JP2011126580A - Package and packaging method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that it is necessary to join a sheet to an article or resin film so that the position of the sheet is not shifted, when a package packing the sheet with the article is manufactured. <P>SOLUTION: A tissue carton 10 in which two or more tissue cartons 11 having the same dimensions and shape are put and which is packed with a transparent resin film 12, includes a message card 14 packed together with the tissue cartons 11 and the message card 14 has an exposure part 14b arranged between the tissue cartons 11 and the transparent film 12 and an inserting part 14a inserted between two tissue cartons 11 piled to each other and a folding part 14c forming a boundary between the exposure part 14b and the inserting part 14a. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a package in which a plurality of articles having the same shape are packed with a resin film together with a sheet such as a postcard and a packing method thereof.

  In order to ensure that information transmission media, such as messages from companies, questionnaires, and prize application forms, can be delivered to the purchaser of the product, it is common practice to attach these information transmission media to the target product. It has been broken. For example, tissue cartons are packaged in the form of so-called caramel packaging in which a plurality of tissue cartons are formed by folding a resin film so as to wrap them. In recent years, it has been desired that such tissue cartons have an advertisement function or the like using a piece of paper on which an advertisement text or the like is printed.

  As described above, for example, methods proposed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 are known as methods for providing a tissue cartons with an advertisement function using a piece of paper or the like. Patent Document 1 discloses a technique in which a card is attached to the outer surface of a package using a weak adhesive tape. Patent Document 2 discloses that a plurality of tissue cartons including a tissue carton to which the information transfer slip is bonded are coated with adhesive glue on the outer carton surface of the tissue carton before packaging the tissue cartons. Discloses a technology for caramel packaging with resin film.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 06-059258 JP 2009-107681 A

  However, in the case of the method disclosed in Patent Document 1, there is a problem that the card is inadvertently lost due to contact with another product or the like when the package is transported or displayed. Moreover, it is necessary to join the weak adhesive tape for protecting a card | curd to the surface of the film which wraps a package, and there exists a problem that the material cost for that adds.

  On the other hand, in the case of the method disclosed in the latter patent document 2, since the information transfer slip is accommodated in the package, the material cost can be reduced by the amount that the weak adhesive tape as in the patent document 1 is unnecessary. Is possible. However, there is a problem to be improved in that the adhesive paste is applied to the outer carton surface of the tissue carton. That is, the use of the adhesive paste increases the material cost although not as much as the weak adhesive tape in Patent Document 1. Further, when the information transfer slip is peeled off from the tissue carton, the adhesive paste may damage the printed surface of the tissue carton outer surface, which may deteriorate the appearance of the tissue carton. Even if the printing surface of the outer surface of the tissue carton is not damaged, if the adhesive paste adheres to the outer carton surface of the tissue carton, the appearance of the tissue carton will deteriorate due to the presence of the adhesive paste. there is a possibility.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a packaging body capable of reliably enclosing a piece of paper such as a postcard in the packaging body without using any weak adhesive tape or adhesive glue that causes an increase in material cost, and a method for manufacturing the same. is there.

  A first aspect of the present invention is a package in which a plurality of articles having the same size and shape are overlapped and packed with a resin film, and includes a sheet packed together with the article. The sheet includes the article and the article. It has an exposed portion arranged between the resin film, an insertion portion sandwiched between the two articles that overlap each other, and a bent portion that defines a boundary between the exposed portion and the insertion portion. It is what.

  In the present invention, the sheet insertion portion is sandwiched between two articles stacked on top of each other, the exposed portion of the sheet covers a part of the surface of the article, and these are covered with a resin film. Become.

  In the package according to the first aspect of the present invention, the exposed portion of the sheet may have a dimension such that the exposed portion of the sheet is arranged across two or more articles along the overlapping direction of the articles. There are no dimensional restrictions on the exposed portion of the sheet as long as it does not exceed the outline of the stacked article.

  It is preferable that the insertion part of a sheet | seat has a dimension smaller than the overlapping surface of the articles | goods which mutually overlap.

