JP2017210265A - Guide device, packaging bag feeder, and automatic packaging machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a guide device, which enables a packaging bag, equal in size to a lower opening of a charging pipe for guiding an article-to-be packaged to the packaging bag, to be attached to the charging pipe, a packaging bag feeder, and an automatic packaging machine.SOLUTION: A guide device 11 is used to externally insert a packaging bag 100 by guiding the packaging bag 100 to a charging pipe 22p serving as a guide when the packaging bag 100 is filled with an article to be packaged. The guide device 11 comprises a guide part body that is provided at a lower end of a telescopic part, and a plurality of slender guide plates that are provided in such a manner as to be swingable between closed and opened states centering on a pivot provided in a lower part of the guide part body.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a guide device, a packaging bag feeder, and an automatic packaging machine.

Conventionally, in an automatic packaging machine that automatically fills a packaging bag composed of fluid, powder, granules or solids, the size of the lower opening of the input pipe that guides the packaging material to the packaging bag Since it is difficult to attach a packaging bag of the same size to the input pipe, such a size of the packaging bag is manually attached and cannot be automated.
Patent Documents 1 to 4 merely disclose various types of automatic packaging machines, and do not mention the above-described problems and means for solving the problems.

Japanese Patent No. 5669585 Japanese Patent No. 5740581 JP 2012-232780 A JP 2014-231395 A

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and is a guide capable of mounting a packaging bag having a size equivalent to the size of the lower opening of the charging pipe for guiding an article to be packaged on the packaging bag on the charging pipe. It aims at providing an apparatus, a packaging bag supply machine, and an automatic packaging machine.

In order to achieve the above object, the following configuration is used.
The guide device according to the present invention is
(1) A guide device for guiding a packaging bag with respect to an input pipe serving as a guide for filling a packaging bag with an article to be packaged, wherein the guide device is provided at the lower end of the expansion / contraction part. And a guide section provided with a plurality of elongated guide plates that are swingable between a closed state and an open state about a pivot provided at a lower portion of the guide section body. .

(2) In the configuration of (1) above,
The guide plate extends upward from the pivot in the closed state and can be inserted through the charging pipe, and extends obliquely upward from the pivot in the open state. It is slightly outside the outer shape of the lower opening of the charging pipe.

(3) In the configuration of (1) or (2),
The guide device includes an extending / contracting portion having the guide portion at a lower end and extending / contracting in the vertical direction.

(4) In any one of the constitutions (1) to (3),
The guide portion is sized to be inserted into the charging pipe in the closed state and is inserted into the charging pipe, and the extendable portion is inserted into the charging pipe together with the guide portion, and the charging pipe is open in the open state. The outer shape is slightly larger than the outer shape, and is positioned outside the opening of the charging pipe, and serves as a guide for extrapolating the packaging bag into the lower opening of the charging pipe.

(5) The packaging bag feeder of the present invention includes any one of the guide devices (1) to (4),
A packaging bag feeder comprising a packaging bag mounting lifting device, wherein the packaging bag mounting lifting device is supported by a lifting frame, a lifting drive for lifting and lowering the lifting frame, and movable relative to the lifting frame. A first suction pad that detachably sucks one surface of the packaging bag, and a second suction pad that is supported by the lifting frame and detachably sucks the other surface of the packaging bag. Have.

(6) The automatic packaging machine of the present invention includes the packaging bag feeder of (5),
An automatic packaging machine for automatically packaging the article to be packaged, wherein the packaging bag is filled with the article to be packaged, and the operation of the packaging bag feeder and the operation of the filling machine are controlled in conjunction with each other. A control device that includes: a support frame; and a turntable that is rotatably supported by the support frame and includes a plurality of the input pipes, and the packaging bag is removed from the input pipes. Inserting and rotating the turntable, a series of operations for automatically filling the packaging bag with the article to be packaged are automatically performed sequentially.

