JP2021054527A - Cardboard box-making apparatus, box-making method, and box-making processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a box-making apparatus suitable for box-making a small-sized cardboard box, and to provide a box-making method thereof.SOLUTION: There are provided a stocker 1 for holding a folding original box of a cardboard box whose upper and lower portions are openings in a vertically directed and plurally overlapped state; expansion means 20 of expanding one side face of the original box in such a manner that the openings are vertically formed via movement onto a second side separated from a first side on a side of the stocker, that is provided on an upstream side in a conveyance direction substantially orthogonal to a direction of overlapping the original boxes with each other; folding means for folding a lower portion of an open box expanded at an upstream portion in the conveyance direction; feeding means 40 for feeding a box onto a downstream side from the upstream side in the conveyance direction; conveyance belt means 50 for conveying the box onto the downstream side while pressing each of both side faces of the open box sent by the feeding means; and sticking means 60 for sticking an adhesive tape to a bottom part of the box in a conveyance area by the conveyance belt means 50.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a corrugated cardboard box making device, a box making method, and a box making processing method.

In recent years, mail-order sales have flourished, and along with this, the amount of corrugated cardboard used has also increased. Also, as for the corrugated cardboard size, smaller ones are being used as personal consumption increases.

In the case of small-sized corrugated cardboard, it is more difficult to control the posture of the box during box making than in the case of large-sized corrugated cardboard. In addition, it becomes difficult to control the sealing box (sealing) with adhesive tape.

For example, as one relating to a good bottom assembly, the one of Patent Document 1 can be mentioned.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2019-89270

A main object of the present invention is to provide a corrugated cardboard box making device, a box making method, and a box making processing method suitable for making a small size corrugated cardboard box.

The corrugated cardboard box making device of the present invention
A stocker that holds a folding original box in a corrugated cardboard box with openings at the top and bottom, facing up and down and stacking multiple sheets.
The deploying means provided on the upstream side in the transport direction substantially orthogonal to the stacking direction of the original boxes,
A folding means for folding the lower part of the box unfolded in the upstream part in the transport direction,
A feeding means for feeding the box from the upstream side to the downstream side in the transport direction,
A transport belt means for transporting the box to the downstream side while pressing both side surfaces of the box fed by the feed means.
A sticking means for sticking an adhesive tape to the bottom of the box in the transport area by the transport belt means, and
It is characterized by being equipped with.

Further, the corrugated cardboard box making device of the present invention is
A stocker that holds a folding original box in a corrugated cardboard box with openings at the top and bottom, facing up and down and stacking multiple sheets.
It is provided on the upstream side in the transport direction substantially orthogonal to the stacking direction of the original boxes, and one side surface of the original boxes is moved from the first side on the stocker side to the second side away from the stocker side to open up and down. And the deployment means to deploy so that
A folding means for folding the lower part of the opening box developed in the upstream part in the transport direction, and
A feeding means for feeding the box from the upstream side to the downstream side in the transport direction,
A transport belt means for transporting the opening box to the downstream side while pressing both side surfaces of the opening box fed by the feed means.
A sticking means for sticking an adhesive tape to the bottom of the box in the transport area by the transport belt means, and
With
In the original box, the front and rear inner flap corresponding parts and the left and right outer flap corresponding parts are integrated on at least one of the upper surface and the lower surface of the box height.
The deploying means has an air suction pad that sucks the outer flap corresponding portion of the original box as one side surface and reciprocates between the first side and the second side.
It is characterized by that.

The corrugated cardboard box-making method of the present invention is a step of holding a folding original box in a corrugated cardboard box having openings at the top and bottom by a stocker in a state of facing up and down and stacking a plurality of sheets.
It is provided on the upstream side in the transport direction substantially orthogonal to the stacking direction of the original boxes, and one side surface of the original boxes is moved from the first side of the stocker side to the second side separated from the stocker side to open up and down. The process of deploying by deploying means, so that
The process of folding the lower part of the opening box developed in the upstream part in the transport direction by folding means,
The process of feeding a box from the upstream side to the downstream side in the transport direction by a feeding means,
The process of transporting the opening box to the downstream side by the transport belt means while pressing both side surfaces of the opening box fed by the feed means.
A step of attaching an adhesive tape to the bottom of the box in the transport area by the transport belt means by the sticking means.
It is characterized by having.

