JP6166652B2 - Double packaging equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a double wrapping apparatus for continuously wrapping a double film into a double tube while feeding a strip-like film along the longitudinal direction in order to wrap an article to be packaged.

  FIG. 6 is a side view of the packaging device of Patent Document 1. FIG. This packaging device is a horizontal positive pillow double packaging device that feeds a belt-like film from above, and pulls the first belt-like film 13 through a form 15 (a bag making part for interiors). The first cylinder making means 11 for forming a tube along the longitudinal direction, the supply conveyor 18 for carrying the articles 19 to be packed into the tube at equal intervals, and the first belt-like film 13 in the conveying direction. In the cylinder filling and packaging means formed by the cross sealer 38 that closes and seals the tubes at equal intervals in order to isolate the articles to be packaged 19 behind the cylinder making means 11, the first cylinder making means 11 and the A second tube forming means 21 for forming a second tube 25 having a larger diameter than the tube 17 around the tube 17 with the cross sealer 38 by the second strip film 24 is arranged. Furthermore, a means for containing gas between the second tube 25 and the tube 17 in the second tube 25 and separating the tubes 17 and 25 is equipped, and the tubes 17 and 25 are integrally closed by the cross sealer 38. The double package 39 that has been sealed and cut is carried out by the carry-out belt 40.

  The first cylinder making means 11 pulls out the first belt-like film 13 with the feed roll 14 and pulls the film 13 through a cylindrical section 15 (interior bag making portion) and centers the both-side joint edge of the film 13. While the film 13 is formed in a tube shape by welding with the sealer 16, the supply conveyor 18 carries the objects to be packaged 19 into the tube 17 at equal intervals.

  Further, the second cylinder making means 21 forms the second belt-like film 24 as the second tube 25 with the second forma 22 (exterior bag making portion). In this case, the pair of center seal rollers 26 on both sides are welded so that the joint edge of the second film 24 overlaps the joint edge of the first film 13 welded by the first center sealer 16. Further, a pair of upper and lower cross sealers 38 provided on the downstream side of the second cylinder making means 21 seal the inner package 19 by sandwiching the double tube 25 fed by the tension belt 33 with a constant cycle. To do.

JP-A-11-180417

  The horizontal positive pillow packaging apparatus of Patent Document 1 forms a first belt-like film 13 supplied from above into a tube shape by the first tube forming means 11, and a tube of the first belt-like film 13 by a supply conveyor 18. 17 to carry the objects to be packaged 19 at equal intervals. There is no problem in the horizontal type normal pillow wrapping apparatus as long as the article to be packaged 19 is placed on the supply conveyor 18 and the article to be packaged 19 can be stably carried into the tube 17 of the first belt-like film 13. When a packaged object 19 whose posture is not stable when placed on the supply conveyor 18, such as a vegetable broccoli, is transferred to the tube 17, the packaged object 19 is transferred from the supply conveyor 19 to the first tube-making means 11. At this time, there is a problem that the posture collapses and it is difficult to wrap the article 19 in a fixed posture.

  The present invention has been proposed in view of the above-described problems related to the prior art described above, and it has been proposed to suitably solve this problem. An object is to provide a double packaging device capable of packaging.

In order to overcome the above-mentioned problems and achieve the intended purpose suitably, the double packaging apparatus according to the present invention has an interior packaging mechanism comprising a horizontal interior reverse pillow packaging machine on the upstream side, and a downstream side. An exterior packaging mechanism consisting of a horizontal exterior reverse pillow packaging machine is arranged and connected in series, and an inner bag is formed by the interior packaging mechanism, an outer bag is formed by the exterior packaging mechanism, and the inner bag and the outer bag are ended. A double wrapping apparatus that performs end sealing with a sealer and cuts and double wraps an article to be packaged, wherein the interior wrapping mechanism includes an interior bag forming portion that forms an interior film at the upstream end, An article supply unit that places an article to be packaged on the formed strip-like interior film at the downstream portion of the interior bag making section, and sandwiches and conveys the article to be packaged on the interior film with a sandwich conveying belt. To be packaged in the package supply unit downstream of the package supply unit. Comprising a interior center seal portion which center seal attract both side edges of the interior film which has, furthermore, the interior wrapping mechanism, with intermittent rotatable feed conveyor are arranged on both sides of the package item supply unit A holding and conveying belt made of a sponge stitching belt is disposed in the section, and the holding and conveying belt moves close to and away from the supply conveyor in order to hold an article to be packaged. The mechanism includes an exterior bag-making portion for forming an exterior film at the upstream end, and a center is formed by interpolating the tubular interior film containing the packaged object with the exterior film formed by the exterior bag-making portion. An exterior center sealer for sealing is provided.

