JP2016175649A - Boxing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a space occupied by a boxing device.SOLUTION: A boxing device 100 comprises a product conveyor 10, a product inlet 13, a box sheet placing part 71, a box forming part 73, a cramming part 56, and a box transport conveyor 51. The product conveyor 10 moves products in a direction from an upstream end 110 toward a downstream end 120. The product inlet 13 is arranged closer to the upstream end 110 than the product conveyor 10. The box sheet placing part 71 is arranged closer to the upstream end 110 than the product conveyor 10. The box forming part 73 forms a box B by folding a box sheet S placed on the box sheet placing part 71. The cramming part 56 is arranged closer to the downstream end 120 than the product conveyor 10 and puts the box B on standby to cram a product P therein. The box transport conveyor 51 moves the box B from the box forming part 73 to the cramming part 56 via the lower side of the product conveyor 10.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to a boxing device.

  Manufacture of an article packaged with a bag-like film ends with a stuffing operation of stuffing a plurality of articles into a packaging box such as a cardboard box for shipment. In recent years, pre-placement work and packing work for a plurality of articles are automatically performed by a boxing device.

  Further, at the manufacturing site, a box processing operation is also performed prior to the packing operation. That is, the box-shaped and flat unprocessed box sheet is bent according to the fold, is three-dimensionally formed, and the box shape is maintained by the adhesive tape. Such box processing operations are also often automated by machines.

  An apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2013-18519) is responsible for a stuffing operation. Since this apparatus includes two orthogonal conveyors, a large floor area is required for installation in a factory.

  The device disclosed in Patent Document 2 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-125110) is responsible for box processing. Here, this device is disclosed alone, and the contents of the stuffing operation are not mentioned.

  In a factory standing on a limited site area, in order to ensure the throughput of the entire product manufacturing equipment, that is, the processing amount per unit time, it is necessary to install many manufacturing apparatuses densely. An advantageous measure for this is to optimize the structure of the entire boxing device involved in the pre-placement work of the articles, the box processing operation and the packing operation, so that the space occupied by the boxing device is reduced.

  The object of the present invention is to reduce the space occupied by the boxing device and thereby improve the throughput of the entire production facility in the factory.

  The packaging device according to the first aspect of the present invention occupies from the upstream end to the downstream end. The boxing device packs a plurality of articles in a box. The boxing device includes an article conveyor, an article entrance, a box sheet placement section, a box forming section, a stuffing section, and a box transport conveyor. The article conveyor moves the article in a direction from the upstream end to the downstream end. The article entrance is located closer to the upstream end than the article conveyor. The box sheet placement portion is disposed closer to the upstream end than the article conveyor. The box forming section bends the box sheet placed on the box sheet placing section to form a box. The stuffing unit is arranged closer to the downstream end than the article conveyor, and makes the box stand by to pack the article. The box transport conveyor moves the box from the box forming section to the stuffing section via the lower part of the article conveyor.

  According to this configuration, the boxing device includes an article conveyor that moves in the direction from the upstream end to the downstream end of the boxing device, and a box sheet placement unit that is disposed closer to the upstream end than the article conveyor. And a box transport conveyor that moves the boxes to the stuffing section via the lower part of the article conveyor. Accordingly, since the sheet for the box or the molded box moves from the upstream to the downstream in the conveying direction via the lower part of the conveyor, the empty space between the article conveyor and the upstream end and below the article conveyor is Effectively used for moving. As a result, the space occupied by the entire boxing device can be reduced.

  The boxing apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention is the boxing apparatus according to the first aspect, further comprising an article inspection unit arranged closer to the upstream end than the article entrance.

  According to this configuration, the article is inspected by the article inspection unit before the boxing process. Therefore, it can suppress that an abnormal article is packed in a box.

  The packaging apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention is the packaging apparatus according to the second aspect, wherein the article inspection section and the box sheet placement section are arranged in the lateral direction of the packaging apparatus.

