JP2008201453A - Food product packaging apparatus, and food product packaging method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a product of a good appearance in such a manner that the rolled shape of cooked rice is formed into a beautiful cylindrical shape when a seaweed housing-packaging sheet which is formed by housing a dried seaweed is automatically rolled. <P>SOLUTION: This food product packaging apparatus has a packaging material feeding section 2, a food material feeding section 3, an ear folding preventing device 4, a holding conveyor 5 for slip prevention, a first edge folding section 6, a second edge folding section 7, a folding pressing section 8, a folding raising section 9, and a winding section 10. The packaging material feeding section 2 arranges a total of four suction pads 26 for sucking an input packaging material S and guiding the packaging material S onto a carrying belt V at positions corresponding to the peaks of an approximately lozenge shape. The packaging material feeding section 2 is equipped with four holding claws 23 and 24 for holding the vicinities of the four corners of the packaging material S, and a pair of holding claws 25 for auxiliary receiving for supporting both of the right and left sides of the packaging material S having a weak stiffness. The pair of the holding claws 25 for auxiliary receiving are arranged on a slightly lower side than the position of the holding claws 23 and 24 at the four corners. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a food packaging apparatus and a food packaging method for packaging a substantially cylindrical sushi roll containing ingredients in the center by a thin flat laver containing packaging sheet.

  Conventionally, when laminating a thin flat laver containing packaging sheet containing rectangular dried laver, it is mostly done manually by hand, and after being rolled up, it is adhered by hand. A piece of POS label was attached and sealed.

In addition, as a technique for automating this kind of food packaging method, for example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, a shari is placed between both side covering pieces protruding on both sides of a laver containing packaging sheet. Both ends are automatically covered, and in this state, the lifting plate is automatically lowered and fitted into the upward groove by the winding belt. There is a seaweed roll rice wrapping method in which a POS label by an adhesive piece at one end of a laver containing packaging sheet is automatically attached and sealed continuously.
JP-A 63-56260

  However, conventionally, when the laver containing packaging sheet is wound around the shaver, most of it is carried out manually, so that there is a drawback that it is troublesome and difficult to apply to mass production. Further, in the automated seaweed rolled rice wrapping method according to Patent Document 1, the shear is automatically lowered and fitted into the upward groove by the winding belt, and then the shear is automatically lowered by the groove forming roller. Since the winding belt itself is flexible when it is wound around the laver containing packaging sheet, if the holding power of the shaving due to this is insufficient, the laver containing packaging sheet against the shaving caused by the groove forming roller At the time of winding, there is a drawback that the winding peripheral surface of the shaving winding belt is distorted and cannot be formed into a clean cylindrical shape.

  Therefore, the present invention has been devised in view of the conventional circumstances as described above, and can be used for mass production by automating the operation of winding the laver-containing packaging sheet into the shari, and the laver for the shari It is an object of the present invention to provide a food packaging method that can form a product with good appearance by forming the shape of a rolled-up shape into a clean cylindrical shape when automatically encasing a packaging sheet.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, in the food packaging apparatus according to the present invention, the packaging material supply unit that supplies the packaging material onto the transport belt, and the food material for supplying the food material onto the transported packaging material Press the side ears raised from the supply part, the first ear folds to push up the both side ears projecting on both sides of the packaging material from below, and the both side ears raised by the first ear folds A second ear fold for folding the food material into a substantially U-shape, a fold-down holding portion for folding both side surfaces of the both-side ears folded into a substantially U-shape, and front and rear via both left and right ear pieces The upper part of the folding material is pushed up from below and raised between the plurality of entraining rollers, and then the entraining rollers are rotated together to entrain the ingredients together with the enveloping material. It is characterized by having an entrainment part

  In the packaging material supply unit, a total of four suction pads for sucking the introduced packaging material and introducing it onto the transport belt are arranged at positions corresponding to the apexes of the approximately rhombus.

  The packaging material supply unit includes four holding claws for holding the four corners of the packaging material, and a pair of holding claws for auxiliary reception for supporting the left and right sides of the packaging material with weak waist. The pair of holding claws are arranged slightly below the positions of the holding claws at the four corners.

  The food supply unit includes a gate for feeding food on a packaging material that is conveyed by a conveying belt from a charging opening of a turntable conveying mechanism, and a pair of cam receiving plates integrally connected to the gate; A gate opening / closing cam that moves up and down together with the feeding mold is provided, and the gate opening / closing cam pushes down the pair of cam receiving plates to open the gate downward before the feeding mold contacts the food.

  The food supply unit includes a supply mold for transferring the food conveyed by the belt conveyance mechanism to the charging opening, and a gate that allows the food to be loaded onto the packaging material by the charging mold from the charging opening of the belt conveyance mechanism, A pair of cam receiving plates integrally connected to the gate and a gate opening / closing cam that moves up and down together with the closing mold, and the gate opening / closing cam pushes down the pair of cam receiving plates before bringing the closing mold into contact with the product. The gate is opened downward.

