KR19990068356A - Packing method and apparatus of tea bag - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a tea bag packaging device that continuously carries out inner packaging, handle attachment, and outer packaging of a packaged object. The apparatus is provided with a control unit for controlling the entire apparatus, comprising: a tea bag wrapping paper supplying means for supplying the tea bag wrapping paper in half, and a predetermined amount of blood in a tea bag wrapping paper provided on the side of the feeding means at predetermined intervals. A packaged storage hopper for placing the package, a transverse and longitudinal sealing means which is installed in a lower portion of the storage hopper step by step and performs transverse thermal bonding of a longitudinal opening and a predetermined interval of the tea bag packaging paper; and the transverse sealing means A first cutter for cutting a heat-bonded transverse adhesive part installed at a lower part of the lower part, a pitch conveyor for receiving and dropping the tea bag cut by the cutter, and a conveying conveyor for carrying the tea bag from the lower part of the pitch conveyor to an outer packaging line; To attach a handle to one end of the tea bag to be transported is installed in the center of the conveying conveyor Continuously pushing the tea bags at predetermined intervals into the attaching means, the outer wrapping paper supply means for folding the outer wrapping paper so as to pass the end of the conveying conveyor, and the outer wrapping paper folded in half passing from the end of the conveying conveyor. It comprises a tea bag feeding means, a three-sided sealing means for thermally attaching the outer wrapping paper in which the tea bag is inserted in the longitudinal and transverse directions, and a second cutter for cutting the transverse attaching portion of the outer wrapping paper.

Description

Tea bag packing method and apparatus therefor {Packing method and apparatus of tea bag}

The present invention relates to a tea bag packaging method and apparatus, and more particularly, to make a tea bag by packaging a packaged object such as coffee or green tea, and then attaching a handle to the surface of the tea bag, and then continuing the process of over-packing. A packaging method and apparatus therefor.

Conventionally, in the packaging of tea bags, the packaged object such as ground coffee powder or green tea is packaged using a predetermined packaging machine, and then the handle is held by hand when the container is put into a cup of water on the surface of the tea bag. Then, the outer packaging was further processed using a predetermined packaging machine.

At this time, the inner packaging and the outer packaging used the following apparatus.

That is, the former packaging machine is an input unit capable of feeding the packaged object at predetermined intervals in the middle of the apparatus for continuously conveying the film in a state of being folded in two so that the upper side is opened, and A second sealing device for attaching an upper side to form a film in a cylindrical shape, and for sealing between each packaged object of the cylindrical film at the end of the conveying device or after the first sealing device. And the cutter which cuts the intermediate | middle of the adhesion part of the film bonded by this 2nd sealing apparatus.

As a result, since the continuous work in packaging, attaching, and packaging the packaged object such as any powder or granulated product could not be performed, the productivity was inevitably decreased, and the cost of packaging due to the manual work was performed. This increase led to an increase in tea bag costs.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art, the purpose of which is to carry out the inner packaging, handle attachment and outer packaging in the tea bag packaging to improve the productivity and at the same time reduce the packaging bag packaging To provide a way.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a tea bag packaging apparatus for carrying out the method preferably.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a tea bag packaging method according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view schematically showing a tea bag packaging device according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a side view showing the main part of the tea bag packaging device.

<Description of Symbols for Major Parts of Drawings>

10: coffee storage hopper 12: lid

14, 14a, 14b: guide roller 16: coffee drawer

18: guide 20: sealing means

22: longitudinal seal roller 24: transverse seal roller

26: pitch conveyor 30: transfer conveyor

32: partition 34: tea bags

41: handle paper feed roll 42: handle paper

43: other type 45: heat sealer

46: handle paper to be recovered 47: recovery roll

50: input means 61: packaging paper feed roll

62: wrapping paper 63: guide roller

64: guide 65: 3-sided heat sealer

66: cooler 67: silicon roller

69: cutting machine 70: control panel

Tea bag packaging method for achieving the object of the present invention,

A first step of continuously adding the packaged product in the process of feeding the tea bag wrapping paper in half;

