JPH0885508A - Packaging device mainly for vegetables - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To easily and quickly package mainly leaf vegetables, and also, improve the work efficiency. CONSTITUTION: A tray 2 consists of a tray main body 21 which has a top insertion part 21a and end-taking out part 21b of an article to be packaged, and an openable covering body 22 which covers the top-insertion part 21a of the tray main body 21. Then, for the tray 2, a packaging container can be inserted on the outer periphery of the end-taking out part 21b side for the article to be packaged. Then, such a tray 2 is supported slidably extending to an inserting position and taking out position of the article to be packaged, to a base body 1. Then, a slide-driving mechanism 3 which slides the tray 2 against the base body 1 is provided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vegetable packaging apparatus, and more particularly to a packaging apparatus suitable for packaging leaf vegetables such as spinach in a packaging container.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when shipping leafy vegetables such as spinach, which is composed of a root portion and a leaf portion extending from the root portion in a substantially spoon shape, to the market, after weighing with a scale, a vinyl packaging bag is used. Multiple strains are put together to prevent leaves from breaking or tearing.

For the packaging of the leafy vegetables in a bag, a sheet obtained by cutting a fertilizer bag into a rectangular shape is used, and a plurality of leafy vegetables are placed on this sheet with their roots aligned, and the sheet is formed into a cylinder. Roll it into a shape and wrap the leaf vegetables,
The leaf part is made low in volume and the rolled state is maintained with one hand, the packaging container made of a vinyl bag is opened with the other hand, and the rolled sheet is placed in the packaging container to form the root of leafy vegetables. The leafy vegetables of the predetermined strain are packed in the packaging container by inserting the sheet from the side and then pulling out the sheet while shaking the sheet from the opening side of the packaging container.

[0004]

However, in the past, when leaf vegetables are packaged by bagging, when the leaf vegetables are placed on a sheet and then the sheet is rolled and the rolled state is maintained with one hand. Not only is the rolled sheet easy to open, but it is difficult to open the packaging container made of a plastic bag with the other hand while preventing the rolled sheet from opening, and furthermore, preventing the rolled sheet from opening. While not only difficult to insert the sheet and leaf vegetables into the packaging container opened with the other hand, hold the packaging container with the leaf vegetables inserted with one hand, the sheet with the other hand There is a problem that it is complicated to pull out only the sheet while shaking, and the work of packaging in one packaging container as a whole is complicated, the work efficiency is poor, and the packaging work time becomes long.

[0005] The main object of the present invention is to provide a packaging device for mainly vegetables, which can easily and quickly package mainly leaf vegetables and can improve the working efficiency.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is, as shown in FIG. 1, an upper charging part 21a and an end removing part of an article to be packaged. 21b
The tray main body 21 having the above, and the cover 22 that can be opened and closed to cover the upper charging portion 21a of the tray main body 21, and the packaging bag can be inserted into the outer periphery of the end extraction portion 21b side of the packaged object. A tray 2 is formed, and the tray 2 is slidably supported on the base body 1 between the loading position and the take-out position of the packaged object, and the tray 2 is slid on the base body 1. The mechanism 3 is provided.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in order to allow the cover 22 to be automatically opened without any further operation in the first aspect of the invention, as shown in FIG. Is constantly urged in the opening direction, maintains the closed state of the cover 22 at the loading position of the article to be packaged, and releases the closed state of the cover 22 as the tray 2 slides. The stopper 5 is provided.

According to a third aspect of the invention, in order to make it easier to insert the tray 2 into the packaging container in the first aspect of the invention, as shown in FIG.
Of the tray 2, which is located on the lower surface of the tray 2 and is fixed to the outer peripheral portion of the tray 2 on the side of the end take-out portion 21b.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to third aspects, the cover 22 can be easily operated with both hands, and the cover 22 is closed. At this time, in order to effectively prevent the leaf part of the leaf vegetables from being damaged, as shown in FIG. 3, the cover 22 is formed by a pair of door pieces 22a and 22b provided on both left and right sides of the tray body 21. When the pieces 22a and 22b are in the closed state, the pieces 22a and 22b are vertically overlapped with each other with a predetermined gap.

According to the invention described in claim 5, in the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 4, since it is easy to insert the packaging container and to easily pull out the tray, as shown in FIG. The tray 2 has a configuration in which the tray 2 is tapered from the side opposite to the end take-out portion 21b of the packaged object toward the end take-out portion 21b.

According to a sixth aspect of the invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, since the tray 2 is reduced in protrusion when it is moved to the take-out position of the article to be packaged, FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the tray 2 is configured to have an inclined posture in which the side opposite to the end take-out portion 21b of the packaged object is at a high position and the take-out portion 21b side is at a low position.

