JP4756215B2 - Automatic stacking equipment for products - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic stacking and packaging apparatus for products, and more specifically, is characterized by speeding up automatic stacking and simplifying the apparatus.

The applicant of the present application is a product in which the product is a cup-shaped product, and is transported first as an automatic stacking (stage product) device in which the small-diameter portion and the large-diameter portion of the cup-shaped product are alternately adjacent to each other to eliminate useless space The first-stage (upper-stage) product is adsorbed by the suction cup and lifted, and the next-stage (lower-stage) product is then lowered to the first-stage (upper-stage) product. Has been proposed, and the product stacked in two stages is sent to a boxing device and automatically boxed.
JP-A-11-157508

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic stacking packaging apparatus that achieves high speed automatic packaging and simplification of the apparatus.

In order to achieve the above object, the automatic stacking packaging apparatus for products according to claim 1 is arranged so as to be orthogonal to one side of a front end portion of a conveyance path for conveying the products in a row, and the row width of one product in the packaging state. The product stacking path is provided in parallel with each other for the number of stages of the product in the packaged state, and the products transported in the example corresponding to the number of columns of the product stacking path for the plurality of stages are respectively set on the other side. column equally in supplying striking rods are provided of the plurality number of stages of are perpendicular to the tip portion of the product integration path conveying path of the packaging material is provided, each of the upper product integration path of the plurality number of stages the, which was a configuration adsorb one stage of the product to be positioned at the front end side of the commodity integrated circuit of the plurality of number of stages, the product filling apparatus for filling in the packaging to cancel the transfer and adsorption was eclipsed set is there.

In the present invention, when products are packaged in two layers in the packaging material, the product stacking path having the one-column width is provided in two rows, and the products are packaged in three layers in the packaging material. In this case, the product stacking path having the product one-row width is provided in three rows. Moreover, in this invention, unlike the said patent document 1, it is not necessary to distribute the goods conveyed in one row from the manufacturing process on a wide conveyor, and to accumulate in an appropriate number row and an appropriate number. Therefore, automatic stacking packaging can be speeded up, and the apparatus is further simplified.

  The embodiment of claim 2 is characterized in that the end of the conveyance path for conveying the products in a row is a conveyor on which the products are easy to slide. According to this embodiment, the product is smoothly supplied to the product accumulation path by the hitting hammer.

  An embodiment of claim 3 is characterized in that a cushioning material is provided at the tip of the hammering rod. According to this embodiment, the merchandise is not damaged at the time of transfer to the merchandise stacking path by the hitting hammer.

  One embodiment of claim 4 is characterized in that the packaging material is a corrugated cardboard sheet in the midway forming step. According to this embodiment, it is possible to automatically supply goods to the corrugated cardboard case and perform automatic stacking in synchronism with the molding of the corrugated cardboard case. That is, automatic supply and automatic stacking of products into a corrugated cardboard case that has been molded in advance and only the lid flap is opened is difficult because the opening space is limited.

  Therefore, in addition to the lid flap, products are automatically supplied and automatically stacked on the bottom flap of the cardboard sheet in the molding process in which the end flap and further a part of the side flap are opened, and simultaneously molded into a cardboard case. The method is suitable (for example, see Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 54-43955).

  An embodiment of claim 5 is characterized in that the transport path of the packaging material is intermittently driven. According to this embodiment, the conveyance of the packaging material and the product filling timing can be easily synchronized.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a schematic plan view of an automatic stacking packaging apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view taken along the line XX of FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a packaging material and a molding process of the packaging material.

  In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a conveyance path through which the products G are conveyed in a line from the product manufacturing process. The conveyance path 1 is a roller conveyor, and is an accumulation conveyor that can convey and primarily store the products G. In an embodiment of the present invention, a conveyor 2 on which the commodity G is easy to slide is provided continuously with the leading end of the conveyance path 1. Specifically, the conveyor 2 is formed of a plastic member having a smooth upper surface.

Then one side of the distal end portion of the transport path 1, specifically, on one side of the conveyor 2, by orthogonally to the conveyor 2, products integration path column width of the product one stage in the packaging state 3,4 Are provided in parallel with each other by the number of stages of the product in the packaged state . In one form of the drawings embodiment, a product G six two-stack, single-stage column width of the respective product integrated paths 3 and 4 are the products 3 columns. In the case of three-stage stacking, the product accumulation paths are provided in three rows.

  Further, on the other side of the front end of the transport path 1, specifically, on the opposite side of the conveyor 2 from the product stacking paths 3 and 4, the number of columns of each of the plurality of product stacking paths 3 and 4 (each 3 rows), that is, corresponding to a total of 6 rows, the products G conveyed in the one row are sequentially and evenly supplied to the respective rows a, b, c, d, e and f. 7, 8, 9 and 10 are provided.

  Each of the striking hammers 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 has a lower end rotatably supported by the fixed shaft 11, and an upper end portion thereof is configured to be swingable. That is, rotors 12 that are independently driven are arranged as shown in FIG. 3 so as to correspond to the respective hammering rods 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, and one end of each rotor 12 is pivoted. The tip portions of the reciprocating rods 13 are connected to the substantially intermediate portions of the hammering rods 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 by pins 14, respectively.

