JP2943736B2 - Package boxing system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a package boxing system which inserts a supplied package into a transport tray or the like and packs the supplied package into a packing box or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional package boxing system, for example, there is one as shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, a conventional package boxing system 90 includes a package boxing apparatus 92, a single-row conveyor 91 for supplying a tray T in which a package P is inserted into the package boxing apparatus 92, and a tray from which the package P is removed. It mainly comprises a single-row conveyor 93 for discharging T and a packing box transfer line 94 for transferring packing boxes.

[0003] As for the trays T into which the packages P are inserted, three trays T are supplied to the conveyor 91b from the conveyor 91a of the single-row conveyor 91. The supplied three trays T are stopped by the stopper 91c, moved sideways to the position 97a by the pusher 97, and then the next three trays T are supplied to the conveyor 91b.
To the position of. And it is an array of two rows and six,
The package P is gripped by the chuck of the elevating body 95 from the tray T, placed in the packing box P on the side, and packed in a box. The trays T from which the packages P have been removed have been moved to the conveyor 93a of the conveyor 93 for one row by three by a conveyor (not shown) and discharged.

[0004]

However, in recent years,
Since the working speed of the box packing device 92 has been increased, it takes time to supply the tray T in which the package P is inserted in the package P supply to the box packing device 92 in the conventional package box packing system 90 as described above. As a result, there is a problem that the operation of the box packing device 92 is in a waiting state, and the transport efficiency of the package P is poor. Further, there is a problem that it takes time to discharge the tray T from which the package P has been removed. For this reason, there has been a problem that the operation rate of the tray conveyance is poor and the operation rate of the package box packing system is reduced.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the conventional disadvantages described above, and to efficiently and quickly transport a package inserted in a tray to a gripping position where the package is extracted from the tray. It is an object of the present invention to provide a package boxing system capable of quickly discharging wastewater.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a package boxing system for extracting a package inserted into a tray supplied from a supply line at a gripping position, removing the package from the tray, and packing the package. A preparation station is provided in which packages arranged in a tray supplied from a supply line are packaged in a package arrangement in a form in which the packages are collectively gripped and packed in a box.
A transfer line is provided for simultaneously transporting the packages arranged in different locations and supplying them to the gripping position, and simultaneously discharging the tray from which the packages have been extracted from the gripping position.

[0007]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a package box packing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a package box packing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a transport device of the package boxing system. FIG. 3 is a front view of FIG. FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the package box packing device. FIG. 5 is a plan view showing an elevating body of the package box packing apparatus. FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a change in the pitch of the holding means in the package box packing apparatus.

First, the configuration of the package box packing system 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the package boxing system 1 includes a supply conveyor 7 serving as a supply line for supplying a package P inserted into a single row of trays T and a package P inserted into a single row of trays T. Tray T in which two rows of packages P are inserted from the supply conveyor 7 to be supplied
, A packaging device 2 for extracting the package P transported from the transport line 3 from the tray T and packing it in a packaging box B, and a packaging box transport line 4 for transporting the packaging box B. . The supply conveyor 7 includes a tray T on which packages P to be conveyed in a row are inserted.
Is stopped by the stopper 71. The sensor 72 is means for reading the ID tags of the two trays T.

The transport line 3 includes a pusher 33 for pushing the tray T in which the two packages P stopped by the stopper 71 are inserted, and a conveyor for transporting the tray T in which the package P pushed by the pusher 33 is inserted. 3a
And a conveyor 3b at a gripping position where the package P is gripped and extracted from the tray T, and a conveyor 3c for discharging the tray T from which the package P has been extracted. The conveyor 3a is provided with a stopper 32 for stopping the tray T in which the packages P are inserted and a stopper 31 for stopping the tray T in which six packages P are inserted. The tray T in which the six packages P are inserted is stopped by the stopper 31, so that the packages P are previously extracted in the form of six packages P from which the packages P are extracted by the conveyor 3b at the gripping position. That is, the stopper 31
Is a preparation station 31a for efficiently transporting the package P to the conveyor 3b at the gripping position. Further, in order to efficiently transport, the stopper 32
And a preparation station 32a in which the tray T in which the six packages P are inserted is stopped. The supply line 7 and the transport line 3 are arranged at right angles. Therefore, one row of packages P supplied from the transport line
Can be easily changed into a form of six packages P from which the packages P are extracted by the conveyor 3b at the holding position. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a conveyor 3 for supplying a tray T in which a package P is inserted to a box packing device 2.
a, a conveyor 3b at a gripping position where the package P is gripped and extracted from the tray T by the elevating body 95 of the box packing device 2, and a conveyor 3c for discharging the tray T from which the package P has been extracted are arranged in a straight line. Because
Tray transportation is performed efficiently.