  According to the present invention, there is provided a guide device, a packaging bag feeder, and an automatic packaging machine capable of mounting a packaging bag having a size equivalent to the size of the lower opening of the charging pipe for guiding an article to be packed into the packaging bag on the charging pipe. it can.

1 is an overall view of an automatic packaging machine according to an embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of the packaging bag supply machine which concerns on embodiment. It is an operation | movement figure of a guide apparatus. It is a perspective view which shows the interlocking | linkage operation | movement of a packaging bag mounting raising / lowering apparatus and a guide apparatus. It is a side view same as the above.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention (hereinafter referred to as embodiments) will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the top side of the vertical axis may be referred to as up, the ground side of the vertical axis may be referred to as down, and the vertical axis may be referred to as the vertical axis.

(Embodiment of the present invention)
As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic packaging machine 1 automatically packages an article to be packaged, and includes a packaging bag feeder 10, a filling machine 20 that fills the packaging bag 100 with the article to be packaged, and a packaging bag supply. And a control device 17 that controls the operation of the machine 10 and the operation of the filling machine 20 in conjunction with each other.
Hereinafter, the packaging bag supply machine 10 and the filling machine 20 will be described in order.

(Packaging bag feeder)
2 (a) is a perspective view of the packaging bag supply machine 10, FIG. 2 (b) is a plan view of the packaging bag supply machine 10, and FIG. 2 (c) is a front view of the packaging bag supply machine 10. 2 (d) is a side view of the packaging bag supply machine 10, and FIG. 2 (e) is a rear view of the packaging bag supply machine 10. FIG.
As shown in each drawing of FIG. 2, the packaging bag feeder 10 is provided with a roller 14 at the lower part of the main body frame 13 so that the packaging bag feeder 10 can be positioned with respect to the filling machine 20 that fills the packaging bag 100 with an article to be packaged. And a guide device 11 that guides the packaging bag 100, a packaging bag mounting lifting device 15 that moves up and down while holding the packaging bag 100, and a packaging bag supply tray 16 that stocks the packaging bag 100.
The packaging bag 100 is a bag for packaging an object to be packaged, and is a state in which two rectangular sheets are stacked and three of the four sides are closely coupled to each other, and the rest Although one side is an opening and the space between sheets is a storage portion, any bag may be used as long as it has an opening and a storage portion.
Examples of packages include mushroom bed for mushroom cultivation, corn (sweet corn), single pickles such as radish and eggplant, steel pipes and resin pipes, but are not limited thereto, fluid, powder, granules Either body or solid may be used.
In addition, positioning with respect to the filling machine 20 of the packaging bag supply machine 10 may be fixed to the filling machine 20 with a bolt or the like.

The guide device 11 includes an expansion / contraction part 11A that expands and contracts in the vertical axis direction, a guide part 11B that is provided at the lower end of the expansion / contraction part 11A and guides the packaging bag 100, and a guide drive that drives the expansion / contraction part 11A and the guide part 11B. A device 11M is provided.
As shown in FIG. 3, the guide portion 11B includes a guide portion main body 11Ba fixed to the lower end portion of the telescopic portion 11A, and a closed state and an open state centering on a pivot 11Bb provided at a lower portion of the guide portion main body 11Ba. And a plurality of elongated guide plates 11Bp provided so as to be swingable between each other.