  According to this configuration, the box sheet placement portion is arranged in an empty space near the upstream end of the conventional boxing device. Therefore, the boxing device can efficiently use the space.

  A packaging device according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the packaging device according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the article conveyor is an article conveyor, an article accumulation conveyor, an accumulation mechanism, including. The article conveyance conveyor conveys articles placed from the article entrance one by one. The article accumulation conveyor is used to accumulate a plurality of articles. The stacking mechanism lifts the articles being conveyed to the article conveyance conveyor and places them on the article accumulation conveyor.

  According to this configuration, it is possible to efficiently accumulate a plurality of articles that are sequentially discharged at their own timing by the packaging machine installed in the previous stage of the boxing device.

  The packaging device according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the packaging device according to the fourth aspect, wherein the width of the article accumulation conveyor is equal to or greater than the width of the article conveyance conveyor.

  According to this configuration, articles can be accumulated in various modes.

  The packaging device according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is the packaging device according to the fourth aspect or the fifth aspect, further comprising an article disposal unit. The article disposal unit is arranged closer to the downstream end than the article transport conveyor and receives articles that have not been lifted by the stacking mechanism.

  According to this configuration, articles ignored by the stacking mechanism are conveyed to the article disposal unit only by means of an article transport conveyor. Therefore, the article conveyor does not require a special automatic discharge mechanism for discarding the articles that have not been packed in the box.

  Furthermore, it is possible to cause the article transporting conveyor and the stacking mechanism to perform the sorting operation for defective products found in the article inspection unit. Therefore, the article inspection unit also does not require a special automatic discharge mechanism for sorting out defective products.

  A boxing device according to a seventh aspect of the present invention is the boxing device according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, wherein the box forming section is disposed below the article conveyor.

  According to this configuration, the box forming operation is performed below the article conveyor. Therefore, the empty space below the article conveyor is effectively used, and the space occupied by the boxing device can be reduced.

  The boxing apparatus which concerns on the 8th viewpoint of this invention is further provided with the tape sticking part which sticks an adhesive tape to a box in the boxing apparatus which concerns on any one of the 1st viewpoint to the 7th viewpoint. The tape applying part is arranged between the box forming part and the stuffing part. The tape attaching part is arranged below the article conveyor.

  According to this structure, the tape sticking operation of the box is performed below the article conveyor. Therefore, the empty space below the article conveyor can be used effectively.

  The packaging device according to a ninth aspect of the present invention is the packaging device according to any one of the first to eighth aspects, further comprising an end box delivery port and an end box discharge mechanism. The end box delivery port is disposed at an end portion other than the upstream end and the downstream end in the boxing device in order to transfer the box. The end box discharge mechanism discharges the box from the end box delivery port.

  According to this configuration, a plurality of boxing devices can exchange boxes via their respective end box delivery ports. Therefore, the plurality of boxing devices can share a mechanism for processing the box.

  A boxing system according to a tenth aspect of the present invention includes a first boxing device and a second boxing device. The first boxing device is a boxing device according to the ninth aspect. The second boxing device is arranged side by side with the first boxing device. The second boxing device is a boxing device according to the ninth aspect. The second boxing device occupies from the upstream end to the downstream end. The second boxing device includes an article conveyor, an article inlet, a stuffing unit, a box transport conveyor, and an end box delivery port. The article conveyor moves the article in a direction from the upstream end to the downstream end. The article entrance is located closer to the upstream end than the article conveyor. The stuffing unit is arranged closer to the downstream end than the article conveyor, and makes the box stand by to pack the article. A box conveyance conveyor moves a box to the stuffing part via the lower part of an article conveyor. The end box delivery port is disposed at an end portion other than the upstream end and the downstream end of the boxing device in order to exchange the box. The second packaging device can receive the box discharged from the end box delivery port of the first packaging device via the end box delivery port of the second packaging device in order to pack the article. .

  According to this configuration, the two boxing devices included in the boxing system can share a mechanism for processing the box.

  The boxing apparatus according to the first aspect, the seventh aspect, and the eighth aspect of the present invention occupies a small space.

