JPH0298533A - Marking member attaching method and marking member attaching device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make attaching of a marking member quickly, easily and firmly, without leaving a scar on an object to be attached possible by winding a band shaped flexible sheet for indication of characteristics around an object and wrapping the object. CONSTITUTION:A long sized band shaped sheet 1 is constituted with a synthetic resin with heat-fusibility. The tip 1a of the band shaped sheet 1 is made to get through a chuck 3a, is sent out further and pinched by a chuck 3b. On the band shaped sheet 1, an object to be attached (e.g., chicken meat) is placed, and the chuck 3b is made to revolve by 180 deg. on the object to be attached 2. By doing this, an overlapped part of the band shaped sheet 1 is pinched and fused by a pair of heaters 5a, 5b and is cut by a pair of cutters 6a, 6b. The object to be attached 2 is wrapped by the band shaped sheet 1. Since the object to be attached 2 is pliable, when it is wrapped by the band shaped sheet 1, there is no fear that the band shaped sheet 1, which forms a ring shape, would slip off.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Field of Application) The present invention provides information on the characteristics (for example, product name) of a flexible, irregularly shaped object such as chicken meat.

The present invention relates to a method for mounting a marking member (a so-called nameplate, and a member that performs an equivalent function) on which information (weight class 2, manufacturer's name, etc.) is written, and an automatic device for mounting.

[Conventional technology]

Regarding a technique for attaching a name plate to a flexible irregularly shaped object such as a chicken, a name plate body A as shown in FIG.

However, since this known technique engages with the periphery of the opening a of the nameplate body A, the mounting process involves taking a photograph of a part of the object to be attached and opening the entrance of the nameplate body A. Twisting both sides to widen the connecting narrow opening C, and removing the nameplate body A.
Insert it into the photographed part of the object to be attached, and open the opening a.
It is complicated and troublesome, as it involves engaging the periphery of the As an alternative nameplate structure, as shown in FIG. 15, a nameplate having a beveled engagement portion d at one end of the nameplate main body B that can be inserted into an object to be attached can be considered.

The nameplate has a shape in which necessary information is displayed on the main body B, and the tip e of the engaging part d is directly inserted into the object to be attached, and the constricted part f having the width dimension W prevents the nameplate from being removed after insertion.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

This type of nameplate (Fig. 15) has a complicated shape and
It is expensive because it needs to be hard enough to pierce the object to which it is attached. Furthermore, it cannot be said that there is no possibility that the pierced portion may come off during handling.

Moreover, it leaves a scar on the object to which it is attached.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and provides a method for quickly, easily, and reliably and firmly attaching a marking member without leaving any scars on the object to be attached, and a method for implementing the above-mentioned method. The purpose is to provide a suitable device.

[Means to solve the problem]

The known example shown in FIG. 14 adopts a sandwiching configuration, and the first
The prior art shown in Figure 5 had a configuration of piercing.

In order to achieve the above object, the present inventors departed from such conventional technical ideas and adopted a configuration in which tape is wrapped (bound).

The first method of the present invention, created based on this principle, wraps a single tape (band-shaped sheet) all around (360 degrees) and fixes the overlapping portions of the tape to each other. In the second method, two tapes are wrapped around each half (180 degrees) and both ends of the tapes are fixed to each other.

It is convenient to use thermal fusion as the above-mentioned fixing method.

In addition, the basic configuration of the device of the present invention created to carry out the above method includes a mechanism for wrapping a belt-like sheet around an object to be attached, and a mechanism for fusing and cutting the overlapping part of the wrapped belt-like sheet. It consists of a mechanism.

The winding mechanism includes a guide groove provided on the workbench, a shutter covering the guide groove, and means for feeding the strip sheet into the groove covered by the shutter.

The device of the first invention is provided with a chuck that grips the leading end of the belt-shaped sheet inserted into the guide groove and makes a half-circle around the object to be mounted.

Moreover, the apparatus of the second invention is provided with a conveying means for inserting an object to be mounted between two strip-shaped sheets inserted into guide grooves of two workbenches provided facing each other. However, in the present invention, the term "workbench" also includes a member that is turned upside down compared to the normal use state and faced to the workpiece with one work surface facing downward.