  The article has a height h, a depth d, and a width w, and these are in a relationship of h <d <w, and surfaces defined by the depth d and the width w may overlap each other. . In this case, the article may be a tissue carton.

  The sheet may be an information transmission medium. In this case, the exposed portion of the sheet can include a postcard.

  The portion of the resin film that overlaps the exposed portion of the sheet may be transparent.

  In the second embodiment of the present invention, the surfaces defined by the depth d and the width w of the rectangular parallelepiped article in which the height h, the depth d, and the width w are in a relationship of h <d <w are overlapped. When packing a predetermined number of articles of the same size and shape with a resin film, an exposed part disposed between the article and the resin film, and an insertion part sandwiched between two overlapping articles, A method of packing a sheet having a bent portion that defines a boundary between the exposed portion and the insertion portion together with the article, wherein a surface defined by a height h and a width w of the article is set in a vertical direction. A step of aligning the surface defined by the depth d and the width w of the article so as to be in close contact along the conveying direction, and a gap between the two adjacent articles along the conveying direction. Forming the sheet and the insertion portion of the sheet in front Bending the sheet at a right angle with respect to the exposed portion along the folded portion, and placing the exposed portion of the sheet on the article to be aligned in close contact so that the insertion portion of the folded sheet is positioned in the gap A step of bringing the two adjacent articles formed with the gap into close contact with each other so that the insertion portion of the sheet is sandwiched therebetween; and two articles sandwiching the insertion portion of the sheet; Separating a predetermined number of articles including the article on which the exposed portion of the sheet is placed from other articles aligned in the conveying direction; and separating the predetermined number of articles and the sheet And a step of packing with a film.

  In the second embodiment of the present invention, another article in which a predetermined number of articles including two articles sandwiching the sheet insertion portion and an article on which the exposed portion of the sheet is placed are aligned in the conveying direction. The step of separating may include a step of restraining the transport movement of the upstream-side article adjacent to a predetermined number of articles positioned downstream in the transport direction.

  The step of forming a gap between two adjacent articles along the transport direction includes the step of restraining the transport movement of the two adjacent articles along the transport direction, respectively, and is positioned downstream along the transport direction. The step of restraining the transport movement of the article to be performed may be performed after the step of restraining the transport movement of the article located on the upstream side. In this case, the step of bringing two adjacent articles into close contact with each other so that the insertion portion of the sheet is sandwiched between them can include a step of releasing the restriction on the conveyance movement of the article located on the upstream side. .

  The article may be a tissue carton.

  According to the packaging body of the present invention, the sheet insertion portion can be stably held in a state where the articles are stacked. For this reason, it becomes possible to easily pack the sheet together with the article with the resin film without using adhesive glue or the like.

  When the sheet insertion part has a size smaller than the overlapping surface of the articles that overlap each other, the packing part of the sheet does not contact the resin film when packing with a resin film, and the resin film is damaged. Can be avoided.

  When the article has a height h, a depth d, and a width w and these are in a relationship of h <d <w, and the surfaces defined by the depth d and the width w are superimposed on each other, The height dimension can be minimized.

  When the sheet is an information transmission medium, particularly when the exposed portion of the sheet includes a postcard, a message from the manufacturer or seller side of the article to the consumer side can be reliably transmitted.

  When the portion of the resin film that overlaps the exposed portion of the sheet is transparent, it is possible to grasp the presence and state of a sheet including an information transmission medium such as postcard paper that is packed with the article from the outside.

  According to the method of the present invention for packing a sheet having an exposed portion, an insertion portion, and a bent portion together with an article, a sheet including an information transmission medium such as a postcard is provided between the resin film and the article without using adhesive glue or the like. Can be packaged with the item.

  An article on which two articles sandwiching the sheet insertion portion and an exposed portion of the sheet are placed when a predetermined number of articles located downstream in the conveyance direction are restrained from conveying the upstream upstream article adjacent thereto A predetermined number of articles including the above can be separated from other articles.

  When restraining the transport movement of an article located on the downstream side after restraining the transport movement of the article positioned on the upstream side along the transport direction, a gap is formed between two adjacent articles along the transport direction. be able to. In particular, by releasing the restriction on the transport movement of the article located on the upstream side, the two adjacent articles can be brought into close contact with each other so that the sheet insertion portion is sandwiched between them.

