KR101160939B1 - Knot Wire Insert Apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a knotted string inserting device which can insert a knotted string at the same time as a perforation in a packaging container, so that it is possible to automatically perform the knotted string inserting work made by hand one by one, thereby improving work efficiency. Rather, it is an object of the present invention to provide a knot insert device that can reduce manufacturing costs by eliminating simple repetitive work.

The knotted string inserting apparatus according to the present invention for achieving this object, the base plate having a predetermined size; A support plate mounted vertically to the base plate; A needle feeding means provided with a hollow needle portion at a lower portion thereof, and having a knot strap for feeding in the lengthwise direction of the needle portion, and sliding the needle portion to move up and down on the support plate so that the needle portion can be perforated in the packaging container; Position adjusting means for supporting the packaging container transported in the longitudinal direction of the base plate to guide the packaging container on the extension line of the needle portion; And cutting means for cutting the knot while operating by the cylinder in the longitudinal direction along a support plate provided between the needle conveying means and the position adjusting means in the width direction of the packaging container.

Automatic Knotted String Cutting Machine, Cross Recessed, Needle, Packing Container

Description

Knot Wire Insert Apparatus

The present invention relates to a knotted string inserting device, and more particularly, a knotted string which can be easily fitted with a perforated knotted string to a fruit or vegetable container by using a hollow needle into which the knotted string is fitted. An insertion device.

In general, a method of packaging vegetables or fruits individually is often used in a vacuum packaging method for long-term storage. However, in order to maintain the freshness of fruits and vegetables, a container packaging method in which a vent hole is formed so that the fruits and vegetables are not damaged by external moisture or moisture is used more.

Packaging containers used to maintain such freshness are usually made in the form of a bag, put vegetables or fruits inside, and then the entrance is heat-sealed or tied with a knotted string.

In particular, when the packaging container is closed using a knotted string, the following problem occurs.

1) The cumbersome and simple repetitive work that must be perforated to tie the knots individually to the packaging container should be performed.

2) Since there is no device to insert the knot automatically, it is a simple repetitive task that requires the user to insert the knot into the perforated hole by hand.

3) Since the work of drilling the punched hole and the operation of inserting the knotted string into the drilled hole are performed separately, the work process becomes complicated and the manufacturing cost increases accordingly.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, by providing a knot string inserting device that can insert a knot string at the same time as a perforation in a packaging container, it is possible to automatically perform the knot string insert operation was made by hand one by one In addition, the object of the present invention is to provide a knot insert device that can improve manufacturing efficiency and reduce manufacturing costs by eliminating simple repetitive work.

The knotted string inserting apparatus according to the present invention for achieving this object, the base plate having a predetermined size; A support plate mounted vertically to the base plate; A needle feeding means provided with a hollow needle portion at a lower portion thereof, for transferring the knotted string in the lengthwise direction of the needle portion, and sliding the needle portion to move up and down on the support plate so that the needle portion can be perforated in the packaging container; Position adjusting means for supporting the packaging container transported in the longitudinal direction of the base plate to guide the packaging container on the extension line of the needle portion; And cutting means for cutting the knot while operating by the cylinder in the longitudinal direction along a support plate provided between the needle conveying means and the position adjusting means in the width direction of the packaging container.

In particular, the support plate is characterized in that it is further provided with an adsorber for adsorbing the packaging container is fixed position by the position adjusting means.

And, the needle conveying means, the first guide member and the second guide member installed in parallel with each other perpendicular to the support plate; A guide block moving along the first guide member; At least one pair of idle rollers and a driving roller mounted on the guide block so as to be positioned at both sides of the knot string, and for transporting the knot string down by using a frictional force during rotation; A first driving motor connected to the idle roller, the driving roller, and the belt and mounted to the outside of the guide block to rotate in the forward and reverse directions; A needle part installed at a lower portion of the guide block to accommodate the knotted strings carried by the idle roller and the driving roller; And a second driving motor rotatable in a forward and backward direction to guide the guide block to move up and down while moving along the second guide member.

In addition, the position adjusting means, the guide member is installed on the base plate to be located parallel to the supply direction of the packaging container; A guide block having a guide rod selectively fitted to an inlet portion of the packaging container while moving along the guide member by a cylinder; And a position fixing member installed on the guide block so as to move back and forth toward the support plate and having a coupling member movable to surround the side of the guide rod by the cylinder. The guide rod is formed with an incision surface on a surface facing the coupling member, and the coupling member has a “+” shaped seating recess formed so that the incision surface communicates up and down so that the guide rod can be wrapped so that the needle portion can be fitted. It is done.

