JP6884525B2 - Encapsulation and sealing device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to enclosing and sealing equipment for sealing insert form, the inclusion of small parts in sealing member such as an envelope having a flap for sealing.

In recent years, for example, when a contractual clause, various guidebooks, pamphlets, etc. are inserted into an envelope and shipped, the process of producing a large number of seals by inserting and sealing an envelope has been automated. In the production of such a sealed body, it is necessary to insert the small items at a position that does not interfere with the transportation of the sealed body after encapsulation, especially in the step of inserting and sealing small items such as free samples and sample containers.

Conventionally, an apparatus as described in Patent Document 1 is known as an apparatus related to encapsulation and sealing. Patent Document 1 is a device for gluing the two side sides of an envelope arranged during one step of encapsulation and sealing, and has a mechanism of holding only the two side sides of the envelope with a press belt. It also serves as a function. Such a technique of transporting a sealed body on two sides is generally used.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2001-315223

When an attempt is made to enclose a small item such as a free sample or a sample container in a sealed body with a transport device having a mechanism as described in Patent Document 1, the small item is placed in a position where the transport device does not hold the small item in the sealed body. Since it needs to be inserted, it cannot be automated, and there is a problem that it is inefficient because it has to include a step of manually inserting it into a substantially central position in the sealing body.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a enclosing and sealing equipment to reliably inserted to a position which does not give trouble to the transport mechanism to small parts which enclose the seal member.

In order to solve the above problem, in the invention of claim 1, the flap of the enclosed body, which has been conveyed in a transport form holding the flap side and the bottom side of the enclosed body, is opened, and the form and accessories are opened in the enclosed body. It is an encapsulation and sealing device that inserts and seals the form, and the form to be enclosed is placed, and the small items are placed inside the peripheral edge of the form that is not held in the transport form after being enclosed in the sealing body. It has an inclusion insertion means for simultaneously inserting the form and small items into the enclosed and opened enclosure, and a form supply means for supplying the form to the inclusion insertion means, and inserts the inclusion. The means is provided with a movable form insertion unit that is inserted and moved into the enclosed body that is opened by placing the supplied form, moves with the insertion and movement of the form by the movable form insertion unit, and is placed on the form. It is configured to include a movable accessory insertion section for inserting and moving the moved accessories together with the form.

According to the invention of claim 1, the form supplied by the movable form insertion unit is inserted and moved into the opened seal, and together with the movable accessory insertion unit that moves with the insertion and movement of the form by the movable form insertion unit. By inserting and moving the small items placed on the form together with the form, it is possible to reliably insert the small items to be enclosed in the enclosed body at a position that does not interfere with the transport mechanism. ..

It is a conceptual block diagram of the encapsulation and sealing device in this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the transport form of the transport means of FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the inclusion insertion means of FIG. It is explanatory drawing (1) of the inclusion insertion of FIG. It is explanatory drawing (2) of the inclusion insertion of FIG. It is explanatory drawing of another form in the movable accessory insertion part of FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a conceptual configuration diagram of the encapsulation and sealing device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 shows an explanatory diagram of a transport mode of the transport means of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 shows an explanatory diagram of the encapsulation insertion means of FIG. .. In FIG. 1, the sealing / sealing device 11 includes a transporting means 12 for transporting the sealed body before and after sealing, a sealing body supplying means 13 (not shown), and a sealing body opening means 14 arranged on the transport path of the transporting means 12. , Flap folding sealing means 15, form supply means 16, accessory supply means 17, and inclusion insertion means 18. As described above, the small items are free samples and sample containers having various shapes, and in this embodiment, for example, a parcel having a size that can be mailed in a standard or non-standard envelope is described. It can be applied even if it is the target of.

The inclusion insertion means 18 includes an insertion drive unit 21, a movable form insertion unit 22, and a movable accessory insertion unit 23. Details of the configuration of the movable form insertion unit 22 and the small movable object insertion unit 23 will be described with reference to FIG. The form supply means 16 supplies a predetermined number of forms 32 to the movable form insertion unit 22, and the accessory supply means 17 supplies accessories 33 onto the movable form insertion unit 22 by the form supply means 16. It is supplied to the inside of the peripheral edge (here, substantially the central part) on the completed form 32. As for the configuration of the form supply means 16 and the accessory supply means 17, a mechanism known from the past can be applied, and the description thereof will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 2, the transport mode of the transport means 12 includes a first belt transport unit 41 and a second belt transport unit 42. In the first belt transport unit 41, the transport belts 43A and 44A rotated by the belt drive rollers 43 and 44 are arranged in the vertical direction, and the first belt transport unit 41 is transported while holding the flap 31A side of the sealing body 31 to be transported. Further, in the second belt transport unit 42, the transport belts 45A and 46A rotated by the belt drive rollers 45 and 46 are arranged in the vertical direction, and hold the bottom side of the sealing body 31 to be transported facing the flap 31A. While transporting.