  By the said structure, even if it is a to-be-packaged object with an unstable attitude | position, a to-be-packaged object can be double-packed stably.

Front view of the double packaging device of the present invention Plan view of the double packaging device of the present invention Partial top view which shows the use condition of the double packaging apparatus of this invention Partial view of the double packaging device of the present invention Partial explanatory drawing which shows the use condition of the double packaging apparatus of this invention Front view of conventional double packaging equipment

  Next, the double packaging apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings by giving examples. FIG. 1 is a front view of a horizontal inverted pillow double packaging apparatus for supplying a belt-like film from below, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of the double packaging apparatus. This double wrapping apparatus includes a horizontal interior reverse pillow packaging machine (hereinafter referred to as interior packaging mechanism 101) and a horizontal exterior reverse pillow packaging machine (hereinafter referred to as exterior packaging mechanism 102). An inner bag is formed by the interior packaging mechanism 101, and an outer bag is formed by the exterior packaging mechanism 102, and the package is double-packaged.

(Packaging mechanism for interior)
The interior packaging mechanism 101 is disposed on the upstream side of the exterior packaging mechanism 102 (hereinafter, upstream and downstream are properly used in accordance with the flow direction of the article to be packaged and the strip-shaped film), and is formed on the grooved interior film 103. A package supply unit 101B for placing a plurality of packages 104 at equal intervals, and both side edges of the grooved interior film 103 on which the packages 104 are mounted are overlapped in the shape of a palm and center sealed. And a center seal portion 101C for interior that is a tubular film.

  The interior packaging mechanism 101 is provided with an interior bag-making portion 101A at the upstream end. Since this interior bag-making part 101A is the same as a conventional former (bag-making part), its details are omitted. A single supply conveyor 106 is arranged from the rear part of the interior bag making part 101A over the entire length between the packaged article supply part 101B and the interior center seal part 101C. A sandwiching and conveying belt 107 made of a sponge sewing belt is disposed on both sides of the article supply unit 101B, and a supply side belt made of a sponge sewing belt is also provided on both sides of the interior center seal portion 101C. 108 is arranged and cooperates with the supply conveyor 106 to convey the article 104 to be packaged wrapped in the interior film 103 to the exterior packaging mechanism 102 side. The sponge stitching belt has a plurality of protrusions made of sponge arranged close to the outer periphery of the conveyor belt, and since the protrusions are sponges, the object to be packaged is damaged even if the object to be packaged is sandwiched. There is no.

  FIG. 3 is a plan view of the article supply unit 101B. The sandwiching and conveying belt 107 is moved in the width direction of the package supply unit 101B by a long plate-like side plate 105 supported by a leg portion 105B standing on a support rod 105A that traverses the lower part. It is supported so as to be able to move close and away. That is, slide support rods 105C are pivotally supported in the horizontal direction on both sides of each side plate 105, and the holding and conveying belt 107 is supported on the inner ends of the slide support rods 105C so as to be horizontally movable. Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, a driving cylinder 105D is attached to the center of the side plate 105, and the holding and conveying belt 107 is supported by the rod of the driving cylinder 105D so as to be able to move horizontally and move apart. . Adjacent to the drive cylinder 105D, an inverted L-shaped hook rod 105E is attached which has a tip bent downward to hold both side edges of the grooved interior film 103 standing.

  A raw fabric roll 103A of the interior film 103 is set below the package supply unit 101B, and the interior film 103 is drawn upward from the original fabric roll 103A via the pull-out mechanism 109 to be used for interior use. By passing the bag portion 101A, the interior film 103 is formed into a groove shape. The interior film 103 formed into a groove shape by the interior bag making portion 101A is held in the groove shape by the parallel guide rollers 110 and 111 attached to the upper side of the upstream end and the downstream end of the package supply portion 101B. As it is, it is sent to the interior center seal portion 101C. In addition, the code | symbol 112 of drawing is a splicer for joining the film for interiors of an original fabric roll and a supplementary original fabric roll.

  The parallel guide rollers 110 and 111 hold the both side edges of the strip-like interior film 103 formed into a groove shape by the interior bag-making portion 101A in a wide open state by a magic hand 113 shown in FIG. The packaged object 104 is provided to facilitate placement on the interior film 103 formed in a groove shape.

