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US3859062A
US3859062A US330022A US33002273A US3859062A US 3859062 A US3859062 A US 3859062A US 330022 A US330022 A US 330022A US 33002273 A US33002273 A US 33002273A US 3859062 A US3859062 A US 3859062A
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Kei Okubo
Toshio Saito
Kazunori Ueda
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Priority claimed from JP7577772A external-priority patent/JPS5229672B2/ja
Priority claimed from JP47075779A external-priority patent/JPS5239344B2/ja
Priority claimed from JP7617472A external-priority patent/JPS536591B2/ja
Priority claimed from JP8303072A external-priority patent/JPS522677B2/ja
Priority claimed from JP8302972A external-priority patent/JPS522678B2/ja
Priority claimed from JP8302872A external-priority patent/JPS4897688A/ja
Priority claimed from JP8390172A external-priority patent/JPS5510446B2/ja
Priority claimed from JP47084296A external-priority patent/JPS5245538B2/ja
Priority claimed from JP47084295A external-priority patent/JPS4886669A/ja
Priority claimed from JP47084840A external-priority patent/JPS5238475B2/ja
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
    • B65B5/02—Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles
    • B65B5/022—Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles for making bags

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  • An automatic packing apparatus usable at the checkout counter of a super market comprises a sack producing section, a goods introducing section, a sack top sealing section and a delivery section.
  • a sack produced in the sack producing section is conveyed to the goods introducing section in which goods are introduced into the sack which is then conveyed to the sack top sealing section in which the loaded sack is sealed at the top to form a package of goods which in turn is conveyed to the delivery section.
  • the apparatus eliminates the need for a saeker and simplifies the registering operation to thereby save labor.
  • PATENTEDJAN 1859,062 SHEET 08 OF 17 SHEET (NM 17 FIG. l4-2' PATENTEU J" 71975 PATENTEU 71975 3.859.062
  • the present invention relates to an automatic packing apparatus which is capable of producing sacks from a packing material and packing various kinds of goods into respective sacks to form packages of goods.
  • the apparatus is particualrly, but not restrictively, suited for use at the check-out counter of a supermarket where a sacker is needed in addition to a cashier.
  • Some supermarkets employ a procedure in which the goods checked by a cashier are placed on a conveyor so that the goods are conveyed to a sacking position in which the customers are required to pack their goods into sacks by themselves.
  • the packing position is required to have sufficient area to enable several customers to perform their packing operations at the same time.
  • the procedure is disadvantageous in that sacks are laid out of control at the market.
  • an automatic sacker in which sacks are produced and loaded sacks are sealed, both in a goods introducing section of the sacker.
  • this sacker With the arrangement of this sacker, there are required a time for the sealing of a loaded sack at the top thereof and for the delivery of the sealed sack and a time for the preparation of another sack under a goods inlet opening in the machine.
  • the procedure must be completed SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
  • the present ivention has as an object to provide an improved apparatus for automatically packing goods which can be advantageously used in a supermarket to shorten the time required for registering and packing at the check-out counter for thereby saving labor.
  • packing apparatus comprising means for producing sacks from a liquid impermeable packing material such as plastic film, means for introducing goods into each of said sacks, means for sealing the loaded sack adjacent the top thereof to pack the goods, means for delivering the packed goods, and conveyor means supporting the sacks at a predetermined pitch and operative in response to a packing initiation signal to convey the sacks to succeeding processing positions.