  The first ear fold includes a pair of left and right substantially U-shaped folded push-up pieces that can be moved up and down by an elevating device, and a packaging material pressing bar integrated with the folded push-up pieces. .

  The second ear fold includes a pair of left and right arms that can be opened and closed with each other, and a folding roller is pivotally attached to a shaft at the tip of the arm with a predetermined backlash.

  The folding presser includes a pair of bifurcated presser claws arranged on the left and right, which can be opened and closed along with vertical movement by an elevating device.

  The folding upright part is provided with a substantially U-shaped folding movement frame that is movable up and down.

  The entrainment part has three encircling rollers rotatably attached to two curved upper and lower long holes and one oblique straight hole in the middle, and is adjacent to the entraining roller located below. The loading platform is arranged, and on the loading platform, the loading arm is arranged so as to be horizontally slidable toward the middle of each winding roller, and the upper surface of the loading arm is obliquely curved. The packaging material end folding claws project forward, and a folding guide plate is arranged above and below the loading table so as to be movable up and down.

  An ear fold preventing device for preventing inadvertent folding of both side ears of the packaging material at the lower position of the food supply unit, the ear fold preventing device comprising both ears of a pair of transport belts It is comprised by the air nozzle arrange | positioned in the state by which the air protrusion direction was faced to the both-sides ear | edge part in the vicinity of the side by which the is mounted.

  A displacement prevention press conveyor for preventing displacement of the packaging material conveyed by the conveyance belt, wherein the displacement prevention press conveys the upper portion of the packaging material while moving synchronously with the conveyance belt. An endless belt is disposed along one side of the pair of front and rear conveyor belts via a pulley.

  In addition, the food packaging method according to the present invention includes a step of supplying a packaging material on a conveyor belt, a step of dropping the food conveyed by a turntable onto the packaging material to be conveyed, and both sides of the packaging material The process of pushing up the both-side ears projecting from the bottom with a folding plate, folding the both-side ears raised from the side and pressing them into a substantially U shape, and folding them into a substantially U shape. The process of folding both side surfaces of the ears on both sides, the process of pushing up the packaging material part developed forward and backward through the left and right ear piece parts from the bottom, and starting up between the plurality of entraining rollers And a step of rotating the winding rollers with each other to wind the food material together with the packaging material.

  Alternatively, a step of supplying the packaging material onto the conveyor belt, a step of feeding the food material onto the packaging material from the belt conveyance mechanism, and a step of pushing up the both-side ears protruding from both sides of the packaging material with the folding plate from below A step of folding and pressing the raised both-side ears from the side to fold the food material into a substantially U-shape; a step of folding both side surfaces of the both-side ears folded into a substantially U-shape; A process of pushing up and starting up the packaging material portion that is developed back and forth through the one part, a process of automatically feeding between a plurality of entraining rollers, and rotating the entraining rollers with each other to entrain the food material together with the packaging material; It is characterized by having.

  A blowing step with air is provided to prevent inadvertent folding of both side ears of the introduced packaging material.

  A step of pressing an upper portion of the packaging material conveyed by the pair of front and rear conveying belts with an endless belt for preventing misalignment disposed on the conveying belt on one side;

  According to the present invention, it is possible to automate the operation of winding the laver-containing packaging sheet into the shaver and to provide for mass production. Can be a good-looking product.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
The reference numeral 1 shown in the figure is used to wrap a substantially cylindrical food material P having a material in the center with a wrapping material S such as a thin-film flat laver containing packaging sheet made of plastic or the like. This is an automated food packaging device (see FIGS. 11, 12, 13 to 15).

  As shown in FIG. 6, the packaging material S is formed in a thin flat bag shape with a material such as plastic so as to accommodate a rectangular dried laver Q. Both side ears S1 having a substantially rectangular sheet shape for covering both end portions of the two are projected so as to form a substantially T-shaped sheet as a whole.

  The food packaging apparatus 1 includes a pair of front and rear endless belt-shaped transport belts V that are intermittently slidable for transporting products along a horizontal direction on a work table, and a packaging material on the transport belt V. The packaging material supply unit 2 for supplying S (see FIGS. 1, 2 and 3) and the turn for transporting the food P transported by the turntable transport mechanism T onto the transported packaging material S In order to prevent inadvertent folding of the both-side ears S1 of the packaging material S at the lower position of the food supply unit 3 (see FIGS. 1, 7, and 8) provided below the table transport mechanism T (see FIGS. 1, 7, and 8). And an ear fold preventing device 4 (see FIGS. 5 and 6) disposed below the turntable.

  Further, in order to prevent the wrapping material S transported by the transport belt V from being displaced, the wrapping material S is disposed on one side of the pair of front and rear transport belts V so as to hold down the upper portion of the wrapping material S while moving synchronously with the transport belt V. Endless belt-shaped holding conveyor 5 for preventing misalignment (see FIGS. 1 and 12 to 15) and first ear folding for pushing up both side ears S1 projecting on both sides of the packaging material S from below with a folding plate The second ear for folding the food material P into a substantially U-shape by pushing the side 6 of the portion 6 (see FIGS. 1 and 17) and the both-side ear S1 raised by the first ear fold 6 with a folding roller from the side. Folding part 7 (refer to Drawing 12, Drawing 13, and Drawing 16) is provided.

