JP2023173261A - Shrink package article - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a shrink package article having a hexagonal shape provided with perforations serving as a film easy break line in a form of not breaking on heating and in a form of easily being broken when taking out an article.SOLUTION: A shrink film 20 on a rectangular one face of a hexagonal article is provided, along a virtual straight line 53 traversing the one face, with a film easy break line 54 by a perforation 52 formed by perforation forming means 15 provided in a shrink package device 10. A unit perforation 52a constituting the film easy break line 54 is formed only at a part on one short side on the rectangular one face, preferably at a region M of length of about 30%, as a part of the virtual straight line 53 in continuity at 6 to 15 points at intervals S of 3.0 to 6.5 mm with a length L of 0.5 to 1.0 mm.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a shrink-wrapped article having a hexahedral shape formed using a shrink-wrapping device.

2. Description of the Related Art Shrink-wrapped articles that are wrapped using a shrink film, which is a heat-shrinkable synthetic resin film, are conventionally known as packaging articles that package various articles such as cup noodles. Shrink-wrapped items are produced by forming a shrink film with pinholes on the film surface into a cylindrical shape, then storing the product inside the formed cylindrical shrink film and sealing both ends. The obtained article storage bag is heated by passing through a heating section to shrink the shrink film, so that the article is packaged with the shrink film in close contact with the surface. Various packaging devices for forming such shrink-wrapped articles have been developed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

The shrink packaging apparatus described in Patent Document 1 includes an article supply section that supplies articles, a film supply section that supplies shrink film, an article storage section that stores articles in a bag made of shrink film to form an article storage bag, and a forming section. The shrink film is heated when the bag is passed through the heating section, causing the shrink film to shrink and the air inside the bag to heat and expand. Due to the synergistic effect of the shrink film being discharged from the pinhole after the shrink film is removed, it is possible to obtain a shrink-wrapped article in which the article is packaged with the shrink film in close contact with the surface.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2007-99356

On the other hand, with the diversification of product sales formats in recent years, products with hexahedral shapes, such as booklets formed by laminating multiple sheets of printed paper with a rectangular planar shape to a predetermined thickness, have become available. , Shrink packaging using shrink film and distribution and sale as shrink wrapped products are being considered.

In addition, when shrink-wrapping a hexahedral-shaped article, the heat-shrinkable shrink film will maintain a strong and intimate state on the six sides of the hexahedral-shaped article. It is expected that it will take a lot of effort to remove the shrink film and take out the packaged product. For this reason, it is conceivable to make it easier to take out the article by providing a film easy-to-break line such as a perforation on either side of the hexahedral shape in a shrink film that covers the hexahedral article.

However, when a shrink film that covers a hexahedral article is provided with perforated lines on either side of the hexahedral shape, the perforations are formed on the shrink film before it is heated in the heating section. Therefore, depending on the form of the perforations formed, when the air inside the product storage bag is heated and expands, the easily broken line of the film due to the perforations may break. When the shrink film is removed from the shrink-wrapped product and the product is taken out, it is expected that it will be difficult to find or break the film easily. It is desired to be able to solve technical problems specific to the product.

The present invention provides a shrink film that covers a hexahedral-shaped article, and has perforations on either side of the hexahedral shape that serve as easy-to-break lines of the film, so that the film does not break when heated, and is easily broken when the article is taken out. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a shrink-wrapped article having a hexahedral shape that can maintain a stable packaging shape during distribution and sale by being provided in a form that allows the shrink-wrapping to be carried out in a hexahedral shape that allows the product to be easily taken out during use. shall be.

The present invention relates to a shrink-wrapped article having a hexahedral shape, which is formed by covering an article having a hexahedral shape with a shrink film using a shrink-wrapping device, wherein , a film easy-to-break line formed by a perforation formed by a perforation forming means provided in the shrink packaging device is provided along an imaginary straight line that crosses the one surface, and the film easy-to-break line is formed by a perforation. Unit perforations having a length of 0.5 to 1.5 mm are arranged in a row at 5 to 22 locations at intervals of 1.0 to 7.0 mm, and are formed only in a part of the virtual straight line. The above objective has been achieved by providing a shrink-wrapped article that includes:

In the shrink-wrapped article of the present invention, the unit perforations constituting the film easy break line are arranged at 6 to 15 locations with a length of 0.5 to 1.0 mm and an interval of 3.0 to 6.5 mm. It is preferable that the imaginary straight line is formed only in a part of the imaginary straight line.