It is a three-dimensional projection figure showing the external appearance of the packed tissue carton used as the object of this invention. It is a top view which represents typically the card insertion installation in the manufacturing equipment of the packed cartons shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a side view with respect to FIG. 2. It is arrow sectional drawing along the IV-IV line in FIG. It is arrow sectional drawing along the VV line in FIG. It is the top view which expanded a part in FIG. It is arrow sectional drawing along the VII-VII line in FIG. It is a right view with respect to FIG. It is a three-dimensional projection figure showing the external appearance of the part shown in FIG.

  An embodiment in which a package according to the present invention is applied to a packed cartons will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. However, the present invention is not limited to such an embodiment, and any other technique belonging to the spirit of the present invention, that is, a plurality of articles having the same size and shape are packed in a lined state with a resin film. It can be applied to any package.

  The external appearance of the packed cartons that are the subject of the present invention is shown in FIG. A typical box-shaped tissue carton 11 has a height h, a depth d, and a width w such that h <d <w. In the present embodiment, the height h of the tissue carton 11 is set to a dimension that is 1/2 or less of the depth d, and the compactness is taken into consideration. Each tissue carton 11 is filled with a predetermined number of tissue papers (not shown) in a folded state. Such a tissue carton 11 is continuously manufactured using manufacturing equipment well known in, for example, US Pat. No. 4,578,927 and US Pat. No. 5,595,043. It should be noted that even a tissue carton having a depth d and a width w that are substantially the same size can be the subject of the present invention.

  Each of the tissue cartons 11 is aligned in a plurality of (5 in the illustrated example) so that the surfaces defined by the depth d and the width w (hereinafter referred to as upper and lower surfaces) 11a overlap each other. Stacked. Usually, these are packed by the transparent resin film 12 in a caramel packaging form. In this case, the transparent resin film 12 in the form of a rectangular sheet covering these has a surface (hereinafter referred to as front and rear surfaces) 11b and a depth d defined by the height h and width w of the tissue carton 11. And the width w are overlapped in the area of any one of the surfaces (hereinafter referred to as the left and right surfaces) 11c. And the junction part 12a along these alignment directions is formed by heat sealing, and becomes a rectangular cylinder shape as a whole. In addition, the transparent resin film 12 is folded at the upper and lower surfaces 11a of the tissue cartons 11 located at both ends along the alignment direction, and the joint 12b is formed by heat-sealing the transparent resin film 12. Furthermore, the handle 13 formed of the same resin film is arranged so as to straddle one end along the arrangement direction, that is, the upper and lower surfaces 11a of the tissue cartons 11 positioned at the top, and both ends thereof are heat-sealed. To form a packed tissue carton 10. The joint portion 13a of the handle 13 is joined to the transparent resin film 12 by heat sealing or the like in a region facing the left and right surfaces 11c of the tissue carton 11 located at the top.

  In addition, since the technique regarding such caramel packaging is well-known, for example by Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2002-362511, Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2005-178824, etc., it abbreviate | omits about further specific description.

  In the present embodiment, prior to packing a predetermined number, that is, five tissue cartons 11 with the transparent resin film 12, the message card 14 as a sheet in the present invention is simultaneously packed with the tissue cartons 11 with the transparent resin film 12. I am doing so. This message card (hereinafter simply referred to as a card) 14 has an insertion portion 14a, an exposed portion 14b, and a bent portion 14c that defines the boundary between them. The insertion portion 14a is a region that is sandwiched between the upper and lower surfaces 11a of the two tissue cartons 11 that overlap each other. The exposed portion 14b in the present embodiment has a size such that the exposed portion 14b is overlapped across the front and rear surfaces 11b of the plurality of tissue cartons 11. The exposed portion 14b of the card 14 may be a postcard if necessary, or may constitute an information transmission medium such as a pamphlet, and two or more types as necessary. It is also possible to have the function. When the entire exposed portion 14b of the card 14 can be used as a postcard, it is also effective to form a perforation in the bent portion 14c so that the insertion portion 14a can be easily separated from the exposed portion 14b. is there. Furthermore, in order to improve the visibility of the exposed portion 14b of the card 14 through the transparent resin film 12, the exposed portion 14b of the card 14 is positioned on the front / rear surface 11b or the left / right surface 11c where the previous joint portion 12a does not exist. Is preferred.

