JPH0891312A - Sealing device for excessive edge part generated by folding in automatic packaging machine for triangular object such as sandwich - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To mechanically and automatically perform a sealing work of an excessive edge part generated by folding by a method wherein when a triangular object such as sandwich is packaged with a packaging film, a special sealing device which seals excessive edge parts being formed on the top and bottom of the article under an intermediate process for packaging is provided. CONSTITUTION: An object 142 under an intermediate process for packaging, which has reached the top of a fifth belt conveyor, receives an upper sealing 113 and notch-imparting on an upper excessive edge part 109 generated by folding. Then, the article 142 is pressfed to a first working section by a chain drive, and a lower sealing 129 is performed on a lower excessive edge part 128 generated by folding by a bar heater member for lower sealing. Then, the article 142 under the intermediate process for packaging is press-fed to a second working section, and the lower excessive edge part 128 generated by folding is placed on a bottom-attaching part, and the lower excessive edge part 128 generated by folding is temporarily fixed and sealed on the external surface of the bottom-attaching part by a point sealing member for temporary fixation. Then, the article 142 is press-fed to a third working section, and the lower excessive edge part 128 generated by folding is primarily sealed by a sealing member for primary sealing on the external surface of the bottom-attaching part to complete the packaging.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a folded-over ear portion sealing device for an automatic triangle and wrapping machine for sandwiches and cakes.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, sandwiches are displayed by wrapping them by hand using a wrapping film, or by manually putting them in a transparent bag formed in advance in a triangular shape and wrapping them by means of closing the mouth by hand. It was displayed. These methods of wrapping by hand using a wrapping film and manually packing in a triangular transparent bag are not hygienic, unwrapped condition is not uniform, time-consuming and not suitable for mass production There was a defect such as. In order to eliminate such a defect, it is desirable to mechanize and automate it so as not to touch it, and the mechanization and automation have been awaited. However, when mechanizing / automating,
It was difficult to realize because the sandwich was soft and easily deformed.

[0003]

As a result of research to enable the above-mentioned realization, the present inventor was able to provide an automatic packaging machine for sandwiches and the like as shown in Examples described later. In providing this automatic wrapping machine, when wrapping a triangular material such as the sandwich 6 with the wrapping film 14, it is absolutely necessary to provide a sealing device for sealing the folded over ears formed in the upper and lower parts of the intermediate product. However, if the sealing device cannot be mechanized or automated, the automatic packaging machine cannot be provided.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel folding edge sealing device for a triangle-shaped automatic packaging machine such as a sandwich, which makes it possible to provide the above automatic packaging machine.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a folded-over ear sealing device in an automatic wrapping machine for sandwiches and the like according to the present invention has a wrapping film 14 to form a triangular product such as sandwich 6. In a triangle-shaped automatic packaging machine for sandwiches or the like, which is provided with a belt conveyor 5 that conveys a packaging intermediate product 142 having unfolded ears 109, 128 formed at the time of packaging, a horizontal direction around the belt conveyor 5 and The table-shaped portion 110 extending in the front direction is provided with the fifth belt conveyor 5,
The upper surface of the table-shaped portion 110 is provided at the same height, a first floor plate 111 made of a heat-resistant insulating material is laid on the top surface of the table-shaped portion 110 at a position located in front of the belt conveyor 5, and a cylinder is provided above the first floor plate 111. The upper seal 113 wearing bar / heater member 114 is delivered to the upper folding ears 109 which is lowered by the extension of 112 and raised by the contraction, and is fed above the table-like portion 110 in the feeding direction of the belt conveyor 5 and the belt conveyor 5. The intermittent operation type chain drive 118 is supported by the support portion 119 so as to be orthogonal to the chain drive
The push-feeding spatula-shaped portions 120 are fixed by the arms 121 to a large number of locations on the outer periphery of the table, and the abutting pieces 122 are provided on the front side of each spatula-shaped portion 120, and at each position where the spatula-shaped portions 120 stop in the table-shaped portion 110. Of the corresponding parts, the part closest to the fifth belt conveyor 5 is the first working part 123, the second closest part is the second working part 124, and the next closest part is the third working part 125, and then the next part. The fourth working part 126 is located near the second working plate 126, and the second floor plate 127 made of a heat-resistant insulating material is laid on the upper surface of the rear side portion of the first working part 123. The second floor plate 127 is lowered by the extension of the cylinder and raised by the contraction. The lower side folding fold which is provided with the lower seal 129 wearing bar heater 130 on the lower side fold 128 and is undulated by the cylinder 132 outside the rear side portion of the second working portion 124. A folding member 135 for the portion 128 is provided, and a point seal 131 for temporarily fixing the lower folding ear portion 128 that is lowered above the rear side portion of the second working portion 124 by the extension of the cylinder and is raised by the contraction is attached. A pin / heater member 136 is provided, and the main stop seal 140 of the lower folding ear portion 128 is lowered above the rear portion of the third working portion 125 by extension of the cylinder and is raised by contraction.
The sheet-like heater member 137 is provided, and the fourth working unit 126 is used as the take-out unit 139 for the packaging completed product 138.

