JPH07112722A - Boxing apparatus for container - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To box containers while deformation of a partition of a box is corrected and interference of a bag with the partition is prevented. CONSTITUTION:A boxing apparatus 10 for containers for putting wrapped containers into a box having a partition comprises a drop chute 14 for receiving a plurality of the wrapped containers and also setting a direction in which the containers drop into the box, a stopper 18 member provided below the drop chute 14 for holding the containers, a driving means for driving the stopper 18 member in a predetermined horizontal direction to have the containers dropped into a predetermined position in the box and a controlling means 22 for controlling the driving means so that the containers drop into the box in a predetermined order.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a container packaging device, and more particularly to a container for packaging a container packaged by a bag such as a mayonnaise container into a container having a partition such as a carton box. Involved in the packaging device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when packaging mayonnaise containers in a carton box, it was difficult to mechanize each mayonnaise container because it was packaged in a bag. . Further, in the case of packaging bottles of beer or the like, it is known that all the bottles to be packaged by a machine are dropped into the box at once.

[0003]

As shown in FIG. 1, a cardboard box 1 used for packaging mayonnaise containers includes
A partition 2 is arranged so that a predetermined mayonnaise container can be packed in a predetermined position by the partition 2. The cardboard box 1 shown in FIG. 1 has five mayonnaise containers in one row and a total of 15 mayonnaise containers in three rows. Typically,
As shown in FIG. 1, a part 2a of the partition 2 of the cardboard box 1 is often deformed. For this reason, it is conceivable to mechanize the box and drop 15 mayonnaise containers at the same time to carry out the box packing. In this case, the mayonnaise container hits the deformed portion 2a of the partition 2. In some cases, it cannot be boxed. Therefore, there is a need to solve this problem when mechanizing the packaging. Also,
As shown in FIG. 2, since the mayonnaise container 4 is packaged in a bag 6, when the mayonnaise container 4 packaged in such a bag 6 is dropped at the same time to perform boxing, the partition 2 is removed. Bag 6 of mayonnaise container 4 next to each other via
In some cases, they may not be packed in a box because they interfere with each other at the partition 2 portion.

Therefore, conventionally, there has been a demand for developing a packaging device for containers which can package a container such as a mayonnaise container, which is packaged in a bag, into a box having a partition such as a carton box. It was Therefore, the present invention has been made in order to satisfy the conventional requirements, and it is possible to package containers by correcting the deformation of the partition of the box and preventing the interference with the partition of the bag. An object of the present invention is to provide a packaging device for containers.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a container packing device for packing containers packaged in a box having a partition, and a plurality of packaged containers. A drop chute that stores the container and sets the direction in which the containers fall into the box; a stopper member that is provided below the drop chute to hold the containers; and a stopper member that drives the stopper member in a predetermined horizontal direction. It is characterized in that it has drive means for dropping the containers to a predetermined position of the box, and control means for controlling the drive means so that the containers drop into the box in a predetermined order. In the present invention thus configured, the stopper members hold the plurality of packaged containers housed in the drop chute. Next, the control means controls the drive means,
By driving the stopper member in a predetermined horizontal direction, the containers are dropped to a predetermined position in the box. As a result, it becomes possible to pack the containers efficiently when packing the containers packaged in the box having the partition. Further, in the present invention, the shape of the stopper member may be set so as to correspond to the predetermined drop order.

