JPH07187123A - Boxing apparatus for long vegetable - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a boxing apparatus for long vegetable which can box long vegetables in a plurality of boxing patterns. CONSTITUTION:A plurality of holding units 421, 422 with a predetermined plurality of laterally arranged holding parts 49 for holding long vegetables K are arranged vertically with predetermined intervals on a moving body 41 which reciprocates between a stock device 2 and a boxing part, while the respective holding units 421, 422 are operable to support boxing patterns either in a single row or a plurality of rows which have been set in advance. A box supporting device 6 for supporting a box 100 rotatably in a horizontal direction by 90 degrees is provided on the boxing part to control rotation of the box supporting device 6 based on any setting of the boxing patterns.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a long vegetable packing device for packing long vegetables such as cucumber, carrot and eggplant, and more specifically to a box of long vegetables capable of adapting to a plurality of packing patterns. Regarding packing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, packaging of long vegetables as described above is
For one type of box 100, the packing pattern is manually changed according to the size of the long vegetables K. For example, long vegetables K having a relatively large size, such as L or M, are packed in a line as shown in FIG. And smaller than this, eg S or 2
As shown in FIG. 16B, the long vegetables K having a size such as S are packed in two rows in a direction in which the long vegetables K do not intersect. Although not shown, it is also possible to fill in a plurality of different columns.

[0003]

However, the conventional manual boxing described above has a problem that the boxing efficiency is low and the boxing results vary depending on individual workers.

On the other hand, the distribution rate of grades or classes of harvested long vegetables is not always constant every year or throughout the year,
In sorting facilities that sort long vegetables, the setting of sorting categories may be changed even during the harvest season.

For example, when the harvested long vegetables are concentrated in the relatively large L and M classes,
Part of the S or 2S discharge port that discharges small sizes is L
Alternatively, the setting of the sorting classification is changed so that the M-class one is discharged.

Therefore, in the work immediately after changing the setting of the sorting classification, the packing operator has a problem that the packing error occurs due to inexperience and the packing efficiency is remarkably lowered.

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a packaging device for long vegetables capable of switching the packaging pattern to either a single row or a plurality of rows.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a boxing device for long vegetables according to the present invention is arranged such that long vegetables are aligned in a predetermined plurality in the horizontal direction with the longitudinal direction of the long vegetables being oriented in the vertical direction. A holding unit for holding long vegetables is provided in a movable body that reciprocates between a storage device to be on standby and a predetermined boxing unit, and a plurality of holding units arranged in the lateral direction are arranged at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction. In addition to arranging a plurality of them in parallel with each other, each of these holding units is configured to be operable corresponding to a preset single-row or multiple-row packing pattern, and the boxes are horizontally arranged in the packing section. A box supporting device for rotatably supporting 90 degrees is provided, and a control device for controlling the rotation of the box supporting device is provided based on the setting of either the single row or the plural rows of packing patterns. It is a thing.

[0009]

According to the present invention configured as described above, a plurality of long vegetables aligned and waited by the storage device are held by the moving body that reciprocates between the storage device and a predetermined boxing unit. Are boxed by being held by a plurality of holding units arranged in the lateral direction. The plurality of holding units are configured to be operable corresponding to a preset single row or multiple rows, and switching of the packaging pattern is based on setting of either single row or multiple rows of the packaging pattern. This can be done by controlling the rotation of the box support device.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, a schematic structure of a boxing device for long vegetables according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 10, 11 and 12. 10 is a plan view of a long vegetable sorting facility in which a plurality of long vegetable packaging devices are arranged, and FIG. 11 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. FIG. 12 is a plan view of one packaging device.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a bucket conveyor type sorting conveyor in which a large number of buckets B are rotated in the direction of the arrow. According to the sorting conveyor 1, the long vegetables K laid horizontally on the bucket B in the longitudinal direction are subjected to predetermined sorting items by a measuring device (not shown) during transportation, and predetermined by an arithmetic processing device (not shown). It is discharged from the sorting and discharging section according to grade and rank. According to the drawings of the embodiment, the sorting conveyor 1 is of a four-row type. Reference numeral 11 denotes a drawer conveyor, which receives the long vegetables K discharged according to the grade from a predetermined sorting and discharging section of the sorting conveyor 1 and transports them by adding each row in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction of the sorting conveyor 1. Has become. Therefore, this pull-out conveyor 11 is a long vegetable K discharged from the sorting conveyor 1.
Is transported with its longitudinal direction oriented in the transport direction.