  In addition, a folding presser 8 (see FIG. 20 and FIG. 23) that folds both side surfaces of both side ears S1 that are folded into a substantially U shape by the pressing claw entering from diagonally above, And a folding upright portion 9 (see FIGS. 21 to 23) for raising the packaging material S portion containing the dried seaweed Q, which is unfolded back and forth via both ear piece portions S1, of the product from the lower side. Yes.

  Further, as a final folding forming part of the product, for example, three winding rollers are provided, and after being automatically inserted between the respective winding rollers, the respective winding rollers are rotated to each other to wind the food P together with the packaging material S. A portion 10 (see FIG. 25) is provided, and a product discharge portion 11 is provided below the entrainment portion 10. The entrainment portion 10 also includes a label attaching portion (not shown) for attaching a part of the label L such as POS to one end of the packaging material S in a protruding state.

  Next, a specific configuration of each part of the food packaging device 1 will be described.

(Packaging material supply unit 2)
The food packaging apparatus 1 includes a pair of front and rear endless belt-like transport belts V that are intermittently slidable for transporting products along a horizontal direction on a work table, and a packaging material S on the transport belt V. The packaging material supply part 2 (refer FIG.1, FIG.2 and FIG.3) is provided.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the packaging material supply unit 2 corresponds to the length of the packaging material S in which the dried seaweed Q is accommodated, and the wall surface 21 on the flat surface at one end and the substantially U-shaped frame at the other end. A pair of left and right rods 27 are disposed opposite to each other, and between both wall surfaces 21, 22, the side ears S 1 of the packaging material S can protrude from between both wall surfaces 21, 22 to both sides. Spaced apart. A pair of horizontal holding claws 23 protrude from the wall surface 21, and a pair of horizontal holding claws 24 protrude from the wall surface 22 so as to face the holding claws 23. The rectangular packaging material S in which the dried seaweed Q is accommodated is held around the four corners. In addition, a pair of holding claws 25 for horizontal auxiliary receiving with respect to the wrapping material S having a low waist are disposed opposite to each other on the left and right symmetrical positions of the substantially U-shaped wall surface 22, and the holding claws 25 are arranged at the four corners. The holding claws 23 and 24 are disposed slightly below the position.

A total of four suction pads 26 for sucking the introduced packaging material S and introducing it onto the conveyor belt V are arranged at positions corresponding to the apexes of the approximately rhombus, below the wall surfaces 21 and 22. Has been. Specifically, the suction pads 26 are arranged along a straight line between the holding claws 23 of the wall surface 21 on the plane and between the pair of holding claws 25 for auxiliary receiving, Two suction pads 26 are disposed between the wall surfaces 21 and 22 so as to be orthogonal to a straight line connecting both suction pads 26.
Of course, the arrangement and number of the suction pads 26 are arbitrary and do not restrict the present invention.

Next, the operation of the packaging material supply unit 2 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 3A, the packaging material S put in the packaging material supply unit 2 is held by the holding claws 23 and 24 at the four corners, and the packaging material S by the pair of holding claws 25 for auxiliary reception. The left and right sides are held. At this time, since the holding claws 25 are arranged slightly below the positions of the holding claws 23 and 24 at the four corners, the packaging material S is curved in a substantially arcuate shape downward.

  As shown in FIG. 3 (b), the suction pad 26 rises to the upper side of the holding claws 23, 24, and sucks the single packaging material S at the lowermost portion put in the packaging material supply unit 2. And as shown in FIG.3 (c), the suction pad 26 is lowered | hung and the packaging material S is extracted from the holding nail | claw 23 side of four corners. Next, as shown in FIG. 3D, the packaging material S is pulled out from the holding claws 24 in the four corners. Finally, as shown in FIG. 3 (e), the packaging material S is pulled out from the pair of holding claws 25 for auxiliary reception and introduced onto the conveyor belt V.

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, the presence of the pair of auxiliary receiving claws 25 arranged slightly below the positions of the holding claws 23 and 24 at the four corners, and the suction pads 26 arranged in a diamond shape As a result, the packaging material S can be easily extracted in a state in which creases that are easy to bend the four corners are generated. Conventionally, if the suction pad 26 is arranged in a square shape, the suction pad 26 is detached from the packaging material S. However, by arranging the suction pad 26 in a diamond shape as described above, such disadvantages can be eliminated. It became.