As shown in FIG. 3A, the movable form insertion unit 22 is arranged with the form insertion bars 51 and 52 at predetermined intervals (at least at intervals at which the movable accessory insertion unit 23 described later can be positioned) and pushes the form 32. The stoppers 51A and 52A for the purpose are provided, respectively. It is preferable that at least the portion of the form insertion bars 51 and 52 on which the form 32 is placed is a member having a small frictional force with respect to the form 32, or the surface is coated.

The form insertion bars 51 and 52 are driven forward and backward in the horizontal direction (insertion direction A) and vertically driven up and down by the insertion drive unit 21 (described in FIGS. 4 and 5). The forms 32 are supplied from the stoppers 51A and 52A to the insertion direction A side and placed on the form insertion bars 51 and 52.

As shown in FIG. 3B, the movable accessory insertion portion 23 is a frame-shaped accessory insertion guide portion 61 in which accessory insertion bars 62 and 63 are integrally provided, and the accessory insertion portion 23 is provided. It is preferable that at least a part of the guide portion 61 is made of a member (for example, rubber) having a large frictional force with respect to the form 32, or the surface thereof is coated.

The movable accessory insertion section 23 (accessory insertion bars 62 and 63 including the accessory insertion guide section 61) is driven forward and backward in the horizontal direction (insertion direction A) by the insertion drive section 21 and vertically driven vertically. (Explained in FIGS. 4 and 5). The accessory 33 is supplied into the accessory insertion guide portion 61.

Therefore, FIGS. 4 and 5 show explanatory views for inserting the inclusions of FIG. First, in FIG. 4A, the form 32 is supplied from the form supply means 16 to the insertion direction A side from the stoppers 51A and 52A on the form insertion bars 51 and 52 in the movable form insertion unit 22. As shown in (B), it is placed on the form insertion bars 51 and 52.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 4C, the accessory insertion bars 62 and 63 are horizontally driven to the substantially central portion of the form 32 placed on the form insertion bars 51 and 52 to guide the accessory insertion guide. The unit 61 is located. Then, as shown in FIG. 4D, the accessory 33 is supplied by the accessory supply means 17 into the accessory insertion guide portion 61, so that the accessory 33 is placed in the substantially central portion of the form 32. It will be.

Here, when the form insertion bars 51 and 52 and the accessory insertion guides 61 (accessory insertion bars 62 and 63) are horizontally driven, the rear end of the form 32 is the stopper 51A as shown in FIG. 4 (E). , 52A will be abutted and pushed out, and the small items 33 will be pushed out at the same time as the form 32 by the small item insertion guide unit 61.

Specifically, the form insertion bars 51, 52 and the accessory insertion guides 61 (accessory insertion bars 62, 63) on which the form 32 and the accessory 33 are placed are provided on the opened sealing body 31. As shown in FIG. 5 (A), it is driven ascending, and as it is, it is moved by being horizontally driven into the opened sealing body 31 as shown in FIG. Will be done.

After insertion, the form insertion bars 51 and 52 and the accessory insertion guides 61 (accessory insertion bars 62 and 63) are driven downward as shown in FIG. 5 (C). Then, as shown in FIG. 5D, the form 32 is pressed into the seal 31 while the accessory insertion guide portion 61 (accessory insertion bars 62, 63) is being driven downward, and in this state, the form insertion bar 51, The 52 is pulled back and exited from the inside of the seal 31. Since the form insertion bars 51 and 52 have a small frictional force with respect to the form 32 and the accessory insertion guide unit 61 presses the form 32, the form 32 can be withdrawn without any trouble. It is a thing.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 5 (E), the accessory insertion guide portion 61 (accessory insertion bars 62, 63) is driven ascending to a position where it does not cover the accessory 33, and as shown in FIG. 5 (F). The accessory insertion guide portion 61 (accessory insertion bars 62, 63) is pulled back and retracted from the inside of the sealing body 31.

As a result, the form 32 is inserted in the sealed body 31, and the small items 33 are inserted in the substantially central portion of the form 32. After that, as shown in FIG. 1, the sealing body 31 is conveyed without any trouble by the small items 33 inserted in the conveying means 12, and the flap 31A coated with the adhesive is bent by the flap folding sealing means 15. By being sealed and sealed, the form 32 and the small items 33 are enclosed and discharged to a stacker (not shown).

