JP2001354214A - Automatically packaged muddler spoon feeding system having separation number setting function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatically packaged muddler spoon feeding system which can continuously and individually seal muddler spoons in four directions by a synthetic resin film, charge the tightly packaged synthetic resin muddler spoons for exclusive use to a feeding machine, and continuously and automatically attach the spoons to a food container at a high speed or throw the spoons into a cup or a box. SOLUTION: The muddler spoons which are charged to the feeding machine and continuously packaged sucked by a product receiving groove 4 provided on an outer circumference of a suction drum 1 and set thereto. The suction drum 1 is intermittently operated counterclockwise, holds a muddler spoon film from the top by a film holder 10, the perforation is made by a ridge blade cutter 9 lowering from the top or separation is implemented with the separation number set by a cutting cylinder 11. The packaged muddler spoon is dropped below by a dropping arm 8, for example, onto a continuously operated conveyor 13 at the predetermined position.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention continuously and individually seals in four directions with a synthetic resin film, loads a tightly packed exclusive synthetic resin madler spoon into a feeder, and continuously and automatically A system that can supply to the target position.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, straws are individually wrapped by a synthetic resin film without being cut off one by one, and a continuously wrapped straw is automatically used for a beverage container, for example, a milk or fruit juice beverage container by using a hot melt material. The attached technology is known. However, when it is intended to automatically and continuously supply muddle spoons having a stirrer or nipple structure that is not circular in cross-section and is completely different in shape from a straw, a large number of wrappers are packed one by one. It is difficult to produce hygienic and inexpensive and convenient products by automatically attaching the product at high speed or putting it into a cup or box.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention is directed to a special-purpose synthetic resin madler spoon which is continuously and individually sealed in four directions with a synthetic resin film and has a tight package. The present invention is intended to provide a system which can automatically attach a food container to a food container or put it into a cup or a box automatically at a high speed.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a continuous packed muddler supply system of the present invention is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, the wrapped muddler shown in FIG. 4 is placed on the lower film 22 side in the product receiving groove 4 which is arranged at equal intervals on the circumference of the suction drum 1 which makes an intermittent motion counterclockwise at the same interval as the muddle spoon wrapping. Is set toward the center of the suction drum 1.

[0005] Since the air is always sucked from the set suction hole 5, the intermittent rotation is continuously performed in the counterclockwise direction while the film wrapping the muddle is sucked, and the film presser 10 is moved. The film of the wrapped mudler is lowered and pressed toward the center of the suction drum 1 from above, and the mountain blade cutter 9 is lowered from above the film press 10 to form a perforated film on the film connecting the individual muddlers. A cut is made and inserted into the mountain blade cutter receiving groove 4.

When cutting the film completely, the cutting cylinder 11 can cut the film by lowering the mountain blade cutter 9 to a position where the film connecting the individual muddlers is completely cut off.

Therefore, for example, a perforation is made at the connecting portion of five consecutively connected madlers and cut every five, or a perforation is made at the connecting portion of two madlers.
It is possible to cut each book. Of course, it is also possible to separate one by one.

[0010] The separated mudler operates downward as the input arm 8 rotates counterclockwise about the input arm rotation shaft 14 as shown in FIG. 10, and is sucked on the outer periphery of the suction drum 1. The problem is solved by using a feeding machine in which the muddle spoon which has been in the state is cut off from the product receiving groove 4 and which can be easily fed downward, and which has a special packaging form to be loaded into the feeding machine.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS First, a description will be given of the form of a muller and a package to be loaded into an automatic muller spoon feeder having a function of setting the number of cut-off pieces. FIG. 7 shows a plan view of an example of the synthetic resin madler spoon 20. FIG. 6 is a side view thereof. The side surface shape needs to have a thickness of 2 mm or more, and preferably has a flat surface. This is the product receiving groove 4
This is because it needs to be securely stuck in.

