JP2023037508A - Boxing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a boxing machine capable of boxing, in a box body, attachment items in a properly folded state together with articles.SOLUTION: Box conveyance means 11 for conveying a cylindrical carton 10 and an article conveyance conveyor 13 for conveying articles 12 are arranged in parallel. In an article packing work part S3, there is provided a packing device 15 for packing the articles 12 in a carton 10 together with an accompanying document 14. In the article packing work part S3, there is provided support means 40 for supporting the accompanying documents 14 between the box conveyance means 11 and the article conveyance conveyor 13. The packing device 15 includes a pusher 45 for pushing the articles 12 toward the carton 10 and reception means 46 for clamping the articles 12 and the accompanying documents 14 with the pusher 45. The packing device 15 packs the articles 12 and the accompanying documents 14 pushed by the pusher 45 into the carton 10 with the pusher 45 and the reception member 46.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cartoning machine that packs an attachment such as an instruction manual of an article into a cylindrical box together with the article.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a cartoning machine that packs articles into a flat folded box into a cylindrical shape, it is configured to pack attached documents (attachments) such as instructions describing how to use the article together with the article. A cartoning machine has been proposed (for example, Patent Document 1). In the cartoning machine of Patent Document 1, an attached document is placed in front of one opening of a cylindrical box, and the item is pushed into the box by pushing the item against the attached document with a pusher. Attached documents wrapped around the outer periphery of the article in a U-shape are packed together with the article in the box body.

JP-A-4-267722

In the cartoning machine disclosed in Patent Document 1, when the articles and attached documents are pushed together from the opening of the cylindrical box by the pusher, the attached documents may be damaged by friction or contact resistance between the inner surface of the box and the attached documents. There is a problem that the document is misaligned with respect to the article and is not bent in a U-shape. In particular, when the attached document is long, the positions of both ends of the attached document are greatly displaced in the pushing direction, and one end remains protruding from the outside of the box body, which causes a problem that hinders the sealing work. I was afraid.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a cartoning machine capable of packing attachments into a carton together with articles in a properly folded state.

The cartoning machine of the invention according to claim 1 of the present application is
A cartoning machine for packing an article (12) conveyed by an article conveying means (13) into a cylindrical box (10) conveyed by a box conveying means (11),
The article (12) is placed in one opening (16a) of the box (10) together with the attachment (14) supplied between the article (12) and one opening (16a) of the box (10). ) and a pusher (45) pushing towards
and a receiving member (46) for sandwiching the article (12) pushed by the pusher (45) and the attachment (14) with the pusher (45) and stuffing them into the box (10). .
According to the first aspect of the invention, since the article and the attachment are sandwiched between the pusher and the receiving member and packed into the box body, the attachment can be placed around the article without being displaced. Articles can be packed into the box in a properly wound state. That is, it is possible to prevent the ends of the attachment from protruding out of the box due to the attachment being displaced from the article, and preventing the sealing work from being hindered.

In the invention according to claim 2, the end of the receiving member (46) is attached to the attachment (14) before the attachment (14) is pushed by the pusher (45). It is characterized in that it is inserted through the inside of the box (10) from the other opening (16b) side to a position close to it and stands by.
According to the second aspect of the invention, since the receiving member is made to stand by at a position close to the attachment, the attachment is prevented from being displaced before the article pushed by the pusher and the attachment are stuffed into the box. can be prevented.

In the invention according to claim 3, the pusher (45) has a seal portion (12a) extending from the object accommodating portion (12b) of the article (12) in which the object is packed in the article pushing surface. is formed with a relief portion (45a) capable of receiving the
According to the third aspect of the invention, the seal portion of the article can be accommodated in the escape portion of the pusher, and the pusher can properly push the article.

In the invention according to claim 4, the attachment (14) is placed in a standing posture so that the longitudinal middle of the attachment (14) is positioned between the article (12) and one opening (16a) of the box (10). a support means (40) for supporting at
The support means (40) is characterized by forming a concave portion (41a) that expands forward and backward in the direction in which the article is pushed out by the pusher (45) to support the lower end of the attachment (14) as it extends upward. .
According to the fourth aspect of the invention, the lower end of the attachment is supported by the concave portion that expands forward and backward in the direction in which the pusher pushes the article as it goes upward, so that when the attachment is pushed by the article, the attachment can be pushed. The lower end of the object can be prevented from smoothly coming out of the concave portion and moving together with the object to be out of position.

In the invention according to claim 5, the support means (40) includes a guide portion (43) for guiding the article (12) and the attachment (14) pushed by the pusher (45). By the time the object (14) enters between the pair of side flaps (19a, 19a) extending from the trunk (16) of the box (10), the box (10) in the guide section (43) It is characterized in that the side end portion is configured to move to a position facing between the pair of side flaps (19a, 19a).
According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when the articles and attachments are stuffed, the end of the guide portion is moved to a position facing between the pair of side flaps of the box body, so that the articles and attachments are placed between the side flaps. It can be well packed in the box without interference.

According to the present invention, articles can be packed into the box body with the attachments appropriately wound around the box body, and the attachments are prevented from protruding from the box body and interfering with the sealing work. be able to.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a cartoner; FIG. It is a schematic perspective view which shows the carton which was put up in cylindrical shape. It is a schematic plan view showing a box conveying means. It is a schematic front view showing a box conveying means. It is a schematic longitudinal side view of a box conveying means. It is a schematic perspective view which shows the folding member of a feeding apparatus, (a) shows a 1st folding member, (b) shows a 2nd folding member. It is a schematic front view which shows a holding|maintenance apparatus. It is a schematic longitudinal side view showing the main part of a holding device. It is a schematic vertical side view which shows a stuffing apparatus. It is a schematic perspective view which shows the principal part of an article stuffing work part. FIG. 4 is a schematic vertical cross-sectional side view showing a main part of an article stuffing operation section; Fig. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the pusher of the stuffing device; FIG. 4 is a schematic plan view showing a receiving member of the stuffing device; It is a schematic vertical side view which shows a sealing operation|work part. It is a schematic perspective view which shows a sealing operation|work part. FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a process of packing articles into cartons in an article packing operation section; It is explanatory drawing which shows the sealing process of the carton in a sealing operation|work part.