According to a seventh aspect of the invention, in the sixth aspect of the invention, in order to prevent the object to be packaged from falling due to its own weight, the front and rear inclination angles of the tray 2 can be adjusted as shown in FIG. It has a structure.

The invention described in claim 8 is shown in FIG. 2 in order to make it easier to pick one end of the packaging container and one end of the article to be packaged inserted into the container in the invention of claim 3. As described above, the protruding portion 16 is provided at the end of the tray body 21 of the tray 12 on the side of the end extraction portion 21b, and the projection 16 protrudes outward from the end edge of the extraction portion 21b of the tray body 21. The length is set to be shorter than the slide operation stroke of the tray 2.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the tray 2 is slid by a simple operation. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, the slide drive mechanism 3, the pedal 31, and the pedal 31 are used. 31 and a swing arm 32 for interlocking connection between the tray 2 and the tray 2, and a return spring 37 for sliding the tray 2 from the unloading position to the loading position when the pedal 31 is released. .

According to a tenth aspect of the invention, in the invention of the fourth aspect, the door pieces 22a, 22b can be closed by simply swinging the door pieces 22a, 22b in the closing direction. As shown in FIG. 2, the base of the locking body 5 is attached so as to be swingable in the opening / closing direction of the door pieces 22a and 22b.
A retaining means is provided for retaining the locking body 5 in a swingable state at the neutral position.

According to the invention described in claim 11, in the invention described in claim 9, in order to eliminate the neutral maintaining means dedicated to the locking body, as shown in FIG.
It is configured to be used also as.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to seventh aspects, the tray 2 is supported on the base 1 via the scale 7 in order to save the labor of weighing the articles to be packaged. It has a structure.

[0018]

In the invention described in claim 1, as shown in FIG.
The cover 22 is opened and the upper charging portion 21a of the tray main body 21 is opened.
In the state in which the object to be packaged is loaded into the tray main body 21 from above, the cover 22 is closed as shown in FIG. By operating the slide operation mechanism 3, the tray 2 can be slid from the loading position to the unloading position of the article to be packaged, and the operation of the tray 2 causes the article to be packaged loaded in the tray 2 to be moved. It can be inserted up to the end opposite to the receiving side in the packaging container, and the packaging container receiving side and the opposite end and the object to be packaged inside this opposite end are picked at the same time. In this state, by sliding the tray 2 back from the take-out position to the loading position, only the tray 2 can be pulled out from the packaging container. As a result, it is possible to simply package the article to be packaged by a simple operation of loading the article to be packaged in the tray 2 and operating the slide operation mechanism 3 without rolling the sheet as in the conventional case. Therefore, this packaging work can be performed easily and quickly.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, the tray 2 can be opened even if the cover 22 is not opened.
Since the cover 22 can be automatically opened in accordance with the sliding operation of 1, the labor for opening the cover can be omitted, and the packaging work can be performed more easily and quickly.

According to the third aspect of the invention, as shown in FIG. 1, the packaging container is provided not only on the outer periphery of the tray 1 on the side of the end take-out portion 21b of the tray 2, but also on the outer casing 12 of the base 1. Since the lower part of the packaging container can be applied to the receiving body 12 by inserting the tray 2 into the packaging container while the packaging container is fixed to the receiving body 12. Can be inserted more easily.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, since the cover 22 is formed by the double doors 22a and 22b of the double door open type, the cover 22 can be easily opened by using both hands. When closing the cover 22, the articles to be packed in the tray main body 21 can be evenly pressed from the left and right sides by the door pieces 22a and 22b. You can eliminate the damage.
Moreover, when the door pieces 22a, 22b are closed, the door pieces 22a, 22b overlap each other with a predetermined gap vertically, so that the leaves of the leafy vegetables are the door pieces 22a, 22b.
Even if the leaves of the leaf vegetables are extruded from between the tip portions of 2b, it is possible to effectively prevent the leaf portion of the leaf vegetables from being caught between the door pieces 22a and 22b and damaged.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, the tray 2 is formed in a taper shape from the side opposite to the end take-out portion 21b of the object to be packaged toward the end take-out portion 21b. Therefore, not only is it easy to insert the packaging container into the outer periphery of the tray 2 on the side of the end take-out portion 21b, but also when the tray 2 is moved from the take-out position to the loading position of the object to be packaged, the tray 2 is put in the packaging container. It is easy to pull out from.

According to the sixth aspect of the invention, as shown in FIG. 2, the tray 2 slides in an inclined posture, so that when the tray 2 moves from the loading position to the unloading position of the packaged object. It is possible to reduce the protrusion of the tray 2. For this reason, when performing a packaging operation while sitting in front of the tray 2, the distance between the tray 2 at the loading position and the operator can be reduced, and the packaging container can be accommodated in the tray 2 without greatly extending the arm. It can be easily inserted into the outer periphery of the end extraction portion 21b side.

