JP2013233989A - Method for packaging vertically-long container, and packaging machine for vertically-long container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for packaging a vertically-long container and a packaging machine for a vertically-long container, capable of significantly improving packaging ability, packaging a product with a good appearance, and packaging with a desired packaging bag.SOLUTION: A packaging machine 1 for a vertically-long container includes: a bottomed tubular bag-transporting unit 3 for transporting a bottomed tubular bag A to a packaging unit 2; a vertically-long container conveying unit 4 for conveying a vertically-long container B to the packaging unit 2; a bottomed tubular bag-opening means 5 for opening an upper opening hole (a) of the bottomed tubular bag A; and a vertically-long container storing means 6 for inserting the vertically-long container B into the opened upper opening hole (a) of the bottomed tubular bag A at the packaging unit 2 to store the vertically-long container B in the bottomed tubular bag A.

Description

  The present invention relates to a packaging method for a longitudinal container and a packaging machine for the longitudinal container, for example, packaging a longitudinal container such as a bottle of sake, distilled liquor, wheat wine, juice or the like with a packaging material such as paper, rayon paper, or nonwoven fabric. .

  2. Description of the Related Art Various types of vertical container packaging methods and vertical container packaging machines for packaging vertical containers such as bottles with packaging materials have been proposed. For example, there is a bottle packaging method and apparatus disclosed in JP-A-63-203514, or a container packaging method and apparatus disclosed in JP-A-6-40422.

JP-A-63-203514 JP-A-6-40422

  However, in the above conventional packaging method and apparatus, in order to wrap a sheet-shaped packaging material around a vertically long container or to cover and wrap a tubular packaging material, it is necessary to form a bottom portion by heat bonding or the like at least one end side. Therefore, the packaging capacity is as low as 6 to 8 bags / minute, the appearance of the packaged product is poor, and there is a problem that it cannot be packaged in a desired packaging bag such as a ready-made bag.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a packaging method for a vertical container and a packaging machine for a vertical container, which can significantly improve the packaging capability, have a good appearance of the packaged product, and can be packaged in a desired packaging bag. .

  What solves the above problems are a step of transferring a bottomed cylindrical bag to a packaging unit, a step of opening an upper opening of the bottomed cylindrical bag, a step of conveying a vertically long container to the packaging unit, A step of inserting the vertically long container into the bottomed cylindrical bag and inserting the vertically long container into the bottomed cylindrical bag in the packaging portion. This is a packaging method for a vertically long container.

  Moreover, what solves the said subject is the bottomed cylindrical bag transfer part which transfers a bottomed cylindrical bag to a packaging part, the vertically long container conveyance part which conveys a vertically long container to the said packaging part, and the said bottomed cylindrical shape A bottomed cylindrical bag opening means for opening the upper opening of the bag, and the vertically long container is inserted into the bottomed cylindrical bag from the upper opening of the bottomed cylindrical bag in the packaging portion. A vertical container wrapping machine having a vertical container storage means for storing the vertical container.

According to the packaging method of the vertically long container according to claim 1, the packaging ability can be remarkably improved, the packaged product has a good appearance and can be packaged in a desired packaging bag.
According to the vertical container packaging machine of the second aspect, the packaging ability can be remarkably improved, the packaged product has a good appearance and can be packaged in a desired packaging bag.

It is a front view of one Example of the packaging machine for vertically long containers of this invention. It is a top view of the packaging machine for vertically long containers shown in FIG. It is a right view of the packaging machine for vertically long containers shown in FIG. It is an enlarged front view of the packaging part vicinity of the packaging machine for vertically long containers shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a plan view of FIG. 4. It is an enlarged front view of bottomed cylindrical bag transfer part vicinity of the packaging machine for vertically long containers shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is a plan view of FIG. 6. FIG. 7 is a right side view of FIG. 6. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the effect | action of the bag supply part of the packaging machine for vertical containers shown in FIG. It is a partial front view for demonstrating the bag capture | acquisition part in the bag expansion | deployment part of the vertical container packaging machine shown in FIG. It is a partial front view for demonstrating the expansion bag capture | acquisition part in the bag expansion | deployment part of the packaging machine for vertical containers shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the effect | action of the bag expansion | deployment part of the packaging machine for vertically long containers shown in FIG. It is a partial left view for demonstrating an effect | action of the bag vertical conveyance part of the packaging machine for vertical containers shown in FIG. It is a perspective schematic diagram for demonstrating an effect | action of the bag vertical conveyance part of the packaging machine for vertical containers shown in FIG. It is a perspective schematic diagram for demonstrating the effect | action of the bag horizontal transfer part of the packaging machine for vertical containers shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the bag opening method in the packaging part of the packaging machine for vertically long containers shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the accommodation method of the vertical container in the packaging part of the packaging machine for vertical containers shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the packaging bag which packages a vertical container with the vertical container packaging machine shown in FIG.

