KR20120035654A - Apparatus and method for packing food vessel - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An apparatus and a method for packing a food storage container are provided to air-tightly seal a food storage container by performing inline processes from a loading process for food storage containers to an unloading process. CONSTITUTION: An apparatus for packing a food storage container comprises an endless track unit(10), a loading unit(30), a packing film supply unit(20), a provisional bonding unit(40), a nitrogen gas injecting unit(50), a sealing unit(60), a cooling unit(70), a cutting unit(80), and a unloading unit(90). The endless track unit comprises a plurality of endless track boards for transferring food storage containers. The loading unit successively inserts the food storage containers into the mounting hole of the endless track board. The packing film supply unit supplies packing films for air-tightly sealing a space in the food storage container in a reel to reel manner. The provisional bonding unit provisionally bonds the packing film positioned on the edge of the food storage container except a handle part. The nitrogen gas injecting unit injects the nitrogen gas into the space of the food storage container. The sealing unit seals the food storage container by heating and pressing the packing film. The cooling unit cools the food storage container. The cutting unit cuts the packing film extended from the cooled food storage container.

Description

Apparatus and method for packing food vessel

The present invention relates to a technology for packaging a food storage container, and more particularly, to a food storage container packaging apparatus and method for packaging the food storage container quickly and easily sealed with a packaging film.

In general, in order to seal and sell various foods such as fish, rats, baked mouse, seaweed, confectionery, or candy, the food storage container having a space corresponding to the food shape is sealed and sealed with a wrapping paper.

On the other hand, with the development of food processing technology, although the automation of the food storage container packaging process was made by hand, each step for sealing the food storage container with a packaging film, such as gas injection process, sealing process, packaging Film cutting processes and the like are performed separately in separate apparatus. This requires the operator to manually move the semi-finished food storage container, which has been completed in each process unit, to the next process unit.

Since each process required for the packaging of the conventional food storage container is performed separately and requires manual labor for each process, the food storage container packaging process is somewhat complicated and thus the packaging process takes a long time. have. In addition, since the packaging work for the food storage container by the manual work by the worker, there is a risk that a safety accident of the worker occurs during the packaging work.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, the food storage container is carried out quickly from the loading process to the unloading process to quickly and easily seal the food storage container with a packaging film to seal food tightly An object of the present invention is to provide a food container packaging apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a food container packaging apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same, which can minimize the incidence of a safety accident that may occur in the process of packaging a food container.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a food storage container packaging apparatus for packing a food storage container formed with a rim portion and a handle portion extending to the space portion and the space portion side for storing a predetermined shape of the food, the endless track portion, It comprises a loading part, a packaging film providing part, a temporary adhesive part, a nitrogen gas injection part, a sealing part, a cooling part, a cutting part and an unloading part. The caterpillar portion is formed with a plurality of seating holes that can be inserted into the space portion of the food container, a plurality of caterpillar plate for transporting the food storage container, the plurality of caterpillar plate is connected to form a caterpillar. . The loading unit sequentially inserts the food storage container into the seating hole of the crawler plate at an upper side of the crawler unit. The packaging film providing unit is installed on both sides of the upper end of the crawler, and provides a packaging film for hermetically packing the space portion of the food storage container in a reel to reel manner. The temporary adhesive part is installed on an upper portion of the endless track plate adjacent to the supply portion of the packaging film, and the thermocompression bonding of the packaging film located at the edge portion except for the handle portion of the food storage container loaded on the endless track plate; Temporarily attach to food storage containers. The nitrogen gas injection unit is installed adjacent to the temporary adhesive part and is inserted into a gap between the handle part of the non-bonded food storage container and the packaging film to inject nitrogen gas into the space of the food storage container. The sealing unit is installed adjacent to the nitrogen gas injecting unit, and heat-compresses and seals the packaging film of the food storage container in which nitrogen gas injection is completed. The cooling unit is installed adjacent to the sealing unit, and cools the sealed food storage container. The cutting unit is installed adjacent to the cooling unit, and cut the packaging film of the outer portion of the cooled food storage container to separate into individual food storage containers. The unloading unit is installed at the other side of the upper end of the crawler, and unloads the individual food container from the crawler plate.

In the food storage container packaging apparatus according to the present invention, the caterpillar portion is a pair of front and rear pulleys arranged at regular intervals on both sides, a pair of chains connecting the transfer pulley and the rear pulley facing each other. And a pair of chains installed in a direction crossing the chain vertically and providing a rotational force to the plurality of track plates, the transfer pulleys, or the rear pulleys, which are installed at regular intervals, thereby periodically fixing the plurality of track boards. It may include a driving unit for moving at intervals.