The corrugated cardboard box processing method of the present invention
A process of holding a folding original box in a corrugated cardboard box with openings at the top and bottom by a stocker in a state where multiple sheets are stacked vertically.
It is provided on the upstream side in the transport direction substantially orthogonal to the stacking direction of the original boxes, and one side surface of the original boxes is moved from the first side of the stocker side to the second side separated from the stocker side to open up and down. The process of deploying by deploying means, so that
The process of folding the lower part of the opening box developed in the upstream part in the transport direction by folding means,
The process of feeding a box from the upstream side to the downstream side in the transport direction by a feeding means,
The process of transporting the opening box to the downstream side by the transport belt means while pressing both side surfaces of the opening box fed by the feed means.
A step of attaching an adhesive tape to the bottom of the box in the transport area by the transport belt means by the sticking means.
The process of storing stored items in a canned cardboard box,
The process of sealing the top surface of the cardboard box containing the stored items with adhesive tape,
The process of attaching an address label to a cardboard box,
Reading process to read the information on the mailing label,
Is characterized by having in this order.

According to the above invention, it is possible to provide a box-making device and a box-making method suitable for box-making of a small-sized corrugated cardboard box.

It is a schematic plan view of an example of a box making device. It is a perspective view of the opening process in box making. It is a perspective view for pretreatment of a lower flap. It is a perspective view of an opening box. It is a perspective view for folding processing of a lower flap. It is a schematic plan view of an example of a box making device. It is explanatory drawing of the holding state of the lower flap. It is a front view of the outline of the main part of an example of a box making device. It is a front view of the arrangement form of a transport belt. It is a perspective view of the lower flap irregular state of an opening box. It is a development view of the corrugated cardboard thin box example. It is a perspective view of the corrugated cardboard thin box which sealed the lower flap. It is a perspective view of the stage before sealing about the upper flap. It is a perspective view of a corrugated cardboard thin box in a sealed state (attachment tape is not shown). It is a perspective view for explanation about the dimension of the target corrugated cardboard thin box. It is a schematic plan view for explanation for the corrugated cardboard box making processing method.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.

The box-making device shown in the embodiment is suitable for a thin corrugated cardboard box having a small height, and includes a folding corrugated cardboard box in which flaps are folded up and down (hereinafter, also referred to as "flap-separated corrugated cardboard box"). It can also be applied to the box making of a corrugated cardboard box (hereinafter, also referred to as "connected flap type corrugated cardboard box") as a development example of Practical New Design Registration No. 3139567, which is described later and the upper and lower lids can be folded without flaps. It is a thing.
Therefore, the box-making device of the present invention is a dedicated machine for one of the "flap-separated cardboard box" and the "connected flap-type corrugated cardboard box", and may also be a dual-purpose machine.

An overview of the corrugated cardboard boxing device of the embodiment is typically illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 7.
The box-making device has a stocker 1 that holds a folding original box 10 in a corrugated cardboard box having openings at the top and bottom in a vertically oriented state and a plurality of stacked sheets.
As the stocker 1, a known structure can be used as it is.
Reference numeral 2 in FIG. 1 is a box-making main body, and reference numeral 3 is a box ejection guide.

The deploying means 20 is provided on the upstream side of the transport direction X substantially orthogonal to the stacking direction Y of the original box 10.

Further, a folding means 30 for folding the lower portion of the box B developed in the upstream portion of the transport direction X is provided, and a feeding means 40 for feeding the box B from the upstream side to the downstream side of the transport direction X is provided.

A transport belt means 50 is provided for transporting the box B to the downstream side while pressing both side surfaces of the box B fed by the feed means 40, and an adhesive tape is attached to the bottom of the box B in the transport area by the transport belt means 50. The sticking means 60 is provided.

Subsequently, a specific example will be described.
The deploying means 20 advances, sucks one side surface of the original box 10, and then retracts, and has an appropriate number of air suction pads 21 that reciprocate between the first side to suck and the second side to retract. It is desirable that the holding plate 22 is provided in order to regulate one side surface of the sucked original box 10 and maintain the elevation state. An appropriate movement mechanism can be used for reciprocating movement, and in addition to a cylinder, a motor, a linear actuator, or the like can be used.