[0006]

In the embodiment shown in the drawings, the second to fifth belt conveyors 2 to 5 are sequentially arranged in a line in front of the first belt conveyor 1, and the rear end of the first belt conveyor 1 is sandwiched by a sandwich 6.
1 for placing the package 1 with its oblique side or front surface 23 on the front side and vertical side or back surface 24 on the rear side and bottom side or bottom surface 26 on the lower side.
0, the front end part is the passing point 11 of the sandwich 6 to the second belt conveyor 2, and the left and right side sandwiches that operate at the same speed as the first belt conveyor 1 on both left and right sides of the middle part of the first belt conveyor 1. The feed conveyors 12 and 13 are provided.

Below the second belt conveyor 2, a transparent special shape heat-sealable material packaging film 14 to be described later is provided.
A packaging film supply unit 16 for supplying a long film 15 having a structure in which a large number of the continuous films are continuous, a long cut tape supply unit 18 for supplying the cut tape 17 as a long film, and a predetermined position of the long film 15. Long cut tape 17
And a roll group 20 for delivering the overlapped product 19 to the rear end of the second belt conveyor 2 in a stacked state. The packaging film supply unit 16, the cut tape supply unit 18, and the feed roll group unit 20 are arranged such that the front end portion 21 of the stacked state product 19 is the same as the second belt conveyor before the sandwich 6 is placed on the second belt conveyor 2. It is pulled by the feed roll 101 and the pinch roll 102 so as to operate at a speed at which it is laid on the upper surface of 2.

The packaging film 14 made of a heat-weldable material is
It has a substantially hexagonal shape, and the front surface 23 of the sandwich 6,
A front surface coating part 29, a rear surface coating part 30, 32 composed of left and right sides, a bottom surface coating part 33, 35 composed of left and right sides, which covers the back surface 24, the bottom surface 26, the left surface 27 and the right surface 28. The left side covering portion 36, the right side covering portion 37, and the folding ear portions 38 provided between these places 29 to 37 are provided, and the registration mark 3 for position confirmation is provided at a necessary portion.
It is equipped with 9.

At a location between the first belt conveyor 1 and the second belt conveyor 2, a transfer location 11 of the first belt conveyor 1
Place the sandwich 6 that came above on the second belt conveyor 2
A device 41 for changing the direction of the sandwich 6 which is rotated by 35 degrees and transferred and placed is provided. The direction changing device 41 includes left and right sliders 48 and 49 which move left and right by a screw shaft 47 having left and right screws 45 and 46 which are rotated by a motor 42 via gears 43 and 44, and left and right sliders, and an air cylinder. 50 for rack device 40 and pinion 104
It is composed of a pair of left and right L-shaped holding arms 54, 55 which swing (raises and lowers) in the front-rear direction by a rod shaft 53 with left and right keys 51, 52 which rotate via the. , 55 is sandwich 6 inside the tip
Has contact members 56 and 57 for the left and right surfaces 27 and 28 of
It has a boss 59 with a groove 58 at the base end.
A fork portion 60 provided on each of the sliders 48 and 49 is rotatably loosely fitted in the groove 58. Further, above the left and right sides of the second belt conveyor 2, left and right guide belts 61 and 62 that operate at the same speed as the second belt conveyor 2 are suspended.

A film cutter 65 which is vertically moved by a cylinder 64 for separating the above-mentioned piled-up product 19 between the packaging films 14 at a position between the second belt conveyor 2 and the third belt conveyor 3 and its fixed receiving blade. 66
Are provided as a vertical arrangement.