  FIG. 2 schematically shows the planar structure of the card insertion facility for attaching the card 14 to the tissue carton 11 described above, FIG. 3 shows the side surface shape thereof, and FIG. 4 shows the cross-sectional structure taken along line IV-IV in FIG. FIG. 5 shows a sectional structure taken along line VV in FIG. The card insertion facility in the present embodiment includes a conveyor 15 that follows the manufacturing facility for the tissue cartons 11 described above. The conveyor 15 has the upper and lower surfaces 11a of the tissue cartons 11 manufactured by the manufacturing facility of the tissue cartons 11 in close contact with each other, and the front and rear surfaces 11b are directed in the vertical direction so that they are continuously inserted into the card insertion facility. Carry in. In the transport conveyor 15, a unit sorting position Pa, a card insertion position Pb, and a unit delivery position Pc are set in order from the upstream side in the transport direction.

  The unit sorting position Pa is for sorting a predetermined number (hereinafter referred to as one unit) of the tissue cartons 11 continuously supplied from the manufacturing facility of the tissue cartons 11 and carrying them out downstream. It is. For this reason, at the unit sorting position Pa, the first carton detection sensor 16 that detects the passage of the tissue carton 11 that passes over the transport conveyor 15 and the pair of first carton holding actuators 17 that restrain the movement of the tissue carton 11. And has. That is, every time the first carton detection sensor 16 detects the passage of one unit of cartons (hereinafter referred to as tissue cartons) 11U, the tissue cartons 11 followed by the clamper 17a of the first carton holding actuator 17 are detected. The left and right surfaces 11c are pressed from both sides. As a result, the subsequent movement of the tissue carton 11 is prevented. When the first carton detection sensor 16 is an optical sensor, the number of passages can be detected by using a pattern such as an image formed on the front and rear surfaces 11b of the tissue carton 11, for example.

  At the card insertion position Pb, there is a gap G between the top and bottom surfaces 11a of the tissue carton 11 located at the top of the tissue carton unit 11U, that is, the most downstream end, and the top and bottom surfaces 11a of the second tissue carton 11 adjacent thereto. Is formed. The gap G is for facilitating the work for inserting the insertion portion 14a of the card 14 here.

  FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a part of the planar structure of FIG. 4, FIG. 7 shows the cross-sectional structure taken along the line VII-VII, FIG. 8 shows the right side shape of FIG. The external appearance is shown in FIG. The card insertion position Pb includes a pair of second and third carton holding actuators 18 and 19, second and third carton detection sensors 20 and 21, a card stocker 22, a card folding machine 23, and a card. A transfer actuator 24.

  The second and third carton holding actuators 18 and 19 form a gap G between the tissue carton 11 located at the head of the sorted tissue carton unit 11U and the second tissue carton 11 adjacent thereto. Is for. These second and third carton holding actuators 18, 19 are arranged at intervals longer than the height h of the tissue carton 11 along the transport direction of the tissue carton 11. These clampers 18a and 19a are pressed against the left and right surfaces 11c of the corresponding tissue carton 11 from both sides to prevent the movement of the tissue carton 11.

  The second and third carton detection sensors 20 and 21 for detecting the position of the tissue carton 11 held by the second and third carton holding actuators 18 and 19 are respectively the same as the first carton detection sensor 16 and the first carton detection sensor 16. It is substantially the same. The detection signals from the second and third carton detection sensors 20 and 21 and the operations of the second and third carton holding actuators 18 and 19 are controlled in association with each other as described later.

  The card stocker 22 accommodates the cards 14 in a state where the insertion portion 14a is not bent with respect to the exposed portion 14b in a stacked state, and intermittently rotates a feeding roller 25 for feeding the cards one by one to the card folding machine 23 side. It has.

