KR100584198B1 - Automatic packing apparatus for postal matter - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an automatic mail packing apparatus, and more particularly, to an automatic mail packing apparatus capable of automatically inserting contents into an envelope and sealing the envelope. Automatic postal packaging device of the present invention, the rotation unit having a rotating plate formed so that the wings having a width and thickness that can be inserted into an envelope of a predetermined size to form a predetermined rotation angle about the rotation axis; A drive unit for rotating the rotating plate by the rotation angle; A contents loading unit installed at a position corresponding to one of the ends of the wings, and having a loading portion for loading the contents to be inserted into the bag into the wings; When the wing portion loaded with the contents is rotated by the rotation angle, it is installed at a position corresponding to the end of the wing portion, and reciprocates a predetermined section with respect to the wing portion, and is installed inside the envelope conveying portion and the envelope conveying portion where the envelope is stored. A contents insertion unit having an opening for opening an inlet of the envelope so that a wing portion on which the contents are loaded is inserted into the envelope; An envelope moving unit installed to form a rotation angle with the contents insertion unit around the rotation axis and moving the envelope into which the contents are inserted from a wing to a predetermined point; And a sealing unit that seals the inlet of the bag into which the contents moved by the bag moving unit are inserted.

Mail, envelope, packing

Description

Automatic packing apparatus for postal matter}

1 is a plan view showing an automatic mail packing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a front view showing an automatic mail packing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a plan view showing a rotating plate of the automatic mail packing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing a drive unit of the automatic mail packing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a plan view showing a loading portion of the contents loading unit of the automatic mail packing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a front view showing the content alignment unit of the automatic mail packing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 7 is a perspective view showing the content insertion unit of the automatic mail packing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a plan view showing the envelope moving unit and the sealing unit of the automatic mail packing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

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10 envelope 20 rotation unit

30: drive unit 40: contents loading unit

50: content alignment unit 60: content insertion unit

70: envelope moving unit 80: sealing unit

100: automatic mail packing device

The present invention relates to an automatic mail packing apparatus, and more particularly, to an automatic mail packing apparatus capable of automatically inserting contents into an envelope and sealing the envelope.

Typically, a postal mail means a letter or article inserted into a predetermined envelope and sent through a post office. In particular, in recent years, mail is sent in large quantities for the delivery of various invoices, bills, flyers and the like. In order to send such a mail, an insertion operation for inserting contents such as a letter into an envelope and a sealing operation for sealing the envelope are required.

On the other hand, when a small amount of mail is sent out, it is possible to manually insert and seal the work. However, when a large amount of mail is sent out, a lot of time is required for the insertion and sealing work, and excessive labor costs are a problem.

In order to solve this problem, an automatic mail-sealing encapsulation system has been proposed that can collectively handle the folding of documents, the insertion of documents into envelopes, and the sealing of envelopes. The automatic mailing sealing system is disclosed in Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0383070.

The automatic mailing sealing system includes an envelope feeding unit for supplying an envelope, an enclosing apparatus for injecting an envelope to be enclosed in an envelope, a document inlet through which a document to be inserted into an envelope is inserted, and a document to be inserted into an envelope. A document folding device section for folding a document, an envelope cover opening device section for opening an opening of an envelope, a document retracting device section for inserting a document into an envelope, a watering device section for applying water to a pre-coated envelope opening, And a bag discharging device unit for sealing the bag in which the document and the enclosed material are inserted and discharging it outward.

The automatic mailing encapsulation sealing system can reduce the time and labor cost of the work by automating folding work of documents, inserting documents and enclosed documents, and sealing work of envelopes. However, the automatic mail-packing sealing system frequently catches various devices or rollers and stops work while the envelope, document, or package is transported. In addition, the automatic mailing sealing system has a problem that can be applied only to the envelope is pre-coated at the entrance and not applicable to envelopes made of other materials, such as vinyl.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the object of the present invention is to provide a mail automatic packaging device that can effectively perform the operation of inserting the contents to be inserted into the envelope and the sealing operation to seal the opening of the envelope through a simple configuration. There is this.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an automatic postal packaging apparatus for preventing a jam phenomenon that may occur when an envelope or contents are transported by a roller or the like.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide an automatic mail packing apparatus which can be applied to an envelope manufactured using vinyl.