The latter half of the third belt conveyor 3 is used as a receiving point 69 for the pre-packaging product 68 in which the sandwich 6 is placed on the stretched packaging film 14, and the packaging film 14 is provided on both left and right sides of the receiving point 69. Left / Right side coating part 3
6, 37 and the sandwich guide guide plates 72 and 73 are provided inside the folding guide plates 70 and 71, respectively, and the front half portion 74 of the third belt conveyor 3 is provided. A pair of left and right first parts for lightly pressing the left and right side covered portions 36, 37 on both the left and right sides against the left and right sides of the sandwich 6 to make them adhere to each other.
Equipped with pressing plate devices 75 and 76. These left and right first
The pressing plate devices 75 and 76 have cushion springs 77 so that the sandwich 6 is not softly touched and crushed.

A heat-resistant insulating material that rises (backwards) above the front half 74 of the third belt conveyor 3 in an inclined direction that is lowered forward by extension of the air cylinder 78 and rises (backwards) when the air cylinder 78 contracts. The backing plate 79 for backing is provided, and the right side back cover portion 3 of the packaging film 14 is provided on both left and right sides of the front half portion 74.
The folding member 81 for the right rear surface and the back covering portion 30 on the left side, which are folded down to bring the upper surface of the backing receiving plate 79 into a weighted state, are folded down to receive the backing receiving plate 79.
Equipped with a left back folding member 80, which is in a weighted state, on the right back covering portion 32 existing on the upper surface of the
A backing bar / heater 82 for heat-welding the left and right back surface coating portions 32, 30 to each other, which are folded by the back folding members 80, 81 on both right sides, is attached to the backing receiving plate 79. It is provided as a state of being reciprocally driven in the perspective direction.

A mounting member 87 is installed above the front half of the fourth belt conveyor 4 so as to descend in the inclined direction by the extension of the air cylinder 85 and rise in the opposite direction due to the contraction of the air cylinder 85. Air cylinder 88 to 87
Of the same air cylinder 8
A heat-resistant insulating material bottom receiving plate 89 that moves in parallel forward due to contraction of 8 is provided, and the right bottom surface coating portion 35 of the packaging film 14 is provided on both left and right sides of the latter half portion of the fourth belt conveyor 4. Of the right bottom surface covering portion 35 existing on the top surface of the bottom receiving plate 86 by folding the right bottom surface folding member 91 and the left bottom covering portion 33 that are folded to the upper surface of the bottom receiving plate 89. Equipped with the left bottom bottom surface folding members 90 that are in a weighted state, and the left and right both bottom surface covering portions 33 and 35 that are folded by the left and right bottom surface folding members 91 and 90. An air cylinder (not shown) is provided with a spot heater 92 for the bottoming spot seal 141 that is heat-welded to each other in a perspective direction with respect to the bottoming receiving plate 89. Provided as a state for more reciprocating,
Further, a film pressing member 95 that descends by the expansion of the air cylinder 94 and rises by the contraction is provided above the latter half of the fourth belt conveyor 4 and is folded in the left and right sides of the central portion of the fourth belt conveyor 4. A pair of left and right second pressing plate devices 96, 9 for lightly pressing the left and right surface covering portions 36, 37 to the left and right surfaces of the sandwich 6 to bring them into close contact.
Equip 7. These left and right second pressing plate devices 96, 9
7 has a cushion spring 98 to prevent the sandwich 6 from being softly touched and crushed.

Around the fifth belt conveyor 5, there are provided table-shaped portions 110 extending in the left-right direction and the front direction, with the upper surfaces of the fifth belt conveyor 5 and the table-shaped portion 110 having the same height. A first floor plate 111 made of a heat-resistant insulating material is laid on the upper surface of the portion 110 located in front of the fifth belt conveyor 5, and an upper folding residue which is lowered above the floor plate 111 by extension of the air cylinder 112 and rises by contraction. Top seal 11 to ear 109
3 Wear bar / heater member 114 and notch (cut) 115 Wear cutting member 116 are provided. The bar / heater member 114 for mounting the upper seal 113 has a cushion spring 117 so that the soft seal is used for sealing.

The intermittent operation type chain drive 11 is arranged above the table-shaped portion 110 so that the feeding direction of the fifth belt conveyor 5 is orthogonal to the feeding direction of the fifth belt conveyor 5.
8 are supported by a support portion 119, and the push-feeding triangular spatula-shaped portions 120 are fixed to the outer periphery of the chain drive 118 by the arms 121, and the abutting pieces 122 are attached to the front oblique side of each triangular spatula-shaped portion 120. To provide. Stop the chain drive 118 with each triangular spatula 1
This is done each time 20 arrives near the left side of the fifth belt conveyor 5 in sequence.

