JPH06179414A - Box packing device for long-sized object - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the packaging cost for long-sized fruit and vegetables and accomplish the energy saving and improvement of efficiency for a box packing work by performing a box packing by suction-holding a specified number of recessed loading sections of a conveyor for aligning by suction elements. CONSTITUTION:Respective cucumbers K... of the same grade which are distributed and fed from a conveyor for distribution are transferred one by one between respective protruding guides on a feeding conveyor in order, and respective cucumbers K... are transferred one by one to respective recessed loading sections 4a... on a conveyor for aligning 4 by a throwing in roller in order. Then, respective cucumbers K... which are loaded, while being aligned, in respective recessed loading sections 4a... are carried to an aligning location in order. Then, respective suction elements 15... are joined to 8 pieces of cucumbers K... to suction-hold the cucumbers K... by lowering a suction unit 11 of a box packing machine which stands by above the aligning location. After this, the suction unit 11 is horizontally moved from the aligning location to a box packing location by actuating a cylinder, and the suction unit 11 is low, and 8 pieces of the cucumbers K... are put in a corrugated fiberboard box of which the upper surface is open a batch together with a packaging bag, and the suction is released to complete the box packing for a portion of one layer.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a long object boxing device used for boxing long fruits and vegetables such as cucumber, carrot, potato, and eggplant.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method for packing cucumbers as in the above-mentioned example, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, a large number of each cucumber K ... Brought in by a producer are sorted according to their ranks, and the same cucumbers are selected. A plurality of workers hold one cucumber K ... of each rank by hand, and a large number of each cucumber K is put in a corrugated cardboard box B assembled in an open top form via a synthetic resin packaging bag Ba. …
There is a method of packing the boxes one by one.

[0003]

However, when the cucumber K is boxed by equal rank as described above, the cucumber K must be boxed one by one by the operator so as not to impair the commercial value of the cucumber K. , Cucumber K has a problem that it takes a lot of time and labor to package it.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, an appropriate number of cucumbers K ... are arranged and accommodated in a synthetic resin packaging container Y, and a transparent or semitransparent resin film Ya is provided on the entire upper surface of the packaging container Y.
By sticking, it is possible to reliably prevent the cucumber K stored in the packaging container Y from being scratched, scratched, or peeling off the projections on the surface of the cucumber K during transportation. As compared with the method of directly packing a predetermined number of each cucumber K in the corrugated cardboard box B as described above, there is a problem that the unit price required for packaging the cucumber K is higher and the packaging cost is increased. .

In view of the above problems, the present invention sucks and holds a predetermined number of long fruits and vegetables placed on each concave placement portion of an aligning conveyor and directly packs them inside the box.
An object of the present invention is to provide a long object boxing device that can reduce the packaging cost of long vegetables and fruits, save labor in boxing work, and improve efficiency.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a large number of concave mounting portions for mounting long fruits and vegetables in the same direction are formed on a conveying surface for conveying long fruits and vegetables selected according to equal rank. Alignment conveyor and a predetermined number of each long fruits and vegetables placed in each concave mounting portion of the alignment conveyor is adsorbed and held by the negative pressure of the adsorbent, and each of the predetermined number that is adsorbed and held by the adsorbent A long object boxing device provided with a boxing means for boxing long fruits and vegetables inside a box body.

[0007]

According to the present invention, by driving the aligning conveyor, long fruits and vegetables of the same class classified according to the class are sequentially placed one by one on each concave mounting portion of the aligning conveyor and continuously conveyed. . By driving the box packing means, a predetermined number of each long fruits and vegetables placed on each concave mounting portion of the aligning conveyor is adsorbed and held by the negative pressure of the adsorber, and the adsorbent holds the adsorbed and held predetermined state. Since a large number of long fruits and vegetables are directly packed inside the box, the long fruits and vegetables having a unique shape can be mechanically packed.

[0008]

According to the present invention, since a predetermined number of long fruits and vegetables placed on each concave placing portion of the aligning conveyor are adsorbed and held by the adsorbent and directly packed in the box body,
The unit price required for packaging long fruits and vegetables is lower than the method of aligning and storing a plurality of cucumbers in a packaging container as in the conventional example, and the packaging cost can be reduced.
Moreover, since a predetermined number of long fruits and vegetables placed on each concave placement portion of the aligning conveyor are collectively packaged in a box, it is troublesome to pack a large number of each cucumber one by one by a worker. In addition, the work can be omitted, and the long-sized fruits and vegetables can be mechanically boxed, and the time required for the boxing can be significantly shortened, so that the boxing can be labor-saving and efficient.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. The drawings show a cucumber boxing device used as an example of long fruits and vegetables in a cucumber boxing operation. The distribution conveyors 2 and 2 that are distributed and supplied according to equal ranks, and the cucumbers K that are supplied from the distribution conveyors 2 and 2 and that are of the same equal rank are appropriately arranged in the number of rows (for example,
Each of the supply conveyors 3 and 3 arranged and conveyed in four rows, and a large number of each cucumber K supplied from the supply conveyors 3 and 3.
.. are directly adsorbed on the conveyors 4 and 4 for aligning and conveying them at appropriate intervals, and an appropriate number (e.g., 8) of each cucumber K to be conveyed by the conveyors 4 and 4 for aligning. It is composed of a cartoning machine 5 which packs a corrugated cardboard box B assembled in a top open form via a synthetic resin packaging bag Ba.

