JPH04339742A - Packing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve reliability of packing work by controlling a sequence operation of a packing part which packes a matter to be packed with a packing sheet supplied and discharges the packed matter at a time of finishing of packing and a sheet supplying device which supplies the packing sheet from a housing part of the packing sheet to the packing part. CONSTITUTION:When a misoperation of a sheet supplying device is detected, a sequence operation of the sheet supplying device is stopped at a process step at that time, and on the other hand, a sequence operation of a packing part is continued until a process step of the packing part reaches its initial step.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a packaging means for wrapping an object to be packaged with a supplied packaging sheet and discharging the object to be packaged when wrapping is completed, and a packaging sheet from a storage section of the packaging sheet. The present invention relates to a packaging apparatus provided with a packaging sheet supply means for supplying the packaging means to the packaging means, and a control means for controlling the sequential operation of the packaging means and the packaging sheet supply means.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art A packaging device as described above is used for packaging spherical vegetables such as lettuce. The packaging sheet supply means feeds the packaging sheets one by one to the packaging means, for example, by adsorbing the packaging sheets. Then, with the packaging sheet supplied to the packaging means, an operator places the object to be packaged on the packaging sheet. By starting the operation of the packaging means in this state, one cycle of packaging work is executed. Here, an abnormality may occur in the operation of the packaging sheet supply means during the sequence operation. Conventionally, in such a case, the sequence operation of both the packaging means and the packaging sheet supplying means was immediately stopped.

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the above-mentioned prior art, the packaging operation is stopped midway. Therefore, when the power is turned off to inspect the packaging sheet supply means and then the power is turned on again to restart the packaging operation, the control means cannot be returned to the state it was in when the packaging operation was stopped midway. There is a possibility that it cannot be done. As a result, the packaging operation that is stopped midway may not be able to be performed properly, and there is a risk that the reliability of the packaging operation may decrease. An object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks and improve the reliability of packaging operations.

0004

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve this object, the packaging apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that an abnormality detection means for detecting an abnormality in the operation of the packaging sheet supply means is provided, and the control means is configured to: When the abnormality detection means detects an abnormality, the sequence operation of the packaging sheet supply means is stopped at the current processing step, and the sequence operation of the packaging means is continued until the processing step of the packaging means reaches an initial step. It is configured to allow

[0005]

[Operation] The abnormality detection means determines that there is an abnormality when, for example, the packaging sheet supply means cannot adsorb the packaging sheet. In such a case, the operation of the packaging sheet supplying means is immediately stopped, but the wrapping means continues its sequential operation until the wrapping operation currently being executed is completed. Therefore, even if there is no abnormality in the packaging means, the packaging operation will not be stopped midway.

[0006]

Effects of the Invention Since the packaging operation does not stop midway when there is no abnormality in the packaging means, the reliability of the packaging operation can be improved.

[0007]

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings. 9 and 10 show a packaging device for packaging an object C such as lettuce with a packaging sheet 1. As shown in FIG. This packaging device includes a storage section A that stores a large number of packaging sheets 1 in a stacked manner, a sheet supply device 2 that serves as a sheet supply means for transporting and supplying sheets one by one from the storage section A, and a storage section A that stores a large number of packaging sheets 1 in a stacked manner. It consists of a packaging work section B as a packaging means for wrapping the package C. In the figure, K1 is a warning lamp, and K2 is a warning buzzer. A start switch P0, an interrupt switch P1, and a reset switch P2 are attached to the side part X of the packaging work section B as instruction means for instructing the start of operation. The worker is at the side part
You will be working in a state that is relative to the

[0008] The packaging work section B is configured to process the supplied packaging sheet 1.
A holding mechanism 3 wraps and holds the packaged object C placed from above from below, and a wrapping mechanism 4 wraps and guides the packaged object C by folding each end of the packaging sheet 1 over the held packaged object C. , a tape feeding device 6 for feeding and feeding the adhesive tape 5 for adhering and fixing the packaging sheet 1 after the wrapping operation, and a packaged object C during the wrapping operation.
A holding device 7 and the like are provided to prevent the floating of the material. In addition, in Fig. 9, B3 and B4 are the ear removal air nozzles, Fig. 1
B1 in 0 is a separation blower nozzle.