In the food storage container packaging apparatus according to the present invention, the packaging film providing unit is installed on one side upper portion of the endless track portion, supply reel for providing a wrapped film, the packaging film supplied from the supply reel to the temporary adhesive portion A first guide roller configured to guide the guide roller, a second guide roller installed on the track plate between the cut portion and the unloading portion, and guide the movement of the packaging film cut and left by the cut portion to the upper track plate, It may be installed on the other side of the crawler portion, and may include a collecting reel to collect the packaging film passed through the second guide roller.

In the food storage container packaging apparatus according to the present invention, the packaging film providing unit may move the packaging film corresponding to the periodic moving distance of the crawler.

In the food storage container packaging apparatus according to the present invention, the caterpillar portion through the periodic movement of the caterpillar plate the food storage container the temporary adhesive portion, nitrogen gas injection portion, sealing portion, cooling portion, cutting portion and unloading It can be moved sequentially to negative.

In the food storage container packaging apparatus according to the present invention, the temporary adhesive portion, the nitrogen gas injection portion, the sealing portion, the cooling portion, the cutting portion and the unloading portion can be driven while the crawler stops.

In the food storage container packaging apparatus according to the present invention, the temporary adhesive portion is installed on the upper end of the track plate, the temporary adhesive plate for temporarily bonding the edge portion of the food storage container and the packaging film by pressing, the temporary It may include a first cylinder for driving the adhesive plate up and down.

In the food storage container packaging apparatus according to the present invention, the nitrogen gas injection unit is installed on the upper end of the caterpillar plate, the close contact plate is in close contact with the packaging film of the edge of the food storage container except the handle portion, the contact plate The second cylinder to be driven up and down, the upper portion of the track plate is placed on the handle of the food container, the insertion piece for forming a gap between the food storage container and the packaging film, the gap formed by the insertion piece It may include a gas injection pin for injecting nitrogen gas into the space portion of the food storage container.

In the food storage container packaging apparatus according to the present invention, the sealing portion is installed on the upper end of the track plate, the thermocompression plate for sealing the food storage container by thermocompression bonding the food storage container and the packaging film, the thermocompression bonding It may include a third cylinder for driving the plate up and down.

In the food storage container packaging apparatus according to the present invention, the cooling unit is installed on the upper end of the track plate, the cooling plate to be in close contact with the food storage container and the packaging film, the fourth driving the vertical cooling plate It may include a cylinder.

In the food storage container packaging apparatus according to the present invention, the cutting portion is installed on the upper end of the track plate, the cutting plate formed on the lower surface of the cutting plate corresponding to the shape of the border of the food storage container, the cutting plate It may include a fifth cylinder for driving up and down.

In the food storage container packaging apparatus according to the invention, the unloading portion is coupled to the axis of rotation of the rear end pulley, the radially extending in a direction perpendicular to the separation rotation axis, the seat hole at the rear end of the track plate It may include a plurality of separators which are inserted into and separated from the seating hole the individual food storage container inserted into the seating hole.

In the food storage container packaging apparatus according to the present invention, the separator is provided with a separating plate for pushing the individual food storage container at the end, the separating plate is smaller than the inner diameter of the seating hole.

The present invention is also a packaging method using the above-described food storage container packaging device, the loading step of inserting the food storage container into the seating hole of the track board on one side of the endless track portion, the temporary adhesive portion Is installed on the upper end of the caterpillar plate adjacent to the supply portion of the packaging film, thermo-compression bonding the packaging film located on the edge portion except the handle portion of the food storage container loaded on the caterpillar plate to the food storage container Temporary adhesion step of temporarily bonding, nitrogen gas injection step of injecting nitrogen gas into the space portion of the food storage container is inserted into the gap between the handle portion and the packaging film of the non-adhesive food storage container, A sealing step of sealing by sealing the packaging film of the food storage container in which the sealing part is completed with nitrogen gas injection; A cooling step of cooling a sealed food storage container, and a cutting step of cutting the packaging film of the outer portion of the cooled food storage container and separating the packaging film into individual food storage containers, and the unloading part of the individual food storage. It provides a packaging method of a food container packaging apparatus comprising an unloading step of unloading the container in the track plate.

In the food storage container packaging method according to the present invention, the steps are the endless track portion rotates the plurality of endless track plate at regular intervals, in conjunction with the operation of the endless track portion, the packaging film providing unit on both sides of the upper end of the endless track portion Installed in the reel to reel (reel to reel) method can be performed while moving the packaging film from one side to the other side of the endless track portion.

In the food storage container packaging method according to the invention, the cutting step from the temporary adhesive step may be performed while the endless track portion is stopped.

According to the present invention, since the food storage container packaging apparatus is performed inline from the loading process to the unloading process of the food storage container, there is an effect that the food storage container can be quickly and easily sealed-packed with a packaging film. . In particular, since each step according to the packaging method according to the present invention is performed collectively according to the moving cycle of the caterpillar portion, it is possible to quickly proceed to the packaging process of the food storage container. That is, the temporary adhesion step, the nitrogen gas injection step, the sealing step, the cooling step, and the cutting step according to the packaging method are collectively performed while the crawler portion pauses.