A second step of making a tea bag by cutting the central portion of the transverse seal portion while proceeding the longitudinal and transverse sealing of the tea bag packaging paper into which the packaged object is put;

A third step of transferring the tea bag to an outer packaging step;

A fourth step of heat-gluing one end of the tea bag after the handle paper is shaped into a predetermined shape during the transfer process;

A fifth step of putting the tea bag with the handle into the outer wrapper supplied while folding it in half;

A sixth step of cooling the seal portion after the longitudinal and transverse sealing of the outer wrapper is carried out, and

And a seventh step of cutting the transverse seal portion of the outer wrapper.

Also, the tea bag packaging device

In the tea bag packaging device comprising a control panel for controlling each unit device,

Tea bag wrapping paper supply means for supplying the tea bag wrapping paper in half with an opening on one side,

A packing material storage hopper which is provided on the side of the tea bag packing paper supplying means and puts the packaged object by a predetermined amount into the tea bag packing paper which is folded and supplied;

A transverse direction and a longitudinal sealing means installed in the lower portion of the package storage hopper stepwise to thermally bond the longitudinal openings of the tea bag packaging paper and to continuously thermally bond the longitudinal openings to a predetermined size;

A first cutter installed at a lower portion of the transverse sealing means to cut a central portion of the transversely bonded adhesive portion;

A pitch conveyor which receives and drops a unit package of the tea bag cut by the cutter,

A conveying conveyor for carrying a tea bag from a lower portion of the pitch conveyor to an outer packaging line;

A handle attachment means installed at a central portion of the transfer conveyor and attaching the handle to one end of the tea bag transferred through the conveyor;

Outer wrapping paper supply means for supplying the outer wrapping paper in half so as to pass the end of the conveying conveyor;

Tea bag input means for continuously pushing the tea bag at a predetermined interval in the outer wrapping paper folded in half passing from the end of the conveying conveyor,

Three-side sealing means for thermally attaching the outer packaging paper into which the tea bag is inserted in the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction;

And a second cutter positioned next to the three-side sealing means to cut the transverse attachment portion of the outer wrapper.

Hereinafter, a tea bag packaging method and apparatus thereof according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The tea bag packaging method according to the present invention shown in FIG. 1 can be realized by the tea bag packaging device shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.

Referring to the drawings, the tea bag packaging device of the present invention is provided with a coffee supply line and a tea bag packaging (inner packaging) line on one side of the support shelf, the process of transferring the tea bags made in this line to the outer packaging line installed on the other side In the middle, that is, the center of the device is provided with a line for attaching the handle to the other.

The tea bag packaging line is provided with a roller on which a predetermined tea bag wrapping paper (inner wrapping paper) is wound (not shown), and three rollers (14) (14a) (14b) and a wrapping paper for guiding the tea bag wrapping paper at the bottom thereof. Guide 18 for the installation is provided, the sealing means 20 is installed below.

Meanwhile, the coffee supply line is formed next to the tea bag packaging line. Coffee storage hopper 10 is provided with a lid 12 and the coffee withdrawal portion 16 at the bottom, the coffee withdrawal portion 16 is rotated while the plurality of withdrawal openings (16a) provided on the periphery of the lower coffee The coffee in the hopper 10 falls on the guide 16b while being opened at the position of the feeding guide 16b, and passes through the guide 18 after passing through the three guide rollers 14, 14a and 14b. Coffee is introduced through the opening of the tea bag wrapping paper 19, which is folded in half so that an opening is formed. Therefore, coffee is introduced into the tea bag packaging 19 at predetermined intervals.

Here, the lower end of the hopper 10 may be separately installed a sensor for detecting the degree of coffee storage, and connected to the control unit 70 of the device, it is possible to emit a warning light when the coffee is insufficient, at the same time the control unit 70 It is possible to stop the operation of the whole device operated by the.

