JP2008087777A - Vertical bag-making, filling and packaging machine for square bottom bag - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vertical bag-making, filling and packaging machine for square bottom bag which shortens a period of time required for manufacturing a square bottom bag per piece, and can speed up the operation speed. <P>SOLUTION: This vertical bag-making, filling and packaging machine includes a pair of folding members (78) at a folding position which is defined under a lateral sealer (18). Then, the formation of a lateral seal by the lateral sealer (18), the molding of a bottom section having triangular flaps, and the folding of the triangular flaps onto the flat bottom of the bottom section having the triangular flaps are performed simultaneously to manufacture the square bottom bag. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a square bottom vertical bag making filling and packaging machine for producing a square bottom bag having a square bottom, more specifically a square bottom bag having a flat upper portion.

  In this type of vertical bag making filling and packaging machine, the lower end portion of the filling tube is formed in a rectangular tube shape. Therefore, when the packaging material formed in a cylindrical shape around the filling tube comes out of the filling tube, The material has a rectangular tube shape. Thereafter, a transverse seal extending in the transverse direction is formed on such a rectangular tube-shaped packaging material, and the transverse seal is implemented by an openable / closable transverse sealer disposed below the filling tube. The horizontal sealer cuts and separates the packaging material from the center of the horizontal seal.

Since the cut and separation of the horizontal seal forms a bottom seal that becomes the bottom of the packaging material, the article can be filled into the packaging material through the filling tube after the lateral seal is formed.
Furthermore, the packaging machine is provided with a square bottom forming device for forming the bottom formed by the horizontal sealer around the horizontal sealer as described above. Specifically, when the horizontal sealer is closed, the square bottom forming device folds part of both side surfaces of the packaging material directly above the horizontal sealer, and forms a pair of triangular flaps in cooperation with the horizontal sealer. Includes an ear seal bar, a bottom seal folding plate that folds the bottom seal directly above the horizontal sealer to form the bottom of the packaging material into a flat bottom, and a pair of ear folding plates that each folds a triangular flap toward the flat bottom. (Patent Document 1), these triangular flaps are superimposed on a flat bottom to form a square bottom.
JP 2006-96359 A

In the case of the square bottom forming apparatus of Patent Document 1, the folding of the triangular flap to the flat bottom becomes possible only when the horizontal sealer opens and the lower part of the flat bottom is opened. The formation and the folding of the triangular flap are performed sequentially. For this reason, the time required for manufacturing a square bottom bag per piece becomes long, and the operation speed of the packaging machine is slow.
The present invention has been made on the basis of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its object is to achieve a high speed operation and to make a square bottom bag having a good appearance stably. It is to provide a bag filling and packaging machine.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a cylindrical sealing material formed around a filling tube along the filling tube, and forms a horizontal seal on the packaging material below the filling tube. In the vertical bag making and filling and packaging machine for a square bottom bag that forms a square bottom bag having the square bottom on the upper side of the packaging material, the packaging machine of the present invention feeds the packaging material A packaging material feeding means; a lateral sealer provided below the filling tube, and forming a transverse seal extending in the transverse direction of the packaging material, and capable of being opened and closed to cut and separate the packaging material by the transverse seal; and a filling tube A rectangular tube forming guide provided between the horizontal sealer and forming the packaging material into a rectangular cylindrical packaging material, and provided on the upper side of the horizontal sealer. After the horizontal seal is formed, the horizontal sealer is in a closed position. With a triangular flap on the part of the packaging located above the horizontal seal Formed at the bottom, the bottom with this triangular flap is a rectangular flat bottom, a triangular flap protruding from both sides of this flat bottom, and a bottom that protrudes downward from the flat bottom and triangular flap. A bottom forming means with a triangular flap having a seal, and a packaging material provided by a packaging material feeding means after the lateral sealer is opened and provided at a folding position spaced apart from the lateral sealer by a length substantially equal to the length of the square bottom bag. When the bottom part with the triangular flap is lowered to the folding position, the bottom seal and the pair of triangular flaps are folded toward the flat bottom of the bottom part with the triangular flap, and the bottom seal and the triangular flap are overlapped on the flat bottom. Folding means for fitting is provided.

According to the packaging machine of claim 1 described above, the position where the bottom part with the lateral seal and the triangular flap with respect to the packaging material is formed and the folding position where the bottom seal and the triangular flap are folded are separated in the vertical direction. The formation of the horizontal seal and the bottom portion with the triangular flap and the folding of the triangular flap can be performed in parallel.
Specifically, the packaging machine includes a filling material supply device for filling an article through a filling tube into a rectangular tube portion with a bottom of a triangle flap in a process in which the bottom portion with a triangular flap is lowered toward the folding position, It is provided so that it can be opened and closed in the same direction as the horizontal sealer between the sealer and the folding position, and is closed during the lowering of the bottom with a triangular flap that has been filled with articles, and the rectangular tube shape without interfering with this lowering It is preferable to further include a pair of scissor rollers that sandwich the packaging material from both sides (Claim 2).

