JP4331621B2 - Device for supplying instructions from the brochure device to the package transporter - Google Patents

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for supplying instructions from a brochure apparatus to a package transport apparatus in the form described in the superordinate concept of claim 1.

  In the known apparatus of this type, the instruction sheet is pulled out from the pamphlet apparatus by two pull-out belts facing each other and supplied to an endless conveying belt having a pinching member. This endless conveyance belt is disposed in parallel to the package conveyance device. The instruction sheet is drawn from the pamphlet device from a position located diagonally above the conveying chain, so the instruction sheet located between the belt sections of the drawer belt is conveyed diagonally from top to bottom by both drawer belts. . The disadvantage in this case is that the instructions must be delivered from one device to the second device in two positions. On the one hand, the instructions are delivered from the pamphlet device to both drawer belts, and on the other hand from both drawer belts between the holding members of the transport chain. Since any delivery of instructions from one device to the other is critical in relation to process certainty, a known device may cause operational failure.

Advantages of the Invention On the other hand, an apparatus for supplying instructions from a brochure device according to the present invention to a package transport device having the structure described in the characterizing portion of claim 1 is provided by reducing the delivery position for instructions. In particular, it has the advantage of operating reliably. At the same time, the device technical effort required by the device according to the invention is relatively small. In the present invention, this is achieved primarily by an arched transport chain. A gripping member for instructions is arranged in the transport chain. In this case, the transport chain takes the instructions from the pamphlet device and combines the instructions with the product located in the package transport device. The entire instruction sheet can be conveyed up to.

  Advantageous refinements of the device for supplying instructions from the brochure device to the package transport device according to the invention are described in the dependent claims. In an advantageous configuration of the invention, the gripping member is arranged at a predetermined angle with respect to the tongue of the conveying chain. As a result, in the conveyance chain guided in three dimensions, it is possible to take out the instructions from the pamphlet device in the vertical direction as usual. Thereby, the change in the brochure apparatus which is an additional purchase part is completely unnecessary. Furthermore, based on the fact that the instructions can be taken out from the brochure device in the vertical direction as is customary, when the instructions are transported in parallel to the package transport device, the instructions located at the top of the transport chain Instruction locations are possible where the sections can be reliably reached between the cup walls generally used in such package transport devices.

In the following, embodiments of the invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a part of a carton filling machine 10. This carton filling machine 10 serves to insert the package into a folding box (not shown) opened with the brochure or instructions 1 and then close the folding box. In this case, the package and the instruction sheet 1 are inserted within a predetermined range 5 of the carton filling machine 10. However, so-called insertion machines and packaging cups are not shown for easy viewing of the drawings.

  The carton filling machine 10 has a machine frame 11, and a package transport device 13 used for transporting the package is disposed in the machine frame 11 along the transport direction 12 of the package. This package transport device 13 is a so-called bucket chain, and this bucket chain has intermediate walls arranged at equal intervals from each other, and the packages are located between these intermediate walls. ing. Such a package transport device 13 or bucket chain is generally known and is not shown in detail in FIG. A pamphlet device 15 is disposed in the upper area of the frame 11 of the carton filling machine 10. In this pamphlet device 15, flat cuts of pamphlets or instructions 1 are stored in the reservoir 16, the instructions 1 are sequentially taken out from the reservoir 16, folded, and then delivered to the conveying device for the instructions 1. The pamphlet apparatus 15 described so far is also known per se.

  What is important in the present invention is a conveying device for the instruction sheet 1. The conveying device takes the instruction sheet 1 from the pamphlet apparatus 15 and puts the instruction sheet 1 together with the package. This is related to FIG. 1 and FIG. The conveying device for the instruction sheet 1 is formed as a conveying chain 18, and this conveying chain 18 has a plurality of pamphlets 19 arranged at equal intervals on the opposite side to the package conveying device 13. Have. The conveying chain 18 has a conveying section 21 in which the conveying chain 18 is spaced in parallel to the package conveying device 13, and in this case, the interval between the pamphlets 19 is set between the packing cups 19. Equal to the interval. In order to be able to take the instructions 1 from the brochure device 15 to the transport chain 18, the transport chain 18 is specially formed. For this purpose, it is first noticed that the delivery position 22 from the pamphlet device 15 to the transport chain 18 is shifted to the upper side relative to the transport section 21 of the transport chain 18.