  In the present invention, the bottomed cylindrical bag transfer unit 3 that transfers the bottomed cylindrical bag A to the packaging unit 2, the vertical container transfer unit 4 that transfers the vertical container B to the packaging unit 2, and the bottomed cylindrical bag A Bottomed cylindrical bag opening means 5 for opening the upper open port a of the container, and a vertically long container B is inserted from the upper open port a of the bottomed cylindrical bag A in the packaging portion 2 to insert the bottomed cylindrical bag A By having the vertical container storage means 6 for storing the vertical container B inside, the packaging capability can be remarkably improved, the appearance of the packaged product is good, and the packaging of the vertical container B that can be packaged in the desired packaging bag A The method and the packaging machine 1 for vertically long containers were realized.

A vertical container packaging machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to an embodiment shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 1, the vertically long container packaging machine 1 of this embodiment has a bottomed cylindrical bag transfer part 3 for transferring the bottomed cylindrical bag A to the packaging part 2, and the vertical container B to the packaging part 2. A vertically long container transporting section 4 for transporting, a bottomed cylindrical bag opening means 5 for opening an upper opening a of the bottomed cylindrical bag A, and an upper opening for opening the bottomed cylindrical bag A in the packaging section 2 a vertical container storage means 6 for storing the vertical container B in the bottomed cylindrical bag A by inserting the vertical container B from a. Hereinafter, each configuration will be described in detail.

  The vertical container packaging machine 1 of this embodiment inserts a sake bottle J, which is a vertical container, into the non-woven bag A, which is a bottomed cylindrical bag shown in FIG. It is a packaging machine for storing as shown in FIG. Further, in the vertically long packaging machine 1, the non-woven bag A, which is a bottomed cylindrical bag, is supplied into the machine in the folded state shown in FIG. 18 (B), as shown in FIG. 18 (A). After unpacking, it will be packaged.

  Briefly explaining the overall structure of the vertical container packaging machine 1, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the vertical container packaging machine 1 contains sake as a vertical container in a non-woven bag A which is a bottomed cylindrical bag. Packaging unit 2 for storing bottle B, non-woven bag A having a bottomed cylindrical bag, transporting unit 3 having a bottomed tubular bag for transferring and transferring non-woven bag A to packaging unit 2, and packaging unit for sake bottle J, which is a vertically long container A vertical container transport unit 4 for transporting up to 2, an empty case discharge unit 7 for storing a sake bottle B that is a vertical container up to the middle of the vertical container transport unit 4 and discharging a bottle case C for transport, and a packaging unit 2 The product transport unit 8 for transporting the packaged sake bottle B (product) contained in the non-woven bag A at 1 and the product sent from the product transport unit 8 is subjected to a manual operation process (binding and lettering). And a finishing portion 9.

  The packaging part 2 is a part for storing sake bottles, which are vertical containers, in a bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A, and has a bottomed cylindrical bag opening means 5 and a vertical container storage means 6. doing.

  The bottomed cylindrical bag opening means 5 is for opening the upper opening a of the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A, and is adjacent to the packaging part 2 as shown in FIG. 4 or FIG. It is arranged on one side of a bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A that is sandwiched by the horizontal transfer claws 11a, 11b, and 11c of the bag horizontal transfer portions 10a, 10b, and 10c provided and transferred into the packaging portion 2. Provided on one side grips 12a, 12b, 12c and the other end side of the packaging part 2 (opposite the one side grips 12a, 12b, 12c), by the horizontal transfer claws 11a, 11b, 11c of the bag horizontal transfer part 10 Other side grips 13a, 13b, and 13c are disposed on the other side of the bottomed tubular bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A that is sandwiched and transferred into the packaging unit 2.

  The one-side grips 12a, 12b, and 12c are configured to be movable forward and backward with respect to the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A that is transferred into the packaging portion 2 by the horizontal transfer claws 11a, 11b, and 11c. (A) thru | or FIG.16 (D), the one surface side grip nail | claw 14a, 14b, 14c which makes a pair each opens and closes, and it is comprised so that a bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A can be clamped.

  Similarly, the other side grips 13a, 13b, and 13c are also configured to be movable back and forth with respect to the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A that is transferred to the vicinity of the center of the packaging part 2 by the horizontal transfer claws 11a, 11b, and 11c. At the same time, as shown in FIGS. 16 (A) to 16 (D), the other side grip claws 15a, 15b, and 15c that are paired open and close to sandwich the bottomed tubular bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A, respectively. It is configured to be possible.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 16 (A), the bottomed tubular bag opening means 5 includes a bottomed tubular bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A sandwiched by the horizontal transfer claw 11a on the packaging portion 2. When it is horizontally transferred, the one-side grip 12a and the other-side grip 13a respectively disposed on both sides of the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A are directed toward the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A. Each of the paired horizontal transfer claws 11a acts to move toward each other. 16A to 16C are plan views for explaining the operation of the bottomed cylindrical bag opening means 5, and FIG. 16D is a perspective view thereof.

  When the one-side grip claw 14a and the other-side grip claw 15a come into contact with the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A, as shown in FIG. 16B, the one-side grip claw 14a and the other-side grip claw 15a will be in the state of overlapping alternately. That is, one other-side grip claw 15a enters between the pair of one-side grip claws 14a, and the other other-side grip claw 15a is located on one outer side of the one-side grip claw 14a.