The above-mentioned supply conveyor 3 is arranged such that the supply conveyor 3 is disposed orthogonally between the distribution position set on the distribution conveyor 2 and the loading position set on the alignment conveyor 4. The conveyance surface of the supply conveyor 3 forms five ridge guides 3a at intervals such that one cucumber K is aligned and placed in the conveyance direction in the width direction. Five ridge guides 3a are continuously formed in parallel in the length direction, and two feeding rollers 6 and 7 are axially formed at the transporting terminal end of the feeding conveyor 3 so as to be orthogonal to the transporting direction. I am hanging. That is, the cucumbers K ... of the same class distributed and supplied from the distribution conveyor 2 are sequentially transferred one by one between the ridge guides 3a of the supply conveyor 3, and the same conveyor 3 is supplied.
Each cucumber K ... of the same class supplied from the above is accelerated and conveyed by each charging roller 6, 7, and one cucumber K is sequentially transferred to each concave mounting portion 4a on the aligning conveyor 4 described later. List.

The above-mentioned alignment conveyor 4 has a long-sized cucumber K between the sprockets 8 and 8 pivotally supported at the start end of the transport side and the sprockets 9 and 9 pivotally supported at the end of the transport side. Is stretched laterally with respect to the conveying direction, and the aligning belt 4b formed to have a conveying width so as to be aligned and placed is stretched.
In addition to forming a concave mounting portion 4a having a size in which one cucumber K is aligned and mounted sideways in the widthwise direction of the conveyance surface of b,
A large number of concave mounting portions 4a ... Are continuously formed in the lengthwise direction of the conveying surface of the alignment belt 4b. That is, the supply conveyor 3 and the alignment conveyor 4 are synchronously driven to sequentially move the concave mounting portions 4a of the alignment conveyor 4 to positions corresponding to the space between the ridge guides 3a of the supply conveyor 3. ,
The cucumbers K ... of the same class supplied from the supply conveyor 3 are accelerated and conveyed by the loading rollers 6 and 7, and one cucumber K is placed on each concave mounting portion 4a of the alignment conveyor 4. Reprint in sequence.

The boxing machine 5 described above has the guide rails 10, 10 between the upper side of the aligning position set on each of the aligning conveyors 4, 4 and the upper side of the boxing position set on the side of the same position.
The suction unit 11 is horizontally movably installed between the guide rails 10, 10, and the piston rod of the moving cylinder 12 disposed above the aligned position is connected and fixed to the suction unit 11, By the operation of the moving cylinder 12, the suction unit 11 is horizontally moved above the alignment position and above the packing position.

Further, the piston rod of the lifting cylinder 13 disposed in the central portion on the upper surface side of the suction unit 11 is connected and fixed to the lifting frame 14, and the lifting cylinder 13 is operated to bring the lifting frame 14 to the aligned position. A vertically descending position for adsorbing and holding eight cucumbers K ... mounted on each concave mounting portion 4a of the aligning conveyor 4 by each adsorbent 15 ... Each adsorber 1
Corrugated cardboard with the rising position where the eight cucumbers K adsorbed and held by 5 ... are horizontally moved from the aligned position toward the boxing position and the eight cucumbers K ... adsorbed and held by the adsorbents 15 ... The ascending / descending frame 14 is stopped at the descending position for packing in the box B.

The lifting frame 14 described above is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 4, each concave mounting portion 4 a of the aligning conveyor 4 ...
Eight adsorbents 15 made of synthetic rubber or the like are laid vertically in a staggered manner at positions facing the eight cucumbers K placed on the. The support pads 16 are horizontally installed at the front and rear positions facing the upper end portions of the cucumbers K. That is, the lifting frame 14
Each of the adsorbents 15 ...
When each of the eight cucumbers K placed on a ... comes into close contact with each other, the negative pressure of the suction blower (not shown) connected to each of the adsorbents 15 ... causes each of the eight cucumbers K ... Each cucumber K which is adsorbed and held together and is adsorbed and held by each adsorbent 15 ...
The support pads 16 are brought into contact with both ends of the upper surface of the ... On the other hand, when the eight cucumbers K ... which are adsorbed and held by the adsorbents 15 ...
The negative pressure by the suction blower (not shown) is shut off or stopped to release the suction holding of each cucumber K ....

