JP4067066B2 - Automatic assembly boxing method and apparatus for tube-shaped soft goods - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an automatic assembly boxing device for tube-shaped soft goods filled with, for example, natural mineral water, drip solution or the like.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, as described above, tube-shaped soft products are not stable because they are formed into a flat bag shape by a plastic sheet, and the boxing has been performed manually.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for automatically assembling and boxing the above-mentioned tube-shaped soft products having no stability without relying on human hands.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention of the method of the present invention includes a step of conveying tube-shaped soft products in a plurality of rows with the bottom facing forward, and standing each tube-shaped soft product conveyed before and after A step of pressing each side of the tube-shaped soft product as many as the number of boxes that are held upright to stand the mouth of the tube-shaped soft product upright, the tube that is standing upright Holding the respective mouth portions of the soft goods and holding the respective mouth portions in a fixed position, and gripping the respective mouth portions held in the fixed position from above and transferring them to the boxing device Become.
[0005]
In addition, the invention of the apparatus includes a conveyor that conveys tube-shaped soft products in a plurality of rows with the bottom portion in front, and the tube-shaped soft products that are provided from the front end portion of the conveyor and are conveyed to the outer surface in order. The standing assembly conveyor having front and rear holding plates that are received and held up from each other, and press each side surface of the tube-shaped soft product for the number of boxes that have been held upright to press each side of the tube-shaped soft product. A pressing head that is upright and can be returned in a timely manner, and is clamped so as to advance from both sides of the respective uprighted mouths and hold the respective mouths so as to hold the upright state of the mouths in place and return them in a timely manner. It comprises a bag and a transfer device for holding the respective mouths held in the fixed position from above and transferring the tube-shaped soft product to the boxing device.
[0006]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tube-shaped soft product carrying and standing holding portion, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a mouth-upright portion of the tube-shaped soft product, and FIG. 3 is a mouth-upright portion of the tube-shaped soft product. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the mouth-upright holding portion of the tube-shaped soft product, FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a gripping portion of the tube-shaped soft product, and FIG. 6 is a tube-shaped soft body. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which a tube-shaped soft product is transferred to the boxing device, FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the boxing device, and FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the boxed state. FIG. 10 and FIG. 10 are perspective views showing the boxed state.
[0007]
In the present invention, first, as shown in FIG. 1, the tube-shaped soft goods G are conveyed in a plurality of rows by the conveyors 1 and 2 with the bottoms in front. Here, a plurality of rows means a boxed scheduled row, and there are two rows in the embodiment of the drawings.
[0008]
The conveyor 1 is configured such that its upper surface is slippery, and is provided with a stopper-3 that temporarily stops the tube-shaped soft commodity G conveyed above its tip.
[0009]
The conveyor 2 is driven in synchronism with an upright collective conveyor 4 to be described later, and in the embodiment of the drawing, the tube-shaped soft product G is supplied to the upright collective conveyor 4 in a timely and accurate manner. The tube-shaped soft product G is sandwiched and conveyed.
[0010]
The standing assembly conveyor 4 is provided from the front end portion of the conveyor 2, and two rows of front and rear holding plates 5 for sequentially receiving and holding the tube-shaped soft goods G supplied from the conveyor 2 on the outer side from the bottom portion. Are provided in large numbers.
[0011]
The upright holding plates 5 are arranged on the outer surface of the upright collective conveyor 4 at intervals to receive the tube-shaped soft goods G and hold the front and back thereof, and further, on both sides of the tube-shaped soft goods G. Both opposing side portions are curved inward so as to hold a part.
[0012]
The upright holding plate 5 is raised from below at the front end of the conveyor 2 in accordance with the rotation of the upright assembly conveyor 4, and the tube-like soft body supplied from the conveyor 2 in the ascending process. The product G is configured to be received from the bottom.
[0013]
Further, the standing assembly conveyor 4 is configured to be capable of being temporarily stopped at the same timing as the conveyor 2, and the tube-shaped soft goods G held between the front and rear holding plates 5 are respectively provided on both sides of the upper surface portion thereof. A pressing head 6 that presses the side surface is provided.
[0014]
As shown in FIG. 2, the pressing heads 6 are provided on the inner side of the pressing plates 7 in accordance with the number of tube-shaped soft goods G that are held upright on the upper surface of the upright assembly conveyor 4. -When the tube-shaped soft product G is pressed, the tube-shaped soft product G is rounded so as not to be damaged.