As shown in FIGS. 11 to 13, the holding mechanism 3 includes a receiving stand 8 for receiving and supporting the packaged object C, and also includes a pair of holding arms 9, which can be rotated forward and backward. It is configured to be swing-driven between a downwardly retracted position and an upwardly swinging working position by an electric motor M8. In other words, the arm 11 that rotates integrally with the electric motor M8 moves the support shaft 13
The lifting member 14, which is driven to slide up and down relative to the holding arm 9, is interlocked and connected to each holding arm 9, and swinging is performed. Further, the electric motor M8 is configured to interlock with and drive a presser roller 15 for pressing one end of the packaging sheet 1 and applying tension via a link mechanism 16. In addition, limit switches S12, S13, S for timing control of electric motor M8
14 are provided. Upper limit switch S among these
Packaging sheet 1 is sent to packaging work section B based on the detection information of 12.
It is designed to detect whether or not it has been supplied.

As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the wrapping mechanism 4 includes four folding sheets that fold and guide each end of the packaging sheet 1 onto the object C held by the holding mechanism 3. 1 to 4 wrapping tools 17a, 17b, 17c, 17d
Each wrapping tool is configured to sequentially fold and guide the packaging sheet 1 along the surface of the object C to be packaged using forward and reverse electric motors M1 to M4. Each wrapping tool has a first support arm 20 pivotally supported at the tip of a drive arm 19 that is swing-driven in a certain range by each electric motor M1 to M4, and a second support arm at one end of the first support arm 20. 21, and a guide roller 22 is supported at the tip of the second support arm 21, and each of the support arms 20, 21 is biased to rotate in the direction of pushing the object to be packaged. Further, a cam roller 23 is supported on the other end side of the second support arm 21, and this cam roller 23 is guided by a cam surface 24 as the drive arm 19 rotates, so that each guide roller 22 almost supports the object to be packaged. It is configured to be guided and driven along the surface of C. Note that S1 to S9 in the figure are limit switches for timing control of each electric motor M1 to M4. Guide roller 2 of the first wrapping tool 17a that operates first
2 is divided into left and right halves, and the roller 22 is placed between them.
A blowing nozzle B2 is provided to bend and guide the sheet end side guided by the sheet toward the packaged object C side. This air blowing nozzle B2 blows air in conjunction with the wrapping operation of the first wrapping tool 17a, and stops blowing air after the second wrapping tool 17b operates to an intermediate position.

As shown in FIGS. 14 to 16, the presser device 7 is configured such that a presser arm 26 elastically biased downward moves vertically and horizontally by driving an electric motor M5, and It is configured to press down the packaged object C as it is operated. To be more specific, the holding device 7 is provided on the rear side of the second enclosing tool 17b, and supports the lateral moving part 29 so as to be slidable in the direction toward the center of the working part with respect to the support frame 28 erected from the machine stand. At the same time, a vertically movable section 30 is supported so as to be vertically movable relative to this horizontally movable section 29, and a presser arm 26 is attached to this vertically movable section 30. The lateral movement part 29 is driven to move laterally by a drive pin 31 rotationally driven by the electric motor M5 abutting and engaging with the vertical engagement recess 32, and the vertical movement part 30 is driven to move laterally by the drive pin 31 rotationally driven by the electric motor M5.
is brought into contact with and engaged with the locking portion 33 and is driven. Engagement recess 32
The guide hole 34 connected to the guide hole 34 allows the drive pin 31 to rotate so as not to move laterally during vertical movement driving. The presser device 7 configured in this manner has a first structure in which the presser arm 26 moves laterally from a standby position in the rear upper part to above the object C.
The following steps are sequentially repeated: a second step of moving downward to hold down the packaged object C, a third step of moving backward and retracting, and a fourth step of moving upward toward the standby position. In the figure, S10 and S11 are limit switches for timing control of the electric motor M5.