When the pair of scissor rollers described above are closed, the scissor rollers are in contact with the bottom of the lower triangular triangular flap, that is, the rectangular tubular packaging material, and are in rolling contact with the rectangular tubular packaging material. Remove the wrinkles of the rectangular tube-shaped packaging material generated by the addition of weight.
The folding means can be arranged at the folding position, and includes a support base that supports the flat bottom of the bottom portion with the triangular flap when the bottom portion with the triangular flap that has been filled with the article descends. It is preferable to allow folding of the flap.

  The support means of the folding means supports the flat bottom without pulling the square tubular packaging material downward due to gravity even if the weight of the article filled in the bottom with the triangular flap is heavy. When the flat bottom is received by the support base, the bottom seal is folded and overlapped with the flat bottom to ensure flatness of the flat bottom. Guarantees flap folding.

Further, the filling supply device outputs a preparation completion signal when the preparation for supplying the article is completed, and the packaging machine receives the preparation completion signal output from the filling supply device, and then supplies the filling supply. It is preferable that the apparatus further includes a control unit that outputs a filling request signal for starting an article filling operation.
In this case, the control means causes the packaging machine to perform a series of processes until the manufacture of the square bottom bag is completed when the article is normally filled into the bottom portion with the triangular flap. When the article is not normally filled, the operation of the packaging machine is temporarily interrupted.

  Therefore, since the process from the formation of the horizontal seal to the folding of the bottom seal and the triangular flap is continuously performed in a state where the article is normally filled, the horizontal seal, that is, utilizing the residual heat of the bottom seal, A bottom seal and a flat flap heat seal against a flat bottom are possible.

Since the vertical bag making and filling and packaging machine for square bottom bags according to claims 1 to 5, it is possible to carry out in parallel the lateral seal for the packaging material and the bottom seal and the folding of the triangular flap for the flat bottom of the bottom portion with the triangular flap. The time required to manufacture each square bottom bag is shortened, and the packaging machine can be operated at high speed.
Further, the pair of scissor removing rollers removes the wrinkles of the square tubular packaging material, and the support base effectively suppresses the generation of wrinkles on the square tubular packaging material even if the weight of the filled article is heavy. In addition, the flatness of the flat bottom and the folding of the triangular flap are reliably ensured to provide a good-looking square bottom bag, and the control means prevents the occurrence of defective square bottom bags.

Fig.1 (a), (b) shows the square bottom bag P with the flat upper part manufactured with the vertical bag making filling packaging machine of this invention.
The outer surface of the square bag P is formed of a square base B, a front surface, a back surface R, and left and right side surfaces S. The square base B is formed by overlapping a pair of triangular flaps TF on a rectangular flat surface. The upper end of the square bottom bag P is closed by the top TS. In FIG. 1, reference symbol SS indicates a vertical seal, and reference symbol J indicates a zipper that can be opened and closed.

FIG. 2 schematically shows a vertical bag making filling and packaging machine for manufacturing the square bottom bag P of FIG.
The packaging machine includes a filling tube 2, which extends in the up-down direction. The upper end of the filling tube 2 is connected to the filling material supply device 4, and this filling material supply device 4 can put the filling material into the filling tube 2 by a predetermined amount. Further, the filling material supply device 4 is electrically connected to a controller 6, which receives a preparation completion signal from the filling material supply device 4 and controls the operation of the packaging machine.

A former 8 is attached to the upper portion of the filling tube 2, and a feeding path 10 extends from the former 8 toward the packaging material roll R. A packaging material W such as a heat-sealable film is fed out from the packaging material roll R. The packaging material W is guided along the feeding path 10 and led to the filling tube 2 through the former 8.
When the packaging material W passes through the former 8, the packaging material W is formed in a cylindrical shape surrounding the filling tube 2 by the former 8, and this cylindrical packaging material CW 1 is further guided downward along the filling tube 2. Further, the former 8 forms a lap portion in which both side edges of the cylindrical packaging material CW1 are overlapped with each other in a predetermined form.

  A pair of packaging material feeders 12 (only one is shown in FIG. 1) are arranged on both sides of the filling tube 2 as packaging material feeding means. These packaging material feeders 12 have endless suction belts 14, and the cylindrical packaging material CW <b> 1 can be adsorbed to the suction belts 14. When the packaging material feeder 12 travels the suction belt 14 in one direction in this attracted state, the cylindrical packaging material CW1 is fed out along the filling tube 2 downward.

On the other hand, a vertical sealer 16 is disposed between the pair of packaging material feeders 12 in the vicinity of the filling tube 2 as viewed in the circumferential direction of the filling tube 2. The both side edges of the material CW1 are heat-sealed and bonded together. Accordingly, the cylindrical packaging material CW1 that has passed through the vertical sealer 16 is completely closed.
A rectangular tube forming guide, which will be described later, is provided below the filling tube 2, and this rectangular tube forming guide forms the cylindrical packaging material CW1 into the rectangular cylindrical packaging material CW2. A horizontal sealer 18 is disposed below the rectangular tube forming guide. The horizontal sealer 18 includes a pair of heater blocks 20a and 20b. These heater blocks 20 extend horizontally in the transverse direction of the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2, and are opened and closed by contacting and separating from each other in the diametrical direction of the filling tube 2 in a horizontal plane to form a horizontal seal on the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2. To do. Here, the opening and closing directions of the heater blocks 20a and 20b are indicated by an arrow A in FIG.

