JPH09110003A - Packaging method of soybean paste in cup - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the total length of a packaging device of soybean paste to the half of a conventional device, by intermittently transferring cups by a locomotive cup-feeding member and receiving one by one by a frame-form flange receiver fitted to a turntable to intermittintly transfer them circularly. SOLUTION: Swelled parts of soybean paste M filled in a cup 1 are leveled flat and a parchment paper 2 is placed thereon and further, a flat bag 3 for a deoxidizer is placed thereon and a top seal paper 4 is placed on the flange at the upper end of cup. In this process, the cup 1 is shifted by a certain pitch to the downstream side and intermittently transferred straight by a cup-feeding locomotive member 15 reciprocally returning to the upstream side. The top seal paper 4 is welded to the upper end flange of the cup 1 by a top seal device 13 and the cap 5 is forcibly put on by a capping device 14. In this process, the cups 1 are put on the flange receives 18 arranged at every equal distance on the peripheral edge of the turntable 17 and intermittently transferred circularly.

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention improves the method for transporting cup miso so that the total length of the apparatus can be reduced to half that of conventional apparatuses and the packaging capacity is increased. The present invention relates to a method for packaging a cup miso which can prevent the top seal paper from being displaced with respect to the cup. 2. Description of the Related Art A conventional cup miso packaging method is shown in FIG.
As shown in (a), the swelling of the miso M filled in the plastic cup 1 is flattened, and then the parchment paper 2 is placed thereon, and the flat packing bag of reduced iron powder which is an oxygen scavenger is placed thereon. (Made by Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc .: registered trademark: Ageless) 3 is placed, and then the flange portion 1a at the upper end of the cup 1 is placed.
The top seal paper 4 is placed on and welded, and then the plastic cap 5 is forcibly adhered. Next, a conventional method for packaging cup miso will be described with reference to an apparatus. As shown in Fig. 3 (b), a frame-shaped flange receiver 7 attached to the endless chain 6 at a constant pitch,
.. are slid on the rail 8, the plastic cup 1 filled with miso is passed through the flange receiver 7 from above, and the flange portion 1a at the upper end of the cup 1 is received by the flange receiver 7
In the next intermittent transfer position, the swelling of the miso filled in the cup is leveled evenly by the pressing plate pressing device 9, and at the next intermittent transfer position, the parchment paper 2 is supplied by the parchment paper feeding device 10. The flat packaging bag 3 is placed by the flat packaging bag feeding device 11 at the next intermittent transfer position, and the top sealing paper is placed on the flange portion 1a at the upper end of the cup 1 by the top seal paper feeding device 12 at the next intermittent transfer position. 4, the top seal device 13 welds the top seal paper 4 to the flange portion 1a at the upper end of the cup 1 at the next intermittent transfer position, and the flange 14a at the upper end of the cup 1 by the cap attaching device 14 at the next intermittent transfer position. A plastic cap 5 is forcibly attached to the portion 1a. In the conventional method for packaging cup miso described above, as a method of transporting cups, there are about 40 frame-shaped flange receivers 7, 7, ... · Is attached, and in the transfer area corresponding to the packaging process, a method of sliding frame-shaped flange receivers 7, 7, ...
It is around a meter and is an extremely large device.