[0015]
Further, the pressing plate 7 is configured to be able to advance and return to the tube-shaped soft product G side by the cylinder 8 respectively. In the figure, 9 is a receiving plate provided from the frame side (not shown) between the two rows of front and rear holding plates 5, and when the side surface of the tube-shaped soft product G is pressed by the pressing head 6, It prevents that the soft soft goods G move to the opposite side.
[0016]
When the upright of the mouth portion 10 of each tube-shaped soft product G by the pressing head 6 is described, each tube-shaped soft product G held upright between the front and rear holding plates 5 as shown in FIG. When the side surface is pressed by the pressing head 6, the opposite side surface is prevented from moving by the receiving plate 9, and the front and back are regulated by the front and rear holding plate 5, so the contained contents (liquid) Is moved to the mouth 10 side, or alternatively, the mouth 10 that normally falls down is compressed by compressing air remaining on the mouth 10 side.
[0017]
Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the holding hooks 11 are advanced on both sides of the mouth portion 10 that is erected, and the gap is narrowed to sandwich the mouth portion 10. Hold upright in place.
[0018]
That is, when the mouth portion 10 is upright by the pressing head 6, all of the upright positions may not be in a fixed position. Therefore, the holding rods 11 are advanced on both sides of the mouth portion 10 that is temporarily upright by the pressing head 6. Further, the gap 10 is further narrowed to hold the mouth portion 10 and all the mouth portions 10 are held in place. When the holding position of the mouth portion 10 by the sandwiching rod 11 is completed, the pressing head 6 is returned to its original shape and is ready for the next.
[0019]
Next, as described above, after the mouth portion 10 of the tube-shaped soft product G is held in a fixed position, as shown in FIGS. 5 to 8, each of the mouth portions 10 held in the fixed position is held. The tube-shaped soft product G is transferred to the boxing device P by the transfer device 12 that holds the product from above.
[0020]
Each of the mouth portions 10 held upright in the fixed position is gripped by a chuck 13 provided in advance on the lifting plate 14 in accordance with the number of boxes. When the gripping of the mouth portion 10 by the chuck 13 is completed, the clamping rod 11 is returned to its original shape and is ready for the next.
[0021]
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the chuck 13 has two claws 15 that open and close, grips the upper position of the holding portion of the holding hook 11 of the mouth portion 10, and moves the lifting plate 14 up and down. The lift plate 14 is moved up and down by the cylinder, and the lift plate 14 is transferred to the boxing device P by the transfer device 12.
[0022]
Further, although not shown in detail, as shown in FIG. 6, the tube-shaped soft product G gripped by making each chuck 13 turnable by 45 degrees is inclined and as shown in FIG. In addition, the gripped tube-shaped soft commodity G is further assembled. That is, the aggregate density of the tube-shaped soft goods G is increased to reduce the packing capacity.
[0023]
First, as shown in FIG. 6, the tube-shaped soft product G gripped with the respective chucks 13 being rotatable by 45 degrees is inclined and then boxed. The soft product G has a flat bag shape as described above, and is configured to be wider than the thickness.
[0024]
Therefore, the tube-shaped soft product G is inclined in advance so as to be stored in a diagonal position of the storage portion 18 partitioned by the partition plate 17 in the corrugated case 16 shown in FIG. This saves the necessary space in the width direction of the tube-shaped soft product G.
[0025]
Next, a further set of the tube-shaped soft products G will be described. Between the two rows of tube-shaped soft products G held upright on the upright assembly conveyor 4, the receiving plate 9 and the like exist. There is an interval to do this. Therefore, if the box 13 is held by the chuck 13 as it is, a large corrugated case is required, and the movement of the tube-shaped soft product G is stopped in the corrugated case. Making it difficult to package.
[0026]
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, two rows of tube-shaped soft goods G are gripped by the chuck 13 and rotated 45 degrees, and then the chuck 13 in one row and the grip are held there as shown in FIG. The tube-shaped soft product G is moved to the other row side to increase the assembly density. But you may comprise so that the row | line | column of both sides may be collected in the center.
[0027]
The 45-degree rotation of the chuck 13 and the assembly device thereof are appropriately provided as a mechanical device on the support portion of the chuck 13 of the elevating plate 14.
[0028]
Next, an embodiment of the boxing device P will be described with reference to FIGS. Specifically, a supply path 19 for the corrugated box case 16 is configured in parallel with the conveyors 1 and 2 and the upright assembly conveyor 4. Further, a pre-process of the supply path 16 of the corrugated board case 16 is provided with an automatic assembly process of the corrugated cardboard case 16 and an automatic insertion process of the partition plate by a known technique.