Next, a preferred embodiment of a cartoning machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the embodiments, a cartoner for packing articles into a carton as a box will be described as a cartoning machine. The material of the carton is not limited to thick paper, but may be cardboard, corrugated paper, or other various materials.

As shown in FIG. 1, the cartoner of the embodiment includes a box conveying means 11 for conveying a cylindrical carton 10, and an article transporting means 11 for conveying articles 12 packed in the carton 10, which are arranged side by side with the box conveying means 11. A conveying conveyor (article conveying means) 13 and a stuffing device 15 for collectively packing the articles 12 and attachments 14 supplied between the box conveying means 11 and the article conveying conveyor 13 into a carton 10 are provided. The attached document 14 includes an attached document 14 such as a manual describing how to use the article 12, and the attached document 14 is formed into a rectangular shape by folding a paper sheet. Cartons 10 are picked up one by one by a carton feeding device (not shown) from a magazine (not shown) in which flatly folded cartons 10 are accumulated, and are raised in a cylindrical shape to convey the boxes. It is configured to supply to a carton supply operation section S1 of the means 11, which will be described later. The folded rectangular carton 10 handled by the cartoner of the embodiment is a one-touch carton in which a rectangular tube-shaped trunk portion 16 is formed by folding the carton. As shown in FIG. 2, the carton 10 has a cylindrical body 16 composed of four continuous rectangular panels, a bottom panel 17, a top panel 18 and two side panels 19, 19. Lid flaps 20 extend from both opening ends of the bottom panel 17 (opening sides of the openings 16a and 16b of the body 16), and both opening ends of each side panel 19 (openings 16a and 16b of the body 16). The side flaps 19a extend from the opening sides of the . At the extending end of the lid flap 20, a margin flap 20a is provided through a ruled line 20b. In the embodiment, the carton feeder is configured to feed a plurality (four) of cartons 10 to the box carrier 11 with the bottom panel 17 facing downward.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the box conveying means 11 includes a mounting portion 21 composed of a plurality of (two in the embodiment) rails 21a, and cartons 10 supplied to the mounting portion 21 by the carton feeding device. and a feeding device 22 for holding and conveying the body 16 to the downstream side. The cylindrical carton 10 supplied to the placing section 21 by the carton supply device is, as shown in FIG. 16 is mounted so as to straddle both rails 21a, 21a. A pair of aligning members 23a, 23a sandwiching the placing portion 21 in a direction crossing the carton conveying direction is provided corresponding to the carton supplying operation portion S1 where the cartons 10 are placed on the placing portion 21 by the carton feeding device. Alignment devices 23 (see FIG. 1) are provided which are movable toward and away from each other. The aligning device 23 moves the pair of aligning members 23a, 23a from the spaced position that permits the transfer of the carton 10 to the carton supply operation section S1 in the placing section 21 to the approaching position. Alignment members 23a, 23a are lightly brought into contact with the tips of the lid flaps 20, 20 of the four placed cartons 10, and the cartons 10 are positioned at proper positions with respect to the placing portion 21.例文帳に追加The direction crossing the carton conveying direction is hereinafter referred to as the left-right direction.

As shown in FIG. 4, the feeding device 22 is arranged below the placing portion 21 and moves the body portion 16 of each carton 10 placed on the placing portion 21 between the rails 21a, 21a in the width direction. a plurality of lower clamping portions 24 capable of clamping from both sides (front and back in the carton conveying direction); a lifting means 25 consisting of a plurality of cylinders 25a for vertically moving the lower clamping portions 24; A moving mechanism 26 capable of reciprocating the portion 24 back and forth in the extending direction of the placing portion 21 (carton conveying direction) is provided. In the feeding device 22 of the embodiment, five sets of transfer portions 27 each including four lower clamping portions 24 arranged side by side in the carton conveying direction are arranged at regular intervals in the carton conveying direction. 22 is configured to be able to clamp and convey twenty cartons 10 at a time. Each lower holding portion 24 is composed of a pair of pinching members 24a, 24a that are opposed to each other in the width direction and can be moved toward and away from each other. (not shown) to simultaneously move toward and away from each other. In addition, the lifting means 25 raises and lowers all the lower clamping portions 24 at once to move the lower clamping portions 24 to the lower retracted position where the clamping members 24a, 24a are sunk from the placing portion 21, and the rails 21a, 21a. and a clamping position protruding upward from the gap.

The moving mechanism 26 employs a linear operating mechanism that servo-controls an electric actuator. That is, below the mounting portion 21, a slider 29 provided with the lifting means 25 is movable on a rail member 28 (see FIG. 5) extending along the extending direction of the mounting portion 21. , and the slider 29 is configured to move back and forth in the carton conveying direction by the moving mechanism 26 . That is, in the embodiment, five sets of transfer units 27 are configured to reciprocate back and forth along the carton conveying direction at one time. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, in the box conveying means 11, a plurality of working sections S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, and S6 are set on the placing section 21 at regular intervals in the carton conveying direction. there is In the embodiment, as work units, a carton supply work unit S1, a flap forming work unit S2, an article stuffing work unit S3, a flap temporary folding work unit S4, a sealing work unit S5, and an ejection work unit S6 are arranged in this order. It is set from the upstream side in the transport direction. The moving mechanism 26 moves the transfer section group to a retracted position where the most upstream transfer section 27 faces the carton supply work section S1 so that each transfer section 27 reciprocates between two work sections adjacent in the carton conveying direction. , the most downstream transfer section 27 is configured to reciprocate between the forward position facing the discharge work section S6. Then, the feeding device 22 box-motions the transfer section 27 by the vertical movement by the lifting means 25 and the reciprocating movement by the moving mechanism 26, thereby flapping the four cartons 10 supplied to the carton supply operation section S1. It is configured to transport and position the curling work section S2, the article stuffing work section S3, the flap temporary folding work section S4, the sealing work section S5 and the discharge work section S6 in this order. 3 and 4 show a state in which the moving mechanism 26 positions the transfer section group at the forward position.