  In this state, the one-side grip claw 14a and the other-side grip claw 15a that make a pair are closed, and the one-side grip 12a and the other-side grip 13a are directed toward both sides (in a direction away from the bottomed tubular bag A). When retracted, a substantially square opening is formed as shown in FIG. 16 (C), and the upper opening a of the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A is opened as shown in FIG. 16 (D).

  In addition, since the packaging machine 1 for vertically long containers of this embodiment is configured to be capable of packaging three vertically long containers (bottles) B at the same time, the packaging is performed between the one-side grip 12a and the other-side grip 13a. The opening action is also performed between the one-side grip 12b and the other-side grip 13b and between the one-side grip 12c and the other-side grip 13c. However, the vertical container packaging machine of the present invention is not limited to the simultaneous packaging of three bottles, and widely includes those capable of packaging one or more vertical containers.

  The vertically long container storage means 6 inserts the vertically long container (bottle) B from the upper opening a where the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A is opened in the packaging part 2 and has a bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A. The container is for storing the vertically long container B therein, and has a vertically long container insertion means 16 and an insertion guide means 17.

  The vertically long container inserting means 16 is for capturing the vertically long container (bottle) B and inserting the vertically long container (bottle) B from the opened upper opening a of the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A, As shown in FIG. 1, a gripper 16a that can move up and down and move in the horizontal direction is provided. In addition, since the packaging machine for vertically long containers of this embodiment is for packaging three at the same time, the vertically long container inserting means 16 includes three grippers 16a arranged in parallel in the horizontal direction (the back side in FIG. 1). Yes.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the vertically long containers (bottles) B that are sequentially arranged in 3 rows and 3 columns and intermittently move toward the packaging unit 2 reach the front row N on the bottle alignment conveyor 18 a of the bottle transport unit 18. Then, the three grippers 16a descend at the same time to capture the upper reduced diameter portion of the vertically long container (bottle) B, rise in the captured state, and further move horizontally toward the packaging portion 2 side. A vertically long container (bottle) B is inserted and housed from the upper opening a where the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A is opened.

  After that, the gripper 16a is lifted by releasing the upper reduced diameter portion of the vertically long container (bottle) B, moved to the bottle aligning conveyor 18a side of the bottle transporting section 18, and then lowered to the next vertically long container (bottle ) Capture B. By repeating these operations, the vertically long container inserting means 16 sequentially stores the vertically long containers (bottles) B transported from the vertically long container transport section 4 in the bottomed tubular bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A and packages them.

  The insertion guide means 17 is for guiding the vertically long container B into the opened upper opening a of the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A so that it can be inserted more smoothly. In this embodiment, As shown in FIG. 4, it is composed of an insertion funnel that gradually decreases in diameter toward the lower end and is divided into a plurality of portions in the vertical direction.

  And the insertion guide means 17 inserts the vertical container (bottle) B through the upper open port a where the gripper 16a holding the vertical container (bottle) B descends and the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A is opened. When being stored, it is lowered prior to insertion of the vertically long container (bottle) B and inserted into the upper opening a.

  That is, if the vertically long container (bottle) B is directly inserted in the state of FIG. 16D, the bottom of the vertically long container (bottle) B may come into contact with a part of the upper opening a and may not enter smoothly. In order to ensure that the bottle B is inserted through the upper opening a, the insertion guide means (funnel) 17 having an upper opening 17a having a diameter larger than the diameter of the bottom of the vertically long container (bottle) B is first set at the upper opening a. Insert more.

  The insertion guide means (funnel) 17 is provided in the lower portion of the upper opening 17a, and the diameter-reducing portion 17b that gradually decreases in diameter toward the lower end is divided into a plurality of portions in the vertical direction. When the bottle (B) is inserted from the upper opening 17a of the insertion guide means (funnel) 17, the reduced diameter portion 17b opens radially, and the bottomed tubular bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A can be pushed out from the inside. As shown in FIG. 17B, the vertically long container (bottle) B can be smoothly inserted into the bottomed cylindrical bag A and stored.

  Thereafter, the insertion guide means (funnel) 17 rises and waits until the next vertical container (bottle) B descends at the fixed position shown in FIG. At this time, the diameter-reduced portion 17b opened radially by insertion of the vertically long container (bottle) B is restored to its original form by the elastic force and waits in a funnel shape.

  Since the packaging machine for vertically long containers of this embodiment wraps three at the same time, the insertion guide means (funnel) 17 has three insertion guide means arranged in parallel in the horizontal direction as shown in FIG. 17.

  The bottomed cylindrical bag transfer unit 3 is for transferring the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A to the packaging unit 2, and includes a bag supply unit 19, a bag unfolding unit 20, a bag vertical transfer unit 21, and a bag. And a horizontal transfer unit 10.

  The bag supply unit 19 is a part for supplying a bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A, and for loading the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A as shown in FIG. The first magazine part 23 and the second magazine part 24, the magazine part moving cylinder 25 for reciprocating the first magazine part 23 and the second magazine part 24 in the horizontal direction, and the first magazine part 23 or the second magazine part And a magazine part raising / lowering unit 26 for raising and lowering 24.

