding portion 17 capable of forming a case B in which a plurality of metal cans C are packed in an aligned state.

  The blank sheet supply unit 15 takes out the blank sheets A one by one from the hopper 19 with the suction tool 18 and opposes each of the pair of side panels 5a and 5b to the bottom panel 4 along the brazing unit 8. Thus, it is provided so that it can be bent at a substantially right angle and supplied to the blank sheet conveying section 14.

  The blank sheet transport unit 14 is configured such that the blank sheet A supplied from the blank sheet supply unit 15 faces the side panel 5a connected to the top panel 7 toward the lower side in the transport direction, and each side panel. A conveyor is provided to carry a series of conveyors by placing the bottom panel 4 in a substantially horizontal orientation with 5a and 5b facing upward.

  The can placing unit 16 conveys a predetermined number (24) of metal cans C in a predetermined alignment state in which the vertical positions of the metal cans C are aligned according to the conveyance speed of the blank sheet A, It is provided in such a manner that it can be placed in an aligned state on the bottom panel 4 of the blank sheet A being conveyed by the conveyor 14 by being pushed together toward the conveying path 14.

  The bending adhesive portion 17 is formed by bending the connection flap 6 and the top panel 7 substantially at right angles toward the upper surface side of the metal can C along the brazed portion 8 with respect to the side panels 5a and 5b. A hot-melt adhesive is injected from the injection unit 20 to the connection flap 6 to bond the connection flap 6 and the top panel 7 to each other, and the inner flap 10 is connected to each of the side panels 5a and 5b. The hot melt adhesive is injected from the second injection portion 22 into the inner flap 10 while being bent at a substantially right angle along the brazing portion 8 toward the side surface of the metal can C, and the top panel 7 and the bottom surface The panel 4 includes a second bent bonding portion 23 for bonding each of the outer flaps 9 bent substantially at right angles toward the side surface of the metal can C along the brazing portion 8 to the inner flap 10.

  The first folding adhesive part 21 is placed on the bottom panel 4 with a lower clamping mechanism 24 that sandwiches the bottom panel 4 side of the blank sheet A that is folded upward in the U-shape from the front and back in the transport direction. After pressing the connection flap 6 in the blank sheet A, the connection flap bending portion 25 is bent along the brazing portion 8 toward the upper surface of the metal can C, and the top panel 7 is pressed along the brazing portion 8. The top panel bending portion 26 that is bent toward the upward surface of the connection flap 6, the first injection portion 20 that injects the hot-melt adhesive onto the upward surface of the folded connection flap 6, and the top surface of the blank sheet A The upper clamping mechanism 24 that clamps the panel 7 from the front and rear in the conveying direction, and the lower clamping mechanism 24 and the upper clamping mechanism at the time of bonding for bonding the connection flap 6 and the top panel 7 together. In a sandwiched state of the blank sheet A from the front and rear in the transport direction at a 7, and a pressing portion 28 capable of pressing the bottom panel 4 and top panel 7 from the vertical direction toward the metal can C.

  The lower clamping mechanism 24 is provided with a plurality of lower clamping members 29 that can be driven and moved at regular intervals along the left and right sides of the transport path of the transport conveyor 14 and is bent in an upward U-shape. The left and right sides of the blank sheet A are provided movably in a state of being sandwiched by a pair of lower clamping members 29 from the front and rear in the conveying direction.

  Each of the lower holding members 29 includes a panel pressing portion 30 that faces the metal can C placed on the bottom panel 4 substantially in parallel with the can axis X with the side panels 5a and 5b interposed therebetween. A lower inclined presser that is substantially parallel to the lower truncated cone-shaped part 2 of the metal can C placed on the bottom panel 4 and that faces the sandwiched side panels 5a and 5b. The blank sheet supply unit 15 is provided so as to be driven and movable at regular intervals so that the interval between the panel pressing portions 30 of the adjacent lower clamping members 29 is a length along the conveyance direction of the case B. While pressing the blank sheet A supplied from the pair of lower holding members 29, the side panels 5a and 5b are pressed against the lower inclined pressing portion 31 to thereby respectively press the side panels 5a and 5b on the lower side panel. Bending part 12 for bending And bent along, and are configured to be formed a lower case corner 32 sandwiched between the pair of lower holding member 29 around the conveying direction.

  The upper clamping mechanism 27 is configured to place a plurality of upper clamping members 33 at regular intervals along the left and right sides of the conveyance path of the conveyor 14, that is, above the movement path of the lower clamping member 29 in the lower clamping mechanism 24. Provided in a freely movable manner so that the lower case corner 32 can be moved while being sandwiched from the front and rear in the conveying direction by the pair of upper clamping members 33 on both the left and right sides of the blank sheet A sandwiched by the lower clamping member 29. It is provided.