  In a conventional single reverse pillow packaging machine, a band-shaped film is formed into a groove shape by a former (bag making section), the side edges of the band-shaped film are raised in front of the center sealer section, and the center sealer section is in the form of a palm. In order to seal the center, the upper opening of the band-shaped film formed into a groove shape becomes narrower as it goes downstream. Thus, in the conventional reverse pillow packaging apparatus, since the upper opening of the belt-like film becomes narrower, it is difficult to simultaneously place a plurality of articles to be packaged on the interior film from the opening of the belt-like film.

  In the present invention, the drive cylinder 105D widens the gap between the nipping and conveying belts 107, and the parallel guide rollers 110 and 111 and hooks attached to both the upstream end and the downstream end of the article supply unit 101B as described above. Since the upper part of the interior film 103 formed into a groove shape is wide open by the rod 105E, it is easy to place a plurality of packages on the interior film at the same time.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of magic hands 113 for supplying the article to be packaged 104 to the article supply part 101B are arranged in series on the upper part of the article supply unit 101B. This magic hand 113 sandwiches an object to be packaged 104 (for example, an unstable packaged object such as a mushroom or broccoli) and places it on the interior film 103 formed into a groove shape by the interior bag making part 101A. . Then, the interval between the nipping and conveying belts 107 widened by the drive cylinder 105D is narrowed, and the object to be packaged is nipped by the nipping and conveying belt 107, wrapped in the interior film 103, and intermittently conveyed downstream.

  The interior center seal portion 101C is a mechanism that pulls both side edges of the groove-shaped interior film 103 supplied with the package object 104 in the packaged object supply unit 101B in the shape of a palm and performs center seal in a tube shape. . In the interior center seal portion 101C, as described above, the supply conveyor 106 continuous from the article supply portion 101B is arranged at the bottom of the center, and both sides of the supply conveyor 106 are made of sponge sewing belts. A supply side belt 108 driven by a drive motor 114 is provided. In the interior center seal portion, since the posture is stable in the interior film 103, the supply side belt 108 does not sandwich the article to be packaged as close and separate as the sandwiching and conveying belt 107. .

  As shown in FIG. 1, an interior seal mechanism 116 for sealing both side portions of the interior film 103 in a palm-like shape is provided on the upper portion of the interior center seal portion 101C. The seal mechanism 116 is disposed on the upstream side, and an interior center roller 116A that draws both side edges of the interior film 103 greatly expanded by the parallel guide roller 111 in a palm shape, and an interior film that is pulled in a palm shape. 103, an interior center sealer 116B that seals both side edges of the interior 103, and an interior film feed roller 116C that is provided on the upstream side and the downstream side of the interior center sealer 116B and feeds the interior film 103 to the downstream side. Then, both side edges of the tube-shaped interior film 103 into which the article to be packaged 104 is inserted at equal intervals are sealed at the center. A preheating heater 116D for preheating the interior film 103 before sealing with the interior center sealer 116B is provided between the upstream interior film feed roller 116C and the interior center sealer 116B.

(Exterior packaging mechanism)
The exterior packaging mechanism 102 is a mechanism for further packaging the outer periphery of the interior film 103 in which the article to be packaged 104 enters at equal intervals into a tube shape and packaging the article to be packaged 104 in a double manner. An exterior bag making portion 102 </ b> A is provided at the upstream end of the exterior packaging mechanism 102. A transport conveyor 112B is arranged from the exterior bag-making portion 102A to slightly before the rear end of the exterior packaging mechanism 102, and further, a delivery conveyor 102D extends from the rear portion of the transport conveyor 112B to the front of the end sealer 119. Has been placed. Adsorption belts are used for the transfer conveyor 102B and the transfer conveyor 102D, and the interior tube film and the exterior tube film before being cut by the end sealer 119 are adsorbed and conveyed to the carry-out conveyor 120 side. End seal with end sealer 119. A supply side belt 102E made of a sponge sewing belt is disposed on both upper sides of the transfer conveyor 102B and the transfer conveyor 102D.

  An original fabric roll 122A of the exterior film 122 is set below the upstream side of the exterior packaging mechanism 102, and the exterior film 122 is drawn upward from the original fabric roll 122A through the extraction mechanism 124, By passing through the exterior bag-making portion 102, the exterior film 122 is formed in a tube shape. Reference numeral 123 denotes a splicer for joining a spare interior film.