The packaging film is hermetically attached to the food storage container by thermocompression bonding, and the food storage container which has completed the packaging process is infinitely separated by smoothly separating the sealed food storage container from the seating hole of the endless track plate by using the separator of the unloading part. Can be quickly removed from the track plate.

And since the packaging method according to the present invention is carried out sequentially and collectively from the loading step to the unloading process, it is possible to minimize the occurrence rate of the safety accident that may occur in the process of packaging the food storage container.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a food storage container packaging apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a view showing the packaging device of FIG.
3 and 4 are enlarged views of portion “A” of FIG. 2.
FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion “B” of FIG. 2.
FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of portion “C” of FIG. 2.
FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of portion “D” of FIG. 2.
8 and 9 are perspective views showing a food storage container manufactured by the packaging device of FIG.
10 is a flow chart according to a packaging method using a food storage container packaging apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

The food storage container packaging apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9.

At this time, the food storage container 110 during the packaging process, as shown in Figures 8 and 9, extending to the space portion 113, the space portion 113 side for storing the food 130 of a predetermined shape, respectively The formed edge portion 115 and the handle portion 117 is included. The space 113 provides a storage space in which the food 130 may be stored. The unit packaging film 120 is attached to the edge portion 115 and the handle portion 117 by a thermocompression bonding method. In the present embodiment has been described an example in which the food storage container 110 is formed in an octagon, but is not limited thereto. For example, the food storage container 110 may be implemented in various forms, such as polygons, ovals or more triangular.

The food storage container packaging apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment for attaching the unit packaging film 120 to the food storage container 110 to seal the space 113 is an endless track 10, the packaging film made of Study 20, loading portion 30, temporary adhesive portion 40, nitrogen gas injection portion 50, sealing portion 60, cooling portion 70, cutting portion 80 and unloading portion 90 It is configured to, and the open space portion 113 of the food storage container 110 is sealed and packaged with a packaging film (23). The caterpillar portion 10 is formed with a plurality of seating holes 15 into which the space portion 113 of the food storage container 110 can be inserted, and a plurality of caterpillar plates for transporting the food storage container 110. 14, a plurality of track plates 14 are connected to form a track. The loading unit 30 sequentially inserts the food storage container 110 into the seating hole 15 of the crawler board 14 on the upper side of the crawler 10. The packaging film providing unit 20 is installed at both upper sides of the endless track 10, and the packaging film 23 for hermetically wrapping the space 113 of the food storage container 110 in a reel to reel manner. ). Temporary adhesive portion 40 is installed on the upper end of the track plate 14 adjacent to the supply portion of the packaging film 23, the handle portion 117 of the food storage container 110 loaded on the track plate (14). Packaging film 23 located on the edge 115, except for) is thermo-compression bonded to the food storage container (110). Nitrogen gas injection unit 50 is installed adjacent to the temporary adhesive portion 40, and inserted into the gap between the handle portion 117 and the packaging film 23 of the unbonded food storage container 110 food storage container ( The nitrogen gas 58 is injected into the space portion 113 of the 110. The sealing unit 60 is installed adjacent to the nitrogen gas injecting unit 50 and seals the packaging film 23 of the food storage container 110 in which nitrogen gas injection is completed by thermocompression bonding. The cooling unit 70 is installed adjacent to the sealing unit 50 and cools the sealed food storage container 110. The cutting unit 80 is installed adjacent to the cooling unit 70, and cuts the packaging film 23 on the outer side of the cooled food storage container 110 to separate the individual food storage container 200. And the unloading unit 90 is installed on the other side of the upper end of the crawler 10, and unloads the individual food storage container 200 in the track 14. In particular, the food storage container packaging apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment, the food storage container 110 and the packaging film 23, the loading portion 30, the temporary adhesive portion 40 according to the periodic operation of the endless track portion 10 ), Moving to the nitrogen gas injection unit 50, the sealing unit 60, the cooling unit 70, the cutting unit 80 and the unloading unit 90, loading, temporary adhesion, nitrogen gas injection, sealing, Cooling, cutting and unloading can be performed. Alternatively, the food container packaging apparatus 100 may perform temporary adhesion, nitrogen gas injection, sealing, cooling and cutting at once.

The food storage container packaging apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment as described in detail as follows.