There is a demand for downsizing of the device. Further, when trying to increase the packaging capacity, inertia acts on the top seal paper 4 placed on the flange portion 1a at the upper end of the cup 1 when the intermittent movement of the cup is started and stopped, and the top seal paper 4 is displaced. Therefore, the packaging ability could not be increased. If the cup miso is tilted or turned upside down during handling after packaging, the parchment paper 2 and the top seal paper 4 may be scratched by the sharp corners of the four corners of the flat packaging bag 3, which is a trivial matter. However, it is a complaint. The present invention has been devised in view of the above-mentioned points, and an object thereof is to provide a method for packaging a cup miso, in which the method for transporting the cup miso can be improved to shorten the total length of the apparatus to half that of the conventional apparatus. That is, preferably, the top seal paper can be prevented from being displaced with respect to the cup when the packaging capacity is increased, and preferably, the flat packaging bag is prevented from being displaced so that the four corners of the flat packaging bag have sharp edges. It is an object of the present invention to provide a cup miso packaging method that does not damage the parchment paper or top seal paper at the corners. According to the present invention, at one intermittent stop position on the upstream side, the pressing plate 9a of the pressing plate pressing device 9 is pressed against the rising of the miso filled in the cup 1 and leveled evenly. , Parchment paper feeding device 1 at the next intermittent transfer position
0, the parchment paper 2 is placed, the flat packaging bag feeding device 11 is placed at the next intermittent transfer position, the flat packaging bag 3 of reduced iron powder, which is an oxygen scavenger, is placed, and the top seal paper feeding device 12 is placed at the next intermittent transfer position. Flange 1 at the top of cup 1
The top seal paper 4 is placed on top of a and welded, and at the next intermittent transfer position, the top seal paper 13 is applied by the top seal device 13.
In the method for packaging a cup miso in which the cap 5 is welded to the flange 1a at the upper end of the cup 1 and the cap 5 is forcibly adhered by the cap adhering device 14 at the next intermittent transfer position, the upper surface of the miso M is flattened. In the step of placing the top seal paper 4, the cup 1 is conveyed by contacting the rear surface in the transfer direction of the cup 1 at the position moved to the upstream side and moving to the downstream side by a certain pitch, and then moving away from the rear surface in the transfer direction of the cup 1 to the upstream side. The required number of cups 1, 1, ... Made of plastic and filled with miso placed on the table 16 are intermittently linearly transferred by the cup feed movable member 15 that returns to the side, and the parchment paper 2 is placed. In the transport of the cup 1 in the process subsequent to the process, the cup 1 is transported by the cup feed movable member 15 by intermittently rotating the turntable 17. , In accordance with the opening opened equally arranged relative table center to the periphery of the turntable 17 receiving flange of Wakugata attached respectively 18, 18,
..Receive one after another and transfer intermittent arcs as shown in.
The present invention provides a method for packaging cup miso characterized by the following. A method for packaging a cup miso according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 (a), 1 (b) and 2. The packaging method of the cup miso according to this embodiment is
As shown in Fig. 1 (a), the swelling of the miso M filled in the plastic cup 1 is leveled flat, and then the parchment paper 2 is placed on the flat surface of the reduced iron powder which is an oxygen scavenger. Place the packaging bag 3, then place the top seal paper 4 on the flange 1a at the upper end of the cup 1 and weld it at one place, then weld the top seal paper 4 all around the flange 1a and flatten it. The packaging bag 3 is welded to the inner surface of the top seal paper 4, and subsequently the plastic cap 5 is forcibly attached. Hereinafter, the apparatus will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 (b) and 2. The method for packaging a cup miso according to the embodiment of the present invention is a combination of intermittent linear transfer and intermittent arc transfer, and for the plastic cup 1 filled with the miso M transferred by the belt conveyor 21,
The conveyance from the step of flattening the upper surface of the miso M to the step of placing the parchment paper 2 on to the next step is performed by contacting the rear surface in the transfer direction of the cup 1 at a position moved to the upstream side and moving it to the downstream side by a certain pitch. A pair of cup feed movable members 1 that move and then return to the upstream side away from the rear surface in the transfer direction of the cup 1.
5, 15 is for intermittent linear transfer to the table 16, and the cup 1 is conveyed in the steps subsequent to the step of placing the top seal paper 4 onwards.
A frame shape in which the cups 1 transported by 5 and 15 are respectively attached to the openings of the turntable 17 which is intermittently rotated every 60 degrees by a servo motor (not shown) so as to be divided into six equal parts with respect to the table center. Of the flange receivers 18, 18, ... Received one after another and transferred intermittently, and after being transferred by 270 degrees, transferred to a belt conveyor (not shown). The pair of cup feed movable members 15 and 15 are
Made of a long strip having five pairs of bays 15a, 15a, ... that can loosely clamp the lower side of the flange 1a at the upper end of the five cups 1, 1, ... And
Each of them is connected to a horizontal cylinder 28 via a bracket 27, and the horizontal cylinder 28 is connected to the vertical cylinder 29.
