JP6371746B2 - Grain pack body manufacturing apparatus and grain pack body manufacturing method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a grain pack body manufacturing apparatus and a grain pack body manufacturing method .

  For example, the harvested brown rice is stored in a storage bag (for example, flexible container bag) while being measured using a brown rice weighing storage device, and distributed in this state. When storing this brown rice in a storage bag, a predetermined ratio of brown rice is stored. Is extracted as a sample (for example, 600 g for 1 ton), and the brown rice for the extracted sample is appropriately inspected (inspection of quality, etc.), whereby the grade of the brown rice stored in the storage bag is determined.

  The brown rice weighing and storage device described above is provided with a hopper that temporarily stores brown rice before weighing, and a shutter for discharging the sample is provided on the peripheral surface of the hopper, and is discharged when the shutter is opened and closed. The brown rice thus produced falls through a brown rice transport hose and is extracted as brown rice for the sample.

  In order to obtain the average value in the inspection, the whole amount (for example, 600 g) of the brown rice for the sample is not extracted at a time, but the shutter portion is opened and closed at an arbitrary timing while conveying the brown rice from the hopper portion to the storage bag. Thus, an arbitrary amount (100 g) of brown rice is extracted a plurality of times (up to 6 times) from an arbitrary portion of the brown rice stored in the hopper.

  By the way, conventionally, an apparatus for producing a brown rice pack body 51 (hereinafter, a conventional example) in which a plurality of brown rice packs 51a each filled with the sampled brown rice 50 extracted as described above is provided has been proposed.

  This conventional example uses a long bag body 52 in which a plurality of pocket-shaped storage portions 52a (for example, 100 g capacity) partitioned in the length direction as shown in FIG. An opening means 53 for forcibly opening the opening 52a ′ of the pocket-shaped storage part 52a when the bag body 52 is conveyed, and 100 g of brown rice 50 for the sample inserted by the opening means 52a ′ opened by the opening means 53 And a brown rice filling portion 54 to be filled. The brown rice filling unit 54 is connected with the brown rice transport hose of the brown rice weighing and storage device described above, and 100 g of sampled brown rice 50 is supplied.

  Therefore, the conventional example continuously performs the operation of filling the brown rice 50 with the brown rice filling portion 54 while opening the pocket-shaped storage portion 52a with the opening means 53 for the bag body 52 to be conveyed. Thereafter, each pocket-shaped storage portion 52a is sealed with a sealing portion, and a plurality of brown rice pack bodies 51 each including six brown rice packs 51a each filled with 100 g of sample brown rice 50 in the longitudinal direction of the bag body 52 are provided. Provided. Thereafter, the brown rice pack body 51 is brought into an inspection organization and inspected.

  However, in the conventional example, the opening 52a ′ may not be satisfactorily opened by the opening means 53, and the brown rice pack 51a cannot be manufactured favorably, and the opening 52a ′ is opened by the opening means 53. Further, the structure for automating these operations such as moving or retracting the brown rice filling portion 54 to the opening 52a ′ and additionally inserting the brown rice filling portion 54 into the opening 52a ′ is complicated. Therefore, there are problems such as high cost and poor mass productivity.

The present invention provides an extremely practical grain pack body manufacturing apparatus and a grain pack body manufacturing method that solves the above-described problems and exhibits an unprecedented effect.

