JP2008062988A - Filling machine and filling/packaging apparatus having the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a filling machine capable of quickly and efficiently filling a package body with flaky materials such as dried bonito flakes which are too lightweight to fall freely and to provide the filling machine and filling/packaging apparatus performing packaging. <P>SOLUTION: When the dried bonito flakes K fall down around an area between one end of a chute 41 and an upper end of a tubular body 33, air is strongly jetted out of a jet port 51 of an air pipe 49 for 0.5 seconds. Since packaging material S is breathable, an air current toward an exhaust port 47 is generated in a tubular body 33 as shown by black small arrows, and passes through the packaging material S. Accordingly, air pressure in the tubular body 33 becomes negative instantaneously so that the dried bonito flakes K is drawn along the course into the tubular body 33 as shown by unshaded arrows, and stored in a lower end of the packaging material S in which one end Sa is closed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a filling machine and a filling and packaging apparatus, and more particularly, to a filling machine and a filling and packaging apparatus suitable for filling and packaging a filling material such as flakes that do not easily fall naturally.

Light and flaky fillings such as shavings are difficult to perform automatically because they do not fall naturally. Conventionally, most lightweight and flaky fillings such as shavings are packed manually by hand. Has been.
As in the conventional filling device, even if an attempt is made to insert a shaving node weighed to a predetermined weight from the upper end opening of the cylindrical body and accommodate it in a bag-shaped package connected to the lower end opening of the cylindrical body, as described above. The shaving nodes and the like are flaky and entangled with each other, and are extremely lightweight and difficult to fall naturally, so they are caught in the middle of the cylindrical body and do not come out smoothly from the lower end opening.
If the diameter of the cylindrical body is increased in order to prevent this, the package becomes unnecessarily large and becomes unsuitable for practical use.

However, manual bagging is extremely inefficient and has a problem of considerable cost.
There is also an automatic filling machine equipped with a mechanism for dropping a cutting node etc. held in the middle of the cylindrical body with a rod-shaped body, but if the extrusion operation is not performed many times, the cutting node etc. can not be dropped, It will take a considerable amount of time and it is impossible to perform automatic filling quickly.
The present invention has been made by paying attention to the above-mentioned conventional problems, and it is possible to quickly fill a packing body with a lightweight and flake-like filling material such as a shaving node, which is efficient. It is an object of the present invention to provide a filling machine capable of realizing filling and a filling and packaging apparatus capable of performing packaging.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the invention of claim 1 comprises a cylindrical body, wherein a packaging body having air permeability is connected to an outlet of the cylindrical body, In a filling machine that stores in a package a filling material that is introduced from an inlet of a cylindrical body, passes through the cylindrical body, and is discharged from the outlet, the air flow toward the outlet in the middle of the cylindrical body It is a filling machine characterized by being provided with the airflow generation means which generate | occur | produces.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the filling machine according to the first aspect, the air flow generating means includes an air pipe having an injection port facing the discharge port side of the cylindrical body, and an air supply means for supplying air to the air pipe. Is a filling machine.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the filling machine according to the second aspect, one end of the filling machine is connected to the inlet of the cylindrical body, and a chute for charging the cylindrical body is provided. The opening is provided between the inlet and the outlet of the cylindrical body.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the filling machine according to any one of the second to third aspects, a chute for charging the cylindrical body is provided, and the injection port of the air pipe is the inlet of the cylindrical body. The filling machine is provided immediately below.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the filling and packaging apparatus including the filling machine according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the cylindrical body is bent to form a sheet-shaped packaging material into a bag-shaped packaging body. A packaging material feeding means that also serves as a guide member and that intermittently feeds the packaging material to the discharge port side of the cylindrical body at a predetermined pitch, and a sealing means that seals the packaging material to form a bag shape And a filling and packaging apparatus.

  A sixth aspect of the present invention is the filling and packaging apparatus according to the fifth aspect, wherein the air is injected from the injection port of the air pipe in synchronization with the operation in which the packaging material is intermittently sent at a predetermined pitch. It is a packaging device.

According to the filling machine of the present invention, it is possible to quickly fill a package with a lightweight and flake-like filling material such as a shaving node, and an efficient filling can be realized.
Moreover, according to the filling packaging apparatus of this invention, it becomes possible to perform automatic bag making which shape | molds a sheet-like packaging material further into a bag-shaped packaging body.

A filling and packaging apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
Reference numeral 3 denotes a machine base, and the machine base 3 is provided with a control box 9 for accommodating a packaging material feeding device 5, a filling machine 7, a control circuit and the like.