  In the above-mentioned configuration, the upper ends of the hitting rods 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 hit the merchandise G supplied on the conveyor 2 in order to evenly distribute the merchandise onto the merchandise stacking paths 3 and 4. To supply. In the figure, reference numeral 15 denotes a cushioning material provided at the upper end of each of the hitting rods 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.

  Next, a conveying path 16 for the packaging material P is provided at the tip of the product stacking paths 3 and 4 so as to be orthogonal to the product stacking paths 3 and 4. The conveying path 16 for the packaging material P is a stacked packaging section for the product G located at the tip of the product stacking path 3, 4, and a corrugated sheet magazine section 17 and upstream of the transport path 16 for the packaging material P A corrugated cardboard forming device 18 is provided, and a gluing and sealing device 19 is provided downstream.

  FIG. 5A is an example of the packaging material P supplied to the corrugated packaging portion of the commodity G, and the developed corrugated cardboard sheet is drawn out from the corrugated cardboard magazine magazine 17 by a sucker or the like, and then the corrugated cardboard In this state, the sheet is formed by the sheet forming apparatus 18 in the middle.

  That is, the side flap 20 is erected, a part of the end flap 21 is bent inward, and the lid flap 22 and the sealing piece 23 are continuously raised to one of the side flaps 20 and erected. It is said that. In addition, such a midway molding state is prevented from being deformed by various guides (not shown) while being transported through the transport path 16. 5B and 5C show the sealed state after the product G is filled, and the packaging is completed by the instantaneous adhesive (hot melt) from the gluing sealing device 19.

Next, the product filling device 24 will be described. Above the product accumulation path 3, 4, a product filling device that sucks, transports and desorbs the product G for one stage located at the front end of the product accumulation path 3, 4 and supplies it to the packaging material P 24 are provided. Each of the product filling devices 24 includes six suction cups 25 that slide up and down and above the conveyance path 16 of the packaging material P.

  That is, a slider 27 that reciprocates by a cylinder (not shown) is supported on a guide rod 26 that is supported on the machine body (not shown), and a suction cup mounted on the lower end of a piston rod 29 of a downward cylinder 28 provided on the slider 27. The six suction cups 25 are provided on the plate 30.

  In the present invention having the above-described configuration, the commodity G is supplied from the manufacturing process onto the transport path 1 and further supplied onto the conveyor 2 provided at the front end of the transport path 1. Next, the hitting rods 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are driven in accordance with a predetermined order, and the products G on the conveyor 2 are arranged in three rows on the product accumulation paths 3 and 4, respectively. A total of 6 columns (a, b, c, d, e and f columns) are supplied.

  Furthermore, among the products G supplied to the product accumulation paths 3 and 4, first, the suction cups 25 constituting the product filling device 24 are arranged on the six products G reaching the tip of the product accumulation path 3. It is lowered by the cylinder 28 and adsorbed, and further raised by the cylinder 28, and then transferred onto the conveying path 16 of the packaging material P by the slider 27.

  In the conveyance path 16 at the front end portion of the product accumulation path 3, the packaging material P is waiting in advance at the same timing, and the product G adsorbed to the suction cup 25 and the suction cup 25 by the cylinder 28. When the suction of the suction cup 25 is released, the packaging material P is filled with the first stage product G. In FIG. 4, the roller conveyor at the tip of the product stacking path 3, 4 is configured to support the six products G for one step and rise first, and to separate from the subsequent products G. ing.

  Next, the packaging material P filled with the first-stage product G is moved to the tip of the product stacking path 4 by intermittently driving the transport path 16. At the same time, the six products G at the front end of the product stacking path 4 are adsorbed by the suction cups 25 in the same manner as the first stage, are lifted and transferred, and are further lowered and stacked on the first stage products G. Is done.

1 is a schematic plan view of an automatic stack packaging apparatus according to the present invention. It is a schematic side view of FIG. FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view taken along line XX in FIG. 2. It is a schematic side view of a goods filling apparatus part. It is a perspective view which shows the molding process of a packaging material and this packaging material.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 (Commodity) conveyance path 2 Conveyor 3 Commodity accumulation path 4 Commodity accumulation path 5-10 Hammer 16 (Packaging material) conveyance path 24 Merchandise filling device

Claims (5)

By orthogonal to one side of the front end portion of the conveying path for conveying the products in a row, product integration path column width of the product one stage is provided in parallel to each other several number of stages of the product in the packaging state in the packaging state, on the other side wherein the plurality number of stages equally in supplying beaten rods each goods transported to the example in correspondence to the number of columns in the respective rows of products integrated circuit is provided in the product accumulation path of the plurality number of stages is the tip conveyance path of the packaging material by orthogonal is provided, each of the upper product integration path of the plurality number of stages, one stage of the product to be positioned at the front end side of the commodity integrated circuit of the plurality of number of stages adsorption, automatic Danseki packaging device of the product the product filling apparatus transfer and by releasing adsorbed filled in the packaging is characterized by comprising vignetting set. The apparatus for automatically stacking and stacking products according to claim 1, wherein a product is a slippery conveyor at a leading end of the conveyance path for conveying the products in a row. The automatic stacking packaging apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a buffer member is provided at a tip portion of the hammer. 4. The automatic stacking packaging apparatus for commodities according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the packaging material is a corrugated cardboard sheet in the middle of the forming process. The automatic stacking packaging apparatus for commodities according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, wherein the conveyance path of the packaging material is intermittently driven.

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