In order to achieve the above object, the automatic mailing apparatus according to the present invention includes a rotating plate having a rotating plate having a width and a thickness that can be inserted into an envelope of a predetermined size to form a predetermined rotational angle about an axis of rotation. Unit; A drive unit for rotating the rotating plate by the rotation angle; A contents loading unit installed at a position corresponding to one of the ends of the wings, and having a loading portion for loading contents to be inserted into the bag into the wings; When the wing portion loaded with the contents is rotated by the rotation angle is installed at a position corresponding to the end of the wing portion, and the reciprocating movement of a predetermined section with respect to the wing portion and the envelope conveying portion containing the envelope therein and the A contents insertion unit which is provided in an envelope conveying unit and has an opening for opening an inlet of the envelope so that the wing portion on which the contents are loaded is inserted into the envelope; An envelope moving unit installed to form the rotation angle with the contents insertion unit about the rotation axis and moving the envelope into which the contents are inserted from the wing to a predetermined point; And a sealing unit that seals the inlet of the bag into which the contents moved by the bag moving unit are inserted.

Preferably, the automatic mail packing device is installed between the contents loading unit and the contents insertion unit to form the rotation angle with the contents loading unit or the contents insertion unit about the rotation axis, and the contents loaded on the wing portion. It further includes a content alignment unit for selectively pressing the side of the wing so that it can be aligned.

More preferably, the contents aligning unit includes a predetermined moving block and a moving member for vertically moving and horizontally moving the moving block.

Here, the rotation unit, the rotating member is installed on the upper surface of the wing portion so as to selectively rotate the other end corresponding to the end of the wing portion to press the contents loaded on the wing portion; And a pressing member provided at the loading portion located above the wing portion corresponding to the contents loading unit so as to press the end of the rotating member to rotate the rotating member. The other end of the rotating member is rotated by the pressing force of the pressing member as it is rotated by each, thereby loading the contents by the contents loading unit.

In addition, the drive unit, the driving force transmission plate is formed integrally with the rotary shaft and formed on the outer peripheral surface of the inlet grooves to form the rotation angle with the center; And a drive bar installed at a drive shaft selectively rotated by a driving force transmitted from a predetermined drive motor, and a bearing member inserted into the retracting groove at both ends thereof, wherein the drive bar is selectively rotated. Preferably, a bearing member is inserted into the inlet groove to rotate the driving force transmitting plate by the rotation angle.

Preferably, the drive unit, the first disc member is provided on the drive shaft and the outer circumferential surface is formed in the groove portion and the protrusion repeatedly; A first sensor detecting a recess and a protrusion of the first disc member; And a stopper cylinder configured to selectively pressurize the driving force transmission plate in accordance with the recess portion or the protrusion detection signal of the first sensor to fix the rotation plate. The rotation rotated by the driving bar by the rotation angle. A flat plate can be fixed by the stopper cylinder.

More preferably, the automatic mail packaging device, the outer peripheral surface is formed on the drive shaft so that the recessed portion and the projection is repeatedly formed to form a predetermined angle with the first disk member; A second sensor detecting a recess and a protrusion of the second disc member; And a control unit for controlling the driving unit, the contents loading unit, the contents insertion unit, the bag moving unit, and the sealing unit in response to a signal from the second sensor.

Here, the contents loading unit further includes a contents transfer member for transferring the contents to the loading portion, wherein the loading portion includes: a loading cylinder installed above the rotating plate; A vertical cylinder installed on the rod of the loading cylinder and performing horizontal reciprocating movement for a predetermined section; And a gripping member installed integrally with the vertical cylinder to perform the horizontal reciprocating movement and being pressed by the rod of the vertical cylinder to selectively grip the rear end of the contents.

In addition, the wing portion has a lead portion formed by introducing a predetermined portion of the end portion, the envelope moving unit, the forceps member for selectively gripping the envelope protruding from the lead portion; And a tongs moving member for reciprocating the tongs member for a predetermined section. It is preferable to move the bag held by the tongs member to the sealing unit by the tongs moving member.

In addition, the envelope transfer unit, the case in which the envelope is accommodated; And a case transfer cylinder for reciprocating the case with respect to the wing, wherein the opening has a vacuum suction member installed in the case and adsorbing both sides of the bag inlet to open the bag inlet. desirable.