The conveying means in the second device of the present invention may be replaced by manual operation.

[For production]

As in the above-described method, when a belt-shaped sheet is wrapped around an object and the overlapping portions of the sheets are fixed to each other, the object is wrapped by the belt-shaped sheet.

In the present invention, a flexible amorphous object is used as the object to be labeled, but since the object to be attached is flexible, the ring of the band-shaped sheet formed by wrapping the object does not easily fall off.

In addition, although the object to be attached has an irregular shape (for example, it does not have a fixed shape such as a rectangular parallelepiped), since the periphery of the object is wrapped with a flexible belt-like sheet, there is no problem even if the object is not a fixed shape. None.

Further, the configuration of the invention device described above is the first device.

Both of the second devices have a structure in which the guide groove is covered with a shutter plate.

When covered with the shutter plate, the guide groove has a tunnel shape, so it is easy to insert the strip sheet.
Be sure to be guided to escape from the groove b).

After inserting the belt-shaped sheet into the guide groove, when the shutter plate is moved to expose the guide groove, the belt-shaped sheet inserted through the guide groove can come into contact with the object to be mounted.

If a chuck is provided that grips the tip of the belt-like sheet and rotates half a circle, as in the first invention device, the entire circumference of the object to be mounted can be wrapped with one belt-like sheet.

Furthermore, if a conveying means for inserting an object to be mounted between a pair of work tables (each having a band-shaped sheet inserted through a guide groove) is provided as in the second device of the invention, by opening the shutter, The object to be attached is wrapped around each half of the circumference by two strip-like sheets.

〔Example〕

FIGS. 1 and 2 are explanatory diagrams showing one embodiment of the first method according to the present invention.

A long belt-shaped sheet 1 is made of a heat-fusible synthetic resin, and its leading end 1a is inserted into a chuck 3a as shown in FIG.

An object to be mounted (for example, chicken) is placed on the belt-shaped sheet 1, and the chuck 3b is rotated half a circle over the object 2 as shown by arrow g.

This results in the state shown in FIG.

As shown in the figure (C), the overlapping portions of the belt-shaped sheets 1 are sandwiched and fused between a pair of heaters 5a and 5b, and a pair of cutters 6
Cut at a and 6b.

By the above-described operation, the object 2 is bound by the belt-like sheet 1 as shown in FIG. 2. The illustrated IS is a heat-sealed seal portion. When carrying out the method of the present invention, known techniques such as staplers and adhesives may be used instead of heat fusion.

Since the object 2 is flexible, when it is wrapped in the belt-like sheet 1, it takes on the shape of a gourd as shown in FIG.

For this reason, there is no risk that the ring-shaped belt-shaped sheet 1 will fall when pulled out.

3 and 4 illustrate a second method according to the invention.

As shown in FIG. 3(A), two strip sheets 1', 1' are chucked by chucks 7a, 7b and 8a, 8b, respectively.
-9= It is held in parallel by , and the object to be mounted 2 is placed therein.

As shown in FIG. 2B, two strip sheets i' and i' are pressed against each other on both sides of the object 2 to be brought into close contact with each other. In this example, there are two pairs of heaters 5a, 5b, 5a'.

Press with 5b', heat, and fuse.

After fusing, the band-shaped sheet is cut with cutters 6a and 6b.

Immediately before the above fusing operation, as shown in FIG.
b, sandwich it with 8b, arrow the belt-shaped sheet, h
If you pull it to the left as shown in ', there will be no slack in the belt-shaped sheet.

As a result, it is bound as shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is an external view of the belt-shaped sheet. The belt-shaped sheet 1 of this example is made of a heat-fusible synthetic resin, has a trademark and product name printed thereon, and is provided with a column for entering the shipping date.

FIG. 6 is a schematic sectional view showing one embodiment of the first device of the present invention.

A long belt-shaped sheet 1 made of a heat-fusible synthetic resin is rolled, and is moved between a drive roller 22 and a backup roller 21.
He was grabbed and pulled out, and pushed to the right in the diagram.

Reference numeral 24 denotes a workbench, which is provided with a guide groove 24a and covered with a shutter plate 23. The JJ cross section is shown in FIG.