  And in the bag supply part 19, supply of the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A is performed as shown in FIG. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 9A, a bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A is loaded on the first magazine portion 23 and the second magazine portion 24. Since the portion where the first magazine portion 23 exists is configured to be lifted and lowered by the magazine lifting / lowering unit 26 shown in FIG. 8, a bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) is detected by the bag upper surface detection sensor 27 shown in FIG. ) The first magazine portion 23 is sequentially lifted up to a horizontal level where the upper surface of A is detected. Thereby, the capture of the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A by the bag developing section 20 can be made more reliable and stable.

  When the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A loaded on the upper surface of the first magazine portion 23 disappears, the first magazine portion 23 is lowered by the magazine lifting / lowering unit 26. The upper / lower limit position or lower limit position of the magazine portion by the magazine portion raising / lowering unit 26 is controlled by detection by the upper end sensor 28 or the lower end sensor 29 shown in FIG.

  After the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A loaded on the upper surface of the first magazine portion 23 disappears, when the first magazine portion 23 is lowered to the lower limit, the action of the magazine portion moving cylinder 25 causes FIG. ), The first magazine portion 23 and the second magazine portion 24 move horizontally, and the second magazine portion 24 on which the bottomed tubular bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A is loaded is the first magazine until then. It moves to the position where the part 23 can be moved up and down. Along with this, the first magazine portion 23 shifts to the empty space in FIG.

  Since the portion where the second magazine portion 24 exists is configured to be lifted and lowered by the magazine lifting / lowering unit 26, the horizontal level at which the upper surface of the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A is detected by the bag upper surface detection sensor 27. The second magazine portion 24 is configured to be lifted sequentially.

  Then, when the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A loaded on the upper surface of the second magazine portion 24 disappears, the second magazine portion 24 is lowered by the magazine lifting / lowering unit 26.

  After the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A loaded on the upper surfaces of the first magazine part 23 and the second magazine part 24 disappears, when the second magazine part 24 descends to the lower limit, the action of the magazine part moving cylinder 25 As a result, as shown in FIG. 9C, the first magazine portion 23 and the second magazine portion 24 move horizontally in the opposite direction, and the first magazine portion 23 and the second magazine portion 24 are moved in the direction shown in FIG. Return to the initial position shown in. In this state, when the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A is loaded on the first magazine portion 23 and the second magazine portion 24, the state returns to the initial state shown in FIG. 9A, and these operations are repeated. Thus, the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A is supplied.

  The bag unfolding unit 20 captures the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A one by one from the bag supply unit 19 and unfolds the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A that is folded in two. The bag capturing portions 30a and 30b for capturing the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A one by one from the bag supply unit 19, and the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) in a folded state ) Deployment bag capturing portions 31a and 31b for deploying A.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the bag capturing portions 30a and 30b of this embodiment are configured by plate-like bodies arranged so as to extend in the horizontal direction, and are spaced apart at the same horizontal level. Yes. The nonwoven fabric bag adhering body 32 is attached to the surface side of the bag capturing portions 30a and 30b, and when the bottomed tubular bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A comes into contact with the nonwoven fabric bag adhering body 32, the bag capturing portion 30a, 30b is configured to be captured.

  As the nonwoven fabric bag adhering material, any material can be used as long as the nonwoven fabric bag A adheres and can be captured. For example, a hook-and-loop fastener or an adhesive tape is preferable. A hook-and-loop fastener that does not affect the surface of the bag is preferable. In this embodiment, the hook-and-loop fastener is used as the nonwoven fabric bag adhering body 32.

  As shown in FIG. 7 or FIG. 10, the bag capturing portions 30a and 30b are elastically attached to the vicinity of the distal ends of the rotating arms 33a and 33b via elastic members 34a and 34b, and the rotating arms 33a and 33b. Is configured to be rotatable about the rotation shaft 36 by the driving means 35, so that the bag capturing portions 30a, 30b are configured to be rotatable by approximately 180 °.

  The bag unfolding section 20 has bag laterally extending means 37 that increases the separation distance between the bag capturing parts 30a and 30b. By the bag laterally extending means 37, the bag capturing sections 30a and 30b or the unfolding bag capturing section. The bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A is stretched when it is captured by 31a and 31b, so that the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A is captured more reliably.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 10, the bag laying means 37 includes cylinders 38a and 38b that press the turning arms 33a and 33b to which the bag capturing portions 30a and 30b are attached from the inside to the outside, Shaft fixing arms 39a and 39b provided on the outer sides of the rotating arms 33a and 33b, and return return elastic members 40a and 40b interposed between the rotating arms 33a and 33b and the shaft fixing arms 39a and 39b, respectively. ing.

  As shown in FIG. 7 or FIG. 11, the deployment bag capturing portions 31 a and 31 b are rotated by the second rotation arms 41 a and 41 b configured to be rotatable about the rotation shaft 44 by the driving means 43. Accordingly, it is configured to be able to rotate approximately 180 °.

  A non-woven bag adhering body 32 is also attached to the surface side of the unfolding bag capturing portions 31a and 31b, and when the bottomed cylindrical bag (non-woven bag) A comes into contact, the non-woven bag adhering body 32 adheres to the non-woven bag adhering body 32. It is comprised so that it may be captured by capture part 31a, 31b.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the bag unfolding part 20 has a bag peeling means 45, and is unfolded and is present on the bag capturing parts 30a and 30b and the unfolding bag capturing parts 31a and 31b. When the non-woven bag A is transferred by the bag vertical transfer unit 21, the bag peeling means 45 is configured to assist the peeling of the bottomed tubular bag (non-woven bag) A from the non-woven bag adhering body 32. Yes.