Numeral 12 is an alignment conveyor provided at the tip of the drawing conveyor 11, and the conveying surface is divided by a partition member 13 into a plurality of conveying paths. The aligning conveyor 12 is equipped with a sensor (not shown) for detecting the long vegetables K passing through the respective conveying paths, and when a predetermined number of the long vegetables K pass on the aligning conveyor 12, a container lifting device 2 described later.
5 is activated and a container 15 on which a predetermined number of long vegetables K are placed
Are lowered onto the transport conveyor 20.

As shown in FIG. 13, the container 15 has a long vegetable K for packing in a longitudinal direction (conveying direction of the container 15), and the long vegetable K is laterally arranged in a predetermined direction. A groove portion 16 having a V or U shape or the like is formed on the upper portion thereof so that a plurality (13 in the drawing) are arranged.

The shape of the groove 16 is preferably formed appropriately according to the type of the long vegetable K as the object to be packed. For example, a plurality of grooves 16 are formed by projections or partition members (none of which are shown). It can also be formed. Further, the number of the groove portions 16 is arbitrarily set by the boxing method.

The long vegetable packing apparatus of the present invention is arranged at the tip of the alignment conveyor 12. As shown in FIG. 11, this long vegetable packaging device is configured by combining the main parts of a storage device 2, a pick-up transfer device 4, and a box support device 6.

The storage device 2 arranges a predetermined number of long vegetables K supplied from the aligning conveyor 12 on the container 15 and then waits for alignment. The upper stage for conveying the container 15 on which the long vegetables K are placed is arranged. The transfer conveyor 20, a return conveyor 21 for transferring an empty container 15 to a predetermined position below the transfer conveyor 20, and a terminal portion 2 of the transfer conveyor 20.
0b and a second lift device 2 provided at the starting end 20a of the conveyor 20.
3 and 3.

The transfer conveyor 20 is a roller conveyor provided with a large number of rollers 24 which are rotationally driven as shown in FIG. 11, and is adapted to transfer the container 15 in the direction of the arrow in the figure. The conveyor 20 is not limited to the roller conveyor system shown in the drawings, but may be a chain conveyor,
Various conveying means such as a belt conveyor can be used.

Reference numeral 25 is a container lifting device, which is provided at the starting end 20a of the conveyor 20. The container lifting device 25 includes a cylinder 26 and a stopper member 2
7 is projected and retracted upward between the rollers 24, 24.

The return conveyor 21 has the same structure as the transfer conveyor 20 and is provided below the transfer conveyor 20 at a predetermined position with the transfer direction reversed, and is emptied by the first lift device 22. The container 15 is the second
It is adapted to be conveyed to a predetermined position below the lift device 23.

The first lift device 22 is shown in FIGS.
1, the end portion 20 of the transfer conveyor 20
A conveyor 28, which is connected to b and is configured such that the transport direction can be reversed, is configured to be movable up and down by a cylinder 29. The conveyor 28 is adapted to rotate in the same direction as the carrying direction of the carrying conveyor 20 in order to receive the container 15 from the carrying conveyor 20 in the upper stage when the conveyor 28 goes up. On the other hand, the conveyor 28 is configured to convey the empty container 15 onto the return conveyor 21 in the lower stage when it descends, so that the conveying direction is opposite to that in the upper stage. The machine length of the conveyer 28 is configured so that two containers 15 can be placed side by side in the transport direction. The size of the conveyor 28 (machine length) can be arbitrarily configured depending on the size of the container 15 and the method of packaging.

In FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, reference numeral 30 denotes a suction table, which is raised by a predetermined height above the conveying surface of the conveyor 28 by a cylinder 32 attached to a frame 31 of the conveyor 28. And conveyor 2
The container 15 conveyed to the upper part 8 is raised to a predetermined suction height (imaginary line in the figure).