Since it is fixed to the slide stage, the air cylinder 2 is transferred on the belt conveyor 21.
When the cup 1 filled with miso is stopped by the stoppers 23 and 23 which are opened and closed by 2 and 22 and is detected by the sensor 24, the state in which the cup 1 is opened at the position moved to the upstream side indicated by the solid line in FIG. The directional cylinder 28 is extended to narrow the gap, and then the rodless cylinder 29 is operated to move the slide stage to the downstream side, whereby the directional cylinder 28 is moved to the downstream side by a certain pitch, and then the lateral cylinder 28 is contracted. By operating, you can open a space,
Further, a pair of symmetrical locomotion operations of returning to the upstream side by performing the opposite operation of the rodless cylinder 29 again are performed, and a cup filled with miso which is successively transferred by the belt conveyor 21 is filled. 1 is intermittently transferred linearly at a constant pitch. The pair of cup feed movable members 15,
When 15 is stopped in the open position at the position moved to the upstream side, the rise of the miso M filled in the cup 1 on the belt conveyor 21 is leveled evenly, and the intermittent stop position of the uppermost stream side of the table 16 is stopped. The parchment paper 2 is placed on the miso M filled in the cup 1, and the flat packaging bag 3 of reduced iron powder, which is an oxygen scavenger, is placed at the next intermittent stop position on the downstream side,
Further, at the next intermittent stop position on the downstream side, the top seal paper 4 is placed on the flange portion 1a at the upper end of the cup 1 and welded at one place. The step of flattening the rise of the miso M filled in the cup 1 is carried out by a pressing plate pressing device 9 comprising a pressing plate 9a and an air cylinder 9b provided above the intermittent stop position on the most upstream side. The pressing plate 9
a is lowered, pressed against the rise of the miso filled in the cup 1, leveled evenly, and the pressing plate 9a is raised. In the step of placing the parchment paper 2, the parchment paper supply device 10 mounted above the next intermittent stop position, for example, the vacuum pad 10a is turned upward by the rotary actuator 10b and then moved by the linear actuator 10c. By doing so, the vacuum pad 10a is brought into contact with the parchment paper 2 at the bottom of the parchment papers 2 stacked and stocked upward and held by suction, and the linear actuator 10c is actuated in the opposite direction to hold the parchment paper. 2 is separated and the rotary actuator 10b is inverted to make the vacuum pad 10a face downward so that the suction-held parchment paper 2 faces the lower cup 1, and the linear actuator 10c is continuously operated in the opposite direction to move the parchment paper. 2 in Miso M filled in cup 1 Contact to a height lowered, by solving the negative pressure suction of Bakyuumu pads 10a, placed on miso M filled with parchment paper 2 the cup 1. Preferably, also in the step of placing the parchment paper 2, the second pressing plate 1
0d and the vacuum pad 10a at the tip of the plastic bellows tube which is passed through the small hole formed in the second pressing plate 10d projects from the lower surface of the second pressing plate 10d. 10d cup parchment paper 2 in cup 1
The swelling of the miso M filled in the cup 1 is lowered until the miso M filled in the cup 1 is pushed down and the vacuum pad 10a is retracted by the shrinkage of the plastic bellows tube until the vacuum pad 10a matches the lower surface of the second pressing plate 10d. It is desirable to level it flat. In the step of placing the flat packaging bag 3, the flat packaging bag feeding device 11 installed above the next intermittent stop position.