23-1 is a drive cylinder for sliding the shutter plate 23 along the surface of the workbench 24. The band-shaped sheet 1 is fed into the guide groove 24 and pushed forward.

The tip 1a of the belt-shaped sheet 1 that has been pushed is placed in the chuck 25.
It is grasped by.

The chuck 25 is rotated about 180 degrees around point O as indicated by arrow g by a driving means (not shown).

Among the pair of heaters 26a and 26b, the lower heater 2
The cutter 6b and the lower cutter 6b are installed with their upper ends aligned with the upper surface of the workbench.

The upper heater 26a is guided to be movable up and down together with the upper cutter 6a, and is driven up and down by the drive cylinder 26a-1.

FIGS. 8 to 10 are explanatory views of the operation of the above embodiment (FIG. 6).

FIG. 8 shows a belt-shaped sheet l in the guide groove 24a on the workbench 24.
This figure shows a state in which the shutter plate is retracted by inserting the shutter plate through the shutter plate and gripping the tip with the chuck 25.

The object to be mounted 2 is placed on the workbench 24 by means of a transport means (not shown).

As shown in FIG. 9, the chuck 25 gripping the tip of the belt-shaped sheet 1 is turned about half a turn (180 degrees) as shown by the arrow 25, beyond the information of the object 2 to be mounted.

At this time, when the drive roller 22 is reversed and the base side of the belt-shaped sheet 1 is pulled back, the belt-shaped sheet 1 is wrapped without being loosened.

As shown in FIG. 10, the drive cylinder 26a-1 is extended to lower the upper heater 26a and the upper cutter 6a.

Both side portions of the belt-shaped sheet that wraps around the entire circumference of the object 2 are overlapped, and are pressed and heated by the upper and lower heaters 26a and 26b to be fused. This belt-shaped sheet is then cut by upper and lower cutters 6a and 6b, completing the wrapping in the shape shown in FIG.

FIG. 11 is a schematic sectional view showing an embodiment of the second invention device. A cross section thereof is shown in FIG.

The lower workbench 36 of the upper and lower pair of workbench 35.36
has a similar structure to the workbench 24 shown in FIG.
a is provided, and the guide groove 36a is covered by a shutter plate 23b so that it can be opened and closed. 23b-1 is a driving cylinder for the shutter plate 23b.

The upper workbench 35 is vertically symmetrical to the workbench 36 and faces each other vertically.

The upper heaters 37a and 38a are connected to the drive cylinder 37a-1,
It is driven up and down by 38a-1.

Lower heaters 37b and 38b are connected to drive cylinders 37b-1,
It is driven up and down by 38b-t.

The upper cutter 6a is driven up and down by a drive cylinder 6a-1, and the lower cutter 6b is fixed to a lower heater.

As shown in FIG. 11, the guide grooves 35a and 36a of the upper and lower work platforms 35 and 36 are provided with strip-shaped sheets l' and 1, respectively.
', and grip its tip with the chucks 25a and 25b, and retract the lower shutter plate 23b on the lower workbench 36 to expose the guide groove 36a and the belt-shaped sheet 1'' therein, and then An object to be mounted (
(not shown) and insert the amount into the lower workbench 3.
Supported by 6.

When the upper shutter plate 23a directly below the upper workbench 35 is retracted, an object to be mounted (not shown) is sandwiched between the two strip-shaped sheets 1', 1'.

As shown in FIG. 13, when the upper heaters 37a, 38a are lowered and the lower heaters 37b, 38b are raised, the object 2 is surrounded by the upper and lower belt-shaped sheets 1', 1' half a circumference, They are fused together by the heater described above.

Due to the above operation (rising of the lower heater), the lower cutter 6
b increases together. When the upper cutter 6a is lowered by the drive cylinder 6a-1, the band-shaped sheets 1', 1' are cut, and the wrapping is completed as shown in FIG.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the method of the present invention, it is possible to quickly, easily, and reliably attach a member that indicates the characteristics of an irregularly shaped flexible object, and moreover, it does not leave a scar on the object. There is no danger.