Further, in the shrink-wrapped article of the present invention, the shrink-wrapping device includes an article supply section for supplying the hexahedral-shaped article, a film supply section for supplying a shrink film having heat shrinkability, and a storage section for the shrink film. an article accommodating section for accommodating the article to form an article accommodating bag before heat shrinking; and heating for shrink-wrapping the accommodated article by heating the formed article accommodating bag and heat shrinking the shrink film. It is preferable to have a part.

Furthermore, in the shrink-wrapped article of the present invention, a pair of markings that clearly indicate the direction of separation are provided on both sides of the shrink film on both sides of the film break line on the one side where the film easy break line is formed by the perforation. Preferably drawn.

Furthermore, in the shrink-wrapped article of the present invention, it is preferable that the pair of markings that clearly indicate the separation direction are arrow markings.

Further, in the shrink-wrapped article of the present invention, it is preferable that the film easy break line due to the perforation is formed only in a part of the imaginary straight line extending parallel to the long side direction of the rectangular one surface. .

Furthermore, in the shrink-wrapped article of the present invention, the film easy-to-break line formed by the perforation may be formed only in a portion of the imaginary straight line that crosses the center of the width of the rectangular one surface in the short side direction. preferable.

Furthermore, in the shrink-wrapped article of the present invention, unit perforations constituting the film easy break line are formed as part of the virtual straight line in an area of 50% or less of the straight line that crosses one side of the rectangular shape. It is preferable that the

Further, in the shrink-wrapped article of the present invention, the unit perforation forming the film easy-to-break line is formed only on one short side of one surface of the rectangle, as a part of the imaginary straight line. It is preferable.

Further, in the shrink-wrapped article of the present invention, it is preferable that the hexahedral-shaped article is a booklet formed by laminating a plurality of printed sheets having a rectangular planar shape to a predetermined thickness.

According to the shrink-wrapped article of the present invention, a shrink film that covers a hexahedral-shaped article has perforations on either side of the hexahedral shape that serve as easy-to-break lines of the film, and are in a form that does not break when heated; By being provided in a form that can be easily broken when taken out, a stable packaging form can be maintained during distribution and sale, and the article can be easily taken out when used.

(a) is a schematic perspective view showing a shrink film wrapped article according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, (b) is a front view of the shrink film wrapped article, and (c) is a It is an enlarged schematic diagram of part A of FIG. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a schematic side view illustrating the configuration of a shrink wrapping device for forming a shrink film wrapped article according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of part B in FIG. 2 illustrating a situation in which perforations are formed in a shrink film by a perforation forming device. (a) is a front view illustrating a round knife, and (b) is a sectional view taken along line CC in (a). It is an enlarged schematic side view explaining the 1st heating tunnel which constitutes a heating part. It is an enlarged schematic side view explaining the 2nd heating tunnel which constitutes a heating part. It is an enlarged schematic side view explaining an article supply part.

A shrink-wrapped article 50 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1(a) and 1(b) is an article having a hexahedral shape, in which a plurality of printed sheets preferably having a rectangular planar shape are wrapped in a predetermined manner. The packaged article has a hexahedral shape and is formed by covering a booklet 50' formed by stacking thick layers with a shrink film 20, preferably using the shrink packaging apparatus 10 shown in FIG. The shrink-wrapped article 50 of the present embodiment has perforations 52, which serve as film easy-to-break lines 54, on one side of the booklet 50', which is a hexahedral article, on one side, for example, on the front and back sides, so that it does not break when heated. In addition, the booklet 50', which is an article, is provided in a form that can be easily torn when taken out, so that a stable packaging form can be maintained during distribution and sale, and the article can be easily taken out when in use. It is now possible to do so.