The configuration of the packaging material feeder 5 will be described.
Reference numeral 11 denotes a box portion, and a base portion 13 having an L shape in side view is provided on the box portion 11. A reel base 15 protruding to the left in FIG. A reel 17 is rotatably provided on the reel base 15, and a wound sheet-shaped packaging material S is mounted on the reel 17. This packaging material S is comprised with the nonwoven fabric which has air permeability and heat-welding property.
Further, the base portion 13 is provided with a feed roller 19, a guide roller 21 and a guide shaft 23.

A frame portion 25 is provided on the box portion 11, and a guide roller 27 is provided on the top portion of the frame portion 25.
The frame part 25 supports a packaging material guide 29 as a guide member for bending the sheet-shaped packaging material S to form a bag-shaped pack P as a packaging body. It consists of a receiving part 31 constituting the substantially upper half part and a cylindrical body 33 constituting the substantially lower half part. That is, the cylindrical body 33 serves not only to pass the filling material but also to serve as a guide member that bends in order to form the sheet-shaped packaging material S into the bag-shaped pack P.
The receiving part 31 is configured by bending a stainless steel plate, and an opening 35 is provided on a side part as shown in FIG. A cylindrical body 33 is connected to the lower end portion of the receiving portion 31, and this cylindrical body 33 is formed so as to have an elliptical cross section as shown in FIG.

Further, the box portion 11 is provided with a vertical sealing device 37 and a horizontal sealing device 39 as sealing means. The vertical sealing device 37 is constituted by a pair of disk-shaped heaters that rotate while sandwiching the packaging material S. The horizontal sealing device 39 seals and cuts the packaging material S by ultrasonic welding.
A chute 41 is supported on the upper surface of the control box 9, and one end of the chute 41 enters the receiving portion 31 from the opening 35 of the receiving portion 31 of the packaging material guide 29, and the inlet 34 of the cylindrical body 33. It is connected to the. The other end of the chute 41 is located below the terminal end of the vibration conveyor 43. The vibration conveyor 43 is supplied with the cutting node K measured by the measuring device 45 to a predetermined amount.

Reference numeral 49 denotes an air pipe. The air pipe 49 enters the cylindrical body 33 through a through hole formed in the upper end portion of the cylindrical body 33. As shown in FIG. 3, the air pipe 49 extends downward along the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical body 33, and the injection port 51 is provided toward the discharge port side of the cylindrical body 33. The injection port 51 of the air pipe 49 is provided immediately below the input port 34 of the cylindrical body 33.
The air pipe 49 is connected to an air supply means comprising a compressor (not shown), a solenoid valve, and a control circuit in the control box 9 for controlling the operation of the solenoid valve. Air is supplied to the air pipe 49 at a timing described later, Air can be discharged from the injection port 51. The air pipe 49 and the air supply means constitute an air flow generation means.

One end of the packaging material S mounted on the reel 17 is pulled out, pulled down between the feed roller 19 and the guide roller 21, hung on the guide shaft 23, folded back obliquely upward, Further, it is hung on the guide roller 27 and folded downward. Then, the packaging material S comes into contact with the packaging material guide 29, is curved along the packaging guide 29, and both end portions in the width direction are combined and sealed by the vertical sealing device 37. Further, one end portion Sa of the packaging material S located below the discharge port 47 of the cylindrical body 33 is sealed and closed by a lateral sealing device 39.
The packaging material feeding means that intermittently feeds the packaging material S to the discharge port 47 side of the cylindrical body 33 at a predetermined pitch controls the driving of the feed roller 19, guide roller 21, vertical seal device 37, and vertical seal device 37. It is configured by a control circuit (not shown). This control circuit is accommodated in the control box 9.

Next, operation | movement of this filling packaging apparatus 1 is demonstrated.
The shaving node K weighed to a predetermined amount by the weighing device 45 is supplied to the vibrating conveyor 43, then conveyed by the vibrating conveyor 43, and thrown into the chute 41. Then, the shaving node K is fed from one end of the chute 41 to the opening 35 of the receiving portion 31 of the packaging material guide 29.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the cutting node K comes near between the one end portion of the chute 41 and the upper end portion of the cylindrical body 33, the air is vigorously injected from the injection port 51 of the air pipe 49 for 0.5 seconds. . Since the packaging material S has air permeability, an air flow toward the discharge port 47 is generated in the cylindrical body 33 indicated by a small black arrow, and this air flow escapes from the packaging material S to the outside. Accordingly, the inside of the cylindrical body 33 is negatively charged for a moment, and the cutting node K falls by being sucked into the cylindrical body 33 along the path indicated by the white arrow, passes through the cylindrical body 33, and the one end Sa It is accommodated in the lower end portion of the closed packaging material S. Next, the packaging material S is fed a predetermined distance, and the vertical sealing machine 37 performs vertical sealing on the packaging material S.
Further, the side sealing machine 39 seals the upper portion of the packaging material S from which the shaving node K is accommodated, closes it, cuts it simultaneously, separates it from the packaging material S, and encloses the shaving node K. A pack P as a package is completed.