As the folding means 30 for folding the lower part of the box B developed in the upstream portion of the transport direction X, for example, folding the flap, a known folding means can be used.
Although the folding means 30 of the embodiment is unfolded by the unfolding means 20 as shown in FIG. 3, the opening is not rectangular and tends to be a parallelogram as shown by the angle α. It has a flap flip-up bar 31 shown in FIG. 4, and the flap flip-up bar 31 rises from below and flips up the outer flap on the side as shown in FIG. 4, so that the subsequent folding is surely performed. Pre-process.

When the pretreatment by the flap flip-up bar 31 is completed, each of the outer flaps on the side is folded by the raising by the folding roll 32.
At this time, as shown in FIG. 5, since it tends to be a parallelogram at an angle α, the pressing arm 33 rises from the front to correct this, and the sphere 33a at the tip of the holding arm 33 raises the front surface of the inner flap. Push. As a result, or with the help of feeding by the feeding means 40 described below from the rear, the rectangular cylinder box B is formed, and each outer flap is surely folded by the folding roll 32.
The folding roll 32 can be appropriately held by an arm (not shown) rotatably, and the arm can be configured to undulate.
In addition to the cylinder, a motor, a linear actuator, or the like can be used as the undulating motion mechanism of the folding roll 32 and the pressing arm 33.

As the feeding means 40 for feeding the box from the upstream side to the downstream side in the transport direction X, a known feeding means can be used.
When the unfolding of the box B by the unfolding means 20 is completed, the feeding means 40 of the embodiment moves forward along the transport direction X from the state of retreating and waiting, and moves forward from the rear part of the unfolded box. Send to.
It has a feed plate 41 for feeding. Further, in order to hold the rear surface of the box B and hold the right angle of the box in cooperation with the deploying means 20, it is desirable to provide an appropriate number of air suction pads 42.
An appropriate movement mechanism can be used for the reciprocating movement of the feed plate 41 and the suction pad 42, and a motor, a linear actuator, or the like can be used in addition to the cylinder.

The box B sent by the feeding means 40 is sent between the transport belt means 50 and 50 by the feeding means 40.
As the transport belt means 50, a known transport belt means can be used. The transport belt means 50 of the embodiment is wound around an appropriate number of transport rollers 51. As shown in FIG. 8, the transport belt 52 is provided with a downward gradient at an angle θ toward the downstream of the transport direction X.

Both side surfaces of the box B are pressed by the transport belt means 50 and 50 and transported to the downstream side. Below the transport area by the transport belt means 50, a sticking means 60 for sticking the adhesive tape 61 to the bottom of the box B is provided.
As the sticking means 60, a known one can be used.

Since the transport belt 52 is provided with a downward gradient of an angle θ (preferably an angle θ of 2 to 10 degrees) toward the downstream of the transport direction X, the boxes B to be transported are sequentially pushed downward. Therefore, when the adhesive tape 61 is attached to the bottom of the box B by the attaching means 60, the lower flap of the box B is folded at a right angle to the side surface (high shape retention). ), The adhesive tape 61 can be normally attached.
In particular, in the case of a box having a low height, the length 61t extending on the front and rear surfaces of the adhesive tape is short (see FIG. 14), so that the lower surface flap is securely fixed by the adhesive tape 61. The downward slope form of the transport belt 52 is effective.

On the other hand, as described above, although the unfolding means 20 unfolds as shown in FIG. 3 or 5, the opening tends not to be rectangular but to be parallelogram as shown by the angle α.

Therefore, as described above, the side surface of the box B is provided by the deploying means 20 having the air suction pad 21 and the holding plate 22 for restricting one side surface of the sucked original box 10 and holding the elevation state. When the rear surface of the box B is supported by the feeding means 40 having the air suction pad 42 and the feeding plate 41, the box B can be held in a right-angled rectangular shape, which is a desirable form.

On the other hand, the box unfolded by the unfolding means 20 tends to be a parallelogram even if the side surface and the rear surface can be regulated at right angles.
Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the front surface can be regulated in a rectangular shape by pressing the front surface rearward by the pressing arm 33.