(Food Supply Unit 3)
The food supply unit 3 provided at the lower part of the turntable transport mechanism T for dropping and feeding the food P transported by the turntable transport mechanism T onto the transported packaging material S is shown in FIGS. 1 and 7 to 9. As shown in FIG. 4, a receiving base 31 is coaxially arranged at the lower part of the turntable transport mechanism T, and the food P is transported to the receiving base 31 from the rectangular input opening 32 of the turntable transport mechanism T. It has a gate 33 formed by a pair of doors with a lower case for opening up. The gate 33 is integrally connected to a pair of cam receiving plates 34 disposed on one end side of the receiving base 31 and moves up and down together with the closing die 38 via a lifting plate 36 connected to a lifting drive source (not shown). The gate opening / closing cam 35 opens the gate 33 downward via the hinge portion 33a by pushing down the pair of cam receiving plates 34 before bringing the dosing mold 38 into contact with the food P. At this time, the gate opening / closing cam 35 restricts the opening of the gate 33 by the cam shape in which the tip is gradually narrowed.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 11, when the pair of cam receiving plates 34 are pushed down via the gate opening / closing cam 35, the food P is temporarily supported at both ends of the gate 33 without dropping and the food 33 is fully opened. At the same time as P is released and placed on the packaging material S, the charging mold 38 comes into contact with the food material P and presses it against the packaging material S.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 10, when the gate opening / closing cam 35 is raised, the pair of cam receiving plates 34 are arranged in the vicinity to urge the pair of cam receiving plates 34 to close and return to close the gate 33. It is connected with the stopper part 37 by the coil spring arranged upright.

Next, the operation of the food supply unit 3 will be described.
First, as shown in FIG. 11A, the food P is conveyed to the position of the opening 32 of the turntable conveyance mechanism T, and the packaging material S is conveyed to the position below the gate 33 by the conveyance belt V. At this time, the closing mold 38 and the gate opening / closing cam 35 are lowered.

  Then, as shown in FIGS. 11 (b) to 11 (e), before the dosing mold 38 is brought into contact with the food material P, the gate opening / closing cam 35 abuts against the pair of cam receiving plates 34 and the gate 33 is hinged. It is opened downward via 33a, but at this time, the food P is not supported by dropping at the both ends of the gate 33, and at the same time, a gap is formed between the dosing mold 38 and the food P, Until the packaging material S is placed, the food material P is prevented from being crushed. Then, as shown in FIG. 11 (f), the food P is released and placed on the packaging material S with the gate 33 fully opened, and at the same time, the charging die 38 comes into contact with the food P and this is used as the packaging material S. Press on.

  Thus, conventionally, since the food was transported to the input position of the food P by the turntable transport mechanism T and dropped onto the lower packaging material S by natural fall, there was a concern about the possibility of displacement. By providing such a food supply unit 3, natural fall can be prevented, whereby the food P can be reliably arranged on the packaging material S while correcting the positional deviation.

(Ear fold prevention device 4)
As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the pair of ear fold prevention devices 4 arranged below the turntable in order to prevent inadvertent folding of both side ears S <b> 1 of the packaging material S at the lower position of the food supply unit 3. For example, an air nozzle 41 is arranged in the vicinity of the side on which the both-side ears S1 are placed in the transport belt V with the air projecting direction directed to the both-side ears S1. In this way, during conveyance, as shown in FIG. 5, the both-side ears S1 of the packaging material S are curved in a U shape due to air resistance or the like, as shown in FIG. By blowing the air pressure on both curved ears S1, this is developed into a flat shape again.

(Pressure conveyor 5 for preventing misalignment)
As shown in FIGS. 12 to 15, the press-prevention conveyor 5 for preventing slippage is configured so that the upper portion of the packaging material S is moved in synchronization with the transport belt V in order to prevent the transport of the packaging material S transported by the transport belt V. An endless belt is arranged along one side of the pair of front and rear conveying belts V so as to be pressed down via a pulley 51. That is, as shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the rear side of the packaging material S that is carried on the pair of front and rear transport belts V is sandwiched between the lower transport belt V and the shift prevention press conveyor 5, This prevents the positional displacement of the packaging material S. Incidentally, the press-preventing conveyor 5 for preventing misalignment is arranged so as not to come into contact with the positioning protrusion 52 on one side of the upper surface of the transport belt V.

(First folding part 6)
As shown in FIG. 17, the first ear folding part 6 for pushing up the both side ears S <b> 1 projecting on both sides of the packaging material S from below with a folding plate is, for example, a crank type lifting / lowering device 61 arranged below. Thus, the left and right pair of substantially U-shaped folded push-up pieces 62 can be moved up and down, and when the push-up push piece 62 is lifted, as shown in FIG. Start up part S1. The first ear fold 6 is provided with a packaging material pressing bar 63 integrated with the folding push-up piece 62 so as to be movable up and down. Reference numeral 75 denotes a pressing piece for pressing the rear portion of the packaging material S.

(Second ear fold 7)
As shown in FIG. 16, the second ear fold portion 7 for pushing the both side ear portions S <b> 1 raised by the folding push-up piece 62 of the first ear fold portion 6 from the side and folding the food material P into a substantially U shape. And a pair of substantially U-shaped left and right arms 72 that can be opened and closed with respect to each other via an intermediate hinge portion 71, and the folding roller 74 is pivoted in a state where a predetermined backlash is imparted to the shaft portion 73 at the tip of the arm 72. It is worn. That is, the folding roller 74 has a substantially cylindrical shape, and the thin shaft portion 73 is inserted into the cylinder of the folding roller 74.