A heater and a cutting blade are built in one of the heater blocks 20a and 20b, and a heater is built in the other, and a groove for receiving a cutting blade protruding from one heater block 20 is formed. Note that neither the heater nor the cutting blade is shown.
FIG. 3 schematically shows an opening / closing device 21 for opening and closing the heater blocks 20a, 20b.

First, the heater blocks 20a and 20b are respectively attached to the mounting beams 22a and 22b. These mounting beams 22a and 22b are arranged on the open side of the corresponding heater block 20 when viewed in the opening / closing direction A of the horizontal sealer 18. The heater block 20 extends in parallel.
The opening / closing device 21 includes a pair of guide rods 24. These guide rods 24 extend in parallel to each other from both end portions of the mounting beam 22a toward the mounting beam 22b in the horizontal plane, and both end portions of the mounting beam 22b and the support frame 26. Are respectively fixed to the drive beam 28 after slidably penetrating through the corresponding parts. The support frame 26 is supported by the main frame of the packaging machine.

The drive beam 28 extends in parallel with the mounting beam 22b, and the drive beam 28 and the mounting beam 22b are connected to each other via a pair of left and right crank mechanisms 30. The crank mechanism 30 operates by receiving the rotation of a motor provided on the rear portion of the support frame 26, and causes the drive beam 28 and the mounting beam 22 b to contact and separate from each other, thereby opening and closing the horizontal sealer 18.
Specifically, when the drive beam 28 and the mounting beam 22b are moved away from each other, the mounting beam 22b slides on the pair of guide rods 24 toward the mounting beam 22a, while the driving beam 28 The mounting beam 22a is attracted to the mounting beam 22b via the guide rod 24. Therefore, when the heater blocks 20a, 20 of the mounting beams 22a, 22b move in a direction approaching each other, the horizontal sealer 18 is closed from the open position shown in the figure, and is positioned at the closed position.

Thereafter, when the drive beam 28 and the mounting beam 22b are moved in directions close to each other, the heater blocks 20a and 20b move in directions away from the closed position, so that the horizontal sealer 18 is opened from the closed position. Return to the open position.
Referring to FIG. 2 again, a square bottom forming guide is provided between the lower end of the filling tube 2 and the horizontal sealer 18.

The square bottom forming guide includes four leaf springs, that is, four leaf springs 32, which are suspended from the lower end of the filling tube 2 to the vicinity of the lateral sealer 18. As is clear from FIG. 2, the four leaf springs 32 are positioned to define the four corners of the quadrangular prism with one side edge facing both sides of the cylindrical packaging material CW1.
More specifically, of the four leaf springs 32, two leaf springs 32a are positioned on the heater block 20a side of the horizontal sealer 18, and are spaced apart in the transverse direction of the cylindrical packaging material CW1, On the other hand, the remaining two leaf springs 32b are positioned on the heater block 20b side, and are separated in the transverse direction of the tubular packaging material CW1.

That is, the two leaf springs 32a and 32b form a pair of square tube forming guides, and the pair of leaf springs 32a and 32b facing each other in the opening / closing direction A of the horizontal sealer 18 is a pair of square tube forming guides. Define the interval between.
Further, as apparent from FIG. 5, the leaf spring 32 has a slope portion, and this slope portion reaches the leaf spring 32 by the above-described cylindrical wrapping material CW <b> 1. When guided from the inside, it helps to smoothly form the tubular packaging material CW1 into a square tubular shape. Therefore, when the tubular packaging material CW1 passes through the leaf spring 32, the tubular packaging material CW1 is formed in the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2, and the width and depth of the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2 are determined between the leaf springs 32a or the leafs. It is defined by the distance between one side edge of the springs 32b and the distance between the leaf springs 32a, 32b forming a pair.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, triangular flap forming members 34 are arranged above the horizontal sealer 18 on the sides of the leaf springs 32 a and 32 b forming the pair, as viewed in the transverse direction of the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2. Arranged as a bottom forming means with a flap, these triangular flap forming members 34 are made up of leaf springs 32a. It has a leading edge toward the lower end of 32b, and the width of this leading edge is sufficiently wider than the depth of the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2 formed by the four leaf springs 32 described above.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the tip edge of the triangular flap forming member 34 is formed by a rod 34 a having a circular cross section, and this rod 34 a extends in the opening / closing direction of the lateral sealer 18. The rod 34a is preferably made of a hard elastic material having heat resistance.
FIG. 5 details the periphery of the triangular flap forming member 34.

