JPH0995309A - Filling apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently fill objects to be filled without damaging them by making a structure which vibrates only a packing bag but does not vibrate other members such as a guide and a hopper. SOLUTION: An ejection port 26 on a front wall 21 of a main body 2 is made to correspond to an opening frame 42 of an air intake device 4 while an attaching hole 58 of a swing lever 54 is exposed from a protrusion opening 27 for fixing the main body 2 to cover the air intake device 4 and a vibrator 5. Then a packing bag holding member 6 is fitted into the attaching hole 58 to be fixed to the main body 2. When the air intake device 4 is turned ON, air is fed from the ejection port 26 and a mouth of the packing bag is opened. If an object to be filled is dropped via a positioning member in this state, the object is put into the packing bag, perforations of the bag are broken by its weight and packing of the object is completed. At the time of filling, since the packing bag vertically moves together with the holding member 6, the object is smoothly filled and damage on the object can be reduced.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a filling device,
More specifically, the present invention relates to a filling device that efficiently fills root vegetables such as radish, carrot, and burdock root without damaging them.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is a demand for an automatic root vegetable packaging device that solves the problems of the conventional manual bagging work of long root vegetables, and that saves labor and efficiency in the product distribution process. Proposed. For example, a guide part (hopper part) for guiding the filled articles, a packaging bag support part for bundling and supporting the packaging bags so that the opening part of the packaging bag is located near the lower end of the hopper part, and the opening part of the packaging bag. 2. Description of the Related Art There is a filling device including a blower unit that blows and opens wind and a vibrating unit that vibrates a hopper unit. In this apparatus, the guide portion is vibrated by the vibrating means, the contact resistance between the wall surface of the guide portion and the article is reduced, and the article can be smoothly filled into a desired container. Further, the vibrating means vibrates the hopper portion and the packaging bag support portion to reduce the contact resistance between the wall surface of the hopper portion and the article so that the article can be smoothly filled into a desired container.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional filling device, since the guide portion or the hopper portion is vibrated,
The packaging bag also moves in the same manner as this, and there is a problem that when the filled article moves in the packaging bag, the article is easily scratched. Further, in the configuration in which the guide portion and the packaging bag support portion are connected and both are vibrated together, the portion to be vibrated is heavier and the power required to vibrate is greater.

Therefore, in view of the conventional problems, the present inventor has studied various filling devices and configured the above structure by vibrating only the packaging bag and not vibrating other members such as the guide portion and the hopper. We have completed a filling machine that solves the problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and its object is to efficiently fill long-sized filled articles such as root vegetables without damaging them. It is to provide a filling device capable of performing.

[0006]

A filling device according to claim 1 of the present invention as a means for achieving the above object, is an air supply device for supplying air to open a flat packaging bag, A packaging bag holding member that holds one end of the packaging bag and applies vibration to the packaging bag, a vibrating device that vibrates the packaging bag holding member, and a main body that houses the air supply device and the drive device of the vibrating device, An air outlet communicating with the blower of the air supply device is provided in the main body, and a positioning member for positioning a filling object on the opening of the packaging bag is provided below the air outlet.
It is configured to be provided above the packaging bag holding member.

A filling device according to a second aspect of the present invention is the filling device according to the first aspect, further comprising a vibration device for the filling device.
A motor, a link mechanism having one end coupled to the motor and transmitting the motion of the motor by reciprocating through the other end, and a link mechanism coupled to one end of the link mechanism and attached to the other end of the packaging bag holding member. It is composed of a swing rod swinging by a link mechanism and a biasing member attached to one end of the swing rod and fixed to the main body.

A filling device according to a third aspect is the filling device according to the first aspect, wherein the positioning member is formed of an annular member. Further, in the filling apparatus according to claim 4, in each of the filling apparatuses, the positioning member is formed by an annular member and a hopper fixed to the annular member, and the annular member is vertically movable with respect to the packaging bag holding member. When the annular member is moved downward, the lower part of the hopper is positioned inside the opening of the packaging bag. Further, a filling apparatus according to a fifth aspect is the filling apparatus according to the fourth aspect, wherein the hopper is formed by a hopper whose lower portion opens and closes with a part of the annular member as a spindle.