[0029]
The tube-shaped soft goods G gripped by the respective chucks 13 of the elevating plate 14 are moved above the supply position of the corrugated case 16 by the transfer device 12, as shown in FIG. .
[0030]
Above the supply position of the cardboard case 16, the tube-shaped soft product G that swings during movement is stopped in advance, and the tube-shaped soft product G is restricted to a predetermined position. A restriction guide plate 20 is provided as necessary.
[0031]
Further, in the embodiment of the drawings, a box guide 21 is provided separately. As shown in FIG. 8, the packaging guide 21 is configured to be advanced between the cardboard case 16 and the tube-shaped soft product G moved above, and further lowered. ing.
[0032]
The box guide 21 is framed so as to correspond to the storage section 18 partitioned by the partition plate 17 of the corrugated cardboard case 16, and each small frame section 22 has four sheets. A guide 23 is suspended in a funnel shape.
[0033]
Next, the actual packaging will be described. As described above, the packaging guide 21 is advanced between the corrugated cardboard case 16 and the tube-shaped soft product G and further lowered as shown in FIG. Be made.
[0034]
As a result, the lower ends of the sheet-like guides 23 suspended from the small frame portions 22 are inserted into the storage portions 18 partitioned by the partition plate 17 of the cardboard case 16.
[0035]
After that, each of the tube-shaped soft goods G is lowered by the elevating plate 14, guided by the boxing guide 21, and partitioned by the partition plate 17 of the corrugated case 16. Filled.
[0036]
Thereafter, the gripping of the tube-shaped soft product G by the chuck 13 is released, and the chuck 13 is raised by the elevating plate 14 and further returned onto the upright assembly conveyor 4.
[0037]
At the same time, the box guide 21 is also raised, and the respective sheet-like guides 23 provided therein are extracted from the respective storage portions 18 partitioned by the partition plate 17 of the corrugated case 16. As shown in FIG. 10, the box-shaped soft product G is left in the storage portion 18 and the packaging is completed.
[0038]
After that, the corrugated case 16 that has been boxed is automatically and sequentially folded with the flap 24 of the lid in the subsequent transfer process, and sealed with an adhesive or an adhesive tape.
[0039]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, a tube-shaped soft product having no stability can be automatically and efficiently packed into a collective box without relying on human hands.
[Brief description of the drawings]
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tube-shaped soft product conveyance and standing holding unit.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a mouth upright portion of a tube-shaped soft product.
FIG. 3 is a front view showing a mouth-upright state of a tube-shaped soft product.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a mouth-upright holding part of a tube-shaped soft product.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a grip portion of a tube-shaped soft product.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a gripping state of a tube-shaped soft product.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state where a tube-shaped soft product is transferred to a boxing device.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a boxing unit.
FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a packed state.
FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a state where packaging is completed.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 2 Conveyor 4 Standing-up conveyor 5 Front and rear holding plate 6 Press head 10 Mouth part 11 Grasp 12 Transfer device G Tube-shaped soft product P Boxing device

Claims (2)

A step of conveying tube-shaped soft products in a plurality of rows with the bottom facing forward, a step of standing each of the tube-shaped soft products conveyed and holding the front and back of each tube-shaped soft product, and the number of boxes held upright Pressing each side of the tube-shaped soft product to stand up the mouth of the tube-shaped soft product, holding each mouth of the tube-shaped soft product held upright A tube-shaped soft body comprising: a step of holding each of the mouth portions at a fixed position; and a step of gripping each of the mouth portions held at the fixed position from above and transferring them to a boxing device. Automatic assembly boxing method for products. A conveyor that conveys tube-shaped soft products in a plurality of rows with the bottom facing forward, before and after the tube-shaped soft products that are provided from the front end of the conveyor are sequentially received from the bottom and held upright Standing up conveyor with holding plate, pressing each side of the tube soft product for the number of boxes that are held upright, each mouth of the tube soft product is brought upright and returned in a timely manner The pressing heads, which are advanced from both sides of the respective uprighted mouth portions and sandwiched between the respective mouth portions to hold the upright state of the mouth portions in a fixed position and return in a timely manner to the fixed positions. An automatic assembly boxing device for tube-shaped soft goods, comprising: a transfer device for gripping each held mouth from above and transferring the tube-shaped soft goods to a boxing device.

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