JP3283030B2 - Side sealing method and apparatus in bag making machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a side sealing method and apparatus in a bag making machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a semi-finished bag with a header is formed during feeding and transferring a continuous tape-shaped header core material and a continuous band-shaped sheet, and the semi-finished bag is further intermittently transferred.
After punching the header portion at intervals in the transport direction, the semi-finished product is cut off along the direction intersecting the transport direction to form a bag body with both side edges welded (ie, side-sealed). There are known bag making machines.

[0003] After being fed from a wound sheet roll, the belt-shaped sheet is half-folded through a folding means called a triangular plate to form front and back sheet portions. The header core material is interposed between the front and back sheet portions after being unwound from the wound tape roll. If necessary, the gusset portion is formed in the semi-finished bag by bending the band-shaped sheet into a substantially V-shaped cross section.

[0004] The continuous long semi-finished bag product thus formed is transferred at a constant speed by a continuous transfer driving means such as a nip roll. However, since the punching process and the side sealing process as described above cannot be performed during the continuous transfer of the semi-finished product, the semi-finished product is switched from the continuous transport to the intermittent transport.

[0005] Therefore, after switching to intermittent transfer, the semi-finished bag is subjected to punching or side sealing while stopped for a predetermined time, and then transferred again for a predetermined time. Repeated. For this reason, a slack control means called a step roll is arranged between the upstream continuous transfer drive means and the downstream intermittent transfer drive means, and the bag semi-finished product stopped on the downstream side is located on the upstream side. In order to absorb the semi-finished product that is continuously transferred from the bag, a slack portion is formed in the semi-finished product, and the slack portion is wound around a step roll in a zigzag manner.

[0006]

However, winding a semi-finished bag in a zigzag manner on a step roll as in a conventional bag making machine involves winding the semi-finished bag around a header core material or a belt-like sheet constituting the semi-finished bag. Since a habit is formed, it becomes a factor that hinders the processing accuracy in the punching process and the side sealing process in the subsequent intermittent transfer stage.

Further, since the step roll is suspended on the slack portion of the semi-finished bag so that the slack can be freely absorbed and controlled, the own weight of the step roll becomes a load on the semi-finished bag and applies a tension. For this reason, the downstream bag semi-finished product extends completely or partially, and from this point, there is a difficulty in the completion accuracy of the bag body to be bag-produced. In the case of (1), there is a large adverse effect due to the deformation of the gusset portion due to the tension load.

Further, the necessity of intermittent transfer for punching and side sealing has a limitation on the number of bags produced per time, and there is also a problem in productivity for mass production.

[0009]

The present invention has been made in view of the above,
An object of the present invention is to provide a side sealing method and apparatus in a bag making machine capable of performing a punching process and a side sealing process while continuously transferring a semi-finished product without switching to intermittent transfer.

[0010] Therefore, the method of the present invention is configured as a first means in that a long bag semi-finished product formed by a continuous belt-like sheet is transported by a transport drive means and is moved in a direction intersecting the transport direction. In a bag making machine for making a bag body having both side edges welded by fusing along a fusing blade , a bag semi-finished product is disposed opposite to the fusing blade.
Transporting the semi-finished bag in synchronization with the transport drive means
A mobile device having a configuration including a conveyor and the fusing blade.
Moving the table forward and backward within a predetermined stroke range between the front dead center and the rear dead center in the transfer direction of the bag semi-finished product,
Only when the forward speed during the forward movement is synchronized with the transfer speed of the semi-finished bag, the cutting by the advance and retreat of the fusing blade is performed, and after the fusing, the fusing blade is transported almost simultaneously with the start of retreat.
The point is that the transport speed of the conveyor is increased by a predetermined time .

Further, when the method of the present invention is configured as the second means is formed by the belt-like sheet to continuous
And transfer the semi-finished long bag, and cross the transfer direction.
Fusing along the direction of the cutting edge
In a bag making machine for making a bag body welded with
Move the mobile stand with the blade in the transfer direction of the bag semi-finished product.
Advance within a predetermined stroke range between the dead center and the rear dead center
And the forward speed V during forward movement is a bag semi-finished product.
Advance and retreat only when synchronized with the transfer speed
And then move the mobile unit forward
The point is that the vehicle moves backward at a speed twice the maximum speed V at the time .