Further, as it tends to be a parallelogram, as shown in FIG. 9, the front edge of the lower surface outer flap b1 on the first side of the stocker 1 side tends to protrude in front of the front surface of the box B. .. If the sticking tape is sent to the sticking means 60 as it is and the sticking tape is stuck, the seal will be irregular.

Therefore, it is desirable to provide the restricting means 70 that appears and disappears up and down at a position facing the front edge of the lower surface outer flap b1 on the first side of the stocker 1. As the regulating means 70, for example, a plate having a shape shown in the figure can be used, and a cylinder, a vertical movement mechanism by a linear actuator, an undulation mechanism by rotation of the plate by a motor, and the like can be used to move up and down.
After the box B is fed forward by the feeding means 40 and the front edge of the lower surface outer flap b1 comes into contact with the regulating means 70, when the box B is continuously fed for a very short time while maintaining that state, the lower flap b1 The front edge will recede or the entire box will be straightened at right angles.
At the end of the correction, the regulatory means 70 sinks to escape downward.
Even with such a regulating means 70, irregular sealing can be prevented and a regular adhesive tape can be sealed.
Although it is not impossible to provide the regulating means 70 on the second side, it is difficult to secure an installation space by making a small box, and only the first side of the stocker 1 side is sufficient. I have confirmed that.

In a small box (or thin box) with a low box height and a short length and width, the upper and lower opening edges remain horizontal in the unfolded state, the box B holds a rectangular parallelepiped, and the box B tilts. The lack is important for later sealing.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1, after the stocker 1 has moved the original box 10 to the transport line side by the deploying means 20, the stocker 1 is retracted above the transport belt means 50 as shown in FIG. It is desirable that the first-side straightening means 80 moves to the front of the stocker 1 to straighten the outer flap on the upper surface to the elevation state.
A motion mechanism such as a cylinder, a motor, or a linear actuator can be used for the reciprocating movement of the first side correction means 80 in the transport direction.

The surface of the first side straightening means 80 facing the outer flap of the upper surface may be plate-shaped, and if necessary, an appropriate number of air adsorption pads 81 may be provided. If the air suction pad 81 is used, the left and right surfaces can be held in the unfolded state on the first side and the second side, so that the right-angled tubular box can be easily formed.

Further, a lower edge straightening means 90 for keeping the level of the opening edge horizontal is provided at the lower part of the box in the upstream portion in the transport direction in which the original box 10 is transferred from the stocker 1 to the transport line side by the deploying means 20. Is desirable.
In particular, in the case of a "flap-separated corrugated cardboard box", the lower flap is bent and easily loses its shape in the vertical direction, so that the lower edge correcting means 90 that horizontally supports the entire lower flap from below is effective.
The edge straightening means 90 may be plate-shaped or the like.

On the other hand, if, for example, a plate-shaped lower edge straightening means 91 is provided on the upper side facing the lower edge straightening means 90, and the entire upper flap is pressed downward and supported horizontally, the lower opening edge of the box B is held horizontally. It is effective because the uprightness of the box B can be guaranteed.

Next, the "flap-connected corrugated cardboard box" will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 to 13. In the case of the "flap-separated cardboard box", it was necessary to fold the flaps in four stages, but according to the "flap-connected cardboard box", the folding is completed in two stages, the inner flap folding and the outer flap. It has the advantage of simplifying the sealing and opening operations.
The “flap-connected corrugated cardboard box” of the illustrated embodiment is, for example, a development example of Utility Model Registration No. 3139567.

In the flap-connected corrugated cardboard box B1 shown in FIGS. 10 to 13, the inner flap 2 and the outer flap 3 are integrated, and sewing machine-like cut portions c are formed at coarse intervals in the folded line portions. ..
At the time of sealing, the joint margin portion d in FIG. 10 is joined to flatten the square cylinder, and the stocker 1 is installed.
In the same way, unfolding and sealing of the lower surface are performed.