Furthermore, it is preferable that the bag is manufactured using vinyl to enable adhesion by thermocompression, and the sealing unit preferably includes a thermocompression unit for vertically reciprocating movement and thermally compressing and sealing the inlet of the bag.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the automatic mail packing device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. Prior to this, terms or words used in the specification and claims should not be construed as having a conventional or dictionary meaning, and the inventors should properly explain the concept of terms in order to best explain their own invention. Based on the principle that can be defined, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiment of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, various modifications that can be replaced at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

1 is a plan view showing an automatic mail packing device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a front view showing the automatic mail packing device, Figure 3 is a plan view showing a rotating plate of the automatic mail packing device.

1 to 3, the automatic mail packing apparatus 100 includes a rotating unit 20 including a rotating plate 21 and a driving unit 30 for rotating the rotating plate 21 by a predetermined angle. And the contents stacking unit 40 for loading the contents 12 to be inserted into the envelope 10 to the wings 23 of the rotating plate 21 and the contents 12 loaded on the wings 23. A content alignment unit 50, a content insertion unit 60 for inserting the contents 12 into the envelope 10, an envelope moving unit 70 for moving the envelope 10 into which the contents 12 are inserted, and And a sealing unit 80 for sealing the inlet of the bag 10.

The rotary unit 20 is a rotating plate 21 selectively rotated by the rotating shaft 31, a rotating member 24 provided to be rotatable on the rotating plate 21, and pressurizing the rotating member 24 to rotate. The member 25 is provided.

The rotating plate 21 has a wing 23 formed to form a predetermined rotation angle θ with respect to the rotation axis 31. The rotating plate 21 is rotated by the rotation angle θ by the drive unit 30.

The wing 23 has a width w and a thickness that can be inserted into an envelope of a predetermined size.

The wing 23 is rotated by the rotation angle θ by the drive unit 30 in sequence, the contents loading unit 40, the contents alignment unit 50, the contents insertion unit 60 and the envelope It is positioned at a point corresponding to the mobile unit 70. The automatic mail packing device 100 loads the contents or envelopes on the wings 23 and rotates the wings 23 to transfer the contents or envelopes, whereby the envelopes or contents that may occur when the contents are delivered by rollers or the like. Jamming can be prevented. On the other hand, the bag 10 is made of a material capable of adhesion by thermal compression, for example, vinyl. This is discussed in detail below.

Preferably, the wing 23 has an inlet (23a) formed by introducing a predetermined portion of the end thereof. This is for allowing the tong member 72 to be described later to hold the envelope 10.

The rotating member 24 is installed on the upper surface of each wing 23 so that the other end 24a corresponding to the end of the wing 23 is rotatable. The rotation member 24 prevents the contents from being separated from the rotating plate 21 by applying a load to the contents by its own weight.

Preferably, the pivot member 24 has a groove portion 24b formed by introducing a predetermined portion of the other end 24a. More preferably, the pivot member 24 is provided such that the groove portion 24b corresponds to the inlet portion 23a. This is to allow the envelope 10 to be gripped by the tong member 72.

The pressing member 25 presses one end 24c of the rotating member 24 so as to rotate the rotating member 24. Preferably, the pressing member 25 is installed in the mounting portion 45 located above the wing portion 23 corresponding to the contents loading unit 40. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, when the rotating plate 21 is rotated by the rotation angle θ so that one end 24c of the rotating member 24 is pressed by the pressing member 25, the rotating member 24 is rotated. The other end 24a is rotated so that the contents 12 can be loaded on the wing 23. When the rotating plate 21 is rotated again by the rotation angle θ after the contents 12 are loaded, the pressing force by the pressing member 25 is released and the rotating member 24 is restored to its original position.

2 and 4, the drive unit 30 is provided with a driving force transmitting plate 32 provided on the rotating shaft 31, and a driving bar 33 for selectively rotating the driving force transmitting plate 32. do.

The driving force transmission plate 32 is installed to be integrally coupled with the rotation shaft 31, the outer peripheral surface is formed with a predetermined inlet groove (32a) to form a rotation angle (θ) with its center. The inlet groove 32a is formed so that the bearing member 33a of the drive bar 33 can be retracted.

The drive bar 33 is installed on a drive shaft 33b that is selectively rotated by a driving force transmitted from a predetermined drive motor (not shown). The drive bar 33 has bearing members 33a at both ends that can be inserted into the inlet grooves 32a. As the driving bar 33 is rotated, the bearing member 33a is introduced into the inlet groove 32a to rotate the driving force transmitting plate 32 by the rotation angle θ, and then is drawn out.

