JPH06191510A - Cylindrical object packaging device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the efficiency of a tape roll packaging by automating the work to align a plurality of wound rolls (tape roll) of an adhesive tape. CONSTITUTION:A turret disk 16 which is intermittently turnable by a specified pitch is arranged at the front end of a packaging line for the title cylindrical object packaging device, and a tape roll feeding device 17, insert paper feeding device 18 and tape transfer device 19 are provided at least at three stop locations among stop locations of a shaft body 20, which are arranged on the disk of the turret disk 16. At the first station, one tape roll is fed from the tape roll feeding device 17 to the shaft body 20, and at the second station, one sheet of insert paper is fed on the tape roll from the insert paper feeding device 18. When a specified number of the tape rolls are aligned into a cylindrical shape at each shaft body 20 by repeating these motions, the cylindrical object is taken out by the tape roll transfer device 19 at the third station, and the cylindrical object is put on a packaging line.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cylindrical object packaging device, and more specifically, it automatically aligns a predetermined number of adhesive tape roll products, inserts an insert paper between the rolls, and then packages them as a unit. The present invention relates to a cylindrical object packaging device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Adhesive tapes are rolled up on a paper tube in a predetermined length and supplied as products. At this time, these adhesive tape products (hereinafter referred to as tape rolls) are usually a plurality of products. Are packaged together and shipped. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6A, for example, 12 individual tape rolls (T) are lined up, and an insertion sheet (S) is provided between them.
Is inserted and packaged as shown in FIG.

By the way, in the case of packaging a plurality of tape rolls into one as described above, the packaging itself is, for example, a cylindrical object packaging device proposed by the present applicant (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-534).
It is possible to perform this extremely easily and efficiently by the method described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 8), etc. However, the work of arranging the tape rolls and inserting the insertion paper between them is not yet automated because it is a manual process. The reality is that we have to rely on. For this reason, there has been a problem in that tape roll packaging is an inefficient operation that generally requires manpower.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention deals with such a situation and, when packaging a tape roll, aligns a required number of the tape rolls while inserting an insertion sheet, and places the tape rolls on a packaging line. It is an object of the present invention to provide a cylindrical object packaging device having a function of placing and to contribute to improving the packaging efficiency of an adhesive tape product.

[0005]

That is, a feature of the present invention which meets the above object is that in a cylindrical object packaging device for packaging a cylindrical product having a predetermined length, a predetermined pitch is provided at the front end of the packaging line of the packaging device. A turret board that can be turned intermittently with is arranged around the board of the turret board with a plurality of shafts arranged at intervals that match the turning pitch of the turret board. , At least 3 different
1 stop position along the turning direction of the turret board
Station, second station, and third station. At the first station, a tape roll made by winding a narrow adhesive tape in a roll shape is dropped onto the shaft body toward the turret board. The tape roll feeding device for locking, and the second station, the insertion paper feeding device for dropping the insertion paper having the same plane shape as the tape roll onto the tape roll locked by the shaft one by one. At the station No. 3, a stack of a plurality of tape rolls and insert paper, which is locked to the shaft and has the same length as the cylindrical object, is taken out from the shaft and transferred onto the packaging line. A tape roll transfer device is installed, and these tape roll supply device, insertion paper supply device, and tape roll transfer device are adjusted to the turning pitch of the turret plate when the turret plate is stopped. Is that accounted if concurrently operational.

Further, the invention according to claim 2 is intended for more efficient packaging in the above-mentioned device, and the tape roll supply device, the insertion paper supply device and the tape roll transfer device are respectively provided in the first station, Second station,
The turret board attached to the third station
A plurality of turret boards are installed at the front end of the packaging line, and each turret board is configured so as to start turning while being offset from each other at an interval sufficient to prevent overlapping of stack transfer operations in each tape roll transfer device. It is a feature.