  • a method of producing sacks from a length of tube ofa film material comprising the steps of forming a roll of the ribbon-like tube, feeding the tube from the roll with the outer edges of each of the folded sides being separated, lifting the tube through sealing and cutting means, stopping the tube when it is lifted a predetermined distance, and causing said sealing and cutting means to seal and sever the tube to form a sack having opposite sides partially folded inwardly.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the automatic packing apparatus of the present invention
  • FIGS. 2A and 2B are perspective views of large and small sacks produced and used by the apparatus of the invention.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates in diagrammatic longitudinal sectional side view the outline of the apparatus of the in vention
  • FIG. 4 illustrates in diagrammatic side elevation the arrangement in a sack producing section of the apparatus of the invention
  • FIG. 5 is a front elevational view of a part of the sack producing section
  • FIG. 6 is an enlarged side elevation of a part of the sack producing section as viewed along line VI VI in FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective illustration of a chuck unit as viewed in a direction indicated by an arrow VII in FIG. 5;
  • FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line VIII VIII in FIG. 7;
  • FIG. 9 is a top plan view of the chuck unit shown in FIG. 7;
  • FIG. 10 is a cross-section of the chuck unit taken along line X X in FIG. 9;
  • FIG. 11 is a partially chuck top plan view of tube pinching portions of the chunk unit
  • FIG. 12 is an enlarged perspective view of the tube pinching portions shown in FIG. 11;
  • FIG. 13 is an enlarged front view of a part of the sack producing section shown in FIG. 5 illustrating the tube and separators;
  • FIGS. 14 1 (A) and (B) are fragmentary sections of a separator taken along lines XIVA XIVA and XIVB XIVB in FIG. 13, respectively;
  • FIGS. 14 2 (E), (F), (G) and (H) are sections taken along lines XIVE XIVE, XIVF XIVG XIVG and XIVH XIVH in FIG. 13, respectively;
  • FIG. 15 is an enlarged perspective view of sealing and cutting means with a part being cut off;
  • FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view of the sealing and cutting means shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 17 is a view taken along line XVII XVII in FIG. 16;
  • FIG. 18 is an electric circuit diagram employed in the sealing means
  • FIG. 19 is a diagrammatic plan view of a sack conveyor illustrating the shapes of a sack in different stations
  • FIG. 20 is a diagrammatic side elevational view of the conveyor shown in FIG. 19;
  • FIG. 21 is an enlarged perspective view of a guide for a conveyor chain
  • FIG. 22 is a perspective view of a mechanism for actuating grippers on the conveyor chains
  • FIG. 23 is an enlarged side elevation of a gripper shown in FIG. 22;
  • FIG. 24 is a perspective view of a sack folding means
  • FIGS. 25A and B are diagrammatical fragmentary views of the sack folding means in different positions
  • FIG. 26 is a diagrammatical illustration of the time schedule of the operation of the apparatus.
  • FIG. 27 is a front elevation of a modifiled sack producing mechanism
  • FIG. 28 is an enlarged top plan view of a modified chuck mechanism taken along line XXVIII XXVIII in FIG. 27;
  • FIG. 29 is a view similar to FIG. 24 but illustrating a modified sack folding means.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention having a layout substantially similar to that of one of the lanes heretofore employed in a supermarket. Namely, purchasers are caused to move in a direction indicated by an arrow Y along the side face of the apparatus remote from the side face thereof adjacent the counter and place on a table 4 baskets Z filled with required goods.
  • a cashier stands in front of the counter as indicated by foot patterns 9 and removes by her left hand the goods one after another from each basket Z while checking the price for each of the goods and introduces the checked goods into the apparatus through either of inlet openings 2 and 3.
  • the prices for the goods are keyed-in into a register 6 by the right hand of the cahsier.
  • the inlet opening 2 is designed to receive small sacks 13a each having a height L as shown in FIG. 2B, while the inlet opening 3 is adapted to receive large sacks 13 each having a height L as shown in FIG. 2A.
  • the sacks l3 and 13a are of the type which have opposite side edge portions folded inwardly.
  • the sacks are made from lengths of tubes of a liquid impermeable material such as a plastic film. The tubes are sealed by welding to form bottoms of the sacks l3 and 13a.
  • the tubes are preferably provided with non-transparent bands so that resultant sacks are detected in the apparatus by means of a photo-electric tube.
  • sacks may be detected by means other than a photoelectric tube, such as, for example, a micro switch.
  • the non-transparent bands are unnecessary.