The tea bag packaging paper 19 into which the coffee is introduced is continuously lowered, and the longitudinal opening is thermally bonded at the longitudinal seal roller 22, and the thermal sealing at a predetermined interval is performed at the lower horizontal seal roller 24 at the lower portion thereof. At the same time, the center portion of the transverse bond is cut to make a tea bag.

In this case, the transverse seal roller 24 has a function of performing thermal bonding and cutting, but it may be configured separately.

Then, the tea bags that are cut and dropped are entered between the partitions 32 of the conveying conveyor 30 rotating on the pitch conveyor 26, and the tea bags are transferred to the outer packaging line by the conveyor.

On the other hand, the coffee take-out portion 16, the transverse seal roller 24, the longitudinal seal roller 22 of the hopper 10 is rotated by a drive shaft operated by a motor, which is not shown.

The handle attachment line is installed above the middle of the transfer conveyor 26. The handle attachment line includes a handle paper supply roll 41, a rudder 43, a heat sealer 45, a recovery roll 47, and a silicon roller 48 for constantly pulling the paper.

Accordingly, when the paper of the handle paper feed roll 41 is pulled out at the silicon roller 48 driven by the motor 49 at a constant, the handle paper 42 passes through the other mold 43 and the action of the piston 43a. By the handle of a certain shape is cut, wherein the handle is not cut a part of the portion attached to the tea bag.

The handle thus cut is moved to the heat sealer 45 in a state of being partially attached to the paper, and the heat sealer 45 moves one side of the handle to the surface of the tea bag 24 carried on the conveying conveyor 30. Press to cut the uncut part while attaching. Again, this is activated by the action of the piston.

At this time, when the heat sealer 45 presses the handle on the tea bag, the predetermined support 45a is raised from the lower portion of the transport conveyor 30 to support the partition portion.

In the handle attachment line, a bar code is marked on the handle sheet at a predetermined interval, and a sensor for detecting the bar code is installed in front of the other type 43, so that the other type 43 is provided only when the bar code is detected by the sensor. It is good to operate, the reason is to allow the handle to be rudder while the handle paper is properly moved, the control is made by the control unit 70.

In this way, the tea bag 34 is carried on the conveying conveyor 30, the handle is attached to the surface, and then the tea bag is fed into the outer packaging line by a predetermined feeding means 50 at the end of the conveying conveyor 30. do.

The outer packaging line consists of a paper feed roll 61, a guide roller 63, a guide 64, a three-sided heat sealer 65, a cooler 66, a silicon roller 67, and a cutter 69. The wrapping paper is provided in the feed roll 61 via the guide roller 63 and the guide 64 via the end of the conveying conveyor 30, and then installed on the three-sided heat sealer 65 and the cooler 66. , Through the silicon roller 67, the cutter 69.

That is, the wrapping paper 62 wound around the wrapping paper feed roll 61 is pulled by the driving of the silicon roller 67 which is operated by the driving of a motor (not shown in the drawing), and the guide roller 63 and the guide. While passing through 64, the opening is folded in half to move toward the portion of the conveying conveyor 30.

Then, the tea bag 30 conveyed by the conveying conveyor 30 is dropped into the feeding means 50 and then put into the wrapping paper passing through this by a predetermined pushing mechanism (not shown in the drawing). When configured to operate together with a pushing mechanism having a mechanism for spreading the wrapping paper 62 (not shown in the drawing), the tea bag 34 is introduced into the wrapping paper 62 at regular intervals, and the wrapping paper is continuously moved. In the three-sided thermal bonder 65, the transverse thermal bonding is performed at one time by the thermal bonding of the longitudinal openings and the packing unit size.

The packaging paper that has passed through the heat sealer (65) has one tea bag for each unit package, and when the cooler 66 is pressed again to cool down, the heat bonding site of the synthetic resin wrapping paper is hard to fall off. If you cut the central part of the transverse adhesive part, it will be made into a product.

