JP2016074139A - Processing inspection device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a processing inspection device capable of accurately executing various tertiary processing to a carton blank usable for various packing boxes, without reducing productivity.SOLUTION: A processing inspection device 10 includes processing machines 110 and 120 used for a packing box for packing an article, having information (for example, variable information such as a commodity code, a use time limit and a production number) on the article such as various commodities of including an industrial product in a predetermined part of a carton blank W to the carton blank W of executing printing processing (primary processing) and punching processing (secondary processing) in advance and processing (tertiary processing) an identification body capable of identifying the information and an inspection machine 130 for inspecting an appearance mode of the carton blank W processed (tertiary-processed) by the processing machines 110 and 120 and the information on the identification body imparted by tertiary processing.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a processing inspection apparatus, and in particular, a carton blank formed on a paper container used for a product package, for example, a bar code display such as a one-dimensional bar code, a two-dimensional bar code, and a three-dimensional bar code, a braille display, The present invention relates to a processing / inspection apparatus suitable for attaching various variable information accurately and appropriately by attaching an electronic tag or the like.

  Usually, a carton blank is printed on a base material of the carton blank by a printing machine or the like (hereinafter also referred to as “primary processing”), and the base material is predetermined by a punching machine or the like. It is formed through a punching process (hereinafter also referred to as “secondary processing”) in which a ruled line or the like is punched into the shape at the same time.

Moreover, as a prior art which is the background of the present invention, a feeding unit and a feeding unit that feeds a blank fed by the feeding unit (corresponding to the carton blank) to a box making unit are provided and supplied from the feeding unit. An image pickup means for picking up one or both sides of a blank to be imaged, a comparison means for comparing an inspection image picked up by the image pickup means with a blank master image to be inspected, and a comparison value by the comparison means are preset. There is a box making apparatus provided with a blank inspection unit including defect detection means for detecting a portion exceeding the allowable value as a defective portion when the value exceeds the allowable value (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
In this prior art, the blank is transported to a box making unit and boxed by a box making machine (box making process) through an inspection process in which the quality of the blank is inspected by an inspection unit.

  On the other hand, packaging boxes (sales and packaging units) have been recently developed especially in the medical industry, etc., from the viewpoints of data collection of pharmaceuticals and medical materials, prevention of drug mix accidents, ensuring traceability after marketing, and traceability. ) The bar code display for displaying variable information (product code, expiry date, serial number) on the surface is important, and this trend is not only in the medical industry but also in the food industry, industry, and other various types. Is affecting the industry.

JP 2008-127029 A

However, conventionally, there has been little demand for displaying variable information in the first place, and a processing inspection apparatus having a configuration (hereinafter also referred to as “tertiary processing”) that gives the display of the variable information to a carton blank. There was no. The “tertiary processing” here is not limited to the bar code display for displaying the variable information on the carton blank subjected to the primary processing and the secondary processing described above. This includes processing for adding another added value by attaching a bar code display such as a one-dimensional bar code, a two-dimensional bar code, and a three-dimensional bar code, braille display, and an electronic tag.
Therefore, at the time of primary processing or secondary processing, variable information can be obtained by printing a barcode on a predetermined position on the surface of the carton blank with a printing machine or by applying a barcode label with a labeling machine. For example, it is conceivable to provide a bar code display that can identify the serial numbers of serial numbers. However, when a defective product is generated in the carton blank in the primary processing or the secondary processing and the defective carton blank is eliminated, it is transported through the box making unit and collected in the stacking unit according to the conventional technique described above. There was a possibility that a carton blank having a missing number in the production number was mixed in the carton blank. Therefore, in the subsequent process, which carton blank production number is missing, a process for re-inspecting the carton blank production number is required again, which causes a disadvantage that processing loss occurs.

  Further, in the prior art, as another method of providing variable information, a bar code display is provided by manually pasting a bar code label that can identify the manufacturing number on a carton blank in a boxed state. Can be considered. In this case, although the occurrence of missing numbers can be reduced, since the bar code label is manually pasted, the productivity is extremely poor.

  Therefore, a main object of the present invention is to provide a processing inspection apparatus that can perform various tertiary processing accurately and accurately on carton blanks that can be used in various packaging boxes without reducing productivity. It is.