According to the seventh aspect of the invention, as shown in FIG. 6, since the front-back inclination angle of the tray 2 can be adjusted according to the type of the article to be packaged, the tray 2 has an inclined posture. In this case, when packaging objects such as radish that easily fall due to its own weight, the inclination angle of the tray 2 with respect to the horizontal plane can be reduced, and therefore the objects can be packaged without dropping. is there.

According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, when the article to be packaged is loaded into the tray body 21, one end of the article to be packaged is set with the tip edge of the protrusion 16 of the receiving body 12 as a guide. When the trays 2 are aligned, and the tray 2 is slid from the loading position to the unloading position of the packaged object, the end of the packaging container on the side opposite to the package receiving side and the inside of the opposite side end of the packaging container are received. Since the package can be positioned outside the receiving body 12 and the tray 2, it is possible to reliably pick one end of the packaging container and one end of the packaged object inserted into the container. Therefore, only the tray 2 can be reliably pulled out from the packaging container.

According to the ninth aspect of the invention, as shown in FIG. 2, when the pedal 31 is depressed, the power of the pedal 31 is transmitted from the rod 36 to the swing arm 32, and the swing arm 32 swings. Following this, the tray 2 can be slid from the loading position to the unloading position, and the pedal 31
When the stepping operation is released, the tray 2 can be slid from the take-out position to the loading position with respect to the object to be packaged and the packaging container by the force of the return spring 37.
That is, since the tray 2 can be easily slid by just stepping on the foot without using a hand, the packaging container can be held with both hands, and the opening on one end side of the packaging container can be set at the end of the tray 2. It is only slightly inserted into the take-out portion 21b side portion, in other words, the packaging container is placed at the end take-out portion 21 of the tray 2.
Since the tray 2 can be inserted up to the end on the side opposite to the receiving portion of the packaging container by stepping on the pedal 31 without largely inserting it into the outer periphery of the b side, the outer periphery of the tray 2 on the end extraction part 21b side of the tray 2 is inserted. The packaging work can be made easier and quicker without requiring a large insertion time.

According to the tenth aspect of the invention, as shown in FIG. 3, when one door piece 22b is closed, the door piece 22b abuts on one side surface of the locking body 5 and the locking body 5 rocks. After swinging to one side in the moving direction, the locking body 5 is returned to the neutral position by the neutral maintaining means so that the closed state of the one door piece 22b can be maintained, and when the other door piece 22a is closed, Door piece 22
After a is brought into contact with the other side surface of the locking body 5 and the locking body 5 swings to the other side in the swinging direction, the neutral maintaining means returns the neutral position to the closed position of the other door piece 22a. It can be maintained. For this reason, the door pieces 22a, 22b can be closed by a simple operation simply by swinging the door pieces 22a, 22b in the closing direction.

According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4, since the locking body 5 can be maintained at the neutral position without providing the neutral maintaining means dedicated to the locking body, the number of parts can be reduced and the cost can be reduced. Can be reduced.

According to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 7, the object to be packaged can be weighed by the scale 7 simply by loading the object to be packaged in the tray main body 21. Weighing labor can be omitted.

[0030]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the packaging apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, a tray 2 for loading and holding an article to be packaged mainly made of vegetables is slidably supported on a receiver 12 fixed to an upper end of a column 11 of a base 1. Then, a slide drive mechanism 3 having a pedal 31 is provided between the tray 2 and the base portion 13 of the base body 1, and by depressing the pedal 31, the tray 2 is placed at the loading position of the article to be packaged. To the unloading position, the tray 2 and the articles to be packaged in the tray 2 are inserted into a packaging container, and the depression of the pedal 31 is released to package the tray 2 in the package. The product is returned from the take-out position to the loading position and the packaged object is packed in the packaging container.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the support column 11 has a large-diameter cylindrical body 11a fixed to the base portion 13 and a small-diameter cylindrical body 11b inserted into the large-diameter cylindrical body 11a so as to be vertically movable.
And a pair of fixing screws 4 for fixing the small-diameter cylindrical body 11b to the large-diameter cylindrical body 11a in a positionally adjustable manner at the upper end of the large-diameter cylindrical body 11a. There is.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the base portion 13 is provided with the pedal 31 having a pair of downward projecting pieces as the pivot shaft 3.
On the other hand, the swing arm 32 is pivotally supported on the intermediate portion of the small-diameter cylindrical body 11b via a pivot shaft 34 on the pivot side of the swing arm 32 and with respect to the pivot position. A support pin 35 is attached to the displaced position, the support pin 35 and the tip of the pedal 31 are connected by a rod 36, and the pedal 31, the rod 36, a swing arm 32, and an intermediate portion of the swing arm 32. And a locking body 5 to be described later, and when the pedal 31 is released, the drive mechanism 3 is driven by a return spring 37 that slides the tray 2 from the take-out position of the packaged item to the loading position. Are configured. As shown in FIG. 3, the lower end of the rod 36 is the pedal 3
By pivotally supporting the upper end side through the through hole provided in the support pin 35 and loosening the adjusting screw 38 screwed to the end of the support pin 35 and the fixing screw 4. The change of the height of the tray 2 with respect to the ground and the position of the tray 2 in the left-right direction with respect to the base body 1 can be changed.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the pedal 31 is arranged on one side in the left-right direction with respect to the column 11, and when sitting in front of the base body 1, it is easy to step on the pedal 31 with one foot, In addition, the tray 2 is located in front of the operator so that the operator can step on the pedal without disturbing the knee during the operation.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the receiving body 12 has a rectangular bottom portion extending in the front-rear direction, and rising pieces rising outward from both left and right sides of the bottom portion, and is made of synthetic resin. Forming material. Then, a metal reinforcing plate 14 is attached to the lower side of the receiving body 12, and a guide hole 15 extending in the length direction is provided in the bottom portion of the receiving body 12 and the reinforcing plate 14. Alternatively, the receiving body 12 may be formed of, for example, a metal plate. In addition, the guide hole 15 is configured so that the slide operation range of the tray 2 is regulated by the edges of both ends of the guide hole 15.