As shown in FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b), the guide plate 11Bp extends upward from the pivot 11Bb in the closed state and extends along the axial direction so that it can be inserted through a later-described input pipe 22p. In the open state, as shown in FIG. 3 (c), it extends so as to expand obliquely upward from the pivot 11Bb, and the outermost portions of the plurality of guide plates 11Bp put the packages into the packaging bag 100. When this is done, the outer shape of the lower opening of the input pipe 22p, which will be described later, that guides the article to be packaged is slightly outside as viewed from the axial direction.
Thus, the guide plate 11Bp extends from the pivot 11Bb so as to expand obliquely upward from the pivot 11Bb in the open state, and the lower portion of the guide plate 11Bp has a smaller diameter and the upper portion has a larger diameter. When extrapolating the pipe 22p from the bottom to the top, first pass the lower part of the guide plate 11Bp having a small diameter through the opening of the packaging bag 100, and the opening is pushed and expanded as the packaging bag 100 is raised. The opening can be greatly expanded from the outer shape of the pipe 22p, and the packaging bag 100 can be smoothly extrapolated to the charging pipe 22p.
And according to the control signal from the control apparatus 17, the guide drive device 11M is driven, the expansion-contraction part 11A expands and contracts, and the guide part 11B opens and closes.
As a structure for enabling the opening and closing operation of the guide plate 11Bp, the rod communicating with the guide portion 11B in the telescopic portion 11A is a double tube including an outer tube and an inner tube, and the inner tube and the guide plate 11Bp are The guide plate 11Bp may be opened and closed by connecting with a link and rotating the inner tube relative to the outer tube, and the guide plate 11Bp is opened and closed by moving the inner tube relative to the outer tube in the vertical direction. Good thing. Further, the outer tube and the guide plate 11Bp may be connected by a link to enable the same operation.

Returning to FIG. 2, the packaging bag mounting lifting device 15 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 2D, the packaging bag mounting lifting device 15 includes a lifting frame 15F, a lifting drive device 15M that is supported by the main body frame 13 and transmits a driving force that lifts and lowers the lifting frame 15F, A suction pad 15A (first suction pad) that is movably supported by the lifting frame 15F and sucks one surface of the packaging bag 100, and a suction pad that is supported by the lifting frame 15F and sucks the other surface of the packaging bag 100 15B (second suction pad).

  The raising / lowering driving device 15 </ b> M is driven in accordance with a control signal from the control device 17 and raises / lowers the raising / lowering frame 15 </ b> F with respect to the main body frame 13.

The suction pad 15 </ b> A and the suction pad 15 </ b> B are in contact with the packaging bag 100, respectively, and a suction portion (not shown) communicating with the contact portion that can maintain the opening of the packaging bag 100 and the opening provided in the contact portion. And the suction and release of the packaging bag 100 by turning on and off the negative pressure supplied from the suction device to the opening provided in the contact portion in response to a control signal from the control device 17 to be described later. It is removable.
The suction pad 15A supported so as to be movable with respect to the elevating frame 15F moves freely between the uppermost position and the lowermost position in a vertical posture, and rotates around the horizontal axis at the uppermost position to become a horizontal posture. It moves in the horizontal direction toward the suction pad 15B in this posture, and the movement can be reversed. The operation of the suction pad 15A will be described in detail later.

The packaging bag supply tray 16 stocks a plurality of elongate packaging bags 100 with the openings of the packaging bags 100 aligned and in the same horizontal orientation, and has side walls and a bottom plate, and has an upper surface opened. It is a thing.
When the suction pad 15A of the packaging bag mounting / elevating device 15 is at the position shown in FIG. 2D, the packaging bag supply tray 16 is below the suction pad 15A and has a stroke of the vertical movement of the suction pad 15A. It is placed at a position within the range.
By arranging the packaging bag supply tray 16 in this way, the uppermost packaging bag 100 stocked in the packaging bag supply tray 16 when the suction pad 15A is in the lower position is attracted to the suction pad 15A by negative pressure. The packaging bag 100 can be moved along with the movement of the suction pad 15A.

Further, the packaging bag feeder 10 controls the expansion / contraction operation of the expansion / contraction portion 11A of the guide device 11 and the opening / closing operation of the guide portion 11B, and the upward / downward movement operation of the lifting frame 15F of the packaging bag mounting / lifting device 15 as well as the suction pad 15A and suction. A control device 17 is provided for controlling the operation of the pad 15B and the operation of the suction device and controlling them in conjunction with each other.
The control device 17 further links the rotation operation of the turntable 22 in the filling machine 20 described later to the interlocking operation of the guide device 11 and the packaging bag mounting lifting device 15, so that the rotation driving device 25 (FIG. 1). Send a control signal to