The present invention according to claim 1 is used for a packaging box for wrapping an article, and is a carton blank in which a printing process (primary process) and a punching process (secondary process) are performed in advance. A processing machine for processing (tertiary processing) an identification body that has information on an article and can identify the information in a predetermined part, and an appearance aspect of a carton blank processed (third processing) by the processing machine, and It is a processing inspection apparatus characterized by including the inspection machine which test | inspects the information of the identification body provided by the tertiary process.
The present invention according to claim 2 is an invention dependent on the invention according to claim 1, wherein the carton blank is obtained by tertiary processing when the printed display given to the carton blank by primary processing is used as fixed information of the article. The information of the identification body given to the item is a processing inspection apparatus characterized in that it is variable information of an article.
The present invention according to claim 3 is an invention subordinate to the invention according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the identification body given to the carton blank by the third processing is a one-dimensional barcode or a two-dimensional barcode. , A processing inspection apparatus characterized by being formed of any one of a bar code including at least one of three-dimensional bar codes, Braille, and an electronic tag.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the processing inspection apparatus which can perform correctly various tertiary processes with respect to the carton blank which can be used for various packaging boxes, without reducing productivity is obtained.

  The above-described object, other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following description of embodiments for carrying out the invention with reference to the drawings.

It is a front view which shows an example of the process inspection apparatus concerning this invention. It is a top view of FIG. It is a left view of FIG. It is a right view of FIG. It is an enlarged view which shows the principal part of the process inspection apparatus shown in FIG. 1, Comprising: It is an enlarged front view which shows an example of the paper feed part applied to the said process inspection apparatus. It is an enlarged view which shows the other principal part of the processing inspection apparatus shown in FIG. 1, Comprising: An example of the paper dust removal part, deflection | deviation conveyor part, tertiary processing conveyor part, and inspection conveyor part which are applied to the said processing inspection apparatus is shown. It is an enlarged front view. It is an enlarged view which shows the other principal part of the process inspection apparatus shown in FIG. 1, Comprising: It is an enlarged front view which shows an example of the conveyance conveyor part applied to the said process inspection apparatus. It is an enlarged view which shows the other principal part of the processing inspection apparatus shown in FIG. 1, Comprising: It is an enlarged front view which shows an example of the inferior-goods rejection part applied to the said processing inspection apparatus, a conveyance conveyor part, and a non-defective article accumulation part. . It is an enlarged view which shows the principal part of the process inspection apparatus shown in FIG. 2, Comprising: It is a partially-omission enlarged plan view which mainly shows an example of the paper feed part applied to the said process inspection apparatus. It is an enlarged view which shows the other principal part of the processing inspection apparatus shown in FIG. 2, Comprising: It is a partially-omission enlarged plan view which mainly shows an example of the paper dust removal part applied to the said processing inspection apparatus. It is an enlarged view which shows the other principal part of the processing inspection apparatus shown in FIG. 2, Comprising: The part which mainly shows an example of the deflection | deviation conveyor part, the tertiary processing conveyor part, and inspection conveyor part which are applied to the said processing inspection apparatus FIG. It is an enlarged view which shows the other main part of the processing inspection apparatus shown in FIG. 2, Comprising: It is a partially abbreviated enlarged plan view which shows an example of the conveyance conveyor part mainly applied to the said processing inspection apparatus. FIG. 6 is a process diagram illustrating an example of a paper feed mechanism applied to a paper feed unit. It is a principal part solution figure which shows an example of the main pile raising / lowering part and auxiliary pile raising / lowering part which are used for the paper feed mechanism shown in FIG. 13, Comprising: (A) is a top plan solution figure which shows those operation modes, (B) [FIG. 3] It is a front view solution figure which shows the principal part of an auxiliary pile raising / lowering part. It is a principal part right view solution figure of FIG. 14 (A). It is a principal part front solution figure which shows an example of the removal mechanism of a paper dust removal part. It is a principal part solution figure which shows an example of the compensation mechanism applied to a deflection | deviation conveyor part, and corrects the attitude | position of a workpiece | work, (A) is the principal part plan solution figure, (B) is the principal part front view solution figure. (C) is a main part front view solution figure which shows the operation | movement aspect. It is a principal part solution figure which shows the operation | movement aspect of the other example of the compensation mechanism which can be applied to a deflection | deviation conveyor part, (A) is a principal part front solution figure which shows the aspect by which the attitude | position of a workpiece | work is compensated, (B). FIG. 3 is a front view of a main part illustrating a mode in which a workpiece whose posture is corrected is conveyed. It is a principal part enlarged plan view which shows an example of the vacuum suction part applied to a tertiary processing conveyor part. It is a principal part front solution figure which shows an example of the defective article discharge mechanism applied to a defective article rejection part, Comprising: (A) is a principal part front solution figure which shows the operation | movement aspect which passes and conveys a non-defective product without discharging. (B) is a principal part front solution figure which shows the operation | movement aspect which discharges | emits a defective article below from a conveyance path. It is process drawing which shows an example of the accumulation | aggregation mechanism applied to a good quality accumulation | storage part. While showing the other example of the carton blank processed by the processing inspection apparatus concerning the present invention, it is a principal part solution figure showing an example of the conveyance mode, and (A) is the principal part front solution figure, B) is an illustrative plan view of the main part.