Then, the flat packaging bag 3 is placed. Flat packaging bag supply device 11
Is the vacuum pad 11a and the rotary actuator 11
It is composed of b and the linear motion actuator 11c, and the constitutional action is substantially the same as that of the parchment paper feeding device 10. In the step of mounting the top seal paper 4, the top seal paper 4 is mounted on the flange portion 1a at the upper end of the cup 1 by the top seal paper supply device 12 installed above the next intermittent stop position, and Point seal device 19
Thus, the top seal paper 4 is point-sealed to the flange portion 1a at the upper end of the cup 1. Top sticker paper feeder 1
2 is a vacuum pad 12a and a rotary actuator 1
2b and a direct-acting actuator 12c, and the operation is substantially the same as that of the parchment paper feeding device 10. The point seal is obtained by applying the heater 19a to the top seal paper 4 and receiving it from below with the anvil 19b so that the cup 1 does not fall and the heat-soluble film on the lower surface of the top seal paper 4 is transferred to the flange portion 1a. Weld. The top seal paper 4 is point-sealed to the flange portion 1a at the upper end of the cup 1 in order to improve the packaging ability. This is because the step of welding the entire circumference of the seal paper 4 to the flange portion 1a is performed at a different position, so that the top seal paper 4 can be prevented from being misaligned with respect to the cup 1 during transfer. This is to ensure reliability even if the capacity is increased. The turntable 17 is intermittently rotated every 60 degrees by a servo motor (not shown). Around the center of the turntable 17, rectangular openings are provided around the center of the table at intervals of 60 degrees, and frame-shaped flange receivers 18, 18, ... Are attached to the openings, respectively. A flange for intermittently stopping the rodless cylinder device 30 to receive the cup 1 on which the top seal paper 4 sandwiched and transported by the cup feed movable members 15 and 15 is point-sealed is received by the rodless cylinder device 30. When the cup receiving plate 20 at the upper end of the rod 31 that rises to the downward insertion state through the receiver 18 approaches the cup 1, the cup feeding movable members 15 and 15 open to receive on the cup receiving plate 20 and further lower the rod 31. Then, the flange portion 1a at the upper end of the cup 1 is received so that the flange receiver 18 supports the flange portion 1a from the lower side in a fitted and mounted state. The receiving of this step may be performed by separately providing a handling device capable of holding the cup. The position at which the turntable 17 intermittently rotates the cup 1 received by the flange receiver 18 twice and the cup 1 is intermittently fed (the cup 1 received by the flange receiver 18 from the cup feed movable members 15, 15 is 120 degrees). At the position where the arc is transferred intermittently), the top seal device 13 welds the top seal paper 4 to the flange portion 1a at the upper end of the cup 1 all around. At this time, the heater 1 of the top seal device 13
3a is formed into a ring shape capable of pressing the flange portion 1a at the upper end of the cup 1, and a second point sealing device 20 and an electromagnet 23 are provided inside thereof to excite the reduced iron powder as the oxygen scavenger. The flat packaging bag 3 is sucked and brought into close contact with the top seal paper 4, and the second point seal device 20
Welding the flat packaging bag 3 to the top seal paper 4 by the heater (the heater is molded in the electromagnet 23 in FIG. 1 (b)) prevents the flat packaging bag 3 from being displaced.