Preferably, the drive unit 30 includes a first disc member 34a installed on the drive shaft 33b, a first sensor 34b for detecting rotation of the first disc member 34a, and a first sensor 34b. And a stopper cylinder 34e for selectively pressurizing the driving force transmitting plate 32 in accordance with the signal of.

The first disc member 34a is provided on the drive shaft 33b, and recesses and protrusions are repeatedly formed on the outer circumferential surface thereof. The first sensor 34b detects the recess and the protrusion and transmits the signal to the controller (not shown). Preferably, the first sensor 34b is a proximity sensor that detects the recess and the protrusion.

The stopper cylinder 34e selectively presses the driving force transmitting plate 32 so as to fix the rotating plate 32 rotated by the rotation angle θ by the driving bar 33.

The stopper cylinder 34e includes a rod member 34c which is controlled by the controller and reciprocates a predetermined section and selectively pressurizes the driving force transmitting plate 32. That is, when the drive shaft 33b is rotated, the first disc member 34a also rotates, and the first sensor 34b detects the rotation of the first disc member 34a and transmits the signal to the controller. The control unit causes the driving force transmitting plate 32 to rotate by reversing the rod member 34c according to the signal of the first sensor 34b to release the pressing force. When the rotation of the driving force transmitting plate 32 by the driving bar 33 is completed, the first sensor 34b detects this and transmits the signal to the controller. The control unit advances the rod member 34c according to the signal of the first sensor 34b to press and fix the driving force transmitting plate 32.

The rod member 34c preferably has a shape corresponding to the outer circumference of the driving force transmitting plate 32. This is for effectively pressurizing the driving force transmitting plate 32.

Preferably, the automatic mail packaging device 100 further includes a control unit (not shown).

The control unit is driven according to a signal of the second disc member 36a installed on the drive shaft 33b, the second sensor 36b for detecting rotation of the second disc member 36a, and the second sensor 36b. And a control unit (not shown) for controlling the unit 30, the contents loading unit 40, the contents alignment unit 50, the contents insertion unit 60, the bag moving unit 70, and the sealing unit 80.

The second disc member 36a is formed with a recess and a protrusion on the outer circumferential surface of the second disc member 36a. The second disc member 36a is provided on the drive shaft 33b to form a predetermined angle with the first disc member 34a. This is because the stopper cylinder 34e reciprocates and the rotary plate 21 is rotated by the rotation angle θ, and then the drive unit 30, the contents loading unit 40, the contents alignment unit 50, and the contents This is for the insertion unit 60, the bag moving unit 70, and the sealing unit 80 to be operated.

The second sensor 36b detects rotation of the recess and protrusion formed on the outer circumferential surface of the second disc member 36a and transmits the signal to the controller.

The control unit according to the signal of the second sensor 36b, the drive unit 30, the contents loading unit 40, the contents alignment unit 50, the contents insertion unit 60, and the envelope moving unit 70 And the sealing unit 80.

That is, when the driving shaft 33b is rotated and the rotating plate 21 is rotated by the rotation angle θ, the control unit blocks the driving force supplied to the driving shaft 33b to fix the driving shaft 33b for a predetermined time. At the same time, the control unit operates the contents loading unit 40, the contents alignment unit 50, the contents insertion unit 60, the bag moving unit 70, and the sealing unit 80 so as to perform the operation. do.

The contents loading unit 40 includes a loading portion 45 for loading the contents into the wing portion 23, and a contents transfer member 41 for transferring the contents to the loading portion 45.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 5, the stacking section 45 is a stacking cylinder 45a provided on the upper side of the rotating plate 21 and a vertical cylinder for horizontal reciprocating movement by the stacking cylinder 45a ( 45c and a holding member 45g pressurized by the rod 45e of the vertical cylinder 45c to selectively grip the contents.

The loading cylinder 45a is installed on the upper plate 45j located above the rotating plate 21.

The vertical cylinder 45c is installed on the rod 45b of the loading cylinder 45a to perform a horizontal reciprocating movement for a predetermined section. Preferably, the horizontal reciprocating movement of the vertical cylinder 45c is guided by the guide member 45m.

The gripping member 45g is integrally installed with the vertical cylinder 45c to perform a horizontal reciprocating movement together with the vertical cylinder 45c. The holding member 45g includes a vertical substrate 45h integrated with the vertical cylinder 45c, a fixing portion 45q and a moving portion 45p provided on the vertical substrate 45h so as to be spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, and the moving portion. An elastic portion (not shown) that provides elastic restoring force to 45p.