  An exterior sealing mechanism 126 for sealing both sides of the exterior film 122 in a palm-like manner is provided at the center upper portion of the transport conveyor 118. The seal mechanism 126 has the same structure as the interior seal mechanism 116, and an exterior center roller that draws both side edges of the exterior film 122 formed in a groove shape in the exterior bag-making portion 102A in a palm-like shape. 126A, an exterior center sealer 126B that seals both side edges of the exterior film 122 drawn in the shape of a palm, and an upstream side and a downstream side of the exterior center sealer 126B. And an exterior film feed roller 126C to be fed to the exterior. The exterior seal mechanism 126 welds the joint edge of the exterior film 122 formed into a tube shape by the exterior bag-making portion 102A from the outside on the joint edge of the interior film 103, and welds it. To do. A preheating heater 126D that preheats the exterior film 122 before sealing with the exterior center sealer 126B is provided between the upstream exterior film feed roller 126C and the center sealer 126B.

  An end sealer 119 is provided on the downstream side of the exterior packaging mechanism 102. This end sealer 119 includes a sealer and a cutter for cutting, and the sealer moves up and down to end-seal the interior and exterior films in which the package 104 is double-wrapped at equal intervals. A packaging bag in which the package 104 is double-wrapped is cut with a cutter to separate each package. A carry-out conveyor 120 made of an adsorbing belt is arranged downstream of the end sealer 119, and a packaging bag sealed with the end sealer 119 and double-wrapped with the cut object 104 is carried out. Although not shown, a defective product detection sensor for detecting a defective product is provided between the exterior packaging mechanism 102 and the end sealer 119, and the defective product is not properly packaged by the defective product detection sensor. Is detected, air is blown out from the defective product elimination nozzle 115 disposed on the side of the carry-out conveyor 120, and the defective product detected by the defective product detection sensor is repelled to the side of the carry-out conveyor 120.

(Use state)
Next, the use state of the above configuration will be described.
FIG. 4 is a front view illustrating a state in which the article to be packaged 104 is placed on the article supply unit 101 </ b> B of the interior packaging mechanism 101. From the raw fabric roll 103A, the interior film 103 is intermittently withdrawn upward from the raw roll 103A to the package supply part 101B in accordance with the intermittent rotation of the supply conveyor 106, which will be described later. Pass through part 101A. Further, the interior film 103 having a wide opening at the upper part by the parallel guide rollers 110 and 111 is formed into a groove shape and sent to the downstream side. The supply conveyor 106, the nipping / conveying belt 107, and the supply side belt 108 including the pulling mechanism 109 of the interior film 103 constituting the interior packaging mechanism 101 rotate intermittently while being synchronized. Further, the drawing mechanism 124 of the exterior film 122 of the exterior packaging mechanism 102, the transfer conveyor 118, the supply side belt 121, and the like also rotate intermittently in accordance with the interior packaging mechanism 101.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the nipping and conveying belt 107 waits with a drive cylinder 105 </ b> D with the interval between the belts 107 widened so that the article 104 can be easily placed. As shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of magic hands 113 arranged on an upper part of an article supply unit 101 </ b> B of the interior packaging mechanism 101, an object to be packaged 104 (for example, an unstable package such as a mushroom or broccoli). The article is placed on the article supply unit 101B from above. When the article to be packaged 104 is placed on the interior film 103, the gap between the opened nipping and conveying belt 107 is narrowed by the driving cylinder 105D, and the object to be packaged 104 is nipped by the nipping and conveying belt 107. The interior film 103 is sent to the downstream side by the interior film feed roller 116C. The packaged object 104 in the groove-shaped interior film 103 is fed to a predetermined shape by the supply conveyor 106, the sandwiching conveyance belt 107, and the supply side belt 108. The posture is held and sent to the interior center sealer 101C on the downstream side.

  Next, both side edges of the interior film 103 spread by the downstream parallel guide roller 111 are drawn into a palm shape by the interior center roller 116B. The interior film feed roller 116C feeds the interior film 103 to the downstream side, and the joint edge of the tubular interior film 103 into which the article to be packaged 104 enters at equal intervals is center-sealed by the interior center sealer.