(Filling machine)
Next, returning to FIG. 1, the filling machine 20 will be described.
The filling machine 20 includes a movable support frame 21, a turntable 22 that is rotatably supported by the support frame 21, and includes a plurality of input pipes 22 p whose central axes are parallel to the vertical axis, and the support frame 21. The rotary drive device 25 that intermittently rotates the turntable 22 and the support frame 21, and pressure is applied to the package to be packed in the packaging bag 100 to adjust the bulk density of the package. A shaping press device 23, a fixed position confirmation sensor 24 that is supported by the support frame 21 and detects the rotational position of the turntable 22, and an open / close-type bottom for dropping an article to be packaged into an article entry port 22 h described later And a filling hopper (not shown).

The support frame 21 includes a support shaft 21a that pivotally supports the turntable 22 around the vertical axis, and a roller 21r that makes the support frame 21 movable.
Further, the support frame 21 is provided with a rotation drive device 25, a shaping press device 23, and a fixed position confirmation sensor 24 on the upper portion thereof, and has sufficient rigidity against the weight of each device and the reaction force acting on each device. Have.

The turntable 22 is provided so as to correspond to a disk-shaped top plate 22t in which a plurality of package input ports 22h are opened along the circumference, and one lower portion of each package input port 22h. A plurality of input pipes 22p with the opening facing upward and a lower opening facing downward; a supported shaft 22a fixed to the lower portion of the center of rotation of the top plate 22t and supported by the support shaft 21a of the support frame 21; .
The input pipe 22p is not limited to a cylindrical shape, and may be a square tube shape or a polygonal tube shape.

The rotation drive device 25 includes a stator, a rotor, and a drive source, and a supported shaft 22a of the turntable 22 around the stator supported on the upper portion of the support frame 21 by a driving force of an electric motor or the like serving as a drive source. The integrated rotor is rotated. A gear may be interposed between the stator and the rotor, and the power source may be hydraulic pressure, pneumatic pressure, or the like, in addition to electricity.
Then, the rotation drive device 25 receives a control signal from the control device 17 and generates a torque for rotating or stopping the turntable 22 according to the control signal. Instead of generating the torque for stopping the turntable 22, the turntable 22 may be stopped by operating a brake device (not shown).

The shaping press device 23 is used to pack an object to be packed in the packaging bag 100 so that the object to be packed has a desired bulk density, a piston having a pressure plate at the lower end, and an upper part of the support frame 21. And a cylinder with the opening through which the piston enters and exits facing downward.
The pressurizing plate passes through the packing material inlet 22h of the top plate 22t of the turntable 22, passes through the charging pipe 22p, reaches the packaging bag 100, and applies pressure to the packaging material in the packaging bag 100. Therefore, it has a small size in plan view with respect to each of the inner shape of the to-be-packaged item inlet 22h and the inner shape of the input pipe 22p. For example, when the inner shape of each of the package input port 22h and the input pipe 22p is circular, the outer shape of the pressure plate is circular, and the inner diameter of the input pipe 22p is narrower than the diameter of the package input port 22h, The outer diameter of the pressure plate is slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the input pipe 22p.
Then, the shaping press device 23 lowers the piston in accordance with the control signal from the control device 17 by lowering the piston at the timing when the package input port 22h of the top plate 22t of the turntable 22 is arranged below the pressure plate. To pressurize the package.