On the other hand, the tray 2 has a bottom portion extending along the upper surface of the receiving body 12 and side portions rising outward from both left and right sides of the bottom portion as shown in FIGS. The tray main body 21 whose upper surface side is the upper loading portion 21a of the article to be packaged and whose front surface side is the end extraction portion 21b, and the upper loading portion 21a of this tray body 21 are covered and normally biased in the opening direction. It is formed into a circular shape having a laterally long cross section by a cover 22 that can be opened and closed, and a packaging bag H is provided on the outer circumference on the side of the end extraction portion 21b.
Can be inserted. In addition, the tray 2 has the end take-out portion 21 from the side opposite to the end take-out portion 21b of the packaged object.
It is formed in a taper shape toward b, and a bulky leaf portion of leaf vegetables is loaded on the side opposite to the end extraction portion 21b, and the end extraction portion b
The root part of leafy vegetables is loaded on the side. The tray 2 may be formed such that the central portion in the length direction is widened and becomes narrower toward both ends.

In addition, the receiving body 12 maintains the closed state of the cover body 22 at the loading position of the articles to be packaged, and the cover body 22 is covered by the sliding operation of the tray 2 from the loading position to the unloading position. While attaching the locking body 5 that releases the closed state of the body 22,
At the end of the tray body 21 of the receiving body 12 on the side of the take-out portion, a projecting portion 16 that projects outward from the edge of the take-out portion of the tray body 21 is provided.
Is shorter than the slide operation stroke of the tray 2.

The tray body 21 of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 has a passive piece 23 projecting from the bottom rear surface thereof, and the passive piece 23 is located below the guide hole 15 of the receiving body 12 from the guide hole 15. The tip end of the swing arm 32 is pivotally supported by the connecting pin 39 on the protruding portion of the passive piece 23.
By stepping on 1, the swing arm 32 is swung via the rod 36, and the tray 2 is slid along the receiving body 12 between the loading position and the unloading position of the packaged object. There is. A long hole 32a for receiving the pivot pin 39 is provided at the tip of the swing arm 32.
When the swing arm 32 swings, the engagement position between the pivot pin 39 and the long hole 32a changes, and the tray 2 is moved along the receiving body 12.

The cover 22 of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 is formed by arcuate door pieces 22a and 22b which are openably and closably connected to the left and right sides of the tray body 21 via hinges 24. , These door pieces 22a, 22b and the tray body 2
1, a leaf spring 25 having a small spring force for constantly urging only the door pieces 22a, 22b in the opening direction is attached, and the leaf springs 25 connect the door pieces 22a, 22b to the tray as shown in FIG. The main body 1 is opened so as to open like a hopper, and is stopped at this open position so that items to be packaged such as leafy vegetables are easy to put in, are hard to spill, and are easy to wrap. The leaf spring 25 has a small spring force that allows the door pieces 22a and 22b to open in a hopper shape with respect to the tray body 21 against the own weight, and when the door pieces 22a and 22b are opened, The packaging container made of the plastic bag is prevented from breaking.

The tray 2 has the door pieces 22a,
22b is formed of a see-through material such as a synthetic resin so that the loaded state of the packaged items loaded in the tray 2 can be seen from the outside.