  The packaging device according to the second aspect of the present invention can suppress abnormal articles from being packed in the box.

  The boxing apparatus according to the third aspect of the present invention efficiently uses space.

  The boxing apparatus according to the fourth aspect of the present invention can efficiently accumulate articles.

  The boxing device according to the fifth aspect of the present invention can accumulate articles in various modes.

  The boxing apparatus according to the sixth aspect of the present invention does not require a special automatic discharge mechanism for discarding articles.

  The plurality of boxing devices according to the ninth aspect of the present invention can share a mechanism for processing the box.

  The boxing system according to the tenth aspect of the present invention occupies a small space.

It is a top view of the boxing apparatus 100 which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the goods P handled by the boxing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the 2nd floor part of the boxing apparatus 100 which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the 1st floor part of the boxing apparatus 100 which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the internal structure of the boxing apparatus 100 which concerns on this invention. It is a top view of the packaging system 200 which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the 1st floor part of the boxing system 200 which concerns on this invention.

<First Embodiment>
(1) Overall Configuration FIG. 1 is a plan view of a boxing device 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The boxing device 100 is for aligning a plurality of articles P conveyed from the front-stage apparatus conveyor AP, packing them in a box B, and delivering it to the subsequent-stage apparatus conveyor AS.

  The packaging device 100 occupies a space from the upstream end 110 to the downstream end 120 thereof. The boxing device 100 includes an article inspection unit 60, a box processing unit 70, and an article placement unit 80.

  FIG. 2 shows the article P to be handled. The article P is a commodity packaged with a bag-like film.

  In the boxing apparatus 100, the second floor portion shown in FIG. 3 and the first floor portion shown in FIG.

(2) Detailed configuration (2-1) Article inspection unit 60
As shown in FIG. 1, the article inspection unit 60 is provided near the upstream end 110 of the boxing device 100. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 3, the article inspection unit 60 is provided on the second floor portion of the boxing device 100.

  The article inspection unit 60 is for inspecting the weight, the state of the affixed seal, the presence or absence of foreign matter, and the like of the article P carried by the upstream apparatus conveyor AP. A signal representing the inspection result transmitted by the article inspection unit 60 is transmitted via a signal line (not shown) and received by the article placement unit 80.

  The article inspection unit 60 delivers the inspected article P to the article placement unit 80.

(2-2) Box processing unit 70
As shown in FIG. 1, the box processing unit 70 is provided near the upstream end 110 of the boxing device 100.

  The box processing section 70 is for making the box B by processing the box sheet S.

  The box processing unit 70 includes a box sheet placement unit 71 disposed in the second floor portion illustrated in FIG. 3, a box sheet discharge unit 72 disposed in the first floor portion illustrated in FIG. 4, a box forming unit 73, And it has the tape sticking part 74. FIG.

(2-2-1) Box Sheet Placement Unit 71
The box sheet mounting portion 71 shown in FIG. 3 accommodates a large number of box sheets S. The box sheet S is a cylindrical and flat cardboard member. The box sheet placement unit 71 drops the box sheets S one by one to the box sheet discharge unit 72 arranged on the first floor portion according to the control sequence.

(2-2-2) Box sheet discharge unit 72
The box sheet discharge unit 72 shown in FIG. 4 receives one box sheet S and sends it to the box forming unit 73.

(2-2-3) Box forming part 73
The box forming unit 73 is installed in the frame 81 (FIG. 1) of the article placement unit 80.

  The box forming part 73 is for bending the box sheet S in accordance with the crease and forming it three-dimensionally. That is, a mechanism (not shown) constituting the box forming portion 73 creates a rectangular side surface and bends the flap on the bottom surface. The box forming unit 73 then sends the box B having a three-dimensional shape to the tape applying unit 74.

(2-2-4) Tape attaching part 74
The tape applying unit 74 is also installed in the frame 81 (FIG. 1) of the article placement unit 80.