Further, in the present invention, a plurality of the stopper members and the driving means are provided so as to correspond to the respective containers to be held, and the plurality of stopper members and the driving means are provided in the containers. May be controlled by the above-mentioned control means so as to drop into the box in a predetermined order.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
Will be described with reference to. FIG. 3 is a front view showing an embodiment of a container packaging apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 4 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is used for the embodiment of the present invention. It is a top view which shows an example of a stopper, FIG. 6 is a top view of the box which shows the fall order of the containers to be packed, and FIG. 7 is a top view which shows another example of the stopper. As shown in FIG. 3, the container packaging apparatus 10 according to the present invention includes a support 12
The drop chute 14 is attached to the upper tip of the support 12. In this drop chute 14, five mayonnaise containers 4 are accommodated in a bag 6 in a packaged state. Here, as shown in FIG. 4, the drop chute 14 is designed to accommodate five mayonnaise containers 4,
A partition plate 16 is provided. The storage of the mayonnaise container 4 in the drop chute 14 is carried out by automatically dropping the mayonnaise container 4 conveyed by a conveyor belt (not shown) into the drop chute 14. A stopper 18 is attached to the lower part of the drop chute 14 so as to be movable in the horizontal direction. This stopper 18
The pneumatic cylinder 20 that drives this stopper 18
And a control unit 2 for controlling the pneumatic cylinder 20
2 is attached, and the stopper 18 is fixed by the pneumatic cylinder 20 and the control unit 22 in FIGS.
In A, it is moved at a predetermined timing in the direction indicated by A.

The function of the stopper 18 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. The stopper 18 includes five finger portions 18a, 18b, 18c, 1 having different lengths.
8d and 18e, the finger portion 18c is the shortest, the finger portions 18b and 18d are the shortest, and the finger portions 18a and 18e are the longest.
At the most advanced position of the stopper 18 (the state shown in FIG. 3), all of the five mayonnaise containers 4 have five finger portions 18a, 18b, 1 in the drop chute 14.
It is held by 8c, 18d and 18e. Next, as the stopper 18 retracts, first, the finger portion 18
The mayonnaise container 4 held by c drops, and then the mayonnaise container 4 held by the finger portions 18b and 18d
Then, the mayonnaise container 4 held by the finger portions 18a and 18e falls. Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described. First, the mayonnaise container 4 wrapped by the bag 6 conveyed by a conveyor belt (not shown) automatically falls into the drop chute 14. At this time, the stopper 18 is at the most advanced position, and the drop chute 14
Inside, the mayonnaise container 4 can be held.
Next, into the cardboard box 1 having the partition 2 shown in FIG.
The mayonnaise container 4 is dropped in a predetermined order. This sequence is stored in the control unit 22 and this control unit 2
The pneumatic cylinder 20 is driven based on the output signal from 2 and the stopper 18 retracts. In this example,
The drop order of the mayonnaise containers 4 is, as shown in FIG. 6, dropped first in the middle part of the lowermost row in the figure, then in both parts at the same time, and then on both sides. Are dropped at the same time. Next, it moves to the upper row one by one, and the same operation is repeated. That is, the mayonnaise container 4 is dropped into the cardboard box 1 in the order of →→→→→→→→.