Further, the method of the present invention may be used as a third means.
It is composed of a continuous header core and a continuous strip.
Transfer a semi-finished long bag with header formed by sheet
Punching the header part at intervals in the transport direction
After applying, the semi-finished bag is transferred along the direction
Making bags with both edges welded by fusing
In the bag making machine, the punching is performed on the upstream side in the transfer direction of the semi-finished bag.
It is moved back and forth toward the header part to perform punching
And the cutting is performed downstream of the punching blade.
Fusing blade that can be advanced and retracted toward the semi-finished bag
Equipped with a mobile machine stand, and
Forward within a predetermined stroke S between the point and the rear dead center
And the gap between the punching blade and the fusing blade is adjusted to the
Set larger than Troke S, between punching blade and fusing blade
The semi-finished bag is transferred by the transfer drive means arranged in
The forward speed during the advance of the mobile stand is the transfer speed of the semi-finished bag.
Only when synchronized with
Punching and cutting by advance and retreat of the cutting blade are performed.
In that

[0013]

[0014]

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

(Exemplary Configuration of Semi-finished Bag and Bag) FIG.
FIG. 5 illustrates a bag semi-finished product formed by the bag making machine of the present invention and a bag obtained by side sealing from the bag semi-finished product. B)
Exemplifies a bag body having a header and an upper opening.

The semi-finished bag 1 has a continuous header core 2a.
And a continuous band-shaped sheet 3 forming a front sheet portion 3a and a back sheet portion 3b by bending and overlapping so as to surround the header core material 2a, and a header portion enclosing the header core material 2. The front and back sheet portions 3a and 3b are welded to each other 4 in the longitudinal direction of the semi-finished bag 1 so as to form the second bag 2. The semi-finished bag 1 is transferred to the header 2 during the transfer.
The punched portions 5 such as hanging holes and hook-shaped hook portions are formed by punching at equal intervals in the longitudinal direction, and then are cut along a cutting line C intersecting with the transfer direction to weld both side edges ( The side seals 6 and 6 form the bag body 7 and are separated from the bag semi-finished product 1.

In the case of FIG. 1A, the belt-shaped sheet 3 is half-folded with the header core material 2a interposed therebetween, and the back sheet portion 3b
Is extended longer than the free edge of the front sheet portion 3a, and the lower opening bag 7 having the sealing piece 8 is formed.

In the case of FIG. 1B, the belt-shaped sheet 3 is bent and overlapped with the header core material 2a interposed therebetween, and is bent and overlapped while forming the gusset portion 9 at the bottom of the bag. A bag opening is formed by one edge 3c of the front sheet portion 3a which is abutted against the other edge 3c.
A sealing piece is formed by d, and a bag 7 having an upper opening and having a gusset 9 is formed.

Generally, the belt-shaped sheet 3 is made of a thin synthetic resin film or a synthetic resin net sheet, and the header core material 2a is made of a synthetic resin sheet or synthetic paper that is thicker than the belt-shaped sheet 3; Fusing and welding can be performed by sonic means, high frequency means and the like. The structures of the semi-finished bag 1 and the bag 7 are not limited to those shown in the drawings.

(Overall Structure of Bag Making Process) As shown in FIG. 2, the belt-shaped sheet 3 is unwound from a wound sheet roll 3R and is continuously transferred. In the present invention, the conventional intermittent transfer means is not provided. Band-shaped sheet 3 and semi-finished bag product 1 formed continuously on band-shaped sheet 3
Are continuously transferred at a predetermined constant speed, and therefore, a transfer driving means 10 is provided. In the example shown,
The transfer driving means 10 is configured by passing the semi-finished bag 1 between a driving roller 12 driven and rotated by a motor 11 and a driven roller 13. The transfer drive means 10 may be provided at a plurality of locations on the line from the sheet roll 3R to the side seal processing described later to synchronize the transfer speed with each other. However, in the case of the present invention, the intermittent transfer means is not required. There is an advantage that it is sufficient to provide it only in one place.

The belt-shaped sheet 3 fed from the sheet roll 3R is subjected to the above-described bending process in the bending section 14 during the continuous transfer as shown in FIG. 1 (A) or 1 (B). Although not shown, a header core material 2a fed from a tape roll is joined to the belt-shaped sheet 3, and the above-mentioned welded portion 4 and the like are processed to make the semi-finished bag 1. Then, the wafer is continuously transferred at a constant speed and sent to a punching process and a side sealing process. In the figure, reference numeral 15 denotes sensor means such as a photoelectric tube for detecting the transfer state of the semi-finished bag 1.