That is, the moving part 45p pressurized by the vertical cylinder 45c moves with respect to the fixing part 45q, and the rear end of the content 12 is gripped. When the gripping member 45g grips the content 12 in this manner, the loading cylinder 45a moves the vertical cylinder 45c toward the wing 23 to load the content 12 on the wing 23. After loading the contents 23, the loading cylinder 45a restores the vertical cylinder 45c to its original position, and the vertical cylinder 45c releases the pressing force on the moving part 45p. When the pressing force of the vertical cylinder 45c is released, the moving part 45p returns to its original position by the elastic restoring force of the elastic part (not shown).

The contents conveying member 41 is a conventional conveying member such as a conveyor roller, and conveys the contents 12 from the predetermined point to the loading part 45. Preferably, the contents 12 are mounted on a predetermined contents conveying plate 42 and conveyed. The content transfer plate 42 includes a protrusion 42a formed in the longitudinal direction. The protruding portion 42a facilitates gripping and conveying of the contents 12 by the gripping member 45g.

The content transfer member 41 may be operated in conjunction with the rotation of the rotary plate 21. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the driving force is transmitted to the contents conveying member 41 through the predetermined gear assembly 37 and the chain member 38 including the rotating shaft gear 37a provided on the rotating shaft 31. . That is, when the rotation shaft 31 is rotated by the rotation angle θ, the contents transfer member 41 sequentially transfers the contents located on the upper surface to a position corresponding to the end of the wing 23.

As shown in FIG. 6, the contents alignment unit 50 includes a predetermined moving block 52 and a moving member (not shown) for moving the moving block 52. The moving member includes a vertical moving member (not shown) for moving the moving block 52 vertically and a horizontal moving member (not shown) for moving horizontally. The moving block 52 is vertically raised by the vertical moving member and then moved horizontally by the horizontal moving member to align the contents 12 loaded between the wing 23 and the pivot member 24.

Preferably, the content alignment unit 50 is linked with the rotation of the rotating plate 21 by the control unit. That is, the control unit moves the moving block 52 vertically and horizontally by a signal of the second sensor 36b that detects the rotation of the rotary shaft 31. Therefore, when the wing portion 23 loaded with the contents is rotated by the rotation angle θ and positioned between the moving blocks 52, the moving member moves the moving block 52 to align the contents.

1, 2, and 7, as shown in Fig. 7, the content insertion unit 60, the wing portion 23, the contents of the wing portion 23 is rotated by the rotation angle (θ) by It is installed at the position corresponding to the end.

The contents insertion unit 60 reciprocates a predetermined section with respect to the wing portion 23, and an inner portion of the envelope 10 is installed in the envelope conveyance portion 61 and the envelope conveyance portion 61, in which the envelope is accommodated. It has an opening 65 for opening. When the bag conveying part 61 reciprocates with respect to the wing part 23 while the inlet of the bag 10 is opened by the opening part 65, the content loaded in the wing part 23 and the wing part 23 is carried out. 12 is inserted into the envelope 10.

The bag conveying unit 61 includes a case 62 in which the bag 10 is stored, a case conveying cylinder 63 for reciprocating the case 62, and a case conveying guide for reciprocating the case 62. 64). The envelopes 10 are supplied to the case 62 one by one from a predetermined envelope supply unit 69.

The opening portion 65 is provided with a vacuum suction member for sucking both sides of the bag 10. The vacuum suction member includes an upper vacuum suction member 66a provided at the upper portion of the case lower surface 62a and a lower vacuum suction member 66b provided at the lower portion of the case lower surface 62a. A through hole 62b is formed in the case lower surface 62a in which the lower vacuum adsorption member 66b is installed, so that one surface of both sides of the bag 10 is adsorbed. That is, the lower vacuum adsorption member 66b adsorbs either side of the both sides of the bag 10, and the upper vacuum adsorption member 66a adsorbs any other side of the both sides of the bag 10.

Preferably, the opening portion 65 has a suction cylinder 67 for vertically reciprocating the upper vacuum suction member 66a. The adsorption cylinder 67 moves the upper vacuum adsorption member 66a up and down reciprocally to be in close contact with the bag, thereby making the adsorption more effective.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 8, the envelope moving unit 70 includes a forceps member 72 for selectively holding the envelope 10 and a forceps moving member for reciprocating the forceps member 72 for a predetermined section ( 74).