[0007]

The tape roll aligning operation in the present invention will be described. At the same time as the turret board is rotated at a predetermined pitch, first, one tape roll is fed from the tape roll feeding device to the shaft body located at the first station. Supplied. This tape roll drops toward the shaft body, the hole portion at the center thereof fits into the shaft body, and is locked at the lower end of the shaft body. Next, when the shaft body that holds the tape roll reaches the second station, the insertion sheet is supplied from the insertion sheet supply device. The insert paper at this time descends along the shaft,
It is placed on the tape roll. Further, the shaft heads toward the third station, but for a while after the start of turning of the turret board, the tape roll drop supply and insertion sheet supply devices of the first and second stations are operated, and the third station is operated. The tape roll transfer device at the station is stopped, and the turret board continues to rotate.

As a result of the above, when the tape roll and the insertion sheet are gradually stacked higher on each shaft body and the number of the tape rolls becomes a predetermined number and becomes a cylindrical object having a predetermined shape, the tape roll transfer at the third station. When the device is operated, the laminated body of the tape roll and the insertion paper locked to each shaft is taken out from the shaft and placed on the packaging line of the packaging device.
Thus, the tape rolls arranged in the desired shape are then packaged in the packaging line in the same manner as the conventional cylindrical product, and the packaging form shown in FIG. 6B is completed.

In the apparatus according to the second aspect of the invention, a plurality of turret boards are provided at the front end of the packaging line,
Each tape roll transfer device is adapted to operate without overlapping each other. Therefore, the cylindrical material is continuously supplied to the packaging line, and extremely efficient packaging of the tape roll is realized.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 and 2 are schematic explanatory views of a cylindrical object packaging apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 1 is a side view thereof, and FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof.

In the figure, (1) is a chain conveyor, which is provided with a placing portion (7) for placing a cylindrical article and is rotatable in one direction at a predetermined pitch. From the front end of the chain conveyor (1), an alignment supply device (2), a body winding device (3), a double-sided folding device (4), a double-sided surface label sticking device (5), and a body label sticking device. (6) are sequentially arranged.

Of these, the aligning and feeding device (2), which is a feature of the present invention, aligns the tape roll and the insert paper in a desired form and transfers them onto the chain conveyor (1). . Details will be described later.

Each device other than the aligning and supplying device (2) is a device which constitutes a conventional cylindrical article packaging device, and each structure is known. First, a brief description will be given to these publicly known devices. The body-wrapping device (3) is a device for body-wrapping the outer circumference of a cylindrical article placed on the placing part (7) with a wrapping material (S). ), The packaging material (H) supplied from the packaging material supply device (9) is wound around the body of the cylindrical article by the envelope belt (8). The packaging material supply device (9) can unwind the packaging material (H) from the packaging material roll (10) and supply it to the envelope position of the envelope belt (8). ), A cutting device (11) for cutting the unwound packaging material (H) into a predetermined length, and glue is applied to the end of the cut packaging material (H) in advance. Hot melt gun (12) is provided. (13)
Is a hot melt device for the hot melt gun (12).

The following both-ends folding devices (4) are arranged on both sides of the conveyor (1).
A radial arm (14) projecting in the direction,
The arm (14) is a device that folds the excess portion of the packaging material that extends to both ends of the cylindrically wrapped cylindrical package by squeezing it.

Further, the following both end face label sticking device (5)
Is a device in which a roll of the tack label (15) is suspended and arranged on both sides of the conveyor (1), and is equipped with a sticking portion operated by an air cylinder or the like, and is peeled from the roll of the tack label (15). The tack label can be attached to the folded ear portion.

Further, the last body label attaching device (6)
Is a device which is placed above the conveyor (1) by suspending a roll (15 ') of a tack label, and which operates in the same manner as the label attaching device (5) on both end surfaces, and a predetermined part of the body roll. A label can be attached to.

The above-mentioned body winding device (3), both-ends folding device (4), both-ends surface label attaching device (5), and body label attaching device (6) are all provided on the chain conveyor (1). The conveyor (1) is set to operate in parallel according to the rotation pitch when the conveyor (1) is stopped.

On the other hand, in this case, two alignment feeders (2) peculiar to the present invention, which are arranged in front of the above-mentioned respective devices, have the same structure. Explaining one of them, (16) is a turret board, and the alignment supply device (2) is a turret board (16).
And a tape roll supply device (17), an insertion paper supply device (18), and a tape roll transfer device (19) arranged around the turret board (16).