  The tape sticking part 74 is for sticking an adhesive tape on the bottom surface of the box B and maintaining the shape of the box B.

(2-3) Article placement unit 80
1 includes a frame 81, an article conveyor 10, an accumulation mechanism 20, an article group moving mechanism 30, and a box handling unit 50 arranged therein.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the article conveyor 10, the stacking mechanism 20, and the article group moving mechanism 30 are arranged on the second floor part of the boxing device 100, and the box handling unit 50 is arranged on the first floor part.

(2-3-1) Article conveyor 10
The article conveyor 10 is for conveying the articles P in the conveying direction x from the upstream end 110 to the downstream end 120 shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the article conveyor 10 includes an article conveying conveyor 11 and an article accumulation conveyor 12 provided on the second floor portion. The article transport conveyor 11 and the article stacking conveyor 12 both transport the article P in the transport direction x.

  The article accumulation conveyor 12 is arranged in parallel with the article conveyance conveyor 11 and has a wide width equal to or larger than the width of the article conveyance conveyor 11.

  In FIG. 5, an article entrance 13 schematically shown near one end of the article transport conveyor 11 is provided in a frame 81 (FIG. 1), for example. The article P discharged from the article inspection section 60 enters the article placement section 80 from the article entrance 13 and is placed on the article transport conveyor 11.

  The article disposal unit 14 provided in the first floor portion accommodates the article P that has been transported and dropped beyond the end of the article transport conveyor 11 far from the article entrance 13.

(2-3-2) Accumulation mechanism 20
The stacking mechanism 20 cooperates with the article conveyor 10 to stack a plurality of articles P to form an article group G. Specifically, the stacking mechanism 20 lifts the articles P placed on the article transport conveyor 11 one by one and stacks them on the article stacking conveyor 12.

  FIG. 5 shows an accumulation mode of the article group G that is two-dimensionally aligned. In contrast, the stacking mechanism 20 can stack the articles P in various other modes such as a mode in which the stacking mechanisms are partially overlapped and aligned in one row, thereby creating the group of articles G.

  The stacking mechanism 20 is composed of, for example, a parallel link robot, and is fixed to a frame 81 (FIG. 1). The stacking mechanism 20 includes a stacking head 21, a plurality of stacking suction devices 22, three arms 23, a servo mechanism 24, and a suction tube 25.

  The servo mechanism 24 moves or rotates the integrated head 21 three-dimensionally via the arm 23. The accumulation head 21 is provided with a plurality of accumulation adsorbers 22. The suction pipe 25 communicates the internal space of the integrated suction tool 22 with a vacuum pump (not shown). The integrated head 21 can lift one article P by the vacuum pump sucking air when the integrated adsorbing tool 22 comes into close contact with the article P.

  When the information on the defective product is included in the inspection result signal transmitted from the article inspection unit 60 and received by the article placement unit 80, the stacking mechanism 20 can refrain from the operation of lifting the article P. In this case, the article P ignored by the stacking mechanism 20 is transported by the article transport conveyor 11 and falls to the article disposal unit 14.

  The stacking mechanism 20 also drops a part of the article P, which cannot be used for the stacking operation performed by the stacking mechanism 20, to the article disposal unit 14 while ignoring a part thereof. Can do.

(2-3-3) Article Group Moving Mechanism 30
The article group moving mechanism 30 is for lifting the article group G and filling it into the box B.

  The article group moving mechanism 30 is composed of a robot, and is fixed to a frame 81 (FIG. 1). The article group moving mechanism 30 includes a stuffing head 31, a stuffing adsorber 32, a mast 33, a movement guide 34, a U-shaped tube 35, a flexible hose 36, and a pump suction port 37.

  The movement guide 34 has a motor (not shown), and can move the mast 33 in the x-axis direction or the z-axis direction shown in FIG. Therefore, the stuffing head 31 provided at the tip of the mast 33 can move in the xz plane. The stuffing head 31, which is larger than the stacking head 21, is provided with a large number of stuffing adsorbers 32, and can lift a plurality of articles P constituting the article group G at a time.