  Specifically, the bag peeling means 45 includes a rod-shaped bag peeling guide 46 provided between the bag catching portions 30a and 30b and the deployment bag catching portions 31a and 31b in FIG. Elevating cylinders 47a and 47b are provided on both sides of the guide 46 so that the bag peeling guide 46 can be raised and lowered.

  When the bottomed tubular bag (nonwoven bag) A is peeled from the non-woven bag adhering body 32 provided on the surfaces of the bag catching portions 30a, 3 and the developing bag catching portions 31a, 31b, the bag peeling means 45 is peeled off. The bag peeling guide 46 is lifted by the lifting cylinders 47a and 47 so as to act to peel the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A from the non-woven bag adhering body 32.

  More specifically, in the bag unfolding portion 20 having the above-described configuration, the bottomed tubular bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A is captured and unfolded as shown in FIG. FIG. 12A is a schematic left side view showing an initial state, and a large number of bottomed cylindrical bags (nonwoven bags) A are stacked on the first magazine portion 23 of the bag developing portion 20. In addition, the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A is laminated in a folded state and a folded portion on the right side in the drawing.

  In FIG. 12B, the turning arm 33a rotates about 180 ° clockwise about the turning shaft 36, and the bag capturing portion 30a is pressed against the surface of the bottomed tubular bag (nonwoven bag) A. In this state, the bottomed tubular bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A is pulled in the longitudinal direction of the bottomed tubular bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A (from the front side to the back side in the figure) by the bag laterally extending means 37. The bottomed tubular bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A is more reliably captured by the nonwoven fabric bag adhering body 32 of the bag capturing section 30a by the downward pressing by the rotating arm 33a and the horizontal stretching by the bag laterally extending means 37. Is done.

  In FIG. 12C, the rotating arm 33a rotates about 180 ° counterclockwise about the rotating shaft 36, and returns to the initial position in FIG. Since the bag capturing portion 30a captures the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A in the state shown in FIG. 12B, a single bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) is provided on the surface side of the bag capturing portion 30a. ) In a state where A is attached to the non-woven fabric bag adhering body 32 and the folded portion is present on the left side in the figure, it is moved while being folded.

  Next, in FIG. 12D, the second turning arm 41a of the deployment catching portion 31a rotates about 180 ° clockwise about the turning shaft 44, and the deployment bag catching portion 31a is placed on the bag catching portion 30a. The bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A is pressed against the surface. In this state, the bottomed tubular bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A is pulled in the longitudinal direction of the bottomed tubular bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A (from the front side to the back side in the figure) by the bag laterally extending means 37. The bottomed tubular bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A is reliably captured by the nonwoven fabric bag adhering body 32 of the bag capturing portion 31a by the downward pressing by the second rotating arm 41a and the tension by the bag laterally extending means 37.

  Further, in FIG. 12E, the rotating arm 41a rotates about 180 ° counterclockwise about the rotating shaft 44, and returns to the initial position shown in FIG. Since the expansion bag capturing portion 31a captures the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A in the state of FIG. 12D, the bottomed cylindrical shape is folded on the surface side of the expansion bag capturing portion 31a. A half region in the longitudinal direction of the bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A adheres to the nonwoven fabric bag adhering body 32 and is developed.

  In addition, although the said effect | action demonstrated the bag capture | acquisition part 30a and the expansion | deployment capture | acquisition part 31a, the same effect | action has arisen also about the bag capture | acquisition part 30b and the expansion | deployment capture | acquisition part 31b. And the action of the bag catching part 30a and the catching part for deployment 31a cooperate to capture and deploy the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A from the bag supply part 19.

  The bag vertical transfer part 21 is a part that grips one end side of a bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven cloth bag) A that extends in the horizontal direction in the bag developing part 20 and moves it up in the vertical direction for transfer. As shown in FIG. 13, it has a gripping claw 48, a vertical transfer cylinder 49 that raises and lowers the gripping claw 48 in the vertical direction, and a drive unit 50 of the vertical transfer cylinder 49.

  And the bag vertical transfer part 21 has the upper end side of the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A extended in the horizontal direction on the bag capture parts 30a, 30b and the deployment capture parts 31a, 31b. As shown in FIG. 14, in the state of being gripped by the gripping claws 48, it is moved vertically by a vertical transfer cylinder 49 and transferred.

  When the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A transferred in the vertical direction by the gripping claws 48 is transferred to the bag horizontal transfer portion 10, the gripping claws 48 are lowered in the vertical direction by the vertical transfer cylinder 49. The second bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A extending in the horizontal direction on the bag catching portions 30a, 30b and the deployment catching portions 31a, 31b is gripped and lifted up. By repeating the operation, the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A is sequentially transferred to the bag horizontal transfer unit 10.

  The bag horizontal transfer unit 10 is a part for gripping both ends near the upper part of the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A transferred in the vertical direction in the bag vertical transfer unit 21 and transferring it to the packaging unit 2, As shown in FIG. 5, this embodiment includes three sets of bag horizontal transfer portions 10 a, 10 b, and 10 c provided adjacent to the packaging portion 2.