1 is a front view showing an example of a processing inspection apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a left side view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 1 is a right side view of FIG.
FIG. 5 is an enlarged view showing a main part of the processing inspection apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and is an enlarged front view showing an example of a paper feeding unit applied to the processing inspection apparatus. 6 is an enlarged view showing another main part of the processing inspection apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and is a paper dust removing unit, a deflection conveyor unit, a third processing conveyor unit and an inspection conveyor unit applied to the processing inspection apparatus. It is an enlarged front view which shows an example. FIG. 7 is an enlarged view showing still another main part of the processing / inspection apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and is an enlarged front view showing an example of a transport conveyor unit applied to the processing / inspection apparatus. FIG. 8 is an enlarged view showing still another main part of the processing inspection apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and is an enlargement showing an example of a rejected product rejecting section, a transfer conveyor section and a non-defective product stacking section applied to the processing inspection apparatus. It is a front view.
Further, FIG. 9 is an enlarged view showing a main part of the processing inspection apparatus shown in FIG. 2, and is a partially omitted enlarged plan view mainly showing an example of a paper feeding unit applied to the processing inspection apparatus. FIG. 10 is an enlarged view showing another main part of the processing inspection apparatus shown in FIG. 2, and is a partially omitted enlarged plan view mainly showing an example of a paper dust removing unit applied to the processing inspection apparatus. . FIG. 11 is an enlarged view showing still another main part of the processing inspection apparatus shown in FIG. 2, and is mainly an example of a deflection conveyor section, a third processing conveyor section, and an inspection conveyor section applied to the processing inspection apparatus. FIG. FIG. 12 is an enlarged view showing still another main part of the processing / inspection apparatus shown in FIG. 2, and is a partially omitted enlarged plan view mainly showing an example of a transport conveyor unit applied to the processing / inspection apparatus. .

In the example of the form for implementing the invention shown below, it is used for the packaging box which wraps various goods including an industrial product as an article | item, for example, and print processing (primary processing) and punching processing (secondary processing) previously. An example of the processing inspection apparatus 10 that further performs the tertiary processing on the carton blank W on which is performed will be described below.
When the printing given to the carton blank W by the primary processing is used as the fixed information of the product such as the name of the product and the design, according to the processing inspection apparatus 10, in addition to the fixed information by the tertiary processing, Variable information (for example, a product code of a product, an expiration date, a serial number, etc.) can be given to a predetermined part of the carton blank W as additional added value.

  The processing inspection apparatus 10 according to the embodiment for carrying out the present invention is generally arranged on the upstream side of the processing inspection apparatus 10, for example, with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, and processes the carton blank W. Conveying means 12 including a paper feeding unit A as a carton blank supply unit to be supplied to the inspection apparatus 10 and a conveying belt 12a for sequentially conveying the carton blank W supplied to the paper feeding unit A to the downstream side of the processing inspection apparatus 10. A paper dust removing unit B that is disposed on the downstream side of the paper feeding unit A and that removes the paper dust from the carton blank W conveyed from the paper feeding unit A, and is disposed on the downstream side of the paper dust removing unit B. The deflecting conveyor C having guide means 14 for guiding the carton blank W from which the paper dust has been removed to a predetermined posture and guiding the carton blank W to the downstream side, and the downstream side of the deflecting conveyor unit C, the guide Guided by means 14 Positioning support means 16 for positioning and supporting the carton blank W is provided, and an identification body (for example, bar code printing) having variable information on a product, for example, at a predetermined portion of the carton blank W positioned and supported by the positioning support means 16 And a carton blank W disposed on the downstream side of the tertiary processing conveyor portion D, and an identification object is processed and applied to a predetermined portion of the carton blank W by the tertiary processing conveyor portion D. Inspection conveyor part E for inspecting the appearance of the information and the content of the information of the identification body, and conveying the carton blank W disposed downstream of the inspection conveyor part E and inspected by the inspection conveyor part E to the downstream side As a result of being inspected by the inspection conveyor part E, disposed between the conveyor parts F1 and F2 and the conveying conveyor parts F1 and F2, it was determined to be defective. -Defective product discharge for disposing defective product carton blank W, which is disposed under the rejected product rejecting part G for removing the ton blank W and the conveying conveyor part F2 and rejected by the rejected product rejecting part G, from the processing inspection apparatus 10 It is provided with a convex portion H and a good product stacking portion Q that is disposed downstream of the transfer conveyor portion F2 and sequentially stacks the carton blanks W determined to be good as a result of inspection by the inspection conveyor portion E. It is supposed to be.