  The gist of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

A cereal pack body manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a cereal pack body 41 in which a plurality of cereal packs 41a formed by filling a predetermined amount of cereals 40 is provided, and a bag body 2 provided on a base body 1 so as to be movable up and down. a bag body holding portion 3 for holding the state, and grain filling unit 4 for filling the grain 40 disposed in the bag the bag body 2 held by the holding portion 3 in the bag body 2, the bag 2 And a seal portion 6 that seals the bag body 2 across a position above the grain filling portion , and the grain filling portion 4 is a tube inserted and disposed from the upper opening 2 a of the bag body 2. The bag body holding portion 3 includes a pair of left and right clamping portions 3a and 3a that are provided on the base body 1 so as to be movable up and down and clamp the upper left and right positions of the bag body 2. The holding part 3 is provided with a fitting part 3c to be fitted to the grain filling part 4, and by this fitting part 3c The bag body holding portion 3 is configured to move up and down while being guided by the grain filling portion 4, and a bag body expanding portion that holds the width of the bag body 2 at the lower end portion of the grain filling portion 4. 7 is provided, and the bag body expansion portion 7 is composed of a pair of a left bar-like member 7A and a right bar-like member 7B that project downward from a position opposite to the opening edge of the lower end opening 4a of the grain filling unit 4. And the distance from the outer edge of the left bar-like member 7A to the outer edge of the right bar-like member 7B is set to the same or substantially the same width as the width of the bag body 2. It concerns the device.

The grain pack body manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein lower end portions of the left bar-like member 7A and the right bar-like member 7B are bent inward. Is.

A method for producing a grain pack body 41 for producing a grain pack body 41 in which a plurality of grain packs 41a formed by filling a predetermined amount of grain 40 are provided, wherein the grain pack body 41 is provided. The following steps are repeated in the following order to produce a grain pack body 41 having a plurality of grain packs 41a filled with the predetermined amount of grain 40. The present invention relates to a method for producing a characteristic grain pack body.
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(1) The grain 40 by the grain filling unit 4 to the bag body 2 held by the bag body holding unit 3.
Filling process
(2) Sealing process by the sealing part 6
(3) Step of lowering the bag body 2 by lowering the bag body holding portion 3

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to reliably provide a grain pack body as compared with the above-described conventional example, and because it has a simple structure, the cost is low and the mass productivity is excellent. It becomes a very practical grain pack body manufacturing apparatus and a grain pack body manufacturing method that exerts an effect.

It is use condition explanatory drawing of a present Example. It is a perspective view which shows a present Example. It is explanatory drawing of the principal part of a present Example. It is explanatory drawing of the principal part of a present Example. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of a present Example. It is a perspective view which shows the grain pack body 41 manufactured by the present Example. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of a prior art example.

  An embodiment of the present invention which is considered to be suitable will be briefly described with reference to the drawings showing the operation of the present invention.

  When manufacturing the grain pack body 41, the filling process of the grain 40 by the grain filling part 4 to the bag body 2 held by the bag body holding part 3, the sealing process by the seal part 6, and the lowering process of the bag body holding part 3 are performed. Again, the filling step, the sealing step, and the lowering step are repeated to produce a grain pack body 41 in which a plurality of grain packs 41a filled with a predetermined amount of grain 40 are provided.

  Accordingly, it is not necessary to open the bag 2 every time the grain 40 is filled as in the conventional example described above, and the opening 52a ′ is opened, and the brown rice filling part 54 is opened to the opening 52a ′. It is not necessary to move or retreat to the opening, and further, a structure in which the brown rice filling portion 54 must be satisfactorily inserted into the opening 52a 'is unnecessary. The grain pack body 41 can be provided, and because of the simple structure, the cost is reduced and the mass productivity is excellent.

  Specific embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  The present embodiment is a grain pack body manufacturing apparatus that manufactures a grain pack body 41 in which a plurality of grain packs 41a formed by filling a predetermined amount of grain 40 are continuously provided. A bag body holding section 3 for holding the body 2 in a suspended state, a grain filling section 4 arranged in the bag body 2 held by the bag body holding section 3 and filling the bag body 2 with the grain 40, and a bag And a seal portion 6 that seals across a position above the grain filling portion of the body 2. In this embodiment, brown rice (rice cereal) is adopted as the grain 40, but any grain or powdery grain such as wheat or beans can be used as appropriate.