  The internal space of the stuffing adsorber 32 communicates with a vacuum pump (not shown) through the mast 33, the U-shaped tube 35, the flexible hose 36, and the pump suction port 37. When the stuffing adsorber 32 comes into close contact with the article group G, the stuffing head 31 can lift the article group G at a time by the vacuum pump sucking air.

  While the vacuum pump is sucking air, the flexible hose 36 may pulsate. If this pulsation is transmitted to the stuffing head 31, an unnecessary force is applied to the stuffing head 31, and the boxing operation may be adversely affected. The U-shaped tube 35 suppresses the pulsation from being transmitted to the stuffing head 31.

(2-3-4) Box handling unit 50
The box handling unit 50 is for moving the box B during the boxing operation.

  The box handling unit 50 includes a box transport conveyor 51, a box delivery conveyor 52, an end box discharge mechanism 53, end box delivery ports 54 and 55, and a stuffing unit 56.

  The box B that has exited the tape applying unit 74 is conveyed to the stuffing unit 56 by the box conveying conveyor 51. The stuffing portion 56 is a location on the surface of the box transport conveyor 51 that is located closer to the downstream end 120 (FIG. 1) than the article accumulation conveyor 12 and below the article group moving mechanism 30. The article group G is packed into the box B waiting at the stuffing unit 56 by the article group moving mechanism 30 at a time. After this stuffing operation is repeated several times for one box B, the box transport conveyor 51 moves the box B and delivers it to the subsequent apparatus conveyor AS.

(3) Operation The articles P conveyed one by one from the pre-stage apparatus conveyor AP are inspected by the article inspection unit 60 and then delivered to the article placement unit 80 at the article entrance 13. At the same time, the article inspection unit 60 transmits a signal indicating the inspection result of the article P to the article placement unit 80.

  In the box processing unit 70, processing of the box B is performed. One box sheet S is dropped from the box sheet placement section 71, and the box sheet discharge section 72 sends it to the box forming section 73. The box forming unit 73 bends the box sheet S to make a box B. The tape sticking unit 74 sticks an adhesive tape to the bottom surface of the box B and maintains the shape of the box B. Thereafter, the box transport conveyor 51 transports the box B to the stuffing unit 56, and the box B waits there with the upper part empty.

  In the article inspection unit 60, the stacking mechanism 20 stacks the articles P transported one by one on the article transporting conveyor 11 one by one on the article stacking conveyor 12 and arranges them as an article group G.

  The article group moving mechanism 30 lifts the article group G at a time and packs it into the box B waiting at the stuffing unit 56. After the stuffing operation is repeated several times, the box transport conveyor 51 ejects the box B and delivers it to the subsequent apparatus conveyor AS.

(4) Features (4-1)
Since the box sheet S or the formed box B moves from the upstream side to the downstream side in the transport direction x via the lower part of the article conveyor 10, the space between the article conveyor 10 and the upstream end 110, and the article conveyor 10 The empty space below is effectively used for moving the box B. As a result, the space occupied by the entire boxing device 100 can be reduced.

(4-2)
Prior to the stuffing operation, the article P is inspected by the article inspection unit 60. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the abnormal article P from being packed in the box B.

(4-3)
In the space near the upstream end 110 of the boxing device 100, the box sheet mounting portion 71 is disposed. Therefore, the boxing device 100 can efficiently use the space.

(4-4)
The boxing device 100 has two conveyors, an article transport conveyor 11 and an article accumulation conveyor 12. Therefore, the packaging apparatus 100 can efficiently accumulate a plurality of articles P that are sequentially ejected at their own timing by a device installed in the front stage of the packaging apparatus 100.

(4-5)
The article accumulation conveyor 12 has a wide width equal to or greater than the width of the article transport conveyor 11. Therefore, the packaging apparatus 100 can accumulate articles in various modes such as a two-dimensionally aligned mode or a partially overlapped and aligned mode.

