JPS6111327A - Packaging system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a packaging system for grading eggs, fruits, etc. after weighing, and its purpose is to prevent the increase in equipment caused by variation in grade. be.

Conventionally, chicken eggs (hereinafter simply referred to as "eggs") usually have seven weight categories, and packaging stations have been required for each grade.

However, the grades of eggs to be sorted are usually uneven depending on the producer or production location.

In other words, the size of the eggs is greatly influenced by the age of the chickens, so they are approximately the same size even at the collection stage. Eggs with evenly distributed grades cannot exist in their natural state. However, even for eggs outside the core grade which are occasionally mixed in, a 7 grade equipment is required as a packaging system. Therefore, grades other than the central grade are
During those hours, the facility is idle. As is well known, this requires a large space for equipment, and the equipment is also expensive.

In order to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, the present invention is designed to reduce the number of packaging stations installed by the number of grades, and is an epoch-making invention that realizes a large space saving and low cost of equipment.

*The present invention will be explained using figures.

In FIG. 1, the protective equipment according to claim 2 of the present invention (
The eggs protected by the container (FIG. 2) are transported by a transport container (2) and weighed by a scale (3). After being weighed,
The eggs are transported by a conveyor (4), and when they reach the waiting station (6) of the corresponding grade, the eggs are sent to the waiting station by arms and arms (5). At this time, when weighing with the scale (3), the number of pieces for each grade is stored in a storage device (not shown), and the number of pieces waiting at each grade standby station (6), the gathering state, and the number of packaging units are recorded. A comparator (not shown) calculates which grade on standby should be packaged with priority, determines the priority order, and issues a command to the dispensing device (7).

Group of eggs dispensed by the dispensing device (7) (number of packaging units)
is the protective equipment extraction station (
9). On this protective equipment extraction station, the eggs are extracted by 4° by the extraction device (!10) and are released on the packaging station (11) and placed in a packaging container. In this case, the containers may be fed manually or automatically. Eggs placed in packaging containers are sealed by a packaging machine (not shown) and transported to a shipping location. (Not shown) In this way, since the concentrated grades are mainly packaged, eggs other than the central grades that are occasionally mixed in are only a problem because they remain on the waiting station for a long time.
By using one packaging station for multiple grades on a time-sharing basis, there is no need to provide separate packaging stations for eggs with a small distribution. Furthermore, even if the grade changes, no problem occurs because the number of processes per unit time is the same.

Incidentally, the phenomenon is similar for fruits and the like, and if the product does not require protective equipment, the extracting device (10) is not necessary, and the extracting stage gin (9) becomes the packaging station.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1: Perspective view showing the outline of the system Figure 2: Perspective view showing the state of eggs protected by protective equipment 1-Eggs 2 - Conveyor 3 Weighing device 4 Conveyor 5 for distribution...Arm 6 for distribution Standby station 7...Dispensing device 8/conveyor 9 Extracting station

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In a system in which items with different unit weights are weighed individually, assembled into multiple predetermined weight categories, and packaged in required quantity units, the number of items collected in each weight category band and the packaging unit quantity are determined. 1. A packaging system for automatically selecting a packaging order, comprising a storage device and a calculation device for selecting a priority packaging order from among each weight classification band. (2) In the packaging system of claim 1,
An article packaging system in which the transportation of the packaged items is protected by a conveyor.