JP3023716U - Beverage packaging mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [PROBLEMS] A packaging mechanism for beverages, in which a horizontal seal roller is provided with a structure that prevents gas from remaining and prevents the heating plate of a filled bag from contacting. SOLUTION: The heating plates of the first sealing roller and the second sealing roller are attached to heating plates of the first sealing roller and the second sealing roller along the length direction, respectively, and a first heat insulating material that passes through the filled bag at the lower edge and a long heat insulating material to the inner surface. A second heat insulating material that is attached along the vertical direction and passes through the bag at the upper edge is provided, and the outer edge of each heat insulating material is formed in an arch shape.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the device belongs]

 The present invention relates to a beverage wrapping machine, and more particularly, to a beverage wrapping mechanism that continuously packs beverages in a bag and eliminates air remaining in the packaging bag.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Many beverages such as juices, soft drinks, mineral water, etc. that are generally sold in the market are packaged and sold in small packages using polyethylene bottles, plastic bags, and aluminum foil bags as containers. Among them, the packaging method that uses plastic bags and aluminum foil bags as containers is more economical than other packaging methods. FIG. 1 shows one conventional packaging mechanism, which includes a pair of press rollers 1 rotating in opposite directions, a liquid inlet pipe 2 for supplying a beverage from a nearby container (not shown), It has one supporting member 3 having a semi-conical shape, and a pair of horizontal seal rollers 4. The supporting member 3 has a pair of folded side edges and a narrow bottom having a substantially U-shaped horizontal cross section, and guides a plastic sheet or aluminum foil wound on a roll on the outer side surface and moves downward. Then, the sheet whose both ends are aligned is dropped between the press rollers 1, and the press roller 1 performs heat sealing in the vertical direction in which both sides of the sheet are integrated. The pair of horizontal seal rollers 4 are provided below the press roller 1 and rotate in mutually opposite directions, and each horizontal seal roller 4 has a pair of circular members 401, and one heating plate 403 is connected between them. ing. The press roller 1 and the horizontal seal roller 4 are driven by rollers (not shown in the figure) that are close to each other, and when the heating plate 403 of the pair of horizontal seal rollers 4 rotates to reach the standing position (see FIG. 2), the beverage When the heating plate 403 rotates to the horizontal position, a narrow space is formed between them, through which the filling bag can pass downward, and the filling bag is pressed between the two heating plates 403. Then, heat sealing is performed, and the above operation is repeated one by one.

However, such packaging mechanisms have the following drawbacks: Since the surface of the heating plate 403 is always maintained at a certain temperature without being provided with a heat insulating material on the heating plate 403, when the heating plate 403 rotates to reach the V-shaped position (Fig. 2), the lower part It was not possible to prevent the product from contacting the filled bag, and the surface of the bag melted, resulting in defective products. 2. Since a certain amount of gas remained in the sealed bag, it was necessary to store the product at low temperature in order to prevent quality deterioration due to oxidation, which made storage and transportation economically impossible.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 It is an object of the present invention to provide a beverage packaging mechanism that prevents direct contact of the heating plate with the filled bag by adding some heat insulating means to the horizontal sealing roller at appropriate places.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a packaging mechanism for beverages in which the heat insulating means is provided with an arched edge so that the residual gas can be completely removed from the filled bag by squeezing the bag.

A third object of the present invention is to provide a beverage packaging mechanism that can guarantee the quality of a packaged beverage for a long period of time and keep it fresh.

A fourth object of the present invention is to provide a beverage packaging mechanism that can reduce the defective product rate and can reduce the manufacturing, storing, and transporting costs without requiring low-temperature storage.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 According to the invention of claim 1, a semi-conical bearing member having two side edges bent outward, a small-sized bottom portion having a U-shaped horizontal section, and a bottom portion of the semi-conical bearing member. At least one inlet pipe that is connected to the container to supply the beverage from the adjacent container and is installed under the semi-conical support member and rotates in the opposite direction to align the rolled sheet or foil. A pair of small-diameter rollers that seal the two side edges, and a pair of large-diameter sealing rollers that are provided below the rollers and horizontally seal one filled bag. And a single power supply that drives and heats it in a timely manner.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the seal roller is composed of a first seal roller and a second seal roller, and has a pair of circular wheels each having the same diameter. They are connected with one rectangular heating plate 44 above.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the first heat insulating material is attached to the outer side surfaces of the heating plates of the first seal roller and the second seal roller along the longitudinal direction so that the lower edges are aligned with the lower ends of the heating plates. Then, a second heat insulating material is attached to the inner side surfaces of both heating plates along the longitudinal direction so that the upper edges are aligned with the upper ends of the heating plates.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, the outer edge of each heat insulating material is arched.

[0012]

[Embodiment of device]

 The beverage packaging mechanism of the present invention is structurally constructed with a pair of counter-rotating rollers, at least one inlet tube, one semi-conical bearing, and the conventional horizontal sealing roller described above. It has a pair of functionally similar horizontal sealing rollers. The improvement of the present invention is, in particular, that each heating plate of the horizontal sealing roller is provided with a pair of heat insulating means, which prevents direct contact of the heating plate with the surface of the filled bag and prevents the completely filled bag from remaining. Exhausting body.