The filling apparatus of the present invention can be used for long root vegetables such as radish, carrot, burdock, etc., but it can also be used for granules, leaves and stem vegetables. it can.
The packaging bag to be applied is not limited to the bundled plastic such as polyethylene and polypropylene, but can be applied to packaging bags made of various materials such as paper.

The air supply device of the filling device according to the present invention comprises an air blower, an air blow duct and the like. As the air blower, a fan, a blower or the like can be used without any particular limitation. The positioning member is also a portion that guides the filled article.
By making this part short, that is, thin, the contact area between the long filled article and this part is reduced to reduce resistance, and the filled article is guided by the positioning member (hopper) and smoothly drops into the packaging bag. To do so. In the case of powder particles, it may be in a funnel shape.

[0011]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the filling device of the first aspect of the present invention, the vibrating device for vibrating the packaging bag holding member and the object to be filled are positioned on the opening of the packaging bag. The positioning member is provided below the air ejection port and above the packaging bag holding member. Since the vibrating packaging bag holding member and the positioning member for positioning the filling object are provided separately, the structure is simple and compact. It is possible to reduce the contact length between the filled article and the positioning member, reduce damage to the filled article, and vibrate only the packaging bag holding member to reduce vibration power. Have an effect.

According to another aspect of the filling apparatus of the present invention, the vibrating device includes a motor, one end of which is connected to the motor, the link mechanism for transmitting the motion of the motor by reciprocating through the other end, and the link mechanism of the link mechanism. Since the packaging bag holding member is attached to one end and the packaging bag holding member is attached to the other end and swings by the link mechanism, the swinging rod is composed of an urging member attached to one end of the swinging rod and fixed to the main body. The vibrating device for the packaging bag holding member can have a simple structure, can be further downsized, and can reduce vibration power.

According to the filling device of the third aspect, according to the preferable construction in which the positioning member is formed of the annular member,
Further, it has an effect that the structure is simple and can be miniaturized, and damage to the filled article can be reduced.

According to the filling apparatus of claim 4, the positioning member is formed by an annular member and a hopper fixed to the annular member, and the annular member is formed so as to be vertically movable with respect to the packaging bag holding member. However, when the lower part of the hopper is positioned inside the opening of the packaging bag when the annular member is moved downward, there is an effect that the packaging bag can be surely opened by the hopper.

According to the filling apparatus of the fifth aspect, in the configuration in which the hopper is formed of a hopper whose lower part opens and closes with a part of the annular member as a spindle, the hopper is surely opened and In addition, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the filled article will come into contact with the side wall of the hopper, and to prevent scratches.

[0016]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The best mode for embodying the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 show an embodiment of a filling device of the present invention, FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the filling device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a member provided on a front wall of the filling device. 3 is a perspective view of the appearance of the filling device.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the filling apparatus of the present embodiment is provided with a positioning member 3 on the outside of the front wall of the main body 2, and air is blown out to open one end of the packaging bag. The device 4 and a driving part such as a vibrating device 5 for vibrating the packaging bag 1 to smoothly fill the filled article are housed inside the main body 2 and hold one end of the packaging bag 1 for containing the filled article. The packaging bag holding member 6 is disposed below the positioning member 3 below the air ejection port, and air is blown into one end of the packaging bag to open the packaging bag. It is configured to guide you.

As shown in FIG. 1, the main body 2 includes a base 20 made of a steel plate (which may be made of other material such as FRP) forming a bottom surface, a front wall 21 made of a steel plate, and a side rear wall. Two
2 and the ceiling 23 and the upper box-shaped body formed in a box shape. A bottom overhanging portion 24 is provided on the bottom surface of the upper box-shaped body, and a mounting portion 24a formed with a plurality of female screws or the like so as to be fixed to the base 20 is provided. A mounting plate 25 is vertically fixed to the base 20 by rivets, bolts 25a, or welding. And the walls 21,2
An upper box-shaped body composed of 2 and a ceiling 23 is placed on the base 20 to form a space inside. The motors of the air supply device 4 and the vibration device 5 mounted on the mounting plate 25 are housed in this space.