FIG. 5 shows the shape of a cross section of the packaging. The wrapper is inserted into the lower film 22 formed in a pocket-like shape close to the shape of the madler section, and the flat upper film 21 is sealed by heat sealing. The cross-sectional size of the pocket of the lower film 22 in the thickness direction must be the same as the thickness of the muddler or a tightness of up to 0.2 mm. In the lateral direction, a tightness of about 0.3 mm to 0.6 mm from the maximum part of the cross section of the muddler is required.

This is because if the play of the mudler and the film in the pocket is large, it is not possible to fit the product into the product receiving groove 4 continuously and reliably. Therefore, there is a possibility that a portion where the upper film 21 and the lower film 22 are not thermally welded is cut off. FIG. 4 is a plan view of the wrapped mudler, which is a wrapping form having heat-welded portions 24 in four directions. The packaging must be continuous at the same intervals. The upper film 21 and the lower film 22 have, for example, a thickness of 2
Packaging is possible using 0 micron OPP film or CPP film.

Next, the feeder will be described. FIG. 5 shows a state in which the packed wrapper 12 continuously packed is loaded from above, and provided on the circumference of the suction drum 1 intermittently rotating counterclockwise via the guide roller 7 in the same manner as the wrapping space of the pillow spoon. The lower film 22 side is set toward the suction drum 1 in the product receiving groove 4 having the same shape as the pocket shape of the lower film 22 shown. The product receiving groove 4 is provided with a suction hole 5 so that air is always sucked from the center side of the suction drum 1.
The lower film 22 side is attracted to the product receiving groove 4 and is fixed by the attraction force of air.

The muddle spoon aligned on the outer periphery of the suction drum 1 is prevented from falling off by the package guide 3, and continuously rotates intermittently at the same cut pitch as the counterclockwise muddle spoon packaging pitch. The film holder 10 is temporarily stopped at the position of the film holder 10, and the film holder is lowered to press the packaged mudder film toward the center of the suction drum 1 from above, and at the same time, the rotational movement of the suction drum 1 from above the film holder 10. The mountain blade cutter 9 that moves up and down in conjunction with
As shown in FIG. 8, the mountain blade cutter 9 is lowered to a level at which a perforated cut is made in the film connecting the individual muddlers, and is inserted into the mountain blade cutter receiving groove 4.
A perforated cut is processed.

When completely separating the film,
As shown in FIG. 9, the cutting cylinder 11 can be completely cut off by lowering the cutting cylinder 11 deeper than the cut line.

Therefore, for example, a perforation can be made at a joint portion of five muddlers and cut every five lines, or a perforation can be made at a joint portion of two muddlers and cut every two lines. is there. Of course, it is also possible to separate them one by one.

Even when the film is cut, the individual wrapped muddler spoons are sucked by the suction holes 5 provided in the product receiving grooves 4, and are not dropped off from the product receiving grooves by the package guide 3. Suction drum 1
Intermittent rotation is performed.

There is provided a charging arm 8 for dropping a madler spoon provided on a lower portion of the suction drum 1 downward. The input arm 8 is installed in the groove of the circumferential groove 2 so as not to interfere with the muddle spoon, and is attached to the input arm rotating shaft 14. As shown in FIG. 10, the mudler spoon can be continuously fed downward by rotating the feeding arm rotating shaft 14 approximately 5 ° counterclockwise about the center of the shaft.

In order to drop a number of muddlers at a time from the tip of the input arm 8 in the direction of the input arm rotation axis 14,
The number of drops can be set by adjusting the timing of the input arm rotating shaft 14. Suction drum 1
There is a conveyor 13 and the like that are continuously operated below the unit, and it is possible to supply a certain amount to a certain position by interlocking therewith.

[0019]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. It is possible to automatically cut off a arbitrarily set number of synthetic resin madler spoons, which are continuously welded on all four sides with a synthetic resin film and packaged in a sanitary manner, at a high speed and supply them to a fixed position. .