It is desirable because it is possible to avoid scratching the parchment paper or top seal paper at the sharp corners of the four corners. Next, the position at which the turntable 17 is intermittently rotated once to intermittently feed the cup 1 (the position at which the cup 1 received by the flange receiver 18 from the cup feed movable members 15, 15 is intermittently transferred by 180 degrees). Then, the pressing plate 24 for cooling the seal portion is pressed against the flange portion 1a at the upper end of the cup 1 from above to completely weld the top seal paper 4 to the flange portion 1a at the upper end of the cup 1. Subsequently, the position at which the turntable 17 is intermittently rotated once to intermittently feed the cup 1 (the position at which the cup 1 received by the flange receiver 18 from the cup feed movable members 15, 15 is intermittently transferred by 240 degrees). Then, the cap 5 is forcibly attached by the cap attaching device 14. The cap adhering device 14 includes a vacuum pad 14a, a cap pressing plate 14b, a rotary actuator 14c, and a linear actuator 14d. The operation of the vacuum pad 14a is the same as that of the vacuum pad 10a of the parchment paper feeding device 10. Is. Next, the position at which the turntable 17 is intermittently rotated once to intermittently feed the cup 1 (the position at which the cup 1 received by the flange receiver 18 from the cup feed movable members 15, 15 is intermittently transferred by 270 degrees). Then, the cup 1 is lifted by the lifting plate 25 and further transferred by the handling device 26 onto a belt conveyor (not shown). As described above, according to the cup miso packaging method of the present invention, the swelling of the miso is leveled, parchment paper and a flat packaging bag are placed, and the top seal paper is attached. In the cup miso packaging method in which the cap is attached, the cup transportation method is improved, and the total length of the apparatus can be shortened to half that of the conventional apparatus, thus saving space.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 (a) is a sectional view for explaining a packaging structure of a cup miso according to the present invention, and (b) is a sectional view for explaining a packaging method for a cup miso according to the present invention. Basic process diagram. FIG. 2 is a schematic overall perspective view of a cup miso packaging apparatus that employs the cup miso packaging method according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3A is a sectional view for explaining a conventional cup miso packaging structure, and FIG. 3B is a basic process diagram for explaining a conventional cup miso packaging method. [Explanation of Codes] M ・ ・ ・ Miso 1 ・ ・ ・ Cup 1a ・ ・ ・ Flange 2 ・ ・ ・ Parchment paper 3 ・ ・ ・ Flat packaging bag 4 of reduced iron powder that is an oxygen scavenger ・ ・ ・ Top seal paper 5 ... Cap 9 ... Pressing plate pressing device 9a ... Pressing plate 10 ... Parchment paper feeding device 11 ... Flat packaging bag feeding device 12 ... Top seal paper feeding device 15 ... Cup Feeding movable member 16 ... Table 17 ... Turntable 18 ... Flange receiver 19 ... Point sealing device 20 ... Second point sealing device

Claims (1)

Claims: 1. At one intermittent stop position on the upstream side, the pressing plate 9a of the pressing plate pressing device 9 is pressed against the rising of the miso filled in the cup 1 to be leveled, and the next intermittent transfer. Parchment paper 2 by the parchment paper supply device 10 at the position
At the next intermittent transfer position, the flat packing bag supply device 11 places the flat packing bag 3 of reduced iron powder, which is an oxygen scavenger, and at the next intermittent transfer position, the top seal paper supply device 12 moves the upper end of the cup 1 Top seal paper 4 on the flange 1a
On the flange portion 1a at the upper end of the cup 1 by the top seal device 13 at the next intermittent transfer position, and the cap 5 is forced by the cap attaching device 14 at the next intermittent transfer position. In the packaging method of the cup miso to be adhered, the cup 1 is conveyed from the step of flattening the upper surface of the miso M to the step of placing the top seal paper 4 on the rear surface in the transfer direction of the cup 1 at the position moved to the upstream side. A required plastic material filled with miso placed on the table 16 is provided by the cup feed movable member 15 that comes into contact with the cup 1 and moves a certain pitch to the downstream side, and then returns to the upstream side away from the rear surface in the transfer direction of the cup 1. The number of cups 1, 1, ... Is intermittently linearly transferred, and the cup 1 is conveyed in the steps subsequent to the step of mounting the top seal paper 4 on the turntable 1 The frame-shaped flange receivers in which the cups 1 transported by the cup-feeding movable member 15 are intermittently rotated and are attached to the peripheral portions of the turntable 17 in accordance with the openings opened at equal intervals with respect to the table center. 18, 1
8. A method for packaging cup miso, characterized in that it is received one after another and transferred in an intermittent arc as shown in 8 ... 2. When the top seal paper 4 is placed,
The top sealing paper 4 is point-sealed to the flange portion 1a at the upper end of the cup 1 by the point sealing device 19, and the cup miso packaging method according to claim 1 is characterized. 3. When the top seal paper 4 is placed,
The parchment paper 2 is floated onto the top seal paper 4 by magnetic attraction from the top seal paper 4 and brought into close contact with the top seal paper 4 and the upper surface of the top seal paper 4 by the second point seal device 20. The method for packaging a cup miso according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the method is performed by welding.