JPH07300114A - Box-packing device for long sized article - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To assuredly grip a long sized article and improve the energy saving and efficiency of a box-packing work by a method wherein a supporting bar is inserted in an insertion groove being perpendicular to the long sized article which is loaded in parallel, and the long size article is held by the supporting bar and a pressing pad. CONSTITUTION:A supporting bar 33 of a gripping arm 27 which constitutes a cucumber gripping machine is made to stand by in advance at a location wherein the supporting bar 33 is inserted in an insertion groove Td of a tray T for alignment. Then, the tray T for alignment which is loaded on an orbital conveyor 2 is carried to a gripping location, and the supporting bar 33 of the gripping arm 27, which is made to stand by in advance, is inserted in the insertion groove Td of the tray T for alignment, and respective cucumbers K being loaded on the tray T for alignment are gripped by a pressing pad 30 constituting the gripping arm 27, and the supporting bar 33. Then, an appropriate number of cucumbers K are input in an corrugated fiberboard box as a batch under a condition being gripped by the gripping arm 27. Then, the gripping by the gripping arm 27 is released, and respective cucumbers K are packed in the box.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a long object boxing device used for boxing long objects such as cucumber, carrot, potato, and eggplant.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method of packing cucumbers as in the above-mentioned example, for example, after arranging a plurality of each cucumber in parallel, each cucumber is made of synthetic rubber on the upper circumferential surface. The suction pads are brought into close contact with each other and suction-held by the negative pressure of the suction blower connected to each suction pad. Next, move the multiple cucumbers to the upper part of the cardboard box with the suction pads held by suction, and then store the multiple cucumbers sucked and held by the suction pads in the cardboard box at once. There is a method of shutting off or stopping the negative pressure by the blower, separating each of the plurality of cucumbers adsorbed and held by each adsorption pad, and packing each of the plurality of cucumbers in a corrugated cardboard box.

[0003]

However, when a plurality of cucumbers are suction-held and packed in a box as described above, the cucumber has an upper peripheral surface with projections, wrinkles, and other irregularities. By strongly pressing the suction pad against the surface, the upper peripheral surface of the cucumber and the lower suction surface of the suction pad will adhere without a gap, but if you press the suction pad with an excessively strong force, the cucumber will stick to the suction part. It is difficult to attach the suction pad to the upper surface of the cucumber, because it breaks or the cucumber sticks to the suction mark and the product value is impaired.

When the pressing force of the suction pad is weakened, a gap is formed between the upper peripheral surface of the cucumber and the lower suction surface of the suction pad, and the atmosphere is sucked through the gap, so that the cucumber is held by suction. It is technically difficult to secure the airtightness and the negative pressure necessary for this, and there is a problem that the cucumber packaging work cannot be performed reliably.

In view of the above problems, the present invention inserts the long object holding means into the insertion groove of the long object aligning portion, and the long objects placed in parallel on the same long object aligning portion are held by the long object holding means. The object of the present invention is to provide a long object boxing device capable of reliably carrying out the operation of holding and packing a long object and increasing the efficiency of the operation since the object is held and boxed.

[0006]

The invention according to claim 1 is
An insertion groove is formed on the mounting surface of the long object arranging section at right angles to the longitudinal side of each long object placed on the long object arranging section, and at a position above the long object arranging section. The long object boxing device is provided with a long object holding means for holding a peripheral surface portion of each long object facing the insertion groove of the long object arranging portion.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the structure of the first aspect, the long object holding means is provided on the lower surface side of each long object facing the insertion groove of the long object aligning portion. A support body for supporting and a pressing body for pressing the upper surface side of each long object supported by the support body, and on the upper and lower surfaces of each long object placed on the long object aligning unit. A pressing means for pressing the support and the pressing body is provided, and the long product aligning portion and the support are relatively moved in a direction in which the support is inserted into the insertion groove of the long product aligning portion. It is characterized in that it is a long object box packing device provided with an insertion means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the structure of the second aspect, a support position for supporting the support on the lower surface side of each long object placed on the long object alignment section. And a supporting member moving means for moving to a retracted position retracted from the lower surface side of each elongated object.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the structure of the first aspect, the long object aligning portion is formed in a size such that the appropriate number of the long objects are placed in parallel. A long piece configured by a long article transport table, and having an insertion groove formed on the mounting surface of the long article transport table orthogonal to the longitudinal side of each long article placed on the long article transport table. It is characterized by being a box packing device.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, the long object aligning portion is formed to have a length such that the plurality of long objects are placed in parallel. A long strip which is composed of a long strip transport strip, and in which an insertion groove is formed on the mounting surface of the long strip transport strip at right angles to the longitudinal side of each long strip placed on the long strip transport strip. It is characterized by being a box packing device.