Finally, the packaging container is characterized in that the fruit or vegetable container or fruit packaging packaging for packaging vegetables or fruits.

According to the present invention has the following effects.

1) Since the knotted string can be inserted at the same time as the perforation hole is made in the packaging container, the knotted string insertion process can be facilitated.

2) In particular, since these simple and repetitive tasks are automatically performed, not only can the work efficiency be improved, but also the mass production is possible, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost.

3) It can be used by variously adjusting the gap of perforation hole for packing containers having various sizes according to the cross-sectional size of guide rod and coupling member.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1a is a front view for explaining the configuration of the knot string inserting apparatus according to the present invention, Figure 1b is a side view for explaining the configuration of the knot string inserting apparatus according to the present invention. Here, reference numeral "B" denotes a packaging container.

The knotted string inserting apparatus 1000 according to the present invention supplies a base plate 100 having a predetermined size, a support plate 200 mounted vertically to the base plate 100, and continuously a knotted string 310. Knot string supply roller 300, the position adjusting means 500 for adjusting the position of the packaging container (B) so that the punching in the packaging container (B), punching in the packaging container (B) It comprises a needle feed means 400 for adjusting the position for inserting the 310, and cutting means 600 for cutting the knot string 310 inserted into the packaging container (B) to an appropriate size.

On the other hand, the packaging container (B) may use a vegetable or fruit container for packaging fruit or fruit or a packaging for fruit protection.

Hereinafter, each of these components will be described in more detail.

The base plate 100 serves as a plate member having a predetermined size to support each component according to the present invention. In addition, the base plate 100 may be configured to automatically transport the packaging container B by having a small conveyor (not shown) in the longitudinal direction.

Such conveyors use those made by conventional techniques. And, it is preferable that the conveyor is transported so that the opening of the packaging container (B) to the front to be able to easily fix the position of the packaging container (B) in the positioning means 500 to be described later.

The support plate 200 is a plate-shaped member mounted vertically to the base plate 100, and a rigid complementary rib may be further formed on the outer circumferential surface to supplement the rigidity so as to support each component.

The support plate 200 further includes an adsorber 210 at the bottom thereof. In particular, the adsorber 210 is mounted to the suction hole 211 formed in the support plate 200 to be positioned in parallel with the position adjusting means 500. The adsorber 210 sucks air, such as a blower, induces the packaging container B to be folded and transported in a "M" shape to be unfolded.

The knot string supply roller 300 is a rotary roller which can be freely rotated, and the knot string 310 is wound. And, the knot string supply roller 300 is configured to be replaced when the wound knot string 310 is exhausted.

The knot string supply roller 300 made as described above is installed on the support plate 200 to supply the knot string 310 by the needle conveying means 400 in the longitudinal direction of the support plate 200.

The needle conveying means 400 has a function of inserting the knot string 310 into the punching hole together with the punching in the packaging container B using the needle part 450. The needle conveying means 400 includes a first guide member 410a and a second guide member 410b which are installed side by side up and down on the support plate 200. In addition, the guide block 420 is slidably installed on the first guide member 410a, and the second driving motor 460 is installed on the second guide member 410b to slide the guide block 420. do.

In particular, the guide block 420 is formed inside the hollow, the insertion hole 421 penetrating the upper and lower is formed. In addition, the pair of idle rollers 430a and the driving rollers 430b are mounted inside the guide block 420. 1A shows an example in which two pairs are installed. At this time, the idle roller 430a and the driving roller 430b are preferably mounted to be positioned on the axis of the insertion hole 421 because the knot string 310 is to be supplied therebetween. The idle roller 430a and the driving roller 430b formed as described above allow the knotted string 310 inserted through the insertion hole 421 to be placed therebetween, and transfers them using friction.

The first driving motor 440 is mounted to the outside of the guide block 420. The first driving motor 440 is connected to the above-described driving roller 430b by the belt 441 to be driven together with the idle roller 430a. In particular, the first driving motor 440 preferably uses a servo motor capable of rotation and length control in the forward and reverse directions. It is possible to configure the driving pulley 442 on the outer circumferential surface of the guide block 420 in order to configure the idle roller 430a and the driving roller 430b as the belt 441. do.

