JP2569593Y2 - Packaging equipment for printed materials, etc. - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement in a packaging apparatus for packaging a thin article to be packaged such as a printed matter.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A packaging apparatus used for packaging mail or the like conventionally transports a film in a horizontal direction and performs packaging, so that a large installation area is required. In view of this, a configuration in which the film is fed vertically to perform packaging is conceivable, but an apparatus capable of packaging with a simple structure has not yet been proposed. Further, there is a disadvantage that the packaging cannot be performed in a short time because the transport path is long.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the invention] This invention has been made as a result of intensive research in view of the above circumstances, and its main problem is that a film pulled from a roll-shaped film is fed vertically, Invert with and pass through the former,
An object of the present invention is to provide a packaging device capable of dropping an article to be packaged on a film which is fed downward as a cylindrical shape, seals the package, and performs packaging.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above problems, in the present invention, (a) fixed to the left and right side plates of the casing, partitioning the casing back and forth, and gradually inclining forward and downward. A partition plate is provided, (b) a drive roller for film retraction is provided above the partition plate and supported by a casing and supported by a casing, and (c) a direction in which the partition plate extends at an upper front side of the partition plate. A former for bending the film drawn from the drive roller into a thin cylindrical shape, and (d) disposing the cylindrical film drawn from the former in a horizontal direction below the former. (E) providing a vertical sealing device provided below the horizontal sealing device and welding a vertically overlapping portion of the tubular film; (f) providing a horizontal sealing device for fusing and welding; Height adjustment to lower spaced position (G) providing a roll-shaped film main body that is disposed below the rear surface of the partition plate and that can send a film to the former via the drive roller. Taking technical measures. Further, in the invention of claim 2, in addition to the above configuration. (h). A technical means is provided in which a conveyor provided on the partition plate and transporting the package packaged with the tubular film to the lower discharge side is provided.

[0005]

The film sent upward from the film body along the back surface of the partition plate is pulled by a driving roller, and is turned upside down, formed into a thin cylindrical shape by a former, and drawn out downward. The film drawn out from the former into a cylindrical shape has its tip (horizontal side at the lower end) fused and welded by a horizontal sealing device, and as it is fed downward, a vertically overlapped portion is welded by a vertical sealing device. Then, the drive roller is controlled by the length sensor, and the film is pulled down to a predetermined position. When an article to be wrapped such as a printed matter is dropped through the hollow from the upper opening of the former, the article enters the cylindrical film, and the upper side is fused and welded by a horizontal seal, and separated from the continuous film side. The separated packaged article is conveyed by its own weight to a lower discharge location due to the inclination of the partition plate. On the other hand, after separation by the horizontal seal, the drive roller rotates as described above,
While performing vertical sealing by the vertical sealing device, the film is fed out to a predetermined standby position to prepare for the next loading of the article to be packaged.

In the invention according to claim 2, the packaged article separated by the horizontal sealing device is conveyed to a lower discharge place by the conveyor together with the inclination of the partition plate.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of a packaging device for printed matter of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The packaging device 1
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a casing 2 having a partition plate 3, a driving roller 4 for pulling a film, a former 5 for forming a film into a cylindrical shape, a horizontal sealing device 6 for sealing a film, and a vertical seal It comprises a device 7 and a first conveyor 8 and a second conveyor 9 provided along the partition plate 3.

That is, the casing 2 is formed in a rectangular frame shape, and the partition plate 3 is fixed to the left and right side plates 21. The partition plate 3 partitions the casing 2 back and forth, and is disposed so that the upper part is deviated rearward and is gradually inclined downward and forward. A storage portion is formed on the lower back surface of the partition plate 3, and a roll-shaped film main body F is formed.
Are rotatably stored and held.

As shown in FIG. 3, a motor M is supported on the partition plate 3 by a side plate 21 of the casing.
And a drive roller 4 for film retraction connected to the film. The drive roller 4 abuts against the roller surface,
An auxiliary roller 41 for pressing the film passing between the rollers against the roller surface is provided on the upper surface so as to oppose the film, and the film fed from the film body F passes through the space.
Reference numeral 40 denotes a pair of support rollers rotatably supporting the roll-shaped film body F, and reference numeral 42 denotes a roller disposed below the drive roller 4 at a position halfway behind the partition plate 3 and rotatable by the side plate 21. A pair of front and rear pay-out rollers that are pivotally supported by the drive roller 4 feed out the film from the film main body F and guide the film to the drive roller 4. 43 is the partition plate 3
A roller 44 for turning the film drawn out from the driving roller 4 upward again on the front surface and guiding the film to the former 5 is a guide roller 44 which presses and feeds the film folded in a cylindrical shape.

