JPH0648427A - Vacuum type inputting device for small bag - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To cut a small bag from a ribbon on which small bags, in which an item of taste/seasoning is sealed, are arranged with a specified interval, and assuredly input in a container automatically without letting it drop freely. CONSTITUTION:A ribbon is intermittently let out by a feeding roller 3 through a guide roller 3, and the ribbon is suction-held by a flap type supporting plate and vacuum pad 6 to fix, and cut by a cutter 7. A small bag which is cut by the cutter 7 is held by a vacuum pad 6, and moved in a container which is located at a specified position. At that position, the suction by vacuum is released, and the small bag 2 is input in the container not by a free drop. The title vacuum type small bag input device is constituted with such a function.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vacuum type in which a sachet containing sauce or mustard in natto, a spicy bag used for processed food such as tokoroten, sushi, bento and other processed foods, and a small bag in which seasonings are sealed are automatically put Regarding a pouch loading device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional pouch feeder of this type, a pouch cut by a cutter is guided into a target container while being guided by a shooter. Therefore, the pouch flowing down the shooter is substantially in a free state whenever it is guided by the shooter, so that the container always shoots at a constant speed and posture. It is not always the case, the pouch sometimes sticks out of the container or jumps out of the container, and it is difficult to accurately insert the pouch at a high speed, and it is difficult to insert a plurality of pouches at the same time.

A conventional shutter type charging device of this type is
The individual cut pouches are put into a target container by using a shooter.
Since it is a system that uses the free fall of pouches on top, it is difficult to insert a stable pouch, and it is not possible to regulate the deviation of the drop point and the uncertainty of the drop timing. It was impossible to completely eliminate the injection failure such as the protrusion.

[0004]

Therefore, in order to surely insert the pouch, a system for securely holding and forcing the pouch until the moment the pouch enters the container without allowing the pouch to freely fall. It will be good to adopt. To forcefully regulate sachets, you must keep the sachet and control the sachet until the moment you pour it into the container.
Since this pouch is made of polyethylene or another flexible material, it is easily deformed, and it is difficult to grasp all pouches with a device having a constant shape and structure. Therefore, in the present invention, the suction cup method, that is, the vacuum pad is adopted as a system for securely holding the pouch, and the above problems are solved.

[0005]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention is directed to a ribbon provided with a small bag in which a favorite product, a seasoning and the like are sealed at regular intervals, a guide roller for feeding the ribbon intermittently and a feeding roller. And a vacuum pad provided at the tip of an arm that can move up, down, front, back, left and right, and when the ribbon is fed and the ribbon stops, it comes into contact with the upper surface of the pouch and descends to suck the pouch with the vacuum. The vacuum pad for fixing the tape, the flap-type support plate for supporting the ribbon from below when the vacuum pad fixes the pouch, and the cutter for cutting the space between the pouches of the ribbon are cut and fixed. A structure of a vacuum type sachet throwing device comprising the vacuum pad for further lowering the sachet to release the sticking of the sachet on the container and dropping the sachet into the container. It is.

[0006]

According to the present invention, the ribbon provided with the small bag in which the spices, seasonings and the like are sealed at regular intervals is used as a guide roll.
It is sent out intermittently by a roller and a feed roller. When the ribbon is stopped, the lower surface of the ribbon is supported by a flap type support plate. on the other hand,
The vacuum pad is lowered through the arm so as to contact the upper surface of the pouch. Then, a vacuum is sucked to fix the pouch. Then the cutter descends and cuts between the ribbon pouches. After cutting, the support plate fluffs and escapes. Then, the pouch that has been cut and fixed to the vacuum pad is further lowered to be placed on the container. Here, the sticking of the pouch is released and the pouch is put into the container. Therefore, the pouch does not fall freely into the container and stick out of the container or jump out of the container.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the vacuum type sachet feeding device of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. The vacuum type sachet feeding device of the present invention has a certain interval. A ribbon 1 provided with a small bag 2 in which items 21, seasonings, etc. are sealed, and a guide roller for intermittently sending out the ribbon 1.
3 and a feeding roller-4, a vacuum pad 6 provided at the tip of an arm 5 that can move vertically, forward, backward, leftward and rightward, and when the ribbon 1 is fed out and stopped, it comes into contact with the upper surface of the pouch 2 and descends. And a vacuum pad 6 for sucking with a vacuum to fix the pouch 2, and a flap-type support plate 8 for supporting the ribbon 1 from below when the vacuum pad 6 fixes the pouch 2. A cutter 7 that cuts between the pouches 2 and 2 of the ribbon 1 and the cut and fixed pouch 2 is further lowered to release the pouch 2 from the container 9 and drop the pouch 2 into the container 9. It is characterized in that it is composed of the above-mentioned vacuum pad 6.