The package box packing device 2 includes a package P
It mainly comprises an elevating body 5 for extracting the package P from the tray T in which is inserted, and a packing device 6 for packing the extracted package P in a box. Details of the elevating body 5 will be described later. The packaging box transport line 4 includes a conveyor 4a for transporting a packaging box B having an open top, a conveyor 4b for transporting the packaging box to a position where the packages P are packed, and a conveyor 4c for transporting the packed packaging box B. It is composed of

FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 show details of the transport line 3. FIG. 2 is a plan view showing details of the transport line 3,
FIG. 3 is a front view thereof. The transport line 3 is a tray T
, A bearing 37 and a bearing 38 for supporting the roller 39, a frame 30 for supporting the bearing 37 and the bearing 38, a guide member 34 and a guide member 35 attached to the frame 30 for guiding the tray T. And a guide member 36. The frame 30 is installed on the beam member 21b. The guide member 35 and the guide member 36
Guides the side and top surfaces. The guide member 34
The upper surface of the tray T is guided. Guide member 34a
Guide the trays T arranged in parallel. As shown in FIG. 3, the package P is set up with the inner surface of the bobbin Pb of the package P inserted into the peg Tp of the tray T.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing the details of the package box packing apparatus 2. The package box packing device 2 includes a lifting unit 5, a packing device 6, and a frame 21. The elevating body 5 includes a chuck 53 for holding the package P.
, A base 52 that supports the chuck 53, and a moving member 51 that moves the elevating body 5 up and down. Details will be described later. The frame 21 mainly includes a column 21d, a beam member 21a that supports the elevating body 5, a beam member 21b that supports the transport line 3, and a beam member 21c that supports the packing device 6 and the packing box transport line 4. Have been. A drive source is provided in the beam member 21a by a motor and a chain (not shown).
And is driven by inverter control or the like. The moving member 51 can be moved up and down by driving a motor (not shown) or the like, and also can be moved in the horizontal direction.
The packing box transfer line 4 includes a roller 41 for mounting and transferring the packing box B, a bearing 42 and a bearing 43 for rotatably supporting the roller 41, a frame 45 for supporting the bearing 43, and a frame 44 for supporting the bearing 42. And a gripping member 61 and a gripping member 62 for gripping the packing box B. The gripping member 62 is supported by the frame 45 so as to freely reciprocate. The gripping member 61 is supported by the roller 41 so as to freely reciprocate. Frame 44
The frame 45 is attached to the beam member 21c. The lifting / lowering body 5 removes the package P from the tray T in which the package P transported by the transport line 3 is inserted,
It is packed in the packing box B transferred by the packing box transfer line 4.

Next, details of the elevating body 5 will be described. 5 is a plan view showing details of the elevating body 5, FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing an AA cross section of the elevating body 5, and FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a BB cross section of the elevating body 5. . The lifting body 5 is located at the end 2
Interlocking unit 54 for gripping and moving individual packages P
U, an interlocking unit 56U that grips and moves the two central packages P, an interlocking unit 58U that grips and moves the other two packages P, an interlocking unit 54U, and an interlocking unit 56U. And a base 52 supporting an interlocking unit 58U. The six packages P are gripped by the chuck 53. A cylinder 54 as a drive source for moving the package P is provided in the interlocking unit 54U. A package P is attached to the interlocked unit 56U.
A cylinder 56 as a drive source for moving the cylinder is provided. Similarly, a cylinder 58, which is a driving source, is provided in the interlocking unit 58U. The cylinder 54, the cylinder 56, and the cylinder 58 are attached to the base 52 via a bracket (not shown).

Here, the interlocking unit 54U will be described. A pair of chucks 53 of the interlocking unit 54U
Are attached to the pair of plates 55a. Wheels 55b are rotatably mounted on the plate 55a. The wheel 55b is mounted on the upper surface of the base 52. A sliding member 55c is attached to the plate 55a. The sliding member 55c is a U-shaped member, and is reciprocally mounted on the rail 52a as shown in FIG. Stopper 52b and stopper 52c
Stops the movement of the sliding member 55c. The stopper 52b can be attached to any position on the rail 52a, so that the moving range of the sliding member 55c can be set freely.

As shown in FIG. 5, a plate 5 on which a chuck 53 is mounted is moved by a sliding member 55c and wheels 55b.
5a is reciprocally movable. A sliding member 55d is attached to the plate 55a. The sliding member 55d is movably attached to the hole 54d of the plate 54c. A bracket 54b is attached to the plate 54c. The bracket 54b is connected to the rod 54a. The rod 54a of the cylinder 54 is reciprocated by the cylinder 54, so that the rod 54a of the cylinder 54 moves in the ma direction.
Moves. The chuck 53 is placed in a hole 52d provided in the base 52.

Next, the interlocking unit 56U will be described. A pair of chucks 53 holding the two packages P of the interlocking unit 56U are attached to the plate 57a. Wheels 57b are rotatably attached to the plate 57a. As shown in FIG.
The wheels 57b are mounted on the upper surface of the base 52. A sliding member 57c is attached to the plate 57a. The sliding member 57c is a U-shaped member,
e is reciprocally mounted. As shown in FIG. 5, the stopper 52f and the stopper 52g are
This stops the reciprocation of c. Stopper 52f
Can be attached to any position on the rail 52e, and the movement range of the sliding member 57c can be adjusted. As shown in FIG.
6d is attached. A stud 56c is attached to the pin 56d. The stud 56c is shown in FIG.
Is connected to the cylinder 56 as shown in FIG. The rod 56a is reciprocally movable by the cylinder 56. A pin 56b is attached to the rod 56a. The pin 56b is attached to the other plate 57a. The chuck 53 is provided with a hole 5 provided in the base 52.
2h. By driving the cylinder 56,
The rod 56a moves in the mb direction, and the package P moves.

Next, the interlocking unit 58U will be described. The interlocking unit 58U is the interlocking unit 5
It has the same configuration as 4U. Interlocking unit 58U 2
Each package P is held by the chuck 53.
The chuck 53 is attached to a pair of plates 59a. Wheels 59b are rotatably attached to the plate 59a. A sliding member 59c is attached to the plate 59a. The sliding member 59c is reciprocally mounted on the rail 52i. Stopper 5
2j and the stopper 52k stop the sliding member 59c. The stopper 52j is attached to an arbitrary position on the rail 52i. The range of movement of the sliding member 59c is set by the stopper 52j. Chuck 5
3 is placed in a hole 521 provided in the base 52. A sliding member 59d is attached to the plate 59a. The sliding member 59d is provided in the hole 58 of the plate 58c.
l. A bracket 58b is attached to the plate 58c. The bracket 58b is connected to the rod 58a. The rod 58a reciprocates by driving the cylinder 58. By driving the cylinder 58, the rod 58a moves in the mc direction, and the package P moves.

A connecting member 51b is connected to the base 52. The connecting member 51b is connected to the frame 51a. The frame 51a is attached to the moving member 51. Thereby, the lifting body 5 grasps the package P and moves up and down as shown in FIG.

Next, the operation of the package boxing system 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, a single row of trays T into which packages P are inserted is transported by a supply conveyor 7 and supplied. When the tray T in which the package P is inserted comes into contact with the stopper 71, the two trays T are pushed out by the pusher 33 to the position indicated by the pusher 33a on the conveyor 3a of the transport line 3. The tray T on which the extruded package P is inserted is conveyed by the conveyor 3a and stopped by the stopper 32. Suspended 6
The packages P are transported to the stopper 31. Then, the stopper 31 is released, and the six packages P are transported by the conveyor 3b.
Reaches the gripping position of the lifting body 5. The tray T on which the package P reaching the gripping position is inserted is gripped by the elevating body 5 as shown in FIG.

That is, the package P is lowered in the direction a by the moving member 51 of the elevating body 5 and the chuck 53 is inserted into the package P to grip the package P. At this time, the pitch of the chucks 53 is substantially equal to the pitch D of the tray T.
The gripped package P is raised by the moving member 51 in the direction b. Then, the six packages P are simultaneously extracted from the tray T. At this time, the tray T is provided with the guide member 35 and the guide member 36 as shown in FIGS.
Since the package P is guided by the guide member 34, the package P does not rise together with the package P, and the package P is reliably removed from the tray T. The extracted package P rises in the direction b and moves in the direction c. Then, as in the case of the elevating body 5a, the package P moves in the m direction as it moves, and the packages P come into contact with each other, so that the pitch of the packages P becomes substantially equal to the diameter d of the package P. From the pitch D of this package P to the pitch d
The details of the operation for moving to are described later.

Then, like the elevating body 5b, the package P
Falls when it reaches above the packing box B (direction e). The descending package P is placed in the packing box B, which is held by the gripping members 61 and 62, and is
Packed in a box as shown in c. When the package P is packed in a box, only the elevating body 5 moves up (f direction), moves in the g direction, and returns to the standby position again. Then, the above operation is repeated, and the package P transported by the transport line 3 is
The package P is extracted from the tray T in which is inserted, and is successively packed in the packing box B conveyed by the packing box conveying line 4. The top of the packed packing box B is closed by the packing device 6, and as shown in FIG.
It is conveyed to the next process by c. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the tray T from which the package P has been extracted is transported to the next step by the conveyor 3c so that a new package P is inserted.

The detailed operation when the package P moves from the pitch D to the pitch d will be described. FIG.
It is a figure showing the detail of the operation. The pitch of the six packages P inserted into the tray T indicated by the two-dot chain line is D. That is, it is approximately the diameter of the tray T. When the package P is extracted from the tray T, the cylinder 54, the cylinder 56, and the cylinder 58 are driven. By driving the cylinder 54, the rod 54a moves in the ma direction, and the sliding member 55d moves in the md direction. The sliding member 55c is me
Move in the direction. Along with this, the interlocking unit 54U
Move in the mf direction. That is, the six packages P move toward the aligned center 50. By driving the cylinder 56, the rod 56a
Move in the direction. Along with this, the interlocking unit 56U
Move in the mg direction. That is, the package P moves toward the center 50 of the alignment.

The rod 58a moves in the direction mc by driving the cylinder 58. The sliding member 59d is mh
Move in the direction. The sliding member 59c moves in the mi direction. Accordingly, the package P moves in the mj direction. That is, after the six packages P are extracted from the tray T, they move toward the center 50 of the alignment of the six packages P, and move to positions where they come into contact with each other. At this time, the pitch of the six packages P is d. The pitch d is substantially the diameter of the package P.
Since the six packages P are set to move linearly toward the center 50 of the alignment, the packages P
Even if the diameter of the package P changes, the packages P move to positions where they abut each other. Thus, the chuck 53 has 2 rows × 3 pieces, that is, a total of 6 pieces, and three cylinders 54, 5.
6, 58, the pitch can be freely changed in conjunction with each other. Each of the chucks 53 includes a regulating member 52b, 52f,
The movement is restricted at 52j, so that a minimum pitch state is achieved.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, the package
The tray in which it has been inserted into the package
And feed them all to the holding position all at once.
As a result , the package can be supplied quickly.
Was . In addition, hold the tray from which the package was
Since the transfer line is used to discharge all trays at once,
This enabled quick unloading, increased the operating rate of the package boxing system, and improved productivity.

[0025]

[0026]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a package boxing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a transport line of the package boxing system.

FIG. 3 is a front view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the package box packing device.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing an elevating body of the package box packing apparatus.

6 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a change in pitch of gripping means in the package box packing apparatus.

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing a conventional package boxing system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Package box packing system 2 Package box packing apparatus 3 Transport line 3a Conveyor (transport conveyor) 3b Conveyor (gripping position conveyor) 3c Conveyor (discharge conveyor) 4 Packing box transport line 5 Elevator 6 Packing device 7 Supply conveyor (Supply) Line) 31a preparation station 32a preparation station P package T tray

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A package box packing system for extracting a package inserted from a tray into a tray supplied from a supply line at a gripping position and packing it in a box, wherein the package inserted into a tray supplied from the supply line. Are arranged in a package arrangement in a form of being packaged in a box by being collectively gripped, and the preparation station is provided.
A package box packing system, comprising a transport line for simultaneously transporting packages arranged in different locations and supplying them to a gripping position, and also providing a transport line for simultaneously discharging trays from which packages have been extracted from the gripping position.