The crawler 10 includes a pair of front pulleys 11 and rear pulleys, a pair of chains 13, a plurality of track plates 14, and a driving unit. The pair of transfer pulleys 11 and the rear pulleys are arranged at regular intervals on both sides. The pair of chains 13 connect the transmission pulley 11 and the rear pulley which face each other. The plurality of crawler boards 14 are installed in a direction crossing the pair of chains 13 vertically, and are installed at regular intervals to form a track. In addition, the driving unit provides a rotational force to the shaft of the transfer pulley 11 or the rear pulley to periodically rotate the plurality of crawler boards 14 at regular intervals. In other words, the caterpillar 10 is the food storage container 110, the loading portion 30, the temporary adhesive portion 40, the nitrogen gas injection unit 50, the sealing portion (10) through the periodic movement of the track plate 14 60), the cooling unit 70, the cutting unit 80 and the unloading unit 90 are sequentially moved. While the crawler 10 stops, the loading part 30, the temporary adhesive part 40, the nitrogen gas injection part 50, the sealing part 60, the cooling part 70, the cutting part 80 and the frozen part The loading unit 90 performs loading, adhesion, nitrogen gas injection, sealing, cooling, cutting and unloading for packaging the food storage container 110. In this case, the crawler 10 rotates the plurality of crawler plates 14 in a counterclockwise direction, as shown in FIG. 2. The upper one side of the crawler 10 is a portion having a front pulley 11, the other side is a portion having a rear pulley.

At this time, a pair of the transfer pulley 11 and the rear pulley is installed perpendicular to the ground, the plurality of track plates 14 are installed horizontally on the ground. The packaging process according to the present embodiment is performed on the crawler board 14 positioned above the crawler board 14.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the crawler board 14 has a plurality of seating holes 15 formed in a central portion thereof. Cutting grooves 16 are formed on the outside of the seating hole 15. The cutting groove 16 is formed at least at an edge portion of the food storage container 110, that is, the edge portion 115 and the handle portion 117. The chain 13 is installed below the track plate 14. In the present exemplary embodiment, two mounting holes 15 are formed in one track plate 14, but only one may be formed.

The loading unit 30 sequentially inserts the food storage container 110 into the seating hole 15 of the crawler board 14 on the upper side of the crawler 10. In this case, at least one track board 14 may be located in the loading unit 30.

The packaging film providing unit 20 includes a supply reel 21, a first guide roller 25, a second guide roller 27, and a collection reel 29. The supply reel 21 is installed on one side of the endless track 10, and provides the wrapped packaging film 23. The first guide roller 25 guides the movement of the packaging film 23 supplied from the supply reel 21 to the temporary adhesive part 40. The second guide roller 27 is installed on the crawler plate 14 between the cutting unit 80 and the unloading unit 90, and the remaining packing film 23 cut by the cutting unit 80 is placed on the crawler plate ( Departure from 14) to guide the movement to the collection reel (29). The collection reel 29 is installed on the other side of the crawler 10 and collects the packaging film 23 passing through the second guide roller 27. In this case, at least one guide roller may be further installed between the supply reel 21, the first guide roller 25, the second guide roller 27, and the collection reel 29. The packaging film providing unit 20 moves the packaging film 23 to correspond to the periodic moving distance of the crawler 10.

At this time, the packaging film 23 is a unit packaging film 120 for sealing and packaging the food storage container 110 is arranged in a matrix form. At this time, the arrangement position of the unit packaging film 120 corresponds to the seating hole 15 of the plurality of crawler boards 14. The unit packaging film 120 is separated from the packaging film 23 through the cutting process.

The temporary adhesive part 40 is a nitrogen gas 58 is injected in order to prevent the nitrogen gas 58 injected into the space portion 113 of the food storage container 110 from the nitrogen gas injection unit 50 to count out. The food storage container 110 except for the passage and the packaging film 23 is bonded by heat compression. In particular, the provisional adhesive portion 40 is installed after the first guide roller 25 in the traveling direction of the crawler portion 10, and includes the provisional adhesion plate 41 and the first cylinder 43. Temporary adhesive plate 41 is installed on the upper end of the track plate 14, the adhesive portion by thermo-compression bonding the edge portion 115 and the packaging film 23 of the food storage container 110. The first cylinder 43 drives the temporary adhesive plate 41 up and down toward the endless track plate 14 to perform temporary adhesion by the temporary adhesive plate 41. In this case, the crawler plate 14 located in the temporary adhesive part 40 is the crawler board 14 disposed at a position adjacent to the first guide roller 25. The temporary adhesive part 40 does not perform temporary adhesion to the handle part 117 of the food storage container 110 and the packaging film 23 located in the handle part 117. That is, the handle 117 is provided as a passage through which the nitrogen gas 58 is injected.

