KR20190004124A - Automatic Case Packer - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus to automatically pack a box. More specifically, according to the present invention, the apparatus to automatically pack a box comprises: a means to form a flatly unfolded box into a rectangular columnar box with opened upper and lower sides; a means to insert a plurality of products through the lower side of the rectangular columnar box with the opened upper and lower sides; a means to inwardly fold lower front and rear surfaces of the box into which the products are completely inserted; a means to fold lower left and right surfaces of the box having the inwardly folded lower front and rear surfaces to one side; a means to inwardly fold upper front and rear surfaces of the box having three inwardly folded surfaces excluding one from the lower left and right surfaces; a means to simultaneously and inwardly fold the remaining lower, and upper left and right surfaces of the box having the inwardly folded three surfaces excluding one from the lower left and right surfaces, and the inwardly folded upper front and rear surfaces; and a means to tape a portion in which upper and lower left and right surfaces of the completely folded box is inwardly folded to be touched. Accordingly, provided is an effect of inserting and packing a fixed number of separately packed products into one box to facilitate carry and storage. Moreover, a product insertion direction and a folding method are optimized to supply the products and the box, and pack the box in a relatively small space, and a time required for packing is remarkably reduced, thereby providing an effect of enhancing spatial usability and packing efficiency.

Description

Automatic Case Packer

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic box packing apparatus, and more particularly, to an automatic packing apparatus for automatically packing a plurality of cylindrical individually packaged articles such as cans, canned goods, etc. into a single box.

In general, an automatic box packing apparatus is a device for automatically filling a box with a packaged product such as a can, a bottle, or a pouch or a product itself. Particularly, it is widely used to load and store a certain number of already packaged goods in one box.

As shown in Fig. 1 of the present specification, Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1323532 discloses a packaging box conveying means which is disposed at the rear end of a box supply line and sequentially moves empty packaging boxes, A packing box raising and lowering means provided at a front side of the packing box raising and lowering means for raising and lowering the transported packaging box to a subsequent foaming process and a packing box raising and lowering means provided at a separate position above the packing box raising and lowering means, The box-shaped deforming means for deforming the box-shaped packaging box to a square shape, the box-shaped deforming means being located below the packing portion located in front of the suction conveying means, The box is arranged at one side of the means, And a box square holding means for holding the outer shape of the packing box so as to have a rectangular shape and a lateral side of the box which is formed in both sides of the box square holding means, A transverse folding means for automatically folding the folded folded portion, and a folded portion provided on the tissue supply line in the other direction of the folded portion, wherein a plurality of flocked tissues are bundled in a predetermined form in a box- And a stopper provided at a rear side of the discharge line of the packaging unit, the stopper being provided at a position opposite to the discharge line of the packaging unit, Longitudinal pull-down to automatically fold longitudinal folds of the incoming packing box An automatic packer for packing apparatus gaktisyu case is disclosed consisting of a.

However, since the packaged goods are picked up one by one and transferred to the inside of the box, the packaging operation time is relatively long and the working efficiency is lowered. In particular, in the case of relatively heavy goods such as cans and canned goods, There is a problem that a lot of power is consumed.

Korean Registered Patent No. 10-1323532 (Oct. 23, 2013)

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention aims to provide an automatic packaging apparatus for packing a relatively heavy cylindrical product such as a can, canned food, etc., quickly and accurately in a single box.

In order to achieve the object, there is provided an automatic box packing apparatus, comprising: means for forming a flatly deployed box into a square pillar-shaped box opened upward and downward; and means for forming a rectangular pillar- Means for inserting a plurality of commodities through the lower side of the box, means for folding the lower front and rear sides of the box in which the commodity insertion is completed to the inside, and a lower left and right sides of the lower, And means for folding the upper front and rear sides of the box folded inwardly to the inner sides except for one of the lower left and right sides and a means for folding the upper and lower rear sides inwardly except for one of the lower left and right sides, Means for folding the remaining lower side and upper left and right sides of the box folded inwardly inward at the same time and means for folding the upper, lower left and right sides of the folded box inwardly An auto-box packaging unit, characterized in that consisting of the means for.

