JP3093651B2 - Method and apparatus for bundling a plurality of products - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pack (package) for foodstuffs such as wiener sausage and sweets.
The present invention relates to a method of bundling a plurality of products such as a gas pack and a vacuum pack, and a bundling apparatus (bundling machine).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, techniques in such a field include:
Tape coated with adhesive (hereinafter referred to as adhesive tape)
, Products such as a plurality of packs are bundled together manually.

[0003]

However, the above-described conventional method of bundling a pack has a poor working efficiency and a poor appearance of a bundled finish of the pack. In particular, in the case of foodstuffs, the willingness to purchase is determined not only by the quality of the product but also by the aesthetic quality of the product.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and an apparatus for bundling a plurality of products which can be quickly and accurately combined with good appearance and can be automatically bound.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a method for bundling a plurality of products, the method comprising: bundling a plurality of products together by using a tape to integrally bind the plurality of products; In the method, a step of stacking and conveying a plurality of products along a line, a step of pressing the products when the products are conveyed and reaching a predetermined position, and an adhesive tape stretched forward in the traveling direction of the products. with stick progresses side of said product, the step of applying stroking the tip portion of the adhesive tape to the bottom surface of the product, feeding said adhesive tape, with pasting the adhesive tape to the rest of the product, the adhesive Leave the contact area on the tape
A step of cutting the deposited tape is obtained by so applying the steps of sleek a stroking portion of said adhesive tape.

(2) In a plurality of products bundling apparatus for binding a plurality of products together by a tape, a transport means for stacking and transporting a plurality of products along a line, and a predetermined means for transporting the products. reaches the position and product holding means presses the product, the adhesive tape stretched means for tensioning the adhesive tape to the front in the traveling direction of the product, the adhesive tape with the progress of the product is wound to the product, its and stroking pasting tip of the adhesive tape on the bottom of the product roller, an adhesive tape cutting means for cutting the adhesive tape of stroking the adhesive tape leaving a portion, Zhang said cut adhesive tape The installation side is provided with the rubbing roller for fixing the tip of the rubbing portion to the fixing portion and attaching the rubbing portion to the bottom surface of the product.

(3) In the bundling apparatus for a plurality of products described in the above (2), the products include a bucket conveyor having a space portion in a central portion, and the stroke roller is arranged corresponding to the space portion. It is made to be done. (4) The device for bundling a plurality of products according to the above (2), further comprising a rubbing roller driving means for retracting the rubbing roller at the time of cutting the adhesive tape.

[0010] With the above configuration, a plurality of product bundles can be automatically implemented quickly, accurately, and with good appearance.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a plurality of pack bundling apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a side view of the bundle device. In these figures, 1 is an adhesive tape cutting cylinder, 2 is an adhesive tape cutter, 3 is a bucket conveyor having a space in the center, and a product is placed on the bucket conveyor, and 4 is an adhesive tape that comes to a lower surface of the product. adhesive tape length adjusting mechanism for, the adhesive tape <br/>-loop 5 (bundles adhesive tape), the fixing seal tape receiving block 6, 7 follow adhesive tape receiving block cylinder, 8 stroking cylinder Reference numerals 9 and 9 denote front and rear cylinders of the rubbing roller for retracting the rubbing roller when cutting the adhesive tape. Reference numeral 10 denotes a rubbing roller arranged corresponding to the space of the bucket conveyor 3. Holding cylinder, 12 is a product holding follow-up cylinder, 13
Is the first product holding cylinder, 14 is the product holding plate, 15
Is a transport drive transmission plate, and 20, 21 and 22 are products. What
Oh, here, "patting" means "patting"
It is stroking.

Hereinafter, the operation of the bundle apparatus will be described in the order of steps with reference to FIGS. 3 to 20 (a front view and a side view). (1) First, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the adhesive tape cut cylinder 1, the following adhesive tape receiving block cylinder 7, and the stroke cylinder 8 are at the origin positions, respectively.
The stroke roller front-rear cylinder 9, the second product holding cylinder 11, the product holding follow-up cylinder 12, and the first product holding cylinder 13 are each at the driving position (Step S).
1).

As described above, the first product holding cylinder 13
The second product holding cylinder 11 is driven, and the two products 20 and 21 packed with sausages and the like are held by the product holding plate 14 here. The product 20 is a product whose bundle has been completed, and the product 21 is a product to be bundled. Also,
The bundle adhesive tape 5 is stretched immediately before the traveling direction of the product 21.

(2) Next, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6,
The adhesive tape cut cylinder 1, the following adhesive tape receiving block cylinder 7, and the stroke cylinder 8 are at the original position, and the second product holding cylinder 11 returns to the original position. The stroke roller front-rear cylinder 9, the product holding follow-up cylinder 12, and the first product holding cylinder 13 are driven (step S2).