The nitrogen gas injection unit 50 stores the nitrogen gas 58 through the handle portion 117 of the food storage container 110 and the gap 59 of the packaging film 23 positioned on the handle portion 117. Inject into the space portion 113 of the container (110). In particular, the nitrogen gas injection unit 50 is installed adjacent to the temporary adhesive portion 40, and comprises a contact plate 51, the second cylinder 53, the insertion piece 55 and the gas injection pin 57. . The contact plate 51 is installed on the upper end of the track plate 14, and is in close contact with the packaging film 23 on the edge 115, except for the handle portion 117 of the food storage container 110. The second cylinder 53 drives the contact plate 51 up and down toward the endless track plate 14 so that the close contact plate 51 is mounted on the endless track plate 14 and the packing film ( 23) Close contact Insertion piece 55 is installed on the upper end of the track plate 14 where the handle portion 117 of the food storage container 110 is located, interposed between the food storage container 110 and the packaging film 23, the gap. Form 59. The gas injection pin 57 injects the nitrogen gas 58 into the space portion 113 of the food storage container 110 while reciprocating to the gap 59 formed by the insertion piece 55. In this case, the endless track plate 14 positioned in the nitrogen gas injection unit 50 is the endless track plate 14 adjacent to the endless track plate 14 positioned in the temporary adhesive portion 40. Nitrogen gas injection by the nitrogen gas injection unit 50, the contact plate 51 is engaged with the endless track plate 14 by the driving of the second cylinder 53, the handle portion 117 of the food storage container 110. In a state in which the gas injection pin 57 is in close contact with the packaging film 23 on the edge 115 except for the non-bonded gap between the handle portion 117 of the food storage container 110 and the packaging film 23 ( 59) to inject nitrogen gas (58). The gas injection pin 57 returns to its original position after the nitrogen gas 58 is injected.

The sealing unit 60 seals the food storage container 110 in which nitrogen gas injection is completed by thermocompression bonding with the packaging film 23. In particular, the sealing unit 60 is installed adjacent to the nitrogen gas injection unit 50, and comprises a thermocompression plate 61 and a third cylinder (63). The thermocompression plate 61 is installed on the upper end of the track plate 14, and the food storage container 110 and the packaging film 23 is thermally compressed to seal the food storage container 110 with the packaging film (23). . The third cylinder 63 drives the thermocompression plate 61 up and down toward the endless track plate 14 to perform sealing by the thermocompression plate 61. In this case, the endless track plate 14 positioned in the sealing unit 60 is the endless track plate 14 adjacent to the endless track plate 14 positioned in the nitrogen gas injection unit 50. The thermocompression plate 61 seals the space 113 of the food storage container 110 by thermally compressing the edge 115, the handle 117, and the packaging film 23 of the food storage container 110. .

The cooling unit 70 cools the food storage container 110 in which sealing is completed. In particular, the cooling unit 70 is installed adjacent to the sealing unit 60, and comprises a cooling plate 71 and the fourth cylinder (73). The cooling plate 71 is installed at the upper portion of the crawler plate 14 and closes the sealed food storage container 110 to cool the thermocompressed portion. The fourth cylinder 73 drives the cooling plate 71 up and down toward the crawler plate 14 to perform cooling by the cooling plate 71. The reason for cooling the sealed food storage container 110 is to suppress the problem that the heat acting in the sealing process continuously remains in the packaging film 23 and deforms the sealed portion. In addition, in order to suppress the problem that the packaging film 23 remains or adheres to the cutting edge 83 in the cutting process to be performed by the cutting portion 80 after the sealing process. That is, by performing a cooling process after the sealing process, the heat remaining in the food storage container 110 or the packaging film 23 after the sealing process can be removed to solve the problem that the sealed portion is deformed and the cutting process can proceed smoothly. have. In this case, the crawler plate 14 located in the cooling unit 70 is the crawler board 14 adjacent to the crawler board 14 located in the sealing unit 60.

The cutting unit 80 separates the food storage container 110 sealed in the packaging film 23 into individual food storage containers 200. In particular, the cutting unit 80 is installed adjacent to the cooling unit 70, and comprises a cutting plate 81 and the fifth cylinder (85). Cutting plate 81 is installed on the upper end of the track plate 14, the cutting blade 83 is formed on the lower surface to correspond to the edge shape of the food storage container (110). The fifth cylinder 85 drives the cutting plate 81 up and down toward the crawler plate 14 to perform a cutting process by the cutting plate 81. In this case, the crawler plate 14 located in the cutting unit 80 is the crawler board 14 adjacent to the crawler board 14 located in the cooling unit 70. As described above, the crawler plate 14 has a cutting groove 16 formed therein, and the cutting blade 83 of the cutting plate 81 is inserted into the cutting groove 16 after cutting the packaging film 23. .

The unloading unit 90 is installed adjacent to the cutting unit 80, and unloads the individual food container 200 separated from the cutting unit 80 from the crawler board 14. In particular, the unloading unit 90 is configured to include a separate rotating shaft 91 and a plurality of separators (93). The separate rotating shaft 91 is coupled to the shaft 17 of the rear pulley. The plurality of separators 93 extend radially in a direction perpendicular to the separating rotation shaft 91 and are inserted into the seating holes 15 at the rear end of the track plate 14 and inserted into the seating holes 15. The container 200 is pushed away from the seating hole 15. At this time, the separator 93 has a separating plate 95 for pushing the individual food storage container 200 out of the seating hole 15 at the end. The separating plate 95 has a plate shape smaller than the inner diameter of the seating hole 15. The separator 93 is inserted into the seating hole 15 in a rotational section in which the traveling direction of the caterpillar portion 10 is changed to push the individual food container 200 out of the seating hole 15.