  The conveying means 12 includes an endless annular conveying belt 12a, and the conveying belt 12a includes driving / driven system members such as a rotation driving motor, a driving pulley, a driven pulley, and a transmission pulley. The conveyor belt 12a is formed of a vacuum suction belt having a plurality of suction holes (not shown), for example. In this case, the transport belt 12a sucks air from a suction device disposed at the lower part of the processing inspection device 10 through a suction hose (not shown), thereby causing the carton blank W to be sucked and held in the suction hole. To be transported.

Next, each component described above will be described below with reference to the drawings.
On the upstream side of the processing / inspection apparatus 10, as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 5, and the like, the stacked cartons are used to transport the stacked carton blanks W to the paper feeding unit A. Stock sections S1, S2 and S3 are provided which stock the blank W and are always on standby. The stock section S1 disposed on the uppermost stream side includes transfer means 20 that transfers the stacked carton blanks W to the downstream side. The transfer means 20 is provided with a roll conveyor 22 such as a plastic chain conveyor on which the carton blanks W stacked thereon are mounted and can be transferred downstream. The roll conveyor 22 is formed so as to be movable up and down by an elevating part 24 including sprockets 26 a and 26 b and an endless annular chain belt 28. As shown in FIG. 5, the stock unit S <b> 1 is raised by the elevating unit 24 so as to be positioned on the near side of the operator. On the placement surface of the raised roll conveyor 22, the stacked carton blanks W are loaded and placed. Then, after the roll conveyor 22 is lowered by the elevating unit 24, the stacked carton blanks W are transferred to the downstream side.

  Further, a main pile portion 40 is disposed on the downstream side of the stock portion S1 via the stock portions S2 and S3. The stock units S2 and S3 include transfer means 30 and 32, respectively. The transfer means 30 and 32 are provided with roll conveyors 31 and 33, respectively. The stacked carton blanks W transferred from the stock unit S1 by the roll conveyors 31 and 33 are further transferred to the paper feeding unit A on the downstream side via the roll conveyors 31 and 33. .

That is, the sheet feeding unit A includes a main pile unit 40, and the main pile unit 40 includes a plastic chain conveyor 42. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, the plastic chain conveyor 42 is formed to be movable up and down by a main pile lifting means 44. The main pile lifting / lowering means 44 includes, for example, a linear motion guide mechanism (LM guide) 46 and a ball screw mechanism 48. For example, as shown in FIGS. 15 and 14, the main pile portion 40 includes a main pile main body 40A having a rectangular tray shape in plan view, and a plastic chain conveyor 42 is disposed in the main pile main body 40A. For example, as shown in FIG. 14, the plastic chain conveyor 42 is a shaft portion in which a belt portion 43A formed by a plurality of endless annular chain belts or timing belts arranged at intervals is rotatable by a drive motor. The plurality of belt portions 43A are supported by 43B, and are positioned at predetermined intervals by stays. The upper surfaces of the plurality of belt portions 43A also have a function as a transfer surface of the stacked carton blank W, as will be described later.
The stacked carton blanks W transferred from the stock unit S3 are transferred to the upper surfaces of the plurality of belt units 43A of the main pile unit 40 as shown in FIGS. The main pile portion 40 to which the stacked carton blanks W are transferred can be raised and lowered by the main pile raising / lowering means 44.