Of the positions corresponding to the positions where the triangular spatula-shaped part 120 stops on the right side of the fifth belt conveyor 5 of the table-shaped part 110, the part closest to the fifth belt conveyor 5 is the first working part. 123, the next closest part is the second working part 124, and the next closest part is the third working part 1.
25 and further next to it is the fourth working unit 126.

A second floor plate 127 made of a heat-resistant insulating material is laid on the upper surface of the rear side portion of the first working portion 123, and the second floor plate 12 is formed.
A lower seal 129 wearing bar heater 130 is installed above the upper side 7 of the lower folding unfolded portion 128 which is lowered by extension of an air cylinder (not shown) and raised by contraction.

A rack 133 reciprocating by an air cylinder 132 and a folding member 135 for a lower folding remainder 128 which is undulated by a pinion 134 rotated by the rack 133 are provided outside the rear side portion of the second working portion 124. At the same time, the point seal 131 for temporary fixing of the lower folding residue 128 which is lowered (advanced) by extension of an air cylinder (not shown) and raised (retracted) by contraction is provided above the rear part of the second working portion 124. Pin / heater member 136
Distribute.

For the main stop seal 140 of the lower folding ears 128 which is lowered (advanced) by extension of an air cylinder (not shown) above the rear part of the third working portion 125 and raised (retracted) by contraction. The planar heater member 137 is installed.

The fourth working unit 126 is a unit 139 for taking out the packaging completed product 138.

In the above embodiment, the operation of wrapping the triangular sandwich 6 with the transparent packaging film 14 is automatically performed.

First, the long film 15 and the long cut tape 17 are fed out from the packaging film supply unit 16 and the cut tape supply unit 18, and guided and fed onto the second belt conveyor 2 via the feed roll group unit 20. Roll 1
01 and the pinch roll 102 to pull the stacked film 19 of the long film 15 and the long cut tape 17 correctly on the second belt conveyor 2 and the tip of the stacked product 19 is film cutter 65. Perform the pre-operation such as cutting and aligning the edges of the leading edge to make the packaging start posture.

After that, the sandwich 6 is placed on the article mounting place 10 with its front surface 23 front side, rear surface 24 rear side and bottom surface 26 lower side. In this way, the sandwich 6 is conveyed to the first belt conveyor 1 and the left / right sandwiching conveyers 12 and 13, and when the sandwich 6 reaches the transfer point 11, these conveyors 1, 12 and 13 are stopped. The sandwich 6 coming over the transfer point 11 is turned over by the action of the device 41.
The sandwich 6 is rotated by 35 degrees and transferred onto the second belt conveyor 2, so that the sandwich 6 is moved to the left and right guide belts 61, 6
It is placed at a position between the two and is placed on the above-mentioned overlapped object 19 on the second belt conveyor 2.

In the direction changing device 41, the screw shaft 47 is rotated by the motor 42 and the left and right sliders 4 are rotated when the sandwich 6 comes to the transfer point 11 and stops.
8 and 49 are moved inward, and the left and right sliders 48 and 4 are
The left and right L-shaped holding arms 54, 5 by moving 9
5 approaches the sandwich 6, hitting members 56, 5
7 softly abuts the left and right surfaces 27, 28 of the sandwich 6 to sandwich the sandwich 6, and after this sandwiching, the rack device 40 moves the sandwiching arms 54, 55 via the rod shaft 53 by the air cylinder 50. 1 ahead
Rotate 35 degrees and sandwich 6 onto second belt conveyor 2
The motor 42 reverses the screw shaft 47 to release the sandwiching of the sandwiched arms 54 and 55 by the motor 42 at this time.
After this release, the rack device 40 returns the gripping arms 54, 55 to their original positions via the return rod shaft 53, and prepares for the next time.

Stacked product 1 on the second belt conveyor 2
When the sandwich 6 is placed on 9, the second and third belt conveyors 2, 3 and the left and right guide belts 61, 62, the feed roll 101 and the pinch roll 102 are actuated so that the sandwich 6 and the stack state object 19 are transferred to the third belt conveyor. 3 and then the whole sandwich 6 is temporarily stopped when the whole sandwich 6 is crossed over the receiving point 69 of the third belt conveyor 3, and the film cutter 65 is operated during this stop to stack the sheets. The product 19 is cut to obtain the packaging film 14.