As is apparent from FIG. 5, each triangular flap forming member 34 is supported by a similar support structure, and therefore, with reference to one triangular flap forming member 34, the support structure will be described and the other triangular flap forming member 34 will be explained. The support structure for the flap forming member 34 is denoted by the same reference numeral, and the description thereof is omitted.
The triangular flap forming member 34 is connected to the folding cylinder 36, that is, the tip of the piston rod via a bracket, and the folding cylinder 36 itself is a direction in which the piston rod extends and the leading edge of the triangular flap forming member 34 faces. Are attached to the tip of the support arm 38 in a state in which

  The support arm 38 extends horizontally, and a base end portion thereof is attached to the lifting platform 40 so as to be movable in the horizontal direction. On the other hand, the lifting platform 40 is attached to a lifting guide 42 supported on the front portion of the support frame 26 so as to be lifted and lowered. The horizontal movement of the support arm 38 and the raising / lowering of the lifting / lowering platform 40 can be performed by releasing the fastening by the fastening levers 44 and 46, so that a triangular flap is formed according to the size of the square bottom bag P to be manufactured. The position of the molding member 34 can be easily adjusted.

  As shown in FIG. 2, an air ejection pipe 48 is provided in the vicinity of the horizontal sealer 18, and this air ejection pipe 48 is directly below the heater block 20a when the horizontal sealer 18 is in the closed position. It is arranged to be positioned in. The air ejection pipe 48 extends horizontally along the longitudinal direction of the heater block 20a, that is, the width direction of the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2, and has a length sufficient to sufficiently cover the width of the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2. It has a jet hole (not shown). These ejection holes open toward the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2 and are distributed at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction of the air ejection pipe 48.

Both ends of the air ejection pipe 48 are once bent horizontally toward the closed position of the heater block 20a, then extend downward, and are connected to an air pressure source. Therefore, the air ejection pipe 48 can eject compressed air from its ejection hole by receiving the supply of compressed air from the pneumatic source.
When the rectangular tube bag P to be manufactured is provided with the above-described zipper J (see FIG. 1), the zipper sealer 50 is disposed immediately below the horizontal sealer 18, as shown in FIG. The zipper sealer 50 is used for bonding the zipper J to the inner surface of the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2 by heat sealing, and includes heater blocks 52a and 52b corresponding to the heater blocks 20a and 20b of the horizontal sealer 18. These heater blocks 52 are opened and closed by an opening / closing device similar to the opening / closing device 21 of the horizontal sealer 18 provided on the front portion of the support frame 26.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, a pair of scraping rollers 54 a and 54 b are disposed below the air ejection pipe 48. These scavenging rollers 54 extend along the heater block 20 of the horizontal sealer 18, have a length that sufficiently covers the width of the rectangular tubular packaging material CW 2 described above, and are arranged in the opening / closing direction A of the horizontal sealer 18. It is possible to contact and separate.
That is, as apparent from FIG. 5, both ends of the scraping roller 54 are rotatably supported by the bearing blocks 56, and these bearing blocks 56 are attached to an L-shaped support bracket 58. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 60 indicates a reinforcing rib of the support bracket 58, and the height position of the bearing block 56 can be adjusted with respect to the support bracket 58.

  The pair of scraping rollers 54a and 54b can be opened and closed by an opening / closing device 62 similar to the opening / closing device 21 of the horizontal sealer 18, and the configuration thereof will be apparent from FIG. In FIG. 6, reference numerals 64 a, 64 b, and 64 </ b> B are attached to the respective portions of the opening / closing device 62 corresponding to the mounting beams 22 a, 22 b of the opening / closing device 21, the pair of guide rods 24, the support frame 26, the driving beam 28, and the crank mechanism 30. 66, 68, 70, 72 are attached. The crank mechanism 30 of the opening / closing device 21 is a vertical type, whereas the crank mechanism 72 of the opening / closing device 62 is a horizontal type, and the motor is attached to the lower side of the support frame 68.

  Referring to FIG. 2 again, a swing base 74 as a support base is disposed below the pair of scissors rollers 54a and 54b, and an air ejection nozzle 76 and a fold-in are provided on the left and right sides of the swing base 74, respectively. Folding members 78 as means are arranged vertically. These rocking base 74, air ejection nozzle 76, folding member 78 and its periphery are shown in detail in FIG. 7 in addition to FIGS.

  As apparent from FIGS. 5 and 7, the swing base 74 is disposed on the axis of the filling tube 2, and the separation distance from the horizontal sealer 18 to the swing base 74 is that of the square bottom bag P to be manufactured. Corresponds to the length. Further, as is clear from FIG. 6, the swing base 74 has a shape in which substantially triangular recesses 74a are formed on both sides of the rectangle, and these recesses 74a are seen in the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2 described above. Located on both sides.

  The aforementioned swing base 74 is attached to the swing bracket 80 at its rear edge, and this swing bracket 80 is attached to a vertical mounting plate 86 via a swing shaft 82 and a pair of bearing blocks 84. The swing shaft 82 extends in the horizontal direction, so that the swing bracket 80, that is, the swing base 74 can swing up and down about the swing shaft 82. The swing base 74 and the mounting plate 86 are connected to each other via a swing cylinder 88. The swing cylinder 88 is supported by a mounting plate 86 via a bracket 90.

In the state shown in FIG. 7, the swinging table 74 is in an operating position that assumes a horizontal posture below the filling tube 2. When the swinging cylinder 88 is contracted from this state, the swinging table 74 is moved downward. And move to the retracted position escaped from the lower region of the filling tube 2.
The mounting plate 86 described above is attached to the holder 92 so as to be movable up and down, whereby the height position of the swing base 74 can be adjusted.