The tongs member 72 selectively grips the bag 10 protruding from the inlet portion 23a of the wing portion 23 and the groove portion 24b of the pivot member 24. The tong member 72 has a conventional tong structure for holding a predetermined object. Preferably, the tongs member 72 has a structure in which the tongs are rotated to pick up the bag when the sensor installed at the end senses the bag 10.

The forceps moving member 74 is a member for reciprocating the forceps member 72 from the wing 23 to the sealing unit 80. Preferably, the forceps moving member 74 is a cylinder member for reciprocating the forceps member 72.

The sealing unit 80 includes a sealing conveying member 82 for conveying the bag 10 to be sealed, a thermocompressing part 84 for thermocompressing the bag inlet, and a cooling part 86 for cooling the thermocompressed bag inlet. ). As described above, since the automatic mail packing apparatus 100 uses an envelope made of a material that can be adhered by thermal compression, a thermocompression method is used to seal the envelope inlet.

The sealed transfer member 82 transfers the envelope 10 moved by the envelope transfer unit 70 to the thermocompression unit 84 and the cooling unit 86. The sealed conveying member 82 is a conventional conveying member such as a conveyor roller.

The thermal crimping portion 84 includes a base roller and a high temperature knife member for vertically reciprocating movement with respect to the base roller. Preferably, the thermocompression unit 84 is installed on the path of the sealing transfer member 82 to heat-compress and seal the inlet of the envelope being transported. The thermocompression unit 84 is disclosed in Korean Patent Application Nos. 10-1999-0030567, 10-1999-0030568, and the like.

The cooling unit 86 is provided with circulating cooling water to cool the inlet of the thermo-compressed bag. Preferably, the cooling unit 86 is installed on the path of the sealing transfer member 82 to cool the bag inlet during transfer. Since the thermocompression unit 84 and the cooling unit 86 are generally widely used devices, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

As such, since the automatic mail packing device 100 uses a thermocompression method for sealing the bag inlet, it can be effectively used for a bag made of vinyl.

As described above, the automatic mail packing apparatus 100 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a rotary unit 20, a drive unit 30, a contents loading unit 40, a contents alignment unit 50, and the like. Through the relatively simple configuration including the contents insertion unit 60, the envelope moving unit 70, and the sealing unit 80, the contents insertion and envelope inlet sealing operation can be performed.

Next, an operation process of the automatic mail packaging apparatus 100 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described. The automatic mail packing device 100 has a predetermined load angle (θ) on the rotating plate 21 is rotated by the rotation angle (θ) by the content of the loading operation, the content alignment operation, It is characterized in that the contents insertion operation and the envelope movement operation are performed sequentially.

First, the driving bar 33 rotates to rotate the driving force transmitting plate 32 by the rotation angle θ. When the driving bar 33 is rotated, the bearing members 33a provided at both ends are inserted into the inlet grooves 32a to rotate the driving force transmitting plate 32 by the rotation angle θ. Simultaneously with the rotation of the drive bar 33, the rod member 34c of the stopper cylinder 34e is moved backward by the first disc member 34a and the first sensor 34b provided on the drive shaft 33b, and the driving force transmission plate ( 32 becomes rotatable. After the driving force transmitting plate 32 is rotated by the rotation angle θ, the rod member 34c moves forward to press the driving force transmitting plate 32 to fix the driving force transmitting plate 32.

When the driving force transmission plate 32 is rotated by the rotation angle θ, the rotation plate 21 is also rotated by the rotation angle θ so that each wing 23 is the contents loading unit 40 and the contents alignment unit 50. ), The contents insertion unit 60, and the bag moving unit 70, respectively, at positions corresponding to each other. After the wing 23 is positioned in this manner, the units 40, 50, 60, 70 and the sealing unit 80 are operated.

The operation of the units 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 is controlled by a control unit (not shown). That is, the second sensor 36b detects the rotation of the second disc member 36a and transmits a detection signal to the controller (not shown). The control unit operates the units 40, 50, 60, 70 and 80 according to the signal. The second disc member 36a is provided to form a predetermined angle with the first disc member 34a. Accordingly, the units 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 are operated after the rotating plate 21 is rotated by the rotation angle θ.