When the third belt conveyor 3 starts moving again, the sandwich 6 and the packaging film 14 existing on the third belt conveyor 3 move forward, and at the time of this movement, the left and right side coating portions 36 of the packaging film 14 are covered. Three
7 is erected by the folding guide plates 70, 71 and the sandwich guide guide plates 72, 73, and when the sandwich 6 is positioned between the left and right first pressing plate devices 75, 76, the third belt conveyor 3 Stop. still,
Immediately before this stop, the air cylinder 78 is extended to lower the backing support plate 79, and when the sandwich 6 is very lightly brought into contact with the lowered backing support plate 79, the third belt conveyor It is supposed to be stopped.

When the sensor 8 senses that the sandwich 6 has come between the left and right first pressing plate devices 75 and 76, the first pressing plate devices 75 and 76 move inward and are folded up as described above. The left and right side covering portions 36 and 37 are pressed very softly against the left and right sides 27 and 28 of the sandwich 6 to expel air from between the packaging film 14 and the sandwich 6, and the left and right side folding members 80 and 81.
Is folded on the backing support plate 79 in a state where the left and right back surface covering portions 30, 32 of the packaging film 14 are lowered, and after this folding, the backing bar heater 82 is mounted on the backing support. The back cover portions 30, 32 on the left and right sides are fixed to each other by approaching the plate 79, and after this fastening, the backing bar heater 82 and the backing receiving plate 79 are directed upward, and the left and right sides are also fixed. The back folding members 80, 81 return to the left and right outward directions, respectively, to prepare for the next time. After this return, the sandwich 6 whose back is finished on the third belt conveyor 3 is transferred to the fourth belt conveyor 4. In the case of the back lining process, the folding ear 38
Are folded and overlapped to form the upper folding residual ear portion 109.

The sensor 9 detects that the sandwich 6 and the packaging film 14 are located between the left and right second pressing plate devices 96 and 97 on the fourth belt conveyor 4, and the fourth belt conveyor 4 is moved. Immediately after this stop, the film pressing member 95 descends and the packaging film 14
The rear end is pressed against the fourth belt conveyor 4 from above to prevent the packaging film 14 from moving forward, the air cylinder 85 extends, the mounting member 87 descends obliquely, and the air cylinder 88 contracts. Receiving plate 89 for bottoming
Moves forward, and the extra portion 84 of the back part is
And the sandwich 6 is pushed forward and air is expelled from the inside of the lining, and the second pressing plate devices 96 and 97 are moved inward so that the left and right side covering portions 36, 37 to the left and right sides 27 and 2 of sandwich 6
8 is pressed very softly to expel the air from between the packaging film 14 and the sandwich 6, and after keeping the expelled state to raise the film pressing member 95, the left and right bottom surface folding members 90 and 91 fold the left and right bottom surface covering portions 33 and 35 of the packaging film 14 on the bottom receiving plate 89, and after this folding, the bottom spot heater 92 approaches the bottom receiving plate 89. Then, the left and right bottom surface covering portions 33 and 35 are temporarily fixed to each other, and after this fixing, the bottom spot heater 92 and the bottom receiving plate 89 are directed upward, and the left and right sides are also fixed. Bottom folding members 90, 91 are left
Return to the right outward direction and prepare for the next time. After this return, the packaging intermediate product 142 whose bottom is finished on the fourth belt conveyor 4 is transferred to the fifth belt conveyor 5. In the case of the bottoming step, the folding ear portions 38 are folded and overlapped with each other to form the lower folding residual ear portion 108.

The intermediate product 142 that has reached the fifth belt conveyor 5 hits the abutting piece 122 provided on the triangular spatula-shaped portion 120 which is in a standby state next to the fifth belt conveyor 5. The upper folding part 109 is in contact with the first floor plate 111. The sensor 7 senses the intermediate packaging 142 in this mounted state, stops the fifth belt conveyor 5, and immediately after this stop, the air cylinder 11
2 extends to lower the upper seal 113 wearing bar / heater member 114 and the notch (cutting) 115 wearing cutting member 116, and raises after performing the upper seal 113 wearing and the notch 115 wearing on the upper folding ears 109. To do.

A bar / heater member 114 for mounting the upper seal 113 and a cutting member 116 for mounting the notch 115.
After the ascent of the chain drive 118, the upper seal 1
13 and the intermediate package 142 with the notch 115 are pushed to the first working portion 123 of the table-like portion 110 and stopped, and the lower seal 129 is attached to the bar / heater member 1.
30 is lowered and the lower seal 1 is attached to the lower folding ears 128.
Go up after 29.