  In the exterior packaging mechanism 102, the exterior film 122 is drawn upward from the original roll 122A through the pulling mechanism 124, and after passing through the exterior bag-making portion 102A, the exterior film 122 is covered by the exterior center roller 126B. The both side edges are drawn into a palm shape and formed into a tube shape. At the same time, the tube-shaped interior film 103 center-sealed by the interior center seal portion 101C is inserted into the tube-shaped exterior film 122, and the exterior film from the outside of the palm edge of the interior film 103. The tube-like films 103 and 122 that are doubled by the exterior film feed roller 125 are fed to the downstream side while overlapping the palm edges of 122. The center sealer 126 overlaps the joint edge of the interior film 103 and the joint edge of the exterior film 122 and performs center sealing, and the package 104 is double-wrapped by the interior and exterior films 103 and 122 at equal intervals. To do.

  The interior and exterior films 103 and 122 in which the package 104 is double-wrapped at equal intervals are end-sealed by the end sealer 199 and simultaneously cut and separated. The packaging bag in which the package 104 to which the end seal is applied is double-wrapped is carried out by the carry-out conveyor 120. However, the defective product detected by the defective product detection sensor blows out air from the defective product elimination nozzle 115 and repels the defective product to the side of the carry-out conveyor 120.

  In the embodiment described above, the magic hand 113 is used to place the article 104 to be packaged on the interior film 103. However, the present invention does not necessarily require the magic hand 113. Instead, an article 104 to be packaged may be placed on the interior film 103 of the article supply unit 101B by an operator.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is useful for a double wrapping apparatus for continuously wrapping and wrapping a belt-like film along the longitudinal direction in order to double wrap an article to be packaged.

101 Interior Packaging Mechanism 101A Interior Bag Making Unit 101B Packaged Supply Unit 101C Interior Center Sealing Unit 102 Exterior Packaging Mechanism 102A Exterior Bag Making Unit 102B Conveyor 102E Supply Side Belt 103 Interior Film 104 Packaged Item 106 Supply conveyor 110 Parallel guide roller 107 Nipping and conveying belt 108 Supply side belt 111 Parallel guide roller 116 Interior seal mechanism 116A Interior center roller 116B Interior center sealer 116C Interior film feed roller 119 End sealer 120 Unloading conveyor 122 Exterior film 126 Exterior sealing mechanism 126A Exterior center roller 126B Exterior center sealer 126C Exterior film feed roller

Claims (3)

An internal packaging mechanism consisting of a horizontal interior reverse pillow packaging machine is arranged upstream, and an exterior packaging mechanism consisting of a horizontal exterior reverse pillow packaging machine is arranged downstream and connected continuously. The inner bag is an outer bag formed by an outer packaging mechanism, the inner bag and the outer bag are end-sealed by an end sealer and cut, and a double wrapping device for double wrapping an article to be packaged,
The interior packaging mechanism includes an interior bag-making portion for forming an interior film at an upstream end, and a package is placed on the formed strip-shaped interior film at a downstream portion of the interior bag-making portion. The packaged object supply unit for nipping and conveying the packaged object on the film for interior use with the nipping / conveying belt is provided, and the packaged object is placed on the downstream side of the packaged object supply unit by the packaged object supply unit. It is equipped with an interior center seal that draws both side edges of the interior film and performs center seal.
Further, the interior packaging mechanism is provided with a supply conveyor capable of intermittent rotation, and sandwiching and conveying belts made of sponge stitching belts are arranged on both sides of the packaged article supply unit. Move in close proximity to and away from the supply conveyor in order to sandwich the packaged object,
The exterior packaging mechanism includes an exterior bag-making portion that forms an exterior film at an upstream end, and a tubular interior film that includes the packaged object with the exterior film formed by the exterior bag-making portion. It is equipped with an exterior center sealer that is inserted and center sealed.
A double packaging device characterized by that. The parallel guide roller which hold | maintains the opening of the interior film which the upper part opened by the interior bag making part in the downstream part of the interior bag making part which shape | molds the interior film is characterized by the above-mentioned. Double packaging equipment. The interior packaging mechanism has a supply conveyor arranged over the entire length between the packaged article supply section and the interior center seal section, and is made of sponge stitching belts on both sides of the packaged article supply section. A holding and conveying belt that moves close and away is arranged, and on both sides of the interior center seal part, a fixed supply side belt made of a sponge sewing belt is arranged,
  The exterior packaging mechanism is provided with a conveyor and a delivery conveyor on the downstream side of the exterior bag-making unit, and conveys it to the carry-out conveyor side. A fixed supply side belt made is arranged,
  2. The duplex according to claim 1, wherein the conveyance conveyor, the transfer conveyor, and the carry-out conveyor are subjected to suction conveyance of an interior film and an exterior film in which negative pressure is applied and the packaged object is packaged in duplicate. Packaging equipment.