The fixed position confirmation sensor 24 detects the position of the turntable 22 with reference to the support frame 21, and is fixed to the support frame 21 in a posture in which the detection unit faces the upper surface of the top plate 22 t of the turntable 22.
As the fixed position confirmation sensor 24, for example, a non-contact type proximity sensor or a contact type rotation sensor is used.
When using a non-contact type proximity sensor, the fixed position confirmation sensor 24 is arranged on the rotation trajectory of the plurality of package input ports 22h provided on the top plate 22t in plan view. Provided.
Thereby, if the plurality of package input ports 22h are arranged at equal intervals on the circumference of the top plate 22t, when the top surface of the top plate 22t is arranged below the detection part of the fixed position confirmation sensor 24, The detection value by the fixed position confirmation sensor 24 corresponds to the distance between the detection unit and the upper surface of the top plate 22t, and the top plate 22t rotates and the package entry port 22h is placed under the detection unit of the fixed position confirmation sensor 24. Since the detection value by the fixed position confirmation sensor 24 is relatively large, the top plate 22t rotates by a predetermined angle, and the position of the package input port 22h and the above-described guide device 11 is changed. The coincidence timing can be detected in a plan view.

(Operation)
Next, the operation of the automatic packaging machine 1 in which each device of the above-described packaging bag feeder 10 and each device of the filling machine 20 are interlocked will be described.
4 (1) to FIG. 4 (10) show a part of the packaging bag supply tray 16 of the packaging bag feeder 10 and a part of the packaging bag mounting lifting device 15 and a part of the guide device 11 in the automatic packaging machine 1. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the charging pipe 20p extracted from the filling machine 20, with numbers sequentially assigned in time series.
5 (1) to 5 (10) are side views corresponding to FIGS. 4 (1) to 4 (10).
Hereinafter, description will be given in order along the time series mainly using FIG.

(1) FIG. 5A shows the initial position of the automatic packaging machine 1 in which the packaging bag feeder 10 and the filling machine 20 are combined.
This will be described in detail. The guide plate 11Bp of the guide portion 11B is in a closed state with the telescopic portion 11A of the guide device 11 being most contracted, and the lower end of the guide portion 11B is disposed above the upper opening of the input pipe 22p. Is done.
The lifting frame 15F of the packaging bag mounting lifting device 15 is positioned at the lowest position, and the suction pad 15A is positioned at the highest position in the vertical posture.
When the suction pad 15A is at the position shown in FIG. 5A, the packaging bag supply tray 16 is disposed below the suction pad 15A and within the range of the vertical movement stroke of the suction pad 15A.
A plurality of elongate packaging bags 100 are stacked and stocked in a state in which the openings of the packaging bags 100 are aligned and are in the same lateral direction (rightward in FIG. 5 (1)).