  With regard to the left and right air ejection nozzles 76 and the folding member 78 described above, the peripheral configuration thereof is bilaterally symmetric with respect to the oscillating base 74, and therefore, attention will be paid to the air ejection nozzle 76 and the folding member 78 on one side. Then, the peripheral configuration will be described, and the same reference numerals are assigned to the peripheral configuration related to the air ejection nozzle 76 and the folding member 78 on the other side, and the description thereof will be omitted.

  As apparent from FIG. 6, a bracket 94 projects from the end of the mounting plate 86 toward the swing base 74, and a support post 96 projects upward from the bracket 94. An air ejection nozzle 76 is attached to the support post 96, and the tip of the air ejection nozzle 76 is directed obliquely from above the rocking table 74 to a recess 74 a of the rocking table 74 when the rocking table 74 is in the operating position. It has been. On the other hand, the rear end of the air ejection nozzle 76 is connected to an air pressure source, and the air ejection nozzle 76 can be supplied with compressed air from the air pressure source and eject the compressed air from its tip.

  On the other hand, in the state shown in FIG. 5, the folding member 78 is disposed below the air ejection nozzle 76 and is connected to the tip of the piston rod of the folding cylinder 100 via the bracket 98. The folding cylinder 100 is attached to the support frame 68, and the axis of the piston rod extends obliquely upward toward the swinging base 74 when the swinging base 74 is in the operating position. Therefore, when the folding member 78 is in the rest position shown in FIG. 5, the folding member 78 is on the side and the lower side of the swing base 74. When the folding cylinder 100 is extended from this state, the folding member 78 moves upward from the rest position toward the corresponding recess 74a of the swing base 74 while moving in parallel.

Note that the folding member 78 shown in FIG. 5 has a tip formed by a simple edge of the folding member 78 itself, but as shown in FIG. 8, the folding member 78 is rotatably supported at the tip. It may have a roller 102 and operate in the horizontal direction.
Further, as is apparent from FIG. 7, a receiving table 104 is disposed below the swinging table 74 in the operating position, and the transfer conveyor 106 extends horizontally from the vicinity of the receiving table 104. Further, a pusher 108 is disposed near the cradle 104 so as to sandwich the cradle 10 with the transfer conveyor 106. The pusher 108 is attached to the tip of the piston rod of the discharge cylinder 110, and the discharge cylinder 110 is attached to the holder 92 described above.

Next, FIG. 9 to FIG. 11 are added, and manufacturing of the square bottom bag P by the packaging machine described above will be described.
9 (a) and 9 (b) show a state immediately after the pair of packaging material feeders 12 have completed the primary feeding of the cylindrical packaging material CW1, and at this time, the horizontal sealer 18 is in the open position, The cylindrical packaging material CW1 is formed on the rectangular cylindrical packaging material CW2 by being guided by the above-described four leaf springs 32 (FIG. 9 (c)). It is hung down by the length corresponding to the length of.

Here, in the previous molding process, a triangular flap having a pair of triangular flaps TF, a flat bottom BP, and a bottom seal BS protruding from the flat bottom BP and the triangular flaps TF is provided at the lower end of the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2. Although the bottom is formed, the bottom with a triangular flap will be apparent from the following description.
At the same time as or before and after the primary delivery of the cylindrical packaging material CW1, the filling material supply device 4 (FIG. 2) puts a predetermined amount of articles into the rectangular cylindrical packaging material CW2 through the filling tube 2. Then, the charged articles are deposited on the lower end of the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2, that is, on the flat bottom BP.

Here, when the primary delivery of the cylindrical packaging material CW1 is performed, the above-described swinging table 74 is in the operating position, and when the primary delivery of the cylindrical packaging material CW1 is completed, the pair of triangular flaps TF is removed. It should be noted that the flat bottom BP having is mounted on the rocking table 74.
Further, although not shown in FIG. 9, during the primary feeding of the cylindrical packaging material CW1, the pair of scissors rollers 54a and 54b is closed immediately after the flat bottom BP of the rectangular cylindrical packaging material CW2 passes. Actuates, sandwiches the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2 filled with the article from the front and rear thereof, and rolls into contact with the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2. Such rolling contact of the wrinkle removing rollers 54a and 54b removes wrinkles of the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2 generated due to the input of the article.

  After the primary feeding of the cylindrical packaging material CW1 is completed, the pair of scraping rollers 54a and 54b are opened, while the horizontal sealer 18 is closed as shown in FIG. 10, and the pair of heater blocks 20a, The rectangular tubular packaging material CW2 is sandwiched between 20b. The sandwiching here crushes the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2 into a flat state (FIG. 10A), and the heater blocks 20a and 20b heat-seal the sandwiched portions to form a lateral seal LS.

  When the horizontal sealer 18 is closed, the square cylindrical packaging material CW2 expands in width above and below the horizontal seal LS as shown in FIG. Is done. On the other hand, as is clear from FIG. 10B, the leaf springs 32a and 32b forming the above-described set receive a pressing force from the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2, and elastically deform so that their lower ends are in contact with each other. Therefore, when the horizontal sealer 18 is closed, the distance between the lower ends of the leaf springs 32a and 32b is reduced until almost no. Further, as is apparent from FIGS. 10A and 10C, both side portions of the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2 form a triangular portion X on the upper side of the horizontal seal LS.