In addition, the needle portion 450 is mounted at the bottom of the guide block 420, preferably at the end of the insertion hole 421. Needle portion 450 is made of a hollow to be used to substantially punch the punching holes in the packaging container (B). The needle portion 450 is supplied with a knotted string 310 which is transported by the idle roller 430a and the driving roller 430b.

Finally, the needle transfer means 400 is provided with a second drive motor 460 for sliding the guide block 420. At this time, the guide block 420 is connected to each other by a connecting member 461 mounted on the second guide member 410b. The connecting member 461 is moved along the second guide member 410b by the second driving motor 460. As such, the second guide member 410b is manufactured in the form of a screw shaft so that the connecting member 461 can be moved by the driving of the second driving motor 460, and the connecting member 461 couples the screw shaft in the form of a nut. It is preferable to use. Of course, the second guide member 410b may be configured using an LM guide.

The position adjusting means 500 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 as follows. 2 is a plan view showing a mounting state of the position adjusting means and the cutting means according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of the position adjusting means according to the present invention.

Position adjusting means 500 is to align the position of the packaging container (B) so that the above-described needle portion 150 can be drilled in the desired position and the knot string 310 is inserted into the hole. The position adjusting means 500 includes a guide member 510 mounted to the base plate 100. In particular, the guide member 510 is provided side by side in the supply direction, that is, the longitudinal direction of the packaging container (B).

The guide member 510 is equipped with a guide block 520 operated by the cylinder 523. In particular, the guide block 520 is provided with a guide rod 521 to be fitted to the inlet portion of the packaging container (B) transferred in the longitudinal direction. In addition, the guide rod 521 is formed with a cutting surface 522 cut up and down on one side.

And, on one side of the guide block 510 is provided with a position fixing member 530 so as to move toward the width direction of the packaging container (B), that is, the side direction of the above-described guide rod 521 by the cylinder 531. . Positioning member 530 is provided with a coupling member 532 to form a shape surrounding the guide rod 521, in particular the end of the coupling member 532 coupled with the guide rod 521 guide rod 521 A mounting recess 533 having a "+" shape is formed to be wrapped. The seating recess 533 is formed to surround the incision surface 522 to be opened up and down to form a space for the needle portion 450 to be inserted therebetween.

The cutting means 600 is installed between the needle feeding means 400 and the position adjusting means 500 as described with reference to FIGS. 1B and 2. To this end, the support plate 610 is installed in the needle conveying means 400 and the position adjusting means 500 to be the width direction of the packaging container (B). In addition, an operation hole 611 is formed in the support plate 610 to allow the needle part 450 to move up and down. The support plate 610 is equipped with a cutter 621 operated by the cylinder 620.

If briefly described the operation of the knotted cord insertion device according to the present invention made as described above.

First, the packaging container (B) is transferred in the longitudinal direction of the base plate 100. At this time, the packaging container (B) is to open the inlet facing the rear. The packaging container B thus transported is transported until the position where the hole is to be drilled is in the lower portion of the needle part 450.

Subsequently, the position adjusting means 500 is operated. The position adjusting means 500 operates the cylinder 523 to cause the guide block 520 to move in a direction opposite to the direction in which the packaging container B travels. At this time, the cylinder 523 is to be transferred until the guide rod 521 enters the interior of the packaging container (B). Of course, more preferably, the cutting surface 522 of the guide rod 521 is controlled to be located at the bottom of the needle portion 450.

On the other hand, when the guide rod 521 is inserted into the packaging container (B), the adsorber 210 operates. Adsorber 210 is to adsorb the packaging (B). Thus, the packaging container (B) is to maintain the form wound on the guide rod 521. At this time, the position fixing member 530 is moved in the width direction of the packaging container (B). Accordingly, the mounting recess 533 wraps the guide rod 521 on which the packaging container B is covered. Accordingly, the incision surface 522 and the seating recess 533 is formed in the space portion is opened up and down so that the needle portion 450 can be fitted by the combination.

Then, the needle transport means 400 is operated. At this time, the needle knot 310 is inserted through the insertion hole 421. The knot strap 310 is sandwiched between the idle roller 430a and the driving roller 430b to be fixed. In this state, the guide block 420 is directed downward. Accordingly, the needle portion 450 drills a hole in the packaging container B while passing through the coupling portion of the incision surface 522 and the mounting recess 533. The operation of the needle transport means 400 may proceed with the supply of the packaging container (B).