In the drawings, a circuit configuration that is continuously operated by the controller is omitted, and driving elements of some unit devices are not shown. However, these configurations are only those that can be easily implemented and modified by those skilled in the art.

As described in detail above, according to the tea bag packaging method and apparatus according to the present invention, the packaged object is first packaged in a continuous process, the handle is attached to one side of the packaged packaging surface, and the surface is packaged again. In addition to improving productivity, the economics of packaging can be improved.

Claims (7)

A first step of continuously adding the packaged product in the process of feeding the tea bag wrapping paper in half; A second step of making a tea bag by cutting the central portion of the transverse seal portion while proceeding the longitudinal and transverse sealing of the tea bag packaging paper into which the packaged object is put; A third step of transferring the tea bag to an outer packaging step; A fourth step of thermally bonding the handle to one end of the tea bag after the handle paper is shaped into a predetermined shape during the transfer process; A fifth step of putting the tea bag with the handle into the outer wrapper supplied while folding it in half; A sixth step of cooling the seal portion after the longitudinal and transverse sealing of the outer wrapper is carried out, and And a seventh step of cutting the transverse seal portion of the outer wrapper. In the tea bag packaging device having a control unit for controlling the whole device, Tea bag wrapping paper supply means for supplying the tea bag wrapping paper in half with an opening on one side, A packing material storage hopper provided on the side of the tea bag packing paper supplying means and dropping the packaged object by a predetermined amount in a tea bag packing paper that is folded and supplied; A transverse direction and a longitudinal sealing means installed in the lower portion of the package storage hopper stepwise to thermally bond the longitudinal openings of the tea bag packaging paper and to continuously thermally bond the longitudinal openings to a predetermined size; A first cutter installed at a lower portion of the transverse sealing means to cut a central portion of the transversely bonded adhesive portion; A pitch conveyor which receives and drops a unit package of the tea bag cut by the cutter, A conveying conveyor carrying tea bags from the lower part of the pitch conveyor to the outer packaging line; A handle attachment means installed at the center of the transfer conveyor and attaching the handle to the surface of the tea bag being transferred through the conveyor; Outer wrapping paper supply means for supplying the outer wrapping paper in half so as to pass close to the end of the conveying conveyor, Tea bag input means for continuously pushing the tea bag at a predetermined interval in the outer wrapping paper folded in half passing close to the end of the conveying conveyor, Three-side sealing means for thermally attaching the outer packaging paper in which the tea bag is inserted in the longitudinal and transverse directions; and And a second cutter positioned next to the three-side sealing means to cut the transverse attachment portion of the outer wrapper. According to claim 2, wherein the storage hopper is provided with a sensor for sensing the object to be packaged in the lower portion by detecting the lack of the object to be packaged by the sensor is configured to issue a warning light selectively by the control unit or to stop the operation of the whole device. Tea bag packaging device characterized. The method of claim 2, wherein the handle attaching means comprises a first roller on which a handle paper with a bar code is marked at a predetermined interval, a sensor for detecting a barcode of a handle paper supplied from the first roller, and a barcode is detected by the sensor. And a cutting means for pressing the handle sheet into a certain shape by the control of the control panel, sealing means for pressing and heat-sealing the shape of the handle in the cutter on the surface of the tea bag carried on the conveying conveyor, and the remaining handle after attaching the handle. A tea bag packaging apparatus comprising a second roller for collecting paper. 5. The tea bag packaging paper according to claim 4, wherein if the barcode is not detected at a predetermined interval by the sensor, the control unit selectively stops the operation of the entire device or the handle attachment line. 3. A tea bag packaging apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a silicon roller which pulls the wrapping paper from the supply means between the three-side sealing means and the second cutter. 3. A tea bag packaging apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising means for cooling the heat seal portion of the wrapping paper between the three-side sealing means and the second cutter.