As described above, since the food storage container packaging apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment is performed inline from the loading process of the food storage container 110 to the unloading process, the food storage container 110 is packaged with a packaging film 23. Can be sealed quickly and easily. In particular, the food storage container packaging apparatus 100, because the loading, temporary adhesion, nitrogen gas injection, sealing, cooling, cutting and unloading is performed in accordance with the movement cycle of the tracked portion 10, the food storage container ( The packaging process of 110 can be quickly proceeded.

In addition, the packaging film 23 is hermetically attached to the food storage container 110 by thermocompression bonding, and is separated from the seating hole 15 of the endless track plate 14 by using the separator 93 of the unloading unit 90. By smoothly separating the sealed individual food container 200, the individual food container 200, the packaging process is completed can be quickly separated from the track plate (14).

And since the food storage container packaging apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment is performed sequentially and collectively from loading to unloading, minimizing the incidence of safety accidents that may occur in the process of packaging the food storage container 110 can do.

The packaging method using the food storage container packaging apparatus according to the present embodiment as described above with reference to Figures 1 to 10 as follows. 10 is a flow chart according to a packaging method using a food storage container packaging apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, in step S183, the loading unit 30 loads the food storage container 110 to the endless track plate 14 of the endless track 10. That is, in a state in which the food storage container 110 in which the food 130 is stored in the space 113 is prepared, the loading unit 130 is located on the upper side of the caterpillar 10, the food storage container 110. It is sequentially inserted into the seating hole 150 of the crawler board (14).

In this case, the packaging film providing unit 20 provides the packaging film 23 moving in the direction of the supply reel 21, the first guide roller 25, the second guide roller 27, and the collecting reel 29.

Next, in step S185, the temporary adhesive part 40 is thermally compressed by the packaging film 23 located at the edge 115 except for the handle part 117 of the food storage container 110 loaded on the crawler plate 14. It is temporarily attached to the food storage container (110). That is, the track plate 14 loaded with the food storage container 110 passes through the first guide roller 25 and moves below the temporary adhesive part 40. At this time, the packaging film 23 passing through the first guide roller 25 is positioned on the food storage container 110. Subsequently, the temporary adhesive plate 41 is lowered by the first cylinder 43 to temporarily attach the packaging film 23 to the edge portion 115 of the food storage container 110 except for the handle portion 117.

Next, in step S187, the nitrogen gas injection unit 50 is a space 59 of the food storage container 110 as a gap 59 between the handle portion 117 and the packaging film 23 of the non-bonded food storage container 110. Nitrogen gas 58 is injected into 113. That is, the endless track plate 14 on which the temporarily attached food storage container 110 is mounted moves to the nitrogen gas injection unit 50. Next, in the state in which the crawler plate 14 is stopped, the close contact plate 41 is engaged with the crawler plate 14 by the driving of the second cylinder 43 so that the handle portion 117 of the food storage container 110. It is in close contact with the packaging film 23 on the edge 115, except. Subsequently, the gas injection pin 57 is inserted into the gap 59 formed between the handle portion 117 of the food storage container 110 and the packaging film 23 by the insertion piece 55 to inject the nitrogen gas 58. . The gas injection pin 57 returns to its original position after the nitrogen gas 58 is injected.

Next, in step S189, the sealing unit 60 heat-presses and seals the packaging film 23 of the food storage container 110 in which nitrogen gas injection is completed. That is, the endless track plate 14 on which the food storage container 110 in which nitrogen gas is injected is mounted moves to the sealing unit 60. Next, the thermocompression plate 61 is engaged with the endless track plate 14 by driving the third cylinder 63 while the endless track plate 14 is stopped, thereby packing the food storage container 110 with the packaging film 923. Seal. At this time, the edge portion 115 and the handle portion 117 of the packaging film 23 and the food storage container 110 is thermally compressed to seal the space 113 of the food storage container 110.

Next, in step S191, the cooling unit 70 cools the sealed food storage container 110. That is, the crawler plate 14 mounted with the sealed food storage container 110 moves to the cooling unit 70. In addition, the cooling plate 71 is engaged with the crawler plate 14 by the driving of the fourth cylinder 73 while the crawler plate 14 is stopped, thereby cooling the packaging film 23 and the food storage container 110. Let's do it.

Subsequently, in step S193, the cutting unit 80 cuts the packaging film 23 on the outer side of the cooled food storage container 110 and separates it into individual food storage containers 200. That is, the crawler plate 14 on which the cooled food storage container 110 is mounted moves to the cutting unit 80. Next, the cutting blade 83 cuts a portion of the packaging film 23 outside the food storage container 110 by driving the fifth cylinder 85 while the crawler plate 14 is stopped, thereby storing the individual food storage container. Separate with 200. At this time, since the food storage container 110 sealed in step S191 has a form attached to all the packaging film 23, it is separated into individual food storage container 200 through step S193. In other words, the packaging film is separated from the unit packaging film 120 is attached to the food storage container 110.