The turret board (16) can be turned intermittently at the same pitch as the rotation pitch of the chain conveyor (1). On the turret board (16), a plurality of shafts are arranged at pitch intervals. A body (20) is provided. Each shaft body (20) is usually in a posture of standing on the turret board (21), but its lower end is attached to the peripheral portion of the turret board (16) via a hinge (21). 16) By operating the lower air cylinder (22) and rotating the hinge (21) by 90 degrees, the standing posture can be changed to the recumbent posture (Fig. 3).
B)).

Further, among the stop positions of the shafts (20) associated with the intermittent turning of the turret board (16), three different stop positions are selected in the turning direction of the turret board (16). These are the first station (I), the second station (II), and the third station in order.
Station (III), and the tape roll supply device (17) is installed in the first station (I).
Inserting paper feeding device (18) at the second station (II)
, And a tape roll transfer device (19) is provided at the third station (III).

The respective devices (17), (18) and (19) will be described in detail. The tape roll transfer device (17) in the first station (I), as shown in FIG. ) Is transported in a horizontal state, a tape roll conveyor (23), and a pusher (24) and a tape dropping section (25) arranged on both sides of the final end of the tape roll conveyor (23).

In this case, the pusher (24) is formed by fixing the pressing member (27) to the rod tip of the air cylinder (26), and the tape roll (T) reaching the final end of the tape roll conveyor (23). ) Can be pressed by the tip of the rod toward the falling portion (25).

The falling part (25) is provided with a pusher (2
4) The part of the tape core (T ') of the tape roll (T) pushed by 4) is dropped toward the shaft body (20) in a horizontal state, and faces the pusher (24) of the conveyor (23). A part of the side of the side to be removed is removed, and a frame body (28) for inserting the tape roll (T) is extended therein, and the inside of the frame body (28) becomes a falling portion (25). There is.

In the first station (I), the shaft body (20) on the turret board (16) stops at a position just below the center of the falling portion (25), and the pusher (24). The tape roll (T) that has been pressed by the tape roll conveyor (23) and dropped from the tape roll conveyor (23) through the drop portion (25) has its paper tube (T ') portion fitted into the shaft body (20), and the shaft body (20). It is designed to be locked at the lower end.

Next, with respect to the insertion sheet feeding device (18) arranged in the second station (II), the insertion sheet winding roll (29) shown in FIG. 4A is used. The insertion paper roll (29) punches out a hole (30) having the same shape as the paper tube (T ') of the tape roll (T) in the roll paper (29'), and a part of the hole is formed around the hole (30). Make a notch (31) with the same shape as the outer circumference of the tape roll (T),
This is formed continuously, and the portion surrounded by the hole (30) and the notch (31) around the hole (30) becomes one sheet of insert paper (S).

As shown in FIG. 4B, the insertion sheet feeding device (18) has a structure in which the unwinding shaft (3) is formed by winding the winding roll (29).
2) Suspend it on a plurality of guide rollers (33)
After passing through (36), the winding shaft (37) is wound. On the way, between the guide roller (34) and the guide roller (35), the traveling roll paper (29 ')
A pusher (39) is arranged orthogonally to the traveling direction of, and its tip (38) is formed in a hollow bowl shape so as to match the shape of the insertion sheet (S).

Further, the winding shaft (37) has a drive motor (M) for winding, and the guide roller (34) has an intermittent feeding means (40) for feeding the winding roll (29) at a predetermined pitch. It is attached. Incidentally, (M ') is a drive motor of the intermittent feeding means (40). Roll paper (2
When 9 ') is unwound at a predetermined pitch by the feeding means (40), the pusher (39) operates to push out the insertion sheet (S) portion from the roll sheet (29').

In the second station (II), the shaft body (20) stops so as to face the tip end (38) of the pusher (39) with the roll paper (29 ') interposed therebetween. The insertion sheet (S) pushed out by the pusher (39) drops and fits into the shaft body (20).

