JP3169495B2 - 3D packaging machine - 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 of a three-dimensional packaging machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a three-dimensional packaging machine, for example, those disclosed in JP-B-54-25866 and JP-B-54-42312 are known. This three-dimensional packaging machine has a film chuck portion for chucking the left and right ends of the tubular film and lowering the film according to the length of the clothes, and a seal for sealing and cutting the upper portion of the film covering the clothes. A cut mechanism, a support mechanism having a hook extending from above to the seal cut mechanism so as to hang a hanger on which clothes are hung, and a film end opening for opening an end of the film. .

[0003] Then, the film chuck portion rises and chucks the left and right ends of the film in the open state. And
When the clothes are hung on the hooks of the support mechanism, the film chuck descends to cover the film with the clothes. afterwards,
The seal cut mechanism operates to perform the seal cut of the film. Next, the film chuck portion is lowered again while holding the film, tearing the cut film down, and lowering the sealed portion of the film to the shoulder portion of the garment. Thereafter, the chuck state is released, and the packaging is completed. Then, the wrapped clothes are taken out from the hooks.

[0004]

However, in the case of shirt packaging, a narrow film is used to fold the sleeve portion to the rear side of the rear view portion for packaging. Therefore,
If the film is lowered and wrapped with the hanger on which the shirt is hung on the hooks of the support mechanism, the sleeves will be bent forward in the front view, and will be bent to the back in the back view, causing a bad appearance. In addition, there is a problem that the front part is packed in a wrinkled state.

[0005] Therefore, generally, the sleeve of the shirt hung on the hanger is turned to the rear side of the rear view portion to stop it with a clip, or the sleeve is stopped using a jig. Supplying to packaging machines. It has been an issue to save labor by eliminating these troublesome operations.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to arrange the sleeve portion at the rear side of the rear view portion, to provide a good-looking package without wrinkles at the rear view portion, and to set the sleeve portion behind the rear view portion. An object of the present invention is to provide a three-dimensional packaging machine that does not require a work of turning to the side and stopping with a clip or the like.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a film chuck for chucking left and right ends of a film and lowering the film in accordance with the length of the clothes. And a supporting mechanism having a hook for hanging the hanger hung on the three-dimensional packaging machine, the hanger hung on the hook hung before the film chuck unit is disposed below the hook and lowered. The present invention is characterized in that there is provided a best-looking pressing means for pressing a lower part of the best-looking portion of the garment toward the front best-looking portion.

[0008]

When the clothes hanger is hung on the hook, the best-looking pressing means operates to push the lower part of the best-looking part of the clothes toward the front best-looking part. Thereby, the best view portion is located in front of the sleeve portion. In this state, the film chuck portion chucking the end of the film descends and covers the film on the clothes. In this case, when the film is lowered by the film chuck portion, the best-looking portion that has been positioned in front of the sleeve portion by the best-looking pressing means is positioned in front of the sleeve portion by the lower end of the film, and Leave. Next, the seal cut mechanism is operated to perform the seal cut of the film. Thereafter, the film chuck portion is lowered again while holding the film, tearing the cut film down, and lowering the sealed portion of the film to the shoulder portion of the shirt. Thereafter, the chuck state is released, and the packaging is completed. Then, the wrapped shirt is taken out from the hook by the discharging mechanism and discharged.

[0009]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. As described in the section of the prior art, the three-dimensional packaging machine chucks the left and right ends of the tubular film 1 and hangs the hanger 2.
Film 1 according to the length of the shirt 3
Chuck 4 for lowering the film, a seal cut mechanism for sealing and cutting the upper part of the film 1 covering the shirt 3, and the seal cut from above so as to hang the hanger 2 on which the shirt 3 is hung. A support mechanism having a hook 5 extending to the mechanism is provided, and a film end opening for opening an end of the film 1 is provided. It should be noted that only the portions related to the present embodiment are shown in the drawing.

Below the hook 5, there is provided a best-looking pressing means 10 for pressing the lower part of the best-looking portion 31 of the shirt 3 toward the front best-looking portion 32. The best-looking pressing means 10 has the following structure. A cylinder unit 1 of a slide unit 12 composed of a lotless cylinder is provided on a base plate 11.
3 is fixed, and the rotary unit 16 of the slide unit 12 is
Has been fixed. A pressing plate support block 17 is fixed to an operating shaft of the rotary actuator 16, and a pressing plate 18 is fixed to the pressing plate support block 17.

Next, the operation will be described. Best time press plate 1
Numeral 8 is below the hook 5 and in a horizontal state, as indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. In addition, the film chuck 4
Is chucking the opened end of the film 1. It operates from this state. When the hanger 2 on which the shirt 3 is hung is suspended on the hook 5 by a supply means (not shown), the rotary actuator 16 is operated, and the pressing plate 18
Pivots to a vertical state, and pushes a lower portion of the best-looking portion 31 toward the front-looking portion 32. Thereby, the lower part of the best view part 31 is located in front of the sleeve part 34.