After the lower heater 129 wearing bar / heater member 130 is lifted, the chain drive 118 removes the intermediate package 142 after the lower seal 129 is applied to the second working unit 12.
4, the rack 133 is hung up to stop, and the folding member 135 for the lower folding ears 128 is raised by the rack 133 to maintain the lower folding ears 128 in a state of being overlapped with the bottom portion. In this state, the temporary fixing point seal member 136 descends and the lower folding residual ear portion 12
8 is temporarily fixed to the outer surface of the bottom-lined portion, and then the seal 131 is raised.

After the temporary fixing point seal member 136 is lifted, the chain drive 118 pushes the temporary fixing temporary package 142 to the third working unit 125 to stop it, and the main fixing face seal member 137 is lowered. The bottom unfolded ears 128 are permanently attached to the outer surface of the bottom-lined portion by a permanent seal 140 and raised, thus completing the packaging.

After the packaged product 138 is obtained in this manner, the chain drive 118 is operated to operate the packaged product 13
8 is pushed to the take-out section 139 and stopped, and the worker takes out the packaging completed product 138 from the take-out section 139,
For example, the packaging is performed in a box.

[0034]

According to the present invention, as described above, the belt conveyor for conveying the intermediate product 142 having the folding ears 109, 128 formed at the top and bottom when the triangular film such as the sandwich 6 is packaged with the packaging film 14. In a triangle-shaped automatic packaging machine such as a sandwich provided with 5, a table-shaped portion 110 that spreads in the left-right direction and the front direction around the belt conveyor 5 is formed such that the upper surfaces of the belt conveyor 5 and the table-shaped portion 110 have the same height. Provided, table-shaped portion 11
0, a first laying plate 111 made of a heat-resistant insulating material is laid on the upper surface at a position located in front of the belt conveyor 5, and an upper folding ears portion 109 is lowered above the first laying plate 111 by extension of the cylinder 112 and rises by contraction. The upper seal 113 wearing bar heater member 114 is delivered to the upper part of the table-shaped part 110, and the intermittent operation type chain drive 118 is supported above the table-shaped part 110 in a feeding direction orthogonal to the feeding direction of the belt conveyor 5. The spatula-shaped parts 120 for push-feeding are fixed to the outer periphery of the chain drive 118 by the arms 121 at a number of locations on the outer periphery of the chain drive 118, and the abutting pieces 122 are attached to the front side of each spatula-shaped part 120.
And the spatula-shaped portion 1 in the table-shaped portion 110
Of the points corresponding to the positions where 20 stops, the point closest to the fifth belt conveyor 5 is the first working unit 123, the second closest working unit 124, and the next closest point is the third working unit. The portion further closer to the portion 125 is the fourth working portion 126, and the second floor plate 127 made of a heat-resistant insulating material is laid on the upper surface of the rear side portion of the first working portion 123.
7, a bar seal 130 for mounting a lower seal 129 is installed on the lower folding ears 128 which descends by the extension of the cylinder and rises by the contraction, and the cylinder is provided outside the rear side portion of the second working portion 124. A folding member 135 for the lower folding ears 128 that is raised and lowered by 132 is provided, and a lower folding ears portion that descends by extension of the cylinder and rises by contraction above the rear portion of the second working portion 124. 12
8 is provided with the temporary fixing point seal 131 mounting pin heater member 136, and the lower folding ear portion 128 is lowered above the rear portion of the third working portion 125 by extension of the cylinder and is raised by contraction. Since the planar heater member 137 for the final stop seal 140 is provided and the fourth working unit 126 is used as the take-out unit 139 for the packaging completed product 138,
The intermediate package 142 that has reached the top of the belt conveyor 5 comes into contact with the abutting piece 122 provided on the spatula-shaped portion 120 that is in the standby state next to the belt conveyor 5, and the upper folding residual ear portion 109. Is placed on the first floor plate 111. The sensor 7 senses the intermediate packaging 142 in the loaded state, and the belt conveyor 5 is stopped. Immediately after this stop, the cylinder 112 extends and the upper seal 113 wearing bar / heater member 114 descends to fold the upper side. After the upper seal 113 is attached to the excess ear portion 109, it rises. This upper seal 113 wearing bar / heater member 11
4, the chain drive 118 pushes the package intermediate product 142 with the upper seal 113 to the first working portion 123 of the table-like portion 110 to stop, and the lower seal 129 wearing bar / heater member 130 descends and descends. After the lower side seal 129 is applied to the side folding excess ear portion 128, the side folding excess ear portion 128 is raised. After the lower heater 129 wearing bar / heater member 130 is lifted, the chain drive 118 moves the package intermediate product 142 after the lower seal 129 is applied to the second working unit 124.
The lower folding ears 128 are kept in a state of being overlapped with the bottom-lined portion by raising the folding members 135 for the lower folding ears 128 by the rack 133 and stopping them. At this time, the temporary sealing point seal member 136 descends to move the lower folding residual ear portion 128.
After performing a temporary fixing seal 131 on the outer surface of the bottom-lined portion, move up. After the temporary sealing point seal member 136 is lifted, the chain drive 118 pushes the temporarily packaged intermediate product 142 to the third working unit 125 to stop, and the final locking face seal member 137 descends to fold down. The excess ears 128 are raised to the outer surface of the bottom portion by the permanent seal 140, and thus the packaging is completed. Thus, after the packaging completed product 138 is obtained, the chain drive 118 operates and the packaging completed product 138 is completed. The packaging unit 139 is pushed to the take-out unit 139 and stopped, and at the same time, the worker takes out the packaging completed product 138 from the take-out unit 139 and performs, for example, box packing.

