JP3764355B2 - Spoon etc. forming bagging equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a forming bag filling apparatus that continuously forms a spoon or the like with a molding machine, discharges the two in a row, rearranges them in one row, and continuously packs the bags.
By the way, in this specification, “spoon or the like” means any one of a spoon, a fork, a knife, and a chopstick.
[0002]
[Prior art]
At present, there is an increasing tendency for instant foods in which spoons, forks and the like are packed together. This instant food can be conveniently eaten with a spoon attached. This spoon is mainly molded from plastic. Molded spoons and the like are packaged or sold without being packaged with instant foods. Wrapped and foreign materials do not adhere to the packaged spoons, etc., but there is a drawback that packaging takes time. Spoons that are not packaged can be made more costly, but are not hygienic because dust and the like adhere to them.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Wrapped spoons and the like are hygienic, but they are time-consuming to manufacture and increase manufacturing costs. This is because it takes a lot of time and effort to wrap a molded spoon or the like manually. Spoons sold with instant foods are service items, so it is especially important to produce them easily. In addition, spoons that are manually packed are difficult to package in a hygienic environment. This is because bacteria and the like easily attach in the process of manual intervention.
[0004]
The present invention was developed for the purpose of eliminating such drawbacks, and an important object of the present invention is to provide a forming bagging apparatus for spoons and the like that can mass-produce spoons and the like at a very low cost. is there.
Another important object of the present invention is to provide a forming bag filling apparatus such as a spoon which can be efficiently mass-produced in an extremely hygienic environment.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The forming bagging apparatus for spoons and the like according to the present invention includes a molding machine 1 for molding spoons S and the like with plastic, an alignment conveyor 2 for aligning spoons S and the like discharged from the molding machine in a predetermined posture, and an alignment conveyor 2. A continuous bagging machine 3 that packs the spoons S and the like to be discharged into a plastic bag, and a vertical feed conveyor 5 that widens the interval between the spoons S connected to the discharge side of the alignment conveyor 2 are provided. The molding machine 1 continuously discharges the formed spoons S and the like in a horizontal orientation in two rows of the first row and the second row. The aligning conveyor 2 rotates the spoons S and the like which are arranged in two rows in the horizontal orientation by the molding machine 1 by rotating 90 degrees in the horizontal plane to change the direction in the vertical direction, and rearranges them in a single vertical row. Discharge. The continuous bagging machine 3 continuously packs the spoons S and the like discharged in a line on the alignment conveyor 2 into a plastic bag.
[0006]
Molding machine 1 is formed into the comb and connected by rods a plurality of spoon S such sideways posture, Ru can be discharged side by side in a horizontal position to disconnect the spoon S or the like which is formed into a comb from the rod. Alignment conveyor 2, the conveyor arranged in parallel belt conveyor 4 of the plurality of rows or may be a vibrating conveyor.
[0007]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. However, the embodiment shown below exemplifies a molded bagging apparatus such as a spoon for embodying the technical idea of the present invention, and the present invention uses a molded bagging apparatus such as a spoon as follows. Not specified.
[0008]
Further, in this specification, in order to facilitate understanding of the scope of claims, the numbers corresponding to the members shown in the embodiments are referred to as “claims” and “means for solving the problems”. It is added to the member shown by. However, the members shown in the claims are not limited to the members in the embodiments.
[0009]
1 and FIG. 2 shows a molding bag filling apparatus such as a spoon, a molding machine 1 for molding a spoon S or the like with plastic, an alignment conveyor 2 for rearranging and discharging the spoon S or the like delivered from the molding machine 1, A continuous bagging machine 3 for continuously packing the spoons S and the like discharged from the alignment conveyor 2 into plastic bags is provided.
[0010]
As shown in the plan view of FIG. 1, the molding machine 1 continuously discharges a spoon S or the like molded of plastic in a horizontal orientation in two rows of a first row and a second row. In the present specification, the “lateral posture” of a spoon or the like means a posture that is in the same plane as the feeding direction of an elongated spoon or the like and extends in a direction orthogonal to the feeding direction. The molding machine 1 connects a plurality of spoons S or the like with a rod in a horizontal posture to form a comb shape, and separates the comb S-shaped spoons S and the like from the rod and arranges them in a horizontal posture and discharges them. The spoons S and the like connected in a comb shape are formed in a state where they are connected in two rows in a lateral orientation. The molding machine 1 cuts the connected portions such as the formed spoon S, and discharges the cut spoon S and the like in the first and second rows in a lateral orientation as shown in the figure.
[0011]
The aligning conveyor 2 rotates the spoons S arranged in two rows in the horizontal orientation by the molding machine 1 by 90 degrees in the horizontal plane and changes the direction vertically, and between the spoons S etc. in the first row. The first row and the second row of spoons S, etc. are rearranged in a vertical row so as to insert the second row of spoons S and the like, and are discharged continuously. The alignment conveyor 2 is a conveyor in which a plurality of rows of belt conveyors 4 are arranged in parallel. In the illustrated alignment conveyor 2, the transfer speed of the adjacent belt conveyor 4 is changed in order to change the posture of the spoon S or the like from the horizontal direction to the vertical direction. The illustrated aligning conveyor 2 first transfers the handle portion of the spoon S to change from the horizontal direction to the vertical direction. The spoon S is supplied so that the handle portion is outside the alignment conveyor 2. Therefore, in the alignment conveyor 2, the transfer speed of the belt conveyor 4 disposed on the outer side is faster than that of the belt conveyor 4 disposed in the center. That is, the transfer speed of the belt conveyor 4 is gradually increased as it approaches the outside. Furthermore, the alignment conveyor 2 provides a speed difference between the left and right belt conveyors 4 so that the spoons S and the like supplied in two rows are rearranged in one row and transferred between the spoons S and the like in the first row. , Put a spoon S in the second row, etc., and discharge in a vertical row.
[0012]
The alignment conveyor may be a vibrating conveyor that inclines in a downward gradient toward the transfer direction, such as a spoon. The vibration conveyor has a vibration source fixed to the lower surface. The vibration source adjusts the vibration direction and amplitude of the upper surface of the conveyor, changes the horizontal spoon etc. to the vertical orientation, and inserts the second row spoon etc. between the first row spoon etc. Dispose continuously and discharge.
[0013]
In the illustrated bag forming apparatus, a longitudinal feed conveyor 5 is connected to the discharge side of the alignment conveyor 2. The vertical feed conveyor 5 supplies the continuous bagging machine 3 with the intervals of the spoons S arranged in one vertical row. The vertical feed conveyor 5 feeds the continuous bagging machine 3 with a transfer speed higher than that of the alignment conveyor 2 to widen the intervals of the spoons S and the like supplied from the alignment conveyor 2. The vertical feed conveyor 5 is a belt conveyor or a vibration conveyor.
[0014]
The continuous bagging machine 3 continuously packs the spoons S and the like which are discharged in a line by the aligning conveyor 2 and further supplied by the longitudinal feed conveyor 5 into a plastic bag. FIG. 3 shows a state where the continuous bagging machine 3 packs the spoon S and the like. The continuous bagging machine 3 shown in this figure transfers upper and lower thermoplastic plastic films 6 such as spoons S and supplies the spoons S and the like between two plastic films 6. The two plastic films 6 to which the spoons S and the like are supplied are thermally welded on both sides and also between the spoons S and the like. Then, the heat welding part 7 between spoons S etc. is cut | disconnected and packaged spoon S etc. are isolate | separated. The separated packaged spoons S and the like are finally discharged from the conveyor 8.
[0015]
【The invention's effect】
The molded bagging apparatus of the present invention has the advantage that it can be mass-produced efficiently in a very hygienic environment, in addition to being capable of mass-producing bagged spoons and the like at a very low cost. It is a spoon in which the molding bag filling apparatus of the present invention comprises a molding machine, an alignment conveyor and a continuous bag filling machine, and is continuously discharged from the molding machine in two rows of the first row and the second row in a lateral orientation. Etc., the alignment conveyor is rotated 90 degrees in the horizontal plane to change the vertical direction, and the second row of spoons, etc. are placed between the first row of spoons, etc. This is because the spoons that are discharged and arranged in a row from the alignment conveyor are continuously packed in plastic bags by a continuous bagging machine. This molding bagging apparatus can efficiently pack a bag with a continuous bagging machine, because spoons and the like that are arranged in two horizontal rows by a molding machine are rearranged in one vertical row by an alignment conveyor and continuously discharged. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently mass-produce a low-priced spoon or the like efficiently without wrapping it in a very hygienic environment.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a forming bag filling apparatus such as a spoon according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an enlarged plan view of an alignment conveyor of the forming bag filling apparatus shown in FIG. Schematic cross-sectional view showing the state where the continuous bagging machine of the filling device packs spoons, etc. [Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Molding machine 2 ... Alignment conveyor 3 ... Continuous bagging machine 4 ... Belt conveyor 5 ... Vertical feed conveyor 6 ... Plastic film 7 ... Heat welding part 8 ... Conveyor conveyor S ... Spoon