The contents loading unit 40 loads the contents 12 transferred by the contents transfer member 41 to the wings 23 by using the loading portion 45. At this time, as shown in FIG. 2, the rotation member 24 provided in the upper surface of the wing | blade part 23 rotates with the press member 25, and the content loading is possible.

Preferably, the content transfer member 41 is operated in conjunction with the rotation of the rotary shaft 31. As shown in FIG. 4, the rotational force of the rotating shaft 31 is transmitted to the contents conveying member 41 through the gear assembly 37 and the chain member 38. That is, when the rotation shaft 31 is rotated by the rotation angle θ, the contents transfer member 41 sequentially transfers the contents located on the upper surface to a position corresponding to the end of the wing 23.

The contents 12 transported to a position corresponding to the end of the wing 23 are loaded on the wing 23 by the loading unit 45. When the vertical cylinder 45c presses the moving part 45p of the gripping member 45g and the end of the contents 12 is gripped, the loading cylinder 45a moves the vertical cylinder 45c and the gripping member 45g. (12) is mounted on the wing part (23). When the contents loading is completed, the vertical cylinder 45c and the holding member 45g are returned to their original positions by the loading cylinder 45a.

The completed wing 23 is rotated by the rotation angle θ by the rotation of the driving bar 33 and is positioned at a point corresponding to the content alignment unit 50.

As shown in FIG. 6, the contents aligning unit 50 aligns the contents loaded on the wings 23 by pressing the side surface of the wings 23. That is, the moving block 52 is vertically raised by the vertical moving member and then moved horizontally by the horizontal moving member to align the contents 12 loaded between the wing 23 and the pivot member 24.

When the alignment of the contents is completed, the wing 23 is rotated by the rotation angle θ by the rotation of the driving bar 33 and positioned at a point corresponding to the contents insertion unit 60.

The contents insertion unit 60 has a wing portion 23 and a wing by opening the opening portion 65 to open the envelope inlet and the envelope conveying portion 61 moves the envelope 10 with the opening opened with respect to the wing portion 23. The contents 12 loaded in the section 23 are inserted into the bag. When the wing portion 23 and the contents 12 loaded on the wing portion 23 are inserted into the bag 10, the vacuum absorbing members 66a and 66b of the opening part 65 release the vacuum state, Remove the adsorption force. Subsequently, the bag conveyance unit 61 is reversed and returned to its original position.

When insertion of the wing 23 and the contents 12 loaded on the wing 23 is completed, the wing 23 is rotated by the rotation angle θ by the rotation of the drive bar 33, so that the envelope moving unit ( 70).

The envelope moving unit 70 grips the envelope protruding from the inlet portion 23a and the groove portion 24b to move to the sealing unit 80. That is, after holding the envelope using the forceps member 72, the forceps 10 are moved to the sealing unit 80 by using the forceps moving member 74.

When the movement of the envelope 10 by the envelope movement unit 70 is completed, the wing portion 23 is rotated by the rotation angle θ and positioned at a point corresponding to the contents loading unit 40.

On the other hand, the bag 10 moved up to the sealing unit 80 is sealed by its inlet while being conveyed by the sealing conveying member 82. That is, the thermocompression unit 84 thermally compresses and seals the inlet of the envelope 10 being transferred, and the cooling unit 86 cools the inlet portion of the thermocompressed envelope 10 using cooling water or the like. Through this process, the bag whose inlet is sealed is transferred by the sealing transfer member 82 and stored in a predetermined stacking box (not shown).

The present specification has been described with respect to the automatic mail packing device 100 having the content alignment unit 50, but may not include the content alignment unit 50 according to the embodiment. That is, the rotary unit 20, the drive unit 30, the contents loading unit 40, the contents insertion unit 60, the bag moving unit 70 and the sealing unit 80 Insertion operations and envelope opening sealing can be performed.

As described above, the automatic mail packing apparatus according to the present invention has the following effects.

First, it is possible to effectively perform the inserting operation of the contents to be inserted into the envelope and the sealing operation to seal the opening of the envelope through a simple configuration.

Second, by loading the contents or envelope to the wing portion and rotating the wings to convey the contents or envelope, it is possible to prevent the phenomenon of the envelope or the contents that may occur when the conveyed by the roller or the like.

Third, the present invention can be applied to bags manufactured using vinyl.