Each of the working sections S2, S3, S4, and S5 is arranged above the four working sections S2 to S5, namely, the flap forming section S2, the article stuffing section S3, the flap temporary folding section S4, and the sealing section S5. A holding device 30 is provided for holding the carton 10 transported to the . As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the holding device 30 includes a plurality of upper clamping portions 31 that clamp the body portion 16 of the carton 10 from both sides in the width direction, and an elevating mechanism 32 that vertically moves the upper clamping portions 31. And prepare. The upper clamping section 31 is provided with the flap shaping section S2, the article stuffing section S3, the flap pre-folding section S4 and the sealing section S5. The four cartons 10 transported to S5 are provided at equal intervals in the carton transport direction by the number that can be clamped. The elevating mechanism 32 employs a linear actuation mechanism that servo-controls an electric actuator, moves up and down an elevating member 33 on which a plurality of upper clamping portions 31 are arranged, and places the actuator on the mounting portion 21 . The upper clamping part 31 is configured to be positioned at a lower clamping position where the cartons 10 being transported can be clamped and an upper standby position where the cartons 10 conveyed by the feeding device 22 are not interfered. Each upper clamping portion 31 is composed of a pair of clamping members 31a, 31a that are opposed to each other in the width direction and can be moved toward and away from each other. are configured to simultaneously move toward and away from each other by means of actuating means 35 actuated by . The pinching members 31a, 31a of the upper pinching portion 31 of the holding device 30 are configured to pinch a portion of the carton 10 different from the pinching portion of the carton 10 by the pinching members 24a, 24a of the lower pinching portion 24 of the feeding device 22. , the upper and lower holding portions 24 and 31 are configured so as not to contact and interfere with each other.

As shown in FIG. 7, the holding device 30 is provided with pressing members 31b for pressing the top panel 18 of the carton 10 from above on the surfaces of the upper clamping portion 31 facing the clamping members 31a. An elevating body 64 is supported by the elevating member 33 so as to be able to ascend and descend above the sealing work section S5. Correspondingly, a suction portion 64a capable of suctioning the top panel 18 of the carton 10 is provided. The elevating body 64 is configured to move up and down by an air cylinder 64b as an operating means, and the four adsorption portions 64a are configured to move up and down together. Two suction portions 64a are provided spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the body portion 16. When inserting a glue margin flap 20a (to be described later) into the body portion 16, the end of the opening side of the top panel 18 is lifted to hold the body. It is configured to assist insertion of the margin flap 20a into the portion 16 (see FIG. 17). Further, the suction portion 64a is configured to descend so as to press the inner surface of the top panel 18 against the glue application surface of the paste margin flap 20a after the paste margin flap 20a is inserted into the body portion 16. As shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, corresponding to the flap shaping operation section S2, a pair of side walls extending from the opening side of the opening 16a of each carton 10 facing the article transport conveyor 13 (on the packing side of the articles 12). A curling means 36 is provided for curling the flaps 19a, 19a so as to spread them apart. The curling means 36 has attachment members 37 extending along the carton conveying direction, and curling members 38 spaced apart in the carton conveying direction corresponding to the four cartons 10 positioned in the flap curling work section S2. four are arranged. The curling means 36 moves the mounting member 37 back and forth in the lateral direction to move the curling member 38 to an outer standby position where it does not interfere with the side flaps 19a of the carton 10 conveyed by the feeding device 22, and a pair of side flaps. It is configured to be positioned between the flaps 19a, 19a at a curled position, and is configured to be reciprocally movable forward and backward in the carton conveying direction. That is, by moving the mounting member 37 back and forth in the carton conveying direction with the corrugating member 38 positioned at the corrugating position, the side flaps 19a, 19a opposed to the carton conveying direction are pushed outward by the corrugating member 38. It is configured to be bent to form a habit.

As shown in FIG. 1, the article conveying conveyor 13 for conveying articles 12 is arranged side by side with the box conveying means 11 on the opposite side of the carton 10 from the magazine. The article conveying conveyor 13 employs a bucket conveyor that conveys the articles 12 individually contained in buckets, and is configured to convey the articles 12 at the same intervals as the intervals between the cartons 10 conveyed by the box conveying means 11. be done. The bucket opens upward from a bottom wall on which the articles 12 are placed and a pair of side walls erected at the front and rear edges of the bottom wall in the article conveying direction and in the left and right directions intersecting the article conveying direction. It is formed so that an article can be pushed out by a pusher 45, which will be described later. On the article conveying conveyor 13, each of the four articles 12 conveyed to the portion corresponding to the article packing work section S3 in the box conveying means 11 is transferred to the corresponding four cartons 10 positioned in the article packing section S3. It is configured to be positioned outside one opening 16a (see FIG. 10). In this embodiment, an area including the article packing section S3 of the box conveying means 11 and the portion corresponding to the article packing section S3 in the article conveying conveyor 13 is defined as the article packing section S3. A supporting means 40, which will be described later, for supporting the attached document 14 is arranged in the working portion S3 (see FIG. 9). As the article 12, there is a bagged article in which an object to be packaged is packed, but the article 12 is not limited to the bagged article. Then, on the article transport conveyor 13, the article 12, which is a bagged article (pillow package) manufactured by the bag making and filling machine on the upstream side, is sealed at an end seal portion (seal portion) extending from the accommodation portion 12b of the object to be packaged. ) 12a extends along the article conveying direction, and the article is conveyed with the end seal portion 12a directed in the left-right direction.

Corresponding to the article packing operation section S3 of the box conveying means 11 and the article conveying conveyor 13, a accumulating section (not shown) for accumulating the attached documents 14 is provided on the side opposite to the article conveying conveyor 13 with the box conveying means 11 interposed therebetween. ) is provided, and an attachment supply device 39 for taking out the attachments 14 from the stacking section and supplying them to the support means 40 is arranged (see FIG. 11). Further, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 11, supporting means 40 for supporting documents 14 is arranged between the box conveying means 11 and the article conveying conveyor 13 corresponding to the article stuffing section S3. The stacking units and the supporting means 40 are arranged in the carton conveying direction in the same number (four) as the number of cartons 10 positioned in the article stuffing operation unit S3. , is configured to deliver the four attached documents 14 taken out to the corresponding supporting means 40. - 特許庁The attachment supply device 39 has a gripping portion 39a that grips one longitudinal end of each attached document 14 in the thickness direction. is oriented in the left-right direction and hangs down from the gripping portion 39a. The attached document 14 is supported in an upright position facing upward and extending in the vertical direction.