[0013]

【Example】

 As shown in FIG. 3, the beverage packaging mechanism of the present invention is provided with a pair of counter-rotating rollers 10 for sealing the bag, and at least one liquid inlet tube 20 for the mechanism. One that is combined and used to supply the beverage from the adjacent container (not shown in the figure) to the bag, and one that is narrowed so that the two folded side edges and the horizontal cross section show a substantially U-shaped section. It has one substantially semi-conical bearing 30 with a bottom. The support 30 above the rollers 10 guides on its outer surface a rolled sheet 50 of plastic or foil downwards, the sheet 50 being folded and dropped between the rollers 10 by the roller 10. It is sealed and formed into a bag, which is used for filling drinking water. Further, in the present invention, a pair of horizontal seal rollers 40, which rotate relative to each other and are used for sealing the bag, are provided below the rollers 10, and each horizontal seal roller 40 has a diametrical diameter at both ends of one heating plate 44. It has a pair of circular wheels 42 connected with each other. Roller 10 and horizontal seal roller 40 are driven by adjacent motors (not shown), and the beverage packaging mechanism shown in FIG. 3 is substantially similar to the conventional one in FIG. However, the feature of the present invention resides in that the heat insulating material 46 is added on the heating plate 44 of each of the two horizontal seal rollers 40, of which the first heat insulating material 46a is outside the heating plate 44. The lower end is aligned with the lower edge along the longitudinal direction on the side surface, and the second heat insulating material 40b is aligned with the upper edge on the inner edge of the heating plate 44 along the longitudinal direction. . The pair of heat insulating materials 46a and 46b between the two horizontal seal rollers 40 are provided symmetrically to each other. As a result, each time the horizontal seal roller 40 rotates, the pair of heat insulating materials press each other.

In operation (shown in FIG. 3), the roll-shaped sheet 50 is first installed on the outer surface of the support member 30, and both sides of the sheet are aligned and inserted between the rollers 10 having an appropriate temperature. Then, the roller 10 continuously seals both sides of the sheet to be integrated. The sealed sheet 50 is continuously fed downward by the roller 10 and horizontally sealed by the horizontal seal roller 40. The beverage is then poured into the sealed sheet via the liquid inlet tube 20. FIG. 4 shows a state in which the heating plate 44 of the horizontal seal roller 40 is rotated to reach the standing position and is parallel to each other, and a space for the bag filled with the beverage to fall downward is formed between the two. However, due to the installation of the second heat insulating material 46b, the bag does not come into direct contact with the heating plate 44. When the second horizontal seal roller 40 is continuously rotated, the pair of heating plates 44 are rotated to reach the horizontal position, and the second heat insulating material is pressed before the bag is horizontally sealed by pressing the bag at the inner edge (FIG. 5). 46b meets and pushes out the filled bag and pushes out the remaining gas. When the horizontal seal rollers 40 rotate smoothly, the following space is formed between the pair of first heat insulating materials 46a, and the bag descends between them due to its own weight. Press. The other end of the bag is pushed by the first heat insulating material 46a and horizontally sealed by the other end of the second heating plate 44.

Since the amount of beverage to be poured into the bag and the temperature and rotation speed of the roller 10 and the horizontal sealing roller 40 are adjustable, the size of the bag is average and adjustable.

The horizontally sealed beverage bags are cut one by one by a cutting device (not shown in the figure) installed below the horizontal sealing roller 40. Due to the above improvements, the beverage bag produced according to the present invention is hygienic, economical, and inexpensive to store and transport.

[0017]

[Effect of device]

 The beverage packaging mechanism of the present invention prevents the direct contact of the heating plate with the filled bag by adding some heat insulating means to the horizontal seal roller at appropriate places, thereby reducing the defective product rate. In addition, since the heat insulating means is provided with arched edges, residual distillate gas can be pushed out of the bag and completely eliminated, so that the packaged beverage can be guaranteed for a long time and kept fresh, and the product can be kept at a low temperature. No storage is required, reducing the cost of manufacturing, storing and shipping the product.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a conventional beverage packaging mechanism.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of one of a pair of horizontal sealing rollers in a conventional beverage packaging mechanism in an operation process.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a beverage packaging mechanism of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing an operating state of a pair of horizontal seal rollers of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing another operation state of the pair of horizontal seal rollers of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Roller 20 ... Liquid inlet tube 30 ... Support material 3 50 ... Plastic or foil roll sheet 40 ... Horizontal seal roller 44 ... Heating plate 42 ... Circular wheel 46 ... Insulation material 46a
..First heat insulating material 40b ... second heat insulating material

Claims (4)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A semi-conical bearing member having two side edges bent outward, a small-sized bottom portion having a U-shaped horizontal cross section, and a bottom portion of the semi-conical bearing member. At least one liquid inlet pipe for supplying a beverage from a container adjacent to the container, and two side edges of the roll-shaped sheets or foils aligned under the semi-conical support member and rotated in the opposite direction. A pair of small-diameter rollers for sealing, a pair of large-diameter sealing rollers provided below the rollers for horizontally sealing the filled bags one by one, and the two types of rollers in contrast and timely A beverage packaging mechanism comprising: a power source for driving and heating. 2. The sealing roller is composed of a first sealing roller and a second sealing roller, and has a pair of circular wheels each having the same diameter, and between the pair of circular wheels, one rectangular heating is provided on the diameter. The beverage packaging mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the packaging mechanism is connected by a plate 44. 3. A first heat insulating material is attached to the outer surfaces of the heating plates of the first sealing roller and the second sealing roller along the longitudinal direction so that the lower end edges are aligned with the lower ends of the heating plates. The beverage packaging mechanism according to claim 2, wherein a second heat insulating material is attached to the inner surface along the longitudinal direction so that the upper edge is aligned with the upper edge of the heating plate. 4. The beverage packaging mechanism according to claim 3, wherein each of the heat insulating materials has an arch shape having an outer edge inclined.