  The transport chain 18 is formed as a “Seitenbogenkette”, that is, it can be deformed by a specified angle in the transverse direction with respect to the longitudinal extension of the chain link 23 of the transport chain 18. . This modification is used in the present invention to move the transport chain 18 from the vertical plane of the transport section 21 to a delivery position 22 that is shifted vertically or laterally near the brochure device 15. For this purpose, the transport chain 18 is guided in a guide plate 25 having a guide groove 26 for the transport chain 18. This guide plate 25 is arranged at an inclined angle on the frame 27 of the package conveying device 13, thereby enabling the required deviation between the plane of the conveying section 21 and the delivery position 22. Further, the conveying chain 18 is guided in a arched manner in the guide plate 25 from the height or level of the conveying section 21 to the delivery position 22 and then guided back again.

  The driving of the transport chain 18 performed in synchronism with the driving of the package transporting device 13 is performed by the transport chain 18 in the region of the transport section 21 in the horizontal direction by, for example, a so-called mangle transmission device provided on the chain wheel 29. This is done by engaging the object transport device 13.

  The pamphlets 19 fixed to the transport chain 18 or the base plates 28 of these pamphlets 19 are arranged obliquely by a predetermined angle α with respect to the vertical line or the longitudinal extension of the chain link 23, respectively. The section 2 of the instruction 1 extending below the transport chain 18 faces the package transport apparatus 13 in the transport section 21 or the section 3 facing the instruction 1 is based on the galling. Since it protrudes diagonally upward, it can rush into the packaging cup in the range 5 at the time of delivery. For this purpose, the angle α is approximately 25 to 40 ° (28 ° in this embodiment).

It is the figure which showed a part of carton filling machine provided with the instruction manual supply apparatus by this invention with the simple perspective view.

FIG. 2 shows a part of the device according to the invention in a simple perspective view.

Explanation of symbols

  1 Brochure or Instruction, 10 Carton Filling Machine, 11 Machine Frame, 12 Transport Direction, 13 Package Transport Device, 15 Brochure Device, 16 Reservoir, 18 Transport Chain, 19 Brochure Clamping, 21 Transport Section, 22 Delivery Position, 23 Chain Link, 25 guide plate, 26 guide groove, 27 frame, 28 base plate, 29 chain wheel

Claims (5)

An apparatus (10) for supplying instructions (1) from a pamphlet device (15) to a package conveying device (13), which is provided with an endless conveying chain (18) and is equivalent to the conveying chain A gripping member (19) for each instruction sheet (1) is arranged at a certain interval, and the transport chain (18) is part of the transport path of the package transport device (13). It extends parallel to the transport device (13) and is driven synchronously with the package transport device (13), and the instruction (1) is sent from the brochure device (15) to the package transport device (13). In the form of being delivered to the transport chain (18) at the delivery position (22) arranged to be shifted laterally with respect to the upper side,
The conveyance chain (18) is an arch-shaped conveyance chain (18), and this arch-shaped conveyance chain is turned from the plane near the conveyance path of the package conveyance device (13) toward the delivery position (22). Furthermore, the conveying chain (18) is guided over a section extending from the level of the package conveying device (13) to the height of the delivering position (22) to the vicinity of the delivering position (22). A device for supplying instructions from a pamphlet device to a package transporter.   Device according to claim 1, wherein the guide of the transport chain (18) takes place in the lower region of the brochure device (15) in a guide plate (25) with guide grooves (26). In the transport chain (18) guided in parallel with the package transport device (13), the tightening plane for the instruction (1) on the gripping member (19) has a predetermined angle with respect to the chain link (23). (alpha) are arranged in this manner, as division of the gripping member disposed to the lower (19) the instruction (1) (2), protruding toward the packaging Sobutsu feeder (13) The device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein   4. The device according to claim 3, wherein the angle (α) is between 20 ° and 40 °, in particular about 28 °.   Driving the transport chain (18) is effected by mechanically engaging the package transport device (13) within the parallel transport path section (21) of the transport chain (18). The apparatus according to any one of 1 to 4.

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