  A card folding machine 23 that bends the insertion portion 14a of the card 14 supplied from the card stocker 22 one by one, a pair of upper and lower conveyors 26 that sandwich and convey a portion that becomes the exposed portion 14b of the card 14, and a cam block 27 and a card holder 28. The cam block 27 has a cam surface 27a that bends the insertion portion 14a of the card 14 that is held toward the card holder 28 while being held by the pair of conveyors 26 with the bending portion 14c as a boundary. The card holder 28 is for accommodating the card 14 in which the insertion portion 14a is bent 90 degrees with respect to the exposed portion 14b. The card holder 28 in the present embodiment has a notch 28 a into which the vacuum cup 24 a of the card transfer actuator 24 is inserted, and an elongated opening 28 b that is bent at a right angle corresponding to the bent state of the card 14. The card holder 28 incorporates a sensor (not shown) for detecting the presence or absence of the card 14, and the operations of the feed roller 25 and the pair of conveyors 26 are controlled based on a detection signal from the sensor.

  The card transfer actuator 24 pulls out from the card holder 28 the card 14 whose insertion portion 14a is bent by the pair of conveyors 26 and the cam block 27 described above. And this is mounted on the front-and-rear surface 11b of the tissue carton 11 on the conveyance conveyor 15. FIG. In the present embodiment, four card transfer actuators 24 are provided radially with respect to a turning block 30 that rotates about a rotation axis 29 parallel to the conveyance direction of the tissue carton 11 by the conveyance conveyor 15. It rotates intermittently by 90 degrees around. Each of the card transfer actuators 24 is provided with a vacuum cup 24a that abuts against the exposed portion 14b of the card 14 and vacuums it. In these card transfer actuators 24, a card receiving position Pd for drawing the card 14 from the card holder 28 and a card placement position Pe are set. At the card placement position Pe, the exposed portion 14b of the card 14 sucked by the vacuum cup 24a is placed on the front and rear surfaces 11b of the second and subsequent tissue cartons 11 held at the card insertion position Pb. When the exposed portion 14b of the card 14 is placed on the front and rear surfaces 11b of the tissue carton 11 at the card placement position Pe, the insertion portion 14a of the card 14 is positioned so as to enter the gap G.

  Therefore, the first carton detection sensor 16 counts the number of passing cartons 11 in the cartons 11 that are carried by the transport conveyor 15 in an aligned state in which the front and rear surfaces 11b of the tissue cartons 11 are directed vertically and the upper and lower surfaces 11a are in close contact with each other. Is done. When the passage of the five cartons 11 is detected, the first carton holding actuator 17 is actuated, and the left and right surfaces 11c of the sixth cartons 11 are sandwiched to place the subsequent cartons 11 in the unit sorting position. Hold at Pa.

  The number of passages is counted by the second carton detection sensor 20 for the tissue carton unit 11U that has passed the unit sorting position Pa. When the second tissue carton 11 is detected, the second carton holding actuator 18 is actuated, and the left and right surfaces 11c of the second tissue carton 11 are sandwiched from the downstream side to move other than the first tissue carton 11. to bound. Then, when the third carton detection sensor 21 detects the leading tissue carton 11, the third carton holding actuator 19 is actuated, and the right and left side surfaces 11c of the tissue carton 11 located at the leading position are sandwiched to prevent the movement. . As a result, a gap G for positioning the insertion portion 14a of the card 14 is formed between the first tissue carton 11 and the second and subsequent tissue cartons 11 constituting one unit at the card insertion position Pb.

  On the other hand, the delivery roller 25 of the card stocker 22 rotates once and the pair of conveyors 26 of the card folding machine 23 is operated, and one card 14 is delivered from the card stocker 22, which is sent to the card holder 28 by the pair of conveyors 26. Be transported. In the card 14, the insertion portion 14a, which is a free end with the bent portion 14c as a boundary, is caused by the cam surface 27a of the cam block 27 and is finally bent 90 degrees into the card holder 28. It is sent. Then, when the card 14 is fed into the card holder 28, the operation of the pair of conveyors 26 is stopped.