[0011]

In the long object boxing device according to the first aspect of the present invention, the long object holding means is inserted into the insertion groove of the long object arranging section at right angles to the longitudinal sides of the long objects placed in parallel, and the same length is provided. Since the long object holding means holds the peripheral surface portion of each long object facing the insertion groove of the long object arranging portion and is packed in the box body, it is possible to reliably hold an appropriate number of each long object. The boxing work can be done easily.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for packing a long object, in addition to the operation of the first aspect, by driving the inserting means,
On top of each long object placed on the long object arranging section, insert the support into the insertion groove of the long object arranging section at right angles to each of the long objects placed in parallel and drive the pressing means. The support and the pressing body are pressed against the lower surface and held. Since an appropriate number of each long object is boxed inside the box while being held by the support and the pressing body, the operation of holding and boxing the long object can be reliably performed.

In addition to the function of the second aspect, the long object boxing device according to the third aspect drives the support moving means to place the support at a position for supporting the lower surface side of each long object. The support is inserted into the insertion groove of the long product aligning portion in advance to support the lower surface side of each long product. After storing an appropriate number of each long object inside the box, the support is retracted from the lower surface side of each long object stored inside the box and pulled out, so it is easy to insert and remove the support It is possible to reliably pack long objects in a box.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the operation of the first aspect, the long object boxing device has a long piece in the insertion groove of the long piece arranging table in which an appropriate number of long pieces are placed in parallel. Since the object holding means is inserted and held, like the above-mentioned claim 1,
Can securely hold and pack long objects.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the operation of the first aspect, the long-item boxing device has a long groove in the insertion groove of the long-piece conveying belt on which a large number of long pieces are placed in parallel. Since the object holding means is inserted and held, it is possible to reliably carry out the holding work and the boxing work of the long object as in the first aspect.

[0016]

According to the present invention, the long object holding means is inserted into the insertion groove of the long object arranging section at right angles to each of the long objects arranged in parallel and placed on the same long object arranging section. Since each long product thus obtained is held and boxed by the long object holding means, it is difficult to adsorb and hold a long product such as cucumber and eggplant as in the conventional method, or the long product is It can be prevented from falling off during movement, and the holding work for holding an appropriate number of each long product and the boxing work for packing each long product can be reliably performed. Moreover, since an appropriate number of each long object is collectively held and packed in a box, the labor and work of manually packing a large number of each long object one by one can be saved, and the time required for the box packing operation can be shortened. As a result, it is possible to save labor and improve efficiency.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. The drawings show a cucumber box packing device for packing cucumbers sorted by equal rank as an example of a long product, and FIGS.
In this cucumber box packing device, a large number of sorting trays T ... are circulated to the loading position, the alignment position, and the holding position set on the orbiting conveyor 2, and a large number are sorted according to the equal rank. The cucumbers K ... of books are sequentially placed on the loading conveyor 3, and a large number of cucumbers K ... are sequentially transferred to the trays T for alignment transported to the loading position on the circulating conveyor 2.
Cucumber aligning machine 4 arranged at the alignment position on the circulating conveyor 2
Is driven to align one side end of each cucumber K ... Mounted on each of the two aligning trays T, T in a horizontal line. Drive the cucumber holding machine 5 arranged at the holding position on the orbiting conveyor 2,
Hold 18 cucumbers K ... Placed on each of the two trays T for alignment. The box elevator 6 arranged at the boxing position on the side of the same position is driven to supply the cardboard box B assembled in the top open form to the boxing position, and the box opening machine 7 arranged at the boxing position is driven. Then, after opening the flaps Ba ... of the corrugated cardboard box B that have been raised to an appropriate height in all directions, the 18 cucumbers K ... held by the cucumber pickling machine 5 described above are collectively packaged in the corrugated cardboard box B. This is the configuration.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the above-mentioned aligning tray T has a tray main body Ta formed in a size and shape in which nine cucumbers K ... A concave mounting portion Tb for mounting one cucumber K in the lateral direction on the upper surface side of the tray body Ta is formed, and each of the nine cucumber K in the longitudinal direction on the upper surface side of the tray body Ta. Are formed on the tray main body Ta, and the alignment plates Tc, Tc are formed on both ends of the tray main body Ta on the longitudinal side so as to face the left and right ends of the cucumber K. .

Further, an insertion groove Td is formed in the longitudinal direction on the upper surface side of the tray body Ta in a direction orthogonal to the central portion on the longitudinal side of each of the concave mounting portions Tb, and the insertion groove Td is formed in each of the cucumber lifting machines 5 described later. The support bars 33, 33 are formed to have a groove depth and groove width that allow insertion. When the cucumber-shaped cucumbers K ... are to be placed, the alignment tray T in which the center of the bottom surface of each concave placement portion Tb ... .

The above-mentioned circulating conveyor 2 includes a first conveyor 2a and a second conveyor 2 which compose the same circulating conveyor 2.
b, the third conveyor 2c, and the fourth conveyor 2d are sequentially arranged on the circulation path, and the first conveyor 2a is orthogonally arranged at the feed-side end portion of the feeding conveyor 3 described later. 1
The second conveyor 2b is disposed orthogonally to the feed side end portion of the conveyor 2a, and the third conveyor 2b is provided at the feed side end portion of the second conveyor 2b.
The conveyors 2c are arranged orthogonally, the fourth conveyor 2d is arranged orthogonally at the feed side end of the third conveyor 2c, and the first conveyor 2a is arranged at the feed end of the fourth conveyor 2d. They are arranged orthogonally.

That is, each conveyor 2a, 2b, 2c, 2 is driven by the driving force of a feed motor (not shown) with a speed reducer.
By rotating d in the feed direction,
b, 2c, 2d, each of a large number of trays T for alignment
Is moved to the throwing position, the aligning position, and the holding position. In addition, the pusher mechanisms 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d arranged in the orthogonal portions of the conveyors 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d are driven to drive a large number of alignment trays T ...
a, 2b, 2c, and 2d are sequentially transferred.

The above-mentioned feeding conveyor 3 is at the feeding position set on the circulating conveyor 2 and is orthogonal to one side end of the circulating conveyor 2 and has a feeding belt 9 and each acceleration roller 1.
0 and 10 and the acceleration belt 11 are arranged in the loading direction,
By the driving force of the feed motor (not shown) with a reducer,
Each acceleration roller 10 is faster than the feed speed of the feed belt 9,
10 and the accelerating belt 11 are rotated at high speed to transfer a large number of each cucumber K ... Transferred by the feeding belt 9 to the accelerating rollers 10, 10 and the accelerating belt 11, respectively. Accelerate the tip side of ... in the feed direction to correct the posture so that it becomes straight. At the same time, the conveyor 2a
The plurality of aligning trays T ... Are sequentially moved to the loading position set above, and the plurality of cucumbers K ... are aligned in the longitudinal direction with respect to the concave mounting portions Tb ... of the aligning tray T. Will be transferred in sequence.

In the cucumber aligning machine 4 described above, as shown in FIG. 3, the stoppers 12 and 12 are provided on the lower part of the aligning position set on the orbiting conveyor 2 so that the stoppers 12 can be retracted and retracted. The piston rods of the working cylinders 13 and 13 are fixed to the lower ends of the stoppers 12 and 12, respectively, and the aligning trays T and T transported by the orbiting conveyor 2 by the operation of the retracting cylinders 13 and 13, respectively. The stoppers 12 and 12 are moved in and out of the protruding position where they abut and the retracted position where the abutting of the trays T for alignment is avoided.

Further, the piston rods of the aligning cylinders 14, 14 arranged above the aligning positions are connected to the supporting plates 15, 1 respectively.
5, the piston rods of the pressing cylinders 16 and 16 standing on the upper surface side central portion of the supporting plates 15 and 15 are fixed to the pressing plates 17 and 17, respectively. On the lower surface side, for example, the pressing pads 18, 18 formed of an elastic body such as synthetic rubber or synthetic resin are attached.

That is, the two aligning trays T, T conveyed by the circulating conveyor 2 are connected to the stoppers 12, 12 respectively.
After temporarily stopping at the aligning position with, each aligning cylinder 14,
14 and the pressing cylinders 16 and 16 are actuated to press the cucumbers K ... Mounted on the right-side alignment tray T to press the pad 1.
8 is pressed and moved rightward all at once, and the right end of each cucumber K ... is brought into contact with the aligning plate Tc formed at the end of the same side and aligned in a horizontal line. Further, the cucumbers K ... Placed on the left tray T for alignment are pressed by the pressing pad 18 to be moved in the left direction at a time, and the left end of each cucumber K ... is placed on the aligning plate Tc formed at the end on the same side. Abut the parts and align them horizontally.

As shown in FIG. 2, the cucumber holding machine 5 described above has guide rails 19, between the holding position set on the orbiting conveyor 2 and the boxing position set on the side of the same position. 19 is erected, and the piston rod of the moving cylinder 20 horizontally fixed above the boxing position is fixed to one end of the moving frame 21 mounted on the guide rails 19 and 19, and the moving cylinder 20 of the moving cylinder 20 is fixed. By the operation, the entire moving frame 21 is horizontally moved above the holding position and above the boxing position. In addition, the piston rod of the lifting cylinder 22 vertically fixed to the upper part of the moving frame 21 is fixed to the central portion on the upper surface side of the lifting frame 23 vertically provided on the lower part of the moving frame 21, and by the operation of the lifting cylinder 22, The entire elevating frame 23 is vertically moved up and down between the holding position and the boxing position.

As shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the elevating frame 23 is provided with movable bases 25, 25 on the guide rails 24, 24 installed along both sides inside the frame. The piston rods of the advancing / retreating cylinders 26, 26 that are slidably mounted and horizontally fixed along the ceiling surface inside the frame are connected to the movable table 25 on the rear side, and are appropriately attached to the lower surfaces of the movable tables 25, 25. Each holding arm 27, 27 for holding each cucumber K for the number of pieces is attached, and by the operation of each of the advancing and retracting cylinders 26, 26, two movable units 25 fixed on the front end side are used as a reference for two alignments. The cucumbers K in the front and rear rows placed on the trays T, T are separated by the holding arms 27, 27, and the cucumbers K in the front and rear rows held by the holding arms 27, 27 have different vertical steps. The movable table 25 on the rear side at the gathering position where Before and after the movement.

The above-mentioned holding arm 27 includes the pressing cylinders 28, 28 which are vertically fixed to the rear end of the movable table 25 on the upper surface side.
The piston rod of is connected and fixed to the upper surface side of the pressing plate 29,
Each cucumber K on which the pressing plate 29 is placed on the tray for alignment T ...
Is fixed at an angle that supports the tilted posture, and the pressing plate 29
The lower surface side of the pressing plate 29 is formed in a size and shape that contacts the central portion on the longitudinal side of each cucumber K ... Placed on the tray for alignment T, and the lower surface side of the pressing plate 29 is made of, for example, urethane rubber or silicon rubber. A pressure pad 30 formed of a corrugated elastic body is attached.

Further, a support shaft 31 is mounted between bearings 25a, 25a which are vertically provided at both ends of the lower surface of the movable plate 25, and a front end portion of a tray T for alignment which is conveyed by the circulating conveyor 2 and a front end portion of the tray. The turning arm 3 is provided at one end of the support shaft 31 so as to face each other.
2 is vertically fixed, the support bar 33 is horizontally fixed to the lower end of the revolving arm 32 orthogonal to the central portion on the longitudinal side of each cucumber K ... A piston rod of a swiveling cylinder 34 vertically provided at a front end portion on the upper surface side is connected to a connecting arm 35 fixed to a central portion on a longitudinal side of a support shaft 31.

That is, by the operation of the pressing cylinders 28, 28, the lowering position for pressing the central portion on the upper surface side of each cucumber K ... Placed on the tray for alignment T and the central position on the upper surface side of each cucumber K. The pressing pad 30 is moved up and down to a raised position spaced apart from the section at an appropriate interval. By the operation of the swiveling cylinder 34, the supporting position to be inserted into the insertion groove Td of the aligning tray T conveyed to the holding position on the circulating conveyor 2 and the lower surface side of each cucumber K ... The support bar 33 is swung back and forth to the retracted position.

In the support bar 33, the support shaft 36 is horizontally fixed to the lower end of the revolving arm 32 so as to be orthogonal to the central portion on the longitudinal side of each cucumber K ... 36
Each support ring 37 made of synthetic resin is freely rotatably fitted on the upper side, and the outer peripheral surface of each support ring 37 is surrounded by a covering member 38 formed of an elastic body such as urethane rubber or silicon rubber. In addition, the outer diameter dimension allows insertion into the insertion groove Td of the tray for alignment T,
The cucumbers K placed on the alignment tray T are formed to have a length dimension that is in contact with the central portion on the longitudinal side.

The box elevator 6 described above, as shown in FIG.
A nut part 40 is fixed to the center of the lower part of the lifting table 39 arranged at the lower part of the boxing position, and the screw shaft 4 vertically bearing at the lower part of the same position.
1, the nut portion 40 is screwed onto the screw shaft 1, and the driving force of the speed reducer-equipped motor 42 arranged on one side of the lower portion causes the screw shaft 4 to pass through the sprockets 43 and 44 and the drive chain 45.
1 is rotated normally and reversely, and the elevating table 39 is placed at a descending position which is horizontal to the carry-in conveyor 49 and the carry-out conveyor 50, which will be described later, and an ascending position for supplying the cardboard box B assembled in the top open form to the packing position. Move vertically up and down.

The above-mentioned box opening machine 7 is located at an upper position facing the flaps Ba ... of the corrugated cardboard box B stopped to be transported to the box packing position, and is close to the outer upper end of each flap Ba ... Each of the open plates 46 of ... is pivotally supported so as to be able to open and close vertically, and each umbrella-shaped gear 47 fixed to the shaft end of each of the open plates 46 is meshed with each other and is opened and closed vertically. The piston rod of the cylinder 48 is connected to the shaft end of the open plate 46, and the open / close cylinder 48 is actuated to close the open side of the corrugated cardboard box B which has been stopped at the packing position and the corrugated cardboard box. The open plates 46 are opened and closed in conjunction with the open position where the flaps Ba of B are opened in all directions.

On the carry-in side below the boxing position, a carry-in conveyor 49 for carrying the cardboard box B supplied from the previous process (for example, box making process, bag laying process) to the boxing position below is provided. On the carry-out side at the lower part of the same position, a carry-out conveyor 50 for carrying the boxed corrugated cardboard box B to a subsequent process (for example, a bag-sealing process, a box-sealing process) is arranged. In addition, in the above-mentioned cardboard box B, for example, a wrapping bag P made of synthetic resin or paper is laid so as to open upward, and the loading port Pa of the wrapping bag P is folded back in two to form the cardboard box B. Each flap Ba is covered.

Assuming that the illustrated embodiment is configured as described above, the boxing operation of cucumber K by the cucumber boxing apparatus 1 will be described below. First, as shown in FIG. 1, each empty aligning tray T placed on the orbiting conveyor 2 is sequentially moved to the loading position, and a large number of each cucumber K ...
Are sequentially placed on the loading conveyor 3, and a large number of the respective cucumbers K ... whose orientation is corrected by the loading conveyor 3 are transferred one by one to the respective concave mounting portions Tb ... of the aligning tray T. List.