As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the support means 40 includes a lower support member 41 that supports the lower end of the attached document 14, and an upper support member 42 that supports a substantially middle portion of the attached document 14 in the vertical direction. Prepare. The lower supporting member 41 is formed with a receiving recess (recess) 41a that opens upward to support the lower end of the attached document 14. configured to support The receiving recess (recess) 41a includes a groove portion that has the same width in the horizontal direction and extends in the vertical direction, and a receiving portion that expands in the horizontal direction (forward and backward in the direction in which the article is pushed out by the pusher 45) as it goes upward from the upper end of the groove portion. , and the lower end is configured to support the attached document 14 in the groove in an upright position. The upper support member 42 is opened in the left-right direction to allow passage of the articles 12, and has a square tube-shaped tubular portion (guide portion) 43 for guiding the articles 12 and attached documents 14 when the articles 12 are stuffed by a pusher 45, which will be described later. A pair of guide pieces 43a, 43a are provided on the upper wall of the tubular portion 43 so as to be spaced apart in the left-right direction and extend upward. The pair of guide pieces 43a, 43a are formed so as to widen upward and are configured to easily receive the attachment 14 supplied by the attachment supply device 39. As shown in FIG. Further, in the tubular portion 43, an upper opening penetrating vertically is formed in the upper wall between the pair of guide pieces 43a, 43a, and a lower opening penetrating vertically is formed in the lower wall corresponding to the upper opening. The attachment 14 released from the attachment supply device 39 passes through the upper and lower openings of the upper support member 42 so that the lower end is supported by the receiving recess 41a of the lower support member 41 from below. It's becoming The support means 40 is positioned between the article 12 and one opening 16a of the carton 10, which are positioned in the article stuffing operation section S3 and face each other in the left-right direction, and stand up on the support means 40. The attached document 14 supported in a posture is set so that the middle in the vertical direction (longitudinal direction) faces the inside of the cylindrical portion 43 . That is, the leaflet 14 supported by the support means 40 is configured such that its longitudinal middle lies between the article 12 and one opening 16a of the carton 10 .

As shown in FIG. 11, the end portion of the cylindrical portion 43 on the side of the box conveying means 11 extends from the opening side of one opening 16a in the carton 10 conveyed to the article stuffing section S by the box conveying means 11. It is positioned overlying the lid flap 20 and is configured to facilitate the loading of the articles 12 and accompanying documents 14 from the tubular portion 43 into the carton 10 . Further, the upper support member 42 (cylinder portion 43) is configured to be movable back and forth in the horizontal direction by an air cylinder 44 as an operating means. The air cylinder 44 has a retracted position (FIG. 16(a)) where the end of the cylindrical portion 43 on the carton 10 side does not interfere with the side flaps 19a of the carton 10 conveyed by the box conveying means 11, and a pair of side flaps 19a. It is configured to move forward and backward between the forward position (FIG. 16(b)) facing between. Further, the air cylinder 44 moves the tubular portion 43 from the retracted position to the forward position until the articles 12 and attached documents 14 enter between the pair of side flaps 19a, 19a of the carton 10 when the pusher 45, which will be described later, is used to stuff the articles. configured to travel to

As shown in FIG. 9, the stuffing device 15 for stuffing the articles 12 together with the accompanying documents 14 into the carton 10 is arranged in correspondence with the article stuffing operation section S3. The stuffing device 15 directs the articles 12 conveyed to the article stuffing work section S3 toward one opening 16a of the carton 10 conveyed to the article stuffing work section S3, and inserts the attached documents supported by the support means 40 into the carton 10. 14 and a pusher 45 that opposes the pusher 45 in the left-right direction. and a receiving member 46 that fits within 10 . The pusher 45 disposed on the side opposite to the support means 40 with the article transport conveyor 13 interposed therebetween is a rod-shaped member that can pass through the cylindrical portion 43 of the support means 40 in the left-right direction. , and is configured to move forward and backward in the left-right direction by a forward and backward movement mechanism 47 comprising a linear actuation mechanism that servo-controls the electric actuator. The advancing/retreating mechanism 47 moves the tip of the pusher 45 to a retracted position (FIG. 16(a)) where the article 12 is not hindered from being conveyed to the article packing operation section S3 by the article conveying conveyor 13, and the cylindrical portion of the support means 40. It is configured to move forwards and backwards between a stuffing position (FIG. 16(d)) facing the body 16 of the carton 10 through the carton 43. In the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 12, four pushers 45 are arranged side by side in the carton conveying direction, and the four pushers 45 are simultaneously moved back and forth by the back and forth movement mechanism 47 . In addition, on the article pushing surface of the pusher 45 that faces the article 12, a recessed relief section 45a capable of receiving one end seal section 12a of the article 12 is formed along the article conveying direction (see FIG. 16). ).

As shown in FIG. 12, rollers 60 are rotatably supported on the body of the article transport conveyor 13 at positions corresponding to the pushers 45, and the rollers 60 support the pushers 45 from below. In addition, a guide device 61 capable of moving up and down a guide member 62 capable of guiding the upper surface of each article 12 positioned in the article packing operation section S3 is provided above the article transportation conveyor 13 corresponding to the article packing section S3. are arranged. The guide device 61 is configured to move the guide member 62 up and down by an elevating mechanism 63 that is a linear operating mechanism that servo-controls an electric actuator. The elevating mechanism 63 moves the guide member 62 between an upper standby position that does not interfere with the article transport by the article transport conveyor 13 and a lower guide position that allows the upper surface of the article 12 supported by the bucket to be movably guided. configured to raise and lower the

As shown in FIG. 9, the receiving member 46 is disposed on the opposite side of the supporting means 40 with the box conveying means 11 interposed therebetween so as to face the pusher 45 . The receiving member 46 is a rod-shaped member that can pass through the inside of the carton 10 and the inside of the cylindrical portion 43 of the supporting means 40 in the left-right direction. The mechanism 48 is configured to move forward and backward in the left-right direction. The advance/retreat mechanism 48 positions the leading end of the receiving member 46 at the retracted position (solid line position in FIGS. 13 and 16(a)) that does not hinder the transport of the carton 10 by the box transport means 11 and the article stuffing work section S3. The receiving position (Figs. 13 and 16(a) The two-dot chain line position) is configured to move forward and backward. In the retracted position, the receiving member 46 is positioned above the lid flap 20 extending from the opening side of the other opening 16b in the carton 10, and moves toward the welcoming position to move the other opening into the carton 10. 16b is configured to be accessible. In the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 13, four receiving members 46 are arranged side by side with a space in the carton conveying direction, and the four receiving members 46 are configured to be simultaneously moved back and forth by a forward/backward movement mechanism 48. . The forward/backward movement mechanism 48 moves the receiving member 46 to the receiving position before the pusher 45 starts pushing the article 12, and the article 12 pushed by the pusher 45 and the attached document 14 are sandwiched between the pusher 45 and the receiving member 46. In this state, the receiving member 46 is moved to the retracted position in synchronism with the pusher 45 . A suction portion 46 a is provided at the tip of the receiving member 46 , and when articles are packed into the carton 10 , the attachment document 14 is sucked by the suction portion 46 a.