Assuming that the illustrated embodiment is configured as described above, the boxing operation of cucumber K by the cucumber boxing apparatus 1 will be described below. First, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the cucumbers K of the same grade distributed and supplied from the two distribution conveyors 2 and 2 are supplied to the ridge guides 3a of the supply conveyors 3 and 3, respectively. One by one is sequentially transferred to each supply conveyor 3,
3 and the alignment conveyors 4 and 4 are synchronously driven so that the concave mounting portions 4a of the alignment conveyors 4 and 4 are located at positions corresponding to the spaces between the ridge guides 3a of the supply conveyors 3 and 3. .. are sequentially moved, and each cucumber K of the same equal rank supplied from each of the supply conveyors 3, 3 is accelerated and conveyed by each of the feeding rollers 6, 7, and each of the alignment conveyors 4, 4 is conveyed. Each cucumber K ... is sequentially transferred one by one to the concave mounting portions 4a. In addition, the operator's hand will correct the excess and deficiency of the number of input and the unevenness of the input posture.

Next, the cucumbers K ... aligned and mounted on the concave mounting portions 4a of the conveyors 4 and 4 for alignment are sequentially conveyed to the alignment position, and sucked by the boxing machine 5 standing by above the position. The unit 11 is vertically lowered and the adsorbents 15 of the adsorption unit 11 are brought into close contact with the 16 cucumbers K placed on the concave placement portions 4a of the alignment conveyors 4 and 4, respectively. Hold by adsorption. After that, operate each cylinder 12, 13,
Horizontally move the adsorption unit 11 from the aligned position to the boxing position while adsorbing and holding the 16 cucumbers K ...
As shown in FIG. 4, the suction unit 11 is vertically lowered,
The 16 boxes of cucumbers K ... Are collectively housed in the cardboard box B having the open top surface supplied to the boxing position via the packaging bag Ba and the suction is released to complete the boxing work for one step.

Similarly, the corrugated boxes B having an open top surface, which are conveyed and supplied from the box making process (not shown), are sequentially supplied to the boxing position, and the same alignment positions are set on the respective alignment conveyors 4 and 4. The suction unit 11 is reciprocally moved to the boxing position set on the position side portion, and 16 cucumbers K, which are suction-held by the respective suction elements 15 of the suction unit 11, are sequentially packed in the corrugated box B. After packing a prescribed number of each cucumber K ... in one cardboard box B, the same cardboard box B
Are transported and supplied to a box-sealing step (not shown), subjected to box-sealing processing, and then shipped.

In this way, the eight cucumbers K, which are placed on the concave mounting portions 4a of the aligning conveyor 4, are adsorbed and held by the adsorbers 15 of the adsorbing unit 11 inside the corrugated box B. Since it is directly boxed in the box, each cucumber K of 8 pieces like the conventional example
... are packed and packed in a packaging container Y, or,
The unit price required for packaging the cucumber K is lower than the method of packaging the eight cucumbers K ... by taping packaging or shrink packaging and packaging, and the packaging process can be simplified and the packaging cost can be reduced.

Moreover, since the eight cucumbers K placed on the concave mounting portions 4a of the aligning conveyor 4 are collectively packaged in a box, a large number of each cucumber K ... It is possible to save the labor and work such as packing by a person's hand, to perform the packing work of cucumber K mechanically, and to significantly reduce the time required for the packing work, to save the packing work and to improve the efficiency. You can

In the correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment, the long object boxing apparatus of the present invention corresponds to the cucumber boxing apparatus 1 of the embodiment, and hereinafter, similarly, long vegetables and fruits are
The cucumber corresponds to the cucumber K, the box corresponds to the corrugated cardboard box B, and the packing means corresponds to the packing machine 5, the suction unit 11, and the suction member 15. However, the present invention has the configuration of the above-described embodiment. It is not limited to only.

For example, a large number of mounting tables (not shown) formed in such a size that a predetermined number of each cucumber K ...
Are arranged on the conveying surface of the aligning conveyor 4, and a predetermined number of the respective cucumber K ...
It is also possible to carry out the adsorption and holding by each of the adsorbents 15 of No. 1 and directly package the cardboard box B in the box B.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing a cucumber supply operation and a boxing operation by a cucumber boxing device.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing an arrangement state of cucumbers by an aligning conveyor and an adsorption state of cucumbers by an adsorption unit.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of an adsorption unit showing an adsorption state of cucumber.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional side view of a cardboard box showing a cucumber box-packed state.

FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional side view of a corrugated cardboard box showing a cucumber packaging state according to a conventional method.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a packaging container showing a cucumber packaging state according to a conventional method.

[Explanation of symbols]

 K ... Cucumber B ... Corrugated cardboard box 1 ... Cucumber box packing device 4 ... Aligning conveyor 4a ... Recessed mounting part 5 ... Box packing machine 11 ... Adsorption unit 15 ... Adsorber

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A long object packing device for packing long fruits and vegetables of the same class classified into equal classes inside a box, wherein the long fruits and vegetables are provided on a carrying surface for carrying the long fruits and vegetables. Aligning conveyor formed with a large number of each concave mounting portion to be aligned in the same direction, a predetermined number of each long fruits and vegetables mounted on each concave mounting portion of the aligning conveyor negative pressure of the adsorber 1. A long object boxing device, which is provided with a box means for adsorbing and holding by (1), and packing a predetermined number of each long fruits and vegetables adsorbed and held by the adsorbent inside a box.