  This embodiment is connected to a known brown rice weighing and storing device 30 as shown in FIG. 1, and this brown rice weighing and storing device 30 is a bag placing portion for placing a storage bag 31 (flexible bag or paper bag). A hopper portion 30b disposed at the upper portion of 30a and a brown rice derivation portion 30c with a weighing function provided at the lower portion of the hopper portion 30b are provided. A sample discharge shutter 30d is provided on the peripheral surface of the hopper 30b, and the brown rice 40 discharged when the shutter 30d is opened and closed is dropped and conveyed via the brown rice transfer hose 30e. Extracted as brown rice 40. In addition, the sampled brown rice 40 is not drawn out all at once (for example, 600 g) in order to obtain an average value in the inspection, but the shutter portion is moved at an arbitrary timing while flowing the brown rice 40 from the hopper 30b to the storage bag 31. By opening and closing 30d, an arbitrary amount (100 g) of brown rice is extracted a plurality of times (six times) from an arbitrary portion of the brown rice 40 stored in the hopper 30b.

  Reference numeral 32 denotes a brown rice supply unit that supplies the brown rice 40 to the hopper 30b.

  Hereinafter, each component according to the present embodiment will be described in detail.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the base body 1 is an appropriate metal frame structure. A bag body holding part 3 and a grain filling part 4 are provided on the base part 1, and a seal part 6 is provided on the lower part. Is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the bag body holding unit 3 is provided with a pair of left and right winding rollers 9, 9 on a drive shaft 8 a of a drive source 8 (electric motor) provided in an installation unit 1 a on the base 1. A belt-like long member 3b having a sandwiching portion 3a at its lower end is wound around each of the take-up rollers 9, 9.

  Therefore, when the upper left and right positions of the bag body 2 are clamped by the clamping portions 3a and 3a, the bag body 2 can be held in a suspended state with the upper opening 2a facing upward, and the winding rollers 9 and 9 are When the long members 3b and 3b are wound and sent out by rotating in the reverse direction, the sandwiching portions 3a and 3a can be raised and lowered, and the bag body 2 can be raised and lowered accordingly.

  Moreover, the bag holding | maintenance part 3 has the to-be-fitted part 3c fitted to the grain filling part 4 mentioned later.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the fitted portion 3 c is provided at the center position of the metal plate material laid between the left and right long members 3 b, and the fitted portion 3 c is guided by the grain filling portion 4. Thus, the bag body holding portion 3 (the clamping portions 3a and 3a) can be lifted and lowered satisfactorily.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the grain filling unit 4 is formed of an appropriate metal tubular body, and is suspended from the upper installation portion 1 a above the base 1. The grain filling unit 4 may be provided with a non-metal such as a synthetic resin.

  A brown rice transport hose 30e of the brown rice weighing and storing device 30 is connected to the upper end opening of the grain filling unit 4, and the lower end opening 4a is disposed in the vicinity of the seal portion 5.

  Accordingly, the grain filling unit 4 is inserted and disposed from the upper opening 2a of the bag body 2 held by the bag body holding unit 3 to a position near the bottom, and the brown rice 40 supplied through the brown rice transport hose 30e has a lower end. It is led out into the bag body 2 from the opening.

  Moreover, the bag body expansion part 7 which stretches the bag body 2 in the left-right outer direction is provided at the lower end of the grain filling unit 4.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the bag expanding portion 7 includes a pair of a left bar-like member 7 </ b> A and a right bar-like member that project downward from the opening edge facing position of the lower end opening 4 a of the grain filling unit 4. 7B, and the distance between the left bar-like member 7A and the right bar-like member 7B is set to the same or substantially the same width as that of the bag body 2 (the outer dimensions are the same as the width of the bag body 2). Or the wide part 7a set to the substantially the same width | variety is provided.)

  Specifically, the left rod-like member 7A and the right rod-like member 7B are inclined outwardly from the connecting portion to the lower end portion of the grain filling portion 4, and at the lower ends of the outwardly inclined portions 7b and 7b. The vertical portions 7c and 7c are formed in a shape provided, and the left and right vertical portions 7c and 7c constitute a wide portion 7a.