As shown in FIG. 6, in the feeding device 22, a plurality of (eight in this embodiment) lower clamping sections 24 moving between the article stuffing section S3 and the flap temporary folding section S4 hold articles. A first folding member 49 for folding the side flaps 19a, 19a of the carton 10 filled with the articles 12 and attached documents 14 to the opening side is arranged in the stuffing operation section S3. The first bending member 49 is disposed on each of the opposing pinching members 24a, 24a in the lower pinching portion 24, and configured to move integrally with the pinching members 24a, 24a. As shown in FIG. 6(a), the first folding member 49 is a pair of folding portions that can abut on the side flaps 19a, 19a extending from the longitudinal ends (open sides) of the side panel 19 of the carton 10. 49a, 49a are spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the body portion 16, and when the pair of pinching members 24a, 24a approach each other to sandwich the body portion 16 of the carton 10 from the width direction, the pair of first folds The bending members 49, 49 are configured to approach each other and bend the corresponding side flaps 19a by the respective folding portions 49a toward the opening side. That is, in the carton of the embodiment, the four side flaps 19a extending from the left and right openings 16a and 16b of the body 16 of the carton 10 are folded at once.

As shown in FIG. 6, in the feeding device 22, a plurality of (four in the embodiment) lower clamping portions 24 moving between the flap temporary folding portion S4 and the sealing portion S5 are provided with the first A second folding member 50 is provided for refolding the side flaps 19a, 19a temporarily folded by the folding members 49, 49 toward the opening side. The second bending member 50 is disposed on each of the opposing pinching members 24a, 24a in the lower pinching portion 24, similarly to the first bending member 49, so as to move integrally with the pinching members 24a, 24a. Configured. As shown in FIG. 6(b), the second folding member 50 is a pair of folding portions that can abut on the side flaps 19a, 19a extending from the longitudinal ends (open sides) of the side panel 19 of the carton 10. 50a, 50a are spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the body 16, and when the pair of pinching members 24a, 24a approach each other to sandwich the body 16 of the carton 10 from the width direction, the pair of second folds The bending members 50, 50 are arranged to approach each other and bend the corresponding side flaps 19a toward the opening side by the respective folding portions 50a. That is, in the carton of the embodiment, the four side flaps 19a extending from the left and right openings 16a and 16b of the body portion 16 of the carton 10 are moved from the article stuffing operation section S3 to the flap temporary folding operation section. It is configured to be folded twice when it is conveyed to S4 and when it is conveyed from the flap temporary folding section S4 to the sealing section S5. As shown in FIG. 17, each folding portion 50a of the second folding member 50 has a surface facing the outside of the box conveying means 11 in the left-right direction. A guide surface 50b is formed so as to be inclined.

As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the lid flap 20 of the carton 10 is folded toward the openings 16a and 16b corresponding to the sealing work section S5, and the margin flap 20a provided on the lid flap 20 is folded. A folding device 51 to be inserted into the body portion 16 and a gluing means 52 for applying glue to the surface of the gluing margin flap 20a are provided. The folding device 51 and the gluing device 52 are arranged on both sides in the left-right direction sandwiching the box conveying device 11, and extend from the body 16 of the carton 10 positioned in the sealing work section S5 and held by the holding device 30. The left and right lid flaps 20, 20 to be protruded are folded at once, and the paste margin flap 20a is inserted into the inner surface of the body part 16 for gluing.

As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the folding device 51 has a base member 53 extending along the carton conveying direction and a folding member 54 extending toward the box conveying means 11 side. are spaced apart in the carton conveying direction so as to correspond to the four cartons 10 positioned at . The folding member 54 is formed so as to extend in a bifurcated shape spaced apart in the carton conveying direction, and allows the application of the glue jetted from the gluing means 52 to the glue margin flap 20a between the pair of extending parts. A void is formed. Further, the base member 53 is provided with a pushing member 56 which moves forward and backward by an air cylinder 55 at a lower position corresponding to each folding member 54 . The folding device 51 includes a lateral movement mechanism 57 that moves the base member 53 in the horizontal direction, and an elevating mechanism 58 that moves the base member 53 in the vertical direction. The lateral movement mechanism 57 and the lifting mechanism 58 each employ a linear actuation mechanism that servo-controls an electric actuator. The elevating mechanism 58 vertically moves the base member 53 to move the folding member 54 to a lower standby position (FIG. 17(a)) where the folding member 54 does not interfere with the cover flap 20 of the carton 10 conveyed by the feeding device 22, The folding member 54 is configured to position the lid flap 20 at the folding position (FIG. 17(b)) where the lid flap 20 is folded upward to a position along the guide surface 50b of the folding portion 50a of the second folding member 50. As shown in FIG. At the folding position, the folding member 54 is set to be positioned outside the paste margin flap 20a extending obliquely upward from the folding portion 50a. The lateral movement mechanism 57 has a retracted position (FIGS. 17(a) and 17(b)) where the folding member 54 can come into contact with the lid flap 20 when the folding member 54 is raised from the standby position to the folding position, and a folding position when the folding member 54 is raised to the folding position. The member 54 positions the paste margin flap 20a at the forward position (FIGS. 17(c) and (d)) where the margin flap 20a is bent from the crease 20b so as to be substantially horizontal so that it can enter the openings 16a and 16b of the body portion 16 of the carton 10. configured as follows. The lower surface of the folding member 54 positioned at the forward position at the height of the folding position is set at a position capable of guiding the insertion of the margin flap 20a into the openings 16a and 16b of the body portion 16 of the carton 10. As shown in FIG.