In the sheet feeding unit A, the carton blank W is continuously fed to the sheet feeding unit A by the cooperative operation with the main pile unit 40 on the upstream side of the main pile unit 40 and above the stock unit S3. A supplemental pile unit 50 to be supplied to the part A is disposed.
In particular, as shown in FIG. 14A, for example, the supplemental pile unit 50 includes a planar rectangular base member 52. On the upper surface of the base member 52, a carton blank W can be placed and transferred. A possible fork-shaped transfer portion 54 is provided. As shown in FIG. 14B, the transfer unit 54 is fixed with a plurality of fork pieces 54 </ b> A that extend in the surface direction of the base member 52 at a predetermined interval in the length direction of the base member 52. ing. The base member 52 is connected to a single-axis robot 56 that slidably moves the fork-shaped transfer portion 54. The fork-shaped transfer portion 54 is displaced by the single-axis robot 56 so as to be able to reciprocate in the left-right direction as viewed in FIGS. 5 and 14, that is, in the transport direction of the carton blank W, for example. As the single-axis robot 56, for example, a robot composed of a base, a linear guide, a ball screw or timing belt, an AC servo motor, or the like is employed.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 1, the auxiliary pile portion 50 is formed so as to be movable up and down by an auxiliary pile elevating means 58. The auxiliary pile lifting / lowering means 44 includes, for example, a linear motion guide mechanism (LM guide) 58a and a ball screw mechanism (not shown in FIG. 5).
Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 15, when the carton blank W stacked on the upper surface of the plurality of belt portions 43 </ b> A of the main pile 40 is transferred to the auxiliary pile portion 50, the stacked carton blank W A gap 59 is formed between the plurality of belt portions 43A of the main pile portion 40 on which the toner is transferred and between the shaft portion 43B and the lower surface of the stacked carton blanks W. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the fork-like transfer portion 54 of the auxiliary pile portion 50 can be inserted into the gap portion 59 by a plurality of fork pieces 54 </ b> A.

  Further, the paper feeding unit A conveys the carton blank W located at the top of the stacked carton blank W when the main pile unit 40 to which the stacked carton blank W is transferred is moved up by the main pile lifting / lowering means 44. A carton blank feeding device 60 that feeds the conveyor belt 12a of the means 12 is provided. For example, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, the feeding device 60 is disposed in the vicinity of the conveying belt 12 a of the conveying means 12 above the main pile portion 40. The feeding device 60 has, for example, a suction part (not shown), and when the carton blank W is in contact with the uppermost carton blank W of the stacked carton blank W, the carton blank W is sucked and held, for example, and conveyed downstream. The belt 12a is sequentially fed out.

Therefore, next, an example of a step of continuously supplying the stacked carton blank W transferred from the stock unit S3 to the feeding device 60 by the cooperative operation of the main pile unit 40 and the auxiliary pile unit 50 described above. Hereinafter, the description will be made with reference to FIGS. 13 and 5 in particular.
First, the stacked carton blank W transferred from the stock unit S3 is transferred to the main pile unit 40 as shown in FIG. At this time, the auxiliary pile unit 50 is on standby above the stock unit S3.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 13 (B), the main pile portion 40 is lifted by the action of the main pile raising / lowering means 44, and the uppermost carton blank W of the stacked carton blank W hits the suction portion of the feeding device. Then, by the action of the feeding device 60, the uppermost carton blank W of the stacked carton blank W is fed to the transport belt 12a of the transport means 12 on the downstream side. The carton blank W is successively fed out to the conveyor belt 12a.

  Then, when the carton blank W is fed out until the height of the stacked carton blank W in the main pile portion 40 reaches a predetermined height, as shown in FIG. The fork-shaped transfer portion 54 of the auxiliary pile portion 50 is disposed to be positioned at a predetermined height, and is displaced in the right direction as viewed in FIGS. 5 and 14, for example, by the action of the single-axis robot 56. In other words, the fork pieces 54A of the auxiliary pile portion 50 are inserted in the gap 59 of the main pile portion 40 by moving forward in the transport direction of the carton blank W [see FIGS. 14A and 15]. ].

  At substantially the same time, the main pile portion 40 is lowered by the action of the main pile lifting means 44 as shown in FIG. At this time, the next stacked carton blank W is transferred to the stock section S3 and is on standby.

Then, when the main pile unit 40 is lowered to the original position, the stacked carton blank W transferred from the stock unit S3 is transferred to the main pile unit 40 as shown in FIG. Further, the main pile portion 40 to which the stacked carton blank W is transferred is lifted by the action of the main pile lifting means 44, and as shown in FIG. 13 (F), the transfer portion 54 of the auxiliary pile portion 50 is transferred. Stop at the bottom of the. At this time, between the plurality of belt portions 43A of the main pile portion 40,
A plurality of fork pieces 54A of the auxiliary pile unit 50 are inserted [see FIG. 14 (A) and FIG. ]. That is, in the state of FIG. 13 (F), the stacked carton blanks W placed on the transfer portion 54 of the auxiliary pile portion 50 and the upper surfaces of the plurality of belt portions 43A of the main pile portion 40 are placed. The stacked carton blanks W are docked and added.