The second lift device 23 has a structure similar to that of the first lift device 22, and the container 15 conveyed to the terminal end portion 21b of the return conveyor 21 is transferred to the conveyor 33 one by one.
Individually received, the conveyor 33 is raised and sent to the starting end portion 20a of the conveyor 20. Therefore, the conveyor 3 of the second lift device 23
The captain of No. 3 is configured to have a size in which one container 15 can be placed.

Next, the pick-up and transfer device 4 will be described mainly with reference to FIGS.

The pick-up and transfer device 4 picks up the long vegetables K on the container 15 which stands by on the suction table 30 of the first lift device 22, transfers the long vegetables K to the box support device 6 and packs them in the cardboard box 100. It is like this. still,
The vertical direction in this specification means the direction of the arrow in FIG. 4 (container 1
5), and the lateral direction is a direction perpendicular to the arrow direction in the figure.

Reference numeral 40 is a frame. 41 is frame 4
It is a quadrangular frame body that is located inward of 0 and has a rectangular shape in plan view.

Reference numeral 421 is a holding unit in the first row, and four guide shafts 42a provided in the frame body 41 are laid horizontally in parallel. Reference numeral 422 is a holding unit in the second row, and similarly to the above, four guide shafts 42b are installed in parallel. Although two sets of holding units are provided in the drawing, the number of holding units is not limited thereto.

Fixed blocks 43a, 43a are provided at both ends of the guide shaft 42a, and are mounted inside the frame 41 while supporting the guide shaft 42a in parallel.

Reference numerals 43b and 43b denote moving blocks provided at both ends of the guide shaft 42b. This moving block 43
b is attached to the frame body 41 via levers 44, 44. As shown in FIG. 5, one end of the lever 44 is pivotally supported by the moving block 43b, and the other end thereof is pivotally supported by a bracket 45 attached to the lower portion of the frame 41. A cylinder 46 is provided in the middle of the lever 44.
Piston rod 46a of the cylinder 46 is connected, and the other end 46b of the cylinder 46 is connected to a part of the frame 41. The piston rod 46a of the cylinder 46 expands and contracts to move the moving block 43b back and forth between an imaginary line position and a solid line position in the figure.

Reference numeral 47 denotes the guide shaft 42a and the guide shaft 4.
2b are slidably mounted sliders, and a preset number (13 in the first row holding unit 421 and 9 in the second row holding unit 422) are provided.

Reference numeral 48 is a support member having a pipe or round bar cross section, and is provided in a direction perpendicular to each of the sliders 47. Reference numeral 49 denotes a suction pad which is provided at the lower end of the support member 48 and faces downward, and is made of a soft material such as rubber. The long vegetables K are picked up from the container 15 by vacuum suction. In the drawings of the embodiments, the vacuum suction type pad is used to hold the long vegetables K, but the present invention is not limited to this, and other gripping means may be used. The upper portion of the support member 48 is slidably incorporated in each guide groove 54 of the cam plate 53 described later.

Reference numeral 50 denotes a slide cylinder, the main body 50a of which is horizontally attached to the frame 40,
The slide portion 50b is attached to the frame body 41. A guide roller 51 is rotatably supported by the frame pair 41 on the opposite side to which the slide portion 50b is attached, and the guide roller 51 runs on a rail 52 attached to the frame 40. There is. The stroke of the slide cylinder 50 has such a length that it can reciprocate on the first lift device 22 and the box support device 6. Reference numeral 53 denotes a lightweight thin plate-shaped cam plate, which is installed over the first lift device 22 and the box support device 6 such that the plate surface thereof is horizontal. The cam plate 53 is provided with a plurality of guide grooves 54 (13 in FIGS. 4 and 6) having a predetermined shape, and the upper portion of the support member 48 penetrates from the lower surface. Therefore, the frame member 41 of the support member 48 moves in the vertical direction by the operation of the slide cylinder 50 and slides along the guide groove 54.

Both ends of the cam plate 53 are detachably fitted into the U-shaped guide rails 55, 55. The guide rails 55, 55 are supported by a suspension member 56, and the suspension member 56 supports the frames 40, 40.
It is hung from an arch-shaped member 57 which is erected above via a cylinder 58.

The replacement of the cam plate 53 can be pulled out from the guide rail 55 by operating the cylinder 58 to raise the cam plate 53 to the imaginary line in FIG. Incidentally, FIG. 6 shows the cam plate 5 showing a packing pattern of two rows.
14 and 15 show an example of the cam plate 53 having a single-row packing pattern.