The pushing member 56 is advanced by the air cylinder 55 when the folding member 54 is moved to the advanced position, and folds the lid flap 20 toward the openings 16a and 16b of the body portion 16 of the carton 10, The paste margin flap 20a is configured to be inserted into the trunk portion 16 (see FIGS. 17(c) and 17(d)). The pasting means 52 is provided above the folding device 51, and the pasting margin flap 20a folded substantially horizontally by the folding member 54 is inserted into the trunk portion 16 by forward movement of the pushing member 56. It is configured to spray glue toward the upward facing surface of the glue margin flap 20a.

Discharging means (not shown) for discharging the sealed carton 10 is disposed in the discharging work section S6. The four cartons 10 released from the clamping by the lower clamping part 24 are discharged to the next process at once.

Next, the action of the cartoner according to the embodiment will be described.

As shown in FIG. 1, when the four cartons 10 are raised in a cylindrical shape by the carton supply device and placed on the placement section 21 of the carton supply operation section S1 of the box transport means 11, the alignment device 23 By bringing the pair of aligning members 23a, 23a closer to each other from the spaced position and abutting the cover flaps 20, 20 of the carton 10, the carton 10 is positioned so that the middle of the body portion 16 in the longitudinal direction is positioned on the left and right sides of the placing portion 21. It is positioned in the proper position to align in the middle of the direction. The feeding device 22 raises the transfer section group located at the retracted position at the retracted position to the clamping position by the elevating means 25, and brings the pair of clamping members 24a, 24a of the lower clamping sections 24 closer to each other. , the body portion 16 of each carton 10 on the placing portion 21 is sandwiched from both sides in the width direction. Then, the feeding device 22 moves the transfer section group by one working section to the downstream side by the moving mechanism 26, so that the four cartons 10 positioned in the carton supplying working section S1 are collectively placed. It is slid on the section 21 and conveyed to the downstream flap shaping section S2.

When the four cartons 10 are conveyed to the flap shaping work section S2, the holding device 30 lowers the elevating member 33 from the upper standby position to the nipping position by the elevating mechanism 32, and each upper nipping section 31 The pinching members 31a, 31a are brought close to each other to pinch the body portion 16 of the carton 10 from both sides in the width direction (see FIG. 7). When the carton 10 is clamped by the holding device 30, the feeding device 22 releases the carton 10 from the clamping of the lower clamping portion 24, and then lowers the transfer portion group from the clamping position to the retracted position by the elevating means 25. The moving mechanism 26 moves the transfer section group upstream by one working section.

When the carton 10 is clamped by the upper clamping portion 31 of the holding device 30 in the flap shaping section S2, the shaping member 38 of the shaping means 36 extends from the opening side of one opening 16a of the carton 10. By entering between the pair of side flaps 19a, 19a and moving the forming member 38 back and forth in the carton conveying direction, the pair of side flaps 19a, 19a are folded outward so as to separate from each other. A habit is formed. When the next four cartons 10 are placed on the carton supply work section S1 of the placement section 21 by the carton supply device, the transfer section group at the retracted position is moved to the clamping position by the lifting means 25 in the feeding device 22. It rises and each carton 10 is clamped by the lower clamping part 24.例文帳に追加At this time, when the carton 10 positioned in the flap shaping work section S2 and sandwiched by the upper gripping portion 31 of the holding device 30 is gripped by the lower gripping portion 24 of the feeding device 22, the holding device 30 moves to the upper gripping portion. While the clamping of the carton 10 by 31 is released, the lifting mechanism 32 raises the lifting member 33 from the clamping position to the standby position.

As described above, the feeding device 22 uses the moving mechanism 26 to move the transfer section group downstream by one work section, thereby flapping the four cartons 10 positioned in the carton supply work section S1. The four cartons 10 positioned in the flap forming section S2 are conveyed to the article packing section S3 while being conveyed to the forming section S2. Then, the cartons 10 conveyed to the flap shaping work section S2 and the article stuffing work section S3 are clamped and positioned by the upper clamping section 31 of the holding device 30 . Further, after releasing the gripping of the carton 10 by the lower gripping portion 24, the feeding device 22 lowers the transfer portion group from the gripping position to the retracted position and moves upstream by one working portion. That is, the four cartons 10 supplied to the carton supply operation section S1 are conveyed in order to the flap forming operation section S2 and the article packing operation section S3 by performing box motion on the group of transfer bodies by the feeding device 22. , are held by the holding device 30 in the working portions S2 and S3.

In the article stuffing section S3, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, each of the four attached documents 14 taken out from the stacking section by the attached article supply device 39 is attached to each of the supporting means 40 with its longitudinal direction It is supported in a vertically extending standing position. Four articles 12 are conveyed to the article packing section S3 by the article conveying conveyor 13 and stopped intermittently. Facing carton 10 positioned at S3.

As shown in FIG. 12, when the cartons 10 and the articles 12 are conveyed and positioned in the article stuffing operation section S3, the guide device 61 lowers the guide member 62 from the standby position, and the buckets of the article conveying conveyor 13 are moved. The upper surface of the article 12 supported by is positioned at a guide position where it can be guided. 13 and 16(a), the receiving member 46 is moved from the retracted position toward the receiving position by the advancing/retreating mechanism 48, and the receiving member 46 passes through the inside of the carton 10. The attached document 14 supported by the supporting means 40 is positioned at a receiving position where the suction part 46 a provided at the tip thereof approaches the supporting document 14 . In addition, the pusher 45 starts advancing from the retracted position by the advancing/retreating mechanism 47, and the pusher 45 pushes the article 12 on the article transport conveyor 13 into the cylindrical portion 43 while being guided by the guide member 62 and the side wall of the bucket. be When the article 12 pushed into the cylindrical portion 43 by the pusher 45 abuts against the attached document 14, the upper supporting member 42 is moved toward the carton 10 by the air cylinder 44, thereby causing the cylindrical portion of the upper supporting member 42 to move. The insert 14 supported at 43 moves with the articles 12 toward the carton 10 . Then, when the attached document 14 in contact with the article 12 pushed by the pusher 45 is pushed toward the carton 10, as shown in FIG. An intermediate portion of the attached document 14 is clamped.