  • the cashier When all of the goods from a basket Z are introduced into the apparatus, the cashier will actuate a total key on the register 6 to know the sum of the prices for the goods. After the cashier receives money, she will push a packing initiation push-button 5.
  • the apparatus has a pair of lines which include the inlet openings 2 and 3 and which are operable independently from each other.
  • the goods are packed in a sack, i.e., the sack in which the goods are placed is sealed at its top to form a package which is conveyed to one of the delivery positions 11 and 12.
  • Adjacent the rearward or trailing end of the apparatus Adjacent the rearward or trailing end of the apparatus, the same is provided with a work table 1 on which a purchaser may put her own basket or bag so as to place the package of goods therein.
  • the sack forming tubes are prepared in the form of rolls 8 and 8a disposed under a register table.
  • a set of control means 10 for the apparatus is disposed beneath the delivery position 11 and 12.
  • the apparatus is generally divided into four sections, i.e., a sack producing section I, a goods introducing section II, a sack top sealing section III and a delivery section IV.
  • a sack producing section I predetermined lengths of tubes are drawn out of the rolls 8 and 8a and welded to form bottoms for large and small sacks 13 and 13a.
  • the tubes are then severed at places immediately after or upstream of the welded portions to separate the sacks from the remaining lengths of tubes.
  • the thus produced sacks are conveyed to goods introducing section II in which the sacks are positioned under the inlet openings 2 and 3 with their tops held open and the bottoms supported by belt conveyors so as to facilitate insertion and removal of goods into and out of the sacks and allow the weight of the goods to be carried by the belt conveyor.
  • the sacks with the goods therein will then be moved to the section III in which the sacks are sealed, by welding, substantially along their top edges to packages of goods which are then conveyed by belt conveyors to the delivery section IV.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates only one of two sack producing and packing lines included in the apparatus of the present invention. The difference between the two lines resides only in the difference in the sizes or heights of the sack produced and sealed in these lines.
  • FIG. 4 diagrammatically illustrates the paths of travel of film tubes 13 and 13a for the large and small sacks I3 and 13a in the sack producing section.
  • the tubes 13' and 13a are respectively drawn from the rolls of tubes 8 and 8a and moved around sets of intermediate guide rollers 29 and 29a to seal and cutting means which are generally indicated by 28 and 28a, respectively, and which are of a conventional type having heat source portions 24, 24a, spring-loaded pressing portions 25, 25a and well-known knives of a metal 26, 26a, respectively.
  • Sets of projectors and photoelectric tubes 30 and 300 are provided in the paths of the tubes 13' and adjacent the rolls 8 and 8a respectively, to detect a lack of supply of the tubes from the rolls for informing an operator of this fact.
  • An empty roll may be replaced by another new roll and the leading end of the tube from the new roll will be connected to the trailing end of the tube from the last, removed roll by an appropriate

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JP1372472A JPS522676B2 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html) 1972-02-07 1972-02-07
JP47075779A JPS5239344B2 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html) 1972-07-27 1972-07-27
JP47075780A JPS5239345B2 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html) 1972-07-27 1972-07-27
JP7577772A JPS5229672B2 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html) 1972-07-27 1972-07-27
JP47075778A JPS5239343B2 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html) 1972-07-27 1972-07-27
JP7617472A JPS536591B2 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html) 1972-07-28 1972-07-28
JP8303072A JPS522677B2 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html) 1972-08-18 1972-08-18
JP8302972A JPS522678B2 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html) 1972-08-18 1972-08-18
JP8302872A JPS4897688A (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html) 1972-08-18 1972-08-18
JP8390172A JPS5510446B2 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html) 1972-08-21 1972-08-21
JP47084296A JPS5245538B2 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html) 1972-08-22 1972-08-22
JP47084295A JPS4886669A (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html) 1972-08-22 1972-08-22
JP47084840A JPS5238475B2 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html) 1972-08-23 1972-08-23

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