  Each of the upper clamping members 33 includes a panel pressing portion 34 that faces the metal can C placed on the bottom panel 4 so as to face the can axis X substantially in parallel with the side panels 5a and 5b. An upper inclined presser 35 that is substantially parallel to the upper frustoconical portion 3 of the metal can C placed on the panel 4 and is opposed to the upper side of the side panel 5a, 5b. Provided so that the distance between the panel pressing portions 34 of the adjacent upper clamping members 33 is a length along the conveying direction of the case B so as to be driven and movable at regular intervals, and the side panels 5a and 5b are inclined upward. By pressing the presser part 35, the side panel 5a, 5b is bent along the upper side panel bending brazing part 12, and the upper case corner is sandwiched between the pair of upper clamping members 32 in the front and rear in the conveying direction. 36 can be formed It is the sea urchin configuration.

  Using the blank sheet A and the boxing device D, the can boxing according to the present invention for producing a case B in which a plurality of metal cans C are packed in an aligned state in which the vertical positions of the metal cans C are aligned. A method will be described.

  By means of the blank sheet supply section 15, the blank sheets A of the hopper 19 are placed one by one along the bottom panel 4 in a substantially horizontal direction, and the pair of side panels 5 a and 5 b are placed before and after the bottom panel 4. A pair in the lower clamping mechanism 24 is in a posture folded in an upward U shape along the attaching portion 8 and the side panel 5a on the side where the top panel 7 is connected is directed to the lower side in the transport direction. While being pushed in between the lower clamping members 29, the lower case corners 32 are formed on the front and rear in the conveying direction while being supplied to the conveying conveyor 14.

  While the blank sheet A supplied to the transport conveyor 14 is transported in a state where the lower case corner portion 32 is sandwiched by the pair of lower sandwiching members 29 from the front and rear in the transport direction, A predetermined number of metal cans C are placed on the bottom panel 4 of the sheet A in a predetermined alignment state in which the vertical postures are aligned.

  While the connection flap 6 of the blank sheet A on which the metal can C is placed in an aligned state is bent at the connection flap bending portion 25, hot melt adhesive is injected into the connection flap 6, and the top panel 7 is attached to the top surface. The bottom panel 4 and the top panel 7 are folded with the panel folding part 26 and the blank sheet A is sandwiched between the pair of lower clamping members 29 and the pair of upper clamping members 33 from the front and rear in the conveying direction. The side panels 5 a and 5 b are pressed into the upper and lower substantially truncated cone-shaped portions 2 and 3 and the substantially same-diameter portion 11 in the body 1 by pressing the metal can C toward the metal can C from above and below with the arm-shaped pressing portion 28. The connection flap 6 and the top panel 7 are bonded to each other by being bent along the upper and lower side panel bending brazing portions 12 so as to be substantially along.

  Although not shown, in addition to the arm-shaped pressing portion 28, a plurality of pressing rollers are rotated around the axis in the direction orthogonal to the conveying direction in the conveying direction moved and urged toward the top panel 7 side. A pressing portion 28 that is freely supported is provided, and the blank sheet A is sandwiched from the front and rear in the conveying direction by a pair of lower clamping members 29 and a pair of upper clamping members 33, and the bottom panel 4 and the ceiling panel By pressing the face panel 7 toward the metal can C from above and below with an arm-like pressing portion 28 and a pressing roller, the side panels 5a and 5b are moved to the upper and lower substantially truncated cone portions 2 and 3 and the body portion. 1 may be bent along the upper and lower side panel bending brazing portions 12 so as to be substantially along the substantially same diameter portion 11, and the connection flap 6 and the top panel 7 may be bonded to each other.

  In addition, in the second bending bonding portion 23, each of the inner flaps 10 of the blank sheet A on which the metal can C is placed in an aligned state is bent at a substantially right angle toward the side surface side of the metal can C, and the inner flap 10 A hot melt adhesive is injected onto the outward surface of the metal can and each of the outer flaps 9 is bent at a substantially right angle toward the side surface of the metal can C to bond the inner flap 10 and the outer flap 9 to each other.

[Other Embodiments]
1. The container boxing method according to the present invention may be used for packing a plurality of containers in which a substantially truncated cone-shaped portion is formed only on one end side of the cylindrical body in an aligned state.
2. The container boxing method according to the present invention may be used for packing a plurality of resin containers into a case in an aligned state.
3. The container boxing method according to the present invention may be used for packing a plurality of containers into a case in an aligned state using a resin blank sheet.
4). The present invention may be a boxing method or a boxing apparatus for containers such as PET bottles made of resin or glass.
5). According to the present invention, a plurality of so-called multipacks, in which a predetermined number of containers are packed in a paper pack or the like in a predetermined alignment state in which the vertical orientation is aligned, are packed in a case in a predetermined alignment state in which the vertical orientation is aligned. The container packing method or the boxing device may be used.