The shrink-wrapped article 50 of the present embodiment has a hexahedral shape and is formed by covering a booklet 50' before packaging, which is an article having a hexahedral shape, with a shrink film 20 using the shrink wrapping device 10. As shown in FIGS. 1(a) and 1(b), the shrink packaging device 10 is a packaged article, and the shrink film 20 is moved along an imaginary straight line 53 that crosses one surface of the shrink film 20 in a hexahedral rectangular shape. A film easy-to-break line 54 is provided by a perforation 52 formed by a perforation forming device 15 that is a perforation forming means 15 (see FIG. 2). The unit perforations 52a constituting the film easy-to-break line 54 are 0.5 to 1.5 mm long and arranged at 5 to 22 locations at intervals of 1.0 to 7.0 mm to form a virtual straight line. As a part of 53, for example, it is formed only in a portion of about 30% length region M, preferably 50% or less, on one short side of one surface of a rectangular shape. The length region M in this embodiment has, for example, a total length of about 42.5 mm, and the center portion is disposed at a position 50 mm from the lower short side.

In addition, in the shrink-wrapped article 50 of the present embodiment, the shrink film 20 on one side of the rectangular shape on which the film easy-to-break line 54 is formed by the perforations 52 is preferably separated on both sides of the film easy-to-break line 54. A pair of markings 55 are drawn to clearly indicate the direction of separation.

In this embodiment, an article 50' having a hexahedral shape that is covered with a shrink film 20 to become a shrink-wrapped article 50 is made of a plurality of printed sheets having a preferably rectangular planar shape and having a predetermined thickness. The booklet 50' is formed by laminating the sheets. The booklet 50' is a soft cover with a flexible cover, such as a comic book or a paperback book. The shrink-wrapped article 50, which is made by wrapping a soft cover booklet 50', has a rectangular planar shape with a vertical width of about 120 to 200 mm, a width of about 100 to 130 mm, and a width of about 5.5 to 50 mm. It is formed to have a flat hexahedral shape with a thickness of . The soft cover booklet 50' has an arcuate and warped shape by passing through the heating section 14 formed by the first heating tunnel 25 and the second heating tunnel 26, which constitute the shrink packaging device 10, which will be described later. Instead, the hexahedral shape is firmly maintained and the product is neatly shrink-wrapped with a desirable external appearance.

In addition, in this embodiment, the shrink film 20 on one rectangular surface (preferably the top surface) of the hexahedral shrink-wrapped article 50 has perforations 52 to facilitate film formation along an imaginary straight line 53 that crosses the one surface. A break line 54 is provided. The easy-to-break film line 54 formed by the perforation 52 makes it easy to place the fingers of both hands on both sides of the perforation 52 when taking out the booklet 50', which is an article, from the shrink-wrapped article 50. From the viewpoint of More preferably, it is formed only in a part of the imaginary straight line 53 that intersects the imaginary straight line 53.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the film easy break line 54 has a unit perforation 52a of the perforations 52 constituting the film easy break line 54, with a length L of 0.5 to 1.5 mm and a length L of 1.0 to 7 mm. They are arranged in a row at 5 to 22 locations with an interval S of 0 mm, preferably as a part of an imaginary straight line 53 parallel to the long side direction that crosses the center in the width direction, for example, on one short side of one side of the rectangular shape. It is formed only in a length region M on the side side, preferably 50% or less. More preferably, the length L is 0.5 to 1.0 mm, and the strips are arranged in a row at 6 to 15 locations with an interval S of 3.0 to 6.5 mm, and about 30% of one short side. It is formed only in the length region M.

As a result, when the article storage bag 51 before the shrink film 20 is heated and shrunk passes through the heating section 14, especially the second heating tunnel 26, of the shrink packaging device 10, which will be described later, the air inside the heated bag is released. Even if it expands once, the unit perforations 52a constituting the perforation 52 are connected in series with an appropriate length L and an appropriate interval S, and form a portion of an imaginary straight line 53 in an area M of an appropriate length. Since it is formed only in one portion, it is possible to effectively avoid breakage due to internal pressure caused by expansion of air. Furthermore, when the shrink film 20 is removed from the shrink-wrapped hexahedral shrink-wrapped article 50 and the booklet 50' is taken out, the unit perforations 52a constituting the perforations 52 have an appropriate length. Since the films are formed along the imaginary straight line 53 at appropriate intervals S at L, the film easily breaks lines 54 do not become difficult to find or break, and for example, when the fingers of both hands are placed along the perforations 52. It is possible to break the film with a simple operation of applying it to both sides and pulling it apart, and the rest of the film can also be easily broken and shrunk by using the film easy break line 54 formed by the broken perforation 52 as a trigger. By removing the film 20, the booklet 50', which is an article, can be easily and smoothly taken out.