An air ejection port 26 is provided in the upper portion of the front wall 21, a projecting opening 27 for projecting the swing rod 54 is provided, and a mounting member 28 for mounting the positioning member 6 is provided between both openings 26, 27. . Further, the fuse 71,
A control panel 7 provided with a switch 72 and the like is arranged.
A guide 29 is provided around the air outlet 26 so as to guide the air blown out from the air outlet 26 downward. Here, the air ejection port 26 has an air ejection angle α of
Is 5 to 30 °, and the extension of the air ejection angle α is located at the base end 6 a of the packaging bag holding member 6. However, the air ejection port 26 may have another angle depending on the amount of air flow or the like, if necessary.

The air supply device 4 comprises a fan such as a multi-blade fan or a plate fan, or a blower such as a blower, and has a discharge opening 41. The air supply device 4 has the discharge opening 41 positioned so as to face the air ejection port 26 provided at the upper portion of the front wall 21, is attached to the upper portion of the attachment plate 25, and is accommodated in the main body 2. As a structure for taking in the air to be taken into the air supply device 4, an opening may be formed in the main body 2 or the intake port may be communicated with the outside of the main body. The surrounding frame member 42 forming the discharge opening 41 is provided with a packing member (not shown) that is easily elastically compressed. The packing member improves the airtightness between the discharge opening 41 and the air ejection port 26.

When the main body 2 is set on the base 20 to which the air supply device 4 is attached, even if the front wall 21 comes into contact with the packing member, the front wall 21 can be compressed and slid on this surface.
When the base 20 and the main body 2 are fixed, the packing member comes into close contact with the front wall 21 and becomes airtight. A switch for controlling the operation of the blower is provided on the control panel 7 of the ceiling 23 so that it can be operated at one place. Further, a timer is provided on the control panel 7 to turn on the blower for a predetermined time and then turn it off to turn on the vibrating device to reduce the operating cost.

The vibrating device 5 is a device for vibrating the packaging bag 1, and is a motor 5 of a drive device for generating vibration power.
1, a link mechanism 53, one end of which is connected to an eccentric member 52 attached to the drive shaft of the motor 51, and which converts the motion of the motor to reciprocating motion through the other end and is transmitted to the other end of the link mechanism 53. The swinging rod 54 is attached to the other end of the packaging bag holding member 6 and is swung by the link mechanism 53.
And an urging member 55 attached to one end of the swing rod 54 and fixed to the attachment plate 25.

A drive motor 51 for generating vibration is attached to the attachment plate 26 with a plurality of bolts 56a and the like and fixed to the base 20. The eccentric member 52 attached to the drive shaft of the motor 51 is, for example, an eccentric pin, an eccentric disc, or a crank, and rotates eccentrically. One end of a link mechanism 53 is rotatably connected to the eccentric member 52. The link mechanism 53 changes the movement of the connecting portion of the eccentric member 52 that eccentrically rotates into a reciprocating movement at the other end. The other end of the link mechanism 53 is rotatably connected to an intermediate portion of the swing rod 54 by a pin 57. The rotational motion of the motor 51 is converted into reciprocating motion through the eccentric member 52 and the link mechanism 53 and transmitted to the swing rod 54.

One end on the rear (back) side of the swing rod 54 connected to the link mechanism 53 is fixed to an urging member 55 attached to the mounting plate 26, and the oscillating rod 55 uses this urging member 55 as a fulcrum. 54 swings. When a force is applied to the link mechanism 53 to move the swing rod 54 against the biasing member 55 and then the force is released, the biasing force of the biasing member 55 causes the swing rod 54 to return to its original position. As the biasing member 55, a leaf spring,
A coil spring or the like can be used.