Subsequently, the tape roll transfer device (17) arranged in the third station (III) is operated as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG.
The handle support portion (43) is supported via the handle 2), and the handle support portion (43) is arranged in the auxiliary machine frame (44). As means for opening and closing the handle (41),
The pinion (45) is fixed to one section of the four-section link (42) and the connecting portion with the handle support section (43), and on the other hand,
A rack (47) is engraved at the tip of the piston rod of a piston (46) that slides inside the handle support portion (43),
The pinion (45) is engaged with the rack (47),
When the piston (46) slides, the handle (41) is opened and closed.

The handle (41) is movable in the vertical and horizontal directions with respect to the packaging machine main machine frame (48), and the auxiliary machine frame (4) is movable for the vertical movement.
A vertical rail (49) is fixed to the vertical rail (4).
The handle support part (43) is locked to 9), the handle support part (43) moves along the vertical rail (44), and the handle (41) moves up and down accordingly. ing. Reference numeral (50) is an air cylinder for sliding the handle support portion (43) along the rail (49).

Further, for horizontal movement, the main machine frame (4
8) A horizontal rail (52) is fixed in the width direction via an extending member (51), an auxiliary machine frame (44) is engaged with the rail (52), and the auxiliary machine frame (44) is illustrated. By the non-driving means, the grip (41) is moved in the horizontal direction, that is, in the direction in which the grip (41) is moved toward and away from the chain conveyor (1) by sliding along the rail (52).

The configuration of the aligning and feeding device (2) has been described above. Next, its operation will be described. First, the tape roll supply device (17), the insertion paper supply device (18) and the tape roll transfer device (19) are the turret board (1
Turret board (1) with the same pitch as the turning pitch of 6)
When 6) is stopped, each is set to perform a predetermined operation.

Then, the turret board (16) repeats turning and stopping at the predetermined pitch, and as a result, the shaft body (2
0) is stopped at the first station (I), the tape roll feeder (17) is now activated. That is, the pusher (24) is activated to drop one tape roll (T) on the tape roll conveyor (23) from the dropping part (25) onto the shaft body (20). As a result,
One tape roll (T) is locked to the shaft body (20).

Next, when the shaft body (20) reaches the second station (II), the pusher (39) operates in the insertion sheet feeding device (18) to move the shaft body (20) with respect to the shaft body (20). A sheet of insert paper (S) is supplied. This insert paper (S)
Is placed on the tape roll (T).

Next, the third station (II
I), but here, the tape roll transfer device (19) is not operated for the time being, and the shaft body (20) heads again to the first station (I).

As a result of repeating the above, a predetermined number of tape rolls (T) (T) ... ) ・
・ A predetermined number of sheets are stacked in a state where they are inserted one by one, and each shaft body (20) has a predetermined height due to the tape rolls (T) (T). When the cylindrical object is formed, next, the shaft body (20) is rotated from the standing posture until now to the recumbent posture as shown in FIG. 3B, and at the third station (III). The tape roll transfer device (19) operates.

Regarding this, by the horizontal movement of the auxiliary machine frame (44) and the subsequent lowering of the handle support portion (43),
First, after the handle (41) arrives on the cylindrical object, the handle (41) further opens and closes to grip the cylindrical object (state of FIG. 5), and then moves horizontally as it is. The cylindrical object is pulled out from the shaft body (20), and then the auxiliary machine frame (44) and the handle support portion (43) are moved again from the pulled out position, and the cylindrical object is placed on the chain conveyor (1). It becomes the operation of mounting on the section (7).

Thus, the cylindrical article, which is a laminated body of the tape roll (T) and the insertion sheet (S), is placed on the chain conveyor (1). A similar aligning and feeding device (2 ') is further provided.
The base is located at the front end of the chain conveyor (1). The aligning and feeding device (2 ') operates after the aligning and feeding device (2). Specifically, in the aligning and feeding device (2), the tape roll transfer device (19) is used to It is set so that the tape roll transfer device (19 ') of the aligning and feeding device (2') is activated after all the cylindrical objects are transferred to the chain conveyor (1).

Therefore, both the aligning and feeding devices (2) (2 ')
Since there is no overlap with the operation of transferring the cylindrical object to the chain conveyor (1) by the above, the packaging on the chain conveyor (1) can be efficiently performed.