The tray 2 and the receiving body 12 are
The receptacle 1 is placed in an inclined posture in which the side opposite to the take-out portion 21b of the object to be packaged is in a high position and the take-out portion 21b side is in a low position.
The locking body 5 is attached to the upper end side of the inclined direction 2, that is, the end of the tray 2 in the slide return direction.

The locking body 5 of the embodiment shown in FIGS.
The mounting piece 51 includes a mounting piece 51 extending in the vertical direction, a connecting piece 52 extending laterally from the upper end of the mounting piece 51, and a locking piece 53 extending downward from the tip of the connecting piece 52.
The base of No. 1 is mounted on the receiving body 12 via the mounting shaft 6 so that the base of the locking body 5 is freely swingable in the opening / closing direction of the door pieces 22a and 22b, and the spring receiving is provided on the base side of the mounting piece 51. By providing the piece 54, the spring receiving piece 54 and the swing arm 32 are provided.
The coiled return spring 37 is stretched between the pedal 31 and the intermediate part of the pedal 31, and when the pedal 31 is released, the return spring 37 causes the pedal 31 to double-act through the swing arm 32 and the rod 36. At the same time, the tray 2 can be returned from the take-out position of the packaged item to the loading position, and the locking body 5 can be swung in the left-right direction.
The locking body 5 can be kept in a neutral position in a swingable state.

The locking piece 53 of the locking body 5 is formed so as to taper downward, and the first locking which is continuous with one end of the locking piece 53 on the one side in the swing direction via the arc-shaped guide surface. The first locking portion 5a is provided on the other side surface in the swinging direction while providing the portion 5a.
On the other hand, a concave second locking portion 5b is provided at an upper position, and when the right door piece 22a is closed, the tip end of the right door piece 22a abuts one side surface of the locking piece 53 in the swinging direction. The front end of the right door piece 22a is engaged with the first engaging portion 5a while the locking body 5 is rocked against the return spring 37, and the left door piece 22b is closed. At this time, the tip of the left door piece 22b is brought into contact with the other side surface of the locking piece 53 in the swinging direction, and the tip of the left door piece 22b is swung while the locking body 5 is swung against the return spring 37. The second engaging portion 5b
The door pieces 22a and 22b are maintained in the closed state by being engaged with each other, and the door pieces 22a and 22b are overlapped with each other at a predetermined interval in the closed state.

Next, the operation of the packaging apparatus in the embodiment constructed as above will be described.

When packaging harvested leafy vegetables such as spinach, the leafy vegetables weighed to a predetermined gram with a scale are used as a door piece 22.
The tray 2 is loaded into the tray main body 21 from the upper loading portion 21a of the tray 2 in which a and 22b are opened. At this time, the roots of the leafy vegetables can be aligned with the tip edge of the protruding portion 16 of the receiver 12 as a guide. Next, the right door piece 22a is closed, the front end portion of the right door piece 22a is engaged with the first engaging portion 5a of the locking body 5, the left door piece 22b is closed, and the left door piece 22b is closed. By engaging the distal end portion with the second engaging portion 5b of the locking body 5, the closed state of each door piece 22a, 22b can be maintained.

A packaging container H made of a plastic bag
When the pedal 31 is stepped on with the one end side opening portion of the base body 1 inserted from the front end portion of the receiving body 12 into the outer periphery of the tray 2 on the end takeout portion 21b side, the power of the pedal 31 swings from the rod 36. The swing arm 3 is transmitted to the moving arm 32.
The tray 2 slides from the loading position to the unloading position in accordance with the swinging of the door 2 and the first and second engaging portions 5a, 5b of the door pieces 22a, 22b are accompanied by this sliding motion.
And the door pieces 22a and 22b are disengaged from each other and the leaf spring 2
5, the door pieces 22a and 22b are opened by the restoring force of 5 as shown in FIG.
The pressing force of the leaf vegetables by means of is reduced, and the tray 2 and the leaf vegetables can be inserted into the inner part of the packaging container as the tray 2 slides. At this time, the protrusion 16
Since the protruding length L of the tray is shorter than the slide operation stroke of the tray 2, when the tray 2 is slid to the take-out position, the bottom of the packaging container and the root of the leafy vegetables are It can be located outside the receiver 12 and the tray 2. As a result, the bottom of the packaging container H and the root of leafy vegetables can be reliably picked.

When the pedal 31 is released when the bottom of the packaging container and the root of the leaf vegetables are picked in this way, the tray 2 is moved by the force of the return spring 37.
The leaf vegetables and the packaging container slide from the take-out position to the loading position, and the leaf vegetables remain in the packaging container. Since the tray 2 is formed in a taper shape from the side opposite to the end take-out portion 21b toward the end take-out portion 21b, it is easy to insert the packaging container into the outer circumference of the tray 2 on the take-out portion 21b side. Also, the tray 2 can be easily pulled out from the packaging container. Further, the packaging container is inserted not only into the outer periphery of the tray 2 on the side of the end take-out portion 21b, but also into the receiving body 12 of the base body 1, and the lower portion of the packaging container is applied to the receiving body 12. Therefore, the tray 2 can be easily inserted into the packaging container while the packaging container is fixed to the receiving body 12.