Therefore, according to the shrink-wrapped article 50 of the present embodiment formed by the shrink-wrapping device 10, the shrink film 20 that covers the booklet 50', which is a hexahedral-shaped article, has a film attached on either side of the hexahedral shape. The perforations 52, which serve as the break lines 54, are provided in a form that does not break when heated, and that can be easily broken when taking out the article 50', resulting in stable packaging during distribution and sale. The shape can be maintained and the article 50' can be easily taken out during use.

In addition, in the shrink-wrapped article 50 of the present embodiment, as described above, the shrink film 20 on one side of the rectangular shape on which the film easy break line 54 is formed by the perforations 52 is located on both sides of the shrink film 20 on both sides of the film easy break line 54. , a pair of markings 55, preferably arrows, are drawn to clearly indicate the direction of separation, and these mark the area on one side of the rectangular shrink film 20 where the film easy-to-break line 54 is formed by the perforation 52. Since it can be easily grasped and the direction of separation is clearly indicated, the operation of breaking the film easy-to-break line 54 can be carried out more smoothly. The marking 55 that clearly indicates the separation direction of the film easy-to-break line 54 can be a mark that can clearly indicate various separation directions in addition to an arrow.

FIG. 2 illustrates a preferred shrink wrapping apparatus 10 for forming the shrink wrapped article 50 of this embodiment. The shrink packaging apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 2 includes an article supply section 11 that supplies a booklet 50' before packaging, which is an article having a hexahedral shape, a film supply section 12 that supplies a heat-shrinkable shrink film 20, and By accommodating the booklet 50' in the accommodating part of the film 20 to form an article accommodating bag 51 before heat shrinking, and by heating the formed article accommodating bag 51 and heat shrinking the shrink film 20, The heating unit 14 shrink-wraps the housed booklet 50' to form a shrink film-wrapped article 50.

In addition, the shrink packaging device 10 forms perforations 52 (see FIG. 1) in the film supply unit 12 along the supply direction of the shrink film 20, so that one side of the hexahedral shrink-wrapped article 50 after shrink-wrapping is formed. A perforation forming device 15 is provided to provide a film easy-to-break line 54. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4(a) and 4(b), the perforation forming device 15 includes a disc-shaped round knife 16 having a plurality of protruding cutter blades 16a arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction. In this round knife 16, a plurality of unit perforations 52a constituting perforations 52 are formed only in a portion of an imaginary straight line 53 (see FIG. 1) that crosses one surface of the shrink-wrapped article 50. It is preferably formed in 5 to 22 locations with a length of ~1.5 mm at intervals of 1.0 to 7.0 mm, more preferably in a length of 0.5 to 1.0 mm. A plurality of protruding cutter blades 16a are provided in series in only a portion in the circumferential direction so as to be formed in 6 to 15 locations at intervals of 3.0 to 6.5 mm ( (See Figure 4(a)).

Further, in the present embodiment, the round knife 16 of the perforation forming device 15 rotates with the shrink film 20 sandwiched between it and the rotary roller 17 around which the shrink film 20 is wound. Perforations 52 are formed by the cutter blade 16a (see FIG. 3).

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the perforation forming device 15 is configured to include an advancing/retracting mechanism 18 that advances and retreats the round knife 16 with respect to the rotating roller 17.

In this embodiment, the shrink packaging device 10 includes, for example, a perforation forming device 15, a heating section 14 including a first heating tunnel 25 and a second heating tunnel 26, as described later. The apparatus has the same configuration as the shrink packaging apparatus described in Patent Document 1, except that the article supply section 11 supplies the booklet 50'.

That is, the shrink packaging device 10 of this embodiment includes the article supply section 11, the film supply section 12, the article storage section 13, and the heating section 14, as described above, as well as the supply conveyor 19a, the feed conveyor 19b, and the discharge conveyor. It is equipped with a moving means 19 consisting of 19c, an automatic defective product removal device 21, an operation panel 22, a scrap winding device, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 7, the article supply section 11 includes a booklet hopper section 11a that can store a plurality of loaded hexahedral-shaped booklets 50' stacked in a flat state, and a booklet hopper section 11a at the bottom of the booklet hopper section 11a. It is configured to include an extrusion piston 11c that is arranged to be movable back and forth and can sandwich the lowermost booklet 50' and extrude it part by part to the conveyance section 11b, and the booklet 50' that is extruded by the extrusion piston 11c. can be sandwiched between the endlessly rotating upper presser belt 11d and lower presser belt 11e of the pinch conveyor 11b, and sequentially sent to the supply conveyor 19a (see FIG. 2) of the moving means 19. There is.