Therefore, the product holding plate 14 is
It is released from 0,21. (3) Next, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, stroking roller but before and after the cylinder 9 is driven, the other adhesive tape <br/>-loop cut cylinder 1, follow adhesive tape receiving block cylinder 7, the stroke cylinder 8, the second product holding cylinder 11, the product holding follow-up cylinder 12, and the first product holding cylinder 13 are each at the home position (Step S).
3).

(4) Next, as shown in FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, the cylinder 9 before and after the stroking roller and the second product holding cylinder 11 are driven, and the other adhesive tape cutting cylinder 1, the following adhesive tape Receiving block cylinder 7, stroking cylinder 8, product holding follow-up cylinder 1
2. Each of the first product holding cylinders 13 is at the home position (step S4).

Therefore, the second product holding cylinder 11
Is driven, and only the product 21 to be bundled is pressed by the product holding plate 14. (5) Next, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, stroking roller before and after the cylinder 9, the second product pressing cylinder 11 and the first product pressing cylinder 13 is driven, the other contact
The attaching tape cut cylinder 1, the following adhesive tape receiving block cylinder 7, the stroke cylinder 8, and the product holding following cylinder 12 are each at the origin position (Step S).
5).

Therefore, the product 21 and the product 22 are pressed by the product pressing plate 14. (6) Next, as shown in FIG. 13 and FIG. 14, the cylinder 9 before and after the stroking roller, the second product holding cylinder 11,
The product press following cylinder 12 and the first product press cylinder 13 are driven, and the other adhesive tape cutting cylinder 1, the following adhesive tape receiving block cylinder 7, and the stroke cylinder 8 are at the origin positions (step S).
6).

The product 21 is pressed by the product pressing plate 14, and the bucket conveyor 3 moves in this state. That is, as the product 21 advances along the line, the stretched bundle adhesive tape 5 is wound halfway around the advancing side of the product 21, and the leading end of the adhesive tape 5 is in a standby state. With 10, it is stroked on the bottom of the product 21.

(7) Next, as shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, the adhesive tape cutting cylinder 1, the second product holding cylinder 11, the product holding follow-up cylinder 12, and the first product hold-down cylinder 13 are driven, and the following product is adhered. The tape receiving block cylinder 7, the stroke cylinder 8 and the stroke roller front / rear cylinder 9 are at the origin positions (step S7).

Therefore, although the adhesive tape 5 for a bundle is cut leaving a stroked portion, the adhesive
The adhesive tape 5 is adhered and fixed to the fixed adhesive tape receiving block 6, and the abutted portion of the adhesive tape 5 is also adhered to the bottom surface of the product 21 in the subsequent steps. Here, the stroke roller front-rear cylinder 9 is retracted (origin position), and the stroke roller 10 is retracted.

(8) Next, as shown in FIGS. 17 and 18, the cylinder 9 before and after the stroking roller, the second product holding cylinder 11, the product holding following cylinder 12, and the first product holding cylinder 13 are driven. The adhesive tape cutting cylinder 1, the following adhesive tape receiving block cylinder 7, and the stroke cylinder 8 are at the origin positions (step S8).

(9) Next, as shown in FIGS. 19 and 20, the following adhesive tape receiving block cylinder 7, rubbing cylinder 8, rubbing roller front and rear cylinders 9, second product holding cylinder 11, product holding tracing. The cylinder 12 and the first product holding cylinder 13 are driven, and only the adhesive tape cutting cylinder 1 is at the home position (Step S).
9).

Accordingly, by the driving of the stroking cylinder 8, the stroking roller 10 sticks the stroking portion of the adhesive tape 5 to the bottom surface of the product 21. (10) Next, the process returns to step S1. That is, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the stroke cylinder 8 is returned to the home position, and then prepares for the bundle of the product 22 to be bundled.

As described above, for example, as shown in FIG. 21, packs (products) 31 and 32 in which food products such as wiener sausages are packed are stacked in two stages, and
Foods bound (bundled) with the adhesive tape 33 can be obtained. As described above, based on the result of a sufficient analysis of manual work, a stack of packs (products) packed with food items such as wiener sausages
It can be fast and accurate, and has good appearance and can be automatically united.

Further, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications are possible based on the gist of the present invention, and these are not excluded from the scope of the present invention.