Next, the second embodiment shown in FIG. 6 will be described.

In the structure shown in FIG. 6, the receiving body 12 is pivotally attached to the upper end of the small-diameter cylindrical body 11b so as to be swingable in the front-rear direction via a pivot shaft 17, and is screwed to the pivot shaft 17. Since the front and rear tilt angles of the tray 2 can be adjusted by the operation of the picked-up items, which are basically the same as those shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, description of common points will be omitted. . A flange portion is provided at one end of the pivot shaft 17, and a knob is screwed at the other end to prevent the swinging of the receiving body 12 with respect to the small-diameter cylindrical body 11b by the operation of this knob. .

With this configuration, when the tray 2 is in the inclined posture, when the object to be packaged such as a radish which is easily dropped by its own weight is packed, the inclination angle of the tray 2 with respect to the horizontal plane can be made small. Of.

Next, the third embodiment shown in FIG. 7 will be described.

In the structure shown in FIG. 7, the receiver 12 is mounted horizontally, and the electronic scale 7 is supported on the receiver 12.
While holding the tray 2 on the scale 7, the scale 7
The passive piece 23 is projectingly provided on the bottom of the
The same thing as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 is the same as that shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, which is pivotally supported through the connecting pin 39 in the long hole 32a portion of the swing arm 32 having the long hole 32a at the tip end. It is indicated by a symbol and detailed description is omitted. In the case of this embodiment, the digital display 71 of the scale 7 is arranged at the upper position on the rear end side of the receiving body 12 as shown by the chain line in FIG. Alternatively, the lamp may be turned on with a predetermined mass, or the buzzer may be sounded. The type of the scale 7 is not particularly limited.

According to the third embodiment, the object to be packaged can be weighed by the balance 7 simply by loading the object to be packaged in the tray main body 21, so that the time and effort for weighing the object to be packaged can be greatly reduced. Of.

In the embodiment described above, the cover 22
Was formed by a pair of door pieces 22a and 22b, but in addition,
One end of one cover that covers the upper loading portion 21a like a hinged door is connected to one side of the tray body 21 via a hinge, and the other end of the cover is connected to the receiving body 12 The lock body 5 disposed on one side of the cover 2 is releasably engaged with the lock body 5 to maintain the closed state, and as the tray 2 slides, the cover body 22
The engagement with the locking body 5 may be released, and the cover 22 may be opened by the force of the leaf spring 25 or the like.

Further, in the above embodiment, the locking body 5 is provided to maintain the closed state of the cover 22, but in addition, the leaf spring 25 and the locking body 5 are eliminated, and the cover 22 is removed.
May not be inadvertently opened when the tray 2 slides due to its own weight when closed.

Further, in the embodiment described above, the locking body 5
The pivot member 5 is pivotally attached to the receiving body 12 so as to be swingable only in the opening / closing direction of the door pieces 22a and 22b. In addition, as shown in FIG. 8, the locking body 5 is locked to the mounting piece 51. It is divided into a piece 53 and the locking piece 53 is attached to the mounting piece 51 and the tray 2
Position adjustment in the sliding movement direction of the door piece 22
The closed state release position of the cover 22 formed of a and 22b may be adjustable. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 8, the receiving piece 51a is formed by bending at the upper end of the mounting piece 51, and the screw hole 55 is provided in the receiving piece 51a, while the connecting piece 53a is bent at the upper end of the locking piece 53. Bending the connecting piece 53a
In addition, a long hole 56 extending in the sliding movement direction of the tray 2
The mounting screw 5 is provided from the long hole 56 to the screw hole 55.
7 is screwed on and the locking piece 53 is operated by operating the mounting screw 57.
The position of the mounting piece 51 with respect to the mounting piece 51 can be adjusted.

Further, in each of the embodiments described above, the slide drive mechanism 3 is configured to slide the tray by stepping on it, but in addition, for example, the tray 2 is used.
It is also possible to project an operation knob on the above and manually slide the operation knob to slide the tray 2, and the structure thereof is not particularly limited.

Further, in the embodiment described above, the return spring 37 of the slide driving mechanism 3 is the neutral maintaining means for maintaining the neutral position of the locking body 5, but in addition, the return spring 37 is locked separately from the return spring 37. An urging spring dedicated to the body may be stretched between the locking body 5 and the base body 1, or a spring or the like may be attached to the spring receiving piece 54 of the locking body 5 via a string-like body. The object may be suspended to maintain the neutral position of the locking body 5.