As shown in FIG. 2, the film supply section 12 supplies a film holder 12a formed by winding the shrink film 20 multiple times around a rotating shaft, and a shrink film 20 continuously pulled out in a strip shape from the film holder 12a. It is configured to include a plurality of guide rollers 12b that guide toward the storage section 13. A known film splicer 12c, a perforation forming device 15 (described later), and a known pinhole forming device (not shown) are disposed in the middle of the feeding path by the guide roller 12b constituting the film feeding section 12. There is.

The article accommodating section 13 is a known one that includes a homer section 13a, a side sealer section 13b, a horizontal sealer section 13c, and the like. The former part 13a forms a hexahedral shape in which the shrink film 20 continuously supplied in a strip shape from the film supply part 12 is sequentially sent out from the article supply part 11 via the supply conveyor 19a while being folded back in the width direction. This is the part where the booklet 50', which is an article held by the user, is wrapped inside. The shrink film 20 that has wrapped the booklet 50' in the former part 13a is sealed at the folded open side by the side sealer part 13b on the downstream side in the supply direction, so that the shrink film 20 is formed into a cylindrical shape containing the booklet 50'. After being sent out to the feeding conveyor 19b, the side sealer portion 13c further seals both front and rear ends in the feeding direction sandwiching the housed booklet 50'. As a result, an article storage bag 51 is formed in the bag-shaped storage section formed by the shrink film 20, in which the booklet 50' is stored in an enclosed state before being heat-shrinked. Further, the formed article storage bag 51 is sent to the heating section 14 formed by the first heating tunnel 25 and the second heating tunnel 26 on the downstream side in the supply direction via the discharge conveyor 19c.

In the present embodiment, perforations 52 are formed in the film supply unit 12 along the supply direction of the shrink film 20, and a film easy break line 54 is formed on one side of the hexahedral shrink-wrapped article 50 after shrink-wrapping. A perforation forming device 15 is provided for forming the perforation (see FIG. 4). As shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 3, the perforation forming device 15 includes a rotary shaft box 15a to which the round knife 16 is attached, a slide support portion 15b that supports the rotary shaft box 15a in a vertically slidable manner, and a slide support. The rotary roller 17 is supported from the portion 15b and is disposed directly below the rotary shaft box 15a.

A rotary shaft 15c, to which a round knife 16 is exchangeably fixed at a predetermined position in the axial direction, is rotatably supported and attached to the lower part of the rotary shaft box 15a. Inside the rotary shaft box 15a, there is a rotary drive mechanism 15e for rotationally driving the rotary shaft 15c via a rotary belt 15d, the rotational speed of which can be controlled by operation on the operation panel 22 (see FIG. 2). It is provided. A slide mechanism 18 is provided on the upper part of the rotating shaft box 15a, and functions as an advancing/retracting mechanism 18 that extends toward the slide column 15b and moves the round knife 16 fixed to the rotating shaft 15c forward and backward relative to the rotating roller 17. It is attached integrally so as to be able to slide vertically along the support column 15b. The slide mechanism 18 can be automatically controlled by operating the operating panel 22 to move the round knife 16 intermittently up and down at predetermined timing.