[0025]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, a plurality of products can be bundled quickly, accurately, and automatically with good appearance. Also,
Uniform bundling can be performed, and energy saving can be achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a plurality of pack bundling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a multiple-pack bundling apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the bundling apparatus illustrating a first bundling step of a plurality of packs according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the bundling apparatus illustrating a first bundling step of a plurality of packs according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the bundling apparatus illustrating a second bundling step of a plurality of packs according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the bundling apparatus illustrating a second bundling step of a plurality of packs according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the bundling apparatus illustrating a third bundling step of a plurality of packs according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a side view of the bundling apparatus illustrating a third bundling step of a plurality of packs according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a front view of the bundling apparatus illustrating a fourth bundling step of a plurality of packs according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 illustrates a fourth pack of a plurality of packs according to the embodiment of the present invention.
It is a side view of the bundling apparatus which shows the bundling process of.

FIG. 11 illustrates a fifth example of a plurality of packs according to the embodiment of the present invention.
It is a front view of the bundling apparatus which shows the bundling process of.

FIG. 12 shows a fifth example of a plurality of packs showing the embodiment of the present invention.
It is a side view of the bundling apparatus which shows the bundling process of.

FIG. 13 shows a sixth pack of a plurality of packs according to the embodiment of the present invention.
It is a front view of the bundling apparatus which shows the bundling process of.

FIG. 14 illustrates a sixth pack of a plurality of packs according to the embodiment of the present invention.
It is a side view of the bundling apparatus which shows the bundling process of.

FIG. 15 is a view showing a seventh pack of a plurality of packs according to the embodiment of the present invention.
It is a front view of the bundling apparatus which shows the bundling process of.

FIG. 16 is a view showing the seventh embodiment of the plurality of packs according to the embodiment of the present invention.
It is a side view of the bundling apparatus which shows the bundling process of.

FIG. 17 is a view showing an eighth embodiment of the present invention;
It is a front view of the bundling apparatus which shows the bundling process of.

FIG. 18 is a view showing an eighth embodiment of the present invention;
It is a side view of the bundling apparatus which shows the bundling process of.

FIG. 19 illustrates a ninth pack of a plurality of packs according to the embodiment of the present invention.
It is a front view of the bundling apparatus which shows the bundling process of.

FIG. 20 illustrates a ninth pack of a plurality of packs according to the embodiment of the present invention.
It is a side view of the bundling apparatus which shows the bundling process of.

FIG. 21 is a perspective view showing a food product in which a plurality of packs are bound according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Adhesive tape cut cylinder 2 Adhesive tape cutter 3 Bucket conveyor 4 Adhesive tape length adjusting mechanism 5, 33 Adhesive tape (tape for bundle) 6 Fixed adhesive tape receiving block 7 Follow-up adhesive tape receiving block cylinder 8 Stretching cylinder 9 Naname Cylinder roller front and rear cylinder 10 Stroke roller 11 Second product holding cylinder 12 Product holding follow-up cylinder 13 First product holding cylinder 14 Product holding plate 15 Transport drive transmission plate 20, 21, 22, 31, 32 Product

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-54-31395 (JP, A) JP-A-60-45118 (JP, A) JP-A-48-79097 (JP, A) 188103 (JP, U) Fully open 1987-48906 (JP, U) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B65B 13/00-13/34 B65B 27/00-27/12

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A method of bundling a plurality of products, wherein a plurality of products are bound together by a tape, comprising: (a) stacking and transporting a plurality of products along a line; (C) adhering an adhesive tape stretched forward in the direction of travel of the product to the advancing side of the product, and attaching a tip end of the adhesive tape to the product. (D) paying out the adhesive tape, attaching the adhesive tape to the remaining portion of the product, and cutting the adhesive tape while leaving the stroked portion of the adhesive tape And (e) a step of stroking a stroked portion of the adhesive tape. 2. A bundling apparatus for a plurality of products, wherein a plurality of products are bound together by a tape, wherein: (a) a conveying means for stacking and conveying a plurality of products along a line; When the product is conveyed and reaches a predetermined position, the product holding means presses the product; (c) an adhesive tape stretching means for stretching an adhesive tape forward in the traveling direction of the product; The adhesive tape is wrapped around the product, and a sticking roller for sticking the tip of the adhesive tape to the bottom surface of the product; and (e) cutting the adhesive tape while leaving the slicked portion of the adhesive tape. Adhesive tape cutting means; and (f) the stroked side of the cut adhesive tape, the tip of which is fixed to a fixing portion, and the stroked roller which pastes the stroked portion to the bottom surface of the product. You A bundle apparatus for a plurality of products. 3. A bundling apparatus for a plurality of products according to claim 2, wherein the products include a bucket conveyor having a space in a central portion, and the stroke roller is arranged corresponding to the space. An apparatus for bundling a plurality of products, characterized in that: 4. A bundling apparatus for a plurality of products according to claim 2, further comprising a rubbing roller driving means for retracting the rubbing roller at the time of cutting the adhesive tape. Product bundling equipment.