Therefore, the width of the bag body 2 is held by the bag body expanding portion 7, and when the sealing process is performed by the seal portion 6 described later, the bag body 2 is hardly wrinkled and a good seal is formed. become.

  In addition, the inner diameter of the lower portion of the wide portion 7a is set to be narrower than the width of the wide portion 7a and to be the same as or wider than the diameter of the lower end opening 4a of the grain filling portion 4.

  Specifically, inwardly inclined portions 7d and 7d are provided at the lower ends of the vertical portions 7c and 7c.

  Therefore, the presence of the inwardly inclined portions 7d and 7d makes it possible to satisfactorily cover the bag body 2 from the lower side to the bag body expanding portion 7, and this shape obstructs the filling of the brown rice 40. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the brown rice 40 from remaining (a phenomenon of being caught and not dropped) in the lower portions of the outward inclined portions 7b and 7b (vertical portions 7c and 7c and inward inclined portions 7d and 7d).

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the seal portion 6 is disposed at a lower position of the bag body holding portion 3 and the grain filling portion 4 as a lower installation portion 1 b below the base body 1.

  Specifically, the heat ray portion 6b located on one side of the front and back surfaces of the bag body 2 held by the bag body holding portion 3 and the heat ray portion 6b located on the other surface side of the front and back surfaces of the bag body 2. And a bag body pressing portion 6a pivotally attached to and away from the bag.

  This bag body pressing portion 6a is provided so as to be freely slidable by driving of a drive source (not shown), and one heat ray member 6b ′ is provided on the heat line portion 6b facing this bag body pressing portion 6a. Is provided.

  Therefore, the bag body 2 arranged in the seal portion 6 is sandwiched between the bag body pressing portion 6a and the heat ray portion 6b by swinging the bag body pressing portion 6a so as to cross the sandwiched portion. One fastening portion 5 is formed. Actually, after forming one fastening part 5, the bag body 2 is moved slightly downward to form one fastening part 5, and a total of two fastening parts 5 are brought close to each other. Formed in a state.

  In the present embodiment, the operations of the bag body holding unit 3 and the seal unit 6 are controlled by the control unit 10 having an operation switch and the like.

  In this embodiment, the bottomed cylindrical bag body 2 formed of an appropriate transparent resin member is employed as the bag body 2.

  Reference numeral 11 denotes a storage case for receiving the manufactured grain pack body 41.

  A manufacturing process of the grain pack body 41 using the grain pack body manufacturing apparatus according to the present embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described.

  First, the bag body 2 is passed between the heat ray portion 6b of the seal portion 6 and the bag body pressing portion 6a, and is fitted into the bag body expanding portion 7 and the grain filling portion 4 and held by the bag body holding portion 3 (bag) If the upper opening 2a of the body 2 is clamped between the left and right clamping parts 3a and 3a) and the bag body holding part 3 is raised in this state, a bag is placed near the bottom of the bag body 2 held by the bag body holding part 3 The body expansion part 7 and the lower end opening 4a of the grain filling part 4 are located, and the bag 2 is filled with the brown rice 40 from the grain filling part 4 (filling process with reference to FIGS. 5A and 5B). This brown rice 40 is the sample brown rice 40 that is discharged when the shutter portion 30d of the brown rice weighing storage device 30 is opened and closed and supplied to the grain filling unit 4 via the brown rice transport hose 30e.

  Then, the fastening part 5 is formed in the bag body 2 in the seal part 6 (sealing process with reference to FIG. 5C).

  Next, the bag body 2 is lowered by a predetermined amount by lowering the bag body holding part 3 (lowering process), and the grain 40 is filled from the grain filling part 4 with the fastening part 5 as the bottom ((D) in FIG. 5). reference).

  The filling process, the sealing process, and the lowering process as described above were repeated, and a plurality of grain packs 41a filled with a predetermined amount of grain 40 were continuously provided from one bag body 2 in the length direction of the bag body 2. A grain pack body 41 is provided.