In this embodiment, the round knife 16 fixed to the rotating shaft 15c is a plate-shaped member made of metal or synthetic resin and having a disk shape, as shown in FIGS. 4(a) and 4(b). The round knife 16 has a disk shape with a diameter of, for example, about 50 mm, and has a locking member in the center thereof, which has an inner diameter of about 15 mm, for fixing the round knife 16 non-rotatably to the rotating shaft 15c. A circular fixing opening 16c is formed with a stop notch 16b cut out on the outside. The round knife 16 has a plurality of protruding cutter blades 16a as part of the circumferential direction, for example, in an area of 120 degrees in the circumferential direction, with a circumferential arc length L' of about 0.5 to 1.5 mm. They are provided at 5 to 22 locations at circumferential arc intervals S' of about 1.0 to 7.0 mm, protruding preferably at a protrusion height of about 2 mm, and are continuous in the circumferential direction. More preferably, at 6 to 15 locations, with a circumferential arc length L' of about 0.5 to 1.0 mm and a circumferential arc interval S' of about 3.0 to 6.5 mm. protrude with a protrusion height of about 2 mm and are provided in a continuous manner in the circumferential direction. Further, as a result, the arcuate length M' in the circumferential direction connecting the tips of the plurality of protruding cutter blades 16a is preferably about 41 to 50 mm.

As a result, in this embodiment, the round knife 16 rotates with the shrink film 20 being sent in sandwiched between the rotary roller 17 around which the shrink film 20 is wound, and the plurality of protruding cutter blades 16a. The shrink film 20 is continuously arranged at 5 to 22 locations on an imaginary straight line in the feeding direction with a length L of 0.5 to 1.5 mm and an interval S of 1.0 to 7.0 mm. A row of perforations 52 formed by a group of unit perforations 52a are sequentially and intermittently formed at a predetermined pitch between the perforations 52. In this embodiment, more specifically, the perforations 52 formed by a group of unit perforations 52a in a row formed at 21 locations with a length of 1 mm and an interval of 1 mm are preferably used for a booklet 50, which is an article. They can be formed sequentially and intermittently at a predetermined pitch corresponding to the length in the supply direction.

Here, in this embodiment, the perforation forming device 15 is provided with an encoder unit 24 supported by the lower end portion of the slide column portion 15b. The encoder unit 24 is arranged so as to be in contact with the guide roller 12b adjacent to the downstream side of the rotating roller 17 in the feeding direction, with the shrink film 20 to be fed out sandwiched therebetween, and detects the moving speed of the shrink film 20 to be fed out. At the same time, the detected movement speed can be fed back to the operation panel 22. As a result, perforations 52 can be formed intermittently at a predetermined pitch by a group of unit perforations 52a with high precision at predetermined positions on the shrink film 20 that is supplied toward the article storage section 13. It becomes possible.

The shrink film 20 in which perforations 52 are intermittently formed by a group of unit perforations 52a at a predetermined pitch with high accuracy by the perforation forming device 15 is processed by the plurality of guide rollers of the film supply section 12, as described above. 12b, a pinhole is further formed at an appropriate position by a pinhole forming device (not shown), and then the article is supplied to the article storage section 13. The shrink film 20 on which perforations 52 are formed, supplied to the article storage section 13, is controlled by operations on the operation panel 22, and each booklet 50, which is a hexahedral article, is sequentially supplied from the article supply section 11. With the perforations 52 that are intermittently formed at predetermined positions, for example, on the upper surface of The booklet 50', which is a hexahedral shaped article, is sequentially wrapped. The shrink film 20 encasing the booklet 50' is formed into a cylinder shape containing the booklet 50' as described above by the side sealer part 13b on the downstream side in the supply direction, and then the booklet 50' is sealed by the horizontal sealer part 13c. By sealing and cutting the sandwiched front and rear ends in the supply direction, the article storage bag 51 before heat shrinkage is formed. As described above, the formed article storage bag 51 is delivered to the heating section 14 for heating and shrinking the shrink film 20 via the discharge conveyor 19c.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the heating unit 14 for heating and shrinking the shrink film 20 covering the booklet 50' in the formed article storage bag 51 is a heating unit 14 disposed on the upstream side in the delivery direction. It is configured to include a first heating tunnel 25 and a second heating tunnel 26 arranged on the downstream side in the delivery direction. As shown in FIG. 5, the first heating tunnel 25 moves up and down with respect to the conveyor belt 25a, and sandwiches the article storage bag 51 conveyed between it and the conveyor belt 25a by covering the upper and lower surfaces thereof. It is provided with an upper presser belt 25b that is moved in a tilted state.