  Thereafter, the fork-shaped transfer portion 54 of the auxiliary pile portion 50 is displaced in the left direction as viewed in FIGS. 5 and 14, for example, and moved backward in the direction opposite to the conveying direction of the carton blank W. As shown in 13 (G), the original position is restored. And by repeating the process shown in FIG. 13B to the process shown in FIG. 13G, the stacked carton blank W transferred from the stock section S3 is continuously supplied to the feeding device 60. It is possible.

  The paper dust removing unit B includes a paper dust removing mechanism 70 disposed on the downstream side of the feeding device 60 of the paper feeding unit A, for example, as shown in FIGS. In particular, as shown in FIG. 16, the paper dust removing mechanism 70 includes, for example, a pair of suction rollers 72 a and 72 b above and below the conveyor belt 12 a with the conveyor belt 12 a of the conveyor unit 12 interposed therebetween. A pair of adhesive rollers 74a and 74b are arranged to face the pair of suction rollers 72a and 72b so as to contact the suction rollers 72a and 72b, respectively. The pair of suction rollers 72a and 72b and the pair of adhesive rollers 74a and 74b are supported above and below the transport belt 12a by support brackets 76a and 76b, respectively. For example, in this case, the pair of suction rollers 72a and 72b are rotated by a drive system so that the pair of suction rollers 72a and 74b are driven to rotate by the rotation of the pair of suction rollers 72a and 72b. ing.

In this paper dust removing mechanism 70, a pair of suction rollers 72a and 72b adheres dust such as paper dust and foreign matter attached to the carton blank W conveyed from the upstream side of the conveyor belt 12a, and further The dust attached to the suction rollers 72a and 72b is removed by transferring the dust to the pair of adhesive rollers 74a and 74b.
The pair of suction rollers 72a and 72b are made of a heat-resistant porous material such as silicon rubber, and adsorb dust. Further, a synthetic resin such as polyolefin, polyvinyl chloride, or polyvinylidene fluoride can be used as an adhesive on the surface of the pair of adhesive rollers 74a and 74b.

In particular, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, for example, the deflection conveyor unit C is disposed on the downstream side of the paper dust removing unit B, and further corrects the carton blank W from which the paper dust has been removed to a predetermined posture. Guiding means 14 for guiding downstream is included. For example, as shown in FIGS. 17A and 17B, the guide means 14 is a guide member disposed on both sides in the width direction of the transport belt 80 with a gap in the width direction of the transport belt 80a. 82A and 82B.
The conveyor belt 80a has substantially the same configuration as the conveyor belt 12a described above. In particular, the conveyor belt 80 disposed in the deflection conveyor C is one end in the longitudinal direction of the conveyor belt 80 by the deflecting means. Centering on the side, the conveying belt 80 can be swung clockwise or counterclockwise in plan view at an angle θ to deflect the conveying direction of the carton blank W. The guide members 82A and 82B correct the posture of the carton blank W while the carton blank W is being transported by the transport belt 80 deflected by the deflecting means.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 17A, 17B, and 17C, another pair of guide means 84a and 84b is disposed in the deflection conveyor C. The pair of guide means 84 a and 84 b include rotating members 86 a and 86 b, respectively, and the rotating members 86 a and 86 b are rotatably supported near both sides in the width direction of the transport belt 80. Each of the rotating members 86a and 86b includes, for example, one blade piece 88a and 88b. The blade pieces 88a and 88b of the pair of guide means 84a and 84b are synchronized with the conveying speed of the conveying belt 80 of the conveying means 12, respectively, for example, as shown in FIGS. 17 (B) and 17 (C). The pieces 88a and 88b are configured to be swingable in the clockwise direction when viewed from the front of FIG.
The pair of guide means 84a and 84b correct the posture of the carton blank W whose posture has been corrected by the guide members 82A and 82B of the guide means 14 and the deflection means, more accurately. If the carton blank W transported on the transport belt 80 has a short length in the width direction, for example, the guide means 14 and the deflecting means may not be able to compensate.

  That is, for example, as shown in FIG. 17 (B), when the transport belt 80 is transported in a state where one of the lengths of the carton blank W protrudes obliquely with respect to the transport belt 80 and is deflected. The side (one side in the length direction of the carton blank W) is applied to, for example, one blade piece 88a of the blade pieces 88a and 88b of the pair of guide means 84a and 84b, and the posture of the carton blank W is adjusted. Then, the blade piece 88 a rotates toward the lower side of the conveyor belt 80 so as not to protrude from the upper surface of the conveyor belt 80.