In the subsequent packaging step, the laminated body of the tape roll (T) and the insert paper (S) placed on the chain conveyor (1) has already formed a cylindrical shape having a predetermined shape. Therefore, the work is the same as the packaging of a normal cylindrical product.

To briefly explain this, the cylindrical object placed on the chain conveyor (1) first reaches the body winding device (3) by the rotation of the conveyor (1) at a predetermined pitch, and its outer periphery. Is wrapped in a wrapping material (H). Next, the extra portions of the packaging material (H) at both ends of the cylindrical object are folded by the both-ends folding device (4), and subsequently, the folded ears are labeled by the both-ends label attaching device (5). Is attached. Further, finally, a label is attached to a part of the body winding portion by the body label attaching device (6), and the package shown in FIG. 6 is taken out from the rear end of the conveyor (1). .

Although the present invention has been described above based on the embodiments, various modifications can be made to the above embodiments. In particular, the number of aligning and feeding devices (2) and each turret board (1) can be changed.
The number of the tape roll supply device (17), the insertion paper supply device (18) and the tape roll transfer device (19) in 6) may be increased more than those described above, thereby making the tape more efficient. Roll alignment work and improvement of packaging efficiency can be achieved.

[0043]

As described above, according to the present invention, a turret board which can be intermittently swung at a predetermined pitch is arranged at the front end of the packaging line of the cylindrical object packing apparatus, and a plurality of turret boards arranged on the turret board are arranged. The shafts are sequentially stopped at the tape roll supply device, the insertion paper supply device, and the tape roll transfer device installation position, and a predetermined number of tape rolls and insertion papers are laminated on each shaft body, and this laminated product is used in the packaging line. Since it can be placed, the tape roll aligning work immediately before the packaging process, which conventionally relies on human labor, is automated, and the packaging of the tape roll is achieved very efficiently.

Further, in the invention described in claim 2, a plurality of turret boards equipped with the tape roll dropping device, the inserted paper dropping device, and the tape roll transfer device are provided at the front end of the packaging line, and each turret plate is provided. Since the tape roll transfer device is designed to operate in a mutually offset manner,
The automatically arranged tape rolls are supplied to the packaging line without interruption, and the packaging efficiency of the tape rolls is further improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a side view of a cylindrical object packaging device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the cylindrical object packaging device.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a tape roll supply device of a cylindrical object packaging device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an insertion paper feeding device of the cylindrical object packaging device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of a tape roll transfer device of a cylindrical object packaging device according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a state after packaging the tape roll.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (16) Turret board (17) Tape roll supply device (18) Inserted paper supply device (19) Tape roll transfer device (20) Shaft body (I) First station (II) Second station (III) Third Station (T) Tape roll (S) Insert paper

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A cylindrical object wrapping device for wrapping a cylindrical product of a predetermined length, wherein a turret board that can be turned intermittently at a predetermined pitch is arranged at the front end of the wrapping line of the wrapping machine. A plurality of shaft bodies are arranged around the board at intervals that match the turning pitch of the turret board, and at least three different stop positions among the stop positions of these shaft bodies are set along the turning direction of the turret board. The first station, the second station, and the third station are provided. At the first station, a tape roll formed by winding up a narrow adhesive tape in a roll shape is dropped onto the turret board toward the turret board. At the second station, which is a tape roll supply device that is locked to the body, insert a sheet of the same plane as the tape roll onto the tape roll that is locked to the shaft body. That insertion sheet supply device, the third station, is locked to the shaft, the laminates of the cylindrical object and a plurality of tape roll and insertion sheet that became the same length,
A tape roll transfer device for taking out from the shaft and transferring it onto the packaging line is installed, and the tape roll supply device, the insertion paper supply device, and the tape roll transfer device are adjusted to the turning pitch of the turret board, and the turret is moved. A cylindrical object packaging device characterized by being able to operate in parallel at the same time when the board is stopped. 2. A tape roll supply device, an insertion paper supply device,
The tape roll transfer device has a first station,
A plurality of turret boards attached to the second station and the third station are provided at the front end of the packaging line, and each turret board has an interval sufficient to prevent duplication of the stack transfer operation in each tape roll transfer device. 2. The structure is configured so as to start the turning with a shift.
The cylindrical object packaging device described.