Next, the box support device 6 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 7 to 9.

In the figure, reference numeral 60 is a vertically installed guide frame, and a cam follower 62 axially supported by a lift 61.
Are combined so that they can move vertically. Reference numeral 63 denotes a chain, one end of which is connected to a part of the lifting table 61 and the other end of which is connected a balance weight 64. The chain 63 is wound around a sprocket 66 of a motor 65 provided on the upper portion of the frame 40, and by vertically reversing the output shaft of the motor 65, the elevator 61 is moved up and down. The mechanism for moving the lifting platform 61 up and down is not limited to the method shown in the drawings, and an actuator such as a cylinder can be used. Incidentally, the guide frame 60
In addition, a sensor (not shown) for detecting the vertical stop position of the lift 61 is provided according to each height.

Reference numeral 67 is a conveyor for receiving the cardboard box 100, and has a machine length shorter than the length of the cardboard box 100. The conveyor 67 is configured to rotate normally or reversely by a start signal (not shown).
It is configured to be rotatable. This horizontal rotation mechanism 68
The slide shafts 69, 69 are horizontally mounted on the upper surface of the elevating table 61 in the horizontal direction, and a support shaft 70 projecting upward from the slide shafts 69, 69 is provided for lateral movement. A piston rod 71a of a cylinder 71 provided on the lifting table 61 is connected to a part of the support shaft 70.

On the support shaft 70, the conveyor 6
The lower part of 7 is mounted rotatably in the horizontal direction.
A pinion 72 is attached to the lower part of the conveyor 67, and the pinion 72 meshes with a rack 73 provided on the lift 61.

The horizontal rotation mechanism 68 constructed as described above
Thus, when the piston rod 71a of the cylinder 71 is operated, the corrugated board box 100 on the conveyor 67 can be rotationally driven 90 degrees in the horizontal direction as shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 74 is a support frame arranged above the conveyor 67, and each flap 101 of the corrugated cardboard box 100.
It is provided in a size that surrounds the outside. Reference numeral 75 is a guide shaft provided in the vertical direction outside the support frame 74.
The guide shaft 75 is provided on the frame 67 of the conveyor 67.
It is rotatably supported by a bearing 76 provided at a so as to be vertically slidable. The support frame 74 is configured to be movable up and down by a piston rod 77a of a cylinder 77 whose main body is attached to a frame 67a.

The piston rod 7 of this cylinder 77
7a and the support frame 74 are not connected and fixed. Therefore, when the piston rod 77a of the cylinder 77 extends and then retracts, the supporting frame 74 acts so as to descend by its own weight. (Refer to FIG. 8) Reference numeral 78 is a flap expanding member in the form of a narrow plate having a hook portion 78a at its tip. The flap expanding member 78 is provided corresponding to each of the flaps 101 of the corrugated cardboard box 100 that stand upright, and the hook portion 78 is provided to the support frame 74 by a hinge 79 as shown in FIG.
The a is attached so as to be rotatable approximately 90 degrees upward from the horizontal direction. The flap expanding member 78 is configured to hold the flap expanding member 78 in a substantially horizontal direction when not in operation. The position of the hook portion 78a is set so as to be inward of each flap 101 that is erected in the substantially horizontal state.

The operation of the flap expanding member 78 will be described.

When the empty cardboard box 100 is supplied below the support frame 74 pushed upward by the piston rod 77a of the cylinder 77, the operation of the cylinder 77 is released and the piston rod 77a is retracted. When the piston rod 77a sinks, the support frame 74 descends due to its own weight. When the support frame 74 descends, the hook portion 78a of the flap expanding member 78 engages with the upper edge of each standing flap 101 to bend the flap 101 outward by a predetermined angle. As a result, the opening of the cardboard box 100 is greatly expanded.

In FIGS. 10 and 11, reference numeral 80 denotes an empty box transfer conveyor for transferring an empty cardboard box 100, which is provided outside the box support device 6 at a predetermined upper position in parallel with the selection conveyor 1. There is. This empty box conveyor 80
The cardboard box 100 conveyed by the
A box distribution device 81 provided on the side of 0 feeds one by one toward the corresponding box support device 6.