  The bag horizontal transfer portions 10a, 10b, and 10c have horizontal transfer claws 11a, 11b, and 11c that can be opened and closed at the front ends, respectively, and as shown in FIG. Both ends near the upper part of the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A transferred in the vertical direction are held by the horizontal transfer claws 11a, 11b, and 11c and transferred to the packaging unit 2. Note that the horizontal transfer claws 11a, 11b, and 11c are intermittently and sequentially packed every time the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A transferred in the vertical direction by the gripping claws 48 of the bag vertical transfer portion 21 is received. It is configured to move in the direction h in FIG.

  Thereafter, the bag horizontal transfer units 10a, 10b, and 10c move in the opposite direction after packaging the sake bottle B, which is three vertically long containers, and return to the initial position in FIG. 5 to repeat these operations. The bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A delivered from the bag vertical transfer unit 21 is sequentially transferred to the packaging unit 2 sequentially.

  The vertically long container transport unit 4 is for transporting the vertically long container (bottle) B to the packaging unit 2, and as shown in FIG. 2, a bottle case transport unit 51, a bottle case positioning unit 52, a bottle transport unit 18, have.

  The bottle case transport unit 51 is for transporting a bottle case C that contains a vertically long container (bottle) B and is transported toward the packaging unit 2, and the bottle case C is transferred to the bottle case positioning unit 52 by a sensor. The bottle case C is intermittently conveyed to the bottle case positioning portion 52 by the bottle case conveyance conveyor 51a.

  The bottle case positioning part 52 is for positioning the bottle case C when the vertically long container (bottle) B is taken out by the vertically long container take-out means 22 described later, and has a bottle case positioning conveyor 52a. The empty bottle case C is pushed by the pusher to the empty case discharge conveyor 7a of the empty case discharge portion 7 and discharged outside the apparatus.

  The bottle transport unit 18 is for taking out the vertically long container (bottle) B from the bottle case C and transporting it toward the packaging unit 2, and has been transported to the bottle case positioning unit 52 as shown in FIG. A vertical container take-out means 22 for taking out the vertical container (bottle) B from the bottle case C containing the vertical container (bottle) B and a bottle alignment conveyor 18a are provided.

  The vertically long container take-out means 22 is for capturing the vertically long container (bottle) B accommodated in the bottle case C and placing it on the bottle aligning conveyor 18a, and can be moved up and down as shown in FIG. And a second gripper 22a movable in the horizontal direction. In addition, since the packaging container for vertically long containers of this embodiment is for packaging three at the same time, the vertically long container take-out means 22 includes three second grippers 22a arranged in parallel in the horizontal direction.

  When the bottle case C is positioned in the bottle case positioning portion 52, the second gripper 22a descends to capture the upper reduced diameter portion of the vertically long container (bottle) B, and rises in the captured state. It moves horizontally toward the section 2 side, descends at the base end side of the bottle case transport conveyor 18a, and is placed on the bottle case transport conveyor 18a.

  Thereafter, the second gripper 22a is lifted by releasing the upper reduced diameter portion of the vertically long container (bottle) B, moved to the empty case discharge conveyor 7a side, and then lowered to the next vertically long container (bottle) B. To capture. The vertically long container take-out means 22 is configured to place the vertically long containers (bottles) B accommodated in the bottle case C sequentially on the bottle case transport conveyor 18a by repeating these operations.

  The bottle aligning conveyor 18a is for sequentially aligning the vertically long containers (bottles) B taken out from the bottle case C in three rows and three columns as shown in FIG.

  The empty case discharge section 7 is for discharging the bottle case C, which has been emptied by removing all the vertically long containers (bottles) B, and has an empty case discharge conveyor 7a as shown in FIG. doing.

  The product transport unit 8 is for transporting the packaged sake-sake bottle B (product) contained in the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A in the packaging unit 2 to the outside of the machine, as shown in FIG. Thus, it has the bottle conveyance conveyor 8a.

  The finishing unit 9 is a part for performing a manual operation process (binding and writing) on the product sent from the product conveying unit 8, and has a turntable 9a connected to the bottle conveying conveyor 8a. .

Next, an embodiment of the packaging method for a vertically long container according to the present invention will be described by taking a packaging method in the packaging machine 1 for a vertically long container as an example.
The packaging method of the vertically long container (bottle) B of this embodiment includes a step of transferring a bottomed tubular bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A to the packaging portion 2 and an upper opening a of the bottomed tubular bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A. A vertical container (bottle) from the upper opening a where the bottomed tubular bag (nonwoven bag) A is opened in the packaging part 2 And inserting the B into the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A to store the vertically long container (bottle) B. Hereinafter, each step will be described in detail.