A stage 16 for moving the semi-finished bag 1 is provided at a stage where the punching process and the side sealing process are performed, and the stage 16 is, as shown in FIG. The semi-finished product 1 is moved forward and backward within a predetermined stroke S between the front dead center FE and the rear dead center RE in the transfer direction. In order to enable the forward and backward movement, a forward / reverse drive means 17 is provided. In the case of the example shown in the figure, a servo motor 18 for forward / reverse drive rotation, a screw rod 19 rotated by the servo motor 18, A forward / reverse drive unit 17 is constituted by a nut 20 provided on the screw 16 and screwed to the screw rod 19. Therefore, transfer machine stand 1
6 is the front dead center F by reversing the servo motor 18.
The vehicle moves backward from E to the rear dead center RE, and moves forward from the rear dead center RE to the front dead center FE by rotating the servo motor 18 forward.

On the upstream side of the bag semi-finished product 1 in the transfer direction,
A punching blade 21 for forming the punching section 5 as described above is provided on the mobile machine base 16. That is, a punching blade 21 is provided on a column 22 erected on the mobile unit base 16 so as to be able to advance and retreat toward the header portion 2 of the semi-finished bag 1, and a punching drive such as an air cylinder for moving the punching blade 21 forward and backward. Means 23 are provided. Note that a support 24 facing the punching blade 21 with the header portion 2 interposed therebetween is provided on the support 22, and the support 24 is formed with a receiving portion 25 such as a hole or a recess for receiving the punching blade 21. .

A fusing blade 26 for forming the side seal portion 6 as described above is provided on the mobile unit base 16 on the downstream side of the punching blade 21 in the transfer direction of the semi-finished bag 1. That is, a fusing blade 26 is provided on a column 27 erected on the mobile machine base 16 so as to be able to advance and retreat so as to cross the bag semi-finished product 1, and a fusing drive such as an air cylinder for moving the fusing blade 26 forward and backward. Means 28 are provided. Further, a transport conveyor 29 facing the fusing blade 26 with the bag semi-finished product 1 interposed therebetween is arranged. The conveyor 29
Is provided at a fixed position such as a frame of a bag making machine, and is constituted by a belt 33 wound around a driving roller 31 and a driven roller 32 driven and rotated by a conveyance driving means 30 such as a servomotor. At all times, the belt 33 travels around the belt 33 in synchronization with the transfer speed of the bag semi-finished product 1 by the transfer drive means 10. The transport driving means 30 has a length that covers the range of the stroke S in which the moving machine base 16 moves, and accordingly, the cutting blade 2 that moves in the range of the stroke S.
6 always faces on the belt 33 of the transport driving means 30.

Further, on the downstream side of the transfer end of the bag semi-finished product 1, there is arranged a take-out conveyor 34 facing the conveyor 29. The take-out conveyor 34 is composed of a pair of endless conveyor belts 35, 35 which are vertically opposed to each other. As described later, the bag body 7 is separated from the semi-finished bag 1 by the side seal 6, and the conveyor belts 35, 35 are provided. , The bag 7 is pinched and discharged. The take-out conveyor 34 is constantly driven and rotated, and its discharge speed is equal to or higher than the transfer speed of the transfer conveyor 29.

(Effects of Punching Step and Side Sealing Step) As described above, the long semi-finished bag 1 formed by the continuous header core material 2a and the continuous belt-shaped sheet 3 is shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), the sheet is transferred at a constant speed by the transfer driving means 10, and the transfer end is placed on the transport conveyor 29. When the sensor means 15 detects marks displayed on the semi-finished bag 1 at equal intervals, the mobile machine base 16 is moved by the forward / reverse drive means 17 from the front dead center FE to the rear dead center as shown by a chain line in FIG. After being moved backward to RE, the vehicle advances from the rear dead center RE to the front dead center FE. Mobile machine stand 16 in the meantime
Is shown in FIG. 6 (A). In the figure,
The vertical axis indicates the speed in the forward direction, and the horizontal axis indicates the time. When moving forward as indicated by F, the mobile machine base 16 has a constant forward speed between the time of acceleration at the start of forward movement and the time of deceleration at the end of forward movement. Time region S1. The speed V of the transfer table 16 in the time region S1 is the same as the transfer speed V of the transfer conveyor 29 shown in FIG. As described above, since the transport speed V is the same as the transport speed of the bag semi-finished product 1 by the transfer driving unit 10, the time region S1 is that the mobile machine base 16 advances in synchronization with the bag semi-finished product 1. Means
Thereafter, the mobile unit base 16 decelerates and switches to the reverse R, but the maximum speed -2V during the reverse is set to twice the maximum speed V during the forward. Such speed control is performed by the forward / reverse drive unit 1.
7 can be easily implemented by setting a program in a computer for giving a command to the servo motor 18.