By the way, in the above-described embodiment, the accessory 33 is automatically supplied by providing the accessory supply means 17, but the accessory 33 may be manually placed in the accessory insertion guide portion 61. .. Compared to the work in which the sealing body 31 was manually opened and the accessory 33 was inserted in the past, it is sufficient to simply place the accessory 33 in the accessory insertion guide 61, and this alone can improve efficiency. Is.

By inserting the small items 33 positioned on the form 32 into the sealing body 31 at the same time as the form 32 in this way, the small items 33 enclosed in the sealing body 31 interfere with the transportation of the transporting means 12. It can be reliably inserted in a position where it does not exist.

Next, FIG. 6 shows an explanatory diagram of another form in the movable accessory insertion portion of FIG. The accessory insertion guide portion 61 shown in FIGS. 1 and 3B has a frame shape so that the accessory 33 can easily roll, but the enclosed body 31 remains positioned at the substantially central portion on the form 32. Although it can be inserted into the form 32 at the same time, if the accessory 33 does not have a rolling shape, the insertion direction A side of the accessory insertion guide portion 61A is inserted as shown in FIG. 6 (A). It may be in the shape of an open "U", or as shown in FIG. 6B, the accessory insertion guide portion 61B may be in the shape of a plate or a rod.

When the accessory insertion guide portions 61A and 61B as described above are pulled back after inserting the form 32 and the accessory 33, it is necessary to drive the accessory insertion guide portions 61A and 61B to rise above the height of the accessory 33 as shown in FIG. 5 (E). That is, it can be controlled by an ascending drive of a uniform distance that does not come into contact with the form 32 without being affected by the height of the accessory 33.

On the other hand, as an advanced version of the accessory insertion guide portion 61 shown in FIGS. 1 and 3B, rotating portions 64A and 64B are provided at both open tip portions of the accessory insertion guide portion 61A shown in FIG. 6A. The accessory insertion guide portion 61C may be provided with the opening / closing guide portions 65A and 65B of the rotating portions 64A and 64B so as to be openable and closable, respectively. The opening / closing operation of the opening / closing guide portions 65A and 65B can be realized by, for example, wire operation.

The accessory insertion guide unit 61C as described above can also be used for the accessory 33 having a shape that is easy to roll by opening the opening / closing guide portions 65A and 65B and retracting the form 32 and the accessory 33 when the form 32 and the accessory 33 are inserted and then pulled back. It can be made to correspond, and even at that time, it can be controlled by an ascending drive of a uniform distance that does not come into contact with the form 32 without being affected by the height of the accessory 33.

The encapsulation and sealing device and the encapsulation and sealing method of the present invention of the present invention can be used in industries such as manufacturing, sales, and use of an apparatus for inserting and sealing an enclosed material in a sealing body.

11 Encapsulation and sealing device 12 Conveying means 13 Sealing body supply means 14 Sealing body opening means 15 Flap folding sealing means 16 Form supply means 17 Accessories supply means 18 Encapsulation insertion means 21 Insertion drive unit 22 Movable form insertion unit 23 Movable accessories Insertion part 31 Sealed body 31A Flap 32 Form 33 Small items 41 1st belt transfer part 42 2nd belt transfer part 43-46 Belt drive roller 43A, 44A Transfer belt 45A, 46A Transfer belt 51,52 Form insertion bar 51A, 52A Stopper 61 Small item insertion guide part 61A to 61C Small item insertion guide part 62,63 Small item insertion bar 64A, 64B Rotating part 65A, 65B Opening and closing guide part

Claims (1)

An encapsulation and sealing device that opens the flaps of the sealing body that have been transported in a transport form that holds the flap side and the bottom side of the sealing body, and inserts forms and small items into the sealing body to seal the sealing body.
The form to be enclosed is placed, and the small items are placed inside the peripheral edge of the form that is not held in the transport form after being enclosed in the seal, and the form is placed in the opened seal. And an inclusion insertion means for inserting small items at the same time,
It has a form supply means for supplying the form to the inclusion insertion means.
The inclusion insertion means includes a movable form insertion unit that inserts and moves into the sealed body that is opened by placing the supplied form, and moves with the insertion and movement of the form by the movable form insertion unit, and the form is inserted and moved. An encapsulation and sealing device including a movable accessory insertion portion that inserts and moves the accessories placed on the top together with the form.

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