Claims (4)

A molding machine (1) for forming a spoon (S), etc. with plastic, and continuously discharging the formed spoon (S), etc. in a horizontal orientation in two rows, the first row and the second row, and this molding The spoons (S) etc. that are discharged in two rows in the horizontal orientation by the machine (1) are rotated 90 degrees in the horizontal plane, turned vertically and rearranged in one vertical row to be discharged continuously. Conveyor (2), continuous bagging machine (3) that continuously packs spoons (S), etc. that are discharged in a line by this alignment conveyor (2) into plastic bags, and alignment conveyor (2 ) And a vertical feed conveyor (5) that expands the interval between the spoons (S) and the like connected to the discharge side, and through this vertical feed conveyor (5) , the spoons (S) and the like are continuously packed (3 ) Molded bagging equipment such as spoons to be fed to .   Claims wherein the molding machine (1) connects a plurality of spoons (S) or the like with a rod in a lateral orientation to form a comb shape, and separates the comb-shaped spoons (S) from the rod and discharges them in a lateral orientation. A molded bagging apparatus such as a spoon described in 1.   The forming bagging apparatus such as a spoon according to claim 1, wherein the alignment conveyor (2) is a conveyor in which a plurality of rows of belt conveyors (4) are arranged in parallel.   The forming bag filling apparatus such as a spoon according to claim 1, wherein the alignment conveyor (2) is a vibration conveyor.

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