As shown in FIG. 4, while the moving machine base 16 is moving forward, the punching blade 21 advances and retracts with respect to the header portion 2 of the bag semi-finished product 1, and the fusing blade 26 moves with respect to the bag semi-finished product 1. Advance and retreat. That is, on the upstream side, the punching blade 21 descends and penetrates through the header portion 2 and then ascends.
The punched portion 5 as shown in FIG. On the downstream side, the fusing blade 26 descends and crosses the bag semi-finished product 1 and then rises, so that the fusing line C as shown in FIG.
Is performed to separate the bag body 7 from the semi-finished bag product 1 and form the side seal portion 6. As shown in FIG.
Since the interval between the punching blade 21 and the fusing blade 26 on the moving machine stand 16 is set to be larger than the moving stroke S of the moving machine stand 16, the bag before the bag body 1 is separated as shown in FIG. The semi-finished product 1 is formed with a plurality of punched portions 5, 5 at regular intervals.

The punching blade 21 advanced and retracted by the punching driving means 23 such as an air cylinder and the fusing blade 26 advanced and retracted by the fusing driving means 28 such as an air cylinder both have the moving machine base 16 as described above. It is in contact with the semi-finished bag 1 only when it is in the time region S1 where the forward speed is attained. FIG. 6B shows the operation state of the punching blade 21 and the fusing blade 26. In the figure, the vertical position shows the height position of the punching blade 21 and the fusing blade 26 on the semi-finished bag 1, and the time shows the horizontal axis. This movement is shown in FIG.
As is clear from the comparison with the advance of the moving machine base 16 shown in FIG. 7, the punching blade 21 and the fusing blade 26 are moved downward at the position of the predetermined height H in contact with the semi-finished bag 1 for a predetermined processing time S2 after the lowering start. It stops, during which it completes the punching and side sealing, respectively, and then rises. The operation from the start of the descent to the end of the ascent is performed before the mobile machine base 16 starts moving forward F and before switching to the reverse R, and the machining time S2 is:
The mobile machine base 16 is included in the time region S1 in which the mobile machine base 16 advances in synchronization with the semi-finished bag product 1. Accordingly, both the punching blade 21 and the fusing blade 26 start and end the punching process and the side sealing process during the movement in synchronization with the transfer of the semi-finished bag 1 together with the moving machine base 16, and When there is a speed difference between the transfer speed of the semi-finished product 1 and the moving speed of the mobile machine base 16, the bag is always separated from the bag semi-finished product 1. The processing time S2
Is determined in consideration of the time required for welding the side seal 6 by the fusing blade 26. When the punching blade 21 is formed by a hot blade, it is determined in consideration of the punching time of the header core 2a in the punching portion 5 and the welding time of the surroundings. The control of the operation timing of the punching blade 21 and the fusing blade 26 constitutes the punching driving unit 23 and the fusing driving unit 28 by a computer program for controlling the servo motor 18 of the forward / reverse driving unit 17 as described above. This is performed by controlling the air supply of the air cylinder.

The side seal processing of the semi-finished bag 1 by the fusing blade 26 is performed on the belt 33 of the conveyor 29. During the processing time S2 shown in FIG. 6B, the transfer speed V of the transfer conveyor 29 is the same as the transfer speed of the bag semi-finished product 1 by the transfer drive unit 10. FIG. 5A shows the fusing blade 2.
6 shows a state in which the semifinished bag 1 is being blown and welded by lowering. In the illustrated example, the front end of the semifinished bag 1 in the transfer direction enters the take-out conveyor 34 but is still the upper and lower conveyor belts 3.
It is not sandwiched between 5, 35. Upper and lower conveyor belt 3
This is because the gaps 5 and 35 are configured such that the gap is wide on the upstream side in the transport direction and narrow on the downstream side. However, the processing time S2 for the side seal
When the fusing blade 26 starts to move up after the elapse of the time, almost at the same time, as shown by U in FIG.
After the transport speed is increased by an instant, the transport speed returns to the original transport speed V. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 5 (B), as soon as the fusing blade 26 separates, the bag body 7 provided with the side seal has a distance from the bag semi-finished product 1 due to an instantaneous speed increase of the conveyor 29. It is extruded toward the take-out conveyor 34 so as to increase. Then, the extruded bag body 7 is caught on the downstream side of the conveyor belts 35, 35 whose intervals have been narrowed, and
It is discharged from the take-out conveyor 34. In addition, the conveyor 2
The control for increasing the speed 9 from the transport speed V by the instant U is also performed by the computer program for controlling the servo motor 18 of the forward / reverse drive unit 17 by the servo motor constituting the transport drive unit 30 in the transport conveyor 29. It is implemented by controlling.