  In the step of transferring the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A to the packaging unit 2, first, the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A loaded on the bag supply unit 19 is captured and the bag unfolding unit 20 Expand to extend horizontally.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 12 (B), the turning arm 33a rotates about 180 ° clockwise around the turning shaft 36, and the bag capturing portion 30a is a bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag). Pressed against the surface of A. In this state, the bottomed tubular bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A is pulled in the longitudinal direction of the bottomed tubular bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A (from the front side to the back side in the figure) by the bag laterally extending means 37. The bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A is more reliably captured by the nonwoven fabric bag adhering body 32 of the bag capturing section 30a by the downward pressing by the rotating arm 33a and the tension by the bag laterally extending means 37.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 12C, the turning arm 33a rotates about 180 ° counterclockwise about the turning shaft 36, and returns to the initial position shown in FIG. Since the bag capturing portion 30a captures the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A in the state shown in FIG. 12B, a single bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) is provided on the surface side of the bag capturing portion 30a. ) A moves while being folded with A attached to the non-woven bag adhering body 32.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 12D, the second turning arm 41a of the deployment catching portion 31a rotates about 180 ° clockwise around the turning shaft 44, and the deployment bag catching portion 31a catches the bag. The surface of the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A on the portion 30a is pressed. In this state, the bottomed tubular bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A is pulled in the longitudinal direction of the bottomed tubular bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A (from the front side to the back side in the figure) by the bag laterally extending means 37. The bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A is more reliably captured by the nonwoven fabric bag adhering body 32 of the bag capturing portion 41a by the downward pressing by the second rotating arm 41a and the tension by the bag laterally extending means 37. .

  Then, as shown in FIG. 12E, the turning arm 41a rotates about 180 ° counterclockwise about the turning shaft 44 and returns to the initial position shown in FIG. Since the expansion bag capturing portion 31a captures the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A in the state of FIG. 12D, the bottomed cylindrical shape is folded on the surface side of the expansion bag capturing portion 31a. A half region of the bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A adheres to the nonwoven fabric bag adhering body 32 and is developed.

  In addition, although the said effect | action demonstrated the bag capture | acquisition part 30a and the expansion | deployment capture | acquisition part 31a, the same effect | action has arisen also about the bag capture | acquisition part 30b and the expansion | deployment capture | acquisition part 31b. In cooperation with the action of the bag catching part 30a and the catching part 31a for deployment, the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A is captured and deployed from the bag supply part 19.

  Next, the bag vertical transfer part 21 grasps one end side of the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven cloth bag) A that extends in the horizontal direction in the bag developing part 20 and moves it up in the vertical direction. Let

  Specifically, the bag vertical transfer part 21 is formed of a bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A that extends in the horizontal direction on the bag capturing parts 30a and 30b and the development capturing parts 31a and 31b. In the state where the upper end side is gripped by the gripping claws 48 as shown in FIG.

  Next, the bag horizontal transfer unit 10 holds the bottomed tubular bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A transferred in the vertical direction in the bag vertical transfer unit 21 and transfers it to the packaging unit 2.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 15, the bag horizontal transfer units 10 a, 10 b, and 10 c are bottomed cylindrical bags (nonwoven bags) A that are transferred in the vertical direction by the gripping claws 48 of the bag vertical transfer unit 21. Both ends near the upper part of the bag are held by the horizontal transfer claws 11a, 11b, and 11c and transferred to the packaging unit 2. Note that the horizontal transfer claws 11a, 11b, and 11c are intermittently and sequentially packed every time the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A transferred in the vertical direction by the gripping claws 48 of the bag vertical transfer portion 21 is received. Move towards.

  In the step of opening the upper opening a of the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A, as shown in FIG. 16 (A), the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) sandwiched on both sides by the horizontal transfer claw 11a. ) When A is horizontally transferred into the packaging part 2, the one-side grip 12 a and the other-side grip 13 a respectively arranged on the front and back of the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A are provided with the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric). The bag) moves forward toward A, and moves between the pair of horizontal transfer claws 11a in a direction approaching each other.

  When the one-side grip claw 14a and the other-side grip claw 15a come into contact with the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A, as shown in FIG. 16B, the one-side grip claw 14a and the other-side grip claw 15a will be in the state of overlapping alternately. That is, one other-side grip claw 15a enters between the pair of one-side grip claws 14a, and the other other-side grip claw 15a is located on one outer side of the one-side grip claw 14a.

  In this state, the one-side grip claw 14a and the other-side grip claw 15a that make a pair are closed, and the one-side grip 12a and the other-side grip 13a are directed toward both ends (directions away from the bottomed tubular bag A). 16C, a substantially square opening is formed, and as shown in FIG. 16D, the upper opening a of the bottomed tubular bag (nonwoven bag) A is opened. .

  In the process of transporting the vertically long container (bottle) B to the packaging unit 2, first, the bottle case transport unit 51 confirms by the sensor that there is no bottle case C in the bottle case positioning unit 52, and the bottle case transport conveyor 51a. The bottle case C containing the sake bottle B, which is a vertically long container, is intermittently conveyed to the bottle case positioning portion 52.

  Next, the bottle conveyance unit 18 takes out the vertical container (bottle) B from the bottle case C in which the vertical container (bottle) B that has been conveyed to the bottle case positioning unit 52 is accommodated. Specifically, when the bottle case C is positioned in the bottle case positioning unit 52, the second gripper 22a of the bottle transport unit 18 descends to capture the upper reduced diameter portion of the vertically long container (bottle) B and capture it. It rises in a state, further moves horizontally toward the packaging part 2 side, descends at the base end side of the bottle case transport conveyor 18a, and is placed on the bottle case transport conveyor 18a.