In another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic box-type dispenser, comprising: a charging unit into which a plurality of cylindrical products are charged by a conveyor or a roller; and a discharge unit which is inserted and packed in a predetermined number of articles in a box and discharged by a conveyor or a roller, In the packaging apparatus, at least one or more alignment guides for reciprocating the alignment shaft by the commodity alignment motor are provided horizontally with respect to the commodity introduction direction, and a plurality of commodity alignment portions and a plurality of commodity alignment grids And a merchandise transfer plate that moves left and right by the merchandise transfer cylinder when the merchandise is aligned on the merchandise plate, and a merchandise transfer plate which is moved upward and downward by the merchandise elevator cylinder In the above item transfer, A box magazine and a box supply cylinder in which a product elevator and a flat expanding box are mounted, the product elevator being composed of a commodity ascending / descending plate and four inlet / outlet expanding plates provided above the outer circumferential surface of the ascending plate and inclined outward by a motor or cylinder And a first guide having an arcuate shape on the side thereof, and a box supply part located on the upper side of the merchandise elevating part and the front side of the box magazine, and a " The first folding bar and the box transfer cylinder are provided so as to reciprocate left and right, and a product insertion portion positioned between the product lifting portion and the box supply portion, a second guide having an arc shape, Shaped second folding bar, and the left and right folding bars And a coupling plate for engaging or disengaging with the above-mentioned commodity inserting portion, so that the first box fastening portion positioned above the above-mentioned commodity supply portion, the fastening box conveying means for forward and backward by the motor or cylinder, and the three guide bars And a taping means is provided at the upper and lower central portions of the box-like second fastening portion located at the rear of the first fastening portion of the box and the rectangular tunnel-shaped guide having the rollers at each surface thereof, And a taping portion located between the first and second portions.

As described above, the automatic box packing apparatus according to the present invention has the effect of facilitating the transportation and storage of individual articles to be packed by inserting and packing the individual articles in a single box. Also, it has an effect of improving the space efficiency by optimizing the product insertion direction and the box folding method so that the goods and the box supply and packaging can be performed in a relatively small space, and the packaging efficiency can be improved by remarkably reducing the time required for the operation.

Particularly, it is possible to arrange these products in a cylindrical shape, such as a can, a canned food, etc., having a relatively heavy weight, and arrange and arrange these products in a box more quickly and accurately.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an overall schematic view of an automatic packer packing apparatus of a conventional hutches case. FIG.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a box-
3 is a side view of an automatic box packing apparatus according to the present invention.
4 is a top view of an automatic box packaging apparatus according to the present invention.
5 is a top view of a product supply unit, a box magazine, and a box supply unit of the automatic box packing apparatus according to the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a front view of a goods supply unit, a goods elevator, a goods insertion unit, and a box first fastening unit of the automatic box packing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a box and a product status when the automatic box packing apparatus according to the present invention is used.

1. An automatic box packing apparatus comprising: means for forming a flat box (B1) in a rectangular columnar box (B2) opened upward and downward; and means for forming a square columnar box B2), means for folding the lower front and rear sides of the box in which the article P is completely inserted to the inside, means for folding the lower front side and the rear side to the inward side Means for folding the front upper side and the rear side of the box B5 folded inward in three excepting one of the lower left and right sides to the inside, , Means for folding the remaining lower side and upper left and right sides of the box B6 folded inwardly to the upper side and the upper left side and the upper side simultaneously at the same time except for one of the right and left sides, Taping is applied to the area where the lower left and right sides are folded inward. And an automatic box packing apparatus.

The means for inserting the plurality of commodities P includes a means for folding the lower front side and the rear side of the box in which the article P is inserted upward so that the article P can be inserted from the lower side to the upper side, Until the operation of the means for folding the lower left and right sides of the box B4 folded inward to the upper and lower sides is completed, And a means for supporting it.

There is also provided a means for opening the lower four sides of the box B2 to the outside before inserting the product P into the rectangular box B2 in which the upper and lower sides are open, It is possible to prevent the article P from hanging on the lower surface of the box B and causing the box P to break or the article P to be inserted poorly.

3 and 4 are a side view and a top view, respectively, of the automatic box packing apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 5 is a top view of the article supply unit, the box magazine, and the box supply unit of the automatic box packing apparatus according to the present invention, The detailed structure of the automatic box packing apparatus configured as described above will be described with reference to the front view of the article supply unit, the goods elevator, the goods insertion unit, and the box first fastening unit of the automatic box packing apparatus according to the invention.