Further, in the third embodiment, the receiving body 12 of the base 1 is
Although the electronic scale 7 is supported by the above, a 60 kg scale, which is an essential item for farmers, may be used, and the packaging device of the present invention may be placed on the weighing platform of the scale to measure the packaged object. Good.

Further, the packaging device of the present invention comprises spinach
In addition to packaging vegetables or herbs such as radish, burdock, and yam, ikebana, fish, etc. may be packaged in a packaging container. The packaging container may be a bottomed container, for example, leaf vegetables such as spinach, or a leafless container such as ikebana may be a bottomless container, or leaf vegetables such as spinach and ikebana. In addition to the use of a soft vinyl bag, the container may be a container having a shape-retaining shape and having a cylindrical body or a box-like body with at least one end open.

[0060]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the invention, the cover 22 is opened and the upper charging portion 2 of the tray body 21 is opened.
From 1a, the tray main body 21 is loaded with an object to be packaged, and the cover 2
2 is closed, and the tray 2 is operated at the loading position of the article to be packaged by operating the slide operation mechanism 3 in a state where the opening on one end side of the packaging container is inserted into the outer periphery of the tray 2 on the side of the end extraction portion 21b. Can be slid to the take-out position from
By the operation of the tray 2, the articles to be packaged loaded in the tray 2 can be inserted into the end of the packaging container opposite to the receiving side, and the opposite side of the packaging container from the object receiving side. Only the tray 2 can be pulled out from the packaging container by sliding the tray 2 back from the take-out position to the loading position in a state where the side end portion and the object to be packaged in the opposite end portion are picked up at the same time. Of. As a result, it is possible to simply package the article to be packaged by a simple operation of loading the article to be packaged in the tray 2 and operating the slide operation mechanism 3 without rolling the sheet as in the conventional case. Therefore, this packaging work can be performed easily and quickly.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the cover 22 can be automatically opened as the tray 2 slides even if the cover 22 is not opened. Therefore, it is troublesome to open the cover 22. Can be omitted, packaging work is even easier,
And it can be done quickly.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the packaging container is provided with the end take-out portion 21b of the tray 2 from the receiving body 12 of the base 1.
It is possible to insert not only the side outer periphery but also the receiving body 12 of the base body 1 so that the lower part of the packaging container can be applied to the receiving body 12. In the fixed state, the tray 2 can be more easily inserted into the packaging container.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the cover 22 is formed of the double-door type door pieces 22a and 22b, the cover 22 can be easily opened with both hands. When closing the cover 22, it is possible to uniformly press the objects to be packed in the tray body 21 from the left and right sides by the door pieces 22a and 22b, so that the leaf part of the leafy vegetables is not damaged. You can Moreover, each door piece 2
When the doors 2a and 22b are closed, these door pieces 22a and 22b
Are overlapped with each other at a predetermined interval in the vertical direction, even if the leaf portions of the leaf vegetables may protrude outward from between the tip portions of the door pieces 22a and 22b, the leaf portions of the leaf vegetables may be removed from the door piece 22a. It is possible to effectively prevent being damaged by being sandwiched between the first and second parts 22b.

According to the invention described in claim 5, the tray 2 is provided.
Is formed in a taper shape from the side opposite to the end take-out portion 21b of the packaged object toward the end take-out portion 21b, the packaging container is inserted into the outer periphery of the tray 2 at the end take-out portion 21b. Not only is it easy, but it is easy to pull out the tray 2 from the packaging container when the tray 2 is moved from the take-out position to the loading position.

According to the sixth aspect of the invention, the tray 2
Slides in an inclined posture, so that the amount of protrusion of the tray 2 when the tray 2 moves from the loading position to the unloading position of the object to be packaged can be reduced. When performing the packaging work while sitting on the floor, the distance between the tray 2 at the loading position and the operator can be reduced, and the packaging container can be placed on the outer circumference of the end of the tray 2 without extending the arm greatly. Can be easily inserted.

According to the seventh aspect of the invention, since the front-back inclination angle of the tray 2 can be adjusted according to the type of the article to be packaged, when packaging the article to be packaged such as a radish which is easily dropped by its own weight. However, it is possible to package the article to be packaged without dropping it.

According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, when the articles to be packaged are loaded into the tray main body, one end of the articles to be packaged can be aligned with the tip edge of the projecting portion of the receiver as a guide, and
When the tray is slid from the loading position to the unloading position of the object to be packaged, the end of the packaging container on the side opposite to the object to be packaged and the object to be packaged in the opposite side end of Since it can be located outside of the tray, one end of the packaging container and one end of the packaged object inserted into the container can be reliably pinched, and only the tray is removed from the packaging container. It can be pulled out without fail.