According to the apparatus of the present invention, the above-described method of the invention can be easily carried out.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIGS. 1 and 2 are explanatory views of the first method of the invention. 3 and 4 are explanatory diagrams of the second invention method. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an example of a belt-shaped sheet used in the method of the invention. FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the first invention device. FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along the line JJ in FIG. 6 above. 8 to 10 show the operation of the first invention device. It is an explanatory diagram of an effect. FIG. 11 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the second invention device, and FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view thereof. FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of the operation and effect of the second invention device. FIG. 14 is a plan view of a nameplate according to a known technique, and FIG. 15 is a plan view of a nameplate according to a prior art. 1.1', 1'...Flexible band-shaped sheet, 2...
・Object to be mounted, 3a, 3b...Chuck, 5a, 5
b... Heater, 6a, 6b-cutter, 7a,
7b, 8a, 8b-Chuck, 21... Backup roller, 22... Drive roller, 23.23a,
23b-Shutter plate, 23-1°23a-1, 23b-
t・-Drive cylinder, 24・・Working table, 24a・Guide groove, 25.25a, 25b=・Chuck, 26a,
26b=heater, 26a-1... drive cylinder, 3
1... Backup roller, 32... Drive roller, 35.36... Workbench, 35a, 36a-guide groove, 37a, 37b, 38a, 38b-heater,
37a-1, 37b-t, 38a-1, 38b-+・
・-Drive cylinder. Patent applicant: Patent attorney representing Hitachi Shonan Electronics Co., Ltd.
Masami Akimoto (1 other person) Procedural amendment letter issued) December 1988, 158

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A method for attaching a member indicating the characteristics of the object to a flexible, irregularly shaped object, in which a flexible belt-like sheet for indicating the characteristics is wrapped around the object; A method for attaching a marking member, characterized by wrapping it. 2. In a method of attaching a member that indicates the characteristics of the object to a flexible, irregularly shaped object, the object is sandwiched between two flexible belt-like sheets for indicating the characteristics, and parts on both sides of the object are attached. A method for attaching a marking member, comprising: binding the object by fixing the two strip-like sheets to each other. 3. The method for attaching a marking member according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the band-shaped sheet is made of a heat-fusible synthetic resin. 4. A conveying means for feeding the leading edge of a belt-like sheet from a roll of a heat-fusible material; a workbench having a guide groove for the belt-like sheet; a shutter plate that moves along a surface to expose the guide groove, and a chuck means that is inserted into the guide groove covered by the shutter plate and grips the leading end of the belt-shaped sheet that has passed through the guide groove and is exposed. and, with the shutter plate moved and the guide groove exposed,
a conveying means for placing an object to be attached as a marking member on the belt-like sheet that has been inserted into the guide groove; and a chuck for gripping the tip of the belt-like sheet with the object to be installed on the belt-like sheet. Approximately 180 mm around the object to be attached
° a means for wrapping the belt-like sheet around an object to be attached; and a means for wrapping the overlapping belt-like sheets around each other with the tip end portion of the wrapped belt-like sheet superimposed on the base side of the belt-like sheet; A marking member mounting device comprising: a heater for fusing; and a cutter for cutting the belt-shaped sheet near the fused portion. 5. A conveying means for sending out the leading edge of a belt-shaped sheet made of a heat-fusible material from each of two rolls, two workbenches installed with their work surfaces facing each other, and the above-mentioned. a guide groove for a band-shaped sheet provided on each of the two workbenches; two shutter plates that move along the work surface of the workbench so as to cover or expose the guide grooves; and the two shutter plates. a chuck means for grasping the tip of each of the protruding belt-shaped sheets inserted into each of the guide grooves provided on each of the two workbenches and covered with a shutter plate; a conveying means for inserting the object to be mounted; and a conveying means for inserting the object to be mounted, and in a state in which the object to be mounted is inserted and the shutter plate is moved and separated from the guide groove, the two strip sheets are respectively sent out from the two rolls; a heater that brings the sheet into close contact with and fuses two opposing locations with the object to be attached interposed therebetween; a cutter that cuts the vicinity of at least one of the two fused locations of the belt-shaped sheet; A marking member mounting device comprising: