JPH0741244A - Strip-shape carried article folding device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a strip-shape carried article folding device where the capacity of the driving source to execute the folding and storing even in the laterally reciprocal sway, and the extra rigidity of the whole device is not required. CONSTITUTION:A strip-shape carried article folding device where a strip-shape carried article 1 is vertically suspended carried into a storing part 2, folded at the inner side part of the storing part 2, and carried and stored in the folded condition is provided with a guide body 5 to guide the vertical suspension and carriage of the strip-shape carried article 1 on the lower side of a vertically- suspended and carried part 4 of a fixed body part 3 in a vertical manner, and constitutes the lower part of the guide body 5 in a swayable manner in the right-to-left direction by pivotably fitting the upper part of this guide body 5 to the fixed body part 3. A sway control mechanism which folds and stores the strip-shape carried article 1 through the guide body 5 by reciprocally swaying this guide body 5 in the lateral direction within the storing part 2 by being folded at the right and left inner sides in the storing part 2 is connected to the guide body 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention relates to a belt-shaped conveyed product, for example, a continuous packaging bag in which a large number of packaging bags are continuously arranged in a belt shape, and is hung down to a storage section below, and the inside of the storage section is inwardly conveyed. The present invention relates to a belt-like conveyed article folding device that is folded back and conveyed and stored in a folded state.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, various fillers such as seasonings and seasonings are enclosed in small bags and used (commercially available).

[0003] Such a pouch product is supplied with a filling material and a bag film to a bag making machine and automatically made into a bag one after another, and the pouch products are successively arranged from the bag making machine (continuous packaging state). Is discharged in a band shape in general, and in the case of cutting one piece or a plurality of pieces thereafter, the band-shaped continuous packaging bag continuously discharged from the bag-making machine is conveyed by the continuous packaging bag conveying device, There is a case where the product is continuously stored in a storage part such as a storage box continuously while being packed, and particularly when the product is stored in the storage part in the union state and packed, the continuous packaging bag that is conveyed is packed. There is a case in which a belt-like conveyed article folding device that droops and conveys so as to be folded and stored while being folded back at an inner portion inside the storage portion while being conveyed.

Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 6, this folding device is provided with a distribution moving main body 51 which horizontally reciprocates between the one end side and the other end side of the storage part 50 above the storage part 50. 51 Pulling roller as a hanging transport unit
52 is provided, and a continuous packaging bag 53, which is a belt-like conveyed product, is hung and conveyed downward by the pulling-in roller 52, and at the same time, a distribution moving main body portion which is a mounting base of the pulling-in roller 52.
The 51 is horizontally reciprocally moved on the storage part 50, and is folded back inward in both storage parts inside the storage part 50 and continuously conveyed and stored in a folded state.

Therefore, the conventional folded storage has been constructed by reciprocating the sorting moving main body 51 above the storage 50 to the left and right.

[0006]

However, the distribution-moving main body portion 51 that reciprocates left and right has a strip-shaped object to be conveyed.
A drive source such as a pull-in roller 52 for pulling-in and carrying 53 and a drive motor for driving the pull-in roller 52 (not shown) is provided, and the weight is considerable.

Therefore, since this heavy object has to be reciprocated left and right, the rigidity of the entire device is required, and a large drive source is required for this movement, which causes noise problems. It has various problems such as occurrence.

Further, the folding back of the belt-like conveyed object 53 is simply caused by reversing the sorting and moving main body portion 51, and the storing portion 50.
There is no pressure on the folded-back lower portion 53A located below the folded-back portion of the inner portion. Therefore, the fold portion at the time of folding back is not positioned, and the folding back lower portion 53A often returns to the inner side along with the folding up of the upper side thereof, so that it is not correctly folded back at the side portion of the storage portion 50 and the storage portion
There is a problem that it can not be folded and stored efficiently in 50, and the folded and stored state is not orderly, and the appearance is bad.

It is an object of the present invention to find out such a problem in folding and storing a belt-like conveyed product, and to provide a folding device for a belt-like conveyed product that solves this problem.

[0010]

The gist of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

A fixed main body portion 3 is provided above a storage portion 2 for storing the strip-shaped conveyed article 1, and the strip-shaped conveyed article 1 continuously conveyed to the fixed main body portion 3 is drawn into the storage portion 2 below and suspended. A hanging transport unit 4 for transporting is provided, and this fixed main body unit 3
A guide body 5 for guiding the drooping conveyance of the strip-shaped conveyed article 1 is vertically provided below the drooping conveyance section 4, and the upper portion of the guide body 5 is pivotally attached to the fixed main body portion 3 so that the lower portion of the guide body 5 is moved to the left and right. The belt-like conveyed article 1 which is configured to be swingable and reciprocally swings right and left to the left and right and is hung down through the guide body 5 is folded back into the storage portion 2 at its left and right inner portions, and the storage portion 2 is formed. The present invention relates to a belt-like conveyed article folding device, characterized in that a swing control mechanism 6 for folding and accommodating therein is provided in association with the guide body 5.

A folding apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an elevating control mechanism (7) for raising the lower part of the guide body (5) with respect to the storage section (2) as the folding storage is performed. It is related.

Further, strip-shaped conveyed object guide members 8 independently projecting downward are provided on the left and right side portions of the lower portion of the guide body 5 so as to be capable of projecting and retracting, and the guide body 5 that reciprocates left and right is located on the side. When reversing and moving in one direction, the strip-shaped conveyed object guide member 8 located inside the storage unit 2 is set in a protruding state.
7. The guide body 5 is provided with a projecting / withdrawing control mechanism 9 that reciprocates so that the projecting tip of the reciprocating operation is brought into contact with or close to the folded lower part 1A of the strip-shaped conveyed product 1 that is folded and stored. The present invention relates to the belt-like conveyed article folding device according to claim 1 or claim 2.

[0014]

The strip-shaped conveyed product 1 is continuously hung down from the hanging-down conveying part 4 provided in the fixed main body part 3 into the storage part 2 through the guide body 5. The guide body 5 is reciprocally rocked to the left and right by the rocking control mechanism 6, and the lower portion of the guide body 5 reciprocates from one end side to the other end side of the storage unit 2, so that the strip-shaped conveyed product 1 is stored in the storage unit 2. It is folded inward at both inner sides and transported and stored in a folded state.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the folding control mechanism 7 raises, for example, the fixed main body portion 3 and the lower portion of the guide body 5 rises with respect to the storage portion 2 in association with the folding storage.

In addition, the folding back at both inner side portions is such that the guide body 5 reciprocally swings to the left and right and the lower portion of the guide body 5 reversely moves at the side portions, so that the belt-shaped conveyed product 1 is folded back. However, at this time, the crash control mechanism 9
As a result, the strip-shaped conveyed article guide member 8 located inside the storage portion 2 is in a protruding state, and the protruding tip of this guide member 8 comes into contact with or comes close to the folded lower portion 1A of the folded strip-shaped conveyed article 1 from above. To do. Therefore, folding is performed with the position of the folded portion positioned, and the folded lower portion 3A is pulled along with the folded portion.
Is prevented from being pulled inward and the folded-back portion is prevented from moving inward, so that proper folding is performed.

[0017]

EXAMPLE In this example, a continuous packaging bag in which a large number of film packaging bags are continuously connected in a strip shape as a strip-shaped conveyed product 1 is drooped and conveyed to a lower storage portion 2 and both inside portions of the storage portion 2 are conveyed. The present invention is applied to a belt-like conveyed article folding device that is folded back inward and conveyed and stored in a folded state.

In this embodiment, a fixed main body 3 is provided above the box-shaped storage 2 having an open top, and the fixed main body 3 is provided with a continuous packaging bag conveying mechanism 11 from a filling bag making machine (not shown). A drooping transport unit 4 is provided for continuously drooping the strip-shaped transport object 1 transported via the above.

The hanging conveying section 4 is a belt-like conveyed article 1 (a continuous packaging bag) which is continuously fed out from the filling bag-making machine through the continuous packaging bag conveying mechanism 11 above the fixed main body section 3 serving as a mounting base. ) Is provided with a transport introduction guide section 12 for transporting and introducing
A pull-in roller 13 that pulls down and conveys the strip-shaped conveyed product 1 downward is provided on the front surface of the fixed main body portion 3, and below the pull-in roller 13, a tubular guide body 5 that regulates the downward conveying direction of the strip-shaped conveyed product 1. Is installed vertically.

In the present embodiment, the upper part of the cylindrical guide body 5 which is vertically installed on the lower side of the hanging conveying part 4 is pivotally attached to the lower part of the fixed main body part 3, and the lower part of the guide body 5 is left and right like a pendulum. It is configured to swing to.

A swing control mechanism 6 for controlling the left and right swing.
Is provided with a guide rail 14 in the left-right direction below the fixed main body 3 located in the upper and lower intermediate portions of the guide body 5, a moving member 15 is provided on the guide rail 14, and a connecting rod 17 is provided on the moving member 15 so as to project therefrom. , A connecting member 16 is attached to the back surface of the guide body 5,
By forming a long guide slot 16A in the vertical direction on this connecting member 16,
A connecting rod 17 is engaged with the guide elongated hole 16A. Also,
The moving member 15 is connected to the endless belt V provided in parallel with the guide rail 14. The endless belt V is stretched in the left-right direction by pulleys P provided at both ends, and a swing drive mechanism 10 including a motor is connected to one side of the pulley P. The swing drive device 10 is operated to reciprocate the endless belt V left and right to move the moving member 15 and reciprocate the guide body 5 left and right.

In addition, a sensor for detecting the transport length of the strip-shaped transported article 1 is provided in the hanging transport section 4, and when the reversal of the reciprocating movement is judged by this sensor, the reversing operation of the moving member 15 is properly performed. Is controlled so that it is properly folded at the side.

Therefore, the belt-shaped conveyed product 1 is continuously drooped and conveyed into the accommodating unit 2 from the hanging conveying unit 4 through the guide body 5 with its hanging conveying direction regulated. The mechanism 6 reciprocally swings to the left and right, and the lower part of the guide body 5 reciprocates from one end side to the other end side of the storage section 2.
The strip-shaped conveyed product 1 is folded inward at both inner sides of the storage unit 2 and is conveyed and stored in a folded state.

Further, in this embodiment, an elevating control mechanism 7 is provided for raising the lower part of the guide body 5 with respect to the accommodating portion 2 as the folding accommodates.

In this lifting control mechanism 7, a screw rod 19 which is rotated by a lifting drive 18 is erected on the back side of the fixed main body 3, and a nut portion 15 connected to the fixed main body 3 is attached to the screw rod 19.
Is used as an elevating mechanism for moving the fixed main body 3 up and down by the rotation of the screw rod 19.

Therefore, when the belt-like conveyed article 1 is drooped and conveyed, the fixed main body portion 3 is gradually raised so that the protruding tip of the belt-like conveyed article guide member 8 below the guide body 5 is folded back. It is configured such that it is always held close to the folded back lower portion 3A at a constant distance.

When the strip-shaped conveyed object guide member 8 projecting downward is provided on the left and right side portions of the lower portion of the guide body 5 so as to be capable of projecting and retracting, when the guide body 5 that reciprocates left and right reciprocates laterally. , The strip-shaped conveyed article guiding member 8 located inside the storage portion 2 is projected, and the protruding tip of this strip-shaped conveyed article guiding member 8 is closer to the folded lower portion 1A of the folded folded-conveyed article 1 stored from above. A thrust control mechanism 9 is provided.

Therefore, the folding back at both inner side portions is such that the guide body 5 reciprocally swings left and right and the lower portion of the guide body 5 reversely moves, so that the belt-like conveyed product 1 is folded back. However, at this time, the projecting / withdrawing control mechanism 9 holds the strip-shaped conveyed product guide member 8 located inside the storage unit 2 in a protruding state, and the projecting tip of the strip-shaped conveyed product guiding member 8 is folded and stored. Since the folded back lower portion 1A is closer to the folded back lower portion 1A from the upper side, the folded back portion is folded while the position of the folded back portion is positioned, and the folded back lower portion 1A is pulled back inward as the folded back portion is positioned inside. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the change to and to perform an appropriate turn back.