Next, the sheet feeding device 2 will be explained. As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, a guide rail 35 and an endless rotating chain 36 are disposed on both left and right sides of the storage section A and packaging section B, and both guide rails 35
A suction transfer mechanism 37 is provided which is guided by a rotation chain 36 and slides by driving a rotation chain 36. The suction transfer mechanism 37 includes a pair of support members 38 that are movably connected to each rotary chain 36, and includes a support member 38 that is movable around a horizontal axis Y1 that is approximately at the same level as the sprocket axis of the rotary chain 36. A square arm 39 is constructed and connected, and suction nozzles 40 for suctioning the packaging sheet 1 are provided at two intermediate positions of the arm 39. Each rotating chain 36 is configured to be driven in forward and reverse directions by driving an electric motor M6. A potentiometer PM1 for detecting the amount of movement of the suction transfer mechanism 37 is provided. Further, the rotational fulcrum of the arm 39 is equipped with an electric motor M7 that slides integrally, and the drive of this motor M7 causes the suction nozzle 40 to move upward, and the suction action is applied to the packaging sheet 1 to be stored. It is constructed so that it can be switched and oscillated over the following positions. In the figure, PM2 is a potentiometer for detecting the position of the suction nozzle 40. Furthermore, in the storage section A, there are three storage devices 43 for storing three types of packaging sheets 1 of different sizes in a stacked manner.
are arranged in an inclined position and one on top of the other so that their front ends are approximately at the same height. Suction nozzle 40, the arm 3
It is supported by a support bracket 44 attached to 9 so as to be elastically retractable, and is communicatively connected to a suction device 41 via a suction pipe 45. As shown in FIG. 17, the suction nozzle 40 is
A cylindrical member 47 is attached to the outer periphery of the center shaft 46 to form an annular suction port 48, and is configured to draw suction through a suction path 1 formed within the center shaft 46. Adsorption of the packaging sheet 1 is detected by a negative pressure switch S16.

A receiving tray 50 having a cross shape in plan view is provided at the upper center of the holding mechanism 3, and this receiving tray 50 receives and supports the object to be packaged C around the horizontal axis Y2 at the lower position on the downstream side in the sheet feeding direction. It is configured to be able to freely switch and swing between the position and the discharge position that swings outward and upward. In other words, Figure 1
6, an L-shaped arm 51 integrally connected to a saucer 50 is pivotally supported on a frame 52, and a middle part of the arm 51 and a drive arm 53 provided on the presser device 7 are connected by a wire 5.
They are interlocked and connected via 4. The drive arm 53 is brought into contact and oscillated by the movement of the drive pin 31 in the fourth step of the presser device 7, and quickly switches the receiving tray 50 from the supporting position to the releasing position to remove the packaged object C that has been wrapped. It is constructed so that it emits in the direction.

[0014] The tape feeding device 6 feeds out a predetermined amount of the adhesive tape 5 for packaging for each packaging operation as described above. Further, the position of the feeding tape 5 is set to be changed according to the packaging sheets 1 of three different sizes. Furthermore, along with the above-mentioned position adjustment of the tape feeding device 6, the suction start position and the suction end position of the sheet supply device 2 are changed and adjusted, and the left and right spacing between the left and right suction nozzles 40 is also changed.

Next, the packaging work section B and the sheet feeding device 2
The configuration for controlling the sequence operation will be explained. As shown in FIG. 1, a control device H using a microcomputer is provided, and the control device H includes each limit switch S1 to S14, a start switch P0, an interrupt switch P1, a reset switch P2, each potentiometer PM1, PM2, and a negative A pressure switch S16 is connected to each. The control device H controls the sequence operations of the packaging work section B and the sheet supply device 2 based on various input information, and detects abnormalities in the operation of the sheet supply device 2. To explain how to detect an abnormality in the operation of the sheet feeding device 2, when the negative pressure switch S16 is not turned ON while the suction device 41 is being operated during the sheet feeding preparation operation and sheet feeding operation described later. is designed to generate an interrupt. Thus, an abnormality in the operation of the sheet feeding device 2 is detected. That is, the control device H is used to configure the control means 100 and the abnormality detection means 101.

Next, the operation of the control device H will be explained based on the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 2 to 7. First, the packaging procedure will be explained based on FIG. 2. First, the U-shaped arm 39 is moved to the initial position. Then, the seat position is determined based on the position of the operating lever 59. Basically, the worker sends the packaged object C to the packaging work section B.
Each time the start switch P0 is pressed, the packaging section B and the sheet feeding device 2 each perform one cycle of operation. In other words, in a state where the packaging sheet 1 is being fed onto the receiving table 8 (hereinafter referred to as the paper feeding state), the operator places the object to be packaged C on the receiving table 8 and presses the start switch P0. By doing so, the packaging operation in packaging section B is started. Further, in the sheet feeding device 2, an operation of holding one packaging sheet 1 from the storage section A in the U-shaped arm 39 (hereinafter referred to as a sheet feeding preparation operation) is performed during the above-mentioned wrapping operation. Furthermore, the operation of feeding the packaging sheet 1 held by the U-shaped arm 39 onto the receiving table 8 of the packaging work section B (hereinafter referred to as sheet feeding operation) is executed upon completion of the packaging operation. However, at the time of starting work, etc., the paper is not being fed, so the packaging work cannot be performed immediately. Therefore, when the start switch P0 is pressed in the state where the sheet is not being fed as described above, the sheet feeding device 2 executes the sheet feeding preparation operation and the sheet feeding operation to set the sheet feeding state. Then, when the operator places the object C on the receiving table 8 and safety is confirmed, the above-mentioned operations including the wrapping operation are performed. Here, to determine whether or not the paper is being fed,
This is performed based on the detection information of the upper limit switch S12 of the holding mechanism 3. That is, it is determined that the paper is being fed when the switch S12 is OFF.

To explain the sheet feeding preparation operation, as shown in FIG. 3, the U-shaped arm 39 is moved to the suction start position corresponding to the specified size of the packaging sheet 1. Next, the suction nozzle 40 is lowered and the suction device 41 is activated. After the set time has elapsed, the above-mentioned interrupt generation is permitted. Then, the suction nozzle 40 is raised, and the U-shaped arm 39 is moved a set distance in the direction away from the packaging work section B. Here, the packaging sheets 1 are separated by blowing air with the separating air blowing nozzle B1 while swinging the suction nozzle 40 up and down so as not to feed a plurality of packaging sheets 1. Then, the suction nozzle 40
Wait with the temperature raised to the upper limit.

To further explain the paper feeding operation, as shown in FIG. 4, first, the adhesive tape 5 is fed out to a predetermined position with the adhesive surface facing upward. Next, the U-shaped arm 39 is moved to the specified suction end position. Then, the suction nozzle 40 is lowered, the above-described interruption is prohibited, and suction is canceled. Thus, the packaging sheet 1 is fed onto the receiving table 8. At this time, the adhesive tape 5 is attached to one end 1d of the packaging sheet 1 that is folded back at the end. Further, while raising the suction nozzle 40, one side end 1c diagonally opposite to the one side end 1d is fixed by the press roller 15.

Next, the packaging operation will be explained. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, first, the object to be packaged C placed on the receiving stand 8 is fixedly held by setting the holding mechanism 3 to the working position. Next, the first wrapping tool 17a is raised until the upper limit switch S2 is turned on, and the packaging sheet 1
One side end 1a is folded back onto the top surface of the object C to be packaged. Further, the second wrapping tool 17b is operated a little after the first wrapping tool 17a starts rising, and the one side end 1b of the packaging sheet 1 is superimposed on the one side end 1a. The operation of the second enclosing tool 17b is performed intermittently in four steps, but the blower nozzle B2 is operated so that the one side end 1a does not wrap around the second enclosing tool 17b when the second enclosing tool 17b rises. . When the middle limit switch S4 of the second wrapping tool 17b is turned on, the third
The wrapping tool 17c is operated, but before the wrapping tool 17c is operated, the ear-picking nozzle B3 is operated so as to cover one side edge 1a, 1b along the outer circumferential surface of the object to be packaged C without any bulge. Blow air towards. Further, after the third wrapping tool 17c overlaps one side end 1c of the packaging sheet 1, the presser arm 26 presses the upper surface thereof. Furthermore, after activating the ear removal nozzle B4, the fourth
The wrapping tool 17d is operated, one end 1d to which the adhesive tape 5 is attached is folded back, and the four-layered packaging sheet 1 is glued. Next, the presser arm 26 is raised and the holding mechanism 3 releases the object C to be packaged. Then, the packaged object C is released from the receiving table 8. Then return to the main routine.

As described above, when an interruption occurs during packaging work, the interruption process shown in FIG. 7 is executed. However, if an interrupt occurs while the wrapping operation and paper feeding preparation operation are being processed in parallel, the sequence operation of the paper feeding preparation operation will be stopped at the current processing step, but the processing step of the wrapping operation will be stopped at the initial processing step. The sequence of packaging operations continues until the step is reached. To explain interrupt processing, first, the program status word (
PSW) on the stack. Next, the alarm lamp K1
Turn on. Alarm buzzer K2 turns ON after wrapping operation is completed.
do. These alarms continue until the reset switch P2 is turned on. When the start switch P0 is turned on with the alarm turned off, the PSW is read and the state at the time the interrupt occurred is restored. Note that if the power is turned on again after being turned off during interrupt processing, the main routine is executed from the beginning.

[Another Embodiment] In the above embodiment, adsorption of the packaging sheet 1 was detected based on the input information of the negative pressure switch S16, but it is also possible to detect the adsorption of the packaging sheet 1 using a photoelectric switch or the like. However, the specific configuration of the abnormality detection means 101 can be changed in various ways.

[0022] Although reference numerals are written in the claims for convenience of comparison with the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the structure shown in the accompanying drawings.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

[Figure 1] Block diagram of control configuration

[Figure 2] Flowchart of control operation

[Figure 3] Flowchart of control operation

[Figure 4] Flowchart of control operation

[Figure 5] Flowchart of control operation

[Figure 6] Flowchart of control operation

[Figure 7] Flowchart of control operation

[Figure 8] Timing chart of control operation

[Figure 9] Overall plan view

[Figure 10] Overall side view

[Figure 11] Side view of packaging work section

[Figure 12] Side view of packaging work section

[Figure 13] Side view of the holding mechanism

[Figure 14] Side view of presser device

[Figure 15] Perspective view of presser device

[Figure 16] Side view of main parts of the holding mechanism

[Figure 17] Side view of suction nozzle

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Packaging sheet 2 Packaging sheet supply means 100 Control means 101 Abnormality detection means A Storage section B Packaging means C Packaged items

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Packaging means (B) for packaging an object to be packaged (C) with a supplied packaging sheet (1) and discharging the object to be packaged (C) upon completion of packaging; and the packaging sheet. Packaging sheet supply means (2) for supplying the packaging sheet (1) from the storage section (A) of (1) to the packaging means (B)
and the packaging means (B) and the packaging sheet supply means (
2), the packaging apparatus is provided with a control means (100) for controlling the sequential operation of the packaging sheet supply means (2), and an abnormality detection means (100) for detecting an abnormality in the operation of the packaging sheet supply means (2).
01), and the control means (100) stops the sequence operation of the packaging sheet supply means (2) at the current processing step when the abnormality detection means (101) detects an abnormality, and the packaging means (B) until the processing step of the packaging means (B) reaches an initial step;
A packaging device configured to continue the sequential operation of B).