Reference numeral 82 denotes an empty box lowering device provided corresponding to the box distributing device 81. The cardboard box 100 sent out by the box distributing device 81 is vertically lowered and sent out to the conveyor 67 of the box supporting device 6. It has become. The supply method of the empty cardboard box 100 is not limited to the drawing, and various methods may be used.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a product conveyor, which is provided below the return conveyor 21 and receives the cardboard box 100 sent from the conveyor 67 of the box supporting device 6 and conveys it in a predetermined direction.

The operation of the long vegetable packing apparatus configured as described above will be described below.

The packing pattern is two rows.

The long vegetables K placed on the bucket B in the longitudinal direction are sorted and discharged according to grades from the predetermined sorting section of the sorting conveyor 1 for each article, and the longitudinal direction is conveyed by the drawing conveyor 11 in the conveying direction. Is transported along. And the long vegetables K conveyed by the drawer conveyor 11
Are sorted into a plurality of lines by the alignment conveyor 12 and are conveyed.

By the second lift device 23, the conveyor 2
The container 15 supplied onto the container 0 is placed on the stopper member 27 by the operation of the cylinder 26 of the container lifting device 25, and stands by at the end of the alignment conveyor 12. Then, when a predetermined plurality of long vegetables K sent from the alignment conveyor 12 are supplied onto the container 15 by, for example, manual work, the cylinder 26 operates and the stopper member 27 descends. As a result, the container 15 on which the long vegetables K are placed is transported by the transport conveyor 20 in the arrow direction and stands by on the conveyor 28 of the first lift device 22.

On the other hand, the suction pad 49 of the pick-up transfer device 4
Is waiting at the starting position of operation on the first lift device 22.

When a predetermined number of containers 15 on the conveyor 28, that is, two containers 15 are lined up in the drawing, the cylinder 32 operates and the suction table 30 rises to the position indicated by the imaginary line in FIG. As a result, the long vegetables K on the container 15 are suction-held by the suction pad 49. When the long vegetables K are held, the slide cylinder 50 of the pick-up and transfer device 4 operates to transfer the frame 41 to the box support device 6.

During this transfer, the cylinder 46 for operating the lever 44 is operated and the holding unit 422 in the second row is actuated.
Is slightly moved to the holding unit 421 side of the first row. Then, the second-row long vegetables K sucked and held by the suction pad 49 are partially overlapped and placed on the first-row long vegetables K.

The box supporting device 6 holds the cardboard box 100 placed on the conveyor 67 at a predetermined height, and the picking and transferring device 4 fills the cardboard box 100 with the long vegetables K in two rows. Then, the cardboard box 100 is lowered to a height where it does not hinder the lateral movement of the suction pad 49 and stands by. This operation is repeated to perform the cardboard box 100.
When the long vegetables K are stacked inside, the box support device 6 lowers the cardboard box 100 and sends it out onto the product transport conveyor 9.

The container 15 emptied by picking up the long vegetables K is lowered by the first lift device 22 and sent out onto the return conveyor 21. The container 15 sent by the return conveyor 21 onto the conveyor 33 of the second lift device 23 is returned by the second lift device 23 to the starting end portion 20a of the transfer conveyor 20 and is repeatedly circulated and used.

Next, the operation of switching the packing pattern from the two-row packing to the one-row packing will be described with reference to FIGS. 14 and 15. This switching is performed by, for example, a changeover switch of an operation panel (not shown)
The cylinder 71 of the box supporting device 6 operates to activate the cardboard box 10.
Rotate 0 90 degrees horizontally. (Imaginary line position in FIG. 9) Further, the operation of the cylinder 46 for laterally moving the holding unit 422 in the second row is stopped by the output signal (not shown). As a result, the holding unit 422 in the second row suspends the work of picking up the long vegetables K on the container 15, and only the holding unit 421 in the first row becomes operable.

After the operation panel (not shown) is operated as described above, the work of replacing the cam plates 53 for single row packing is performed.

In this replacement work, the cam plate 53 is moved to the position shown in FIG.
After ascending to the imaginary line position inside, the cam plate 53 for the second row is taken out from the guide rail 55, and the cam plate 53 for one row packing is pushed in.

The container 15 of the storage device 2 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 5, the groove 16 having 13 grooves is used.