In the structure of the flap-connected corrugated cardboard box B1, if necessary, the front and rear inner flap corresponding parts and the left and right outer flap corresponding parts are integrated on the upper surface (top surface) and the lower surface (bottom surface) of the box height. It is a thing.
In addition to the illustrated example, the front and rear inner flap corresponding portions and the left and right outer flap corresponding portions may be integrated on one of the upper surface and the lower surface of the box height.
In this case, on the upper surface of the box height, the front and rear inner flap equivalent parts and the left and right outer flap equivalent parts are integrated, which is the flow of the work of loading and folding the stored items later. More desirable from a point of view.

When handling the flap-connected corrugated cardboard box B1, it is desirable that the deploying means 20 sucks and holds the upper surface of the box height.

In the case of the flap-connected corrugated cardboard box B1, since the flaps are not individually displaced, they are easily held horizontally without tilting during the unfolding process.
Therefore, it is possible to manufacture a box without using the various correction means and various regulation means described above.
However, usually, it is a user's request to make a flap-separated corrugated cardboard box instead of a box-making machine dedicated to a flap-connected corrugated cardboard box. It is desirable to have regulatory measures.

The box-making device of the present invention is suitable for box-making of small-sized corrugated cardboard boxes.
For example, as the small size corrugated cardboard box, those in the following range are suitable with respect to the size shown in FIG.
H: 20-80 mm (more preferably 20-50 mm, especially 20-40 mm)
L: 140 to 300 mm (more preferably 180 to 250 mm)
W: 70 to 210 mm (more preferably 100 to 180 mm)

Cardboard boxes are used to carry luggage. It is necessary to identify the baggage destination after sealing.
For this purpose, for example, an electronic tag can be used.

As is well known, an electronic tag (also called an RF tag, IC tag, RF label, etc.) connects an IC chip and an antenna connected to the IC chip in order to store and read information in a non-contact manner by short-range wireless communication. Have. In addition, electronic tags generally have an adhesive surface on the back surface for attachment to an object, or have no adhesive surface and are attached to a product with a string or the like. RFID (Radio frequency identification) uses such electronic tags to automatically write information about luggage (objects) to which electronic tags are attached and read information stored in the electronic tags by wireless communication. It is a recognition system.

Various studies and proposals have been made on electronic tags, and some have been realized and some have not. For example, electronic tags are expected to be applied to individual product management as an alternative to optically readable tags such as barcodes. In Japan, the use of electronic tags in specific retail businesses is known, but the current situation is that they are not used in many retail businesses. The main reason for this is that the unit price of electronic tags is high, but there are problems with reading accuracy (blocking of radio waves due to water contained in the contents of the product, metal product containers, etc.) and attachment of electronic tags to individual products. The unfinished technology is also a hindrance to its widespread use.

However, the active use of electronic tags has the potential of a product management revolution.
A transport line for transporting a box-making object to which an electronic tag is attached, a tag attachment portion for attaching an electronic tag in which identification information is written to the box-making object on the transport line, and the tag attachment in the transport line. It is desirable to provide a reading device that reads the identification information written on the electronic tag from the electronic tag attached to the box-making product on the transport line on the downstream side of the unit and use it for later distribution.

In a series of corrugated cardboard box-making processes, as shown in FIG. 15, a step 11 of storing the stored items in the can-made corrugated cardboard box B after the box-making is completed.
Step 12 of sealing the upper surface of the cardboard box containing the stored items with adhesive tape,
Step 13 of attaching the mailing label to the cardboard box,
Reading step 14 for reading the information on the address label,
A corrugated cardboard boxing processing method having the above in this order can be adopted.
Those that have undergone the reading step 14 are delivered after the distribution step 15.

An electronic tag is attached to the address label, and the reading step 14 can read the information written in the electronic tag.

1 ... Stocker, 10 ... Original box, 20 ... Unfolding means, 30 ... Folding means, 40 ... Feeding means, 50 ... Sticking means, 60 ... Sticking means, 70 ... 80 ... First side straightening means, 90 ... Lower edge Corrective means, B ... box, X ... transport direction, Y ... stacking direction.