Next, after temporarily stopping the two aligning trays T, T placed on the orbiting conveyor 2 at the aligning position, as shown in FIG. 3, the aligning cylinders of the cucumber aligning machine 4 are aligned. 14 and 14 and each of the pressing cylinders 16 and 16 are actuated to press each cucumber K ... The right end of each cucumber K ... is brought into contact with the aligning plate Tc formed in step 1 and is aligned horizontally. Further, the cucumbers K ... Placed on the left tray T for alignment are pressed by the pressing pad 18 to be moved in the left direction at a time, and the left end of each cucumber K ... is placed on the aligning plate Tc formed at the end on the same side. Abut the parts and align them horizontally. After this,
The aligning cylinder 14 and the pressing cylinder 16 are returned to operate to return the pressing pad 18 to the initial position.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, the raising and lowering cylinder 22 of the cucumber holding machine 5 is lowered so that the two holding arms 27, 27 are placed on the respective alignment trays T, T. The elevating frame 23 is vertically lowered while being separated from the front-rear space corresponding to K ..., and the support bars 33, 33 of the holding arms 27, 27 are inserted into the insertion grooves Td, Td of the alignment trays T, T. The pressing pads 30 and 30 are made to stand by to a position where they are inserted with respect to each other, and the pressing pads 30 and 30 are made to stand up to a position separated from the cucumbers K mounted on the alignment trays T and T.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the two aligning trays T, T placed on the orbiting conveyor 2 are conveyed to the holding position, and the holding arms 27, which are made to stand by in advance. Two
7, the support bars 33, 33 are horizontally inserted into the insertion grooves Td, Td of the alignment trays T, T, and at the same time, the pressing cylinders 28 are operated to operate the alignment trays T, T. The pressure pads 30 and 30 are respectively pressed to the central portion of the upper surface side of each cucumber K ... Placed on the T, and the support bars 33 and 33 are respectively pressed to the central portion of the lower surface side of each cucumber K. Each pressing pad 30, 30 constituting each holding arm 27, 27
And each support bar 33, 33 holds 18 cucumbers K ... respectively.

Alternatively, after the two aligning trays T, T placed on the orbiting conveyor 2 are stopped at the holding position, the supporting bars 33, 33 of the holding arms 27, 27 are moved to the aligning trays. Each cucumber K inserted in each of the insertion grooves Td, Td of T, T and placed on each alignment tray T, T ...
May be held by the holding arms 27, 27.

Thereafter, the lifting cylinder 22 is lifted to move the holding arms 27, 27 as shown in FIGS.
18 vertically lifts the elevating frame 23 while holding 18 cucumbers K, and operates the moving cylinder 20 and the advancing / retreating cylinders 26, 26 to move the holding arms 27 as shown in FIG. , 27 each cucumber K in the front and rear rows
Part of each of the gripping arms is overlapped with the upper and lower parts.
18 cucumbers K held by 7, 27 are horizontally moved above the packing position.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, empty cardboard boxes B supplied from the previous step (box making step) are sequentially placed on the carry-in conveyor 49 and then placed on the carry-in conveyor 49. The empty corrugated cardboard box B is transferred onto the elevating table 39 arranged below the packing position. At the same time, the elevating motor 42 of the box elevating machine 6 is driven to supply the cardboard box B assembled in the open top form to the boxing position by the elevating table 39. The opening / closing cylinder 48 of the box opening machine 7 is opened to open the flaps Ba ... of the cardboard box B placed on the lift 39 in all directions by the four open plates 52.

Next, as shown in FIG. 9, the raising and lowering cylinder 22 of the cucumber holding machine 5 is lowered, and the cucumbers K in the front and rear rows held by the two holding arms 27, 27 are superposed. It is stored in the cardboard box B as it is. At the same time, the pressing cylinders 28, 28 and the swiveling cylinders 34, 34 are returned to operate to press the pressing pads 30, 30 from the center of the upper surface side of the front and rear rows of the cucumbers K stored in the cardboard box B. Are separated from each other, and the support bars 33, 33 are pulled out from the central portion on the lower surface side of each cucumber K.
After the holding by 7 is released, the moving cylinder 20 and the lifting cylinder 22 are returned to operate to return the lifting frame 23 above the holding position set on the orbiting conveyor 2 so that each one step Boxing work of cucumber K ... is completed.
Similarly, each machine 4, 5, 6, 7 is driven, and each cucumber K ... Mounted on each of the following alignment trays T, T is held by each holding arm 27, 27, and the cardboard box B is held. Store the appropriate number of steps.