According to the invention of claim 9, the tray can be easily slid by merely stepping on the foot without using a hand. Therefore, the packaging container can be held with both hands, and The opening on the one end side is slightly inserted into the end extraction portion 21b side portion of the tray 2, that is, the packaging container is not stepped on the outer periphery of the end extraction portion 21b side of the tray 2 and the pedal 31 is depressed. By this, the tray 2 can be inserted up to the end portion on the opposite side of the receiving portion of the packaging container, so that it is not necessary to insert the packaging container into the outer periphery of the tray 2 on the end extraction portion 21b side, and the packaging work can be further performed. It can be done easily and quickly.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, when the door pieces are closed while the cover is formed by the pair of door pieces, the door pieces are simply rocked in the closing direction. The door piece can be closed.

According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, since the locking body 5 can be maintained at the neutral position without providing the neutral maintaining means dedicated to the locking body, the number of parts can be reduced and the cost can be reduced. .

According to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, since the object to be packaged can be weighed by a scale simply by loading the object to be packaged into the tray body, the labor of weighing the object to be packaged can be omitted. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a packaging device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view of the device.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal rear view of the device.

FIG. 4 is a partially omitted rear view of the device.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which a cover of the tray is opened.

FIG. 6 is a partially omitted side view showing another embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a partially omitted side view showing still another embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a partial cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the locking body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Base 12 Receptor 16 Projection 2 Tray 21 Tray body 22 Cover 22a, 22b Door piece 3 Slide drive mechanism 31 Pedal 32 Swing arm 36 Rod 37 Return spring 5 Locking body 7 Scale

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A tray main body (21) having an upper charging part (21a) and an end extracting part (21b) of an article to be packaged, and opening and closing for covering the upper charging part (21a) of the tray main body (21). A tray (2) composed of a flexible cover (22), into which the packaging container can be inserted, is formed on the outer periphery of the end take-out portion (21b) of the object to be packaged. Base (1)
On the other hand, a slide drive mechanism (3) for slidably supporting the object to be packaged between the loading position and the unloading position and sliding the tray (2) with respect to the base body (1) is provided. Mainly a vegetable packaging device. 2. The cover (22) is constantly urged in the opening direction, and the cover (22) is at the loading position of the packaged object.
2. The packaging mainly for vegetables according to claim 1, further comprising a locking body (5) for maintaining the closed state of the tray and releasing the closed state of the cover body (22) with the sliding movement of the tray (2). apparatus. 3. A receptacle for applying a packaging container, which is located on the lower surface of the tray (2) and is inserted into the outer peripheral portion of the tray (2) on the side of the end take-out portion (21b), to the base body (1). The mainly vegetable packaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein (12) is fixed. 4. The cover (22) comprises a pair of door pieces (22a) (22b) provided on both left and right sides of the tray main body (21), and these door pieces (22a) (22b) are vertically moved when closed. The packaging apparatus for mainly vegetables according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the packaging devices are overlapped with each other at a predetermined interval. 5. The tray (2) according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the tray (2) is tapered from the side opposite to the end take-out portion (21b) of the packaged object toward the end take-out portion (21b). Kaichi described mainly vegetable packaging equipment. 6. The tray (2) is arranged such that the side opposite to the end take-out part (21b) of the article to be packaged is placed at a higher position, and the end take-out part (21) is provided.
The mainly vegetable packaging apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the b) side is in a slanted posture with the lower side. 7. The apparatus for packaging mainly vegetables according to claim 6, wherein the front-back inclination angle of the tray (2) is adjustable. 8. A projecting portion at an end of the tray body (21) of the receiving body (12) on the side of the take-out portion, the projecting portion projecting outwardly more than an end edge of the end take-out portion (21b) of the tray body (21). (1
6) is provided, and the protrusion length (L) of this protrusion (16) is
4. A device for packaging mainly vegetables according to claim 3, wherein the tray has a length shorter than a stroke of sliding movement of the tray. 9. A slide drive mechanism (3) comprises a pedal (3
1), the rod (36) for interlockingly connecting the pedal (31) and the tray (2) and the swing arm (32), and when the pedal (31) is released, the tray (2) is removed from the extraction position. Return spring (3 that slides to the loading position)
7) The packaging device for mainly vegetables according to claim 1, further comprising: 10. The door piece (22a) is provided with the base of the locking body (5).
5. A package mainly for vegetables according to claim 4, further comprising a neutral maintaining means for swingably mounting in the opening / closing direction of (22b) and for maintaining the locking body (5) in a swingable state at a neutral position. apparatus. 11. The neutral maintaining means is a return spring (37).
10. The packaging device for mainly vegetables according to claim 9, which is also used. 12. The packaging device mainly for vegetables according to claim 1, wherein the tray (2) is supported by the base body (1) via a scale (7).