When the article 12 and attached document 14 are held between the pusher 45 and the receiving member 46 , the receiving member 46 is moved toward the retracted position by the advancing/retreating mechanism 48 in synchronism with the pusher 45 . Also, when the attached document 14 moves toward the carton 10 together with the article 12 sandwiched between the pusher 45 and the receiving member 46, as shown in FIG. The extended portion is pulled into the tubular portion 43 to be bent along the upper and lower surfaces of the article 12 . As shown in FIG. 16(c), the article 12 further pushed by the pusher 45 passes through the cylindrical portion 43 and is pushed into the carton 10 through one opening 16a with the attached document 14 wrapped around it. be The pair of side flaps 19a, 19a located on the side of the carton 10 on which the articles 12 are stuffed are bent outward by the forming means 36 so as to be spaced apart from each other, so that the openings of the articles 12 and the accompanying documents 14 are prevented. Stuffing from 16a can be carried out without hindrance. When the pusher 45 advances to the stuffing position, the pusher 45 is returned to the retracted position by the advancing/retreating mechanism 47, and the receiving member 46 is returned to the retracted position by the advancing/retreating mechanism 48, so that the articles 12 and attached documents 14 can be clamped. To be released.

When the articles 12 and attached documents 14 are packed into the body 16 of the carton 10 in the article stuffing operation section S3, the feeding device 22 box-motions the transport group by the lifting means 25 and the moving mechanism 26, The carton 10 filled with the articles 12 and attached documents 14 is conveyed to the flap pre-folding section S4 in the article stuffing section S3, and the empty side flaps 19a, 19a are preformed in the flap forming section S2. The carton 10 is conveyed to the article stuffing operation section S3. As shown in FIG. 6(a), in the feeding device 22, pinching members 24a, 24a of a lower pinching portion 24 pinching the trunk portion 16 of the carton 10 between the article stuffing portion S3 and the flap temporary folding portion S4 are provided. First bending members 49, 49 are arranged in the nipping members 24a, 24a. It is bent toward the opening side by the bending portions 49a, 49a of the first bending members 49, 49. As shown in FIG.

The carton 10 conveyed to the flap pre-folding section S4 by the feeding device 22 is transferred from the lower clamping section 24 to the upper clamping section 31 of the holding device 30 . Then, by box motion of the group of transfer bodies by the feeding device 22, the carton 10 in the flap temporary folding section S4 is passed from the upper clamping section 31 to the lower clamping section 24 and conveyed to the sealing section S5. As shown in FIG. 6(b), in the feeding device 22, the clamping members 24a, 24a of the lower clamping section 24 clamping the body section 16 of the carton 10 between the flap temporary folding section S4 and the sealing section S5 are provided with Second bending members 50, 50 are provided, and when the body portion 16 is clamped by the pinching members 24a, 24a, the side flaps 19a, 19a extending from the body portion 16 are bent by the second bending members. It is again folded toward the opening side by folding portions 50a, 50a of 50,50.

When the carton 10 is conveyed to the sealing work portion S5, the body portion 16 is held by the upper holding portion 31 of the holding device 30 while being held by the lower holding portion 24 of the feeding device 22. be. Further, the suction portions 64a, 64a positioned between the pinching members 31a, 31a in the upper pinching portion 31 corresponding to the sealing work portion S5 suck the top panel 18 of the carton 10, and the suction portion 64a moves toward the air cylinder 64b. , the top panel 18 is lifted by a predetermined height, and the openings 16a and 16b of the trunk portion 16 spread upward. As shown in FIGS. 17(a) and 17(b), the folding device 51 raises the folding member 54 from the standby position to the folding position by the elevating mechanism 58, so that the folding member 54 lifts the lid flaps 20 of the carton 10. As shown in FIGS. are obliquely bent along the guide surfaces 50b, 50b of the folding portions 50a, 50a that bend the side flaps 19a, 19a toward the opening side. Further, the folding member 54 is moved from the retracted position toward the forward position by the lateral movement mechanism 57, and as shown in FIG. It is bent substantially horizontally from the ruled line 20b. In this state, the clamping by the lower clamping portion 24 of the feeding device 22 is released, so that the folding portions 50a, 50a of the second folding members 50, 50 move from between the side flaps 19a, 19a and the lid flap 20 to the carton. Passes forward and backward in the conveying direction. In addition, glue is sprayed from the gluing means 52 toward the upper surface of the glue margin flap 20a which is substantially horizontal, and the glue is applied to the surface of the glue margin flap 20a facing the space in the folding member 54. be done.

When glue is applied to the glue margin flap 20a, the pushing member 56 is advanced toward the carton 10 by the air cylinder 55, and the obliquely folded lid flap 20 is pushed by the pushing member 56 to open the body portion 16. While being folded toward 16a and 16b, the paste margin flap 20a is guided by the lower surface of the folding member 54 and inserted into the trunk portion 16.例文帳に追加At this time, the vicinity of the opening of the top panel 18 of the carton 10 is lifted by the suction portion 64a of the holding device 30, and the openings 16a and 16b spread upward, so that the margin flap 20a is pushed into the body portion 16. Insertion is smooth. After the adhesive margin flap 20a is inserted into the trunk portion 16, as shown in FIG. The glue margin flap 20a is pressed against the glue-applied surface (gluing surface).

The carton 10 sealed in the sealing work section S5 is conveyed to the discharge work section S6 by the box motion of the transfer body group by the feeding device 22, and the carton 10 in the discharge work section S6 is transferred to the next process by the discharge means. discharged to

According to the carton of the embodiment, since the article 12 and the attached document 14 are sandwiched between the pusher 45 and the receiving member 46 and packed in the carton 10, the attached document 14 is free from friction and contact resistance with the carton 10. The attached document 14 can be prevented from being displaced with respect to the article 12 even if it receives such as, and the article 12 is packed in the carton 10 with the attached document 14 properly wound around the article 12. be able to. That is, it is possible to prevent the end of the attached document 14 from protruding outside the carton 10 due to the positional deviation of the attached document 14 with respect to the article 12, and to prevent the sealing work from being hindered. can be done.

Since the receiving member 46 is configured to receive the attached document 14 at a position close to the attached document 14 when the article 12 and the attached document 14 are packed into the carton 10, the article 12 and the attached document 14 pushed by the pusher 45 are pushed. The insert 14 can be prevented from shifting before the package is packed into the carton 10. In addition, since the receiving member 46 is configured to enter the carton 10 through the opening 16b on the side opposite to the one opening 16a through which the articles 12 are packed in the carton 10 and be positioned at the receiving position, the receiving member 46 can have a simple configuration that moves forward and backward in the left-right direction, and the configuration can be simplified. By moving the attached document 14 supported by the supporting means 40 toward the carton 10 when the article 12 abuts against the attached document 14, the article 12 is supported while the attached document 14 is supported by the supporting means 40. And the attached document 14 can be sandwiched between the pusher 45 and the receiving member 46 without positional deviation. In addition, since the supporting means 40 supports the attached document 14 from below, when the attached document 14 is pushed by the article 12, the attached document 14 moves smoothly together with the article 12 and is prevented from being displaced. .