After packing a predetermined number of cucumbers K in a box, the opening / closing cylinder 48 is closed to release the open state by the four open plates 52, and the elevating table 39 is vertically lowered to be boxed. The corrugated cardboard box B is transferred to the carry-out conveyor 50,
The corrugated cardboard box B placed on the carry-out conveyor 50 is conveyed and supplied to the next step (for example, a bag packaging step, a box packaging step). Then, each machine 4, 5, 6, 7 is driven, and each cucumber K ... Mounted on each of the following alignment trays T, T is held by each holding arm 27, 27 and placed in the cardboard box B. Sequentially box.

As described above, the support bars 33, 33 of the holding arms 27, 27 constituting the cucumber holding machine 5 are inserted into the insertion grooves Td, Td of the trays T, T for alignment, and the holding arms 27 are inserted. , 27 pressing pads 30, 30 and supporting bars 33, 33 hold the 18 cucumbers K placed on the aligning trays T, T, so that an appropriate number of cucumbers K can be provided as in the conventional example. It is difficult to hold each cucumber K ... by suction, or prevent each cucumber K ... from falling off during movement, and it is necessary to hold each cucumber K ... The boxing work of boxing cucumber K ... can be performed reliably. In addition, since each cucumber K for 18 bottles is held together and packed in a box, the labor and work of manually packing a large number of each cucumber K ... one by one can be saved, and the time required for boxing work can be shortened. As a result, it is possible to save labor and improve efficiency.

FIG. 10 shows another embodiment of the cucumber holding machine 5 which holds the cucumbers K ... Mounted on the aligning conveyor 51 by the respective holding arms 27, 27 and packs them in a box. The feed belt 51a constituting 51 is stretched around the feed rolls 52 and 53 which are vertically mounted, and the concave mounting portions 51b and 51b are formed on the left and right upper surfaces of the feed belt 51a. Sending the parts 51b and 51b to the feeding belt 5
The concave mounting portions 51 are formed continuously on the upper surface on the longitudinal side of 1a and are formed on the left and right upper surfaces of the feed belt 51a.
Each of the insertion grooves 51 is orthogonal to the central portion on the longitudinal side of b, 51b.
c and 51c are continuously formed in the longitudinal direction.

That is, the support bars 33, 33 of the holding arms 27, 27 constituting the cucumber holding machine 5 are inserted into the insertion grooves 51c, 51c formed in the alignment conveyor 51 in advance, and the alignment conveyor 51 is formed. Each concave mounting portion 51b of ...
The cucumbers K placed on the table are transported to the holding position, and the support bars 33, 33 of the holding arms 27, 27 that stand by in advance.
The cucumbers K placed on the left and right concave mounting portions 51b.
Insert on the bottom side of. At the same time, the left and right concave mounting portions 51b
Each pressure pad 3 is placed on the upper surface of each cucumber K placed on.
0, 30 are pressed respectively, and the support bars 33, 33 are respectively pressed to the lower surface side central portions of the cucumbers K.
Since each of the pressing pads 30 and 30 and the support bars 33 and 33 constituting the seven and 27 holds 18 cucumbers K ..., respectively, they are mounted on the aligning conveyor 51 as in the first embodiment. The holding work for holding the placed cucumbers K ... and the boxing work for packing the cucumbers K ... can be performed quickly and reliably.

The long object boxing device of this invention corresponds to the cucumber boxing device 1 of the embodiment, and similarly, the long object corresponds to the cucumber K and the box body corresponds to the corrugated cardboard box B. The long object aligning unit corresponds to the aligning tray T and the aligning conveyor 51, the long object holding means corresponds to the holding arm 27 and the pressing pad 30, and the support bar 33, and the support body is The pressing body corresponds to the support bar 33, the pressing body corresponds to the pressing pad 30, and the pressing means includes the pressing cylinder 28 and the pressing plate 29.
Corresponding to the support shaft 31, the revolving arm 32, the revolving cylinder 34, and the connecting arm 35, and the supporting body moving means includes the supporting shaft 31, the revolving arm 32, the revolving cylinder 34, and the connecting arm. 35, the inserting means corresponds to the orbiting conveyor 2 and the moving cylinder 20, the long object carrying table corresponds to the aligning tray T, and the long object carrying band is the aligning conveyor. Although it corresponds to 51, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