That is, in the present embodiment, the first heating tunnel 25 includes a lower conveyor device 25d that rotates the conveyor belt 25a endlessly by a conveyor motor 25c, and an upper presser belt 25b that rotates endlessly by the upper presser belt motor 25e. 25f. The presser belt device 25f is integrally attached to a belt support pedestal 25h having a rectangular frame shape in which a plurality of guide rollers 25g for guiding the rotational movement of the upper presser belt 25b are disposed, and the belt support pedestal 25h is integrally attached to the lower conveyor. A gantry lifting device 25i is provided for vertically sliding the belt support gantry 25h along a support member (not shown) that stands adjacent to the device 25d. By raising and lowering the gantry lifting device 25i, the upper presser belt 25b, which is supported by the belt support gantry 25h and is rotatable in an endless manner, is moved up and down with respect to the conveyor belt 25a of the lower conveyor device 25d, and the upper presser belt 25b is moved up and down with respect to the conveyor belt 25a of the lower conveyor device 25d. The article storage bag 51 to be conveyed between the two can be moved with the upper and lower surfaces covered and sandwiched between them. The first heating tunnel 25 is also provided with a lower conveyor device 25d, a presser belt device 25f, a heater 25j that heats the inside of the tunnel, a fan motor 25k that circulates hot air, and the like.

As a result, in the first heating tunnel 25, before sending the article storage bag 51 to the second heating tunnel 26, the shrink film 20 of the portion of the article storage bag 51 that covers the outer peripheral side of the booklet 50', which is an article, is It can be heated and shrunk in advance.

On the other hand, the second heating tunnel 26 has a configuration that allows the article storage bag 51 to be moved while being heated by the conveyor belt 26a with the top surface of the article storage bag 51 open, and is different from the conventional heating tunnel. Similarly, a conveyor device 26d having a conveyor belt 26a and a conveyor motor 26c for conveying and moving the article storage bag 51, a heater 26j for heating the inside of the tunnel, a fan motor 26k for circulating hot air, and the like are provided.

In the shrink packaging apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, the shrink film 20 covering the outer circumferential side of the booklet 50', which is the article in the article storage bag 51, is first heated and shrunk in the first heating tunnel 25. Later, in the second heating tunnel 26, the remaining portion of the shrink film 20 covering the booklet 50', which is the article, is heated and shrunk to shrink-wrap the booklet 50', thereby forming the shrink film wrapped article 50. It has become. As a result, even if the booklet 50', which is an article to be shrink-wrapped, has a soft cover with a flexible cover, such as a comic book or a paperback book, it is possible to stack multiple sheets of printed paper to a predetermined thickness. The formed booklet 50' can be easily shrink-wrapped while maintaining its hexahedral shape.

That is, when the booklet 50', which is an article to be shrink-wrapped, has a soft cover with a flexible cover, such as a comic book or a paperback book, the booklet 50' cannot be bound if the heating section is a conventional heating tunnel. Since the end of the printed paper on the side opposite to the margin is an open end, the cross-sectional shape in the direction perpendicular to the binding margin may curve into an arc due to the compressive force caused by the contraction of the storage bag. Therefore, it is difficult to shrink-wrap the booklet while maintaining the hexahedral shape.

In contrast, in the present embodiment, the shrink film 20 covering the outer peripheral side of the booklet 50' is first heated and shrunk in the first heating tunnel 25, and then the remaining portion is heated in the second heating tunnel 26. Since the shrink film 20 is designed to shrink, before heating and shrinking the entire shrink film 20, the outer circumferential side of the booklet 50', which has the open end of the printed paper, while sandwiching the upper and lower surfaces, is It is possible to predetermine the shape of the outer peripheral side surface by pressing the shrink film 20 which has been heat-shrinked in advance. Due to the compressive force caused by contraction, it is possible to effectively avoid, for example, the cross-sectional shape in the direction perpendicular to the binding margin being curved into an arcuate shape. Furthermore, this makes it possible to easily shrink-wrap the booklet 50', which is formed by stacking a plurality of printed sheets to a predetermined thickness, while maintaining its hexahedral shape.

Therefore, according to the shrink packaging apparatus 10 having the above-described configuration, the shrink film 20 on either side of the hexahedral shape of the hexahedral shrink film wrapped article 50 of the present embodiment covered with the shrink film 20 is coated with a film. It becomes possible to easily form the perforation line 52, which becomes the easy-to-break line 54, in a form that does not break when heated, and in a form that makes it easy to break when the booklet 50', which is an article, is taken out.