A mounting portion (bolt hole) 58 for the packaging bag holding member 6 is formed at the other end of the swing rod 54. In addition, the tip of the other end of the swing rod 54 is provided inside the main body 2 with the vibrating device 5.
The front wall 21 when the filling device is assembled with the
Is arranged so as to be exposed from the projecting opening 27.
When the packaging bag 1 is externally attached to the swing rod 54 by the packaging bag holding member 3, the packaging bag 1 is positioned below the positioning member 3.

As shown in FIG. 2, the packaging bag holding member 6 for holding the packaging bag 1 includes a packaging bag receiving portion 61 and this packaging bag receiving portion 6.
And a packaging bag pressing portion 62 that presses and fixes the packaging bag 1 received in 1. The packaging bag receiving portion 61 is formed by bending a strip-shaped member into an arc shape so that the opening of the packaging bag 1 can be easily opened. A female screw 61a into which the wing bolt 63 is screwed is provided at the center of the member so as to penetrate the member, and a female screw 61b into which a screw screw 64 is screwed is provided on the back surface of the member. The packaging bag pressing portion 62 is formed of a strip-shaped member in an arc shape similar to the packaging bag receiving portion 61. As described above, when the upper portion of the packaging bag 1 is curved and held by the packaging bag receiving portion 61 and the packaging bag pressing portion 62, the opening is facilitated and the opening is opened greatly, so that the article can be easily filled.

The packaging bag 1 is not limited to plastics such as polyethylene and polypropylene, and various other materials such as paper can be used. A hole 11 a that penetrates the butterfly bolt 63 of the packaging bag holding member 6 is provided in an upper portion of the perforation 12. As the packaging bag 1, a packaging bag having a tongue piece 1b on the upper surface of the rear surface 1a is used, and a plurality of the packaging bags are laminated, and a part of the tongue piece 1b is heat-welded.

The positioning member 3 provided above the packaging bag holding member 6 is constructed by bonding a locking member 32 to a ring-shaped metal fitting 31. The positioning member 3 is attached to the main body 2 by fitting the locking member 32 into the attachment member 28 provided on the front wall 21. The ring-shaped metal fitting 31 is made of wire in this embodiment. Since the positioning member 3 is made of a thin material such as wire, the contact area with the article can be reduced and the contact friction can be reduced, so that the article can be smoothly slid.

The assembly of the filling device constructed as described above is as follows.
First, the front wall 21 of the main body 2 is provided with the guide 29 for guiding the jetted air to the packaging bag, and the mounting member 28 is provided below the guide 29. Next, the attachment plate 25 is attached to the base 20, and the air supply device 4 and the vibration device 5 are attached to the attachment plate 25.
On the base 20, the jet port 26 of the front wall 21 of the main body 2 is made to correspond to the opening frame 42 of the air supply device 4, and the attachment hole 58 of the swing rod 54 is exposed from the projecting port 27 to expose the main body 2
Is fixed to cover the air supply device 4 and the vibration device 5. Then, the assembled filling device formed as described above is fixed to the column 8 as shown in FIG. The packaging bag 1 has a packaging bag receiving portion 6
It is sandwiched between 1 and the packaging bag pressing portion 62 and is held by being fixed by the wing bolt 63, and the packaging bag holding member 6 is attached with a screw 64 in the mounting hole 5
It is attached to the main body 2 by fitting it on 8. And the air supply device 4
When the switch is turned on, air is blown out from the ejection port 26 and the opening 13 of the packaging bag 1 can be opened. In this state, when the filled article is dropped through the positioning member 3,
The filled article enters the packaging bag, the perforation 12 of the packaging bag 1 is broken by the weight of the filled article, and the packaging of the filled article in the packaging bag is completed. In the figure, 9 is a cover that covers the front surface of the column 8.