Then, the needle transfer means 400 drives the first drive motor 440 in the forward direction. Accordingly, the knotted string 310 is fitted to the packaging container B along the needle part 450 by the idle roller 430a and the driving roller 430b.

Then, the second driving motor 440 is driven to lift the guide block 420 upward. At this time, since the knot string 310 may be pulled out together with the needle part 450, the first driving motor 440 is rotated in the reverse direction, thereby preventing the knot string 310 from being pulled out of the needle part 450. .

Finally, when the needle portion 450 is raised above the backing plate 610 to return to the original position, the cutting means 600 is operated to cut the knot string 310 inserted into the packaging container B.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to one embodiment shown in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

Figure 1a is a front view for explaining the configuration of the knot-string insertion device according to the present invention.

Figure 1b is a side view for explaining the configuration of the knot-string insertion device according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view showing the mounting state of the position adjusting means and the cutting means according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of the position adjusting means according to the present invention.

<Brief description of reference numerals for the main parts of the drawings>

100: base plate 200: support plate

210: adsorber 300: knot string supply device

310: knot string 400: needle transport means

410a: first guide member 410b: second guide member

420: guide block 421: insertion hole

430a: idle roller 430b: drive roller

440: first drive motor 441: pulley

450: needle part 460: second drive motor

461: connecting member 500: position adjusting means

510: guide member 520: guide block

521: guide rod 522: incision side

523: cylinder 530: position fixing member

531: cylinder 532: coupling member

533: mounting recess 600: cutting means

610: support plate 620: cylinder

621: Cutting Machine

Claims (5)

A base plate 100 having a predetermined size; A support plate 200 mounted perpendicular to the base plate 100; A knotted string supply roller 300 installed rotatably on an upper portion of the support plate 200 and on which a knotted string 310 is wound; A hollow needle portion 450 is provided at a lower portion thereof, and the knotted string 310 is transferred in the longitudinal direction of the needle portion 450, and the needle portion 450 can be perforated in the packaging container B. FIG. Needle transport means 400 for sliding so as to move up and down on the support plate 200; Position adjusting means 500 for supporting the packaging container (B) transported in the longitudinal direction of the base plate 100 so that the packaging container (B) can be positioned on the extension line of the needle portion (450) ; And The knotted string 310 is operated by the cylinder 620 in the longitudinal direction along the support plate 610 installed between the needle conveying means 400 and the position adjusting means 500 in the width direction of the packaging container B. Knot string inserting device comprising a; cutting means (600) for cutting). The method of claim 1, The support plate (200) is knot-string insertion device, characterized in that further provided with an adsorber 210 for adsorbing the packaging container (B) fixed in position by the position adjusting means (500). The method of claim 1, The needle transport means 400, A first guide member 410a and a second guide member 410b installed parallel to each other at right angles to the support plate 200; A guide block 420 moving along the first guide member 410a; At least one pair of idle rollers 430a are mounted on the guide block 420 so as to be positioned at both sides of the knot string 310 so as to transfer the knot string 310 downward by using a friction force during rotation. And a driving roller 430b; A first driving motor 440 connected to the idle roller 430a and the driving roller 430b and the belt 441 so as to rotate in the forward and reverse directions so as to rotate in the forward and reverse directions; A needle part 450 installed below the guide block 420 to accommodate the knotted string 310 transferred by the idle roller 430a and the driving roller 430b; And And a second drive motor (460) rotatable in a forward and backward direction to guide the guide block 420 to move up and down while moving along the second guide member 410b. . The method of claim 1, The position adjusting means 500, A guide member 510 installed on the base plate 100 to be parallel to the supply direction of the packaging container B; A guide block 520 having a guide rod 521 which is selectively fitted to an inlet portion of the packaging container B while moving along the guide member 510 by a cylinder 523; And It is installed on the guide block 520 to move back and forth toward the support plate 200, and has a coupling member 532 installed to be movable to surround the side of the guide rod 521 by a cylinder 531 Position fixing member 530; comprising, The guide rod 521 is formed with a cutting surface 522 on the surface facing the coupling member 532, The incision surface 522 communicates with the coupling member 532 up and down to allow the needle bar 450 to be wrapped so that the guide rod 521 can be wrapped to have a “+” shaped seating recess 533. Knotted string insert device characterized in that formed. The method of claim 1, The packaging container (B) is a knotted string inserting device, characterized in that the vegetable or fruit container or fruit packaging packaging for packaging the fruit.

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