Next, a former 5 is attached to the upper part of the front surface of the partition plate 3 in the extending direction of the partition plate.
As shown in FIG. 4, the former 5 has a hollow at the center, and the left and right pieces are folded forward so as to form diagonal folding lines. The driving roller 4
As shown in FIG. 5, the film F pulled out from the front end is overlapped at the center at the front and bent into a thin tubular shape.

The former 5 is disposed so as to be inclined substantially in parallel with the inclination angle of the partition plate 3, and the upper end is set to a height so as to be aligned with the upper end of the casing 2. The upper end of the former 5 is substantially aligned with the upper end of the height of the casing 2 in the illustrated example, and a guide plate 51 is provided vertically inside the former 5 in the hollow. Further, the former 5 has one side piece 5A and the other side piece 5B connected via a horizontal piece 5C so as to be able to expand and contract in the width direction, so that the width of the former 5 can be adjusted. In order to change to the printed matter of B5, the side piece 5C is moved so that one side piece 5B approaches the other side piece 5A.
Should be fixed in the direction of shortening.

Below the former 5 and in front of the partition plate 3, a pair of horizontal sealing devices 6 comprising a sheet knife which can be linearly sealed and its receiving base are arranged with the film being sandwiched in front and rear. In addition, the tubular film drawn from the former 5 can be fused and welded along the horizontal line. Also,
Below the horizontal sealing device 6, a vertical sealing device 7 for welding a vertically overlapping portion of the cylindrical film is provided. The vertical sealing device 7 includes a vertically extending sheet knife and a receiving table, but a rotating roller type sealing device that can continuously seal may be used. The vertical sealing device 7 may be formed integrally with the horizontal sealing device 6, or may be formed separately.

Below the vertical sealing device 7, a length detection sensor S is provided at the tip of an extendable member 17 whose length can be adjusted. The length detection sensor S is for detecting the leading end of the film fed from the former 5 and is connected to a control unit having a microcomputer configuration (not shown). In this embodiment, the length detection sensor S The drive roller 4 is rotated until the leading edge is detected, and the film is pulled. When the film is detected, the drive roller 4 is controlled to stop, and the film is drawn out to a standby position for a predetermined length.

The article to be wrapped, such as a printed matter, dropped from the hollow of the former 5 falls under its own weight as it is and is put into a tubular film that has been pulled out to a standby position. Next, the package blown by the horizontal sealing device 6 is transferred by the first conveyor 8 and the second conveyor 9 and is conveyed to the front discharge position. That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the first conveyor 8 is composed of a conveyor for circulating an endless band 8a vertically arranged along the partition plate 2, and a pair of right and left is arranged. It protrudes from the groove formed in the plate 2 and can contact the package.

The second conveyor 9 is a conveyor for changing the inclination angle from the end point position of the first conveyor 8 and transferring it to the front discharge position, and is also configured to circulate the endless band 9a. A plurality (six in the illustrated example) of the second conveyors 8 are provided along a discharge plate 20 that projects diagonally forward, and a large number of parallel grooves are provided on the surface of the discharge plate 20. Thus, the outward path of the second conveyor 8 projects outward from the groove, and the printed matter can be transported to the discharge location.

With the above structure, the film sent upward from the film main body F along the back surface of the partition plate 2 is pulled by the driving roller 4 and turned upside down by the former 5 to be thin. It is formed into a cylindrical shape and pulled out downward. The front end (horizontal side of the lower end) of the film drawn out from the former 5 is fused and welded by a horizontal sealing device 6, and a vertically overlapped portion is welded by a vertical sealing device 7 as the film is fed downward. Is done.

The drive roller 4 is detected by the length sensor S.
Is controlled, and the film is pulled down to a predetermined position. When an article to be wrapped such as a printed material is dropped through the hollow from the upper opening of the former, the article enters the cylindrical film, and the upper side is fused and welded by the horizontal sealing device 6 and separated from the continuous film side. It is.

The separated packaged articles are conveyed to the lower discharge position by the inclined surfaces of the partition plate 2 and the conveyors 8 and 9. On the other hand, after separation by the horizontal seal, the drive roller 5 rotates as described above, and the film is fed out to a predetermined standby position while performing vertical sealing by the vertical sealing device 7 to prepare for the next loading of the article to be packaged. .