  In this way, as shown in FIG. 13, both ends of the food material P are raised by the folding push-up piece 62 of the first ear fold 6 and then folded inward by the folding rollers 74 on both sides of the second ear fold 7. Is automatically coated. At this time, as shown in FIG. 19, even when the packaging material S is bent and conveyed, the arrangement of the packaging material S is corrected by the folding and pushing pieces 62 of the first ear fold 6.

  The operation of the first ear fold 6 and the second ear fold 7 will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 18 (b), both side ears S1 are raised by a substantially U-shaped fold-up push piece 62. At this time, since the packaging material pressing bar 63 is integrated with the folding push-up piece 62, it is lifted simultaneously.

  As shown in FIG. 18C, the folding roller 74 is lowered. As shown in FIG. 18 (d), the folding roller 74 is closed and moved to the center, and the both ears S1 are folded in a substantially U shape toward each other. At this time, since the folding roller 74 is provided with play between the shaft portion 73, the folding roller 74 smoothly rolls on the product at the time of folding without being affected by the size of the product. S1 can be easily attached to the food P.

  As shown in FIG. 18E, after the packaging material pressing rod 63 and the folding push-up piece 62 are integrally lowered, the folding roller 74 is raised as shown in FIG. 18F. At this time, since the folding roller 74 moves upward while holding the both-side ears S1 of the packaging material S with the packaging material pressing rod 63, peeling of the both-side ears S1 is prevented. Thus, the folding of both ears S1 is completed, and the process moves to the next step.

(Folding holding part 8)
As shown in FIGS. 20 and 23, the folding holding portion 8 for folding both side surfaces of the both-side ears S1 that are folded into a substantially U shape by entering obliquely from above is provided, for example, a crank type or the like. And a pair of holding claws 82 in the shape of a forked L-shaped piece that can be opened and closed along with vertical movement.

(Folding upside 9)
In conjunction with the folding holding part 8, the folding upright part 9 for pushing up and starting up the packaging material S part containing the dried seaweed Q that is developed back and forth via the left and right side ear pieces S1, As shown in FIGS. 21, 22, and 23, a folding movement frame 92 having a substantially U-shaped frame that is vertically movable by an elevating device 91 such as a crank type is provided.

  In this way, as shown in FIG. 23, the both-side ears S1 are bent to the left and right side surfaces of the food material P with the bifurcated L-shaped presser claws 82 arranged on the left and right sides, and in conjunction with this, The food material P is covered with the packaging material S in a substantially U shape by raising the 92 and automatically raising both front and rear sides of the packaging material S on the front and rear circumferential side surfaces of the food material P.

The operation of the folding presser 8 and the folding upright 9 that are interlocked with each other will be described.
As shown in FIG. 24A, first, the product after the end of the ear fold is conveyed to a predetermined position by the conveying belt V. As shown in FIG. 24 (b), the presser claw 82 descends from diagonally above, and presses both ears S1. 24 (c) and 24 (d), the folding moving frame 92 rises, and the front and rear sides of the packaging material S are raised on the front and rear peripheral sides of the food P. As shown in FIG. 24 (e), after the folding is completed, the presser claw 82 is lifted and transferred to the entraining unit 10 in the next process.

(Entrainment part 10)
As shown in FIG. 25, the entraining portion 10 is formed by forming two curved upper and lower long holes 101 and one slanted straight long hole 102 along a substantially central circumference. Two side walls are arranged opposite to each other via a support rod, and the shafts at both ends of the three winding rollers 100 are inserted into the long holes 101 and 102, respectively. Gears (not shown) are attached to the other shafts that are rotatably supported by the long holes 101 and 102 and protrude through the long holes 101 and 102 on the other side wall. Each of these gears meshes with an intermediate gear that is pivotally attached to the center of the other side wall. At this time, the intermediate gear is connected to the rotational drive source. In addition, a loading table 103 is disposed adjacent to the winding roller 100 positioned below, and the loading arm 104 can slide horizontally toward the middle of the winding rollers 100 on the loading table 103. In addition, an obliquely curved packaging material end folding claw 105 is provided on the top surface of the loading arm 104 so as to project forward. Further, a folding guide plate 106 is arranged above and below the loading table 103 so as to be movable up and down.

  In this embodiment, instead of using each gear and intermediate gear, a roller that can be simultaneously rotated by frictional contact with each other may be employed. Instead of using three winding rollers, for example, five winding rollers 100 may be used, and the number and arrangement of the winding rollers 100 are within a range in which the product can be discharged from between these rollers. Of course, it is arbitrary and does not restrict the present invention.

Next, an example of use and operation of the entrainment unit 10 will be described.
First, as shown in FIG. 25 (a), a product obtained by coating food material P with a packaging material S in a substantially U shape is moved from the conveyor belt V onto the loading table 103 using the loading arm 104. Let

  As shown in FIG. 25 (b), when the feeding arm 104 is further pushed, it is slid toward the three winding rollers 100 of the winding unit 10. At this time, since the extended portion of the long packaging material S on the side to which the POS label L is attached is disposed on the front side of the food material P, the packaging material S is rubbed by the folding guide plate 106. Supplied.

