JPH0713708U - Band insertion device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] The present invention relates to a device for inserting a strip of paper into the upper portion of a bottle of sake, beer, etc. packed in a case. [Structure] The present invention is a device for maintaining the opening of a ring-shaped folded strip 53, and a pair of suction plates 15a that adsorb on the front and back sides at the left and right ends of the ring-shaped folded strip 53. , 15b and one of the suction plates is rotated, the cylinder 28, the rack 32, the gear 31, the connecting rod 30a, 3
0b, has a rotating mechanism constituted by the rotating shaft 33.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a device for inserting a strip of paper into the upper portion of a bottle of sake, beer, etc. packed in a case.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Cases of the same standard are used to store bottles of sake, beer, etc. Therefore, the names of manufacturers of liquor and beer, trademarks, etc. are written on the side of the bottle, and it is difficult to find them even when viewed from the top of the case. Therefore, a ring-shaped strip of paper with the manufacturing name and trademark is manually inserted into the upper part of the bin packed in the case.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 As described above, since the work is done manually, the work efficiency is not improved and the productivity is deteriorated. Therefore, the present invention provides a strip insertion device that can be quickly inserted into the upper part of a bin in a case that is sequentially conveyed.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a strip insertion device having a device for maintaining an opening of a ring-shaped double-folded strip, wherein a pair of suction plates are attached to the front and back sides at the right and left ends of the double-folded strip. And a rotation mechanism that rotates one of the suction plates. A second aspect of the present invention is a strip insertion device having a device for inserting an opened strip into the upper part of a container, and a device for supporting the opened ring-shaped strip on a container packed in a case, and a lifting device. It is composed of a pressing tool that presses the strip attached to the rod of the apparatus downward, and a guide pin that is installed inside the corner of the strip via the ascending / descending device to guide the strip. According to a third aspect of the present invention, the lowermost position of the guide pin of the second aspect is set to a position higher than the upper end of the strip inserted into the container.

[0005]

[Action]

 According to the first aspect of the present invention, the ring-shaped folded paper strip is adsorbed at the left and right ends of the strip and at the front side and the back side. When this state is maintained and one suction plate is rotated 180 degrees via the rotation mechanism, a fold line can be formed on the other side. In this state, when the suction plate is returned 90 degrees via the rotating mechanism, the strip is maintained in the open state. According to a second aspect of the present invention, the strip of which the opening is maintained in the first aspect is guided by the guide pin while maintaining the open state, and the strip of the state is inserted into the upper portion of the container through the pressing tool. According to a third aspect of the present invention, the lowermost position of the guide pin is located above the upper end of the strip inserted into the container. By stopping the guide pin at this position, the strip can be inserted more smoothly. .

[0006]

【Example】

 1 is a plan view, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line B of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line C of FIG. A roller conveyor 2 that conveys a case 4 filled with a container 3 such as a bottle of liquor or beer is laid between the four columns 1. An elevating device 5 is attached to the upper part of the column 1, and a rod 7 of the elevating device is elevated and lowered via a pair of guide rods 6 which are vertically attached to an arm 6a fixed near the tip of the rod 7. Further, a thin plate rectangular pressing member 8 for pressing a strip 53 is attached to the end of the rod 7 via an inverted U-shaped attaching member 8a that straddles the container 3. Reference numeral 10b denotes an L-shaped case pressing metal fitting for pressing the upper end of the case 4, which is fitted into the guide rod 6 and the rod 7 and fixed to the lateral arm 10a which is urged and maintained by the arm 6a by the spring 9.

Next, as shown in FIG. 5, a strip supporting device for forming and supporting the ring-shaped bifold strip 53 in a rectangular shape will be described. Reference numeral 26 is a ring-shaped guide plate for the band 53 that is folded in two, and is conveyed to the front surface of the suction portion 17a described later via the feed roller 27 and positioned by the stopper 24. The fixed suction plate 15a is attached to the support column 1 at right angles to the conveyor 2 via the bracket 14, and has a suction connection port 16a and a suction connection port 16a connected to a vacuum device (not shown) at substantially the center. The communicating suction part 17a is formed in the length of one piece of the strip 53 which is in an expanded state, which will be described in detail later. Further, at the left end portion (see FIG. 3) of the suction portion 17a formed on the fixed suction plate 15a shown in FIG. 1, a shaft support 20 is fixed on the fixed suction plate 15a, and a rotary shaft 22 is attached via a set screw 21. , And a connecting rod 30a screwed to the teeth 22a formed on the rotary shaft 22 is rotatably fixed by a nut 23. Further, a gear 31 is fixed to the connecting rod 30a with a bolt 25, and this gear 31 is screwed with a rack 32 which is connected to a cylinder 28 and reciprocates, and rotates forward and backward. The guide pin 12 into which the spring 11 is inserted is fitted in the hole formed in the rotating shaft 22, and the lower end portion of the guide pin 12 contacts the rotating shaft 22 by the urging force of the spring 11 at all times. They are in contact with each other. On the other hand, substantially the same mechanism is formed as shown in FIG. 4 on the right end shown in FIG. 1 of the suction portion 17a formed on the fixed suction plate 15a, except that the gear 31 is not attached. The description is omitted. A suction plate 15b is rotatably connected to the ends of the connecting rods 30a and 30b via a rotation shaft 33. The suction plate 15b is connected to a vacuum device (not shown). The suction connection port 16b and the suction portion 17b communicating with the suction connection port 16b are formed in a length of one side of the strip 53 in the unfolded state. As described above, the suction portion 17a for adsorbing the front side of the strip 53 is formed on the fixed suction plate 15a, while the suction portion 17b for adsorbing the back side of the strip 53 includes the cylinder 28, the rack 32, the gear 31, It is possible to rotate at an angle of 0 to 180 degrees via a rotating mechanism composed of the connecting rods 30a and 30b. A guide pin 12 having the same structure as that shown in FIG. 4 and having a spring 11 inserted therein is fitted on the rotary shaft 33.