[0031]

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a bag-making line in which only continuous transfer is performed consistently from the start to the end of bag-making, so that it is necessary to switch from the conventional continuous transfer to the intermittent transfer. No, therefore, there is no adverse effect of using the step roll. Therefore, there is an effect that high processing accuracy and excellent productivity can be realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 illustrates a bag semi-finished product and a bag produced by the present invention, wherein (A) shows a bag semi-finished product for forming the bag and a bag having a lower opening provided with a header portion. Perspective view showing, (B)
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a bag body having an upper opening provided with a header portion and a gusset portion, and a semi-finished bag product for forming the bag body.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view schematically showing all steps of a bag making process according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of a main part of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing an embodiment of punching and side sealing in the method of the present invention.

5A and 5B show a step of side seal processing in the method of the present invention, in which FIG. 5A is a cross-sectional view showing a state immediately before the end of the side seal processing, and FIG. is there.

FIG. 6 shows a control method in the method of the present invention,
(A) is a diagram showing the transfer speed of the bag semi-finished product by the transfer drive means, (B) is a diagram showing the elevation of the punching blade and the fusing blade, and (C) is a diagram showing the transfer speed of the transfer conveyor. It is.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 semi-finished bag 2 header part 3 strip-shaped sheet 5 punching part 6 side seal part 7 bag body 9 gusset part 10 transfer driving means 14 bending part 16 moving machine stand 17 forward / reverse driving means 18 servo motor 21 punching blade 23 punching drive Means 26 Fusing blade 28 Fusing drive means 29 Transport conveyor 30 Transport drive means 34 Extraction conveyor

Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification code FI B65B 57/02 B65B 57/02 E 61/10 61/10 61/16 61/16 (56) References JP-A-10-129906 (JP, A) JP-A-2000-211615 (JP, A) JP-A-3-29408 (JP, U) JP-A-51-43935 (JP, Y1) WO 83/116 (WO, A1) European Patent Application 937574 ( EP, A 2) West German Patent Application Publication 2815829 (DE, A1) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B31B 1/00-49/00 B65B 51/00-51/32 B65B 57 / 00-57/02 B65B 61/00-61/28 WPI / L (QUESTEL)

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A long bag semi-finished product formed by a continuous belt-shaped sheet is transported by a transport drive means, and is fused on both sides by a fusing blade along a direction intersecting the transport direction. In a bag making machine for making a bag , a bag semi-finished product is disposed opposite to a cutting blade, and a bag is formed.
Conveyor for conveying semi-finished products in synchronization with the transfer drive means
The forward and backward moving speed of the moving table provided with the fusing blade in a range of a predetermined stroke between the front dead center and the rear dead center in the transfer direction of the bag semi-finished product, the forward speed during the forward There only when synchronizing a transfer speed of the bag blank, tighten performed blown through entry and evacuation of the fusion cutter, after the blow, almost simultaneously with the start retraction of the fusion cutter, conveyance co
A side sealing method for a bag making machine, wherein the conveyor speed is increased by a predetermined time . 2. A long bag semi-finished product formed by a continuous belt-shaped sheet is transferred, and is cut by a cutting blade along a direction intersecting the transfer direction to produce a bag body having both side edges welded. In a bag making machine for bagging, a moving machine table provided with the fusing blade is advanced and retracted within a predetermined stroke range between a front dead center and a rear dead center in the transfer direction of the semi-finished product, and a forward speed during the advance Only when V is synchronized with the transfer speed of the semi-finished bag, the cutting blade advances and retracts to perform cutting, and after the cutting , the moving machine base is moved up to twice the maximum speed V at the time of forward movement.
A side sealing method in a bag making machine, wherein the side is made to move backward at a speed . 3. A semi-finished long bag with a header formed of a continuous header core material and a continuous belt-shaped sheet is transported, and a punching process is performed on the header portion at intervals in the transport direction. In a bag making machine for forming a bag with both side edges welded by fusing the semi-finished bag along a direction intersecting with the bag, a header is formed so as to perform the punching process on the upstream side in the transfer direction of the semi-finished bag. A punching blade that is advanced and retracted toward the portion, and a cutting machine that is provided with a fusing blade that is advanced and retracted toward the semi-finished bag so as to perform the fusing downstream of the punching blade. Move forward and backward within the range of the predetermined stroke S between the front dead center and the rear dead center in the transfer direction, and make the interval between the punching blade and the fusing blade smaller than the stroke S.
Transfer drive set large and placed between punching blade and fusing blade
The semi-finished product is transferred by the moving means, and only when the advance speed of the moving machine table during advance is synchronized with the transfer speed of the semi-finished product, the punching process by the advance and retreat of the punching blade, and the advance and retreat of the fusing blade. A side seal method in a bag making machine, wherein the side seal is performed by fusing.