  The card transfer actuator 24 waiting at the card receiving position Pd receives the stop of the operation of the pair of conveyors 26 and presses the vacuum cup 24a from the notch portion 28a of the card holder 28 to the exposed portion 14b of the card 14. And evacuate. In this state, the turning block 30 is rotated 90 degrees to draw the card 14 located in the card holder 28 from the opening 28b, and then the vacuum cup 24a is pulled back to the rotary shaft 29 side. Further, the turning block 30 is rotated 90 degrees to hold the card transfer actuator 24 holding the card 14 at the card placement position Pe. From this state, the vacuum cup 24a is pushed out again, the card 14 is lowered directly above the tissue carton unit 11U where the gap G waiting at the card insertion position Pb is formed, and the suction by the vacuum cup 24a is released. Pull back to. As a result, the exposed portion 14b of the card 14 constrained by the vacuum cup 24a is placed on the front and rear surfaces 11b of the second and subsequent tissue cartons 11, and the insertion portion 14a enters the gap G.

  When the card transfer actuator 24 holding the card 14 is rotated 90 degrees from the card receiving position Pd, the delivery roller 25 of the card stocker 22 is rotated once again and the pair of conveyors 26 of the card folding machine 23 are activated. To do.

  When the vacuum cup 24a that has released the suction and holding of the card 14 at the card placement position Pe is retracted to the rotating shaft 29 side, the clamping operation by the second carton holding actuator 18 is released. As a result, the clamper 18 a of the second carton holding actuator 18 is separated from the left and right surfaces 11 c of the second tissue carton 11. As a result, the transport force by the transport conveyor 15 works and the second and subsequent tissue cartons 11 press against the leading tissue cartons 11 together with the cards 14, and the insertion portions 14a of the cards 14 are sandwiched between the upper and lower surfaces 11a. It becomes a state. Thus, after the clamping operation by the second carton holding actuator 18 is released, the clamping operation by the third carton holding actuator 19 is released after a certain time. Thereby, the conveyance force by the conveyance conveyor 15 works and the tissue carton unit 11U is sent together with the card 14 to the unit delivery position Pc.

  At this time, when the third carton detection sensor 21 does not detect the tissue carton 11, that is, when the tissue carton unit 11U does not exist at the card insertion position Pb, the first carton holding actuator 17 disposed at the unit sorting position Pa. The clamping operation by is released. As a result, a new tissue carton unit 11U is again sent to the card insertion position Pb.

  The unit delivery position Pc is a position for delivering the tissue carton unit 11U, to which the card 14 is attached, to the packaging work area using the transparent resin film 13. Here, a stopper 31, a fourth carton detection sensor 32, and a delivery actuator 33 are provided. The stopper 31 is disposed immediately above the conveyor 15 and abuts against the upper and lower surfaces 11a of the tissue carton 11 located at the most downstream end of the tissue carton unit 11U to which the card 14 is attached, thereby preventing these movements. The fourth carton detection sensor 32 counts the passage of one unit, that is, five tissue cartons 11. The delivery actuator 33 that operates based on the detection signal of the fourth carton detection sensor 32 is disposed on the side of the transport conveyor 15. The delivery actuator 33 has a push plate 33a that feeds the tissue carton unit 11U held at the unit delivery position Pc by the stopper 31 onto the delivery table 34. That is, when the fourth carton detection sensor 32 detects the passage of the tissue carton unit 11 </ b> U, the push plate 33 a of the delivery actuator 33 is pushed out to the carry-out table 34 so as to cross the transport conveyor 15.

  The carry-out table 34 is arranged on the opposite side of the delivery actuator 33 with the conveyance conveyor 15 in the unit delivery position Pc. The tissue carton unit 11U sent out from the unit delivery position Pc of the conveyor 15 to the delivery table 34 by the push plate 33a of the delivery actuator 33 is caramel-wrapped by the transparent resin film 12 using a known packaging machine. As described above, the packed cartons 10 are finally obtained.