In step S195, the unloading unit 90 unloads the individual food container 200 from the crawler board 14. That is, the crawler board 14 separated by the individual food storage container 200 moves to the unloading unit 90. In this case, the remaining packaging film 23 separated from the individual food storage container 200 passes through the second guide roller 27 and is separated from the track plate 14. The separated packaging film 23 is wound around the collection wheel 29. Subsequently, the separator 93 of the unloading part 90 is inserted into the seating hole 15 at the rear of the crawler plate 14 to seat the individual food storage container 200 inserted into the seating hole 15. To release). The unloading unit 90 unloads the individual food storage containers 200 separated from the seating hole 15 in the track plate 14. At this time, the separator 93 rotates according to the rotation of the separating rotary shaft 91 coupled to the shaft 17 of the rear pulley to separate the individual food storage container 200 inserted into the seating hole 15.

Meanwhile, in order to explain the packaging method according to the present exemplary embodiment, the endless track plate 14 positioned in the loading unit 30 moves in accordance with the movement period of the endless track 10 to sequentially perform steps S183 to S195. Although described, the packaging film providing unit 20 is installed on both sides of the upper end of the crawler 10 in conjunction with the operation of the crawler 10 to wrap the packaging film 23 in a reel-to-reel way the crawler 10 Step S183 to step S195 are performed in a batch while moving from one side to the other side.

As described above, each step according to the packaging method according to the present exemplary embodiment is performed collectively according to the moving cycle of the crawler 10, so that the packaging process of the food storage container 110 may be rapidly performed. In other words, the temporary bonding step (S185), nitrogen gas injection step (S187), sealing step (S189), cooling step (S191) and cutting step (S193) according to the packaging method collectively while the crawler 10 is suspended. Can be done as In addition to the above-described step S185 to S193 step S183 and S195 may also be performed together.

On the other hand, the embodiments of the present invention disclosed in the specification and drawings are merely presented specific examples to aid understanding, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. In addition to the embodiments disclosed herein, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention may be implemented.

10: endless track portion 11: shear pulley
13: chain 14: track plate
15: seating groove 16: cutting groove
17: axis of the rear pulley 20: packaging film provider
21: supply reel 23: packaging film
25: first guide roller 27: second guide roller
29: collecting 30: loading unit
40: temporary adhesive part 41: temporary adhesive plate
43: first cylinder 50: nitrogen gas injection unit
51: contact plate 53: second cylinder
55: insertion piece 57: gas injection pin
60: sealing portion 61: thermal compression plate
63: third cylinder 70: cooling unit
71: cooling plate 73: fourth cylinder
80: cutting portion 81: cutting blade
83: cutting plate 85: fifth cylinder
90: unloading unit 91: separate rotating shaft
93: separator 95: separator
100: food storage container packaging device 110: food storage container
120: unit packaging film 130: food
200: individual food storage container

Claims (16)