Plan view of blank sheet Schematic side view of boxing equipment Schematic side view of boxing equipment Schematic perspective view showing container packaging method Case perspective view Case vertical section Container side view Illustration of prior art

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Body part 2 Substantially frustoconical part 3 Substantially frustoconical part 4 Bottom panel 5 Side panel 6 Connection flap 7 Top panel 8 Brazing part 11 Substantially same diameter part 12 Brazing part 14 Blank sheet conveyance part 16 Container mounting Part 17 Bending adhesive part 28 Pressing part 29 Holding member 31 Inclined pressing part 33 Holding member 35 Inclining pressing part A Blank sheet B Case C Container D Box packing device E Transport direction width L2 Busbar length L3 Busbar length L11 Approximate diameter Length along the container axis direction of the part X Container axis

Claims (2)

Each of the bottom panel, the pair of front and rear side panels, the connection flap connected to one side of the pair of side panels, and the top panel connected to the other side in the conveying direction across the folding brazing portion Blank sheets prepared in series along,
A plurality of containers are conveyed while transporting the blank sheet in which the bottom panel is arranged in a substantially horizontal direction, and the pair of side panels are folded upward and downward along the brazed portion before and after the bottom panel. Are placed on the bottom panel in an aligned state in which the vertical postures of the containers are aligned, the connection flap connected to one side panel, and the top panel connected to the other side panel; Is bent toward the upper surface side of the container along the brazing portion, and the connection flap and the top panel are bonded to each other in a state where the blank sheet is sandwiched by a pair of clamping members from the front and rear in the conveying direction. By using a boxing device that creates a case in which a plurality of the containers are boxed,
A container boxing method for packing a plurality of containers in which a substantially truncated cone-shaped part having a smaller diameter toward the cylinder end side is formed on at least one end side of the cylindrical body part in the aligned state in the case,
Each of the pair of side panels has substantially the same width in the conveyance direction as the total length of the length of the bus bar of the substantially truncated cone-shaped portion in the barrel portion and the length of the substantially identical diameter portion in the barrel portion along the container axial direction. And each side panel can be bent along a portion of the plurality of containers placed on the bottom panel that changes from the substantially same-diameter portion to the substantially truncated cone-shaped portion in the trunk portion. A blank sheet provided with a brazed portion for side panel bending;
The pair of clamping members include an inclined presser portion that can be opposed to the substantially truncated cone-shaped portion of the container placed on the bottom panel with the side panel sandwiched therebetween, and the bottom panel and the ceiling Using a boxing device provided with a pressing part capable of pressing the face panel toward the container from above and below,
When the connection flap and the top panel are bonded to each other, the bottom panel and the top panel are directed to the container in a state where the blank sheet is sandwiched from the front and rear in the transport direction by the pair of sandwiching members. A container packaging method in which a plurality of containers are packed in the case in the aligned state by pressing from above and below. 2. A plurality of containers, each having a substantially truncated cone-shaped portion having a smaller diameter toward the cylinder end side at least at one end side of the cylindrical body portion, are packed in a case in an aligned state in which the vertical postures of the containers are aligned. To use for the container packaging method of
A blank sheet transport unit capable of transporting the blank sheet, which is formed by bending the bottom panel along a substantially horizontal direction, and folding the pair of side panels upward and downward along the brazed portion before and after the bottom panel. ,
A container placement unit capable of placing a plurality of the containers in the aligned state on the bottom panel of the blank sheet being conveyed by the blank sheet conveyance unit;
The connecting flap and the top panel in the blank sheet being conveyed by the blank sheet conveying unit are bent toward the upper surface side of the container along the brazing unit, and the blank sheet is conveyed in a conveying direction by a pair of clamping members. In a state of being sandwiched from the front and rear of the container, the connection flap and the top panel are bonded to each other, thereby providing a folding adhesive portion capable of creating a case in which a plurality of the containers are boxed in the aligned state. A boxing device,
The pair of clamping members include an inclined presser portion that can be opposed to the substantially truncated cone-shaped portion of the container placed on the bottom panel with the side panel sandwiched therebetween, and the connection flap and the ceiling The bottom panel and the top panel can be pressed from above and below toward the container in a state where the blank sheet is sandwiched from the front and rear in the conveying direction by the pair of sandwiching members when bonding the face panels to each other. A boxing device with a pressing part.

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