In this embodiment, since the mayonnaise containers 4 are dropped from the central portion of each row of the cardboard box 1 having the partition 2, the partition 2 is partially deformed. However, the deformation can be easily corrected, and as a result, when the yonaise container 4 is dropped into the cardboard box 1, the box can be smoothly packed. Further, since the mayonnaise container 4 is packaged in the bag 6, when the mayonnaise container 4 conventionally packaged in such a bag 6 is dropped at the same time to perform boxing, the mayonnaise container 4 is separated through the partition 2. Bag 6 of adjacent mayonnaise container 4
There was a problem that they could not be packed in a box because they interfered with each other at the partition 2 and interfered with each other, but in the present embodiment,
The mayonnaise containers 4 adjacent to each other via the partition 2 are dropped separately in different orders. As a result, the bags 6 of the mayonnaise containers 4 adjacent to each other can be reliably prevented from overlapping and interfering with each other at the partition 2. In the above embodiment, as shown in FIG.
8 finger portions 18a, 18b, 18c, 18d, 1
8e has a different shape (length) from that shown in FIG.
By setting to, the order of dropping the mayonnaise containers 4 can be made different from that shown in FIG. That is, when the stopper 18 shown in FIG. 7 is used, the finger portions 18a and 18e are the shortest, and then the finger portion 1
Since 8b and 18d are short and the finger portion 18c is longest, first, the finger portions 18a and 1d are
The mayonnaise container 4 held by 8e drops, the mayonnaise container 4 held by the finger portions 18b and 18d then drops, and finally the mayonnaise container 4 held by the finger portion 18c drops.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 8 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing the control contents used in the other embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the stopper 30 comprises a plurality of stoppers 30a (first stopper), 30b (second stopper), 30c (third stopper), 30d (4) provided so as to correspond to each mayonnaise container 4. No. stopper) and 30e (No. 5 stopper). These stoppers 30a,
30b, 30c, 30d, and 30e include a plurality of pneumatic cylinders 32, that is, pneumatic cylinders 32a (first cylinder), 32b (second cylinder), 32c (third cylinder), 32d (fourth cylinder), and 32e. (No. 5 cylinder) is provided independently. The control content executed by the control unit 22 when driving each of the pneumatic cylinders 32 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 9, S indicates each step. First, in S1,
Operate the pneumatic cylinder 32c (3rd cylinder),
In S2, the stopper 30c (third stopper) is released. As a result, the mayonnaise container 4 held by the stopper 30c drops to the position shown in FIG. Next, in S3, a timer is activated to count a fixed time. Then, in S4, the pneumatic cylinder 32b
(No. 2 cylinder) and 32d (No. 4 cylinder) are activated, and in S5, stopper 30b (No. 2 stopper)
And 30d (4th stopper) are released. This allows
The mayonnaise container 4 held by the stoppers 30b and 30d drops to the position shown in FIG. Next, in S6, the timer is activated again to count a fixed time. Similarly, in S7, the pneumatic cylinder 32a (1
Cylinder No.) and 32e (No. 5 cylinder) are operated to release the stoppers 30a (No. 1 stopper) and 30e (No. 5 stopper) in S8. As a result, the mayonnaise container 4 held by the stoppers 30b and 30d drops to the position shown in FIG.

According to this embodiment, by changing the contents of the program stored in the control unit 22, the order of dropping the mayonnaise containers can be changed very easily. In addition, this embodiment is similar to that shown in FIGS.
The only difference is the configuration for dropping the mayonnaise container in a predetermined order from the example shown in FIG. 5, and other operational effects and the like are the same as the above-mentioned examples.

[0012]

As described above, according to the container packing apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to correct the deformation of the partition of the container box and prevent the interference with the partition of the bag. It is possible to efficiently perform packaging of various kinds.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view showing a cardboard box having a partition.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing how a mayonnaise container packaged in a bag is dropped into a cardboard box.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing an embodiment of a container packaging device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing an example of a stopper used in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a box showing the order in which the containers to be packed fall.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing another example of the stopper used in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the control contents used in another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cardboard box 2 Middle partition 10 Container packing device 12 Support stand 14 Drop chute 16 Partition plate 18 Stopper 18a, 18b, 18c, 18d, 18e Finger part 20 Pneumatic cylinder 22 Control unit 30 Stopper 32 Pneumatic cylinder

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Moriwata Morita, 2-12-1, Shimonoge, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Knorr Foods Co., Ltd. (72) Yasuhiro Baba 2--12, Shimonoge, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa No. 1 within Knorr Foods Co., Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A container packing device for packing containers packaged in a box having a partition, which stores a plurality of packaged containers and sets a direction in which the containers fall into the box. A chute, a stopper member provided below the drop chute for holding the containers, drive means for driving the stopper member in a predetermined horizontal direction to drop the containers to a predetermined position of the box, A packaging device for containers, comprising: a control device that controls a driving device so that the containers are dropped in a box in a predetermined order. 2. The container packing device according to claim 1, wherein the stopper has a shape set so as to correspond to the predetermined drop order. 3. A plurality of the stopper members and the driving means are provided so as to correspond to respective containers to be held, and the plurality of stopper members and the driving means are arranged in a predetermined order of the containers. The box packing device for containers according to claim 1, wherein the box is controlled by the control means so as to drop into the box.