(4-6)
The articles ignored by the stacking mechanism 20 are conveyed to the article disposal unit 14 only by means of the article transport conveyor 11. Therefore, the article conveyor 10 does not require a special automatic discharge mechanism for discarding the articles P that missed the opportunity to be packed in the box B due to a large number of articles P being transported in a short time.

  Furthermore, it is possible to cause the article transport conveyor 11 and the stacking mechanism 20 to perform the sorting operation for defective products discovered by the article inspection unit 60. Therefore, the article inspection unit 60 also does not require a special automatic discharge mechanism for sorting out defective products.

(4-7)
The box forming section 73 where the box B forming operation is performed is below the article conveyor 10. Therefore, the empty space below the article conveyor 10 is effectively used, and the space occupied by the boxing device 100 can be reduced.

(4-8)
The tape applying part 74 where the tape applying operation of the box B is performed is below the article conveyor 10. Therefore, the empty space below the article conveyor 10 can be used more effectively.

(5) Modification (5-1)
In the boxing device 100 according to the first embodiment, the box forming unit 73 and the tape applying unit 74 are installed in the frame 81 of the article placement unit 80. Instead of this, one or both of the box forming portion 73 and the tape applying portion 74 may be installed outside the frame 81.

  According to this configuration, the space below the article conveyor 10 can be used for purposes other than partial housing of the box processing unit 70.

(5-2)
In the boxing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment, no means for attaching an adhesive tape to close the upper surface of the box B after the boxing process is provided. Instead of this, an additional tape attaching part for attaching an adhesive tape to the upper surface of the box B may be provided near the downstream end 120 from the stuffing part 56.

  According to this configuration, since the completely sealed box B is discharged after the boxing process, it is possible to further reduce manual work.

(5-3)
In the boxing device 100 according to the first embodiment, the tape applying unit 74 is disposed near the upstream end 110 with respect to the packing unit 56 and is used only for closing the bottom surface of the box B. Instead of placing the tape application part 74 closer to the upstream end 110 than the stuffing part 56, the tape application part 74 is arranged closer to the downstream end 120 than the stuffing part 56, so that the top and bottom surfaces of the box You may stick a tape to both at once.

  According to this configuration, it is easy to mount other devices at a location closer to the upstream end 110 than the stuffing portion 56.

Second Embodiment
(1) Overall Configuration FIG. 6 is a plan view of a boxing system 200 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The boxing system 200 includes a first boxing device 100A and a second boxing device 100B. The first boxing device 100A has the same configuration as the boxing device 100 according to the first embodiment described above. The second boxing device 100B is common to the boxing device 100 in that it includes an article inspection unit 60B and an item placement unit 80B, but differs from the boxing device 100 in that it does not include the box processing unit 70. In addition, the arrangement of the components of the second boxing device 100B is symmetrical to the components of the first boxing device 100A.

(2) Operation The processing of the box B is performed only by the box processing unit 70A of the first boxing device 100A.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a first floor portion of the boxing system 200. The box sheet S supplied from the box sheet discharge section 72A of the first boxing device 100A is formed by the box forming section 73A, and an adhesive tape is applied to the bottom surface by the tape applying section 74A.

  Thereafter, the packing operation is performed in both the first boxing device 100A and the second boxing device 100B.

  In order to prepare for the stuffing operation in the first boxing device 100A, the box B is transported from the tape applying unit 74A to the stuffing unit 56A by the box transport conveyor 51A of the box handling unit 50A of the first boxing device 100A.

  To prepare for the stuffing operation in the second boxing device 100B, the box B is first pushed out in the direction y perpendicular to the conveying direction x by the end box discharge mechanism 53 (FIG. 5) of the first boxing device 100A. Then, it is sent to the box delivery conveyor 52A. Next, the box delivery conveyor 52 of the first boxing device 100A discharges the box B from the end box delivery port 55A. Next, the box B is sent to the box conveyance conveyor 51B of the box handling section 50B via the end box delivery port 55B and then the box delivery conveyor 52B in the second boxing device 100B. Next, the box B is conveyed by the box conveyance conveyor 51B to the stuffing part 56B.