The above embodiment is suitable for a case where the length of an article to be packed such as a printed material to be put in is long.
A configuration may be adopted in which the article to be packaged is put into the film, then pulled out downward, and the upper side is melted and welded to be separated. That is, in this case, the configuration of the control unit is changed, and the leading end of the film is waiting before the horizontal sealing device 6,
The sensor detects that the article to be packaged has been inserted into the film, and then feeds the film downward. The length detecting sensor S detects that the article has been pulled out to a predetermined position, and then the horizontal sealing device 6 cuts the film. It has become.

That is, an article to be packaged from the hollow of the former 5 is put into a film which is formed into a cylindrical shape by the former 5, the leading end thereof is sealed by the horizontal sealing device 6, and stands by before the horizontal sealing device 6. At this time, the horizontal sealing device 6
It is preferable to provide a heat insulating cover on the upper frame member because the article to be packaged can be held without heating. After the loading, when the sensor detects that the packaged article has been loaded into the film, the control unit drives the drive roller 4 to feed the film downward, and feeds out the film to a predetermined position detected by the length sensor S. At the same time, the vertical sealing is performed by the vertical sealing device 7 while the articles to be packaged are stored.

Then, when the drive roller 4 is stopped by the detection of the length sensor S, the horizontal sealing device 6 seals the upper side horizontally and cuts the film wrapping the lower packaged article. Next, the divided packaged articles are conveyed to the discharge position by the first and second conveyors 8 and 9 as described above. Thereby, packaging can be performed in a shorter time than in the case of the above-described embodiment, in accordance with the dimensions of the article to be packaged.

In this invention, two conveyors are provided.
The structure and number of conveyors are not limited to the above embodiment.
A configuration in which a packaged article is slid and discharged only on an inclined surface without providing a conveyor may be employed. In addition, it goes without saying that the packaging device of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various design changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, printed matter or the like can be transported vertically and packaged with a simple structure. Since the vertical main body is used and the film main body can be housed in the casing, significant space saving can be achieved. Further, the printed matter is transported by using the weight of the article and transported to the discharge port, so that the transporting device can be simplified and reduced in size.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a packaging device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a state in which a film is fed.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a former.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a state where a film is bent by a former.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a conveyor.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Packaging device 2 Casing 3 Partition plate 4 Drive roller 5 Former 6 Horizontal sealing device 7 Vertical sealing device 8 1st conveyor 9 2nd conveyor F Film main body S Length detection sensor

Claims (3)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A partition plate fixed to left and right side plates of a casing, partitions the casing back and forth, and gradually inclines downward and forward. A film traction disposed on the partition plate and supported by the casing and supported by the casing. A driving roller, a former arranged at an upper part of the front side of the partition plate in the extension direction of the partition plate, and a former for bending a film drawn from the driving roller into a thin tubular shape, and a lower part disposed below the former. A horizontal sealing device for laterally fusing and welding the cylindrical film drawn from the former; a vertical sealing device provided below the horizontal sealing device for welding a vertical overlapping portion of the cylindrical film; A length detection sensor provided at a lower separation position of the vertical sealing device so as to be adjustable in height, and the former is disposed below a back surface of the partition plate and is provided via the driving roller. A packaging device for printed matter or the like, comprising a roll-shaped film main body capable of sending a film to a printer. 2. A partition plate fixed to the left and right side plates of the casing and partitioning the casing back and forth and gradually inclining downwardly forward, and a film traction disposed above the partition plate and pivotally supported by the casing. A driving roller, a former arranged at an upper part of the front side of the partition plate in the extension direction of the partition plate, and a former for bending a film drawn from the driving roller into a thin tubular shape, and a lower part disposed below the former. A horizontal sealing device for laterally fusing and welding the cylindrical film drawn from the former; a vertical sealing device provided below the horizontal sealing device for welding a vertical overlapping portion of the cylindrical film; A length detection sensor provided at the lower distant position of the vertical sealing device so that the height can be adjusted, and a package provided on the partition plate and packaged with a tubular film is conveyed to the lower discharge side. And a roll-shaped film main body disposed below the rear surface of the partition plate and capable of sending a film to the former via the drive roller. 3. A pair of left and right first conveyors whose conveyors extend downward along a partition plate, and a plurality of second conveyors extending along a discharge plate that projects obliquely downward and forward from the partition plate at the end point of the first conveyor. The packaging device for printed matter or the like according to claim 2, comprising a combination of conveyors.