  It should be noted that the present invention should be construed only from the matters described in the claims, and in the above-described embodiment, all the changes and modifications included in the concept of the present invention are other than those described. Is possible. That is, all matters in the above-described embodiment are not intended to limit the present invention, and include any configuration not directly related to the present invention. To get.

h Height d Depth w Width G Gap Pa Unit sorting position Pb Card insertion position Pc Unit delivery position Pd Card receiving position Pe Card placement position 10 Packed tissue cartons 11 Tish cartons 11a Upper and lower surfaces 11b Front and rear surfaces 11c Left and right surfaces 11U Tish cartons Unit 12 Transparent resin film 12a, 12b Joining part 13 Handle 13a Joining part 14 Message card 14a Insertion part 14b Exposed part 14c Bending part 15 Conveyor 16 First carton detection sensor 17 First carton holding actuator 17a Clamper 18, 19 Second , Third carton holding actuator 18a, 19a clamper 20, 21 second and third carton detection sensor 22 card stocker 23 card folding machine 24 car Transfer actuator 24a Vacuum cup 25 Delivery roller 26 Conveyor 27 Cam block 27a Cam surface 28 Card holder 28a Notch 28b Opening 29 Rotating shaft 30 Turning block 31 Stopper 32 Fourth carton detection sensor 33 Delivery actuator 33a Push plate 34 Unloading table

Claims (12)

  A package in which a plurality of articles of the same size and shape are overlapped and packed with a resin film, comprising a sheet packed together with the article, and the sheet is disposed between the article and the resin film A package comprising: an exposed portion; an insertion portion sandwiched between the two overlapping articles; and a bent portion that defines a boundary between the exposed portion and the insertion portion.   The package according to claim 1, wherein the insertion portion of the sheet has a size smaller than an overlapping surface of the articles that overlap each other.   The article has a height h, a depth d, and a width w, which are in a relationship of h <d <w, and surfaces defined by the depth d and the width w are overlapped with each other. The package according to claim 1 or claim 2.   The package according to claim 3, wherein the article is a tissue carton.   The package according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the sheet is an information transmission medium.   The package according to claim 5, wherein the exposed portion of the sheet includes a postcard.   The package according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a portion of the resin film that overlaps an exposed portion of the sheet is transparent. A predetermined number of articles of the same size and shape so that the surfaces defined by the depth d and the width w of the rectangular parallelepiped shaped article having a height h, a depth d, and a width w are in a relationship of h <d <w. A resin film, an exposed portion disposed between the article and the resin film, an insertion portion sandwiched between the two overlapping articles, and a boundary between the exposed portion and the insertion portion A sheet having a bent portion that defines
The surface defined by the depth d and the width w of the article is in close contact along the conveying direction while the surface defined by the height h and the width w of the article is directed in the vertical direction. Aligning, and
Forming a gap between the two adjacent articles along the transport direction;
Bending the insertion portion of the sheet along the bent portion at a right angle to the exposed portion;
Placing the exposed portion of the sheet on the article to be aligned in close contact so that the insertion portion of the folded sheet is positioned in the gap;
Bringing the two adjacent articles formed with the gap into close contact so that the insertion portion of the sheet is sandwiched between them; and
Separating a predetermined number of articles including two articles sandwiching the insertion part of the sheet and an article on which the exposed part of the sheet is placed from other articles aligned in the transport direction;
A method comprising: packing a predetermined number of divided articles and the sheet with a resin film.   The step of separating a predetermined number of articles including two articles sandwiching the insertion part of the sheet and an article on which the exposed part of the sheet is placed from other articles aligned in the conveyance direction includes: The method according to claim 8, further comprising the step of restraining a transport movement of an upstream-side article adjacent to a predetermined number of articles located on the downstream side.   The step of forming a gap between two adjacent articles along the transport direction includes the step of restraining the transport movement of the two adjacent articles along the transport direction, respectively, and is positioned downstream along the transport direction. The method according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the step of restraining the transport movement of the article to be performed is performed after the step of restraining the transport movement of the article located upstream thereof.   The step of bringing two adjacent articles into close contact with each other so that the insertion portion of the sheet is sandwiched between them includes a step of releasing the restriction on the conveyance movement of the article located on the upstream side. Item 11. The method according to Item 10.   The method according to any one of claims 8 to 11, wherein the article is a tissue carton.

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