(3) Features The first boxing device 100A and the second boxing device 100B can exchange the box B via the respective end box delivery ports 55A and 55B. Therefore, the first boxing device 100A and the second boxing device 100B can share the box processing unit 70A.

(4) Modification A modification of the boxing device 100 according to the first embodiment is applied to one or both of the first boxing device 100A and the second boxing device 100B of the boxing system 200 according to the second embodiment. May be.

AP Pre-stage apparatus conveyor AS Post-stage apparatus conveyor B Box P Article S Sheet for box 10 Article conveyor 11 Article transport conveyor 12 Article accumulation conveyor 13 Article entrance 14 Article disposal section 20 Stacking mechanism 30 Article group moving mechanism 50, 50A, 50B Box handling section 51, 51A, 51B Box conveyor 52, 52A, 52B Box delivery conveyor 53 End box discharge mechanism 54 End box delivery port 55, 55A, 55B End box delivery port 56, 56A, 56B Packing unit 60, 60A, 60B Article inspection unit 70, 70A Box processing unit 80, 80A, 80B Item placement unit 100, 100A, 100B Boxing device 110 Upstream end 120 Downstream end 200 Boxing system

JP 2013-18519 A JP 7-125110 A

Claims (10)

A packaging device that packs a plurality of articles into a box, occupying from an upstream end to a downstream end,
An article conveyor for moving the article in a direction from the upstream end toward the downstream end;
An article inlet disposed closer to the upstream end than the article conveyor;
A box sheet mounting portion disposed closer to the upstream end than the article conveyor;
A box forming unit for forming the box by bending the box sheet placed on the box sheet placing unit;
A stuffing unit that is disposed closer to the downstream end than the article conveyor and waits for the box to pack the article;
A box transport conveyor for moving the box from the box forming section to the stuffing section via the lower part of the article conveyor;
A boxing device. An article inspection section disposed closer to the upstream end than the article entrance;
The boxing device according to claim 1, further comprising: The article inspection section and the box sheet placement section are arranged in a lateral direction of the boxing device,
The boxing device according to claim 2. The article conveyor is
An article conveying conveyor for conveying the articles put in from the article entrance one by one;
An article stacking conveyor used to stack a plurality of the articles;
A stacking mechanism that lifts the articles transported to the article transport conveyor and places them on the article stacking conveyor;
The boxing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: The width of the article accumulation conveyor is equal to or greater than the width of the article conveyance conveyor.
The boxing device according to claim 4. An article disposal unit that receives the articles that are disposed closer to the downstream end than the article transport conveyor and are not lifted by the stacking mechanism,
The boxing device according to claim 4 or 5, further comprising: The box forming part is disposed below the article conveyor,
The boxing device according to any one of claims 1 to 6. A tape applying part that is disposed between the box forming part and the stuffing part, and that attaches an adhesive tape to the box,
Further comprising
The tape attaching part is disposed below the article conveyor,
The boxing device according to any one of claims 1 to 7. An end box delivery port disposed at an end other than the upstream end and the downstream end in the boxing device for transferring the box;
An end box discharge mechanism for discharging the box from the end box delivery port;
The boxing device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, further comprising: A first boxing device which is the boxing device according to claim 9;
A second packaging device arranged side by side with the first packaging device;
With
The second boxing device occupies from the upstream end to the downstream end,
An article conveyor for moving the article in a direction from the upstream end toward the downstream end;
An article inlet disposed closer to the upstream end than the article conveyor;
A stuffing unit that is disposed closer to the downstream end than the article conveyor and waits for the box to pack the article;
A box transport conveyor for moving the box to the stuffing section via the lower part of the article conveyor;
An end box delivery port disposed at an end other than the upstream end and the downstream end in the boxing device for transferring the box;
With
In order to pack the article, the second boxing device uses the box discharged from the end box delivery port of the first boxing device as the end box delivery port of the second boxing device. Can be received via,
Boxing system.

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