  Even after the formation of the lateral seal LS, the lateral sealer 18 is maintained in the closed position, and in this state, the folding cylinder 36 (see FIG. 5) is subjected to an extension operation, so that the pair of triangular flap forming members 34 has the corresponding leafs on the corresponding side. It moves obliquely downward toward the lower ends of the springs 32a, 32b. Therefore, the triangular flap forming member 34 pushes the triangular portion X of the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2 on the corresponding side. The pushing in here is stopped when the tip edge of the triangular flap forming member 34 reaches just above the horizontal sealer 18, as shown in FIG. As a result, the triangular portion X of the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2 is folded back along the horizontal sealer 18, and these folded portions are formed as triangular flaps TF. Further, the triangular flap forming member 34 cooperates with the horizontal sealer 18 to heat-seal the overlap of the packaging material W on the triangular flap TF along the bottom side of the triangular flap TF.

  At the time of forming the triangular flap TF described above, the packaging material feeder 12 performs the secondary feeding of the cylindrical packaging material CW1, and the secondary feeding here is a square cylindrical packaging caused by the folded formation of the triangular flap TF. The shortage of the path length of the material CW2 is compensated. The shortage of the path length here is that the triangular flap TF is formed by pressing the hypotenuse of the right triangle against the other two sides, as is apparent from the comparison between FIG. 10 (a) and FIG. 11 (a). From this, it can be expressed by the difference between the total length of the other two sides and the length of the hypotenuse. Therefore, a secondary payout is performed to compensate for the difference.

  On the other hand, the secondary feeding of the tubular packaging material CW1 releases the restraint of the leaf spring 32 by the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2, and the elastic deformation of these leaf springs 32 is gradually eliminated by its own restoring force. Go. Therefore, in the leaf springs 32a and 32b forming a pair, the interval between the lower ends thereof gradually increases to the original state, so that these leaf springs 32a and 32b are on the corresponding side of the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2. Keep the sides of the tension in tension.

As a result, the pair of triangular flap forming members 34 can reliably and stably form the triangular flaps TF on both side surfaces of the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2, and the triangular flaps TF are distorted such that part of the triangular flaps TF are undulated. There is nothing.
Moreover, since the tip edge of the triangular flap forming member 34 is formed by the rod 34a (see FIG. 4), the tip edge is pushed into the side of the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2, that is, when the triangle part X is pushed into the triangle part X. Nearly line contact is made. Therefore, the triangular flap TF is defined by a clear folded line at the bottom, and as is clear from FIG. 11 (c), the beautiful triangular flap TF in which the three sides a, b, and c form a solid straight line. Can be obtained.

  Thereafter, the cutting blade built in the horizontal sealer 18 is operated, the horizontal seal LS is cut at the center position in the vertical direction, and the horizontal sealer 18 is opened. Here, the horizontal seal LS is cut by dividing the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2 already placed on the rocking table 74 from a portion above the horizontal sealer 18, and the article is already filled therein. It forms in the bag P ', and this bag P' has the top seal TS in the upper end. This top seal TS is formed from the lower half of the horizontal seal LS when the horizontal seal LS is cut up and down, and the upper half of the top seal TS is the lower end surface of the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2 that remains above the horizontal sealer 18 That is, the bottom seal BS is formed on the flat bottom BP and on the triangular flap TF.

After the opening operation of the horizontal sealer 18, the air ejection pipe 48 described above ejects compressed air toward the bottom seal BS of the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2, and the bottom seal BS faces the lower end surface of the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2. Tilt (see FIG. 7).
Therefore, the bottom seal BS of the flat bottom BP that reaches the swing base 74 after receiving the above-described primary delivery of the cylindrical packaging material CW1 is already in an inclined state, so that the flat bottom BP is mounted on the swing base 74. When placed, the bottom seal BS is folded by a collision with the swing base 74 and is sandwiched between the swing base 74 and the flat bottom BP.

Here, as apparent from the above description, when the flat bottom BP is placed on the rocking table 74, the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2 that becomes the above-described bag P ′ is already filled with the article. When the bottom seal BS is folded, the weight of the article is added to the bottom seal BS, and the folding can be reliably performed.
In addition, by receiving the flat bottom BP with the swing base 74, it is possible to effectively suppress the occurrence of wrinkles in the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2 due to the pulling due to the weight of the article.

Further, as described above, the triangular flaps TF are provided on the left and right sides of the flat bottom BP placed on the rocking table 74, and these triangular flaps TF are formed not by the above-described forming process but by the previous forming process. It has been done.
On the side of the oscillating base 74, the folding of the triangular flap TF is performed in parallel with the above-described forming process of the horizontal seal LS and the triangular flap TF, and the folding here will be described below.