The pusher 45 is provided with an escape portion 45a capable of receiving the end seal portion 12a of the article 12 on the article pushing surface. can be done. That is, when the pusher 45 comes into contact with the article 12, the end seal portion 12a can be prevented from folding over the end face of the article and preventing the pusher 45 from pushing the article 12 in an appropriate direction, thereby supporting the article 12. It can be properly pushed towards the means 40 or carton 10 .

According to the cartoner of the embodiment, the carton 10 is held between the feeding device 22 and the holding device 30 in the flap shaping work section S2, the article stuffing work section S3, the flap temporary folding work section S4 and the sealing work section S5. Since the carton 10 is clamped by the upper clamping part 31 of the holding device 30 while the carton 10 is clamped by the lower clamping part 24 of the feeding device 22, the working units S2, S3, In S4 and S5, the carton 10 can be positioned at an appropriate position without being displaced in the carton conveying direction.

According to the carton of the embodiment, the side of the carton 10 is placed in the lower clamping section 24 for clamping and transporting the carton 10 in the article stuffing section S3, the flap temporary folding section S4 and the sealing section S5 of the feeding device 22. Since the folding members 49, 50 for folding the flaps 19a, 19a toward the opening side are provided, there is no need to provide a dedicated flap folding means in the sealing work section S5, and the mechanical configuration in the sealing work section S5 is simplified. can do. In addition, since the second folding member 50 provided in the lower clamping section 24 for clamping and conveying the carton 10 to the sealing section S5 is formed with the guide surface 50b, the folding member 54 of the folding device 51 can be moved vertically. , the lid flap 20 can be folded in a proper posture. In addition, since the second folding member 50 supports the side flaps 19a, 19a on the opening side until the folding member 54 folds the lid flap 20, the lid flap 20 is positioned outside the side flaps 19a, 19a. can be bent.

The sealing section S5 is provided with folding devices 51 for folding the left and right lid flaps 20 extending from the body 16 of the carton 10 transported to the sealing section S5 toward the opening side. Therefore, the left and right lid flaps 20, 20 can be folded at the same time, and the work time can be shortened. Further, in the sealing work section S5, when the paste margin flap 20a is inserted into the body portion 16 of the carton 10, the top panel 18 is lifted by the suction portions 64a, 64a to widen the openings 16a, 16b. The insertion of the flap 20a can be performed smoothly.

In the cartoner of the embodiment, the box conveying means 11 conveys a plurality of cartons 10 to each of the work units S2, S3, S5, and S6 at once, and the work for the plurality of cartons 10 is carried out in each of the work units S2, S3, S5, and S6. can be performed at the same time, the production capacity can be improved. Further, since a servo-controllable mechanism is used as a mechanism for performing various operations in the article stuffing section S3 and the sealing section S5, it is possible to easily cope with changes in the sizes of the cartons 10 and articles 12.

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The present invention is not limited to the configuration of the embodiment, and can be modified, for example, as follows. In addition, without being limited to the following modified examples, various embodiments can be adopted for the configurations described in the examples within the scope of the present invention.
(1) The number of cartons 10 to be transported between working units at one time by the box conveying means 11 may be one or a plurality other than four. For various means such as the device 15 and the folding device 51, it is sufficient to employ a configuration capable of performing processing corresponding to the number of cartons 10 conveyed by the box conveying means 11. FIG.
(2) In the embodiment, the attached document 14 is supported by the support means 40 in a standing position with its longitudinal direction extending in the vertical direction. direction) can be adopted.
(3) In the embodiment, the relief portion 45a is formed on the article pushing surface of the pusher 45, but it can be omitted for the article 12 that does not have a seal portion. I wish I could.
(4) In the embodiment, the receiving member 46 is provided with the suction portion 46a, but the suction portion 46a can be omitted.
(5) In the embodiment, the flap pre-folding section S4 is set between the article stuffing section S3 and the sealing section S5. A configuration in which the carton 10 is conveyed from the carton 10 to the sealing operation section S5 can be adopted. In this configuration, the second folding member 50 is provided as a folding member provided in the lower clamping section 24 for clamping and transporting the carton 10 from the article stuffing section S3 to the sealing section S5 in the box conveying means 11. do it.

10 carton (box body), 11 box conveying means, 12 article 12a end seal part (seal part), 13 article conveying conveyor (article conveying means)
14 attached documents (attachments), 16a opening on one side, 16b opening on the other side 39 attachment supply device (supply means), 40 support means, 45 pusher, 45a relief part 46 receiving member, S3 goods stuffing work part

Claims (5)

A cartoning machine that packs articles conveyed by an article conveying means into a cylindrical box body conveyed by the box conveying means,
a pusher that pushes the article together with an attachment supplied between the article and the one opening of the box toward one opening of the box;
A cartoning machine, comprising: a receiving member for sandwiching an article pushed by the pusher and an attachment with the pusher and packing the article into the carton. The receiving member is configured to be inserted through the box from the other opening side until the end of the receiving member comes close to the attachment before the attachment is pushed by the pusher. A cartoning machine according to claim 1. 2. The pusher has an article pushing surface formed with a relief portion capable of receiving a seal portion extending from an article accommodating portion of an article in which the article is packed. 2. A cartoner according to claim 2. supporting means for supporting the attachment in an upright position so that the middle of the attachment in the longitudinal direction is positioned between the article and one opening of the box;
4. The support means according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the support means is formed with a recess that expands forward and backward in the direction in which the article is pushed out by the pusher as it goes upward to support the lower end of the attached article. cartoner. The support means is configured to guide the guide portion for guiding the article and the attachment pushed by the pusher until the article and the attachment enter between a pair of side flaps extending from the body portion of the box body. 5. The cartoning machine according to claim 4, wherein the end portion of the box body side of the portion moves to a position facing between the pair of side flaps.

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