  Therefore, according to the present embodiment, there is no need to open the bag body 2 every time the grain 40 is filled as in the conventional example described above, and the opening 52a ′ is opened, and the brown rice filling is further performed. It is not necessary to move or retract the portion 54 to the opening 52a ′, and further, there is no need for a structure in which the brown rice filling portion 54 must be satisfactorily inserted into the opening 52a ′. In particular, the grain pack body 41 filled with the grain 40 can be provided, and because of the simple structure, the cost is reduced and the mass productivity is excellent.

  Moreover, since the grain filling part 4 is comprised by the tubular body inserted and arrange | positioned from the top opening part 2a of the bag body 2 to the position near a bottom part in this Example, the brown rice 40 is reliably put in the bag body 2. Can be filled.

  Moreover, since the bag body expansion part 7 which expands the said bag body 2 to the left-right outward direction is provided in the lower end part of the grain filling part 4 in the present Example, it is hard to wrinkle the bag body 2, and the sealing part 6 This ensures a good sealing process.

  Further, in this embodiment, the bag body expanding portion 7 is composed of a pair of a left bar-like member 7A and a right bar-like member 7B projecting downward at a position opposite to the opening edge of the lower end opening 4a of the grain filling portion 4. In addition, since the distance between the left bar member 7A and the right bar member 7B is set to the same or substantially the same width as the bag body 2 at the maximum, the function is reliably exerted while being a simple structure. be able to.

  Further, in this embodiment, the bag body holding portion 3 is provided with a fitted portion 3c that is fitted to the grain filling portion 4 and guided by the grain filling portion 4, so that the bag body 2 is moved up and down. Thus, good lifting and lowering is performed without shaking or twisting.

  The present invention is not limited to the present embodiment, and the specific configuration of each component can be designed as appropriate.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Base | substrate 2 Bag body 2a Upper opening part 3 Bag body holding part
3a clamping part 3c fitting part 4 grain filling part 4a lower end opening part 6 seal part 7 bag body expansion part 7A left bar member 7B right bar member
40 grains
41 grain pack
41a grain pack

Claims (3)

A cereal pack body manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a cereal pack body in which a plurality of cereal packs formed by filling a predetermined amount of cereals are provided, and a bag for holding a bag body provided in a vertically movable manner on a base body. and body holding portion, and grain filling unit for filling the grain disposed are in the bag body with the bag body held by the bag holding member, said across the upper position than the grain filling site of the bag A sealing portion for sealing the bag body , wherein the grain filling portion is constituted by a tubular body inserted and disposed from an upper opening of the bag body, and the bag body holding portion is movable up and down on the base body The bag body is provided with a pair of left and right clamping parts that clamp the upper left and right positions of the bag body, and the bag body holding part is provided with a fitting part fitted to the grain filling part. So that the bag holding part is raised and lowered in a state guided by the grain filling part. And a lower end portion of the grain filling portion is provided with a bag body extension portion for holding the width of the bag body, and the bag body extension portion is positioned opposite the opening edge of the lower end opening of the grain filling portion. The left bar-like member and the right bar-like member are provided so as to protrude downward, and the distance from the outer edge of the left bar-like member to the outer edge of the right bar-like member is the same as or substantially the same as the width of the bag body. Grain pack body manufacturing apparatus characterized by being set to the same width . 2. The grain pack body manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein lower end portions of the left bar-like member and the right bar-like member are bent inward. The grain pack body manufacturing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the grain pack body is a method for producing a grain pack body in which a plurality of grain packs formed by filling a predetermined amount of grain is provided. And the following steps are repeated in the following order to produce a grain pack body in which a plurality of grain packs filled with the predetermined amount of grain are continuously provided: .
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(1) The grain filling work by the grain filling part to the bag held by the bag holding part.
About
(2) Sealing process by the sealing part
(3) Step of lowering the bag body by lowering the bag body holding portion

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