In the above-described embodiment, the two aligning trays T, T each having a size and shape in which nine cucumbers K ... Are placed in parallel are conveyed to the holding position on the orbiting conveyor 2. Then, each cucumber K mounted on each of the alignment trays T, T is held by the respective holding arms 27, 27 of the cucumber holding machine 5 and boxed. For example, 18 cucumbers K for 18
.. are conveyed in parallel to the holding position on the orbiting conveyor 2 and are formed in a size and shape such that they are placed side by side, and the holding arms 27, 27 of the cucumber holding machine 5 form an integrated type. The 18 cucumbers K placed on the aligning tray T may be held and boxed.

Further, instead of the concave-convex aligning tray T used in the embodiment, for example, a flat type aligning tray having a size and shape in which nine cucumbers K ... Are placed in parallel. The tray T may be used.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the overall configuration of a cucumber box packing device.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a cucumber holding operation and a boxing operation by the cucumber boxing device.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the alignment operation of the cucumbers placed on the alignment tray by the cucumber alignment machine.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a holding operation of the cucumber placed on the alignment tray by the cucumber holding machine.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a state in which a cucumber is held by a holding arm.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a state of holding cucumbers by a cucumber holding machine.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing a state of holding a cucumber by a cucumber holding machine.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing a cucumber polymerization operation by the cucumber holding machine.

FIG. 9 is a side view showing a cucumber packing operation by the cucumber holding machine.

FIG. 10 is a side view showing a holding operation of the cucumber placed on the aligning conveyor.

[Explanation of symbols]

 B ... Cardboard box K ... Cucumber T ... Alignment tray Tb ... Recessed mounting part Td ... Insertion groove 1 ... Cucumber box packing device 2 ... Circulation conveyor 3 ... Loading conveyor 4 ... Cucumber aligning machine 5 ... Cucumber picking machine 6 ... Box Elevator 7 ... Box opener 21 ... Moving frame 23 ... Elevating frame 25 ... Movable stand 27 ... Holding arm 30 ... Pressing pad 33 ... Support bar 51 ... Aligning conveyor 51a ... Feed belt 51b ... Recessed mounting portion 51c ... Insert groove

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A long object boxing device for holding an appropriate number of long objects placed in parallel in a long object arranging section by a long object holding means and packing them in a box. An insertion groove is formed on the mounting surface of the long object aligning section at right angles to the longitudinal side of each long object placed on the long object aligning section, and at a position above the long object aligning section. A long object boxing device provided with a long object holding means for holding a peripheral surface portion of each long object facing the insertion groove of the long object arranging section. 2. A support for supporting the elongated object holding means on the lower surface side of each elongated object facing the insertion groove of the elongated object arranging portion, and each elongated object supported by the support. And a pressing means for pressing the support body and the pressing body on the upper and lower surfaces of each long object placed on the long object arranging section. The inserting means for relatively moving the elongated object aligning section and the support in a direction in which the support is inserted into the inserting groove of the article aligning section.
Long item boxing device described. 3. A support moving means is provided for moving the support to a support position for supporting the lower surface side of each of the elongated objects and a retracted position retracted from the lower surface side of each of the elongated objects. Item 2. The long object boxing device according to item 2. 4. The long object arranging section is composed of a long object carrying table formed to have a size in which the appropriate number of long objects are placed in parallel, and the long object carrying table is mounted. 2. The long object boxing device according to claim 1, wherein an insertion groove is formed on the placing surface so as to be orthogonal to the longitudinal side of each long object placed on the long object transport table. 5. The long object arranging section is composed of a long object carrying band formed to a length on which the plurality of long objects are placed in parallel, and the long object carrying band is placed. 2. The long object boxing device according to claim 1, wherein an insertion groove is formed on the placing surface so as to be orthogonal to the long side of each long object placed on the long object transport belt.