[0035]

EFFECT OF THE INVENTION The folding edge selvage sealing device in the automatic packaging machine for triangular articles such as sandwiches according to the present invention is capable of mechanically and automatically performing the sealing work of the folding selvages. It is possible to provide an automatic packaging machine.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall side view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a transfer portion which constitutes a step of transferring and placing a sandwich on a long film with a long cut tape.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing a rear surface processing portion that performs a folding process and a back tensioning process of the left and right side covering portions in the packaging film.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing an intermediate state of a back-lining process.

FIG. 10 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the main part of the same.

FIG. 11 is a side view showing a bottom surface processing portion for performing a bottoming step.

FIG. 12 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where air is expelled in the bottoming treatment step.

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view showing an intermediate state of a bottoming treatment step.

FIG. 15 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the main part of the same.

FIG. 16 is a positional relationship diagram between a table-shaped portion and a chain drive.

FIG. 17 is a side view showing an upper folded portion processing portion which performs a sealing process and a notch cutting process for the upper folded portion.

FIG. 18 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 19 is a side view showing a lower fold remainder portion sealing portion which constitutes a lower fold remainder sealing step.

FIG. 20 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 21 is a side view showing a temporary fixing process portion of the lower folding unfolded portion, which constitutes a step of temporarily fixing the lower folding unfolded portion.

FIG. 22 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 23 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in the middle of the temporary fastening process of the lower folding part.

FIG. 24 is a side view showing a final fastening processing portion of a lower folding remainder portion which constitutes a final fastening process of the lower folding remainder portion.

FIG. 25 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 26 is a perspective view showing a long film.

FIG. 27 is a perspective view showing a packaging film.

FIG. 28 is a perspective view showing a state where the left and right side covering portions are folded up.

FIG. 29 is a perspective view showing a state in which the back is upholstered.

FIG. 30 is a perspective view showing a state in which a surplus portion of the back lining portion is tilted.

FIG. 31 is a perspective view showing a state in which the bottom is lined up.

FIG. 32 is a perspective view showing a state in which the upper seal is attached.

FIG. 33 is a perspective view showing a state where a lower seal is attached.

FIG. 34 is a perspective view showing a state where the lower folding part is temporarily fixed.

FIG. 35 is a perspective view showing a completed packaging product in which a lower folding residue is finally fixed.

FIG. 36 is a perspective view showing a state where the completed packaging products are displayed.