The guide means 84a and 84b described above have one blade piece, but the number of blade pieces is not limited thereto, and for example, as shown in FIG. 18, a plurality of blade pieces are formed. It may be. A pair of guide means 90 shown in FIG. 18 includes a rotating member 92, and the rotating member 92 has, for example, three blade pieces 94a, 94b, 94c.
In this case, in the same manner as shown in FIG. 17, for example, when one of the carton blanks W in the longitudinal direction protrudes obliquely with respect to the conveyor belt 80 and is deflected, for example, FIG. As shown to (A), the protrusion side (one side of the length direction of the carton blank W) is applied to the blade piece 94a of the pair of guide means 90, for example, and the attitude | position of the said carton blank W is compensated. Then, the blade piece 94 a rotates toward the lower side of the conveyor belt 80 so as not to protrude from the upper surface of the conveyor belt 80. At this time, the other blade pieces 94 b and 94 c are positioned below the conveyance belt 80 so as not to protrude from the upper surface of the conveyance belt 80.

  The tertiary processing conveyor portion D is disposed on the downstream side of the deflection conveyor portion C as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, for example, and is guided by the above-described deflection means, guide means 14 and guide means 84a and 84b. Positioning support means 16 for positioning and supporting the carton blank W is provided. For example, as shown in FIG. 19, the positioning support means 16 employs a mesh belt 100 as a conveyor belt. The mesh belt 100 is formed of a vacuum suction belt having a larger number of suction holes 102 and 104 than the other transport belts 12a. In this case, the mesh belt 100 sucks air through a suction hose (not shown) from a suction device disposed at the lower portion of the tertiary processing conveyor portion D, thereby removing the carton blank W from a number of suction holes 102. , 104 is transported while being attracted and held by the deflecting means, the guiding means 14 and the guiding means 84a, 84b, and the state of the carton blank W that has been accurately transported and transported is in a very strong state. It is possible to position with.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, for example, a labeling device 110 and an ink jet printer 120 as processing machines are disposed in the tertiary processing conveyor portion D. The label affixing device 110 can affix a label on which the product, for example, a bar code as an identifier having variable information is affixed to a predetermined part of the carton blank W. The printer 120 can appropriately print a barcode on a predetermined part of the carton blank W.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, for example, the inspection conveyor unit E is disposed on the downstream side of the tertiary processing conveyor unit D, and the discriminating body is processed at a predetermined portion of the carton blank W by the tertiary processing conveyor unit D. For example, an imaging unit 130 for inspecting the appearance of the given carton blank W and the content of the information on the identifier is provided. The imaging unit 130 includes, for example, a top inspection camera 132 that images the top surface of the carton blank W and a bottom surface inspection camera 134 that images the bottom surface of the carton blank W, as shown in FIGS. .

  Defective product rejecting part G is, in particular, as shown in FIGS. 20A and 20B, for example, as shown in FIGS. 20A and 20B, a defective product discharging mechanism that excludes carton blanks W determined to be defective as a result of inspection by inspection conveyor unit E. 140 is included. The defective product discharge mechanism 140 includes a discharge damper 142, and the discharge damper 142 is rotatably supported by a rotation support member 144. When the defective carton blank W is detected by the inspection conveyor unit E, the discharge damper 142 receives signals from the upper surface inspection camera 132 and the lower surface inspection camera 134 of the imaging unit 130 and rotates above the conveyor belt 12a. Then, the defective carton blank W is discharged downward from the conveyor belt 12a. The defective carton blank W discharged downward is discharged from the processing / inspection apparatus 10 by the defective product discharge conveyor.

  In particular, as shown in FIG. 21, for example, the non-defective product accumulating unit Q is disposed on the downstream side of the transport conveyor unit F2 and sequentially accumulates the carton blanks W determined to be non-defective as a result of inspection by the inspection conveyor unit E. Has a good product accumulation mechanism. This non-defective product accumulation mechanism has the same structure as the main pile portion 40, the auxiliary pile portion 50, and the main pile lifting / lowering means 44 shown in FIG. 13, and the main pile portion 150, the auxiliary pile portion 160, and the main pile lifting / lowering means. And a non-defective product stacking mechanism that continuously stacks good product carton blanks W transferred from the transfer conveyor unit F2 by the cooperative operation of the main pile unit 150 and the auxiliary pile unit 160.