Claims (9)

A stocker that holds a folding original box in a corrugated cardboard box with openings at the top and bottom, facing up and down and stacking multiple sheets.
It is provided on the upstream side in the transport direction substantially orthogonal to the stacking direction of the original boxes, and one side surface of the original boxes is moved from the first side on the stocker side to the second side away from the stocker side to open up and down. And the deployment means to deploy so that
A folding means for folding the lower part of the opening box developed in the upstream part in the transport direction, and
A feeding means for feeding the box from the upstream side to the downstream side in the transport direction,
A transport belt means for transporting the opening box to the downstream side while pressing both side surfaces of the opening box fed by the feed means.
A sticking means for sticking an adhesive tape to the bottom of the box in the transport area by the transport belt means, and
A corrugated cardboard box making device characterized by being equipped with. The corrugated cardboard box making device according to claim 1, wherein the deploying means has an air suction pad that sucks one side surface of the original box and reciprocates between the first side and the second side. A stocker that holds a folding original box in a corrugated cardboard box with openings at the top and bottom, facing up and down and stacking multiple sheets.
It is provided on the upstream side in the transport direction substantially orthogonal to the stacking direction of the original boxes, and one side surface of the original boxes is moved from the first side on the stocker side to the second side away from the stocker side to open up and down. And the deployment means to deploy so that
A folding means for folding the lower part of the opening box developed in the upstream part in the transport direction, and
A feeding means for feeding the box from the upstream side to the downstream side in the transport direction,
A transport belt means for transporting the opening box to the downstream side while pressing both side surfaces of the opening box fed by the feed means.
A sticking means for sticking an adhesive tape to the bottom of the box in the transport area by the transport belt means, and
With
In the original box, the front and rear inner flap corresponding parts and the left and right outer flap corresponding parts are integrated on at least one of the upper surface and the lower surface of the box height.
The deploying means has an air suction pad that sucks the outer flap corresponding portion of the original box as one side surface and reciprocates between the first side and the second side.
A corrugated cardboard box making device characterized by this. The corrugated cardboard box-making device according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the transport belt of the transport belt means is provided with a downward slope toward the downstream in the transport direction. The corrugated cardboard box making device according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the feeding means has a plate substantially orthogonal to the transport direction. The corrugated cardboard box making device according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the feeding means has a plate substantially orthogonal to the transport direction and an air adsorption pad. A process of holding a folding original box in a corrugated cardboard box with openings at the top and bottom by a stocker in a state where multiple sheets are stacked vertically.
It is provided on the upstream side in the transport direction substantially orthogonal to the stacking direction of the original boxes, and one side surface of the original boxes is moved from the first side of the stocker side to the second side separated from the stocker side to open up and down. The process of deploying by deploying means, so that
The process of folding the lower part of the opening box developed in the upstream part in the transport direction by folding means,
The process of feeding a box from the upstream side to the downstream side in the transport direction by a feeding means,
The process of transporting the opening box to the downstream side by the transport belt means while pressing both side surfaces of the opening box fed by the feed means.
A step of attaching an adhesive tape to the bottom of the box in the transport area by the transport belt means by the sticking means.
A corrugated cardboard box making method characterized by having. A process of holding a folding original box in a corrugated cardboard box with openings at the top and bottom by a stocker in a state where multiple sheets are stacked vertically.
It is provided on the upstream side in the transport direction substantially orthogonal to the stacking direction of the original boxes, and one side surface of the original boxes is moved from the first side of the stocker side to the second side separated from the stocker side to open up and down. The process of deploying by deploying means, so that
The process of folding the lower part of the opening box developed in the upstream part in the transport direction by folding means,
The process of feeding a box from the upstream side to the downstream side in the transport direction by a feeding means,
The process of transporting the opening box to the downstream side by the transport belt means while pressing both side surfaces of the opening box fed by the feed means.
A step of attaching an adhesive tape to the bottom of the box in the transport area by the transport belt means by the sticking means.
The process of storing stored items in a canned cardboard box,
The process of sealing the top surface of the cardboard box containing the stored items with adhesive tape,
The process of attaching an address label to a cardboard box,
Reading process to read the information on the mailing label,
A corrugated cardboard box-making processing method, which comprises having the above in this order. The corrugated cardboard box-making processing method according to claim 8, wherein an electronic tag is attached to the address label, and the reading step reads the information written in the electronic tag.

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