By the way, when filling a filled article, the vibration device 5 is turned on, the packaging bag 1 is moved up and down together with the packaging bag holding member 6, and the filled article is passed through the positioning member 3 into the opening 13 of the packaging bag 1. Introduce. At this time, since the packaging bag 1 is moving up and down, the filled article is forcibly inserted into the bag, so that the filled article is smoothly filled and damage to the filled article can be reduced. Further, only the air supply may be performed without driving the vibration device 5.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but includes configurations that can be modified and implemented without changing the gist of the present invention. Incidentally, in the above description, the positioning member has been described as a ring-shaped metal fitting, but it may be made of plastic. Further, the members whose materials are not particularly described may be made of metal or plastic, and may be appropriately selected. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the packaging bag receiving portion, the packaging bag pressing portion, and the bolt
Although the configuration in which the packaging bag is fixed by the nut has been described, the packaging bag receiving portion and the packaging bag pressing portion may be foldable by a trellis or the like so that the upper end portion of the packaging bag is fixed.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 5, the positioning member 3 is provided with the hopper 80 at the lower portion of the ring-shaped metal fitting of the above-described embodiment, and the positioning member 3 is fixed to the main body by the air cylinder 81. 5, the packaging bag holding member 6 is configured to be movable up and down, and when the positioning member 3 is moved downward, the lower portion 83 of the hopper 80 is positioned within the opening of the packaging bag 1, or FIG. ) As shown in (b), the hopper 80 may be a hopper whose lower portion 83 is opened and closed by using a part of the positioning member (annular member) 3 as a support shaft 82. In this case, there is an advantage that the packaging bag 1 can be surely opened. That is, when the filled article is filled, the lower portion 83 of the hopper 80 opens (see FIG. 5b), the opening of the packaging bag 1 can be expanded, and the filled article can be prevented from being damaged.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial exploded perspective view of an embodiment of a filling device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a part of the filling device of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the appearance of the filling device in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Packaging bag, 2 ... Main body, 3 ... Positioning member, 4 ... Air supply device, 5 ... Vibration device, 6 ... Packaging bag holding member, 7 ... Control panel , 20 ... foundation stand, 21 ... front wall, 22 ... side rear wall, 23 ... ceiling, 24 ... bottom overhanging portion, 24a ... mounting portion, 25 ...
..Mounting plate, 26 ... Air ejection port, 27 ... Projection opening, 28 ... Mounting member, 29 ... Guide, 31
... metal fittings, 32 ... locking member, 41 ... discharge opening, 42 ... frame member, 51 ... motor, 52 ...
Eccentric member, 53 ... Link mechanism, 54 ... Oscillating rod,
55 ... Biasing member, 56a ... Bolt, 57 ...
Pins, 58 ... Mounting holes, 61 ... Packaging bag receiving part, 6
2 ... Packaging bag holding part, 63 ... Butterfly bolt, 61a
... Female screw, 61b ... Female screw, 64 ... Screw screw, 71 ... Fuse, 72 ... Switch

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An air supply device for supplying air to open a flat packaging bag, a packaging bag holding member for holding one end of the packaging bag to provide vibration to the packaging bag, and a vibration of the packaging bag holding member. And a main body for accommodating the air supply device and the drive device for the vibration device. The main body is provided with an air ejection port communicating with the blower of the air supply device, and is filled in the opening of the packaging bag. A filling device, wherein a positioning member for positioning an object is provided below the air ejection port and above the packaging bag holding member. 2. The vibration device, a motor, a link mechanism having one end coupled to the motor and converting the motion of the motor into reciprocating motion through the other end and transmitting the reciprocating motion, and the link mechanism coupled to one end of the link mechanism. 2. The filling according to claim 1, wherein the bag holding member includes a swing rod attached to the other end and swingable by a link mechanism, and a biasing member attached to one end of the swing rod and fixed to the main body. apparatus. 3. The filling device according to claim 1, wherein the positioning member is formed of an annular member. 4. The positioning member is formed of an annular member and a hopper fixed to the annular member, the annular member is formed so as to be vertically movable with respect to the packaging bag holding member, and the annular member is moved downward. The filling device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the lower part of the hopper is located inside the opening of the packaging bag when the above is done. 5. The filling device according to claim 4, wherein the hopper is formed of a hopper whose lower portion opens and closes with a part of the annular member as a spindle.