Further, the belt-like conveyed material guide member 8 of the present embodiment.
Is configured by additionally attaching a plate-shaped return guide plate 8A to the tip of the projecting rod 21 of the cylinder device 20, a pair is provided on the left and right side portions below the guide body 5, and the cylinder device 20 is controlled by the projection / retraction control mechanism 9. The fold-back guide plate 8A is projected downward from the lower end of the guide body 5 and returned. When the fold-back guide plate 8A is folded back on the left side, the belt-like conveyed object guide member 8 (fold-back guide Plate 8A) protrudes (in this case, the left side strip-shaped conveyed material guide member 8 is sunk),
When folded back on the right side, the left belt-like conveyed object guide member 8 (folding guide plate 8A), which is the inside of the storage portion 2, projects (the right side belt-shaped conveyed object guide member 8 on the opposite side is depressed). . In this way, the fold-back control mechanism 9 controls the switching so that the folded-back lower portion 1A of the belt-shaped conveyed product 1 is always pulled back to the folded-back upper portion and the folded-back lower portion 1A does not lift. Moreover, the protruding tip of the folding back guide plate 8A is curled in a curled shape so that the upper portion of the folding back is not caught. The folding back guide plate 8A is configured to project toward the folding back portion as much as possible when it projects.

[0030]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, it is folded and stored by swinging a guide body which can be constructed relatively lightly without reciprocating a heavy main body part left and right and swinging left and right with an upper part as a fulcrum. Therefore, the capacity of the drive source for swinging to the left and right can be made smaller than that of the conventional example, and the rigidity of the device is simpler and the noise of the belt-like conveyed object is smaller than that of the conventional example. can do. Further, if an elevating control mechanism is provided for raising the lower part of the guide body with respect to the storage part by folding and storing it, it is possible to fold, convey and store the lower part of the guide body while always abutting or approaching the folded back portion. Therefore, proper folding can be ensured, and folding, transportation and storage can be efficiently performed.

Band-like conveyed object guide members projecting downward are provided on the left and right side portions of the lower part of the guide body so as to be capable of protruding and retracting. If the protruding / withdrawing control mechanism is provided in which the belt-shaped conveyed material guide member located in a protruding state is brought into contact with or close to the folded lower side portion of the belt-shaped conveyed material that is folded and housed, the protruding / withdrawing control mechanism is provided. The lower part of the folded part is securely prevented from being pulled back inward when folded, and the folded part can be folded properly so as to come into contact with or close to the side wall of the storing part, further improving the storing efficiency, and folding in an orderly manner. It becomes an excellent folding device for belt-shaped conveyed items that can be stored.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic operation explanatory diagram of the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration front view of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged schematic front view of a main part of the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration side view of the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic operational explanatory front view showing the operation of the belt-shaped conveyed product guiding member of the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a schematic operation explanatory view of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

Front page continuation (72) Inventor Masahiko Fujisawa 2-32 Higashi Zao, Nagaoka City, Niigata Japan Seiki Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Masaji Nagabe 2-32 Higashi Zao, Nagaoka City, Niigata Japan Seiki Co., Ltd. In the company

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A drooping conveyance for providing a fixed main body part above a storage part for accommodating a strip-shaped conveyed product, and for pulling down and conveying the strip-shaped conveyed product continuously conveyed to the fixed main body part to the storage part below. A guide body is provided vertically below the hanging and conveying part of the fixed main body, and the upper part of the guide body is pivotally attached to the fixed main body to lower the lower part of the guide body to the left and right. The guide member is reciprocally oscillated to the left and right, and the belt-like conveyed object that is drooped and conveyed through the guide member is folded back and stored in the storage portion at the left and right inner portions to be stored in the storage portion. A belt-like conveyed article folding device, characterized in that a motion control mechanism is provided so as to be linked to the guide body. 2. The folding apparatus for folding a strip-shaped conveyed article according to claim 1, further comprising an elevating control mechanism for raising the lower portion of the guide body with respect to the accommodating portion in association with the folding and accommodating operation. 3. A strip-shaped conveyed object guide member independently projecting downward is provided on the left and right side portions of the lower portion of the guide body so as to be capable of projecting and retracting, and the guide body that reciprocates left and right is inverted sideways. When moving, the reciprocating operation is performed such that the strip-shaped conveyed material guide member located inside the storage portion is in a protruding state, and the protruding tip of this guide member comes into contact with or comes closer to the folded lower portion of the folded-conveyed conveyed material from above. The folding apparatus for folding a strip-shaped conveyed article according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a protrusion / withdrawal control mechanism is provided on the guide body.