As shown in the drawing, the ribbon 1 is provided with pouches 2 arranged at regular intervals and continuously connected. In the pouch 2, the contents 10 of the container 9 and the matching taste products and seasonings 21 are sealed. Then, the ribbon 1 is intermittently fed through the guide roller-3 by the rotation of the feed roller-4 in the arrow direction. That is, the ribbon 1 is fed by the feeding roller-3 by the amount of one sachet, and is projected and stopped. Then, the lower surface of the projecting pouch 2 is held by the flap type support plate 8. Then, the vacuum pad 6 stopped at the upper side descends via the arm 5 and stops in contact with the pouch 2, and is sucked by the vacuum to fix the pouch 2 to the vacuum pad 6. Next, the cutter 7 descends and cuts between this pouch 2 and the next pouch 2. When the cutting is completed, the support plate 8 flaps and escapes, and the arm 5 descends to move the pouch 2 onto the lower container 9. In this case, since the arm 5 can be moved up and down, front and rear, and left and right, it does not matter where the lower container 9 is located. When the target container 9 is reached, the suction of the vacuum is released, the pouch 2 fixed to the vacuum pad 6 is released, and the pouch 2 is put into the container 9.

In the embodiment shown in the drawings, natto 10
It is a vacuum-type pouch insertion device that inserts the pouch 2 in which the sauce and mustard 21 are sealed into the container 9 in which is stored. Reference numeral 11 is a synthetic resin isolation sheet.

In this embodiment, the container 9 placed on the conveyor 12 is intermittently advanced in the direction of the arrow by one container 9 in association with the feed roller-4.
When the container is delivered and stopped, the container 9 also stops as shown in the figure. Then, the pouch 2 in which the ribbon 1 is cut is carried by the vacuum pad 6 as described above, and the pouch 2 is put into the container 9. (Indicated by a dotted line in FIG. 2.) When the pouch 2 is completely loaded, the vacuum pad 6 is moved to the arm 5 to the rising end.
And the cutter 7 also rises. After that, the flap type support plate 8 returns to its original position. Then, the feed roller-4 works and the guide roller-3
The ribbon 1 is sent out by the amount of one sachet and stopped. Thereafter, the same operation is repeated to continuously insert the pouch 2 into the container 9. Since the pouch 2 is not dropped into the container 9 freely, it is possible to regulate the deviation of the falling point of the pouch 2 and the indeterminacy of the falling timing. It has become possible to eliminate injection failures.

The arm 5 of the vacuum pad 6 can be moved up and down by a cylinder, but a robot hand type can also be adopted, which allows up / down, front / rear, left / right movement. It is also possible to place a plurality of vacuum pads 6 side by side and handle a plurality of ribbons 1 at the same time, so that the pouches 2 can be simultaneously put into a plurality of containers 9. Furthermore, if two vacuum pads 6 and two cutters 7 are used at the same time, and the ribbon 1 is sent out for two sachets, two sachets 2 connected to one ribbon 1 are cut off at the same time and separated from each other. It is also possible to supply it accurately to the container 9.
This is not limited to two pouches 2 and three or more pouches 2 can be simultaneously put in.

[0012]

As described above, according to the present invention, both the operation of holding and releasing the pouch is carried out by the operation of 0N · 0FF of the suction force by the vacuum, so that the operation can be surely performed in a short time. You can At this time, the pouch is not damaged. The vacuum pad is not suitable for gripping heavy objects, and is unsuitable for gripping those having irregularities on the surface to be attracted, but the pouch targeted by the present invention is lightweight.
Since it is made of a flexible material such as synthetic resin, the above-mentioned problems do not occur. Furthermore, since the arm of the vacuum pad can be moved up, down, front, back, left and right, the pouch can be loaded accurately even in a container at any position. By arranging a plurality of vacuum pads side by side and handling a plurality of ribbons at the same time, the pouch can be put into a plurality of containers at the same time.
Moreover, the delivery of the ribbon is appropriately changed, and the vacuum pad and the cutter corresponding to the delivery are used at the same time.
It is also possible to add two or more pouches connected to a ribbon at the same time. In any case, the pouch corresponding to the contents of the container can be accurately introduced without free fall, and the pouch is hardly damaged.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of a ribbon used in a vacuum type pouch feeder according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of a vacuum type pouch feeding device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Ribbon 2 ... Pouch 21 ... Luxury items / seasoning (sauce, mustard) 3 ... Guide roller 4 ... Feed roller 5 ... Arm 6. ..Vacuum pad 7 ... Cutter 8 ... Flap type support blade 9 ... Container 10 ... Contents (natto) 11 ... Separation sheet 12 ... Conveyor

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A ribbon provided with a small bag in which favorite items, seasonings and the like are sealed at regular intervals, a guide roller and a feeding roller for intermittently feeding the ribbon, and the upper, lower, front, rear, left and right sides. A vacuum pad provided at the tip of the movable arm, and a vacuum pad for adhering the pouch by sucking the vacuum by coming into contact with the upper surface of the pouch when the ribbon is fed out and stopped, , A flap type support plate that supports the ribbon from below when the vacuum pad fixes the pouch, a cutter that cuts between the pouches of the ribbon, and the cut and fixed pouch is further lowered to form a container. And a vacuum pad for dropping the pouch into the container and releasing the pouch from the bag.