Then, next, an example of a process of continuously accumulating non-defective carton blanks W by the cooperative operation of the main pile portion 150 and the auxiliary pile portion 160 will be described below with reference to FIG. 21 in particular. .
First, as shown in FIGS. 21A and 21B, the carton blanks W sequentially transferred from the transfer conveyor unit F2 are accumulated in the main pile unit 150. At this time, the number of carton blanks W accumulated in the main pile unit 150 is counted. In addition, the auxiliary pile unit 160 is on standby under the transport conveyor unit F2.

Next, when the number of carton blanks W transferred to the main pile section 150 reaches a predetermined number, the fork-shaped transfer section 164 of the auxiliary pile section 160 is simply moved as shown in FIG. By the action of the axis robot 166, for example, it is displaced in the right direction as viewed in FIG. 5 and FIG. 14, that is, the fork piece 164A of the auxiliary pile portion 160 moves forward in the transport direction of the carton blank W. It is inserted into the gap of the portion 150 [see FIG. 14 (A) and FIG. ].
At substantially the same time, after the main pile portion 150 is lowered by the action of the main pile raising / lowering means, the accumulated carton blanks W are appropriately routed through the transfer means 150 and 170 as shown in FIG. , And is discharged from the processing inspection apparatus 10.
That is, in the state of FIGS. 21C and 21D, the carton blank W accumulated on the transfer portion 164 of the auxiliary pile portion 160 and the carton blank W accumulated on the main pile portion 150 are docked. As a result, it has been added.

  Thereafter, the fork-shaped transfer portion 164 of the auxiliary pile portion 160 is displaced leftward as viewed in FIGS. 5 and 14, for example, and moved backward in the direction opposite to the conveying direction of the carton blank W. As shown in 21 (E), the original position is restored. And by repeating the process shown in FIG. 21 (B) to the process shown in FIG. 21 (E), it is possible to continuously accumulate non-defective carton blanks W transferred from the conveyor unit F2. It has become.

  In addition, as the carton blank W that can be processed by the processing and inspection apparatus 10, a printing process (primary processing) in which printing is performed on the mother substrate of the carton blank by a printing machine or the like, and the mother substrate by a punching machine or the like. It is formed through punching (secondary processing) that puts ruled lines etc. at the same time as punching into a predetermined shape, and it is in a state before being boxed by a box making machine, other than a flat sheet-like one For example, as shown in FIGS. 22A and 22B, a carton blank 180 folded into a substantially parallelogram cross section may be used.

According to the processing inspection apparatus 10 according to the present invention, as described above, the carton blank W of the carton blank W is subjected to printing (primary processing) and punching (secondary processing) in advance. It is possible to process (tertiary processing) an identification body that has information on an article at a predetermined site and can identify the information. Furthermore, it is possible to inspect the appearance of the carton blank W processed by the processing machine (tertiary processing) and the information of the identification body provided by the tertiary processing.
In the example of the above-described embodiment, a barcode is given to a predetermined part of the carton blank W. As the barcode, at least one of a one-dimensional barcode, a two-dimensional barcode, and a three-dimensional barcode is used. May be included, and braille and electronic tags may be provided. Further, when the printed display given to the carton blank W by the primary processing is used as the fixed information of the article, the information on the identification body given to the carton blank W by the tertiary processing can be variable information of the article. .

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Processing inspection apparatus 12 Conveyance means 14 Guide means 16 Positioning support means A Paper feeding part (carton blank supply part)
B Paper dust removal part C Deflection conveyor part D Tertiary processing part E Inspection conveyor part F1, F2 Conveyor part G Defective product rejection part H Defective product discharge conveyor part Q Non-defective product accumulation part

Claims (3)

  The carton blank is used for a packaging box for packaging an article, and is subjected to printing (primary processing) and punching (secondary processing) in advance. Provided by a processing machine that processes (tertiary processing) an identification body that has information and can identify the information, and an appearance aspect of the carton blank processed (third processing) by the processing machine and the third processing And an inspection machine for inspecting information on the identified object.   When the printed display given to the carton blank by the primary processing is used as the fixed information of the article, the information on the identification body given to the carton blank by the tertiary processing is variable information of the article. The processing inspection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:   The identifier provided to the carton blank by the third processing is formed by any one of a bar code including at least one of a one-dimensional bar code, a two-dimensional bar code, and a three-dimensional bar code, braille, and an electronic tag. The processing inspection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing inspection apparatus is provided.