Claims (11)

A rotating unit having a rotating plate having a width and a thickness capable of being inserted into an envelope of a predetermined size to form a predetermined rotational angle about a rotational axis; A drive unit for rotating the rotating plate by the rotation angle; A contents loading unit installed at a position corresponding to one of the ends of the wings, and having a loading portion for loading contents to be inserted into the bag into the wings; When the wing portion loaded with the contents is rotated by the rotation angle is installed at a position corresponding to the end of the wing portion, and the reciprocating movement of a predetermined section with respect to the wing portion and the envelope conveying portion containing the envelope therein and the A contents insertion unit which is provided in an envelope conveying unit and has an opening for opening an inlet of the envelope so that the wing portion on which the contents are loaded is inserted into the envelope; An envelope moving unit installed to form the rotation angle with the contents insertion unit about the rotation axis and moving the envelope into which the contents are inserted from the wing to a predetermined point; And, And a sealing unit for sealing an inlet of the envelope into which the contents moved by the envelope moving unit are inserted. The method of claim 1, The side of the wing portion is installed between the contents loading unit and the contents insertion unit to form the rotation angle with the contents loading unit or the contents insertion unit about the rotation axis, and the contents loaded on the wing portion can be aligned. Automatic mail packing device characterized in that it further comprises a content alignment unit for selectively pressing the. The method of claim 2, The content alignment unit, And a moving member for sequentially moving the moving block vertically and horizontally. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The rotary unit, A rotating member installed on an upper surface of the wing to press the contents mounted on the wing such that the other end corresponding to the end of the wing is selectively rotatable; And, And a pressing member provided on the loading portion located above the wing portion corresponding to the contents loading unit so as to press one end of the rotating member to rotate the rotating member. And the other end of the rotating member is rotated by the pressing force of the pressing member as the rotating plate is rotated by the rotation angle so that contents are loaded by the contents loading unit. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The drive unit, A driving force transmission plate which is integrally installed with the rotation shaft and formed on the outer circumferential surface thereof with inlet grooves forming the rotation angle with the center thereof; And And a driving bar installed at a drive shaft selectively rotated by a driving force transmitted from a predetermined driving motor and having bearing members inserted at both ends of the bearing member to be inserted into the inlet groove. And the bearing member is inserted into the inlet groove as the driving bar is selectively rotated to rotate the driving force transmitting plate by the rotation angle. The method of claim 5, The drive unit, A first disc member installed on the drive shaft and having a recess and a protrusion formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof repeatedly; A first sensor detecting a recess and a protrusion of the first disc member; And, And a stopper cylinder configured to selectively pressurize the driving force transmitting plate in accordance with the recess portion or the protrusion detection signal of the first sensor to fix the rotating plate, thereby rotating the rotating plate rotated by the rotation angle by the driving bar. The automatic mail packaging device, characterized in that can be fixed by the stopper cylinder. The method of claim 6, A second disc member disposed on the drive shaft such that the recess and the protrusion are repeatedly formed on the outer circumferential surface and form a predetermined angle with the first disc member; A second sensor detecting a recess and a protrusion of the second disc member; And And a control unit for controlling the driving unit, the contents loading unit, the contents insertion unit, the bag moving unit, and the sealing unit in response to a signal from the second sensor. Mail automatic packaging device made. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The contents loading unit further includes a contents transfer member for transferring the contents to the loading portion, The loading portion, A loading cylinder installed above the rotating plate; A vertical cylinder installed on the rod of the loading cylinder and performing horizontal reciprocating movement for a predetermined section; And, And a gripping member installed integrally with the vertical cylinder to perform the horizontal reciprocating movement and being pressed by a rod of the vertical cylinder to selectively grip the rear end of the contents. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The wing portion has an inlet portion formed by introducing a predetermined portion of its ends, The envelope moving unit, A tongs member for selectively holding the envelope protruding from the inlet; And And a tongs moving member for reciprocating the tongs member for a predetermined section, wherein the bag held by the tongs member is moved by the tongs moving member to the sealing unit. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The envelope conveying unit, A case in which the envelope is accommodated; And And a case transfer cylinder for reciprocating the case with respect to the wing. And the opening portion is provided in the case and includes a vacuum suction member for adsorbing both sides of the envelope inlet to open the envelope inlet. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The bag is manufactured using vinyl to enable adhesion by thermal compression, The sealing unit, Automatic postal packaging device characterized in that it comprises a thermo compression unit for performing a vertical reciprocating movement to heat-compress the envelope inlet.

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