In the boxing operation, the pick-up and transfer device 6 is activated every time one container 15 containing the long vegetables K is supplied and the boxing is performed. The detailed operation is substantially the same as the above-mentioned two-row filling operation, and the description thereof will be omitted.

[0061]

As described above, in the apparatus for packaging long vegetables according to the present invention, the movable body that reciprocates between the storage device and the packaging section has the holding portion for holding the long vegetables in the lateral direction. A plurality of holding units arranged side by side are arranged side by side at a predetermined interval in the vertical direction, and each of these holding units can operate in correspondence with either a preset single-row or multiple-row packing pattern. And a box support device that supports the box rotatably in the horizontal direction by 90 degrees in the box packing part, and is configured to control the rotation of the box support device based on any setting of the box packing pattern. It is possible to switch to any of a plurality of packing patterns with one packing device.

This has the effect that it is possible to provide a highly versatile packaging device that can respond to the packaging pattern that changes depending on the distribution rate of the long vegetables or grade, by simply switching. .

Further, the conventional device is expensive because it is manufactured as a dedicated machine corresponding to only one packing pattern. However, according to the present invention, one packing device is used for a plurality of packing boxes. Since the packing pattern can be dealt with, there is an effect that the manufacturing parts can be unified and the device can be made inexpensive.

Further, since the packing is performed by a machine, the packing result is constant and the packing efficiency is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a packaging device.

FIG. 2 is a right side view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a partial detailed view of the pick-up and transfer device.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of a cam plate of the packaging device.

FIG. 7 is a front view in which a part of the box supporting device is omitted.

FIG. 8 is a right side view of the same.

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing a horizontal rotation mechanism of the box support device.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of a long vegetable sorting facility.

11 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the container 15.

FIG. 14 is a plan view of a boxing device for explaining single-row packing.

FIG. 15 is a plan view of the cam plate.

16 (a) and 16 (b) are explanatory views of a boxing pattern for long vegetables.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: Sorting Conveyor B: Bucket K: Long Vegetable 11: Drawer Conveyor 12: Aligning Conveyor 13: Partitioning Member 15: Container 16: Groove 2: Storage Device 20: Conveying Conveyor 21: Returning Conveyor 22: First Lifting Device 23: No. 2 Lifting device 24: Roller 25: Container lifting device 26: Cylinder 27: Stopper member 28: Conveyor 29: Cylinder 30: Adsorption table 31: Frame 32: Cylinder 33: Conveyor 4: Pickup / transfer device 40: Frame 41: Frame pair 421 : First-row holding unit 422: Second-row holding unit 42a: Guide shaft 42b: Guide shaft 43a: Fixed block 43b: Moving block 44: Lever 45: Bracket 46: Cylinder 47: Slider 48: Support member 49: Suction pad 50: Slide cylinder 51: Moth Corolla 52: Rail 53: Cam plate 54: Guide groove 55: Guide rail 56: Hanging member 57: Arch member 58: Cylinder 6: Box support device 60: Guide frame 61: Lifting platform 62: Cam follower 63: Chain 64: Balance Weight 65: Motor 66: Sprocket 67: Conveyor 68: Horizontal rotation mechanism 69: Slide shaft 70: Support shaft 71: Cylinder 72: Pinion 73: Rack 74: Support frame 75: Guide shaft 76: Bearing 77: Cylinder 78: Flap expansion Opening member 79: Hinge 80: Empty box transfer conveyor 81: Box placement device 82: Empty box lowering device 9: Product transfer conveyor 100: Cardboard box 101: Flap

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A long vegetable is held on a moving body that reciprocates between a storage device for arranging a predetermined plurality of long vegetables in a horizontal direction with the longitudinal direction of the long vegetables oriented in the vertical direction and a predetermined boxing section. A plurality of holding units for holding the plurality of holding units arranged in the horizontal direction are arranged in parallel in the vertical direction at predetermined intervals, and each of these holding units is preset in a single row or a plurality of rows. The packing pattern is configured to be operable in correspondence with any of the packing patterns, and the packing section is provided with a box support device that supports the boxes so that the boxes can be rotated 90 degrees in the horizontal direction. A packaging device for long vegetables, comprising a control device for controlling the rotation of the box supporting device based on any one of the settings.