In the above structure, first, a mechanism for opening the ring-shaped double-folded strip shown in the left diagram of FIG. 5 into the rectangular shape shown in the right diagram will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 9. First, the suction plates 15a and 15b are set to the positions shown in FIG. This position is a position where the rack 32 contacts the stopper 29, and the suction plate 15b is a position facing the suction plate 15a. Next, the suction plates 15a and 15b are brought into the state shown in FIG. That is, when the gear 31 is rotated counterclockwise through the rack 32 by operating the cylinder 28, the rotary shaft 22 rotates in the same direction and the connecting rod 30a also rotates counterclockwise. The suction plate 15b is rotated by the rotation of the connecting rod 30a, and the connecting rod 30b is also rotated counterclockwise about the rotation shaft 22 in the same manner. In this state, when the ring-shaped half-folded strip 53 is brought into contact with the stopper 24 via the feed roll 27 and conveyed to the front surface of the suction section 17a, the suction plate 15a is positioned in front of the strip 53, and the suction plate 15b is located behind the strip 53. Therefore, when a vacuum device (not shown) is operated to bring the suction portions 17a and 17b into a vacuum state, the strip 53 is attracted to the suction portions 17a and 17b. That is, at both ends of the strip 53, the suction side 17a is on the front side and the suction side 17b is on the back side. Next, when the cylinder 28 is brought into the protruding state, the connecting rods 30a and 30b are similarly rotated 180 degrees clockwise through the gear 31 as shown in FIG. In this state, the strip 53 is bent at the ends of the suction portions 17a and 17b, and new folds are formed. In this state, assuming that the cylinder 28 is at the position shown in FIG. 9, that is, at the position where the end of the rack 32 comes into contact with the stopper 29, the strip supporting device, that is, the suction portion 17a, sucks one side of the strip so as to face it. Each of the other sides facing each other is sucked by the portion 17b, and the strip 53 is kept open.

On the other hand, while the strip is in the open state as described above, the case 4 in which the containers 3 are packed via the conveyor 2 via the control device (not shown) is replaced by the opened strip 53 shown in FIG. The process of waiting for transportation immediately below and inserting the open strip 53 into the upper portion of the container 3 will be described with reference to FIG. As described above, when the container 3 is at the predetermined position, when the elevating device 5 is lowered, the arm 6a is lowered, and the lateral arm 10a pressed by the spring 9 and the holding arm 10b, which are integrated, are lowered. Although the pressing arm 10b contacts the upper edge of the case 4, even if the rod 7 descends, the pressing force is adjusted by the urging force of the spring 9. On the other hand, when the rod 7 descends, the lateral arm 10a presses the guide pin 12 to start inserting the guide pin 12 into the four corners of the strip 53 in the open state, and then the vacuum device is stopped and the suction unit is stopped. The vacuum state of 17a and 17b is released. Then, when the rod 7 further descends, the pressing tool 8 at the tip of the rod comes into contact with the upper edge of the strip 53 and is guided by the guide pin 12, that is, the strip 53 descends in the open state. . On the other hand, since the guide pin 12 descends only to the vicinity of the upper part of the container 3, after that, the strip 53 in the open state reaches the predetermined position from the upper part of the container 3 via the holding tool 8 at the tip of the rod. It is pushed down and inserted. In this state, since the insertion of the strip 53 is completed, the above operation is reversed to raise the elevating device 5, and then the case 4 is discharged via the conveyor 2. The state of each device at this time is that the lifting device 5 is in the position shown in FIG. 2 and the belt supporting device is in the position shown in FIG. It should be noted that the guide pin 12 may be inserted to the middle or lower edge of the strip 53 when the guide pin 12 is inserted into the container 3 at the lowermost position. It is more preferable to stop at a position above the upper edge of the completed strip 53, that is, at a position where the strip 53 is not inserted into the strip because the strip can be smoothly inserted.

[0010]

[Effect of device]

 Since the band-inserting device of the present invention can open the ring-shaped half-folded band and has an automatic mechanism that can be inserted into the upper part of the container, the band can be quickly and accurately inserted. It is possible to save labor.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view showing a plane of the present device.

FIG. 2 is a view taken along arrows AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.

4 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the appearance of a strip.

FIG. 6 is a view for explaining the mechanism action of opening a ring-shaped folded paper strip.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the mechanism operation of opening a ring-shaped folded paper strip.

FIG. 8 is a view for explaining the mechanism action of opening a ring-shaped folded paper strip.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the mechanism operation of opening a ring-shaped folded paper strip.

FIG. 10 is a view for explaining the mechanism operation of inserting the strip into the upper part of the container.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 Container 4 Case 5 Lifting Device 8 Pressing Tool 12 Guide Pins 15a, 15b Suction Plates 17a, 17b Suction Part 28 Cylinders 30a, 30b Connecting Rod 32 Rack 33 Rotating Shaft 53 Strips

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A device for inserting a strip into a container packed in a case, wherein the strip has a ring shape and is folded in two.
A strip insertion device comprising: a front side, a pair of suction plates that adsorb on the back side at the left and right ends of the strip, and a rotating mechanism that rotates one of the suction plates. 2. A strip supporting device for supporting an opened ring-shaped strip on a container packed in a case, a pressing tool for downwardly pressing the strip attached to a rod of an elevating device, and the elevating device. And a guide pin that is installed in a corner portion of the strip via the guide pin and guides the strip. 3. A strip insertion device, wherein the lowermost position of the guide pin of claim 2 is located above the upper end of the strip inserted into the container.