Next, the film chuck portion 4 which chucks the end of the film 1 descends and covers the film 1 on the shirt 3. In this case, when the film 1 is lowered by the film chuck portion 4, the sleeve portion 34 is
The best view portion 31 located in front of the film 1
Is positioned in front of the sleeve 34 by the lower end of the sleeve and is separated from the pressing plate 18 at the best time. Next, a seal cut mechanism (not shown) is operated to cut the seal of the film 1. Thereafter, the film chuck unit 4 is lowered again while holding the film 1, tearing the cut film 1 down, and lowering the sealed portion of the film 1 to the shoulder portion of the shirt 3. Thereafter, the chuck state is released, and the packaging is completed. Then, the packed shirt 3 is taken out from the hook 5 by a discharge mechanism (not shown) and discharged to a discharge chute (not shown).

When the discharge chute is discharged to the discharge chute in the direction A (on the front side of the best-looking portion 32 side of the best-looking portion 32), the best-looking pressing plate 18 disturbs the discharge of the shirt 3. Can not. Then, as described above, the slide unit 12 is operated after the film 1 is covered on the shirt 3, and the best-looking pressing plate 18
The shirt 3 wrapped as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG.
Move to the side of. Then, after the packed shirt 3 is discharged to the discharge chute, the rotary actuator 16 is operated in the opposite direction to the above, and the pressing plate 18 is in a horizontal state at the best time, and the slide unit 12 is again operated in the opposite direction to the above. Is located below the hook 5.

However, the discharge chute is moved in the direction B (the best view portion 3).
1), the best-looking pressing plate 18
It is not necessary to perform an operation of moving the side of the packaged shirt 3, and after the shirt 3 is discharged to the discharge chute, the rotary actuator 16 is operated to rotate the pressing plate 18 at the best time to make the horizontal state. You only need to do it.
In this case, it goes without saying that the hanger hooking portion of the hook 5 is turned 180 degrees more horizontally than the state shown in FIG.

As described above, since the film 1 is wrapped in a state in which the best-looking portion 31 of the shirt 3 is pushed forward of the sleeve portion 34 by the best-looking pressing plate 18, the best-looking portion 31 becomes the sleeve portion 34.
, That is, the sleeve portion 34 is aligned with the rear portion of the best-viewing portion 31, and good-looking packaging without wrinkles in the best-viewing portion 31 is performed. For this reason, it is not necessary to turn the sleeve portion 34 toward the rear view portion 33 side and stop it with a clip or the like as in the related art, so that significant labor saving can be achieved.

FIG. 2 shows another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the best-looking pressing plate 18 is vertically fixed on an XY table 20 having a well-known structure driven in the XY axis directions. Therefore, when hanging (supplying) the hanger 2 on which the shirt 3 is hung on the hook 5 or discharging the packed shirt 3 to the discharge chute as described above, the XY table 20 is driven to drive the shirt 3. The pressurizing plate 18 is allowed to escape from the supply path and the discharge path of the shirt 3 so as not to hinder the supply and discharge of the shirt. Further, when the film 1 is put on the shirt 3 as described above, the XY hand bush 20 is driven before that, and the best-looking portion 31 of the shirt 3 may be pushed toward the front-looking portion 32 by the best-looking pressing plate 18. Thus, the best-looking pressing plate 18 is connected to the XY table 20.
The same effect as in the above embodiment can be obtained even if the driving is performed by the above-described method.

Although the above embodiment has been described with reference to the case where the shirt 3 is wrapped, the present embodiment is not limited to the shirt 3, and the wrapping is performed with the sleeve portion being on the rear side of the rear view portion. Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to, for example, blouses.

[0018]

According to the present invention, the lower part of the good-looking part of the clothes, which is disposed below the hook and is hung on the hanger hung on the hook before the film chuck descends, is directed toward the front good-looking part. Since it is provided with the best-looking pressing means, the sleeve can be aligned with the rear side of the rear view, and a good-looking package without wrinkles can be formed in the rear view. There is no need to turn it rearward and stop it with clips or the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a main part of an embodiment of a three-dimensional packaging machine according to the present invention, wherein (a) is a side view and (b) is a front view.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a main part of another embodiment of the three-dimensional packaging machine according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Film 2 Hanger 3 Shirt 4 Film chuck part 5 Hook 10 Best-looking pressing means 18 Best-looking pressing plate 31 Best-looking part 32 Best-looking part

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A film chuck unit for chucking left and right ends of a film and lowering the film in accordance with the length of clothes, and a support mechanism having hooks for hanging hangers on which clothes are hung. In three-dimensional packaging machine,
Before the film chuck unit descends, the film chuck unit is provided with the best-looking pressing means for pushing the lower part of the best-looking part of the clothes hung on the hanger suspended in the front direction toward the best-looking part. A three-dimensional packaging machine characterized by the following.