When air is not injected from the injection port 51 of the air pipe 49, the shaving node K is extremely light and thin, so that it does not entangle with each other and does not fall, and between the one end of the chute 41 and the upper end of the cylindrical body 33 It stops around.
The one end portion of the packaging material S from which the pack P was cut off was sealed and closed when the portion above the portion (the upper end portion of the pack P) of the packaging material S in which the cutting node K was accommodated was sealed. It becomes a state.

The above operation is repeated, and the filling and packaging of the shaving node K are continuously performed.
In the above-described operation, the injection of air from the injection port 51 of the air pipe 49 is performed in synchronization with the operation of feeding the packaging material S that is performed intermittently.
That is, the packaging material S is intermittently sent in the direction of the discharge port 47 of the cylindrical body 33 at a predetermined pitch by the feed roller 19, the guide roller 21, and the vertical sealing device 37, and is synchronized with the operation of sending the packaging material S. Then, air is injected from the injection port 51 of the air pipe 49 by the air supply means.

In this way, while the packaging material S is being sent downward, the shaving node K falls inside the cylindrical body 33 and is accommodated in the lower end portion of the packaging material S that is closed with one end sealed as described above. . Since the cutting node K falls in the cylindrical body 33 while the packaging material S is being sent downward, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of time loss and to perform filling and packaging efficiently in a short time.
As described above, it is possible to quickly fill a package with a lightweight and flaky filling like the cut portion K, and to perform efficient filling and packaging.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above. However, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and the present invention can be changed even if there is a design change without departing from the gist of the present invention. included.
For example, although the filling packaging apparatus 1 provided with the packaging material feeding apparatus 5, the filling machine 7, etc. was shown in the said embodiment, you may use the filling machine 7 independently. That is, even if a bag is manually attached to the lower end opening 47 of the cylindrical body 33, the shaving node K is filled in the bag by the filling machine 7, the bag is sealed manually, and the shaving node is enclosed in the bag. Good.

In addition, the filling material is not limited to a shaving node, and may be tea leaves or the like, and is not limited to a flake-like material, but is applied to a lightweight and hard-to-fall material such as a cotton-like or short thread-like material for smooth filling. It can be performed.
In the above embodiment, the injection port 51 of the air pipe 49 is provided directly below the input port 34 of the cylindrical body 33, but it is possible to generate an air flow that can discharge the filling material from the discharge port 47. If so, the injection port 51 of the air pipe 49 may be provided at any part between the input port 34 and the discharge port 47 of the cylindrical body 33.

  According to the filling machine and the filling and packaging apparatus of the present invention, even if it is difficult to fall, such as a light and flaky filling, it can be dropped smoothly and accommodated in a packaging material such as a bag. It can be widely used for filling foods, cotton-like industrial products, and the like that are hard to fall naturally.

It is a front view of the filling packaging apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a partially expanded sectional view of FIG. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Filling and packaging apparatus 7 Filling machine 29 Packaging material guide 31 Receiving part 33 Cylindrical body 34 Cylindrical body inlet 37 Vertical sealing apparatus 39 Horizontal sealing apparatus 43 Chute 47 Cylindrical body outlet 49 Air pipe 51 Air pipe injection port S Packaging material K Sharpening section

Claims (6)

  A cylindrical body is provided, and a packaging body having air permeability is connected to the discharge port of the cylindrical body. The package is inserted from the input port of the cylindrical body and is discharged from the discharge port through the cylindrical body. In the filling machine for storing the filling material to be stored in the packaging body, an airflow generating means for generating an airflow toward the discharge port is provided in the middle of the cylindrical body.   2. The filling machine according to claim 1, wherein the airflow generating means comprises an air pipe having an injection port facing the discharge port side of the cylindrical body, and an air supply means for supplying air to the air pipe.   The filling machine according to claim 2, wherein one end portion is connected to a charging port of the cylindrical body, a chute for charging the cylindrical body is provided, and an injection port of the air pipe is formed of the cylindrical body. A filling machine provided between the inlet and the outlet.   The filling machine according to any one of claims 2 to 3, wherein a chute for charging the cylindrical body is provided, and an injection port of the air pipe is provided immediately below the charging port of the cylindrical body. Feature filling machine.   The filling and packaging apparatus including the filling machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the cylindrical body also serves as a guide member that bends in order to form a sheet-shaped packaging material into a bag-shaped packaging body. And packaging material feeding means for intermittently feeding the packaging material to the discharge port side of the cylindrical body at a predetermined pitch, and sealing means for sealing the packaging material to form a bag. Filling and packaging equipment characterized by   6. The filling and packaging apparatus according to claim 5, wherein air is injected from an injection port of the air pipe in synchronization with an operation in which the packaging material is intermittently sent at a predetermined pitch.

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