  On the other hand, the emptied bottle case C is pushed out by the pusher to the empty case discharge conveyor 7a of the empty case discharge portion 7 and discharged.

  Further, the bottle aligning conveyor 18a sequentially aligns the vertically long containers (bottles) B taken out from the bottle case C in three rows and three columns as shown in FIG.

  A vertically long container (bottle) B is inserted into the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A by inserting the vertically long container (bottle) B from the opened upper opening a of the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A in the packaging part 2. In the process of storing B, a vertically long container (bottle) B, which is sequentially arranged in 3 rows and 3 columns and intermittently moves toward the packaging portion 2, as shown in FIG. When the front row N is reached, the gripper 16a descends, captures the upper reduced diameter portion of the vertically long container (bottle) B, rises in the captured state, and further moves horizontally toward the packaging portion 2 side. A vertically long container (bottle) B is inserted and stored through the upper opening a where the bottomed tubular bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A is opened.

  When the gripper 16a holding the vertically long container (bottle) B is lowered and the vertically long container (bottle) B is inserted and stored from the upper open opening a of the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven bag) A. Prior to the insertion of the vertically long container (bottle) B, the insertion guide means 17 is lowered and inserted through the upper opening a. That is, if the vertically long container (bottle) B is directly inserted in the state of FIG. 16D, the bottom of the vertically long container (bottle) B may come into contact with a part of the upper opening a and may not enter smoothly. In order to ensure that the vertically long container (bottle) B is inserted from the upper opening a, the insertion guide means (funnel) 17 having the upper opening 17a having a diameter larger than the diameter of the bottom of the vertically long container (bottle) B is first provided. Insert from the upper opening a.

  When a vertically long container (bottle) B is inserted and stored from the opened upper opening a of the bottomed cylindrical bag (nonwoven fabric bag) A, the packaged product is placed on the bottle transport conveyor 8a of the product transport section 8 Therefore, the bottles are sequentially conveyed out of the apparatus by the bottle conveying conveyor 8a.

  Further, in the finishing section 9, a manual operation process (binding and writing) is performed in the turntable 9a connected to the bottle conveyor 8a.

  As described above, according to the vertical container packaging method or the vertical container packaging machine of the present invention, the packaging capacity can be remarkably improved. Specifically, the conventional packaging machine has 12 to 15 bags / min. The packaging capacity can be improved to about twice, and the packaged product has a good appearance and can be packaged in a desired packaging bag.

  In addition, although the bottomed cylindrical bag used with the vertical container packaging machine 1 of the said Example is a nonwoven fabric bag, it is not limited to this, It is a bottomed cylindrical bag provided with the open port in the upper part. Any material may be used, for example, a paper bag or a rayon paper bag.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Packaging machine for vertical containers 2 Packaging part 3 Bottomed cylindrical bag transfer part 4 Vertical container conveyance part 5 Bottomed cylindrical bag opening means 6 Vertical container storage means 7 Empty case discharge part 8 Product conveyance part 9 Finishing part 10 Horizontal transfer Part 11 Horizontal transfer claw 12 One-side grip 13 Other-side grip 14 One-side grip claw 15 Other-side grip claw 16 Vertical container insertion means 17 Insertion guide means 18 Bottle transport part 19 Bag supply part 20 Bag development part 21 Bag vertical transfer Unit 22 Vertical container take-out means 23 First magazine unit 24 Second magazine unit 25 Magazine unit moving cylinder 26 Magazine unit lifting unit 27 Bag upper surface detection sensor 28 Upper sensor 29 Lower sensor 30 Bag capturing unit 31 Deployment bag capturing unit 32 Non-woven fabric adhering body 33 Rotating arm 34 Elastic member 35 Driving means 36 Rotating shaft 37 Bag laterally extending means 38 Cylinder 39 Shaft fixing arm 40 rows Return elastic member 41 Second turning arm 42 Elastic member 43 Driving means 44 Turning means 45 Bag peeling means 46 Bag peeling guide 47 Lifting cylinder 48 Holding claw 49 Vertical transfer cylinder 50 Driving part 51 Bottle case transporting part 52 Bottle case positioning part A Bottomed cylindrical bag B Vertical container

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A step of transferring the bottomed cylindrical bag to the packaging unit, a step of opening an upper opening of the bottomed cylindrical bag, a step of conveying a vertically long container to the packaging unit, and the bottomed cylinder in the packaging unit. A method of packaging a vertical container, comprising the step of inserting the vertical container through an open top opening of the bag and storing the vertical container in the bottomed cylindrical bag. A bottomed cylindrical bag transfer unit for transferring a bottomed cylindrical bag to a packaging unit, a vertical container transfer unit for transferring a vertical container to the packaging unit, and a bottomed opening for opening an upper opening of the bottomed cylindrical bag Cylindrical bag opening means and vertical container storage means for inserting the vertical container into the bottomed cylindrical bag by inserting the vertical container from the upper opening of the bottomed cylindrical bag opened in the packaging part. A packaging machine for a vertically long container, characterized by comprising:

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