(2) Next, as shown in FIG. 5 (2), the suction pad 15A moves downward (in the direction of the arrow in the figure) in a vertical posture, and the contact portion of the suction pad 15A moves to the packaging bag supply tray 16. While abutting against the uppermost package bag 100 that has been stocked, the suction pad 15A has a negative pressure due to the control of the suction device (open / close control of the valve communicating with the negative pressure source, control of the motor according to the suction force, etc.) The uppermost packaging bag 100 is adsorbed to the adsorption pad 15A.
(3) Next, as shown in FIG. 5 (3), the suction pad 15A is moved upward (in the direction of the arrow in the figure) in a vertical posture while the uppermost packaging bag 100 is sucked.
(4) Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 5 (4), the suction pad 15A is rotated from the vertical posture (in the direction of the arrow in the figure) while the uppermost packaging bag 100 is sucked to obtain a horizontal posture. .
(5) As shown in FIG. 5 (5), the suction pad 15A is moved in the horizontal posture in the direction of the suction pad 15B (the direction of the arrow in the figure) while the uppermost packaging bag 100 is sucked.
In this state, the packaging bag 100 is kept in a vertical state with the opening facing up.
The suction pad 15A is elastically contracted in order to receive a reaction force from the suction pad 15B when the suction pad 15A moves to the right and to keep the reaction force within a predetermined range.
And the suction pad 15A makes the opening of the suction pad 15B negative pressure by the control of the suction device at the timing when the suction pad 15A moves to the rightmost.
Thereby, the right and left of the opening of the packaging bag 100 will be in the state adsorbed by the suction pad 15A and the suction pad 15B, respectively.
(6) Next, as shown in FIG. 5 (6), the suction pad 15A is separated from the suction pad 15B in a horizontal posture while the left and right sides of the opening of the packaging bag 100 are sucked by the suction pad 15A and the suction pad 15B, respectively. Move in the direction of the arrow in the figure.
As a result, the opening of the packaging bag 100 expands, so that the extendable part 11A is extended to the bottom, and the guide part 11B is inserted into the charging pipe 22p with the guide plate 11Bp closed.
At this time, the lower end of the guide portion 11 </ b> B may enter the opening of the packaging bag 100.
(7) Next, as shown in FIG. 5 (7), the guide plate 11Bp of the guide device 11 is changed from the closed state to the open state by opening the umbrella.
At this time, the outermost portions of the plurality of guide plates 11Bp are slightly outside as viewed from the axial direction than the outer shape of the lower opening of the input pipe 22p.
(8) Next, as shown in FIG. 5 (8), the lifting frame 15F of the packaging bag mounting lifting device 15 is raised to the top while the packaging bag 100 is sucked by the suction pad 15A and the suction pad 15B. Position. At this time, since the guide plate 11Bp is opened and guides the packaging bag 100, the packaging bag 100 is smoothly attached to the charging pipe 22p without being caught by the charging pipe 22p.
After the packaging bag 100 is attached to the charging pipe 22p, the packaging bag 100 is gripped so as to be pressed against the charging pipe 22p so as to keep the state of being mounted by the gripping device 18 as shown in FIG. Note that the gripping device 18 may be provided in the filling machine 20.
(9) Next, as shown in FIG. 5 (9), the guide plate 11Bp is closed, and then the extendable portion 11A is contracted to move the guide portion 11B to the top.
And the lower end of the guide part 11B is arrange | positioned above the upper opening of the injection | throwing-in pipe 22p similarly to the initial position.
At the same time, under the control of the suction device, the negative pressure at each opening of the suction pad 15A and the suction pad 15B is turned off, and the lifting frame 15F is lowered.
At this time, the packaging bag 100 is gripped by a gripping device (not shown) and is maintained in a state in which the input pipe 22p is included.
(10) Then, as shown in FIG. 5 (10), the posture of the suction pad 15A is returned from the horizontal state to the vertical state, and is set to the same position as the initial position.
By the above procedure, the packaging bag 100 can be automatically put on the charging pipe 22p.
(11) Subsequently, in order to put another packaging bag 100 on another input pipe 22p, the turntable 22 of the filling machine 20 is rotated by a predetermined angle, and another input pipe 22p as shown in FIG. 5 (1). Is arranged under the guide device 11 and the above-described series of operations are sequentially performed.
As described above, the automatic packaging machine 1 automatically performs a series of operations of sequentially filling the packaging bag 100 with the objects to be packaged by extrapolating the packaging bag 100 to the input pipe 22p, rotating the turntable 22.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above. However, the automatic packaging machine and the packaging bag supply machine according to the present invention are not limited to the above-described embodiments, but the present invention described in the claims. Various modifications and changes are possible within the scope of the gist.

According to the present invention, the guide device is provided so as to be swingable between a closed state and an open state around a guide body provided at the lower end of the telescopic portion and a pivot provided at a lower portion of the guide body. Since the guide portion includes a plurality of elongated guide plates, the guide portion guides the packaging bag in the open state, and a packaging bag having a size equivalent to the size of the lower opening of the input pipe can be attached to the input pipe. .
In addition, since the guide part can be inserted through the charging pipe in the closed state, the guide part can be opened after passing from the top of the charging pipe to the bottom of the charging pipe. In this case, the guide portion can be arranged without hindering the operation.

  According to the present invention, since each outermost part of the guide plate is slightly outside the outer shape of the lower opening of the input pipe, the guide portion guides the packaging bag and is the same size as the lower opening of the input pipe. The packaging bag can be attached to the input pipe.

    According to the present invention, a packaging bag mounting lifting device of a packaging bag feeder having a guide device is supported by a lifting frame, a lifting drive device that lifts and lowers the lifting frame, and movably supported by the lifting frame. A first suction pad that detachably sucks one side of the bag and a second suction pad that is supported by the lifting frame and detachably sucks the other side of the packaging bag. The packaging bag can be automatically attached to the input pipe.