  As shown in FIG. 25 (c), after supplying the product, the packaging material end folding claw 105 moves forward and pushes the packaging material S end inward. As shown in FIG. 25 (d), the upper and lower two entraining rollers 100 rotate to wrap the food material P together with the packaging material S while pressing the end of the packaging material S. At this time, when the product is automatically put between the respective entraining rollers 100, the upper and lower entraining rollers 100 are slid back in the closing direction along the long hole 101 by the tension of the endless belt, and the food P is 3 It is wrapped with the packaging material S by the two winding rollers 100.

  As shown in FIG. 25 (e), the loading arm 104 retreats backward. At this time, the product is located at the center of each of the winding rollers 100. And as shown in FIG.25 (f), an intermediate | middle gear rotates with a rotational drive source, and each winding roller 100 rotates in the same rotation direction in response to this. Thereby, the food P is caught by the packaging material S. Simultaneously with this winding, as shown in FIG. 25 (g), the end face of the packaging material S is sealed with a label L such as POS.

  As shown in FIG. 25 (h), among the three winding rollers 100, only one winding roller 100 at one front end is opened along the long hole 102 only for a moment against the tension of the endless belt. When it is slid in the (slanting upward direction), it becomes the discharge part 11, and as shown in FIG. 25 (i), the product that has been packaged by the packaging material S is discharged from the discharge part 11.

(Other examples of food supply unit 3)
Moreover, the other example of the foodstuff supply part 3 is shown by FIG. 26 (a1) thru | or FIG.26 (e2). That is, the food material supply unit 3 conveys the food material P by the belt conveyance mechanism 107 in which the upstream first conveyor 107a and the downstream second conveyor 107b having different speeds are connected to each other. At this time, the speed of the second conveyor 107b is set to be higher than that of the first conveyor 107a, so that the interval between products conveyed by the second conveyor 107b is appropriately increased.

  In addition, at the transport end of the second conveyor 107b, a pair of left and right supply molds 108a and 108b for transferring the food P to the input opening, and the input mold 109 from the input opening on the side of the belt transport mechanism 107 are fed by the food mold The above-described gate 33 for feeding P onto the packaging material S is provided.

  That is, the one supply mold 108a and the other supply mold 108b are made to face each other, and the one supply mold 108a maintains the state where the food P is sandwiched together with the other supply mold 108b by an arbitrary crank cam mechanism 110. The second conveyor 107b is configured to slide in the horizontal direction. After the slide, the feeding mold 109 is lowered, and at the same time, one supply mold 108a is rotated so as to open upward with respect to the other supply mold 108b, and then can be returned to the original position.

  Similarly to the above, the gate 33 includes a pair of cam receiving plates 34 integrally connected to the gate 33 and a gate opening / closing cam 35 that moves up and down together with the throwing die 109. The gate opening / closing cam 35 pushes down the pair of cam receiving plates 34 before opening the gate 33 downward.

Next, operation | movement of the foodstuff supply part 3 by another example is demonstrated.
As shown in FIGS. 26 (a1) and 26 (a2), the food P is conveyed to the supply position by the belt conveyance mechanism 107. At this time, since the speed of the second conveyor 107b is faster than that of the first conveyor 107a, the intervals between the ingredients P conveyed by the second conveyor 107b are opened at equal intervals.

  As shown in FIG. 26 (b1) and FIG. 26 (b2), the food P reaches the supply position. At this time, one supply mold 108a and the other supply mold 108b are waiting on both sides of the food P.

  As shown in FIG. 26 (c1) and FIG. 26 (c2), one supply mold 108a starts operating, and the food P is sandwiched between one supply mold 108a and the other supply mold 108b. Become.

  As shown in FIG. 26 (d1) and FIG. 26 (d2), the food P is transferred to the bottom of the input mold 109 while being sandwiched between the one supply mold 108a and the other supply mold 108b.

  As shown in FIGS. 26 (e1) and 26 (e2), the charging mold 109 is lowered, and the food material P is loaded onto the lower packaging material S through the gate 33, and at the same time, the other feeding mold 108b. One supply mold 108a rotates so as to open upward, and then returns to the original position. Thereafter, this operation is repeated.

  A pair of cam receiving plates 34 integrally connected to the gate 33, a gate opening / closing cam 35 that moves up and down together with the insertion mold 109, and the gate opening / closing cam 35 before the contact mold 109 is brought into contact with the food material P. The operation of opening the gate 33 downward by pushing down the receiving plate 34 is substantially the same as the case of the food supply unit 3 in the turntable transport mechanism described above.