First, when the flat bottom BP is placed on the swing base 74, the pair of air ejection nozzles 76 ejects compressed air toward the triangular flap TF on the corresponding side of the flat bottom BP, and these triangular flaps TF The triangular flap TF is inclined downward so as to bend along the bottom (see FIG. 7).
On the other hand, the pair of folding members 78 receives the extension operation of the folding cylinder 100, moves toward the corresponding triangular flap TF, and further folds the downwardly inclined triangular flap TF toward the flat bottom BP. As a result, the triangular flap TF is superimposed on the flat bottom BP, and the formation of the square base B (see FIG. 1) is completed at this point. Here, since the triangular flap TF is beautifully formed, the folding is surely performed, and it is possible to stably provide the square base B with excellent quality.

  At this time, since the triangular recesses 74a (see FIG. 6) are formed on both side edges of the swing base 74, the swing base 74 inhibits the folding and overlapping of the triangular flap TF with respect to the flat bottom BP. There is no. Further, the bottom seal BS and the triangular flap TF superimposed on the flat bottom BP are heat-sealed to the flat bottom BP with the residual heat of the bottom seal BS accompanying the formation of the above-described lateral seal LS.

Thereafter, the pair of folding members 78 receives the contracting operation of the folding cylinder 100, escapes from the square bottom B, and returns to the rest position.
In addition, if the roller 102 is provided in the front-end | tip of the folding member 78 as shown in FIG. 8, folding of the triangular flap TF will become still better.
On the other hand, as described above, when the horizontal sealer 18 is opened from the closed position and the upper end of the bag P ′ on the swinging base 74 is closed by the top seal TS, the bag P ′ becomes the square bottom bag P. At this time, the swinging table 74 receives the contraction operation of the swinging cylinder 88, rotates downward from the horizontal operating position, and moves to the retracted position.

  Therefore, the square bottom bag P falls from the swinging base 74 onto the lower base 104 and is received in a standing posture on the base 104 (see FIG. 7). The fall of the square bottom bag P here strengthens the heat seal of the bottom seal BS and the triangular flap TF with respect to the flat bottom BP, but if necessary, a heat sealer for the triangular flap TF is built in the cradle 104. You may do it.

  Thereafter, the swinging base 74 returns from the retracted position to the operating position, and prepares for the next primary delivery of the cylindrical packaging material CW1, and the above-described operations after the primary delivery are repeated. On the other hand, the pusher 108 receives the extension operation of the discharge cylinder 110, and transfers the square bottom bag P from the cradle 104 onto the transfer conveyor 106. The square bottom bag P is transferred to the packing machine (not shown) on the transfer conveyor 106. It is transported towards.

12A to 12D show a series of manufacturing processes for manufacturing the above-described square bottom bag P. In particular, as shown in FIG. 12B, the horizontal sealer 18 is closed by the closing operation as described above. It is understood that the formation of the lateral seal and the folding of the triangular flap TF (bottom seal BS) are performed simultaneously.
Therefore, according to the packaging machine of one embodiment, the time required to manufacture each square bottom bag P is greatly shortened, and as a result, the operating speed of the packaging machine can be increased.

On the other hand, FIG. 13 specifically shows transmission and reception of signals between the above-described filling material supply device 4 and the controller 6 as control means.
As is apparent from FIG. 13, the filling supply device 4 outputs a preparation completion signal to the controller 6 when the preparation for filling the article is completed. When the controller 6 receives the preparation completion signal, the filling supply device 4 outputs a filling request signal. Output to the supply device 4.

After receiving the filling request signal, the filling supply device 4 starts the filling operation of the article, and outputs a supply signal to the controller 6 indicating that the article is being filled.
That is, the controller 6 controls the filling material supply device 4 so that the filling material supply device 4 performs the filling operation only when the filling material supply device 4 is in a state where the filling of the article is normally performed. Therefore, the controller 6 allows the packaging machine to continuously perform the processes from the formation of the lateral seal LS to the folding of the bottom flap BS and the triangular flap TF without interruption under the condition that the article is normally filled. In addition, when the bottom flap BS and the triangular flap TF are bonded to the flat bottom BP, the residual heat associated with the formation of the lateral seal LS can be reliably used.

On the other hand, as apparent from FIG. 14, when the preparation completion signal (two-dot chain line) is not output to the controller 6, the controller 6 does not output the filling request signal (two-dot chain line) to the filler supply device 4. The supply device 4 is put on standby.
In this regard, if the filling operation is performed when the filling supply device 4 is not ready for filling, the filling supply device 4 interrupts the filling operation due to insufficient filling of the article. In response to the interruption, the operation of the packaging machine is also stopped.

After that, even if the article is replenished to the filler supply device 4 and the filling operation of the filler supply device 4 and the operation of the packaging machine are restarted, the bottom seal BS is already cooled at this time. Heat sealing of the bottom seal BS and the triangular flap TF to the bottom BP becomes impossible, and a defective square bottom bag P is manufactured.
However, since the controller 6 controls the filling operation of the filling material supply device 4 as described above, it is possible to reliably prevent the packaging machine from producing a defective square bottom bag P.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made.
For example, the rectangular tube forming guide is not limited to four leaf springs, and each of the leaf springs 32a and 32a and the leaf springs 32b and 32b can be easily fed out of the cylindrical packaging material CW1 or easily deformed elastically. Can be formed by a single leaf spring, or instead of a leaf spring or a passive type of leaf spring, the interval is set independently of the formation of the lateral seal LS on the rectangular tubular packaging material CW2. It may be an active type that can be contracted.