In the present embodiment, the shrink packaging device 10 is provided with a known printing device (not shown) on the downstream side of the second heating tunnel 26 of the heating section 14, which is controlled by operating the operation panel 22. ing. As described above, this printing device clearly indicates the direction of separation of the film easy break line 54 on both sides of the shrink film 20 on one side of the shrink packaged article 50, preferably with arrows. A pair of markings 55 (see FIGS. 1(a) and 1(b)) can be drawn.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made. For example, in the shrink-wrapped article of the present invention, the hexahedron-shaped article to be shrink-wrapped does not necessarily have to be a booklet 50'; Articles having various other hexahedral shapes may also be used.

10 Shrink packaging device 11 Article supply section 11a Booklet hopper section 11b Pinching conveyance section 11c Extrusion piston 11d Upper presser belt 11e Lower presser belt 12 Film supply section 12a Film holder 12b Guide roller 12c Film splicer 13 Article storage section 13a Homer section 13b Side sealer section 13c Horizontal sealer section 14 Heating section 15 Perforation forming means (perforation forming device)
16 Round knife 16a Protruding cutter blade 17 Rotating roller 18 Advance/retreat mechanism (slide mechanism)
19 Moving means 19a Supply conveyor 19b Feed conveyor 19c Discharge conveyor 20 Shrink film 21 Automatic defective product removal device 22 Operation panel 23 Scrap winding device 24 Encoder unit 25 First heating tunnel 26 Second heating tunnel 50 Shrink film wrapped article 50' Booklet (Hexahedral shaped article)
51 Article storage bag 52 Perforation 52a Unit perforation 53 Virtual straight line 54 Film easy break line 55 Marking

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A shrink-wrapped article having a hexahedral shape, which is formed by covering an article having a hexahedral shape with a shrink film using a shrink wrapping device,
A film easy-to-break line formed by a perforation formed by a perforation forming means provided in the shrink packaging device is provided along an imaginary straight line that crosses one surface of the shrink film in a hexahedral rectangular shape. The unit perforations constituting the film easy break line are arranged in a row at 5 to 22 locations with a length of 0.5 to 1.5 mm and an interval of 1.0 to 7.0 mm, A shrink-wrapped article formed only on a portion of the imaginary straight line. The unit perforations constituting the film easy break line are 0.5 to 1.0 mm long and are consecutively arranged at 6 to 15 locations at intervals of 3.0 to 6.5 mm to form the imaginary straight line. The shrink-wrapped article according to claim 1, wherein the shrink-wrapped article is formed only in a portion of the shrink-wrapped article. The shrink packaging device includes an article supply section that supplies the hexahedral-shaped article, a film supply section that supplies a shrink film having heat shrinkability, and a shrink film storage section that stores the article before heat shrinking. 2. The article storage bag according to claim 1, further comprising: an article storage section for forming an article storage bag; and a heating section for shrink-wrapping the stored article by heating the formed article storage bag and heat-shrinking the shrink film. The shrink-wrapped article according to 2. Claim 1 or 2, wherein a pair of markings clearly indicating the direction of separation are drawn on both sides of the shrink film on both sides of the film easy-to-break line on the one side where the film easy-to-break line is formed by perforations. Shrink-wrapped articles as described. 5. The shrink-wrapped article according to claim 4, wherein the pair of markings indicating the direction of separation are arrow markings. 3. The shrink-wrapped article according to claim 1, wherein the film easy-to-break line formed by a perforation is formed only in a portion of the imaginary straight line extending parallel to the long side direction of the one rectangular surface. 7. The shrink-wrapped article according to claim 6, wherein the film easy-to-break line formed by a perforation is formed only in a part of the imaginary straight line that crosses the center of the width of the rectangular one surface in the short side direction. The shrink according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the unit perforation constituting the film easy break line is formed as a part of the virtual straight line in an area of 50% or less of the straight line that crosses one side of the rectangular shape. Packaging goods. The shrink-wrapped article according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the unit perforation constituting the film easy-to-break line is formed only on one short side of one surface of the rectangle as a part of the imaginary straight line. . The shrink-wrapped article according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the article having a hexahedral shape is a booklet formed by laminating a plurality of printed sheets having a rectangular planar shape to a predetermined thickness.

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