1 is an overall perspective view of a food packaging device in the best mode for carrying out the present invention. It is a top view which shows an example of a structure of a packaging material supply part. (A) thru | or (e) is explanatory drawing explaining operation | movement of a packaging material supply part in order of a process. It is a perspective view which shows the deformation | transformation state of the packaging material at the time of being pulled out from the packaging material supply part. The state in the air blowing operation | movement by the ear fold prevention apparatus is shown, (a) is a top view, (b) is a front view. The state after the air blowing operation | movement by an ear fold prevention apparatus is shown similarly, (a) is a top view, (b) is a front view. It is a perspective view which shows the whole structure of a foodstuff supply part. It is the enlarged partially notched top view which similarly shows the structure of a foodstuff supply part. FIG. 5 is an enlarged partially cutaway side view showing the configuration of the food supply unit. It is a partially cutaway sectional view showing the stopper mechanism of the gate opening / closing cam of the food supply unit. (A), (b) is explanatory drawing explaining operation | movement of a food material gate part in order of a process. (C), (d) is explanatory drawing explaining operation | movement of a food material gate part in order of a process. (E), (f) is explanatory drawing explaining operation | movement of a food material gate part in order of a process. It is a partially cutaway perspective view which shows the example of arrangement | positioning of the prevention conveyor for a slippage prevention, and a 1st ear folding part. It is a partially cutaway perspective view showing the folding operation of the first ear fold and the second ear fold. The state before the shift prevention operation | movement by the shift prevention press conveyor is shown, (a) is a top view, (b) is a side view. The state after the shift prevention operation | movement by the press prevention conveyor for slippage prevention is shown, (a) is a top view, (b) is a side view. The structure of a 1st ear folding part is shown, (a) is a partially notched top view, (b) is a partially notched front view. It is a partially notched side view which shows the structure of a 2nd ear folding part. (A) thru | or (f) is explanatory drawing explaining operation | movement of a 1st ear folding part and a 2nd ear folding part in order of a process. The bending correction | amendment operation | movement of the packaging material by a 2nd ear fold part is shown, (a) is a top view of the state before correction, (b) is a top view of the state after correction. It is a partially notched side view which shows the structure of a folding holding | suppressing part. It is a partially notched side view which shows the structure of the folding upright part. It is a partially notched front view which shows the structure of a folding upright part. The operation state of a folding presser part and a folding upright part is shown, (a) is a partially cutaway perspective view of the folded presser part in an open state, and (b) is a partially cutaway perspective view of the folded presser part in a closed state. . (A) thru | or (e) is explanatory drawing explaining operation | movement of a folding holding | suppressing part and a folding upright part in order of a process. The winding process of a winding part is shown in order, (a) is a process of putting a product into a winding part by a loading arm, (b) is a process of folding a packaging material into a folding guide plate by loading the product, (c) is (D) is a state after the upper and lower winding rollers are swung to wrap the product together with the packaging material while holding the end of the packaging material, (e) is a state where the feeding arm is retracted, and (f) is three winding rollers. Shows the process of rotating and winding the product with packaging material. The winding process of a winding part is shown in order, (g) is a process in which the end face of a packaging material is sealed with a label such as POS, and (h) is one winding roller at one end rises to open a discharge part. Step (i) shows the step of discharging the product from the discharge section (A1) thru | or (c2) are explanatory drawings explaining the conveyance operation of the product by a belt conveyance mechanism in order of a process. (D1) thru | or (e2) are explanatory drawings explaining the conveyance operation of the product by a belt conveyance mechanism in order of a process.

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W Worktable P Food (Shari)
Q rectangular dry laver S wrapping material (laver containing packaging sheet)
S1 Both-side ear part T Turntable conveyance mechanism L Label V Conveyor belt 1 Food packaging apparatus 2 Packaging material supply part 3 Food material supply part 4 Ear fold prevention apparatus 5 Slip prevention press conveyor 6 First ear fold part 7 Second ear fold part 8 Folding holding portion 9 Folding upright portion 10 Entraining portion 11 Discharging portion 21 Wall surface 22 Wall surface 23, 24 Holding claw 25 Holding claw 26 Adsorption pad 27 Rod 31 Receiving base 32 Input opening 33 Gate 33a Hinge portion 34 Cam receiving plate 35 Gate opening / closing Cam 36 Elevating plate 37 Stopper portion 38 Input mold 41 Air nozzle 51 Pulley 52 Positioning projection 61 Elevating device 62 Folding push-up piece 63 Wrapping material pressing bar 63a Horizontal bar 71 Hinge portion 72 Arm 73 Shaft portion 74 Folding roller 75 Holding piece 81 Elevating device 82 Holding Claw 91 Elevating Device 92 Folding Moving Frame 100 Entraining Roller 101 Long Hole 102 Long Hole 103 Loading platform 104 Loading arm 105 Packaging material end folding claw 106 Folding guide plate 107 Belt transport mechanism 107a First conveyor 107b Second conveyor 108a Supply mold 108b Supply mold 109 Input mold 110 Crank cam mechanism

Claims (16)