In the food storage container packaging apparatus for packing a food storage container formed with a rim portion and a handle portion extending to the space portion and the space portion side for storing a predetermined shape of the food,
A plurality of seating holes into which the space portion of the food storage container is inserted, and a plurality of endless track plates for transporting the food storage container, and a plurality of endless track plates connected to each other to form an endless track;
A loading unit sequentially inserting the food storage container into a seating hole of the crawler plate at an upper side of the crawler unit;
A packing film providing unit which is installed at both sides of the upper end of the crawler and provides a packing film for hermetically packing a space part of the food storage container in a reel to reel manner;
It is installed on an upper portion of the endless track plate adjacent to the supply portion of the packaging film, and thermo-compression bonding the packaging film located at the edge portion except for the handle portion of the food storage container loaded on the endless track plate to the food storage container. Temporary adhesive part to be temporarily attached;
A nitrogen gas injection unit installed adjacent to the temporary adhesion part and inserted into a gap between the handle part of the non-adhesive food storage container and the packaging film to inject nitrogen gas into the space of the food storage container;
A sealing unit installed adjacent to the nitrogen gas injection unit and sealing the packaging film of the food storage container in which nitrogen gas injection is completed by thermal compression;
A cooling unit installed adjacent to the sealing unit and cooling the sealed food storage container;
It is installed adjacent to the cooling unit, the cutting unit for cutting the outer packaging film of the cooled food storage container to separate into individual food storage containers;
An unloading unit installed at an upper side of the caterpillar unit and unloading the individual food container from the caterpillar plate;
Food storage container packaging apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein the crawler portion,
A pair of front pulleys and rear pulleys each disposed at regular intervals on each side;
A pair of chains connecting the transfer pulleys and the rear pulleys facing each other;
A plurality of endless track plates installed in a direction crossing the pair of chains vertically and spaced apart from each other;
A driving unit which provides a rotational force to the transfer pulley or the rear pulley to periodically move the plurality of crawlers at regular intervals;
Food storage container packaging apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 2, wherein the packaging film providing unit,
A supply reel installed on one side of the endless track portion and providing a wrapped film;
A first guide roller for guiding the packaging film supplied from the supply reel to the temporary adhesive part;
A second guide roller installed on the track plate between the cutting unit and the unloading unit and guiding movement of the packaging film cut and left by the cutting unit to an upper portion of the track plate;
And a collection reel installed on the other side of the caterpillar and collecting the packing film passing through the second guide roller. The method of claim 3, wherein the packaging film providing unit,
Food packaging container packaging device characterized in that for moving the packaging film to correspond to the periodic moving distance of the endless track portion. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the caterpillar portion moves the food container to the provisional adhesive portion, the nitrogen gas injection portion, the seal portion, the cooling portion, the cutting portion, and the unloading portion sequentially through the periodic movement of the crawler plate. Food storage container packaging device characterized in that. The food storage container packaging apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the temporary adhesive part, the nitrogen gas injection part, the sealing part, the cooling part, the cutting part, and the unloading part are driven while the crawler stops. The method of claim 6, wherein the temporary adhesive portion,
A temporary adhesive plate installed on an upper portion of the endless track plate and temporarily attaching the edge portion of the food container to the packaging film by thermal compression;
A first cylinder for driving the temporary adhesive plate up and down;
Food storage container packaging apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 6, wherein the nitrogen gas injection unit,
An adhesion plate installed on an upper portion of the endless track plate and in close contact with the packaging film of the edge portion except for the handle portion of the food storage container;
A second cylinder for driving the contact plate up and down;
An insertion piece installed on an upper portion of the endless track plate on which the handle portion of the food storage container is located, and forming a gap between the food storage container and the packaging film;
A gas injection pin for injecting nitrogen gas into the space portion of the food storage container into a gap formed by the insertion piece;
Food storage container packaging device comprising a. The method of claim 6, wherein the sealing portion,
A thermocompression plate installed above the endless track plate and sealing the food storage container by thermo-compressing the food storage container and the packaging film;
A third cylinder for driving the thermo compression plate up and down;
Food storage container packaging apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 6, wherein the cooling unit,
A cooling plate installed on an upper portion of the endless track plate, the cooling plate being in close contact with the food storage container and the packaging film and cooling;
A fourth cylinder driving the cooling plate up and down;
Food storage container packaging apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 6, wherein the cut portion,
A cutting plate installed at an upper portion of the crawler plate and having a cutting blade formed on a lower surface thereof to correspond to the shape of the edge of the food storage container;
A fifth cylinder for driving the cutting plate up and down;
Food storage container packaging apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 6, wherein the unloading unit,
A separate rotating shaft coupled to the shaft of the rear pulley;
A plurality of separators extending radially in a direction perpendicular to the separation rotation shaft, the plurality of separators being inserted into the seating holes at the rear of the endless track plate to be separated from the seating holes;
Food storage container packaging apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 12, wherein the separator,
Separating plate for pushing the individual food storage container is installed at the end, the separation plate is a food storage container packaging device, characterized in that smaller than the inner diameter of the seating hole. A packaging method using a food storage container packaging apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 13,
A loading step of sequentially inserting the food container into the seating hole of the crawler plate at one side of the crawler;
The temporary adhesive part is installed on an upper portion of the crawler plate adjacent to a supply portion of the packaging film, and the food is formed by thermally compressing the packaging film located at the edge of the food storage container except for the handle part of the food container. A temporary adhesive step of temporarily adhering to the storage container;
A nitrogen gas injection step of inserting nitrogen gas into a space between the handle portion of the food storage container and the packaging film to which the nitrogen gas injection unit is not bonded and injecting the nitrogen gas into the space of the food storage container;
A sealing step of sealing by sealing the packing film of the food storage container in which the sealing part is completed with nitrogen gas injection;
A cooling step of cooling the sealed food storage container by the cooling unit;
A cutting step of cutting the packaging film of the outer portion of the cooled food storage container and separating the cut food into individual food storage containers;
An unloading step of the unloading unit unloading the individual food storage containers from the endless track plate;
Packaging method of a food storage container packaging apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 14, wherein the steps include:
The caterpillar portion rotates the plurality of caterpillar plates at a predetermined cycle, and the packaging film providing unit is installed on both sides of the upper portion of the caterpillar unit in conjunction with the operation of the caterpillar unit to reel to reel the wrapping film. Packaging method of a food container packaging apparatus characterized in that it is performed while moving from one side to the other end of the endless track. The method of claim 15, wherein the cutting step from the temporary bonding step
Packaging method of a food storage container packaging device, characterized in that is carried out while the crawler is stopped.

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