  According to the present invention, the automatic packaging machine includes the control device that controls the packaging bag supply machine including the guide device and the filling machine including the turntable including the input pipe in conjunction with each other. A series of operations in which the packaging bag is mounted, the turntable is rotated, and the packaging bag is filled with an article to be packaged can be sequentially and automatically performed.

  According to the present invention, since the packaging bag supply machine including the guide device is a unit that can be positioned with respect to the filling machine that fills the packaging bag with an object to be packaged, other devices such as a filling machine that does not have an automatic packaging function Can be added to the automatic packaging function.

  According to the present invention, it becomes possible to perform automatic packaging and automatic vacuum packing for various kinds of mushroom cultivation fungus beds, corn (sweet corn), single pickles such as radish and eggplant, steel pipes and resin pipes, etc. Work can be speeded up compared to work.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automatic packaging machine 10 Packaging bag supply machine 11 Guide apparatus 11A Telescopic part 11B Guide part 11Ba Guide part main body 11Bb Pivot 11Bp Guide plate 11M Guide drive apparatus 13 Main body frame 14 Roller 15 Packaging bag mounting lifting apparatus 15A Adsorption pad (first adsorption) pad)
15B Suction pad (second suction pad)
15F Lifting frame 15M Lifting drive device 16 Packaging bag supply tray 17 Control device 18 Holding device 20 Filling device 21 Support frame 21a Support shaft 21r Roller 22 Turntable 22a Supported shaft 22h Package input port 22p Input pipe 22t Top plate 23 Shaping Press device 24 Fixed position confirmation sensor 25 Rotation drive device 100 Packaging bag

Claims (6)

A guide device for guiding the packaging bag and extrapolating it with respect to an input pipe serving as a guide when filling the packaging bag with an article to be packaged,
The guide device includes a guide unit main body provided at a lower end of the extendable unit, and a plurality of swing units provided between a closed state and an open state about a pivot provided at a lower portion of the guide unit main body. A guide device comprising a guide portion including an elongated guide plate. The guide plate extends upward from the pivot in the closed state, and can be inserted through the charging pipe.
2. The outermost portion of each of the first and second pipes is slightly outside the outer shape of the lower opening of the charging pipe. Guide device.   The guide device according to claim 1, wherein the guide device includes an extendable portion that has the guide portion at a lower end portion and expands and contracts in a vertical direction. The guide portion is
In the closed state, it is sized to be inserted into the charging pipe and is inserted into the charging pipe, and the stretchable part is inserted into the charging pipe together with the guide part,
In the opened state, the outer shape is slightly larger than the outer shape of the charging pipe, and is positioned outside the opening of the charging pipe, and serves as a guide for extrapolating the packaging bag to the lower opening of the charging pipe. The guide device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the guide device is characterized in that A packaging bag feeder having a packaging bag mounting lifting device,
The packaging bag mounting lifting device is:
Elevating frame,
An elevating drive device for elevating the elevating frame;
A first suction pad that is movably supported with respect to the lifting frame and detachably sucks one surface of the packaging bag;
5. A second suction pad that is supported by the lifting frame and that detachably sucks the other surface of the packaging bag. 5. Packaging bag feeder with a guide device. An automatic packaging machine for automatically packaging the packaged article,
A filling machine for filling the packaging bag with the article to be packaged;
A control device for controlling the operation of the packaging bag feeder and the operation of the filling machine in conjunction with each other;
With
The filling machine has a support frame and a turntable that is rotatably supported by the support frame and includes a plurality of the input pipes,
6. The system according to claim 5, wherein a series of operations in which the packaging bag is extrapolated to the charging pipe, the turntable is rotated, and the packaging bag is filled with the article to be packaged are sequentially performed automatically. Automatic packaging machine with packaging bag feeder.

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