For example, 5 cups, 4 cups, 2 cups of instant coffee, powdered milk, sugar, and a muddle spoon, each of which is packed into one cup, are put into a paper cup.
It is sold in the form of a cup, etc., but it is possible to supply a muddle spoon connected to such a thing by automatically perforating a large quantity at a high speed, It is possible to attach and put in a low cost, large quantity and sanitary.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an automatically packed mudler spoon feeder with a function of setting the number of cuts according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the vicinity of a suction drum of an automatically packaged mudler spoon feeder with a function of setting the number of cuts according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 1a-1b in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an example of a planar shape of a muddle spoon after packaging according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a package according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an example of a side view of a mudler spoon according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an example of a planar shape of a muddle spoon according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a perforated cut processing wrapper of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the cutting process of the packaging mudler spoon according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 shows the operating state of the closing arm according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Suction drum 2 Circumferential groove 3 Package guide 4 Product receiving groove 5 Suction hole 6 Mountain blade cutter receiving groove 7 Guide roller 8 Input arm 9 Mountain blade cutter 10 Film holder 11 Cutting cylinder 12 Packaged madler 13 Conveyor 14 Input arm Rotating shaft 20 Mudler spoon 21 Upper film 22 Lower film 23 Perforation cut line 24 Heat welded part

Claims (3)

[Claims] An automatic wrapped muller spoon feeder having a function of setting the number of pieces of a synthetic resin madler spoon that is continuously sealed tightly in four directions one by one with a synthetic resin film and cut tightly and continuously. And is passed clockwise from the right side of the guide roller (7) to the center of the suction drum (1) through the suction hole (5) provided in the product receiving groove (4) on the outer periphery of the suction drum (1). The wrapped spoon is adsorbed and fixed in the product receiving groove (4) toward the direction, and the suction drum (1) rotates intermittently in the counterclockwise direction at the same cut pitch as the spout packaging pitch, and the film press ( In step 10), the film is held down, and the mountain blade cutter (9) is lowered to the position shown in FIG. 8 to completely separate the wrappers one by one. After processing the perforated cut line (23) on the film for any number of connection lines set arbitrarily, the muller spoon continuously packed by cutting off the mountain blade cutter (9) with the cutting cylinder (11) Is completely cut off, and the number of spliced spoons (20) connected by the perforation cut line (23) is continuously supplied with the number of splices arbitrarily set below the suction drum (1) by the input arm (8). Automatically packed mudler spoon feeder. 2. An automatic packaged muller spoon feeder having a function of setting the number of pieces of a synthetic resin madler spoon which is continuously sealed tightly and individually in four directions with a synthetic resin film, and tightly wrapped. , Is passed clockwise from the right side of the guide roller (7), and the wrapped mudler spoon is inserted from the suction hole (5) into the product receiving groove (4) provided on the outer periphery of the suction drum (1). The suction drum (1) is sucked and fixed in the product receiving groove (4) toward the center of the suction drum (1), and the suction drum (1) rotates intermittently in a counterclockwise direction at a cut pitch similar to the wrapper pitch of the muller spoon, and the film is rotated. Holding (10)
, The mountain blade cutter (9) is lowered by the cutting cylinder (11) to the position shown in FIG.
An automatic machined packed spoon feeder in which mulled spoons continuously packed by cutting off the film are cut off one by one, and the squirt arm (8) continuously feeds the muddle downwardly of the suction drum (1). 3. In the case of the shape of a synthetic resin muddle spoon (20), as shown in FIG. 6, an example of a side surface shape has a thickness of 2 mm which is as uniform as possible and has no difference of 1.5 mm or more.
The muller spoon having the above-mentioned structure is continuously packaged by a method of heat-sealing a lower film (21) formed in a pocket-like shape having a cross-sectional shape close to that of the muller spoon whose cross-sectional shape is shown in FIG. Item 2. A wrapper for a muller spoon to be loaded into an automatically wrapped muller spoon feeder.