  Folding from below the packaging material supply unit that supplies the packaging material on the conveyor belt, the food material supply unit for supplying the packaging material on the transported packaging material, and both ears protruding from both sides of the packaging material A first ear fold for pushing up with a plate, a second ear fold for pressing both side ears raised by the first ear fold from the side and folding the food material into a substantially U shape, respectively, Folding holding part for folding both side surfaces of both ears folded into a U-shape, and a fold-up upper part for raising the packaging material part that is developed back and forth through the left and right ear piece parts from below And a wrapping section for automatically rotating the wrapping rollers and winding the food material together with the packaging material after being automatically inserted between the wrapping rollers.   The food product according to claim 1, wherein the packaging material supply unit has a total of four suction pads for adsorbing the introduced packaging material and introducing it onto the conveyor belt at positions corresponding to the apexes of the approximately rhombus. Packaging equipment.   The packaging material supply unit includes four holding claws for holding the four corners of the packaging material, and a pair of holding claws for auxiliary reception for supporting the left and right sides of the packaging material with weak waist. The food packaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pair of holding claws are disposed slightly below the positions of the holding claws at the four corners.   The food supply unit includes a gate for feeding food on a packaging material that is conveyed by a conveying belt from a charging opening of a turntable conveying mechanism, and a pair of cam receiving plates integrally connected to the gate; 4. A gate opening / closing cam that moves up and down together with the feeding mold, and the gate opening / closing cam pushes down the pair of cam receiving plates to open the gate downward before the feeding mold contacts the food. The food packaging apparatus of any one of.   The food supply unit includes a supply mold for transferring the food conveyed by the belt conveyance mechanism to the charging opening, and a gate that allows the food to be loaded onto the packaging material by the charging mold from the charging opening of the belt conveyance mechanism, A pair of cam receiving plates integrally connected to the gate and a gate opening / closing cam that moves up and down together with the closing mold, and the gate opening / closing cam pushes down the pair of cam receiving plates before bringing the closing mold into contact with the product. The food packaging apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the gate is opened downward.   The first ear fold includes a pair of left and right substantially U-shaped folded push-up pieces that can be moved up and down by an elevating device, and a packaging material pressing bar integrated with the folded push-up pieces. The food packaging apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5.   7. The second ear fold portion includes a pair of left and right arms that can be opened and closed with respect to each other, and a folding roller is pivotally attached to a shaft portion at the tip of the arm with a predetermined backlash. Any of the food packaging apparatuses.   The food packaging apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the folding presser includes a pair of bifurcated presser claws arranged on the left and right sides that can be opened and closed together with vertical movement by an elevating device.   The food packaging apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the folding upper portion is provided with a substantially U-shaped folding movement frame that is vertically movable.   The entrainment part has three encircling rollers rotatably attached to two curved upper and lower long holes and one oblique straight hole in the middle, and is adjacent to the entraining roller located below. The loading platform is arranged, and on the loading platform, the loading arm is arranged so as to be horizontally slidable toward the middle of each winding roller, and the upper surface of the loading arm is obliquely curved. The food packaging apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the packaging material end folding claws project forward and a folding guide plate is arranged above and below the loading base portion so as to be movable up and down.   An ear fold preventing device for preventing inadvertent folding of both side ears of the packaging material at the lower position of the food supply unit, the ear fold preventing device comprising both ears of a pair of transport belts The food packaging apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the food packaging apparatus is configured by an air nozzle disposed in a state in which an air projecting direction is directed to both ears in the vicinity of a side on which is placed.   A displacement prevention press conveyor for preventing displacement of the packaging material conveyed by the conveyance belt, wherein the displacement prevention press conveys the upper portion of the packaging material while moving synchronously with the conveyance belt. The food packaging apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the food packaging apparatus is arranged in an endless belt shape through a pulley along one side of the pair of front and rear conveying belts.   Supplying the packaging material onto the conveyor belt, dropping the food conveyed by the turntable conveyor mechanism onto the conveyed packaging material, and lowering the both-side ears projecting on both sides of the packaging material The process of pushing up with a folding plate from the side, the process of folding and pressing the raised both side ears from the side to fold the food material into a substantially U shape, and folding both side surfaces of the both side ear parts folded into a substantially U shape. A process, a process in which a packaging material portion developed forward and backward through both right and left ear pieces is pushed up from below, and is automatically inserted between a plurality of entraining rollers, and each entraining roller is rotated with each other to produce food A method for wrapping food together with the packaging material.   A step of supplying the packaging material onto the conveyor belt, a step of feeding the food material onto the packaging material from the belt conveyor mechanism, a step of pushing up the both-side ears projecting on both sides of the packaging material from below with a folding plate, Folding and pressing the raised side ears from the side to fold the food material into a substantially U shape, folding the both side surfaces of the side ears folded into a substantially U shape, and left and right side ear pieces A process of pushing up the packaging material part developed forward and backward from the lower side and starting up, and a process of automatically feeding between a plurality of entraining rollers and rotating the entraining rollers to wind the food material together with the packaging material. A food packaging method characterized by comprising:   The food packaging method according to claim 13 or 14, further comprising a blowing step using air so as to prevent inadvertent folding of both side ears of the introduced packaging material.   The food packaging method according to any one of claims 13 to 15, further comprising a step of pressing an upper portion of the packaging material conveyed by the pair of front and rear conveying belts with an endless belt for preventing misalignment disposed on the conveying belt on one side.

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