A charging section I in which a plurality of cylindrical articles P are charged by a conveyor or a roller and a predetermined number of articles P are inserted into a box B and are discharged and discharged by a conveyor or a roller Wherein at least one alignment guide 13 for reciprocating the alignment shaft 12 by the product alignment motor 11 is provided horizontally with respect to the direction in which the product P is inserted A commodity aligning part 10 located on the side of the charging part I and a commodity plate 22 on which holes are formed so that a plurality of commodity aligning grids 21 can be raised and lowered by a motor or a cylinder, A product supply unit 20 composed of a product transfer plate 24 that moves left and right by the product transfer cylinder 23 when the product P is aligned on the plate 22, And A product lifting plate 32 provided on a side of the article supply unit 20 and four inlet plate extension plates 33 provided on the outer circumferential surface of the lifting plate 32 and inclined outward by a motor or a cylinder, A box magazine 40 in which a box 30 is flatly deployed and a box B1 which is flatly deployed; a suction nozzle 52 which is moved forward and backward by a box supply cylinder 51; A box feeding part 50 provided on the upper side of the merchandise elevating part 30 and on the front side of the box magazine 40 and having a first folding part 53 and a first folding & A commodity inserting section 60 provided between the commodity elevating section 30 and the box supplying section 50 and provided with a box transfer 63 which reciprocates right and left by the bar 61 and the box transfer cylinder 62; Shaped second guide 71 and a motor or cylinder And an engaging plate 74 which is reciprocated right and left by the engaging plate cylinder 73 to engage or disengage from the commodity inserting portion 60. The engaging plate 74 is provided with an engaging plate 74, A first box fastening part 70 positioned above the product supply part 20 and a fastening box transporting part 81 forward and backward by a motor or a cylinder and three guide bars 82 A box second fastening part 80 located behind the first fastening part 70 of the box; And a taping portion 90 positioned between the box second coupling portion 80 and the discharge portion O. The taping portion 90 is provided with a taping means at upper and lower central portions, And an automatic box packing apparatus.

A product stopper 15 is provided between the product aligning portion 10 and the commodity plate 22 for vertically moving the commodity P by moving the commodity stopper cylinder 14 upward and downward.

The first chamber 100 includes the product supply unit 20, the box first fastening unit 70, the box second fastening unit 80 and the taping unit 90, And a second chamber 200 in which a box magazine 40, a box supply unit 50 and a goods insertion unit 60 are installed. The product insertion unit 60 and the first fastening unit 70 Is opened.

The method of conveying and packing the article and the box of the automatic box packing apparatus according to the present invention constructed as described above is as follows.

The goods P are transported through the input section I. At this time, rows and columns are aligned by the product sorting unit 10. Three alignment guides 13 are provided, and the articles P are aligned in four rows by the outer periphery of the conveying portion of the input section I. A plurality of auxiliary guides are provided on the upper side between the alignment guide 13 and the product stopper 15 so as to adjust the input amount of the product P by rotating the rotation axis by a predetermined angle so as to control the amount of the product P .

When the number of commodities P to be packed in one box B is aligned on the commodity plate 22, the commodity alignment grid 21 descends and the commodity transfer plate 24 raises the commodity (30). Thereafter, it is inserted into the box B by the merchandise lifting cylinder 31. At this time, in order to prevent the article B from being caught on the lower side of the box B, the lower folded-back portion is spread outwardly by a predetermined angle as shown by B3 in Fig. Thereafter, the goods P are delivered in a state of being embedded in the box B.

The box (B) is flat in the box magazine (40). That is, deployed as shown in B1 in Fig. Then, it is transferred to the goods inserting section 60 provided on the upper side of the merchandise elevating section 30 by the suction nozzle 52. At this time, the box B2 in a rectangular column shape opened upward and downward by the first guide 53 is formed.

Thereafter, the article P is inserted into the box, and the goods lifting plate 32 is quickly lowered, and at the same time, the first folding bar 61 forms a box B4 folded inward and rearward inward. And then transferred to the first fastening part 70 located above the product supply part 20 by the box transfer 63. [ At this time, the second guide 71 forms a box B5 with one of the lower left and right sides outward and the remaining three sides inwardly folded.

Thereafter, the engaging plate 74 is spaced apart from the commodity inserting portion 60 by the engaging plate cylinder 73, and then the upper front and rear sides of the box B6 are folded inwardly by the second folding bar 72 A box like B6 is formed in Fig.

Then, it is conveyed to the second fastening portion 80 by the fastening box moving means 81, and the folding of the box is completed by the guide bar 82.

At this time, the guide bar 82 may be replaced with a bottom-shaped guide plate having a shape becoming narrower in the direction of the taping portion 90. In order to fold the upper left and right sides of the box, As shown in Fig.

Thereafter, the taping portion 90 is provided with a rectangular cross section in the shape of a tunnel, and has a transport roller that is rotated by a motor on at least one inner side so that the packed box B7 is transferred to the discharge portion O do.

In addition, the taping means is characterized not only by the face on which the upper, lower left, and right sides of the box come into contact, but also by taping the front and rear portions as in B8 in Fig. Various known taping attachment means such as a box automatic tape attachment device disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2011-0000222 can be applied.

While the invention has been shown and described with respect to specific embodiments and applications thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Anyone who has it will know it easily.

B, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8. Box
P. Commodity T. Tape
I. Inlet O. Inlet
10. Product sorting section 11. Product sorting motor
12. Alignment Shaft 13. Alignment Guide
14. Product Stopper Cylinder 15. Product Stopper
20. Commodity supply section 21. Commodity alignment grid
22. Merchandise plate 23. Merchandise transfer cylinder
24. Goods transfer plate 30. Goods elevator
31. Commodity lifting cylinder 32. Commodity lifting plate
33. Inlet extension plate 40. Box magazine
50. Box feeder 51. Box feed cylinder
52. Adsorption nozzle 53. First guide
60. Item insertion portion 61. First folding bar
62. Box transfer cylinder 63. Box transfer
70. First fastening 71. Second guide
72. 2nd folding bar 73. Coupling plate cylinder
74. A coupling plate 80. A second coupling part
81. Fastening box moving means 82. Guide bar
90. Taping section 100. First chamber
200. Second chamber

Claims (6)

In an automatic box packaging apparatus,
Means for forming the box B1 expanded in a flat manner from a box B2 in the form of a quadrangular prism with its upper and lower sides open,
Means for inserting a plurality of goods P through the lower side of the upper and lower rectangular box B2,
Means for folding the lower front and rear surfaces of the box into which the product P is inserted inward,
Means for folding the lower left and right sides of the box B4 folded inward in the lower front side and the rear side inward,
Means for folding the upper front and rear sides of the box B5 folded inward in three excepting one of the lower left and right sides inward,
Means for folding inward the remaining lower side and upper left and right sides of the box B6 folded inwardly and inwardly in the upper and lower sides, except for one of the lower left and right sides, and
And means for taping at a portion where the upper, lower left, and right sides of the folded box (B7) are inwardly folded in contact with each other. The method according to claim 1,
The means for inserting the plurality of goods P is elevated so that the goods P can be inserted from the lower side to the upper side,
When the operation of the means for folding the lower front and rear sides of the box in which the product P is inserted to the inside and the means for folding the lower left and right sides of the box B4 folded inward to the inner side are completed And means for supporting some articles (P) which can not be supported by the folded lower three sides of the box. The method according to claim 1,
And means for opening the lower four sides of the box (B2) to the outside before inserting the article (P) into the box (B2) having a rectangular column shape opened on the upper side and the lower side. A charging section I in which a plurality of cylindrical articles P are charged by a conveyor or a roller and a predetermined number of articles P are inserted into a box B and are discharged and discharged by a conveyor or a roller O is provided at both ends,
At least one alignment guide 13 which reciprocates the alignment shaft 12 by the commodity sorting motor 11 is provided horizontally with respect to the commodity P insertion direction and the commodity sorting section 10 );Wow
When the goods P is aligned with the merchandise plate 22 on which the holes are formed so that the plurality of merchandise alignment gratings 21 can be lifted or lowered by the motor or the cylinder, the merchandise transfer cylinder 23 And a product transfer plate 24 that moves left and right by a user
A product lifting plate 32 provided on the side surface of the product supply unit 20 and a lifting member 32 provided on the outer peripheral surface of the lifting plate 32 and inclined outward by a motor or a cylinder, A commodity elevator 30 composed of four input port extension plates 33,
A box magazine 40 in which a flat box B1 is loaded;
A suction nozzle 52 which is moved forward and backward by a box supply cylinder 51 and a first guide 53 having a circular arc shape are provided on the side of the box magazine 51 so as to be positioned above the article- A box feeding part 50
A first folding bar 61 which is rotated by 90 ° by a motor or a cylinder and a box transfer 63 which reciprocates left and right by a box transfer cylinder 62, And a box feeder (50);
Shaped second guide 71 and a second folding bar 72 which is rotated by 90 ° by a motor or a cylinder and which is reciprocated right and left by a coupling plate cylinder 73, A box first fastening part 70 provided on the upper side of the article supply part 20 with a coupling plate 74 engaged with or spaced from the insertion part 60;
A box second fastening part 80 having fastening box transfer means 81 and three guide bars 82 forward and backward by a motor or a cylinder and positioned behind the first fastening part 70; And
A taping portion 90 having a rectangular tunnel-shaped guide having rollers on each surface and taping means at the upper and lower central portions thereof and positioned between the box second coupling portion 80 and the discharge portion O; Wherein the box-shaped packaging material is made of a plastic material. 5. The method of claim 4,
Characterized in that a product stopper (15) is provided between the product aligning portion (10) and the commodity plate (22) to move up and down by a product stopper cylinder (14) Box packaging equipment. 5. The method of claim 4,
A first chamber 100 in which the product supply part 20, the box first fastening part 70, the box second fastening part 80, and the taping part 90 are installed;
A second chamber 200 in which the merchandise elevator 30 and the box magazine 40, the box supply section 50 and the merchandise inserting section 60 are installed,
Wherein the article inserting portion (60) and the first fastening portion (70) are opened.

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