It is a perspective view of a square bottom bag, (a) is a standing posture, (b) shows the square bottom. It is the perspective view which showed schematic structure of the vertical bag making filling packaging machine of one Example. It is the top view which showed the horizontal sealer of FIG. It is a figure which expands and shows the front-end edge of the folding | turning member of FIG. It is a front view which shows the lower part of the packaging machine of FIG. 2 in detail. FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a pair of roller opening / closing devices and a swing base in FIG. 5. It is the side view which showed the lower part of the packaging machine of FIG. It is a figure which shows the modification of a folding member. The process of the forming process of a square bottom bag is shown, (a) is a front view of a rectangular tubular packaging material, (b) is a side view of the rectangular tubular packaging material, and (c) is a cross section of the rectangular tubular packaging material. Show. 9 shows a state in which the horizontal sealer is closed from the state of FIG. 9, (a) is a front view of the rectangular tubular packaging material, (b) is a side view of the rectangular tubular packaging material, and (c) is a rectangular tubular packaging material. The cross section of is shown. FIG. 10 shows a state in which a triangular flap is formed from the state of FIG. 10, (a) is a front view of a rectangular tubular packaging material, (b) is a side view of the rectangular tubular packaging material, and (c) is a rectangular tubular packaging material. The cross section of is shown. It is a figure which shows a series of shaping | molding processes of a square bottom bag in order of (A)-(D). It is a figure for demonstrating transmission / reception of the signal between a filler supply apparatus and a controller. It is the timing chart which showed the relationship between the preparation completion signal output from a filling material supply apparatus, and the filling request signal output from a controller.

Explanation of symbols

2 Filling tube 4 Filling material supply device 6 Controller (control means)
12 Packaging material feeder (packaging material feeding means)
18 Horizontal sealer 20 Heater block 32 Leaf spring (square tube forming guide)
34 Triangular flap molding member (bottom molding means with triangular flap)
74 Swing stand (support stand)
78 Folding member (Folding means)
B Square bottom BP Flat bottom BS Bottom seal CW1 Cylindrical packaging material CW2 Square cylindrical packaging material TF Triangle flap

Claims (4)

A cylindrical packaging material molded around the filling tube is fed out along the filling tube, a horizontal seal is formed on the packaging material below the filling tube, and the packaging material is located above the horizontal seal. In a vertical bag making filling and packaging machine for a square bottom bag for producing a square bottom bag having the square bottom,
Packaging material delivery means for delivering the packaging material;
A horizontal sealer that is provided below the filling tube and that can be opened and closed to cut and separate the packaging material with the lateral seal while forming a transverse seal extending in the transverse direction on the packaging material;
A rectangular tube forming guide that is provided between the filling tube and the horizontal sealer and forms the packaging material into a rectangular tubular packaging material;
Provided on the upper side of the horizontal sealer, and after the formation of the horizontal seal, in the state where the horizontal sealer is in the closed position, the rectangular tubular packaging material located on the upper side of the horizontal seal is placed on the bottom with a triangular flap. The bottom portion with the triangular flap is formed by a rectangular flat bottom, the triangular flap protruding from both sides of the flat bottom, and the horizontal seal cut and separated, and protrudes downward from the flat bottom and the triangular flap. A bottom molding means with a triangular flap having a bottom seal;
The triangular flap is provided at a folding position spaced downward from the horizontal sealer by an approximate bag length of the square bottom bag, and after the horizontal sealer is opened, the packaging material is fed by the packaging material feeding means, and the triangular flap Folding means for folding the bottom seal and the pair of triangular flaps toward the flat bottom of the bottom portion with the triangular flaps when the bottomed portion is lowered to the folding position, and superimposing the bottom seals and the triangular flaps on the flat bottom A vertical bag making filling and packaging machine for square bottom bags. In the process in which the bottom portion with the triangular flap is lowered toward the folding position, a filling material supply device for filling an article through a filling tube in the rectangular tubular packaging material,
Between the horizontal sealer and the folding position, it is provided so that it can be opened and closed in the same direction as the horizontal sealer, and is closed during the lowering of the bottom portion with the triangular flap that has been filled with the article to prevent the lowering. The vertical bag making filling and packaging machine for a square bottom bag according to claim 1, further comprising a pair of scooping rollers for sandwiching the rectangular tubular packaging material from both sides without any problem.   The folding means can be disposed at the folding position, and includes a support base that supports a flat bottom of the bottom portion with the triangular flap when the bottomed square tube portion that has been filled with the article is lowered, The vertical bag-making bag filling and packaging machine according to claim 2, wherein the support base allows folding of the triangular flaps. When the filling supply device is ready to supply the article, it outputs a ready signal,
The packaging machine
And further comprising a control means for outputting a filling request signal for starting an article filling operation to the filling material supply device after receiving the preparation completion signal outputted from the filling material supply device. The vertical bag making filling and packaging machine for square bottom bags according to claim 2 or 3.

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