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 1 1st Belt Conveyor 2 2nd Belt Conveyor 3 3rd Belt Conveyor 4 4th Belt Conveyor 5 5th Belt Conveyor 6 Sandwich 7 Sensor 8 Sensor 9 Sensor 10 Package Placement Place 11 Handing Place 12 Left Side Sanding Conveyor 13 Right Side Pinch feed conveyor 14 Wrapping film 15 Long film 16 Wrapping film supply section 17 Cut tape 18 Long cut tape supply section 19 Stacked state 20 Roll group section 21 Tip part 23 Front side 24 Back side 26 Bottom surface 27 Left side 28 Right side 29 Front side Covering part 30 Left back coating part 32 Right back coating part 33 Left bottom coating part 35 Right bottom coating part 36 Left side coating part 37 Right side coating part 38 Folding ear part 39 Registration mark 40 Rack device 41 Sandwich turning device 42 Motor43 gear 44 gear 45 left screw 46 right screw 47 screw shaft 48 left slider 49 right slider 50 air cylinder 51 left key 52 right key 53 rod shaft 54 left L-shaped clamping arm 55 right L-shaped clamping arm 56 left Contact member 57 Right contact member 58 Groove 59 Boss 60 Two-pronged portion 61 Left guide belt 62 Right guide belt 64 Cylinder 65 Film cutter 66 Receiving blade 68 Packaging preform 69 Receiving point 70 Left folding guide 71 Right folding guide 72 Guide Plate for Sandwich Guide 73 Guide Plate for Sandwich Guide 74 First Half 75 First Pressing Plate Device 76 First Pressing Plate Device 77 Cushion Spring 78 Air Cylinder 79 Back Cover Plate 80 Left Back Folding Member 81 Right Back Insert section Material 82 Backing bar heater 84 Extra portion of backing portion 85 Air cylinder 87 Mounting member 88 Air cylinder 89 Bottom receiving plate 90 Left bottom folding member 91 Right bottom folding member 92 Bottom spot spot heater 94 Air cylinder 95 Film pressing member 96 Second pressing plate device 97 Second pressing plate device 98 Cushion spring 101 Feed roll 102 Pinch roll 103 Dancer roll 104 Pinion 108 Lower side unfolded ear portion 109 Upper side unfolded ear portion 110 Table portion 111 1st floor board 112 Air cylinder 113 Upper seal 114 Bar heater member 115 Notch 116 Cut member 117 Cushion spring 118 Chain drive 119 Support part 120 Push-feed triangular spatula part 121 Arm 122 Hitting piece 123 1st working part 124 2nd working part 125 3rd working part 126 4th working part 127 4th working plate 128 Lower folding part 129 Lower seal 130 Bar heater 131 Point seal 132 Air cylinder 133 Rack 134 Pinion 135 Folding member 136 Pin / heater member 137 Sheet-like heater member 138 Completed packaging 139 Extraction part 140 Final stop heel 141 Bottom line spot seal 142 Intermediate packaging

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A sandwich or the like provided with a belt conveyor 5 for transporting a mid-packaging product 142 having unfolded tabs 109 and 128 formed when a triangular product such as a sandwich 6 is packaged with a packaging film 14. In the triangle-shaped automatic packaging machine, the table-shaped portions 110 that spread in the left-right direction and the front direction are provided around the belt conveyor 5 such that the upper surfaces of the fifth belt conveyor 5 and the table-shaped portion 110 have the same height, A first laying plate 111 made of a heat-resistant insulating material is laid on the upper surface of the portion 110 located in front of the belt conveyor 5, and the upper folding ears are lowered above the first laying plate 111 by extension of the cylinder 112 and rise by contraction. The upper seal 113 wearing bar / heater member 114 is delivered to the upper part 109 and the bell is placed above the table-like part 110. The intermittently operating type chain drive 118 is supported by a supporting portion 119 in a feeding direction orthogonal to the feeding direction of the belt conveyor 5 and is supported by a supporting portion 119. Is fixed by an arm 121, and an abutting piece 122 is provided on the front side of each spatula-shaped portion 120, and the fifth belt conveyor 5 is provided at each position corresponding to each position where the spatula-shaped portion 120 stops in the table-shaped portion 110. The closest part is the first working part 123, the next closest part is the second working part 124, and the next closest part is the third working part 1.
The second working plate 126 is located next to the second working plate 126, a second floor plate 127 made of a heat-resistant insulating material is laid on the upper surface of the rear side portion of the first working unit 123, and the cylinder extends above the second floor plate 127. The lower seal 129 mounting bar heater 130 is installed on the lower folding ears 128 that rises due to contraction and contraction, and the lower side that is undulated by the cylinder 132 outside the rear side of the second working unit 124. Fold-over ear 1
A folding member 135 for 28 is provided, and a pin for attaching a point seal 131 for temporarily fixing the lower folding ear portion 128 that descends by the extension of the cylinder and rises by contraction above the rear part of the second working portion 124. A sheet-like heater member 137 for the main stop seal 140 of the lower folded residual ear portion 128 that is provided with the heater member 136 and that descends by the extension of the cylinder and rises by the contraction above the rear portion of the third working portion 125.
And the fourth working unit 126 is used as a take-out unit 139 for the completed packaging product 138.